Gong Ming raised an eyebrow. Seeing the little woman lying on the bed, deliberately teasing him.
"Well, I'm afraid your needs are too great for me to satisfy."
His thin lips parted slightly as he smiled. Without refuting, he pressed one long leg onto the bed and kissed her lips.
When there were too many words, they had to be blocked.
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At Yunyan.
Lin Chuluo's eyes were bloodshot. Furious, he swept all the things on the table to the floor. The office floor was already in a complete mess.
The secretary walked in, about to report on work, but was roared at by Lin Chuluo: "Get out!"
The little girl was so scared that she scurried away with her neck shrunk.
Lin Chuluo stared at the message on his phone, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets. He was almost crushing the phone in his hand!
The bridge he had painstakingly built had been destroyed by someone.
In the past few days, the old man Lin had been urging him. He had already arranged Zhou Si to be the deputy general manager of the Lin Group.
Lin Chuluo originally thought that Zhou Si would be incompetent, but unexpectedly, he was very capable. In just a few weeks, he had tamed the upper - level management of the Lin Group.
The Lin Group had defected, and now Yunyan was also in great danger. It was only a matter of time before it changed hands.
There was no such thing as a leak - proof wall. People in the office began to whisper that there was going to be a change at Yunyan.
This greatly enraged Lin Chuluo.
When he learned that Shi Jun had been arrested and the Guangcheng branch had been thoroughly investigated, his last straw of hope was completely gone. His emotions got out of control.
"Damn it! What a useless piece of trash!"
Just then, the phone rang. It was a call from home.
Lin Chuluo's face was cold, with a chilling glint in his eyes. Suppressing his emotions, he answered the phone: "What is it?"
"Mr. Lin, Mrs. Lin said she wants to go out for some fresh air," the nanny who was both monitoring and taking care of Jiang Xixi whispered into the receiver. "How about I take her out for a walk? Mrs. Lin seems to be in a bad mood."
"Don't you dare," Lin Chuluo's face darkened. "Tell her to rest at home properly. She's not allowed to run around anywhere."
Now that all his backup plans had been shattered, all that was left was the child in Jiang Xixi's belly.
God was still kind to him. By chance, she was pregnant with a son. When the time came to fight for the family fortune with Zhou Si, he still had a chance of winning.
Now, he had to focus all his attention on this child.
This was his last card.
Lin Chuluo had always been moody, and in the past few days, he had been even more out of control. He had lost his temper in the office several times. All the employees were too afraid to say anything.
...
"Mrs. Lin, Mr. Lin said you need to rest. It's getting a bit cold outside. You'd better stay in the room," the nanny looked at Jiang Xixi with a hint of pity in her eyes.
Since she was hired by the Lin family to take care of Jiang Xixi, she had seen Jiang Xixi suffer a great deal.
Although she was pregnant, she looked extremely thin. Only her belly was getting bigger day by day.
It was as if she was carrying a parasite that had sucked out all her nutrients.
"I've been sleeping for a long time," Jiang Xixi murmured, her eyes empty and dull. "It's autumn outside. I just want to see the falling leaves."
Since that day, her phone had been confiscated, and all means of communication with the outside world had been cut off. She could only wander around in this house. She didn't even have the right to go out for a walk.
She felt that she wasn't even a human being.
She was like a livestock.
A livestock waiting to give birth.
During this period, the Jiang family had called twice, but it was Lin Chuluo who answered the phone. From his words, it seemed that they were living a happy life.
The Jiang family was relieved and rarely called again to avoid disturbing them.
She lowered her head and touched her swollen belly, calculating how long it would be until the due date. Then she let out a long sigh: "It turns out that when a girl grows up, she really has no home."
Before, she was spoiled and was the apple of the Jiang family's eye.
Now, she had no freedom at all. She was just a tool for the Lin family to have a child.
In comparison, how pitiful she was now.
"It's not like that, Mrs. Lin," the nanny couldn't help but comfort her when she saw her being so down. "Mr. Lin is young and promising, and he cares about you so much. Since you've married such an outstanding man, this is naturally your home."
Jiang Xixi didn't answer. She just let out a sarcastic laugh.
Suddenly, she thought of Ning Anmiao.
Since childhood, Ning Anmiao had been the treasure of the Ning family. She was ambitious and capable, and was known as a talented woman. When she grew up, she pursued her favorite career. In the end, after many twists and turns, she got together with the man she loved.
Such a girl had a home.
But she didn't.
For no reason, a feeling of envy welled up in Jiang Xixi's heart.
She silently went back to her room and took out the necklace that Ning Anmiao had given her from the drawer.
It was really the style she liked.
The gem on it was very dazzling, and the thin silver chain was very beautiful. She could imagine how good it would look on her neck.
She would also need to wear a nice dress with it.
Jiang Xixi didn't have many pursuits, but she loved beauty. She always dressed herself up beautifully.
She held the necklace and walked in front of the mirror, comparing it around her neck for a while.
A few seconds later, she put it down.
Because she saw herself in the mirror.
Her eyes were dull and drooping, her cheeks were sunken, and her skin had lost its luster. She looked as dim as a piece of rotten wood.
Only her belly in front was proudly sticking out.
Although she was pregnant with a child about to be born, for a moment, Jiang Xixi felt that it was like a tumor.
A tumor that had sucked out her life and destroyed her future.
When she realized her own thoughts, she staggered back several steps in shock and fell onto the bed.
Immediately afterwards, a sense of fear swept over her whole body.
She was very afraid of giving birth to this child.
For a moment, she even thought about giving up her life to kill this child.
Once such a terrible thought took shape, she covered her head and couldn't help but want to scream. She felt like she was about to suffocate at any moment.
Staggering, she rushed to the living room. When the nanny saw her coming out, she immediately looked up: "Mrs. Lin, do you need me to do anything?"
"I want to see a doctor," she walked up to the nanny, her eyes full of pleading. "I want to see a psychiatrist. I think there's something wrong with my mind."
The nanny was alarmed when she saw Jiang Xixi's pale face and abnormal expression. "Don't be in a hurry. I'll call Mr. Lin first."
Jiang Xixi's palms were cold. She sat on the sofa waiting for the nanny to come back after making the call.
A few minutes later.
"Mrs. Lin, Mr. Lin will be back soon. He should take you to see a doctor," the nanny walked over, but her face didn't look good.
Lin Chuluo had been very irritable on the phone. She had been extremely nervous while talking to him.
Hearing this, Jiang Xixi closed her eyes and nodded.
Her heart was beating very fast now, and the thoughts in her mind were growing wildly. She felt that her mind was a bit confused and that she was on the verge of a breakdown.
She needed a piece of driftwood to save her from the water.