The doctor thought that Elizabeth truly didn’t understand it, so he directly answered, “No uterus means
a baby can’t grow up in her belly. She can’t give birth at all.”
Elizabeth’s eyelids trembled. It wasn’t until then did she understand why Armand kept emphasizing that
he didn’t want to have children so determinedly. It turned out that Theresa couldn’t give birth at all.
She had lost her womb, which wasn’t curable at all. It meant that Theresa couldn’t have her own
children all her life. She couldn’t be a mother.
“Take good care, Elizabeth. I’ve gotta go now.” The doctor turned around and walked out of the ward.
Elizabeth returned to her senses, “Thank you, Doc.”
The doctor smiled, “I didn’t help with anything.”
Elizabeth looked at the closed door in a daze. She couldn’t accept it at all.
If Armand wouldn’t have his children, it meant that the Bernie family wouldn’t have had any later
generations.
She was completely confused.
Armand came back and sat on the chair next to the bed. His elbows pressed the knees and he bent
over, keeping silent.
Elizabeth was quiet as well.
She seemed to need time to digest the information.
City C.
Theresa took the earliest flight to leave City B. She arrived in City C at past one in the afternoon. Oscar
came to pick her up.
She looked pretty pale. Oscar strode over, only to find that she didn’t take along much luggage but only
a backpack. Oscar reached out his hand, “I can take it for you.”
Theresa looked up at him and greeted him, “Hi, Uncle.”
Oscar asked worriedly, “Do you not feel well? You look quite pale.”
Theresa shook her head, “Nah. I’m just bothered by something.”
Oscar said with a smile, “Come on. Let’s have some fun.”
He was an optimistic man with a young mind. He always spoke in a perfunctory manner.
Theresa didn’t want to have fun. She only wanted to be with herself.
Oscar dragged her out of the airport, “When you feel down, you can be alone. Otherwise, you’ll be
more depressed. Follow me. I’m sure you’ll be happy.”
Out of the airport, he dragged Theresa to the car that was parked at the roadside. He opened the rear
door and put her backpack in the backseat. Then he opened the door of the passenger seat, pressing
Theresa in.
He sat on the driver’s seat, started the engine, and drove away.
Theresa asked, “Where are you taking me to?”
“You’ll know when we get there.” Oscar deliberately kept it secret.
Theresa turned to look at him. He was always smiling as if he cared about nothing.
She felt quite relaxed when being with him. She said jokingly, “I’m not happy. You are responsible for
delighting me today.”
“Why should I?”
“Because I call you Uncle.”
Oscar smiled, “Well, you are always sharp-tongued in front of me. Tell me. Has Armand pissed you
off?”
“Uncle, could you stop mentioning something that I don’t want to talk about?” As soon as she thought
about Armand and Elizabeth, Theresa felt quite depressed.
“Hee hee,” Oscar let out a laugh, “When I meet him again, I’ll tie him up and beat him up for avenging
you.”
“You’ve made the promise. I’ll remember it.”
“I’m always a man of his word. You can’t feel sorry for him when I beat him.”
“No, I won’t.” Theresa pretended to be fierce, “It’s better to make him cripple.”
Oscar laughed, “You are just talking the talk. If I truly hit him, you’ll shed tears while feeling sorry for
him.”
The car was pulled over in front of a shopping mall.
Theresa blinked in disbelief, “Are we going to have fun here?”
Oscar shrugged, “If I’ll make you join my circle, I’m afraid you won’t bear it.”
Theresa curled her lips, “It turns out your circle is way too wild.”
“What do you mean by wild? As a single man, my life is vivid and dramatic. Are you interested in joining
it?” Oscar knocked on the steering wheel with one hand, looking quite playful.
Theresa pushed the door open and got off, “Save the vivid and dramatic life for you. Since we are in
the mall, Uncle, are you going to pay for the bills?”
“Sure, I am. Let’s go.”
Oscar pretended to be an arrogant rich man, reaching out his arm, “Take my arm. Don’t run around.”
Theresa laughed, feeling annoyed, “You don’t run around.”
They were chatting and laughing. Oscar took her to the entertainment section in the basement.
Theresa asked, “Didn’t we come here for shopping?”
Oscar waved his hand, “You girls only know shopping. Can you be more interesting?”
Theresa curled her lips, “No wonder you don’t have a girlfriend. Girls always like shopping.”
“Girls who have a crush on me are waiting in a line. I just don’t want to marry any of them. Believe it or
not. As long as I wave my hand at them, my house would be fully packed.”
“Keep on bragging.”
“Why don’t you believe me? I’ll show you tomorrow.”
After they entered the entertainment section, they heard all kinds of sounds from the video games.
There were adults and students in the section, quite livid.
Standing in front of the automatic coin changer, Oscar scanned the QR code and exchanged the game
coins for three hundred yuan. More than three hundred coins dropped out for a while. He reached out
and put them into his pockets. Soon, both his pockets were full. The coins were like the one yuan coin,
made of metal. Three hundred coins were pretty heavy.
With a smile, he said, “Come on. Let’s go play Whac-A-Mole.”
Theresa gaped.
Whac-A-Mole was for kids. How childish it was!
“Why did I believe you? Uncle, can you be more reliable?”
Theresa stood motionlessly. Oscar pulled her over. He inserted two coins into the Whac-A-Mole
machine and pressed a hammer into her hand, “Make those moles as Armand. Smash them hard.”
Theresa looked up at him.
“Why? Are you reluctant?” Oscar laughed.
Theresa snorted, “Reluctant? Humph! Watch me.”
Soon the game started. Theresa held the hammer with both hands and smashed the moles that
suddenly appeared.
Oscar stood aside while cheering, “Come on! Good Job!”
After one round, Theresa hadn’t smashed enough yet. She said to Oscar, “Uncle, please insert another
two coins. I want to play another round.”
She found that when she concentrated on observing the moles, she would forget all things that had
been bothering her. When she smashed the moles, she felt quite happy.
“All right.” Oscar inserted another two coins.
After finishing playing Whac-A-Mole, they played other facilities.
They had almost played almost all the games in the Game City. When they got tired, they bought the
milk tea from a store next to it. Drinking up the milk tea, Oscar tossed the glass into the garbage can,
“We should go home now.”
He took Theresa here for relaxing so that she could take a break. If she was bothering by something for
a long time, it was easy for her to overthink.
Since Dolores wasn’t here and no one else could comfort Theresa, Oscar was a man and he couldn’t
comfort her. He had just done something that he could do.
Theresa was holding a bear doll that was got from the UFO catcher. With a glass of milk tea in on
hand, she nodded in agreement.
They left the shopping mall and got in the car. Oscar drove her back to her community after twenty
minutes.
Right then, a taxi was also pulled over in front of the community.
After finishing playing Whac-A-Mole, they played other facilities.
They had almost played almost all the games in the Game City. When they got tired, they bought the
milk tea from a store next to it. Drinking up the milk tea, Oscar tossed the glass into the garbage can,
“We should go home now.”
He took Theresa here for relaxing so that she could take a break. If she was bothering by something for
a long time, it was easy for her to overthink.
Since Dolores wasn’t here and no one else could comfort Theresa, Oscar was a man and he couldn't
comfort her. He had just done something that he could do.
Theresa was holding a bear doll that was got from the UFO catcher. With a glass of milk tea in on
hand, she nodded in agreement.
They left the shopping mall and got in the car. Oscar drove her back to her community after twenty
minutes.
Right then, a taxi was also pulled over in front of the community.
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