Chapter 971: Chapter 978: Extra (5)
Xie Qinghuan gave him a look, warning him to tone it down.
Yan Jiu, however, acted like a lord, leaning back in his chair, smoking, utterly brazen.
Xie Qinghuan awkwardly smiled at the man, "Don’t mind him, he’s been spoiled since he was a kid, still acts like a child now."
The man nodded understandingly, "No problem, your family is my family. It’s good for me to get to know them early."
Upon hearing this, Yan Jiu seemed a bit impatient, straightening up and saying softly, "She won’t marry you."
"Why?" the man frowned and asked, apparently sensing the shift in atmosphere between them.
Xie Qinghuan also furrowed her brow, "What nonsense are you talking about? Who I marry is my business; whether I marry him or not is up to me."
Seeing her speak out in rebuttal, the man was somewhat reassured.
Unexpectedly, in the next second, Yan Yiheng suddenly pulled Xie Qinghuan into his arms, "Our son is almost three months old, and you still want to marry someone else?"
Xie Qinghuan’s face flashed with panic, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Yan Yiheng narrowed his eyes slightly and directly tossed a pregnancy test onto the table.
"How long did you plan to keep this from me?"
"You... you!" Xie Qinghuan’s face turned somewhat pale, unable to speak for a moment.
The man opposite had an iron-blue expression, looking quite unpleasant.
Without lifting his head, Yan Jiu told him, "You can leave now."
The man clenched his fists angrily, saying coldly, "Qinghuan, I am really disappointed in you."
"Leave!" Yan Jiu seemed unwilling to hear another man speak to Xie Qinghuan in such a manner, opening his mouth impatiently in anger.
The man shuddered subconsciously, feeling inexplicably pressed by an invisible force making breathing difficult.
Sweating coldly from his forehead, he felt like someone was squeezing his throat, immediately got up, and left quickly without looking back.
After the man left, Yan Jiu turned to look at the woman beside him.
Normally, this woman would have jumped up and scolded him, but at the moment, she was unusually quiet, her face even a bit pale.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, not making a sound.
After a long while, Xie Qinghuan lowered her eyes and said softly, "When did you find out?"
Yan Yiheng was taken aback, looking at her in a daze, not reacting for a moment.
It took him a good few seconds to finally understand what she meant, which made him subconsciously look at the pregnancy test on the table.
"You... you..."
This time, it was the overbearing Yan Yiheng’s turn to stammer. He put down his leg, extinguished his cigarette, and his body slowly straightened up, staring straight at the woman in front of him for a long time without speaking.
Xie Qinghuan’s face was somewhat pale. Although she had been very careful and cautious, she hadn’t imagined that he would find out anyway.
Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, she let out a soft laugh.
She picked up her bag and stood up, saying, "Rest assured, I’ll terminate the pregnancy; it won’t affect your reputation."
With that, she got up and left decisively.
Her back was turned to him as she walked away, her eyes misted with a layer of tears that never spilled over.
She let out a light breath, feeling finally relieved.
This child... was an unexpected arrival, something even she hadn’t anticipated.
During this time, she had been wrestling with whether or not to keep it.
But now that he knew, she feared she wouldn’t be able to keep it even if she wanted to. Even if the child was eventually born, it would be taken to the Yan family and wouldn’t be allowed to stay with her.
In that case, why should she give birth to him, only to endure the pain of separation from her child?
In the next second, a force suddenly appeared on her wrist, gripping her very tightly.
