Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Married Because of the Child

Zhao Qingshi flew to New York that night. There was a 13-hour time difference between New York and Yitong. With the distance between the two ends of the earth, it was difficult to get to know each other's news without deliberately contacting each other.

On the fifth day of Zhao Qingshi's trip to New York, due to some circumstances, the video that Ruan Xiangyi took for Guo Wen was cut off and edited to include Zhao Qingshi. The video was leaked and then became a hot topic on Sina.

"Wenwen, why did you upload Zhao Qingshi's video? That might be a misunderstanding. Aren't you going to expose that scumbag celebrity?" Ruan Xiangyi asked anxiously.

Guo Wen had just received the news and was also confused. "That's not the video I submitted. I'll go ask around. Don't worry."

This video came out just after the news of Zhao Qingshi's marriage was released. Now a bunch of passers-by are scolding him for his bad character, irresponsibility in marriage, and being a complete scumbag.

Ruan Xiangyi was terrified. If he saw it, she would be terrified.

Not long after, she received several calls from Lin Manshu, and only answered the last call. Lin Manshu thought that their marriage was not harmonious, so she came to give her advice.

"Mom knows you're reserved, but you're married now. Men are all susceptible to that. Just act coquettishly and give in, and the situation will be resolved. Listen to me. No matter how big the situation is, you have to think about the child in your belly. Don't let him bring you a bastard one day. You'll be the one who suffers the consequences."

"Mom, what if the content in the video is true?" She tested Lin Manshu.

There was silence on the other end of the line for a few seconds, and Lin Manshu tried to comfort her, saying, "Xiangyi, rich men love to have fun, and you don't love him. As long as he doesn't mistreat you and the child, just pretend nothing happened."

After hanging up, Ruan Xiangyi collapsed at her workstation, exhausted. A few minutes later, Guo Wen called again, explaining the situation. "It was our leader who did it. She thought we'd uncovered something big about Zhao Qingshi, and she'd been planning it for days before releasing it today. She was even sending out red envelopes in the group chat this morning. I was wondering what big prize this old witch had won. Ugh, this old witch is shameful. My news, how could she steal it from me? Shouldn't I have published it? She..."

Before she could finish her words, Ruan Xiangyi interrupted and asked, "Wenwen, since you made a mistake, can you remove it?"

"Xiangyi, you don't know." Guo Wen sighed. "As your boss, I deliberately exposed the video because I saw that the person in the video was Zhao Qingshi. Zhao Qingshi is more talked about than that celebrity, and removing it now will be useless. Unless Zhao Qingshi issues a statement, there's no way to shut people up. Don't worry. If he finds you and sues you for defamation, just tell him to come to me. We each take responsibility for our own actions, and that old witch won't get away."

Ruan Xiangyi has a headache.

Fifteen thousand kilometers away, Zhao Qingshi received the news only the day after the incident began. He watched the video no less than ten times, wearing blue-light glasses and tapping his fingers on the table. Xia Li felt like each tap was hitting her head. She didn't dare to look at his expression, only thinking that this money was hard to earn. "Boss, they've already issued a statement in China. You don't need to worry too much."

With a soft sigh, Zhao Qingshi took off his glasses and threw the iPad on the table: "Have you found out who leaked it?"

Is this even a question? Xia Li suspected that his boss had lost his mind because of his wife.

Zhao Qingshi probably realized that his question was wrong. They both knew who took the video. Thinking of this, he rubbed his brows and said, "I said which media outlet it was."

Xia Li: "It's a Thousand Miles Voice, and the writer is a person named Meng Rui."

"Check if this person is the one who was with my wife that day."

Xia Li: "Okay."

She paused and said, "As for the wife, do you need me to explain this to her?"

Zhao Qingshi: "No, go ahead and get busy."

Xia Li: "Okay."

After Xia Li went out, Zhao Qingshi called Aunt Cui.

"What is your wife doing lately?"

Aunt Cui said: "I didn't do anything. Apart from going to work, I never went out after get off work."

"How's your appetite?"

"My appetite has been pretty good lately, but I ate a little less last night. It seemed like something was bothering me. I asked my wife, but she didn't tell me."

Zhao Qingshi sneered, he was indeed worried.

"Oh, by the way, sir, my wife has an appointment to go to the hospital the day after tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Qingshi stared at the window for a long time. Those words had undoubtedly dealt him a heavy blow. Had she decided not to? He stared at the black screen of his phone. Countless times since arriving in New York, he wondered if he would receive a call from her. Obviously not. For such a big thing, didn't he need to be notified?

At 3:00 PM the next day, Zhao Qingshi issued a statement. It included a signature date and time for Xia Li's employment, stamped with the company seal. The accompanying text read: "Our company and Ms. Xia Li are in an employment relationship."

As for the scene captured in the video, many passers-by uploaded pictures below. The background was in a banquet hall. The clothes were exactly the same as in the video. Under the bright lights, Zhao Qingshi was chatting and laughing with the other party. The two had a completely innocent working relationship.

After seeing this statement, Ruan Xiangyi's heart finally settled down. She ate half a bowl of rice more at dinner. Aunt Cui was happy to see that her appetite had improved.

She had a prenatal checkup appointment early this morning, so she went to the hospital alone to get her registration form and wait outside. The hospital smelled strongly of disinfectant and iodine. Many pregnant women were coming for checkups today, most of them accompanied by their husbands. Ruan Xiangyi touched her belly, which wasn't yet showing, and tried to explain to the baby inside: "Your father is busy with work and is still abroad. It's not that he won't be with you."

How could a child who is only a little bigger than a bean sprout understand it?

Ruan Xiangyi turned on her phone and felt a figure standing in front of her. Thinking it was a passerby, she didn't pay attention and continued to browse her phone. After a while, the figure blocking her light did not leave. She raised her head in confusion, and the next second, she was stunned.

Why is he here?

At this moment, the pregnant woman sitting next to her had her turn. She entered the department, and Zhao Qingshi sat down. With his arrival, the entire corridor felt much more cramped. Ruan Xiangyi felt a little guilty about the trouble she had just caused him, causing him to be scolded for two days.

She raised her eyes, but Zhao Qingshi showed no sign of wanting to speak to her. He was not wearing formal clothes, but a turtleneck sweater and a black coat, with his hair hanging in front of his forehead, making him look much softer. With his handsome appearance, many people's eyes were focused on him in a short while.

Ruan Xiangyi noticed the stubble on his chin and wondered if he'd just gotten off the plane and rushed over. Just as she was about to speak, someone from the next department called her number. She stood up, and Zhao Qingshi followed her. She looked up. His superior height resembled the male lead in a Korean drama. He bent slightly to hold her bag and followed her inside.

Ruan Xiangyi lay in bed, the cool coupling agent applied to her skin. She looked at the mass on the machine and felt a little panicked: "Doctor, I took birth control pills before. Will it affect the baby?"

"Pregnant?"

"No, eat it within 24 hours."

"If the embryo has already implanted, then the impact won't be significant." The doctor took a piece of paper and wiped the coupling agent off her belly. "There's nothing wrong with the fetal heartbeat or embryo. Go get another blood draw later, and come back to me after you get the results."

Zhao Qingshi helped Ruan Xiangyi up, helped her tidy up her clothes, and said thank you while holding the list.

The place for drawing blood was on the second floor. Ruan Xiangyi had to wait in line for a while before it was her turn. Her legs went numb when she saw the doctor removing the scalp needles. Zhao Qingshi held her hand and held her in his arms with the other hand. The blood was drawn quickly, and Zhao Qingshi helped her hold the cotton swab and sat down beside her.

Seeing the tears in her eyes, he frowned slightly.

Ruan Xiangyi took the cotton swab from him and pressed it herself: "Did you just come back?"

Zhao Qingshi asked, "Why didn't you tell me you were coming for the pregnancy checkup?"

"You are abroad, it's not good to disturb you."

They've already gotten the marriage certificate, but the way they get along is almost like strangers. How can such a big thing be interrupted? Zhao Qingshi said helplessly: "When did you decide to have this child?"

Ruan Xiangyi didn't understand and looked at him.

"I thought you were going to have an abortion." He tossed and turned on the plane with this thought in his mind.

"Aren't we getting married because of this child?" Ruan Xiangyi wondered, even naively thinking, "If we abort him..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Qingshi said in a serious tone, "Do you think I want to marry you because of this child?"

What does it mean? Ruan Xiangyi blinked, isn’t it?

Zhao Qingshi's mood became complicated, because he knew that he didn't marry her because of the child, but she married him because of the child. If there was no child, the two of them would have no intersection. When he thought of this, his head began to hurt violently.

"You sit here and wait for me, I'll go get your report card." He dropped the subject.

After the prenatal check-up, Zhao Qingshi sent Ruan Xiangyi back to the villa, went to the company, and soon returned to the villa, took a shower and took a nap.

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The author has something to say: I deleted a few hundred words, it’s a bit short.