Chapter 62: Chapter 62: My Child Isn’t Dead

She shot up from the bench and looked around. Shen Zhiyao was standing to the side, watching her calmly.

Waking with a start from the dream left her mind in a state of chaos. For a moment, she couldn’t tell dream from reality.

After a moment’s daze, she finally processed it. “Was… was everything I just saw real?”

“No! Impossible! How could she be my child!” She shook her head repeatedly as tears welled up. “How could she possibly be my child… No… that wasn’t my child, it was all fake! All of it was fake!”

Shen Zhiyao said, “Back then, you were afraid the media would catch you getting an abortion, so you specifically went to an unlicensed clinic in Southeast Asia to have it done, correct?”

Li Kerun nodded blankly, her tears flowing even faster.

Shen Zhiyao continued, “The wife of that rich heir was the owner of that clinic. Getting her hands on the stillborn fetus in your womb wouldn’t have been difficult, would it?”

“That Spiritual Child is your first child. From the very first day she came to your side, she knew you were her mother.”

“That’s also why she knew your innermost thoughts. She knew you wanted to build your career, so she dedicated herself to changing your luck… But this kind of Spiritual Child is usually very jealous.”

“This time, you’re pregnant and have been looking forward to the arrival of this new life every day, which made her jealous. The happier and more expectant you were, the more jealous she became!”

“’Why is it that we’re both mother’s children, but I never even got a chance to make a sound, while you get all of mother’s love?’”

Driven by jealousy, the Spiritual Child repeatedly caused trouble, even going so far as to harm Li Kerun. And because of her falling out with the Spiritual Child, Li Kerun’s luck began to take a downturn.

In the past, when Li Kerun relied on the Spiritual Child to change her luck, she was naturally very caring towards it. But when she discovered the Spiritual Child would harm her, she remembered that humans and ghosts walk different paths and ultimately decided to find someone to send the Spiritual Child away.

Even when Master Chen took her away, she felt a little sad, but it was only temporary.

Now, Shen Zhiyao had revealed the whole truth.

Only now did she realize that the Spiritual Child who had accompanied her for so many years was her own flesh and blood… and because of her own moment of folly, it had been refined into a Spiritual Child by someone else!

Recalling the cruel images from her dream of the ghost child’s refinement, Li Kerun shut her eyes, unable to bear it.

That Spiritual Child… was her child!

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…” Her face was streaked with tears as she repented over and over, but alas, what was done could not be undone.

Shen Zhiyao sighed. “This fetus has already died. I wanted to try and save this pregnancy for you, but the baby is gone, and death cannot be reversed. It’s a shame. That Spiritual Child was taken away. If she hadn’t been, letting her re-enter your womb would have been a solution!”

Just then, the master’s assistant came running over in a great hurry, holding a talisman identical to the one the master had held that day.

The assistant glanced at Shen Zhiyao and said, “Master Chen just came by suddenly. He said you had regrets and told me to deliver this talisman.”

Li Kerun recalled what Master Chen had told her that day: “You have three days. If you regret it, you can save her. After three days, her soul will be scattered to the winds.”

’So, the master must have guessed that I’d regret it and sent this talisman over.’

Li Kerun didn’t dare to delay and hurriedly asked, “Is it still possible to let the Spiritual Child enter my womb and renew our mother-daughter bond?”

“It’s possible.” Shen Zhiyao took the talisman and had the young assistant go stand guard outside.

A flicker of fire appeared on the talisman, and slowly, the Spiritual Child materialized in the hospital room that reeked of disinfectant.

The moment the Spiritual Child appeared, she lunged viciously at Shen Zhiyao. But then she noticed Li Kerun lying on the hospital bed, her eyes filled with tears. Li Kerun asked weakly, “Is… is she out?”

For a moment, the Spiritual Child felt both resentful and heartbroken.

She was resentful because her mother had abandoned her yet again.

’Why is Mommy lying down now? Why is her face so pale? Is she sick?’

She nimbly scrambled onto Li Kerun’s hospital bed and snuggled up beside her mother’s pillow.

Countless times in the past, when her mother was asleep, she had lain just like this, sleeping by her mother’s side.

Only, her mother couldn’t see her.

Shen Zhiyao said, “She’s on the left side of your pillow. Ask her if she’s willing to be your child.”

For a Spiritual Child to enter a womb, besides needing someone with powerful Mana to chant the Rebirth Spell, both the mother and the fetus must be willing and of one mind.

Hearing this, Li Kerun turned her head toward her pillow. Facing the empty space, she asked cautiously, “Baby, are you still willing… to be Mommy’s child?”

Her voice choked with sobs, and tears streamed from the corners of her eyes. “Mommy knows she wronged you in the past. But will you believe in Mommy one more time, please? Give Mommy another chance to love you, okay?”

The Spiritual Child stared at Li Kerun in disbelief.

After a long moment, she finally understood what Li Kerun was saying.

Overjoyed, she threw her arms wide and hugged Li Kerun’s face, shouting, “I’m willing! I am, Mommy, I’m willing!”

No matter how many times her mother had let her down, no matter how much pain she had endured in the past, as long as her mother still loved her and still wanted her, she was overcome with happiness.

Shen Zhiyao relayed the Spiritual Child’s words to Li Kerun and told her to close her eyes.

Shen Zhiyao began to chant the Rebirth Spell. Golden characters stacked layer upon layer on Li Kerun’s stomach, finally transforming into a brilliant flash of light that shot into her abdomen.

“It’s done. You can open your eyes now.” Shen Zhiyao felt a little weak. She needed to go back and get some more sleep.

Her current physical constitution couldn’t compare to her past self. Things she could once accomplish with ease now left her feeling drained of Spiritual Power, requiring a good rest.

Li Kerun touched her stomach in disbelief. “She… she’s inside…”

Shen Zhiyao nodded. “It seems the bond between you and your daughter was not yet severed. Take good care of her from now on.”

Shen Zhiyao was about to leave when Li Kerun stopped her from behind. “Wait, Miss Shen! What about the baby that was in my belly before?”

She was still shaken, afraid that that child would also be exploited by someone with ill intentions.

Shen Zhiyao smiled and said, “Don’t worry! He has already departed and gone to be reincarnated.”

Li Kerun felt slightly relieved, though now she also felt a twinge of regret.

But you can’t have the best of both worlds. To have achieved this much was already quite remarkable.

Just then, a nurse hurried over. “Miss Li, the doctor is waiting. You need to take this medicine quickly. It’s not good for you to have a dead fetus inside your body for too long.”

Li Kerun quickly knocked the medicine out of the nurse’s hand, clutching her abdomen protectively. “My baby isn’t dead! She’s still alive and well in my belly, and I’m not having the procedure! Doctor, Doctor, I want another check-up!”

At Li Kerun’s insistence, the doctor performed another examination. Unexpectedly, the fetal heartbeat, which had previously been undetectable, had returned…

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