This girl… Han Qing placed his large hands on her head and slightly squinted his eyes. “Now you know to worry?”
Yan bit her lower lip at a loss for words. When she was on her aggressive run last night, she never once thought of such a serious issue. At the time, she only thought of bedding her dream man. Who knew there were so many things to worry about after the fact. Sob, sob… If only I knew… Wait, that’s not right. Even if I knew, I would probably make the same choices the night before.
She was so into Han Qing. Only good things would come if she were to have his baby, so why was she in such a dilemma? All she was afraid of was the pressure it would bring to Han Qing. After all, he’d suffered so badly just to hold everything in. He’d even asked her if she would regret at the crucial moment. That was part of the reason why Yan didn’t want to give him any unnecessary pressure.
When she thought of this, Yan raised both hands to promise, “Let’s get out of this island now and I’ll go buy some emergency contraceptive pills so that we can be sure I won’t get pregnant. If I really end up getting pregnant, I won’t burden you with any pressure, I—ouch!”
Before she could finish her sentence, Han Qing frowned and flicked her on her forehead.
“What are you going on about again? What do you mean you won’t burden me with any pressure? You were thinking for my sake from the beginning till the end?”
Yan just looked at him in a daze. Han Qing pulled her into his embrace and gently rubbed her ears with his thumbs. He then gently said, “Don’t worry, just let nature take its course. I’m here, aren’t I?”
Yan couldn’t really figure out what he meant, but she could understand that he didn’t want her to be overly anxious about it, so she just sheepishly asked, “So… are we still leaving the island?”
“Since we’re here, we should of course play to our heart’s content before leaving, no?” He gently pinched her ear. “Or do you want to leave?”
Yan swallowed the lump in her throat and gently shook her head a few seconds later. She didn’t want to leave. She liked Han Qing, and she wanted to have his baby. So if he wished for it…
“If you don’t want to, then we shall just stay.”
“Okay…”
This matter ended then and there, but Yan already felt warmth beyond description, so much so that the food she was eating felt exceptionally delicious.
It was only two days later when they left the island that Yan realized Han Qing had left that night to settle Lin Qin’er’s matter. She was sent away from the island that day, and her actions the night before were reported to the police. It was only after she was brought to the police station that they found out it wasn’t her first time; she had been a serial offender. She flirted and seduced married men time and again just because she was unsatisfied with her husband, but not enough to divorce him. She’d hoped that one of them would be Romeo to her Juliet and save her from her marriage and her life. But to no avail. After all, who would put in effort for a married woman? Then again, what kind of man could she bag by offering up her body in return? It would most likely be a superficial man.
In the beginning, all her husband did was occasionally hit or scold her, and she dared not speak of divorce, so she went around places, seducing and flirting with all kinds of men. Once her husband found out about her actions, he started treating her as trash and abused her randomly. Any glare or word that didn’t sit right with him would be returned with a tight slap. The bruises on her were evident, and Yan had witnessed it for herself; it was definitely gruesome. But then…
Yan just sighed and said, “She actually started on the wrong foot from the beginning. She should have asked for help from the police or lawyers to deal with a violent man. She should have fought for herself using the law and not pin her hopes on these superficial men. Think about it. If a man could get entangled with a married woman, what kind of a man could he be? What more could she hope for?”
That was why they said a pitiful person most likely had it coming to them. Disaster lurked within good fortune. If she insisted on divorcing from the beginning, she had to force it even if she was threatened.
In this world, most people feared death, but if she had to suffer so much just to live, she should’ve fought to the end for that sliver of hope to be free instead of allowing herself to sink deeper and deeper to the point where she lost herself. And all this while, the man lived scot-free. But this matter just ended right there. As to what she would choose in the future, Yan had no idea. To her, Lin Qin’er was just another passerby in her life.
Even though she had done many detestable things after that, Lin Qin’er inadvertently matchmade Han Qing and her. Because of that, Yan actually… didn’t blame her at all. If it weren’t for Lin Qin’er, she and Han Qing probably wouldn’t have progressed so quickly.
On the way back home, Yan thought about Muzi saying she had something to tell her, but after holding everything in for so many days, Muzi paused and said nothing except to tell her to wait until she got back. That aroused Yan’s curiosity and totally piqued her interest in the matter. She was wondering, What could be so important that they had to wait for me to get back to talk about it?
…
At the same time in the country, Jiang Xiaobai’s phone was ringing off the hook with calls from her mother. She sprawled on her computer table and closed her eyes to pretend she was dead, as if she could tune out the sound of the phone ringing like this. Ever since she said she had a boyfriend and brought Xiao Su home, her mom had been calling her everyday to ask her how things were going between them and when they were coming to visit her at home again.
Initially, she still handled her with patience, but as the frequency increased, she started to get annoyed about it, so much so that she just pretended she was dead when she heard the phone ring. She finally understood what it meant to shoot herself in the foot. She initially thought she’d just solve the problem before her and worry about the consequences later. She had thought her mom would stop for at least a month after she knew she had a boyfriend. At the very worst, she’d thought she’d have a week if not a month. But who knew… that she would bombard her with calls every single day?
Jiang Xiaobai was going insane. With her mom bombarding her, she couldn’t even complete her script, and her chapters were all in a mess. The readers were criticizing her in all forms and manners in the comments and asking her what was going on with her. Some even sent her monetary donations and commented personally what was wrong with her or how she felt. They were also gifting her stuff, hoping she would cheer up and lift her spirits soon. Jiang Xiaobai was being driven mad. Who would’ve thought that she would be driven to insanity by her dearest mother? Argh!!
At this moment, Fang Tangtang emerged from the kitchen with a slice of bread between her lips, teasing her, “Xiaobai, death has come for you. Hurry up and answer the call.”
Jiang Xiaobai kept silent.
Brimming with laughter, Fang Tangtang sat beside her and patted her shoulders like a mother. “Running away from your problems won’t solve anything.”
“Whoever wants to can just go answer it because I’m not going to. I just want to have some peace and quiet. Fang Tangtang, do you think my mom will stop forcing me if I stop thinking about everything and convert into a nun?”
“Huh?” Fang Tangtang was in shock. “Convert into a nun? You’re joking, right? You can’t even void yourself of your desires and sins, so how are you going to be a nun? Would you be willing to give up your needy readers and all the delicious food and scenery in this world? What about the money you have made…”
“Sigh.” Jiang Xiaobai’s head dropped smack on the table as she gritted her teeth. “If that’s the case, I think I can hold on a little longer.”
