Early summer, late night.
In the corridor of a high-end private hospital, Mo Ying's body trembled uncontrollably like chaff in the wind.
She was only nineteen years old, yet she had to bear a child for someone else. She had no idea how her future would unfold.
But for the sake of her mother, who was her sole support, she could not afford to be selfish. To protect her mother, she was ready to make any sacrifice, even if it meant bearing a child for someone else. If her life was demanded, she would give it without hesitation.
"The chairman and the young mistress are waiting for you. Hurry up!" The butler, having done all the health checks on Mo Ying, led her to her real sponsors.
Mo Ying, with her head bowed like an ostrich, felt naked even though she was fully clothed.
Standing before a big red lacquered solid wood door, the grave and cold-faced butler handed Mo Ying a thick blindfold.
"Put it on!"
He commanded.
"Huh?" Mo Ying got startled but had to accept it trembling.
"Put it on carefully! The chairman and mistress want to see you. But you don't have the privilege to see the Chairman... Don't you dare have any ludicrous thoughts just because you'll carry their child! You're not worthy! The Chairman's wife is not easy to deal with. You better be wise!"
The butler was apparently conveying the mistress's intent.
"I don't want any trouble." Mo Ying clenched her fists tightly, allowing the butler to lead her in.
The world before her eyes turned pitch black.
All she heard was a woman's gentle voice, "Not bad. She's young and looks healthy."
The butler was all forms of flattering, stating that this was the best candidate in terms of overall quality among the fifty surrogate mothers.
Mo Ying's heart was filled with bitterness. She was a talented student from a key university, and also a team leader of the female gymnastics team. Initially, she had traveled to the city with her mother, full of dreams, but who would expect that after only one year of study, her mother fell ill.
"That's her." A deep and magnetic male voice sounded, and Mo Ying's heart sank. She was certain that this voice belonged to the chairman who the butler mentioned, the unfamiliar man who wanted to implant his seed in her.
As if receiving a holy decree, the butler left with a pleased Mo Ying.
After taking off the blindfold, Mo Ying was escorted into a cold and mysterious ward. A group of nurses complied with their responsibilities, cleaning her up for surgery with utmost care, and tidying up all necessary places to be washed or trimmed. Mo Ying felt utterly desolate, at that moment she was just a machine, with no respect for her feelings. The nurses even judged her for offering her own womb for money at such a young age and concluded she was not a good character.
"Let me ask you a few questions now. This is related to the success rate of the surgery, and you must answer honestly," the nurse responsible for taking notes said as she looked disdainfully at Mo Ying's good figure.
"When did you lose your virginity? Is your menstrual cycle regular? Have you had any abortion history?"
All Mo Ying was able to do was to lower her head, these questions made her feel suffocated.
"Speak up. There's nothing to be ashamed of. If you dare to act as a surrogate, what's this compared to that!" The nurse looked down on Mo Ying dismissively, she had no time to waste on her.
Finally, Mo Ying spoke...
"I am still a virgin."
"What?" The nurse was incredulous and ordered Mo Ying to lay on the bed immediately for a virginity check. Mo Ying cried, asserting that there was no such condition when the surrogacy was mentioned before, but the nurses ignored her plea, firmly holding her arms and legs. The head nurse took a device similar to a small mirror and forcefully inserted it into Mo Ying, who had never been treated like this before. The unbearable pain, indescribable in words, made her wish she could die instantly.
Thankfully, the head nurse didn't delve deeper, instead, she turned to pick up her mobile phone and dialed for the chairman's wife.
The nurse then turned back, looking sternly at Mo Ying, "In order to increase the success rate of the surrogacy, your hymen must be ruptured!"
Mo Ying's face turned instantly pale as she murmured a single word, "No!"
"If that's the case, you can't act as a surrogate. The chairman's wife has stated that if you do not adhere to the conditions, you must leave at once. Additionally, you'll be required to pay compensation for breach of the surrogate contract."
There's no doubt, Mo Ying didn't have a choice.
The head nurse, the key person responsible for this surrogation, seemed to share close ties with the chairman's wife as well.
"Relax a bit. If you're willing to do surrogacy, then what is a mere hymen… Listen up, spread your legs!" Persuaded by the head nurse, Mo Ying could only grit her teeth and do as she was told. This time, the head nurse brutally inserted a solid, sterilized glass rod into Mo Ying's body. Caught off guard, she shook with pain and clutched her stomach tightly. Some nurses around her turned away, while some covered their mouths and snickered, before silently handing over a tissue.
After ruining her virginity, the head nurse began to administer a half-body anesthesia on Mo Ying. She clearly felt herself being treated like a machine on the experiment table, while a tube held carefully in the nurse's palm contained the icy cold semen that needed to be inserted into her body.
A week of humiliation and pain later, Mo Ying was finally informed that the surgery was successful.
When she hobbled back to her mother's hospital room, she found it empty. The intern tidying the bed informed her that no amount of money could replace a loved one's life. Her only relative in this world had passed away due to renal failure.
At that moment, everything before Mo Ying's eyes turned black, and she fainted.
Nine months later, in an upscale maternity ward, nineteen-year-old Mo Ying was surrounded by nurses, pressing down on her lower abdomen relentlessly.
"Push, push hard!"
"Ah…"
The severe pain caused the young girl, who had barely left school, to faint several times. Beads of sweat rolled down her forehead.
Two hours had already passed, but the baby still hadn't shown its head.
An experienced senior doctor sensed the signs of a difficult delivery and immediately requested to contact the patient's family.
The head nurse in charge of the delivery rushed out to consult the benefactor's wishes! Shortly after, the benefactor of this surrogacy - the Chairman's wife Guan Xin, strutted into the delivery room in her high heels.
Looking at Mo Ying lying weakly on the delivery bed, her face wrenched in agony, Guan Xin sneered, "So useless, can't even give birth to a kid!"
The senior doctor didn't hide his indignation, furrowing his brows, "It's a maiden's pregnancy, the chances of a difficult birth are higher especially since she's young and it's her first pregnancy."
"Enough, enough, what's the use of saying all that!"
Guan Xin shot a venomous glare at the old doctor, then turned to the head nurse, "The child's safety matters, we've put so much effort into this, nothing can go wrong! She's signed a contract with me, if the child dies, she won't be able to afford it, she'll be as good as dead. So... it's better if she dies, and I will give her a decent compensation."
The head nurse readily agreed and turned to the doctor, "You heard the benefactor's wishes… Hurry up and deliver the child. Nothing else matters!"
An hour later, Mo Ying stopped breathing.
A six pound, six ounce baby boy was born. Holding the child, Guan Xin displayed a cold smile and left the delivery room.
"What a sin! Such a terrible sin!"
The old doctor sighed mournfully at the sight of Mo Ying's lifeless body on the hospital bed. Just as he was about to clean up the poor girl's body, he noticed something - Mo Ying's finger was moving! She was alive!
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