“Nan Xin, you’re being too inconsiderate. Whatever happens between you and your husband should be dealt with between the two of you. Why drag your mother-in-law into it?”
Nan Xin’s mother cursed her daughter inwardly.
Of all times, why did she have to bring it up now? Wasn’t she deliberately trying to take money out of their precious daughter’s pocket?
Nan Xin pulled her hand away from Su Limei’s grasp.
“It’s all my fault. I’ve put everyone in a difficult position. As for the baby, we’ll just leave it to fate.”
“Don’t say such depressing things!”
Su Limei knew her own son better than anyone. She guessed that his supplementary bank card was in Nan Yu’s hands, so she simply turned to Nan Yu, her tone carrying a hint of displeasure.
“There’s still a long road ahead. Don’t make things difficult for your aunt.”
With things having been said this far, how could Nan Yu continue hiding it?
Suppressing her anger, she reluctantly took Fu Beichen’s supplementary bank card out of her bag.
A servant immediately took the card and handed it to Nan Xin.
Nan Xin looked at the supplementary card in her hand—the very card she had never received throughout her three years of marriage—and slightly curled her lips.
If there was no love to be found in a marriage, then she might as well fight desperately to get as much money as she could. She couldn’t possibly walk away with nothing in the end. Nan Xin might be honest, but she was selfish too.
The meal was unpleasant from beginning to end.
After dinner, Su Limei ignored the expressions on the faces of the Nan family and Nan Yu and directly told Fu Beichen to take Nan Xin home.
“Nan Xin is heavily pregnant and it’s inconvenient for her to travel. Beichen, drive her home.”
She didn’t say a word about what Nan Yu should do.
Fu Beichen was the eldest son of the family and had always been obedient to his parents. Nan Xin had noticed this long ago, which was why she had gone out of her way to please Su Limei and Fu Changlian.
Even though the woman involved had changed to Nan Yu, the result was still the same.
Nan Xin didn’t refuse.
As she was leaving, she caught sight of Nan Yu’s livid expression and the resentment on her parents’ faces. She couldn’t say that she was happy. What she felt was more a sense of desolation.
She sat in the back seat because there was a brand-new LV bag sitting in the passenger seat. The ribbon was still intact, so it was probably a gift Fu Beichen had bought for Nan Yu.
In the rearview mirror, Fu Beichen’s expression was terrible.
“Pull over,” Nan Xin said.
Fu Beichen slammed on the brakes. Fortunately, Nan Xin had braced herself against the seat beforehand, preventing herself from being thrown forward.
“Nan Xin, don’t think this means you can use this to force me not to divorce you. Don’t forget, the child in your belly is a ticking time bomb. Even if I don’t say anything now, sooner or later the truth will come out.”
He admitted it. He would never reveal the truth about the child’s origins.
Nan Xin’s lips curved into a mocking smile.
“We’ll deal with that when the time comes.”
Once she got what belonged to her, she would leave without needing Fu Beichen to say a word.
With that, Nan Xin got out of the car.
The moment she closed the door, Fu Beichen drove away at full speed.
Nan Xin walked to the roadside and called a Didi.
She pulled her clothes tighter around herself and decided that she would buy a car tomorrow. It was simply too inconvenient to go anywhere without one.
…
Nan Xin’s father had driven the Nan family’s car. After Fu Beichen left, Nan Yu naturally got into their family vehicle.
The moment the car left the Fu residence, Nan Yu could no longer maintain the gentle expression on her face. It twisted into something vicious.
“I want the child in Nan Xin’s belly dead!”
Nan Xin’s mother looked equally unhappy. She said angrily, “That damn girl Nan Xin actually dared to scheme against Xiaoyu today. It’s all your fault. You insisted on adopting a girl from the orphanage back then. Look what happened! Now she wants to compete with our precious daughter for everything!”
Nan Xin’s father said, “I adopted Nan Xin back then so she could eventually become a bargaining chip for a marriage alliance and serve as a stepping stone for the Nan family’s business. If you want someone to blame, blame yourselves. You were the ones who brought the two of them together. Who else can you blame now?”
“Wasn’t that because we had no other choice?”
Nan Xin’s mother glared at him, but her voice clearly lacked confidence.
If that incident hadn’t happened to Nan Yu back then, she never would have come up with such a terrible plan.
“Mom, help me think of something.”
At the dinner table, Nan Yu had wanted to expose the fact that the child in Nan Xin’s belly was a bastard.
But after Fu Beichen stopped her, she thought about it carefully and was actually relieved that she hadn’t said anything. Once the Fu family became suspicious about the child’s bloodline, there was no guarantee they wouldn’t eventually investigate and discover the truth about Nuan Nuan.
So even for her own sake, she absolutely couldn’t reveal the truth about Nan Xin’s child.
Nan Xin’s mother frowned.
“That bastard in her belly is almost eight months old. Even if something happens accidentally, the baby could still survive. Unless…”
A vicious glint flashed across her mother’s face as she lowered her voice.
“When she has an accident, we make sure she loses all possibility of survival.”
“Mom, you’ve thought of a way?”
Nan Xin’s mother lowered her voice and leaned toward Nan Yu’s ear. The anger and frustration on Nan Yu’s face were instantly replaced by excitement.
…
On the way home, Nan Xin deleted the automatically scheduled message. By the time she returned to Yunding Villa, it was already past nine in the evening.
The lights in the villa were on. When she opened the door, she saw Ji Zhouye sitting at the dining table in his loungewear, working.
The glow from the computer screen illuminated his handsome features, making him look even more striking.
Nan Xin had always been somewhat attracted to good looks. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have fallen for Fu Beichen at first sight.
When she first met Ji Zhouye, she had to admit that her heart had skipped a beat. She doubted there were many women who could remain unmoved by a face like his.
“You’re back?”
Ji Zhouye stopped what he was doing and looked toward Nan Xin.
Nan Xin nodded. Her gaze fell on the coffee beside him.
“Have you eaten?”
“Yes.”
“Okay.”
Nan Xin felt that there was nothing more to say between them, so she prepared to return to her room to wash up and rest.
To be honest, she was quite exhausted today.
However, just as she was about to leave, Ji Zhouye called out to her again.
“Miss Nan, I have something here that I think you’ll be interested in.”
Ji Zhouye curled a finger, motioning for her to come over.
After only a moment’s hesitation, Nan Xin walked toward him.
At least for now, apart from Shen Zhixia, Ji Zhouye was the second person she trusted. Her life had been in his hands all along.
When she reached his side, the faint woody fragrance emanating from him drifted into her nose, leaving her momentarily distracted.
By then, Ji Zhouye had already plugged in a USB drive and selected the compressed file.
It was quickly decompressed.
“Before you look at this, I need to apologize. I investigated you, but I believe you’ll definitely be interested in what I found.”
Nan Xin pursed her lips.
Soon, footage from a hotel’s surveillance camera appeared on the computer screen.
The moment she saw the hallway shown by the security camera, all the color drained from Nan Xin’s face, and her hand tightened into a fist at her side.
That was… the hotel where Fu Beichen had asked her to meet him back then!