In the evening, the nurse who had gone to the parent-teacher meeting rushed back in a hurry. Finally, Qin Yaoyao was relieved. She waited until Xiao Yanzhi came to pick her up.
Before leaving, Su Jialan gave her a meaningful and earnest warning: "Don't tell anyone about the pregnancy, especially A Yan."
Qin Yaoyao agreed without even thinking.
She wasn't pregnant at all. How could she be so stupid as to go and tell Xiao Yanzhi by herself?
It would be no different from shooting herself in the foot.
"Also," Su Jialan suddenly added, "find some time to go for a pregnancy check-up privately and bring the report to me."
Hearing this, Qin Yaoyao's heart skipped a beat.
Actually, that day Qin Yaoyao had just blurted out that lie on an impulse, just to make Su Jialan compromise and accept her. She hadn't thought about what to do later.
Qin Yaoyao knew that a wealthy family like the Xiao family always paid great attention to bloodlines.
But once a lie was told, thousands of other lies were needed to cover it up.
Su Jialan wasn't that easy to deceive. She would surely need written evidence to believe that Qin Yaoyao was really pregnant with Xiao Yanzhi's child.
This was a bit tricky.
Even after Xiao Yanzhi picked her up and they got in the car, she was still a bit absent-minded.
"How was your day?" Xiao Yanzhi asked her as usual.
Qin Yaoyao took a deep breath, curved her lips into a sweet smile, and said, "I got along very well with auntie."
"That's good." Hearing him say this, she felt relieved.
At least he didn't suspect her.
The driver drove steadily all the way. Xiao Yanzhi answered a phone call on the way. Without knowing what the other person said, he directly opened his laptop in the car.
"Sure. Send it to my email now." His expression was blank, and his eyebrows were slightly knitted.
It should be work-related.
Thinking this, Qin Yaoyao couldn't help but be curious. She quickly glanced at the computer screen.
The man was very sensitive. He immediately turned his head, raised his eyebrows, and warned, "Don't look around."
Qin Yaoyao immediately retracted her gaze.
But in just those few glances, she saw a line of medium-sized words. The title was about the research on bipolar mental illness.
She couldn't help but feel curious in her heart.
Who had bipolar disorder?
Qin Yaoyao wanted to ask, but she could sense that Xiao Yanzhi didn't seem willing to let her know. Naturally, she was smart enough not to say a word.
"A Yan, when are we going to get engaged?" Qin Yaoyao held her breath and put on an innocent smile. "My parents called me yesterday and asked if I had a boyfriend."
Xiao Yanzhi paused for a moment. Instead of answering directly, he subtly changed the subject. "After I'm done with this busy period."
"But you're always busy." Qin Yaoyao coquettishly said, "A Yan is so capable. There are always so many things for you to do every day."
"Auntie also talked to me about children today. It seems that the two elders are eager to have a grandson soon." She probed.
Xiao Yanzhi looked indifferent. He seemed rather uninterested in her topic. "Don't rush. Take it one step at a time."
Qin Yaoyao could tell the rejection in his words, but she wasn't discouraged. "A Yan, could you spare some time to go back with me to visit my parents? They're actually from Huacheng."
Xiao Yanzhi closed his laptop and looked out of the window at the sky. Just then, a plane flew across the sky, leaving a long contrail in the clouds.
Just a few hours ago, Jiang Li had sent him a text message, saying that she had bought a ticket for the nearest flight and would return to Huacheng tomorrow.
Qin Yaoyao waited for a long time but didn't get an answer from Xiao Yanzhi. Just as she was about to speak again, he suddenly said in a flat tone, "Sure."
Hearing this, Qin Yaoyao was overjoyed.
As long as she left Beicheng, she didn't have to worry about Su Jialan forcing her to hand in the pregnancy check report anymore.
...
Since the cycle of psychotherapy was once every three months, Jiang Li directly asked for Chen Jie's permission. After getting the approval, she quickly bought a plane ticket back to Huacheng.
Xiao Yanzhi was out the whole day. Jiang Li was packing her luggage to take away in Ruiyuan, preparing to return to Huacheng the next day.
Just as she was halfway through packing, the doorbell rang urgently.
The person outside was very impatient. In the end, they almost started pounding on the door violently. The sound grew louder and louder, making Jiang Li's heart tremble and her hair stand on end.
"Open the door! Open the door quickly!"
At this moment, she couldn't help but hold her breath. The memories buried deep in her mind resurfaced again, making her scalp tingle for no reason.
The commotion of knocking on the door was exactly the same as that of the debt collectors who came to her house a few years ago.
It was a fear deep in her bones.
All the nerves in her body were tense. She tried hard to calm herself down. With a trembling hand, she picked up her phone and called the security guard in Ruiyuan. "Hello, there's someone trying to break into my house. Could you please send someone over to handle it as soon as possible?"
After a few minutes, the siren finally sounded outside. Then there was a scuffle. It took quite a while for things to calm down.
Then came the security guard's voice. "Hello, it's safe outside now. You can come out."
Jiang Li's legs were still trembling. She took several deep breaths to adjust herself before stiffly opening the door. Looking down, she saw a floor full of red paint words.
On the wall of this villa, there were also four huge characters written in red paint: "Pay Back Your Debts".
They were hideous and terrifying.
Jiang Li almost lost her balance.
It was exactly the same.
It was exactly the same as the entrance of her dilapidated home a few years ago, even the words were exactly the same.
"Ma'am, the person has been subdued. We'll send him to the police station later." The security guard reported to her, but there was a strange look in his eyes when he looked at her. "Do you owe someone money?"
Jiang Li's face was expressionless, and her voice was flat. "They must have the wrong person. I don't owe anyone money."
"Then could you please come with us? The other party wants to settle this privately."
This kind of thing could only be regarded as a civil dispute. At most, they would be detained for a few days, and they would be released soon.
If she wanted to solve this problem once and for all, the best way was for both parties to reach a settlement. Jiang Li understood this very well.
Jiang Li closed her eyes. Her voice was a bit weak. "Okay. Thank you for your hard work."
——
When she arrived at the police station, Jiang Li finally understood why the other party had come after her.
These debt collectors were all the drinking buddies of Jiang Yi who used to gamble with him. They had lent him a lot of money at that time.
Now that Jiang Yi was in prison and couldn't pay back the money, they came after Jiang Li.
Sitting in the interrogation room, Jiang Li looked calm. "The debt has its debtor. You shouldn't come after me for the money."
"You're Jiang Yi's sister. If you don't pay, who will?" One of the yellow-haired guys shouted loudly. "We can't let our money go down the drain just because of his fault, right?"
"Yeah, yeah. Isn't our money money? You have to pay it back quickly!"
Listening to their shouting, Jiang Li felt extremely annoyed and irritated.
She endured it for a long time and then coldly said, "How much did he owe you in total?"