Lord, give up! Madam has too many vests

Chapter 344 Difficult Decision

"I want the child." Yan Lan was about to reach out and take the divorce papers.

She won't drag things out.

She tried to suppress the strange feeling in her heart, as if being pricked by needles.

But the moment she heard those words, her gaze suddenly turned to him.

Yan Lan's hand hovered above the divorce agreement, her fingertips trembling slightly.

Qin Shi's words, "I want the child," pierced her heart unexpectedly like an icicle.

She abruptly looked up, the mist in her eyes instantly dissipating, leaving only a clear, cold gaze:

“When we got married, you said that the child was ours and that I had the right to be a mother.”

Qin Shi's Adam's apple bobbed as he avoided her gaze: "Times have changed."

“Yes, times have changed.” Yan Lan smiled, but the smile didn’t reach her eyes. “During the month you disappeared, when I was dragging my pregnant belly and supporting Qin Qi, why didn’t you mention times having changed?”

"You never said you would sell the stock to Blackstone Capital."

Several hundred billion dollars to buy a child.

You're not at a loss at all.

Yan Lan said no more, picked up a pen and wrote her name on the agreement.

The handwriting is neat and elegant, yet it carries a resolute force.

As she handed over the signed paper, her fingertips brushed against Qin Shi's hand, and both of them recoiled as if burned.

"Divorce proceedings..." Yan Lan stood up, the heaviness in her abdomen slowing her movements, but she still kept her back straight.

"I'll handle it."

"From this moment on, I am even with the Qin family and with you."

After saying that, she turned and left without a trace of regret.

The moment the study door opened, Madam Qin and Qin Shengsheng came into view. They had clearly been listening outside for a long time, their faces showing both surprise and anxiety.

"Lanlan..." Madam Qin wanted to pull her back, but stopped halfway through her hand. Looking at Yan Lan's protruding belly, her eyes reddened first.

Yan Lan forced a smile at them, a smile more heartbreaking than tears: "Mom, Sheng Sheng, I'm leaving."

She didn't explain or complain, and walked straight through the hall out.

Qin Shengsheng could no longer hold back and rushed into the study, where she saw Qin Shi holding the divorce agreement in his hand.

She snatched it away, and after seeing the signature, she trembled with anger: "Brother! Are you crazy? Your wife has done so much for you, and this is what you give her when you come back?"

Madam Qin followed her in, her hand trembling as she pointed at Qin Shi: "Ah Shi, you've disappointed me so much! Lanlan is carrying your child, how could you..."

With his back to them, Qin Shi gazed at the twilight that had completely sunk outside the window, his voice low and hoarse: "This is between her and me."

"What do you mean by 'things between you two'?" Qin Shengsheng slammed the agreement in front of him. "What about the child? Do you want him to separate from his mother too?"

Qin Shi closed his eyes and said nothing more.

On the other side, just as Yan Lan reached the entrance of Yunhu Villa, Han Yan's car came up to greet her.

The car window rolled down, and Han Yan saw her pale face, almost choking on her own breath: "That bastard Qin Shi! I'm going to tear him apart right now!"

"Don't go." Yan Lan opened the car door and got in, her voice tinged with exhaustion. "It's not worth it."

Seeing her rubbing her belly, Han Yan finally suppressed her anger and started the car: "Let's go back to your place first, I'll stay with you."

Just as the car was about to drive away, a flashy red sports car suddenly blocked its way.

The car window slowly rolled down, revealing Bai Xiaoyu's meticulously made-up face. She saw Yan Lan, and a hint of smugness flashed in her eyes.

Just then, the gates of Yunhu Villa opened again, and Qin Shi walked out.

He walked straight to Bai Xiaoyu's car, opened the door and got in, without glancing at Yan Lan the entire time.

The sports car roared away, its taillights quickly disappearing into the night.

Han Yan gripped the steering wheel tightly, her knuckles turning white with anger: "What does this mean? He just signed the divorce papers with you, and now he's gone with another woman? What does he take you for?!"

Yan Lan kept her eyes closed, her long eyelashes casting shadows beneath them.

Only after Han Yan finished speaking did she slowly open her eyes. Her eyes were as calm as a stagnant pool, with only the moisture at the corners of her eyes betraying her emotions.

"Let's drive," she said softly.

Han Yan felt a tightness in her chest as she looked at her forced composure.

She knew that Yan Lan was truly heartbroken this time. The girl who once said "Qin Shi is her light" had ultimately been burned by that light.

As the car slowly drove away, Yan Lan gazed at the receding night view outside the window, her hand unconsciously resting on her pregnant belly.

There are two little lives quietly growing there, which are her only support right now.

From now on, she will live only for herself and her child.

"Baby, I'm sorry... Mommy just made a very bad decision." Yan Lan's fingertips gently touched her swollen belly, the warm touch coming through the thin fabric, making her throat tighten.

The voice in her heart trembled, as if afraid of disturbing the breathing of the little life inside her.

She could have been more decisive, disappearing completely with her two children, leaving the Qin family with no trace of them. The grievances she'd endured these past days, Qin Shi's coldness upon his return, and that phrase during the divorce, "The children belong to the Qin family"—weren't any of these enough to harden her heart?

But when she felt the slight fetal movement under her fingertips, her heart softened in the end.

“Dad…maybe he doesn’t love Mom.” She closed her eyes, her eyelashes still damp. “But don’t worry, you’ll have a loving grandma and a proud aunt.”

A thought lurking in her heart stirred within her—she couldn't bear to part with it after all.

The thought seemed absurd to her, but that tenderness that prevented her from being ruthless took root in her heart, like vines that entangled her, making her feel both sour and bitter.

Inside the moving car, in the dim light, Qin Shi took out two divorce certificates and handed them to the woman beside him.

The dark red cover gleamed with a somber light in the dim light, and the gold lettering resembled a cold, imprinted mark.

The woman glanced at her sideways, and a beautiful smile appeared on her lips.

That smile carried a hint of amusement and smugness, like a poppy blooming quietly in the dark night, beautiful yet dangerous.

If Yan Lan hadn't been in a daze and her mind hadn't been in such a state of confusion, she would have been able to tell that the woman in front of her was different from Bai Xiaoyu—Bai Xiaoyu's beauty was full of youthful vigor, while her beauty concealed a cold and ruthless edge, their temperaments were completely different.

"Qin Shi, you certainly didn't disappoint me."

The woman took the divorce certificate, her fingertips tracing the cover, her voice carrying a hint of languid certainty.

“In that case, let’s continue our cooperation.” She paused, her eyes suddenly sharpening. “Next step: kill the Speaker.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she slammed her foot on the gas pedal, and the sports car engine let out a low growl.

It shot off like an arrow, the sound of tires rolling over the road exceptionally clear in the quiet night. The car quickly disappeared into the thick darkness, as fast as a ghostly shadow.