Qiao Mu tightened his grip on her wrist, and his eyes abruptly changed. He stood up without a care, almost causing her to stumble as he said coldly,
"You don't have to use this method on me."
Sheng Anran was stunned, and her watery eyes were instantly filled with tears. She choked, "What can I do? What can I do? You told me. She's pregnant, so I can't do anything."
Qiao Mu clenched his fists, and his face darkened. In the end, his heart softened because of her painful appearance.
When he left, he left behind a sentence.
"Her pregnancy isn't necessarily a bad thing for you. Rest well and don't think too much. What's yours will always be yours."
Sheng Anran held her red wrist and looked at the determined back until the back disappeared. Her delicate and pitiful face suddenly turned to one side, and a meaningful arc appeared on her lips.
They were just men. They were all the same. Why were they pretending to be virtuous?
The people Qiao Mu sent out found Ling Han when it was almost dawn. After Ling Han sent Ye Huanyan back to Jinjiang Court, he changed his clothes and went directly to the company. He did not mention her pregnancy to the servants at home, and it could be said that he barely said anything.
In the office of the president of the Pleasure Group.
Qiao Mu arrived at the office with a stack of documents. When he saw that Ling Han was already there, surprise flashed through his eyes. He slowly took a breath and then sent the documents to Ling Han's desk.
"The contracts with Director Wang and Director Li have been signed. The quarterly reports of the other branches are here. I've circled the areas with problems. My suggestion is that the companies with minor problems solve them themselves, and call the person in charge to the headquarters for a meeting if the problems are serious. Also, this is Gu Sinian's information. This is all I found so far."
He put a kraft paper bag in front of Ling Han with a respectful expression.
Ling Han raised his eyes to take a look. He didn't seem to take it to heart as he spoke casually.
He said casually, "You haven't rested after work recently. You've been busy with this?"
Usually, when he called Qiao Mu outside of work hours to ask him to do something, he would do it himself. However, recently, Qiao Mu seemed to have asked others to do many things. Even when his car broke down last night, he did not personally pick it up.
Qiao Mu was unperturbed. "The earlier we finish, the earlier we can implement the measures."
Ling Han's eyes were filled with gratification. "If those people in the assistant team had half of your work awareness, my workload would have been reduced by half."
Qiao Mu lowered her head as embarrassment flashed through her eyes.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go out first. I still have some things to take care of at the prosecutor's office."
When he reached the door, Ling Han's cold voice suddenly sounded behind him.
"Qiao Mu."
His footsteps paused, and he slowly relaxed his grip on the doorknob. He turned around, but he didn't dare to look into Ling Han's eyes.
"What's wrong? Chief Ling. "
"We've known each other for more than ten years. I've never kept anything from you. All these years, I've always felt that there's no one I can trust around me, except for you."
Qiao Mu's heart skipped a beat, and she hesitantly raised her head, only to discover that Ling Han was not looking at her.
He was sitting behind his large desk with a pen in his hand. The documents on his desk were piled high, covering his chest. The pen in his hand tapped the kraft paper bag intermittently, and there was a hint of confusion between his brows.
"Too many people have betrayed me all these years. It seems that it's hard for me to truly trust anyone."
Qiao Mu heaved a sigh of relief and said cautiously,
"Chief Ling, in terms of work, one should indeed be wary of others. You're right about this."
"Is that so?"
"Seeing is believing. It's enough to only believe what you see."
Ling Han was silent for a couple of seconds when he heard this. A long while later, the bewilderment in his eyes completely disappeared. He finally recovered the decisive killing manner that he should have. His pair of cold eyes rotated gently before he spoke in a faint voice.
"Contact the private doctors in the obstetrics department and take them to Jinjiang Court. Have Ye Huanyan … do that child."
When he mentioned the child, he paused for a moment, as if he could not bear to do it. However, Qiao Mu did not notice his strange expression. Ling Han was adept at hiding his emotions. Even though he had been by his side for more than a decade, he still could not completely see through him.
Jinjiang Court.
When Ye Huanyan woke up, it was already afternoon. Her pregnant body was not like before, and her stomach was empty and growling many times. The fetus in her belly had long reminded her that it was time to eat, but because of the nightmare, she did not wake up for a long time.
When she opened her eyes, she saw a familiar place. It was snow-white, and the furnishings were even more monotonous than the hospital. This was the one-third room that belonged to her in Jinjiang Court.
She did not know when she changed into her pajamas, and she did not even know how she came back. Yesterday, the cold wind was bone-chilling, and after she fell asleep, she kept having nightmares and could not wake up.
"Miss Ye, you're awake?" It was Lingling's voice.
Ye Huanyan supported herself on the stairs and looked at Lingling, forcing a smile. "Mhm."
However, Lingling was very happy. She put down the lunch she was preparing and hurried upstairs to support Ye Huanyan, nagging nonstop.
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. Miss Ye, you don't know how quiet the house was during the month you were gone. Young Master almost didn't speak, sigh …"
Ye Huanyan was slightly taken aback. "He … is still living here during this time?"
She thought that after she went to prison, Ling Han would stay at Sheng Anran's place in Fujin Garden. Or perhaps, he would bring Sheng Anran here.
However, Lingling did not understand the meaning in her words. She scooped soup for her and said with a smile, "Of course, this is Young Master's house. If he doesn't live here, does he have to go out and live in a hotel? Young Master is only occasionally not at home, but he comes back most of the time. "
Ye Huanyan did not comment, but when she lowered her head, her expression could not help but darken.
"Oh right, Miss Ye, you have a fever. Remember to take your medicine after you eat."
Lingling put the medicine box that she had prepared earlier on the table, and after reminding her, she turned and went into the kitchen.
Ye Huanyan picked up the medicine box, stared at the instructions, and frowned. There was a line of words written on it that stood out to her at the moment.
'Use with caution when pregnant.'
When she finished cleaning up the kitchen and came back, Ye Huanyan had already finished eating. She wrapped herself in a shawl and was sunbathing in the backyard corridor. The medicine on the table was untouched.
"Miss Ye, don't you want to take your medicine?" she asked.
Ye Huanyan responded with a simple, "Yes."
Lingling was stunned for a moment. She thought that every medicine had its side effects. The fever was not too serious, so it was not a big deal not to take the medicine. She did not say anything else and took the medicine away.
Ye Huanyan sat on a chair in the backyard corridor. When the sun shone on her, some color returned to her face, but she still looked weak. She suddenly missed the days in prison. The villa in Jinjiang Court was very big, but to her, it was like a huge cage, so stuffy and suffocating.
When she thought of Ling Han's attitude last night, the uneasiness in her heart grew stronger and stronger.
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