Qiao Wanwan panicked and stepped forward to take a closer look. Sure enough, they were the two sticks she had thrown in the trash can during the day!

“Wanwan,” Zhan Jingting looked at her, “don’t you have anything you want to say to me?”

Qiao Wanwan felt a little guilty, but then she thought, what did she have to be guilty about!

"Where did this come from?" Qiao Wanwan asked.

"The maid found this while cleaning your room. Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant right away?"

“This was an accident.” Qiao Wanwan pursed her lips and said, “This child shouldn’t have come at all.”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhan Jingting frowned. "You want to kill our child?"

"Don't use words like 'kill.' He's still an embryo, not a life yet. It's no big deal to remove him."

"Qiao Wanwan!" Zhan Jingting roared, like a beast awakened from its slumber, his terrifying aura seemingly capable of destroying the heavens and the earth. "He is a life, you won't be allowed to harm him!"

"Why should I?" Qiao Wanwan was already annoyed, and his harsh words made all the grievances in her heart surge up at once. Tears fell like pearls from a broken string. "If you're going to do it, why don't you wear a condom? And if you don't wear a condom, why don't you prepare some morning-after pills for me?"

"You think I want to get pregnant? You think I want to abort him? Do you know how harmful abortion is to your body? You're the one who enjoys it, but I'm the one who suffers. What right do you have to yell at me!"

Zhan Jingting closed his eyes, suppressing the anger in them, and maneuvered his wheelchair to her. He gently took her hand and said, "I'm sorry, I apologize to you, Wanwan. Don't be impulsive. Now that we're having a child, it proves that even God doesn't want us to be separated. Let's get married, okay?"

"No way!" Qiao Wanwan pushed his hand away, wiped away her tears haphazardly, and said angrily, "I don't want to marry you!"

“But the child is innocent,” Zhan Jingting softened his tone, his deep voice carrying a hint of pleading, “Wanwan, I know you can’t bear to abandon him. Let’s get married and let him come into this world safe and healthy, okay?”

Qiao Wanwan's mind was in complete turmoil, like a tangled mess of yarn, and she couldn't make sense of it at all.

Zhan Jingting gripped the wheelchair armrests tightly with both hands and asked in a deep voice, "Wanwan, do you look down on me because I'm a cripple in a wheelchair?"

“No, you didn’t mind that I’m lame and ugly.” Qiao Wanwan tried to remain calm and analyzed, “We’re not compatible, we can’t get married, and we certainly can’t get married because of a child. Such a marriage will not be happy, nor will it last.”

"I apologize for what happened that day, Wanwan. There's always a period of adjustment in relationships. I've reflected on my actions, and I promise I'll change and it won't happen again," Zhan Jingting solemnly promised. "I definitely will change. You believe me, okay?"

For some reason, Qiao Wanwan suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart.

It felt like countless needles were piercing her heart, the pain making it hard for her to breathe.

Qiao Wanwan was unable to think straight and only wanted to escape. "I think you need to calm down."

“I’m very calm.” Zhan Jingting took her hands in his again. “Wanwan, for the sake of the child, give me a chance.”

Qiao Wanwan's eyes stung uncontrollably, and she felt an urge to cry, but she had no idea why.

"I'm a little sleepy."

"Then you should rest first, we'll talk again tomorrow." The man released her hand. "Good night."

"Um."

Zhan Jingting maneuvered his wheelchair away, but Qiao Wanwan's heart could no longer find peace.

She had never felt so troubled in her entire life.

......

The next day.

Qiao Wanwan slept until noon, and when she got up and went downstairs, Zhan Jingting was already gone.

She went to a restaurant, ate something, and had just put down her bowl when her phone rang.

It was Qiao Yuqi calling.

Qiao Wanwan swiped to answer the call and said coldly, "What is it?"

"Wanwan, you've been away from home for half a month now, aren't you going to come back?"

"none of your business."

"Of course it's my business. The news that you hooked up with a disabled man and betrayed Brother Xulin has already spread. Although Mom and Dad are abroad and haven't come back, they are very angry and have had all your things thrown out."

Qiao Wanwan frowned. "Qiao Yuqi, I'm going back to pack my things now, but before that, if you or anyone else dares to touch my things, I'll make sure you regret it!"

When Qiao Wanwan arrived at the Qiao family villa by taxi, Qiao Yuqi was leisurely sitting in the living room drinking tea.

"Wanwan, you're back?" In front of the maid, Qiao Yuqi smiled sweetly as always, as if the most beautiful words in the world were not enough to describe her. "Look how good your sister is to you. Tomorrow is my engagement banquet with Brother Xulin, and I didn't go to work. I specially waited for you at home."

Qiao Wanwan ignored her and went straight upstairs.

Soon after, Qiao Yuqi's voice came from behind, "Wanwan, what's the point of tidying up all that junk? I've prepared your household registration book. Once you get your marriage certificate, you'll have everything you want. Even I'll envy you as a wealthy wife."

Qiao Wanwan paused, turned to look at her, and asked, "What did you say?"

Could it be that Qiao Yuqi knows about her pregnancy?

She also knows that Zhan Jingting is going to marry her?

Qiao Yuqi sighed and said regretfully, "Wanwan, your father and I are really angry with you this time. They say they can't educate you anymore, but you are still the daughter of the Qiao family, and we have to find you a good place. There is a group CEO who admires you very much. He said that as long as the Qiao family is willing to marry you to him, they are willing to offer a dowry of 500 million yuan. Wanwan, I really didn't expect that even in your current state, you would still be so valuable. The dowry that the Gu family offered me might not even be 500 million yuan."

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