When Li Yumin walked in through the door, his eyes fell immediately on the woman on the bed, who was resting with her eyes closed. She wore no makeup, and her complexion was clearly worse than last night's.
Li Yumin frowned instinctively. Women were such a hassle, so weak. Pregnant women, in particular, were nothing but a burden.
"Miss Xia."
The sudden voice in the room made Xia Weilan open her eyes. There stood a strange man in front of her, with an ordinary face and a simple - minded smile on it.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Li Yumin, the president of Li Group. Here's my business card. May I have a word with you?" Li Yumin said gentlemanly.
"Just say what you want."
"Well, I watched your live - broadcast of the award ceremony yesterday. I'm very interested in your patent and would like to cooperate with you to produce this batch of jewelry."
"You're the president of Li Group?" Xia Weilan frowned. "If I remember correctly, your company specializes in real estate. Why are you suddenly so interested in jewelry?"
"Miss Xia, I'm a businessman. I believe that cooperating with you will take our company to a new level."
"Mr. Li, you're overestimating me." Xia Weilan smiled faintly, not taking the other's flattery to heart at all.
Li Yumin was unhurried. "I hope you'll think it over carefully."
"No need. I have no such plan or energy for the time being. If Mr. Li is interested, you can directly talk to Mo Ying Group. My husband and I share this patent."
Li Yumin didn't expect to be rebuffed by Xia Weilan. According to his temper, if someone dared to reject him like this, he would have made that person regret it. But the woman in front of him was the wife of that man.
He couldn't expose himself before achieving his goal.
"Alright. Since Miss Xia has said so, I'll take my leave. I still hope Miss Xia can think it over again. I'll be waiting for your call at any time." With that, Li Yumin nodded briskly and walked out.
Xia Weilan watched Li Yumin's back. She saw the same calm aura on him as on Mo Beichen, but there was an additional hint of gloom in his temperament.
Less than five minutes after Li Yumin left, Ruili came in with breakfast.
Ruili stayed with Xia Weilan all morning, chatting with her until lunchtime. At noon, Mr. Mo came with some people to visit Xia Weilan and left a nanny to take care of her.
"If you need anything, just tell Nanny Lin," Mr. Mo said kindly.
"Thank you, Grandpa," Xia Weilan replied.
That night.
When Liu Yinyin went to the Mo family's old mansion, she smelled a delicious fragrance and couldn't help but walk in. "What's cooking tonight? It smells so good."
The maid replied respectfully, "This is for the second young mistress to nourish her body. If the first young mistress wants to drink it, we may have to cook a new batch."
"What! For Xia Weilan!" Liu Yinyin, who had been leaning lazily against the door, suddenly stopped and straightened up. She subconsciously took a few steps closer.
Looking over, she saw that there were quite a few precious ingredients in the just - opened porridge.
Liu Yinyin's eyes widened. It was so precious.
The maid, seeing Liu Yinyin staring at the porridge, thought she was really hungry. "First young mistress, please wait a moment. This bowl will be sent out soon."
Liu Yinyin averted her gaze and looked at the respectful maid. Suddenly, she said, "Well, I won't compete with a pregnant woman for food. Just make me a glass of juice. I'm dying of thirst."
"Yes." The maid immediately walked towards the refrigerator and opened it. With her back to Liu Yinyin, she didn't notice what Liu Yinyin secretly added to the pot.
When the maid handed a glass of juice to Liu Yinyin, Liu Yinyin took it happily. "Alright, keep an eye on it. Don't let it burn."
No one noticed what Liu Yinyin had done, and there would be no evidence left.
Liu Yinyin sat on the sofa, crossing her legs, sipping the juice leisurely.
In the past few months, since learning that Xia Weilan was pregnant, this was the first day that made Liu Yinyin feel comfortable.
And fortune was like a wheel, and the uncomfortable one was going to suffer.
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Mo Beichen waited at the door of the emergency room for over an hour before the doctor finally opened the door.
"How is she?" Mo Beichen couldn't maintain his usual calmness. He walked in unsteadily.
On the hospital bed, Xia Weilan's face was pale. She shook her head at him.
Mo Beichen's heart seemed to stop at that moment. He was in a daze for a while.
The doctor walked up to Mo Beichen, patted his shoulder, and silently walked out. Several nurses also followed suit.
When the door was closed, Mo Beichen didn't notice a flash of light in Xia Weilan's eyes.
She had just made an agreement with the doctor not to reveal that the baby was still alive, lest someone with ulterior motives plot against them again. At this moment, Xia Weilan opened her mouth, about to explain, but unexpectedly, Mo Beichen spoke first, his voice full of anger. "How could you take the abortion pill? You clearly promised me that you would give up that thought! Xia Weilan, what do you take me for? How could you do such a thing right under my nose!"
"I didn't. I didn't take the pill. It wasn't me..." Xia Weilan instinctively denied.
But words were always weak. Mo Beichen shook his head, looking disappointed. "You'll do anything for your design."
Before, for the sake of her research, Xia Weilan had shown extraordinary stubbornness. Now that she had finally completed her research, how could she give up so easily? She must want to start production and turn her hard - won results into reality. All this required energy.
Mo Beichen had originally wanted to help her as much as possible, but he didn't expect that Xia Weilan would actually give up their baby!
Looking at Mo Beichen's strange and disgusted face, Xia Weilan's heart skipped a beat. She originally wanted to explain, but the words that came out were different. "Are you going to turn against me just because of the baby?"
Mo Beichen looked at Xia Weilan's calm appearance and felt a pang in his heart. It seemed that Xia Weilan didn't care about their baby at all.
With a "bang", Mo Beichen slammed the door and left without looking back.
For the next two days, Mo Beichen didn't step into Xia Weilan's ward once.
When Xia Weilan was finally discharged from the hospital and returned to the villa, she didn't see Mo Beichen at all.
After asking, she learned that Mo Beichen hadn't been back for several days.
"Madam, are you okay?" Nanny Tian asked with concern when she saw Xia Weilan looking so dejected.
Xia Weilan didn't answer. She went into the room, closed the door, and when she came out again, she was carrying a suitcase.
Nanny Tian quickly blocked Xia Weilan's way. "Madam, what are you doing? If the baby is gone, you can have another one. You two mustn't quarrel like this over a baby. It's not worth it."
"Nanny Tian, tell him that I'm going back to the Xia family's house for a while." Xia Weilan was determined to leave.
For the sake of the baby and to avoid being framed again, she had to go back to the Xia family's house. She mustn't let anyone know that her baby was still alive. Otherwise... if she was given the abortion pill again next time, Xia Weilan might not be so lucky.
Watching Xia Weilan leave without looking back, Nanny Tian immediately called Mo Beichen on the landline in the old mansion.
"Sir, something's wrong. The young mistress has packed her luggage and said she's going back to the Xia family's house. Please come quickly. You can still stop her on the way," Nanny Tian said anxiously while looking out of the window at the car.
Unexpectedly, after a moment of silence on the phone, Mo Beichen's indifferent voice came. "Let her go."
Then Mo Beichen hung up the phone first, as if he didn't want to deal with such things anymore.
Nanny Tian was stunned. When she looked out of the window again, there was no sign of the car. The car that had been outside the window had already left resolutely.