Chapter 47 You take advantage and then...

Qin Ru's pregnancy was completely unexpected. After the test results came out, she immediately made an appointment for an abortion and asked Yan Bin not to notify the elders on both sides.

Yan Bin's parents have always wanted her to give birth to another boy for their family. If they knew she was pregnant, they didn't know what they would do.

The trip to Hong Kong could not be postponed. After discussion, Yan Bin thought it would be better to wait until she returned from her business trip to make an appointment for the abortion. After all, it was an operation that was harmful to the body. If she was not well taken care of, it would easily lead to chronic illness.

Unexpectedly, Yan Zhiru stumbled upon Qin Ru's checkup list before she even got home, and she thought her stepmother was deliberately hiding the fact from her and Yan Jiawei that she was about to give birth to a younger brother or sister to divide up their already limited father's love.

…

At that time, Qin Ru had just gotten into the taxi when she received a call from Yan Bin, who said that he was on his way home and would be there soon. He repeatedly told her to wait for him at the back door of the community and not to go back yet. Before she could ask why, he hung up in a hurry.

After getting off the car, the taxi driver was opening the trunk to take out the luggage, and Tao Siyun ran out of the community with her hair loose.

Qin Ru smiled and waved to her, "Si Yun, this way."

Tao Siyun threw himself into her arms without saying a word.

Qin Ru was startled. He patted her back gently and rubbed her head. "What's wrong with you?"

Tao Siyun choked up, hugged his aunt tightly, tried hard to hold back the tears that were about to burst out, shook his head and said it was okay.

This doesn't look like anything is wrong.

Qin Ru caught a glimpse of the pinch marks on her niece's wrist, lifted her sleeve and took a look, and instantly took a breath of cold air.

Tao Siyun has fair skin, and the bruises and pinch marks on his arms look particularly shocking.

Qin Ru asked her in a trembling voice: "Who did it? Was it Yan Zhiru? She bullied you while we were away, didn't she?!"

Tao Siyun sniffed, pulled back her hand, and said stubbornly, "Auntie, I fought back. It wasn't in vain that she hit me."

Qin Ru held her in her arms distressedly, apologizing repeatedly, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault that I didn't protect you well..."

…

After a few minutes, Yan Zhiru and Yan Jiawei also came out, and the four of them bumped into each other at the back door of a remote community.

"Yan Zhiru, stop right there!" Qin Ru shouted at the two people who were about to leave. "I've put up with you for over a year! I'm telling you, since you're living here, you better behave yourself! Normally, I wouldn't bother with you no matter how rude you are, but you hit Si Yun today, you must apologize to her! Otherwise, go back to where you came from!"

Perhaps her pride was hurt by Qin Ru's words, Yan Zhiru tilted her head and yelled at her angrily: "That's my father's house! What qualifications do you have to tell me to get out?!" She pointed at Tao Siyun and said: "She should be the one to get out!"

Qin Ru held Tao Siyun behind her. "In two months, you'll be eighteen. I have no obligation to continue raising you." For the first time, she acted like an elder in front of Yan Zhiru and calmly extended her hand. "Give me the key."

"You think I want to live in that house, right? I've had enough of it! You want the key? Go get it yourself!" Yan Zhiru was so excited, like she was crazy. As she spoke, she threw the key in her hand onto the road and threw it far away.

"How can there be such a bad kid like you in the world!" Qin Ru was so angry that she walked up to her and grabbed her. "How dare you leave today! Go pick her up for me!"

Yan Zhiru struggled a few times but failed to break free. She stared at Qin Ru's stomach fiercely, pushed her, and kicked her hard in the lower abdomen the moment Qin Ru fell to the ground!

"Auntie!"

Tao Siyun shook off Yan Jiawei who was trying to pull him away and quickly ran towards Qin Ru. "How are you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Qin Ru's face turned pale. She held her hand tightly and covered her belly with a look of pain: "Si Yun... I, I'm pregnant..."

"What?"

Tao Siyun's mind went blank. She knelt on the ground, totally unsure of how to react. She cried out in fear, "Auntie, hold on a little longer. I'll call an ambulance right away..."

She pressed the three numbers 120 with trembling hands, but before the call was connected, her phone was snatched away!

"What are you doing! Give it back to me!" Tao Siyun pounced on him immediately!

Furious, Yan Zhiru mistakenly thought she was going to call the police, so she threw the phone to Yan Jiawei.

Yan Bin hurried as fast as he could, but he was still a step too late. He saw three people fighting on the side of the road from a distance.

He had specifically called Qin Ru to wait for him at the back door. When Yan Jiawei called to question him why Qin Ru was pregnant, he didn't have time to explain clearly. He just told his son to leave quickly and that he would go to give him living expenses in the evening to avoid them running into each other.

Unexpectedly, what you fear will come true. Yan Jiawei also happened to go through the back door, and the four of them happened to meet each other.

Yan Bin felt extremely regretful.

After parking the car, he rushed over without even turning off the engine, shouting, "Jiawei! Zhiru! What are you doing? Stop it!"

Tao Siyun's physical strength and power were naturally no match for a boy. During the struggle, he smashed the phone to the ground, breaking it into pieces in an instant.

It all seemed like a pre-arranged script. After everyone arrived on time according to the order of their roles, the misfortune happened.

Just as Yan Bin was holding the unconscious Qin Ru and calling the emergency number, a brand new white Camry rushed towards them without slowing down at all!

Tao Siyun covered her mouth and screamed: "Auntie!!!"

After a heavy crash, the whole world fell silent.

The incident was ultimately simply defined as an "accident."

The police said that the driver was driving on the road for the first time and was so nervous that he mistook the accelerator for the brake.

Qin Ru died on the spot, leaving two lives lost.

Yan Bin was paralyzed from the waist down and suffered lifelong disability.

…

The car tires rolled over the photo frame, making a heart-pounding, piercing sound as they rubbed against the ground.

That was the sharp sound of broken glass fragments scratching on the hard concrete floor.

It sounds so suffocating!

Tao Siyun was lingering and she couldn't get rid of it. As time passed, it finally cruelly turned into the talisman with strange words written on it that imprisoned her in her nightmares.

***

When Tao Siyun woke up, he was still conscious. With his eyes half-closed, he subconsciously looked for his phone, but he couldn't find it after stretching his arm for a long time.

I don’t know what time it is now.

One of the aftereffects of a hangover is a headache, a feeling of limpness and a complete lack of energy. Besides that, there's also this indescribable discomfort. Tao Siyun wanted to sleep a little longer, so she rolled over in her duvet. But just before falling asleep, she struggled to open her eyes, rubbed them, and half-heartedly thought, "I need to get out of bed and close the curtains before I can sleep..."

It's snowing outside, and the sky and the earth are covered in white. No wonder it's so dazzling.

The soles of her feet felt cold, and she realized that the cell phone she had been looking for for a long time was upside down on her cotton slippers, right in front of the rabbit kissing her. She didn't know whether it fell down accidentally or was kicked off by her.

The feel of her phone wasn't what she was used to. The tempered glass had shattered last night, so she peeled it off and took the case off as well. Tao Siyun pressed the side button to turn up the brightness, squinting to check the time. It was already past ten o'clock. Having not charged it all night, the phone indicated it was at less than 5%.

Tao Siyun quickly found the charger on the bedside table and plugged it in to recharge his iPhone in time.

Five minutes later, she stared at the transfer Xu Ji made to her two hours ago, and fell into deep thought.

Another five minutes passed, and Tao Siyun unplugged the charger, found a comfortable position to lie on his side, and opened the calendar.

It's correct to pay the rent on the 25th of every month.

It’s not wrong that today is December 25th.

But...what does it mean that he transferred 10,000?

Isn’t the rent 8,000?

Tao Siyun sent a WeChat message to Tao Qian: [Brother, did you secretly raise the rent and forget to tell me?]

Tao Qian's reply was a bit slow. After a while, he slowly typed: [? ]

Tao Siyun wanted to quietly withdraw the message and pretend nothing had happened, but it had already been more than two minutes and he couldn't withdraw it.

The next second, Tao Qian directly transferred 8888 to her, [If you want pocket money, just tell me, I'm boarding the plane soon]

“…”

After accepting it, Tao Siyun told him honestly: [I don’t want it]

Tao Qian: Return to Me

Tao Siyun: [Not Returned]

…

Tao Siyun lay on the bed with her eyes closed, her mind blank for a while, and finally decided to get up and go to the bathroom to wash up. She took a shower and walked out of the bathroom refreshed an hour later.

He cooked a small bowl of rice dumplings with fermented glutinous rice, lingered over it, and reluctantly put down the spoon. It took Tao Siyun half a day to wash the dishes and drain the water before he finally convinced himself to knock on the door across the street.

***

"Then I'll take it first. Just remember to give me 6,000 next month."

“I didn’t make the wrong turn.”

Tao Siyun was stunned for a moment, and stopped tapping his thumb to collect the money. He looked up again and said with a puzzled look on his face: "But my brother said he didn't raise your rent..."

The person to whom the money was transferred had obviously just finished a shower. The moisture on his body had not yet dried, and his entire body was still in a hazy state of half-dry and half-wet. His eyes, which were surrounded by the moisture from the bathroom, glanced at Tao Siyun casually.

"The rent is 8,000, and the remaining 2,000 is considered a tip from last night."

"?"

He was wearing a light-colored, thin cashmere sweater for home use, with the collar wide open, revealing a small part of his collarbone as if inadvertently.

Tao Siyun couldn't help but think of a word with three water drops in his mind -

wave.

Why bother with wet, body, and temptation?

Dressed like this in broad daylight, I don't know who you're trying to seduce...

Tao Siyun's face flushed as he watched, and he glanced away calmly. When he met Xu Ji's gaze, he suddenly stuttered, "...Wh-what reward?"

"Don't tell me you woke up drunk and didn't remember anything."

This rhetoric... the more I listen to it, the more wrong it seems.

Thinking of something, Tao Siyun's heart instantly rose to his throat, and he looked at him nervously with an expression of "How do you know I drank and got drunk last night?"

Xu Ji crossed his legs and leaned lazily against the door frame. He stared at her expressionlessly for a few seconds. Seeing that she looked nervous and didn't know what was going on, he suddenly relaxed. He lowered his eyes and said indifferently, "Your brother called you countless times last night, but you didn't answer. He was worried, so he told me the password to your house and asked me to go in and take a look."

The power of these few words was like a thunderclap that left Tao Siyun completely stunned.

"...You came into my house?"

"To be precise, I was entrusted by your brother to tell him everything I saw and heard after entering the door. However..." Xu Ji suddenly paused very deliberately, crossed his arms, and looked at her with an unclear gaze, "There is one thing I am embarrassed to say, because you said to me last night..."

He kept it a secret on purpose.

"Ah?" Tao Siyun was uneasy for a while before he regained his voice. Unable to suppress his curiosity, he asked cautiously, "What else did I say?"

Xu Ji raised his eyebrows and started to lie: "You pushed me against the French window, touched me, and said you liked me so much."

“…”

“???”

"How could it be! Impossible!"

Xu Ji put his hands in his trouser pockets, wearing thin-soled dark gray cotton slippers. He slowly stood up, staring down at her, and said in a nonchalant tone, "If I hadn't resisted fiercely, you would have succeeded by now."

The devastating power of this sentence was enough to overturn Tao Siyun's entire understanding of herself. She widened her eyes in shock, her face flushed red, and her whole body seemed petrified.

All her memories of last night were still stuck at the moment when she went to bed after drinking, so she had no recollection of what happened afterwards. She didn't even know if she woke up in the middle of the night. She thought she slept until dawn.

How could this be...

Impossible...right?

Tao Siyun couldn't believe that she had almost done something so absurd as to have sex while drunk, and the person she had teased was Xu Ji...

Did I run into a ghost late at night?!

The ghost of a pervert.

She lowered her head in embarrassment, wishing she could find a hole to crawl into.

It’s over, this is a big deal.

"Tao Siyun, you're not going to admit it after taking advantage of me?"