Only after hearing that Gu Yiming had left again did Jiang Hua slowly sit up from the bed and leave the bedroom when she arrived at the company.

When Jiang Hua came downstairs, the nanny had already been there for a while. Upon seeing Jiang Hua, the nanny quickly placed breakfast on the table. "You're up. This is today's breakfast. I didn't know how your appetite was, so I made it a bit light."

Looking at Fan Jianghua on the table, the nanny didn't say anything, but just nodded. The nanny was startled when she saw Jianghua's face. "Did you not rest well last night? I think you really need to go to the hospital. Your face looks very scary."

Out of concern, the nanny reminded Jiang Hua again to go to the hospital, otherwise something bad might really happen to him. Jiang Hua touched his face and forced a smile.

"It's okay, I just look pale because I'm pregnant. Don't worry too much. Just leave it there, I'll eat it later. I'm going upstairs now, I think I forgot something." Hearing the nanny say that she looked pale, Jiang Hua suddenly realized that she hadn't looked in the mirror when she woke up this morning, which was why she had startled the nanny.

Back at her dressing table, Jiang Hua looked in the mirror at her own reflection—a sallow, withered appearance with sunken eyes that had almost lost their sparkle—and sighed inwardly.

"No wonder even the nanny was scared of me. If I don't look at myself for a long time, I'm afraid I'll even despise myself. When did I become like a resentful woman in a cold palace?" Helpless, Jiang Hua picked up her cosmetics and slightly touched up her tired face.

It seems that this second child has really worn Jiang Hua out, and with so many other worries on top of that, she looks extremely tired. Her face, which was originally radiant even without makeup, now looks so stunning that it would be frightening to look without any makeup to cover it up.

After going downstairs for lunch, and around the time it was time for her to go to work, Jiang Hua told the nanny, "Don't go back today. There's food in the kitchen. I might ask for a day off from work and stay home for the next few days. I'll need your help to stay with us and take care of me."

Upon hearing this, the nanny immediately put down what she was doing, wiped her hands, and still worried about Jiang Hua, insisted on coming out with her. Seeing Jiang Hua leave, she also came out.

"You can't say that. You can't leave now..." Jiang Hua interrupted the nanny before she could finish speaking. She thought the nanny was complaining that she was making her work overtime without paying her.

Jiang Hua thought about it and realized that people usually didn't need to take care of her for days on end. They only took care of her meals for a short time. For example, Gu Yiming would cook dinner at home in the evening and then she could leave. At least people could take care of their families.

"Don't worry, I'll give you an extra portion of your salary as compensation." Jiang Hua thought that was the end of it after saying this, but the nanny pestered her again.

The nanny was both amused and exasperated, thinking that Jiang Hua was really too silly. She didn't know where to find such a silly girl. "That's not what I meant. I just saw that you look really not ready to go to the company. If it's not okay, I'll go to your company and ask for leave for you. You can just stay at home."

Jiang Hua was a beat slow to react, and quickly told the nanny that it wasn't necessary, then went to the other nanny, assuring her that she would be fine. Finally, the nanny reluctantly let Jiang Hua go to the company, glancing back several times as she went.

Upon arriving at the company, Jiang Hua didn't waste a moment. Although she hadn't been working very diligently in the previous few days, it still didn't make sense, so she went to the HR department and told the HR manager.

"What brings you here? Or do you need someone assigned to you, or do you need any help lately?" The HR manager was very easy to talk to. Seeing that Jiang Hua was pregnant, since everyone in the company knew she was pregnant, they took special care of her.

Although Jiang Hua tried to improve his complexion with makeup, others could still tell that he looked tired.

"There's no need to assign me anyone. I think I'm not good enough to cause everyone worry at the company, so I need to take a few days off to go back and get some rest." Jiang Hua told the HR manager that she wanted to take leave.

The HR manager agreed without hesitation, because although the company was busy during this period, Jiang Hua was really no longer suitable to work and needed to rest.

"So when do you plan to take the day off? Are you going to finish today's work or go straight home?" The HR manager said, handing the leave slip to Jiang Hua directly. Jiang Hua glanced at the leave slip and accepted it without any hesitation.

"Since I'm here so early today, I'll just leave now. I hope I've finished everything I needed to do at the company and there's nothing new for me to handle, so you can delegate the work to others." After informing the HR manager of her current work progress, Jiang Hua left.

While passing by the snack street, Jiang Hua suddenly wanted to eat some spicy food, so she went for a stroll. However, she always felt that someone was following her. Sometimes, she could see some figure following behind her out of the corner of her eye. So Jiang Hua turned around, but unfortunately, she didn't find anything.

"This is really strange. Who is following me when there's no one behind me? Why does he have this strange feeling? Or is he hallucinating because of my pregnancy?" Jiang Hua felt a little ridiculous and thought it would be better to eat something first because she was hungry.

"Hello, what would you like to eat? Here is the menu." The waiter was very enthusiastic. When he saw Jiang Hua coming over, he took the initiative to open the door for her and guided her to a seat. His attitude was very polite.

Jiang Hua took the menu, looked at it, and saw that nothing seemed spicy. However, she couldn't eat too much, so she only ordered two liang of steamed buns. "Give me two liang of beef-filled buns, no pickled vegetables."

After listening, Jiang Hua gave a simple instruction, and the waiter took the menu and went downstairs. Soon after, he brought Jiang Hua's steamed buns. Looking at the hot steamed buns, Jiang Hua seemed to have an appetite. After eating, Jiang Hua planned to leave.

"Madam, please wait a moment." The waiter approached Jiang Hua with a drink in hand. Jiang Hua was puzzled, but the waiter handed her the drink. "You don't need to be confused. This is a complimentary drink for you as a lucky customer."

After hearing the waiter's explanation, Jiang Hua slowly accepted the drink from her hand.