bayedsolid Chapter 13: A Hand Placed on Her Abdomen
Chapter 13: A Hand Placed on Her Abdomen
Jiang Qin thought about it for a while but couldn't figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it. After all, they were going to get divorced anyway. Besides, there were two undeniable facts: he had a white moonlight that he had kept hidden in his heart for six years, and he didn't want her to have a child with him.
If that's the case, why should she keep thinking about those irrelevant things?
After sorting out her thoughts, drowsiness just happened to come over her, and Jiang Qin drifted into a dream. When she opened her eyes again, a sliver of light shone through the gap in the curtains, and her phone on the bedside table was ringing its alarm.
The light, instrumental music sounded exceptionally clear in the quiet room. She was still a little drowsy, her eyes half-open as she reached out to turn it off. Suddenly, a large hand reached out first and grabbed her phone from the bedside table.
Their arms touched, and the man's body temperature was noticeably higher than hers. Jiang Qin was slightly startled, her eyes widened, and she snapped back to reality.
In her line of sight, Horst's hand brushed away her alarm clock, and then his arm gently fell back, his palm touching her abdomen.
Jiang Qin paused, then suddenly recalled that last August, when they were deeply in love, he had bought molds and taught himself to make all sorts of beautiful and delicious ice creams for her because she casually remarked that her grandmother would make ice cream when it got hot when she was little.
Later, she was so focused on giving him feedback that she forgot she was about to get her period, which resulted in severe menstrual cramps that month.
He felt guilty and remorseful at that time, and when he slept at night, he would hold her in his arms as he did now, with his warm hands on her abdomen.
"..." So now, is it just a habit, or is it intentional?
Jiang Qin glanced down at Huo Sili's hand, paused for two seconds, propped herself up on her elbows, removed his hand, and got out of bed.
Yeah, I forgot again after a good night's sleep. There's no point in thinking about it.
Jiang Qin went straight to the washroom. Behind her, Huo Sili opened his eyes, his gaze clear.
Gazing at Jiang Qin's retreating figure, he seemed lost in thought, his dark eyes deep and calm. A few seconds later, Huo Sili looked away, glanced at his empty hands, and sat up.
Good morning, sir and madam.
When the two arrived at the breakfast table, Wang Ma and Liu Ma were setting out the dishes, which were even more lavish than the breakfast they had eaten the previous morning.
Jiang Qin replied with a "Good morning," sat down directly, and started eating her porridge. Huo Sili sat down opposite Jiang Qin but didn't move.
After Wang Ma brought over a tray and laid out the last few steaming hot breakfast dishes, she bowed slightly and told the two to enjoy their meal. Huo Sili then called her over and said, "Bring a thermal container to pack a portion for Miss Li. When she wakes up, remind her to eat breakfast and change her dressing."
Wang Ma looked at Jiang Qin with a complicated expression. Jiang Qin lowered her head and drank her porridge, seemingly unaffected.
Just then, Aunt Liu came over with some washed fruit. Hearing this, she chuckled and said, "Oh! Sir, leave this to me. I'll remember this. I'll remind Miss Li when she wakes up!"
Horst glanced at it, but didn't answer. He then looked at the pears in the fruit plate and frowned almost imperceptibly. "Take the fruit away."
The man's voice was cold. Liu Ma had already witnessed this man's bad temper, so she didn't dare to ask any more questions and quickly said "oh" and took the food away.
There are two social engagements today. The one in the morning and the one at noon are for a business tycoon who values family development.
An elderly wealthy overseas Chinese man, with a happy family, was over seventy years old, the same generation as Mrs. Huo.
However, to Jiang Qin's surprise, the other party was not pretentious at all, was very respectable, and spoke very pleasantly. As a result, the cooperation was discussed very smoothly, and an agreement was reached in no time.
After signing the agreement, the tycoon was visibly pleased and frankly admitted that his purpose in returning to China was to personally discuss the cooperation with Huo Sili, in order to demonstrate his family's sincerity in cooperating with the Huo family.
Then, the other party kindly invited them to visit their newly developed resort, have lunch, and take photos.
This was already included in their planned itinerary, and Horstley naturally agreed.
The weather at the resort was fantastic, with the sun shining so brightly it was almost scorching.
After walking along a stretch of beach path, the heat rose to the soles of her feet. Jiang Qin noticed an unusual, dull pain in her lower abdomen. Remembering what Su Lejia had said last night, and glancing at the long distance still to the parasol, she took two steps forward and moved closer to Huo Sili.
"Mr. Huo, I need to use the restroom," Chao Huo Sili whispered.
Huo Sili was discussing economic trends with the wealthy businessman, Chairman Wang, when he heard this, he nodded slightly.
Jiang Qin turned around and walked back to the restroom inside the building. After checking, her face turned pale.
My hands trembled slightly as I reached for my phone in my bag and opened my browser to search for symptoms of bleeding in early pregnancy.
Upon examination, her face turned even paler.
She always knew her menstrual flow patterns very well. Today was the second day, and the amount shouldn't be this much, much less this color.
Her current situation is almost identical to the bleeding symptoms found in early pregnancy tests.
Jiang Qin's mind and heart were instantly in turmoil.
She was a little incredulous, so she opened an app, searched for posts, and found that she wasn't alone in a similar situation.
After getting ready, Jiang Qin slowed her pace as she headed towards the beach area, pausing occasionally.
Suddenly, she remembered something. There was some shade from the trees, so she took out her cosmetics and a small mirror from her bag and touched up her makeup to improve her complexion.
She was very confused. Before, she had doubts, but now both the experiences of netizens and her own intuition confirmed the conclusion.
At this moment, there is a high probability that she is carrying her and Horst's child.
But just yesterday afternoon.
Horst said something like that.
"Jiang Qin!?"
After walking forward a while, I was lost in thought when a male voice interrupted me.
Jiang Qin turned around and met a face that wasn't unfamiliar to her.
"Xie You'an?"
At the same time, under the parasol ahead, Huo Sili, who was chatting with overseas Chinese tycoon Wang Dong, heard the sound and turned to look in Jiang Qin's direction.
Seeing this, Chairman Wang also looked over, a kind smile appearing on his benevolent face. "Secretary Jiang, you've run into an acquaintance."
Huo Sili didn't reply, his gaze sweeping over Xie You'an, who was walking quickly toward the woman, his eyes dark and intense.
"What a coincidence, we meet again."
Xie Youan, dressed casually in a white T-shirt and black pants, walked over to Jiang Qin and greeted her with a polite smile.
Jiang Qin was indeed somewhat surprised by this, "Hmm, what a coincidence, you..."
"Come here to play?" She wasn't a very good conversationalist, especially with her mind in such a chaotic state. She quickly glanced at Xie Youan's attire and, knowing this was a resort, hesitated for a moment before continuing.
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Qin felt embarrassed. What a stupid question she had asked.
Xie Youan, who was being questioned, didn't seem to think anything of it. He smiled gently at her.
"Hmm, the company is organizing a team-building event for its employees. Are you coming too?"
Jiang Qin quickly replied, "Oh, no, I'm here to work."
After saying that, she realized that going to the restroom had already taken quite a while, so she quickly added.
"Let's get together again sometime. I have to go now."
Xie Youan was about to say something, but upon hearing this, she considerately changed her mind and said, "Okay, you're busy. See you next Wednesday."
Jiang Qin's mind was still a mess. She nodded politely and quickly left.
After walking a few steps, I started to wonder what next Wednesday meant.
It wasn't until she was almost next to Huo Sili that she suddenly realized that Xie Youan had said those things because she had invited him to dinner yesterday, and then he said he was free next Wednesday.
Back to the point, Xie Youan hadn't opened the gift he gave her yet, and she didn't even know the exact date of the art exhibition ticket.
And the current situation...
Jiang Qin couldn't help but look down at her abdomen, her pink lips pressed tightly together.
What should she do next?
Should we abort it secretly, or keep it?
……
"You and him are quite destined for each other."
As lunchtime approached, the group got into the car to head to the restaurant that Chairman Wang had booked in advance. Jiang Qin was fastening her seatbelt when Huo Sili, who had just closed the car door, said to her.
The luxury business vehicle had a partition separating the front and rear compartments. However, dressed in professional attire and with official business to attend to, plus having important matters on her mind, Jiang Qin was in no mood to pay attention to Huo Sili's words, which sounded more like jealousy than sarcasm.
"It was just a bump," Jiang Qin said calmly, fastening her seatbelt.
As she spoke, she tidied up the contract she had signed that morning, opened the safe she had brought with her in the car, and put the contents inside.
Huo Sili watched Jiang Qin's movements and didn't speak for a while. His gaze grew deeper and deeper, like dark clouds gathering in the sky before a thunderstorm.
Jiang Qin closed the safe, bent down to place the box in front of her, and was about to sit up straight when she suddenly felt an extremely strong sense of oppression from her side.
She instinctively looked back, only to find an arm across her lower back from the side, clamping her chin as the man's brutal and unreasonable kiss silenced her lips.
Jiang Qinshui stared blankly.
Realizing what was happening, she pushed and struggled, "Ho, Hoss... Ugh!"