“Are you here for a pregnancy checkup?” The woman glimpsed at Lin Xinyan’s bulging belly.
Lin Xinyan nodded at her politely.
“You’re such a lucky girl. I’m really envious of that grand wedding ceremony you just had,” Gu Huiyuan remarked with a smile.
Lin Xinyan turned to look at her. “Do we know each other?”
“You may not know who I am, but I do know you,” Gu Huiyuan answered, still wearing the same smile.
Frowning slightly, Lin Xinyan pondered hard over the woman’s face and was sure she had never met her before.
“How did you learn about me, and who are you?” Lin Xinyan was very vigilant and careful when it came to strangers. While putting her bag on her lap, she fished out her phone.
It was so that she could phone someone for help immediately if anything bad happened.
Meanwhile, Gu Huiyuan watched her fumbling with her phone. She’s such a vigilant and cautious woman.
“Did you receive my wedding gift for you? Have you tried it on for your husband?”
Lin Xinyan looked stunned at once. She was the one who sent me that nightdress? Who exactly is she? What is she up to? She is the sender Shen Peichuan didn’t manage to find out.
“Who exactly are you?” Clenching her fists tightly, Lin Xinyan was extremely antsy at the moment.
She had a vague feeling that the woman approached her with some ulterior motive.
“You don’t have to know who I am because I’m just a woman living a tough life. While you’re here for a pregnancy checkup, I’m here for…”
Gu Huiyuan pointed in the direction of the operation room. “I’m here for an abortion.”
She rose to her feet and continued, “I’m really, really envious of you. You have a husband who loves you, and your kid is going to be much-loved by the people around you. Meanwhile, I’m not allowed to give birth to my baby.”
“What’re you trying to say? And, why’re you telling me this?” Lin Xinyan confronted her in an icy voice.
“Nothing. I just need to share my agony with someone. After all, I’m a mistress and my baby has no right to be born. Besides, my baby’s father is married with children. So, how can my baby exist alongside them? Perhaps, he only spent that fateful night with me in a moment of folly… I think he still loves his wife very much, judging from how good he treats her,” she said, trying to hint at something.
She turned around and walked away right after saying that.
The crease on Lin Xinyan’s forehead deepened as she was puzzled by the woman’s behavior.
What is she trying to imply?
She whipped out her phone and called Shen Peichuan.
Shen Peichuan was engaging in another phone call with his subordinates at the moment. They had been sent by Shen Peichuan to keep track of Gu Huiyuan’s whereabouts, but they just lost her.
“What’s wrong with you guys? How can something like this happen?” Shen Peichuan reprimanded sternly.
“I think she must have noticed me. The last place I saw her at was a public restroom, but she spent a very long time inside. By the time I went inside to look for her, she had already gone. I didn’t think of following her into the women’s restroom just now… It was my mistake.”
“Fine. Just continue to follow her once you managed to track her down.” Shen Peichuan was worried, thinking that the woman must be up to no good. Other than sending a gift to Lin Xinyan at her wedding ceremony, she was sharp enough to notice that she was being followed and was actually capable of getting rid of the shadows on her tail. Obviously, she was a very shrewd and cunning person.
At that juncture, Shen Peichuan’s phone dinged, signaling that he had another phone call coming in. “Just track her down as quickly as possible,” he instructed.
He ended the call and picked up the other call.
“It’s me.” Holding her phone, Lin Xinyan glanced around and made sure the coast was clear before saying, “I just found out who gave me that mysterious gift at the wedding reception.”
Shen Peichuan was stunned to hear that. “H-How did you find that out?”
“I met her just now. She told me some really weird stuff and left right after that. Can you help me look into it?”
“Sure. Where did you meet her just now? Does Jinghao know about this?” he asked.
Now, Shen Peichuan was completely sure that Gu Huiyuan was trying to approach Lin Xinyan with a purpose. Whatever that purpose was, he was sure it would not be something positive.
“He doesn’t know as I have yet to tell him. Don’t forget to update me if you’ve got any lead.”
Shen Peichuan agreed.
At that juncture, Zong Jinghao made it back with her medical report. “Who’re you talking to?”
Lin Xinyan hung up her phone and told him she was having a phone call with Shen Peichuan.
“What’s the matter?” Noticing that her face was pale, Zong Jinghao helped her to her feet.
“There’s something I’ve been wanting to tell you – I received a gift on the day of our wedding ceremony from an unknown sender. So, I engaged Shen Peichuan to help me look into it.” She looked up him and asked, “Have you got my report?”
Zong Jinghao grunted his affirmation. Then, he took her to the consultation room to let the doctor have a look at the report.
According to the doctor, everything was fine and the baby was growing well and very healthy. The doctor reminded Lin Xinyan to stay upbeat and positive, and to visit the hospital for regular checkups.
Zong Jinghao acknowledged the doctor’s reminders.
Meanwhile, Lin Xinyan appeared somewhat distracted as she had been trying to figure out what that woman meant.
When they got into their car, she was so absent-minded that she even forgot to fasten the seatbelt. When Zong Jinghao leaned over to help her with it, he asked, “What have you been thinking? You seem distracted.”
Staring at his face only inches away from her, she called his name in a soft voice, “Jinghao.”
“Yes?” He looked up to meet her gaze.
“Will you be able to control yourself in the face of temptations?” Zong Jinghao was in his thirties, an age when men were the most charming. Not only was he wise and mature, but he was also good-looking and loaded too. Lin Xinyan was sure there would be tons of women who were willing to offer themselves to him.
It went without saying that some of them could be attractive too.
Would he be tempted by them?
Zong Jinghao was starting the car engine with an impassive expression. Lin Xinyan’s question obviously came as a surprise as their relationship had been going very steady at the moment. Besides, he could tell that she was trying to insinuate something to him. “Do you have no faith in me, or do you not faith in yourself?”
His phone in his trouser pocket vibrated at that moment. Taking it out, he found he just received a message from Shen Peichuan, who said, My men lost track of Gu Huiyuan just now. She used the chance to meet Xinyan and tell her something weird. Xinyan just called and asked me to look into it.
Zong Jinghao quickly typed a reply to him. What did Gu Huiyuan say to her?
Then, he pressed the button to send the message.
I have no clue what she said. Xinyan only told me she said something weird to her, but she did not share the specifics with me. Last time, she sent a nightdress to Xinyan. This time, I wonder whether she did say anything outrageous to Xinyan. Otherwise, Xinyan wouldn’t have called me so soon.
Zong Jinghao sent him a reply, Okay, I got it.
He then put his phone aside and drove their way back to the hotel.
Lin Xinyan looked at him and wondered, “Who’ve you been texting with?”
“My phone is just there. You’re free to check it for yourself,” Zong Jinghao responded.
Lin Xinyan did not do as he said, but remained silent with her lips pursed. They had a quiet journey as Zong Jinghao did not utter a word too. Before long, they arrived at the hotel and returned to the presidential suite.
As soon as they entered the room, Zong Jinghao first tossed the car key and his phone onto the coffee table. After loosening his collar, he dragged Lin Xinyan over to the sofa and made her sit down.
“The woman who sent you that wedding gift is Gu Huiyuan, who’s Gu Bei’s sixth sister. Now that Gu Bei and Old Master Gu’s become the target of the police investigation, I think their family has found out I was the culprit behind that. It’s very obvious why they’ve been trying to approach you. They’re either trying to turn you against me, or they’re trying to sabotage you because you’re my wife. What did she say to you? Did she say things that made you become suspicious of my fidelity?”
Lin Xinyan’s eyes widened in shock in response. “She is someone from the Gu family?”
Zong Jinghao affirmed her question, “Yes. So, please tell me what she told you just now.”
Lin Xinyan immediately felt ashamed of her paranoia just now. Holding her head low, she came clean, “She hinted to me that you might have had a relationship with her before.”
“So, do you believe what she said?” Zong Jinghao raised his brows at her.
“Nope.” She looked up at him and added, “I don’t believe her. I’m only feeling insecure because I don’t want to lose you.”
She threw herself into his arms and buried her face into his chest. Fiddling with the buttons on his shirt with her fingers, she lamented in an agonized tone, “You’re such an excellent man with so many woman around you, while I’m a mother of three. I’m really worried that you might decide to dump me one day. By the time that happens, I will feel very sorry for my children who will grow up without a father.”
Zong Jinghao chuckled despite feeling exasperated. He pinched her chin to lift her head
