Wenzhou in the driver’s seat almost lost his grip on the steering wheel.
Holy shit.
He suddenly felt a bit sorry for his Third Young Master.
As Qi Chenyan’s driver, he actually understood Qi Chenyan’s feelings for Shi Xing better than anyone else around him.
After all, on countless sleepless or drunken nights, the Third Young Master had asked him to drive to the Shi family, staying for hours in the backyard where he could see the balcony of the Shi family’s eldest daughter’s bedroom.
He did nothing else, just silently gazed in the direction of her bedroom.
So when the Shi family’s eldest daughter suddenly hugged his Third Young Master yesterday, asking for a kiss and declaring her love, Wenzhou was the most excited person, almost wanting to answer on behalf of the Third Young Master.
Finally, there would be no more late-night trips to endure the cold wind.
Until this moment, he sighed inwardly.
His Third Young Master’s path to love was truly bumpy.
Shi Xing also felt a bit flustered.
She really didn’t know how Qi Chenyan had found out about this. Could it be that she had talked in her sleep while dreaming and he overheard?
But that was something from before her rebirth.
Now, with him asking like this, it seemed he misunderstood that she was currently pregnant?
For a moment, Shi Xing didn’t know how to respond.
After all, even now, thinking about that child made her feel a bit sad.
She really didn’t want him to know about this, not wanting him to feel sad or even blame himself.
After all, he truly hadn’t done anything wrong.
After asking, Qi Chenyan also felt that his tone wasn’t very good. Such a tone might make her misunderstand that he was blaming her.
Seeing her silence, he thought for a moment and softened his tone, “Baby, don’t misunderstand.”
As he spoke, his palm gently rubbed her lower abdomen, “I asked this not for any other reason, just because I feel sorry for you.”
After all, such things could cause great harm to a girl. He didn’t even know how old she was when she was with someone…
But he had always paid close attention to her, so why, aside from He Sheng, had he never noticed any other man appearing by her side?
Could that person be invisible?
The more Qi Chenyan thought about it, the more troubled he became.
Shi Xing looked up at him, her eyes watery, with a faint redness around them, her voice soft and gentle, “I know you feel sorry for me, and I won’t misunderstand you.”
Qi Chenyan’s heart ached at the sight of her reddened eyes. His thumb gently brushed the corner of her eye as he sighed softly, “Baby…”
Shi Xing wrapped her arms around his neck, lowered her head, and buried her face in the crook of his neck, her voice muffled, “That child was yours.”
Qi Chenyan: “?”
He felt he hadn’t heard correctly, while Wenzhou in the front seat let out a startled “Ha.”
Qi Chenyan paused slightly, lifting his eyelids as his gaze passed through the transparent partition to land on Wenzhou in the driver’s seat.
Wenzhou: “…”
Meeting Qi Chenyan’s gaze in the rearview mirror, he stiffly forced a smile and looked away, instantly putting on a serious expression as if he hadn’t heard anything and wouldn’t hear anything.
Qi Chenyan withdrew his gaze and looked back at Shi Xing, who was still burying her head in his shoulder.
His mind was in chaos.
Wenzhou’s reaction confirmed that he hadn’t misheard.
The child was his?
When did he ever have a child with her?
Although he had shamelessly imagined it and even dreamed about it sometimes… cough, that shouldn’t have been enough to get her pregnant, right?
He took a moment to calm his emotions, thinking that she might be worried he would get angry or something, which was why she didn’t dare tell him the truth.His fingertips brushed her hair, and he ultimately sighed, “It’s okay. If Xingxing doesn’t want to say, then don’t. I won’t force you.”
Shi Xing closed her eyes, knowing he wouldn’t believe her.
She lifted her head from his shoulder, looking at him with grievance. “But the child really is yours. I’m not lying. I conceived it with you in a dream.”
“Pfft—”
Before Qi Chenyan could speak, Wenzhou couldn’t hold back.
Then, Wenzhou’s face fell in despair. Without waiting for Qi Chenyan to speak, he said hopelessly, “Sorry, Third Young Master. I just choked on my saliva.”
Qi Chenyan couldn’t be bothered with him. He glanced out the window—they were already very close to the hospital.
By now, the painkillers had taken effect, and he could feel that Shi Xing’s stomach no longer hurt much.
So he spoke calmly, “Pull over to the side. You get out first.”
Wenzhou: “Yes, Third Young Master.”
Alright, going out to face the cold wind was just fine.
If he stayed in the car listening any longer, he was worried he might be assassinated by the Third Young Master in the future.
The car pulled over to the side, and after Wenzhou got out, only Qi Chenyan and Shi Xing remained.
Qi Chenyan looked at Shi Xing silently, then touched her forehead and spoke earnestly, “Xingxing, tell me the truth. Before the red carpet last night, did you really hit your head or bump into something?”
He was being relatively subtle today, considering he had directly asked her yesterday if her head had been pinched by the elevator door.
Shi Xing pouted her red lips. “No, I’m very clear-headed. There’s nothing wrong with my mind. Everything I said is true.”
Qi Chenyan: “…”
He fell silent for two seconds. “The child is mine?”
Shi Xing nodded. “Mm-hmm.”
Qi Chenyan: “Conceived in a dream?”
Shi Xing nodded again. “Mm-hmm.”
Qi Chenyan fell silent once more, only speaking again after several seconds. “Then, how was it lost?”
Shi Xing lowered her gaze, her voice softening. “You told me to get rid of it.”
“?”
This time, Qi Chenyan denied it very quickly. “That’s absolutely impossible.”
How could he ever do something so hurtful to her?
Qi Chenyan became even more certain that Shi Xing was talking nonsense.
“But everything I said is true.”
Shi Xing looked up again, her eyes already moist and misty, her eye rims redder than before.
Qi Chenyan’s heart tightened, and unease instantly spread.
Shi Xing’s voice carried a hint of a sob as she slowly said, “When I said ‘in a dream,’ I meant a dream I had. In the dream, I was pregnant with your child, and then you told me to get rid of it.”
Qi Chenyan’s hand around her waist trembled slightly. “A dream?”
“Mm-hmm.”
Shi Xing nodded, her gaze shifting like flowing water, tinged with grievance. “Did you really think I had been pregnant?”
She said, “I’ve never even had a man. How could I be pregnant?”
Qi Chenyan clenched his fingers.
He felt something was off.
But he couldn’t pinpoint what it was.
In the end, he could only ask her, “In your dream, was I really that bad?”
“It’s not that you were bad.”
Shi Xing whispered, “Because we conceived the child after being drugged by someone and being together. So the child might have had problems, and you didn’t dare take the risk. That’s why you did it.”
Qi Chenyan clenched his fingers even tighter, his heartbeat instinctively racing.
His voice deepened slightly. “This was your dream?”
Shi Xing nodded. “Mm-hmm, it was my dream.”
Qi Chenyan stared at her intently, trying to see something.
But her eyes were like mirrors—clear and transparent, showing no trace of a lie.
Qi Chenyan pressed his lips together tightly, his heart still filled with panic and unease.Shi Xing looked at him for a moment, then suddenly curved her lips into a smile, her eyes still slightly moist and curved as well. “A Yan thought I was really pregnant, didn’t you feel very upset?”
She wrapped her arms around his neck and asked him with a smile, “Did you think I was carrying someone else’s child and feel especially miserable?”
Qi Chenyan took a deep breath, inexplicably annoyed by her smile at this moment, as if he were the only one feeling distressed and agitated.
He couldn’t help but gently pinch her cheek. “What do you think?”
Qi Chenyan gritted his teeth. “I wish I could kill that man!”
Shi Xing found it amusing. “And now?”
“The same.”
Qi Chenyan said coldly, “I want to kill the ‘me’ in your dream!”
Shi Xing laughed and kissed his cheek. “Silly.”
She tilted her head and pressed close to his ear. “Rather than A Yan killing them, why not ‘kill’ me… and really make me pregnant with A Yan’s child, okay?”
As she spoke, her warm, moist breath blew into his ear, sending a tingling sensation all the way to the depths of Qi Chenyan’s heart.
After finishing her words, she even pressed her soft lips against his ear.
Qi Chenyan’s Adam’s apple bobbed restlessly, and he closed his eyes.
His ears were somewhat sensitive.
With her blowing and kissing like this, his bones felt almost melted.
He breathed slowly, his voice growing hoarse. “Qi Xingxing, you’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?”
He tightened his grip on her. “In your current condition, how can I ‘kill’ you, hmm?”
Shi Xing seemed to remember only now that her period had come. She let out an “oh” and said, “Sorry, I forgot.”
As soon as he mentioned it, she felt a bit uncomfortable and couldn’t help but shift her body.
He suddenly tightened his grip on her waist, his voice growing even hoarser. “Stop moving.”
Shi Xing froze. He closed his eyes and sighed. “Talking about me ‘killing’ you—actually, you want to kill me, don’t you?”
Shi Xing: “…”
She didn’t dare move anymore.
After a while, Qi Chenyan called her softly again, “Baby.”
He opened his eyes and looked at her, his voice growing even lower. “What should I do?”
He frowned, troubled. “I’m hard.”