This mouthful of blood made Old Master Qi change his expression.
But he still insisted on speaking.
"If you abort the child, I'll help you pay off your debts, and then send you and your mother abroad."
After spitting out that mouthful of blood, Xu Tingyu took a moment to catch her breath, then looked up and asked him, "Does Qi Shifeng know about all this?"
She could accept the harm from anyone, but not from Qi Shifeng.
He couldn't refuse to divorce on one hand while plotting against the life of her younger brother on the other.
The old master sneered contemptuously. "Are you still harboring illusions? Miss Xu, let me remind you. Shifeng is the person in power in the Qi family now. Do you think there's anything that can be hidden from him?"
These words shattered Xu Tingyu's last line of defense.
Yes, he was the person in power in the Qi family. There was simply nothing that could be hidden from him.
Even if he wasn't the mastermind, he was at least an accomplice.
It was just that he had a disagreement with the old master over this child.
If the old master wanted this child, he would choose not to.
Now, it was the exact opposite.
He was such a born businessman. He could completely seek benefits for himself while disgusting others at the same time.
There was still blood on her lips, but she smiled.
Like a withering rose, there was a kind of gorgeous desolation.
The old master was about to say something else, but she quickly interrupted him.
"I'll get a divorce. Let me go. But this child is mine too. I'll take her away. I guarantee she'll have nothing to do with your Qi family."
The seven - month - old child was already formed. It wasn't a miscarriage but an induced labor.
This was also her child. Did the Qi family still want to take away a third life from her?
Old Master Qi sneered coldly.
"It seems you still haven't given up on Shifeng. You want to keep this child to maintain a connection with him."
He waved his hand, and the butler, who had been invisible not far away, appeared and handed over a tablet.
"I have something good here. You might as well take a look first, and then decide whether you really want to give birth to this child with our Qi family's blood."
He motioned for the butler to hand the tablet to Xu Tingyu.
On the tablet, a surveillance video was playing.
In the picture, it was Xu Jianmin's office. Sitting face to face were Xu Jianmin and Qi Shifeng.
Even though Qi Shifeng had his back to the camera, she recognized him at a glance.
At the top of the video, the date displayed was the day before Xu Jianmin's suicide.
"Shifeng, I'm still your father - in - law after all. If the Xu family collapses, you'll surely be affected. And have you ever thought about Tingyu?"
"In the future, Xu Corporation will all be yours. I'll leave it to the child you and Tingyu have. Why are you in such a hurry?"
The voice of Xu Jianmin came from the tablet, instantly making Xu Tingyu's eyes turn red.
This was the surveillance footage she had been painstakingly searching for.
Unexpectedly, it was in the old master's hands.
Soon, Qi Shifeng's cold voice sounded. "She and I won't have a child. Because she's not worthy. And you all have to pay the price."
The picture stopped abruptly, but the information revealed was already enough.
In the missing parts of the picture, she didn't know how Qi Shifeng had humiliated her father.
Xu Tingyu only felt it was ridiculous.
Before, she had silently made many excuses for him in her heart and had never believed, deep down, that Qi Shifeng could be so cruel.
But now, the video was right in front of her.
The man who had slept beside her for three years had looked down on her from beginning to end.
Moreover, because she had broken up his relationship with Xie Yu, he wanted to take revenge.
Agreeing to lend money, then going back on his word, and humiliating Xu Jianmin like this...
They were all his means of playing with people's hearts.
Xu Tingyu touched her belly. Did he really love this child that he had called "unworthy" over and over again?
Or had he thought of some better way to amuse himself?
Was the tenderness during this period just a way to lift her up to the highest position and then smash her down hard?
In the few seconds when the tablet was taken away, many thoughts flashed through her mind.
But in the end, no matter how surging her emotions were, they all turned into calmness.
She heard her own voice. "Okay."
The old master finally smiled and called her name affectionately. "Very good, Tingyu. You've always been a good girl."
After a pause, he added, "I'll arrange for someone to prepare the operation for you. Before that, you can stay in the place I've arranged for you."
His tone seemed like he was discussing, but in fact, there was no room for discussion.
Xu Tingyu was already heart - broken and didn't care where she would be taken.
Anyway, whether it was back to the sanitarium or staying in the place arranged by the old master, they were all cages prepared for her by the Qi family.
She signed the new divorce agreement and watched as the old master signed the debt - repayment agreement.
Then she was taken into a car and sent to another hospital.
The induced - labor operation was scheduled for tomorrow.
The doctor examined her, and the more he looked, the more solemn his expression became.
"Miss Xu, the child is very healthy. Are you sure you don't want it?"
He looked at Xu Tingyu, but his voice was very soft.
Xu Tingyu raised her eyebrows. Her tone was gentle but sarcastic. "Does my decision matter?"
This doctor was really interesting. Since he had already been bribed by Old Master Qi, why did he still ask such a redundant question?
Sure enough, even though the doctor didn't show his face under the mask, his embarrassment was still obvious.
Actually, the doctor didn't want to do this kind of thing either. After all, the child was already seven months old. If it was born, it could survive.
Induced labor was too cruel.
But in the face of power, one had to bow one's head.
If he wanted to stay in this hospital, he had to take on this task with a stiff neck.
And just then, he saw the bloodstains on her clothes and frowned. "This blood?"
"I just spat out two mouthfuls of blood."
Xu Tingyu was calm.
Actually, she was feeling very uncomfortable now. Her internal organs were churning.
Her mind was in a complete mess.
But she was acting so calm.
So calm that the doctor thought he had misheard.
He was stunned for a moment and immediately called someone. "Arrange for an examination first."
A pregnant woman in her seventh month suddenly spitting out two mouthfuls of blood was terrifying no matter how one thought about it.
Xu Tingyu didn't struggle. She just let those people take her for the examination.
When the results came out, it was gastric bleeding.
Firstly, her diet had been very irregular recently. She had eaten too little and had always been vomiting, so there was already inflammation in her stomach.
Secondly, her emotions had been too intense just now, which had caused a reaction in her body.
The doctor didn't know how to comfort her. He could only say softly, "Miss Xu, you should take care of your own body."
Xu Tingyu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly burst out laughing. "Take care of my body? Are you joking with me?"
The doctor looked at her in confusion, seemingly not understanding why she was so agitated.
But the next second, Xu Tingyu gave him the answer.
"Didn't you take on two killing tasks when you took this job?"
The doctor was shocked. "What killing task? Don't talk nonsense!"
After realizing that she was referring to the induced labor, he explained with a pale face, "An unborn baby is not legally regarded as a complete person."
Xu Tingyu didn't want to look at him anymore. She just sneered. "You know the law so well? Do you know that induced labor at seven months is illegal in China?"