Chapter 178 Threatened Miscarriage

As night deepened, Fu Beichen escorted Gu Xingnian back to the Sheng family mansion. She felt quite tired, but the scene of picking stars with him kept replaying in her mind, making it impossible for her to fall asleep.

She patted her head, then went to the computer to check her emails.

Upon receiving an email from Feng Jun, he was informed that his master had been sent back to Baiyu Mountain. The Lu family of Haicheng might relocate to Country A, and Lu Lie would not be returning.

She replied briefly, a faint sadness between her brows; after all, she had let him down.

Outside the gate, Fu Beichen didn't leave immediately. He got out of the car, leaned against it, lit a cigarette, and stared intently in the direction of her room, his eyes filled with light and expectation...

The next day, Gu Xingnian didn't wake up until after eight o'clock.

She went to the restroom, and when she came out, her face was deathly pale, completely bloodless.

I'm bleeding from my lower body.

That's a sign of threatened miscarriage.

Her mind went blank for a moment, and she rushed anxiously to Sheng Weiwei's room.

At this moment, Sheng Weiwei was sitting in front of the easel on the balcony, quietly painting.

On each sheet of sketch paper, there is a warrior, a mask, eyebrows, eyes, outline, and a cold expression.

She told herself that whenever she missed him, she would draw a picture of him.

"Bang--"

Gu Xingnian pushed the door open and entered. The loud noise startled her, and the paintbrush slipped from her fingers and rolled a few times on the clean floor.

"What's wrong?" Sheng Weiwei stood up and saw Gu Xingnian's pale face, her heart sank.

Gu Xingnian didn't say anything. She walked straight to the table, picked up the progesterone tablets, poured out two with trembling hands, picked up the glass of cold water on the table, and swallowed them.

Then, she lay straight down on Sheng Weiwei's bed and curled up.

Sheng Weiwei understood instantly when she saw her series of actions.

"You're pregnant?"

Gu Xingnian's brows furrowed tightly, her body still trembling slightly. "She's bleeding!"

Sheng Weiwei panicked instantly and quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, don't worry, lie still and don't move around."

"I'll call a doctor!"

Just then, Sheng's parents came over, and Sheng Weiwei immediately jumped onto the bed and lay down next to Gu Xingnian. Sheng's mother asked in surprise, "Why is Nian Nian sleeping here too?"

Sheng Weiwei immediately put on her dramatic act, clutching her stomach and groaning in pain.

"Mom, call the doctor quickly, my stomach hurts."

Upon hearing this, the two elderly people were so frightened that they panicked and frantically called for a doctor.

Twenty minutes later, the family doctor rushed in with a nurse.

Everyone was kept outside the room.

Mrs. Sheng was extremely anxious, "Why did my stomach suddenly start hurting all of a sudden? Please, I hope nothing bad happens."

Mr. Sheng put his arm around her shoulder and comforted her in a deep voice, "It's okay, don't overthink it."

The doctor was very careful; he examined Gu Xingnian's body and checked her condition.

"There are some signs of threatened miscarriage."

The doctor's expression was serious.

“I will prescribe you medication to prevent miscarriage, a combination of Chinese and Western medicine, and give you acupuncture, but you will have to stay in bed for at least three days.”

"Even when getting out of bed, you have to be very careful and avoid making any big movements."

"As long as there's no bleeding, it's not a big problem."

Gu Xingnian nodded, not daring to say a word more, her heart still filled with worry.

As soon as the doctor left, Sheng's mother rushed in and breathed a heavy sigh of relief when she saw "Weiwei" lying safely on the bed.

She held Sheng Weiwei's hand and said, "Come on, lie down, lie down quickly."

Then he turned to Gu Xingnian, "Niannian, get up and have breakfast."

Sheng Weiwei quickly pulled her mother back and continued acting.

"Mom, she also has a stomachache. Let her lie down for a while. She worked overtime half the night last night and is exhausted."

With a pained expression, Sheng's mother said "Oh," and added, "Okay, okay, then I'll have Qingning bring breakfast up in a bit."

Soon, Qingning brought up the bowl of medicine, which Sheng Weiwei took and immediately closed the door.

She carefully helped Gu Xingnian up and fed her the bowl of dark medicine spoonful by spoonful.

"How are you feeling? Are you feeling better?"

The medicine was very bitter, the bitterness seeped into her heart, but Gu Xingnian felt a little more at ease.

"Um."

Sheng Weiwei then asked, "Does Fu Beichen know?"

She shook her head. "I don't want to tell him yet. I'm a little confused right now."

“Okay, then let’s leave him be!” Sheng Weiwei made the decision. “Let’s give birth to the baby together, so the two of them can be companions and grow up together. Rest assured for three days, I’ll take care of everything if the sky falls.”

A short while later, Lin Qi called.

"Madam, the car is downstairs and ready to take you to your company."

Gu Xingnian's voice was weak, "Help me ask for three days off, my stomach hurts."

Lin Qi didn't dare to neglect her and told her to rest well. After hanging up the phone, he immediately reported to Fu Beichen.

Fu Beichen frowned after hearing this.

He knew she had a history of menstrual cramps, and this time in Maduri, she bled so much, and it was snowing heavily, so she must have caught a chill.

It seems we need to take good care of her health.

At noon, Gu Xingnian still didn't go downstairs for lunch.

Qingning delivered the meal for two and the bowl of dark Chinese medicine directly to the room.

Sheng's mother watched from downstairs, her mind filled with unease.

Niannian is never a sleepy person, why is she acting so strangely today?

The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt, so she secretly slipped upstairs. There she happened to see Qingning bringing the bowl of pregnancy-stabilizing medicine into Gu Xingnian's room.

Alarm bells rang in Sheng's mother's mind.

Ten minutes later.

The atmosphere in Gu Xingnian's room was so heavy it seemed to drip water.

She lay half-reclined against the headboard, her face still pale.

Around the bed, Sheng's father, Sheng's mother, Sheng Weiwei, and Qingning surrounded her.

Gu Xingnian knew that this matter could no longer be kept secret.

She took a deep breath and said in a soft but clear voice, "Dad, Mom, I...I'm pregnant."

When Sheng's father heard this, he felt as if the sky had fallen. He cried out in his heart that the cabbages he had raised had been eaten by pigs again.

It hurts, it hurts!

Suddenly, he said to Sheng's mother, "Quickly, raise the wall for me. From now on, that Huo family brat will never be able to set foot in my Sheng family's home."

He only has one bok choy left, and he can't afford to make any more mistakes.

Huo Shenyuan: What does this have to do with me?

Li Qingning was frantically using sign language, shaking it constantly. Sheng Weiwei, who was drinking soup, suddenly translated a sentence.

"Old man, don't worry, Qingning said she won't get married."

Aunt Sheng interjected, "Then you can't refuse to marry him, as long as you can't get pregnant before marriage."

Li Qingning kept shaking her head, continuing to gesture a no.

Sheng Weiwei added, "Oh, Qingning said she doesn't like Huo Shenyuan, so she can't be lured away."

Only then did Sheng's father calm down a bit.

But Li Qingning still gestured no, seemingly a little anxious.

The spoon in Sheng Weiwei's hand suddenly slipped and fell with a "bang," spilling soup all over her.

She exclaimed in shock, "What? Huo Shenyuan is impotent?"

The whole family was shocked and all turned their gazes toward Li Qingning.

Li Qingning's face turned red, and she didn't dare to make any more gestures.

Huo Shenyuan: I suspect you're making fun of me.

Finally, it was Sheng's mother who calmed down first. She stared at Gu Xingnian and asked her:

"What are your plans? Aren't you going to tell Fu Beichen?"

Gu Xingnian gently stroked her lower abdomen, which was still flat. "I will tell him once the baby is stable."

"Okay." Aunt Sheng nodded. "Then you should lie still and not get out of bed for the next few days."

After lying in bed all day, Gu Xingnian felt her back and waist ached so badly that they felt like they were about to break.

I tossed and turned in bed for a long time that night, finally falling asleep from exhaustion.

The night was deep.

Outside the Sheng family mansion, an extremely low-profile Maybach was parked silently.

Inside the car, Fu Beichen's well-defined fingers flew across the laptop, and strings of code flowed smoothly across the screen.

In no time, the Sheng family's seemingly impregnable surveillance system went completely dark.

He pushed open the car door, took a long stride, and in two steps he vaulted over the high wall, his movements as swift as a cheetah.

Then, with a helping hand, he easily climbed to the second floor and slipped through the glass door of the balcony into a room.

In the room, only a dim nightlight was on.

The person on the bed huddled to one side like a frightened kitten, one hand pressed tightly against her lower abdomen, as if protecting something with her body heat.

Fu Beichen took off his coat, which still carried the chill of the night, and rubbed his large hands together vigorously to warm them.

Then, he gently lifted a corner of the blanket and carefully placed it on her lower abdomen to relieve her pain.

His palms seemed to possess a mysterious power.

Slowly, her furrowed brows relaxed, and her breathing became even and long as she slept.

He quietly climbed onto the bed, lay down behind her, stretched out his long arm, and pulled her into his embrace, holding her tightly.

He felt like he was being scratched by a cat if he didn't see her for a day.

That's why he sneaked in this way.

Gu Xingnian stirred in her sleep, perhaps sensing the familiar presence. She turned over and nestled her face against his warm, firm chest.

That posture made him appear extremely at ease.

The next day, when Gu Xingnian woke up, the bleeding had stopped, but she still obediently stayed in bed for three days before returning to the Fu family.

As soon as he returned to the company, Lin Qi led him into a conference room.

In the conference room, four men in suits stood up in unison.

Their movements were perfectly synchronized, as if they had undergone rigorous rehearsal.

"Hello, Miss Gu." The voice was loud and respectful.

Lin Qi explained softly beside her, "Madam, they are the managers of Cloud Mall. They are here today to give you their monthly report."

Four people in charge.

Four thick reports, neatly bound in folders, were arranged on the conference table in front of her.

Gu Xingnian sat down and somewhat awkwardly picked up the top serving.

She opened it.

Densely packed tables, piles and piles of numbers.

There were so many zeros after each number that it made her dizzy.

The amount was large, but the problem was that she couldn't understand any of it.

Just as she was in a daze, the conference room door was pushed open again.

Fu Beichen walked in.

He was tall and imposing, his broad shoulders and back wrapped in a well-tailored dark suit. Backlit, he exuded a powerful presence.

The four executives, who had been sitting upright just moments before, seemed to have been switched on by something.

With a "whoosh," everyone stood up, ramrod straight, not daring to breathe.

Fu Beichen glanced at them indifferently, then waved his hand, gesturing for them to sit down.

Then, he walked straight to Gu Xingnian, pulled over the chair next to her, and sat down right next to her.

He was sitting too close; his whole body was pressed against him.

His clean and refreshing scent instantly enveloped her.

His left hand naturally rested on the back of her chair, forming a semi-encircling posture that was both assertive and intimate.

"Don't rush."

He turned his head, and his deep voice sounded in her ear.

"I'll show you how, hmm."

His voice was so gentle it could melt water, completely dispelling the cold, hard aura he exuded when he entered.

“I’m not interested in this,” she said casually.

"You must learn it, and you'll have to teach me, the heir of the Fu family, in the future." He smiled gently.

Gu Xingnian stared in shock.

He... found out?