She was almost killed in the hospital the other day. The memory of the ice-cold machinery entering her body was still fresh in her mind. Was it him who stopped the doctor at the very last minute? The anesthetic had blurred her memories; she was already at the Ye Family’s house when she woke up.
“Don’t overthink it. I’m just too lazy to deal with women like you,” Ye Moxuan said coldly before getting Xiao Su to wheel him away.
Watching their leaving silhouettes, Shen Qi’s heart was a mess.
How could it be? She thought the child was long gone. Now that Xiao Su mentioned it, she recalled that there weren’t any changes to her stomach when she woke up the other day.
Thinking of that, Shen Qi took her phone and called Han Xueyou.
After Han Xueyou came over, she took Shen Qi to the hospital for a check up. Shen Qi was dumbfounded when the doctor congratulated her for being pregnant.
How could this be? She thought Ye Moxuan would never accept this child. However…
“Looks like Ye Moxuan isn’t as heartless as you thought, huh?”
Shen Qi did not refute. Her eyes were cast downward as she was deep in her own thoughts.
“What are you planning to do next?”
“I don’t know. I’ll see as we progress, I guess.” Shen Qi never had any plans for her future anyway. She’d been living for Lin Jiang ever since she married him. After the divorce and her parents’ wish for her to marry into the Ye Family, her only goal now was to remain in the Ye Family.
“But… Who was the stranger though?” Han Xueyou was curious. “You said you slept with him, right? Wouldn’t he be afraid of getting you pregnant? Why won’t he look for you? Qi, have you ever thought of reaching out to this person?”
Reach out to that stranger? Shen Qi’s eyes darted absentmindedly. “Why would I look for him? I don’t have any impression of him; I have absolutely no idea what he looks like. Moreover, everything was just blurry shadows as it was a dark and rainy day. Most importantly, I’m Ye Moxuan’s wife now. If I look for this man now, the Ye Family will be even more repelled by me.”
“How about this? I’ll get someone to investigate to see if we can get any leads.”
“Thank you, Xueyou.”
“Why are you thanking me? I should be the one thanking you. You risked your life to stand up for me and was even beaten when I was bullied back in school.” Han Xueyou recalled the days when they were still in school. Before she came to the Han Family, she was terribly poor. Shen Qi was the only one who stood up for her when she was bullied in school.
Hence, they became best friends.
Once Shen Qi got back to the Ye Family’s house, she went straight back to her room.
Right as she was about to enter, she found that Ye Moxuan did not go to his company. She closed the door in astonishment but pondered for a moment before heading toward him again.
Ye Moxuan was in his wheelchair, a finance magazine in one hand. Next to him was a rotatable heightened table with a laptop on it.
When Shen Qi walked closer, she realized that he was wearing his wireless earphones while the laptop screen was playing a video.
It seemed like a video conference.
Noticing that, Shen Qi immediately stopped herself from saying anything and stood by his side quietly, listening to him talk.
“Yeah, that’s a good suggestion. Next.”
“Alright, you can proceed with it.”
“Sure.”
Ye Moxuan didn’t speak much. He mostly just uttered his instructions in the form of short answers, keeping his head low and his gaze focused on the magazine. “Send the proposal to my email.”
The meeting finally ended half an hour later.
Shen Qi too, stood by his side until the meeting ended.
Watching the icons on the screen disappear one by one, Shen Qi took a step forward. However, Ye Moxuan stopped her coldly. “Do not come near me.”
“…” Shen Qi stopped.
Ye Moxuan was opening his email and checking messages.
Okay, it seems like he has a lot of work left to do.
Shen Qi decided against bothering him and prepared to leave.
“Stand there.”
Shen Qi turned around and stared at him with confusion.
“Wait here,” Ye Moxuan ordered.
Shen Qi’s eyes widened. He didn’t want her to come close to him but didn’t want her to leave, insisting on making her stand right here?
Is he out of his mind?
However, Shen Qi did not move and continued standing there because she knew that she had wronged him. She felt guilty for grabbing his collar and accusing him of being a heartless monster and that even animals had more feelings than him the other night.
Shen Qi didn’t know how long she had been standing there; she only knew that Ye Moxuan was very focused and serious as he worked.
Suddenly, she felt that men who were serious while working looked really hot.
After a while, Shen Qi could feel her legs starting to ache. However, it seemed like Ye Moxuan was far from finished with his work.
Is this his revenge? Is he doing it on purpose because of what I said to him?
Shen Qi frowned as she continued thinking, bending down to massage her aching feet.
Finally, Ye Moxuan glanced at her.
Shen Qi immediately stood up straight like a child who had been caught red handed.
“What, you can’t even stand for an hour?” Ye Moxuan lifted his hand and glanced at his watch before mocking.
Shen Qi moved her lips a bit but did not say anything.
“Why did you want to see me?”
Shen Qi remained silent. Ye Moxuan then snorted and slammed his laptop shut, preparing to leave. Anxious that he would leave right then, Shen Qi blurted, “I’m sorry!”
Ye Moxuan narrowed his eyes and glanced at her from the corner of his eye.
“I apologize for what happened two days ago!” Shen Qi said solemnly before bowing at Ye Moxuan.
When she straightened, she was met with Ye Moxuan’s cold gaze.
“I thought…”
“You thought?” Ye Moxuan mocked snarkily, “You don’t really think that I spared that b*stard because I have feelings for you right?”
“I—” Shen Qi just wanted to apologize. She didn’t not expect Ye Moxuan to mock her like this as her face turned a few shades paler.
“I advise you to forget about it,” Ye Moxuan said and threw a brown envelope in her direction. “Contract, sign it.”
