"Xinyi, what are you doing!" Chu Junyi rushed forward and grabbed her wrists. "Please don't hurt my child! I'm begging you!"

"Ah—shut up!" Meng Xinyi screamed in despair, "I don't want to have your child! I'll kill him! I'll kill him!"

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Qiao Wanwan immediately turned to look at Jiang Dong beside her.

Jiang Dong understood immediately, stepped forward, and knocked Meng Xinyi unconscious from behind!

"Xinyi!" Chu Junyi hugged her. "Xinyi, are you alright?"

"She's too emotional right now; we need to calm her down first," Jiang Dong explained.

Old Master Meng wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and stepped forward to apologize, "Young Master Zhan, Madam Zhan, I'm so sorry to have disturbed you."

"It's alright."

"Then we'll be going now."

Take care.

After they left, Qiao Wanwan finally had a chance to ask, "What happened?"

Zhan Jingting sat on the sofa and recounted the whole story, "...That's how it is. Old Master Meng is a sensible man. He knew that I was determined to get that medicine, and he also knew that the Meng family couldn't afford to offend me. So he resorted to this tactic to make Meng Xinyi give up. But I didn't expect that for more than a month, he would only appease Meng Xinyi and not tell her the truth."

Zhan Jingting patted the girl's hair. "But my wife trusts me so much, even if she comes to my door, she won't misunderstand."

“That’s right, I’m the smartest,” Qiao Wanwan sighed. “But as a woman, I don’t think Miss Meng can accept this fact.”

"Whether she accepts it or not is none of our business. Although I took the medicine from the Meng family, I paid a huge sum of money and also helped the Meng family stabilize their position in Suzhou. The money and goods are settled and we have no debts to each other."

"Mmm." Qiao Wanwan didn't say much more. "I'm hungry."

The maid brought afternoon tea, and Zhan Jingting ate some with Qiao Wanwan.

"Master Zhan!" Jiang Dong rushed over to report, "Madam has been found!"

Qiao Wanwan was overjoyed, "Where is Mommy?"

“A smuggling ship docked at the pier. When the captain inspected it, he found his wife lying in the storage room of the ship’s cabin. Because there was a global bounty on the case, he immediately called to report it. The bodyguards went to check and confirmed that it was his wife. They are on their way to bring her back.”

Qiao Wanwan hurriedly said, "Tell the doctor to prepare so that Mom can have a thorough medical check-up as soon as she gets home."

"yes."

Ruan Wanyi quickly returned to Wutong Bay, unconscious, with no external injuries except for being a little dirty.

"That's great! Mom really is back!" Qiao Wanwan grabbed Zhan Jingting's hand. "We've been looking for her for so long, but we never expected her to come back on her own!"

“Wanwan, don’t you think this is too abnormal?” Zhan Jingting frowned slightly. “Someone went to great lengths to take Mom away, so how could they easily let her come back?”

Qiao Wanwan's heart skipped a beat, but she still comforted her, "No matter what, it's a good thing that Mom is back. Let my master take her pulse and examine her first."

The legendary doctor with the "ghostly hands" took Ruan Wanyi's pulse, and his expression immediately changed!

"Master, what's wrong?" Qiao Wanwan asked anxiously.

She knew the legendary doctor, Ghost Hand; he only showed that expression when faced with a difficult case!

"It's nothing serious," said the Ghost Hand Doctor. "She took a strong sleeping pill, so she hasn't woken up yet. Let someone give her a bath and clean her up."

"Okay." Qiao Wanwan hurriedly instructed Zheng Ma to give Ruan Wanyi a bath.

The Ghost Hand Doctor stood up and said, "Master Zhan, come with me for a moment."

Zhan Jingting followed him out, and Qiao Wanwan followed as well.

The three men entered the study, and the Ghost Hand Doctor spoke with a solemn expression, "Master Zhan, I have something to tell you, but you must remain calm."

Qiao Wanwan asked anxiously, "Master, has something happened to Mom? Is she sick or poisoned?"

“Neither,” said the Ghost Hand Doctor. “She’s pregnant.”

Zhan Jingting and Qiao Wanwan were completely stunned!

"Pregnant?" Qiao Wanwan's face paled, and she subconsciously looked at Zhan Jingting beside her.

The man's handsome face was tense, his expression ashen, and his entire body was covered with a thin layer of frost, sending chills down one's spine!

"Yes, it's been more than a month."

Qiao Wanwan's legs went weak, and she slumped onto the sofa. "Master means that Mom... was... was..."

Qiao Wanwan found it difficult to say those two words.

"Master Zhan, what should we do now?" asked the Ghost Hand Doctor.

"Abort it," the man said coldly.

“Jingting, at my age, abortion is very harmful to my health,” Qiao Wanwan said, coming back to her senses.

"If we don't abort it, are we supposed to give birth to it?" Zhan Jingting's face became even more gloomy and chilling. "The Zhan family can't afford to lose face like this."

"Jingting, calm down first," Qiao Wanwan comforted him, holding his hand. "I understand how you feel, but I think we should wait until Mom wakes up and asks her about it before making a decision."

Zhan Jingting closed his eyes, suppressing the anger in them, and gently hugged Qiao Wanwan. "Okay."

......

Ruan Wanyi didn't wake up until after nine o'clock at night.

She opened her eyes, her first reaction was horror, but she breathed a sigh of relief when she realized she was in her room.

"Mom, you're finally awake!" Qiao Wanwan, who had been staying by her side, asked anxiously. "How are you feeling now? Is anything bothering you?"

"Wanwan? You're awake?" Ruan Wanyi asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I'm fine now."

"That's wonderful." Ruan Wanyi was overjoyed. "Now that you're awake, the family can be whole again, and Jingting can be happy again."

"Mom, Jingting is very angry right now." Qiao Wanwan held her cold hand. "Do you know you're pregnant?"

Ruan Wanyi was taken aback, and then looked embarrassed.

Qiao Wanwan's eyes widened. "It seems you know! Mom, whose child is it?"

Ruan Wanyi turned her head away. "Wanwan, can you not ask?"

"How could I not ask?" Qiao Wanwan pressed. "Mom, how did this child come about? Were you... assaulted?"

"Wanwan, don't ask anymore..."

"Bang!"

The door to the room was pushed open forcefully!

Zhan Jingting strode in with his long legs. "You're not going to ask, are you waiting for me to ask?"

Ruan Wanyi panicked, "Jing... Jing Ting..."

"Where did the child come from?" Zhan Jingting asked coldly. "You're being so evasive and refusing to answer; could it be that you intend to keep the child?"

"Jingting, what are you trying to do?" Ruan Wanyi hurriedly protected her stomach. "You're not thinking of aborting this child, are you?"

"I don't mind if you remarry," Zhan Jingting said coldly. "On the contrary, I've always hoped that you could have a new relationship and start a new life. If you find someone you like and have a child with him, I support you and can even help you raise the child. But you absolutely cannot give birth to a child of unknown origin. That's my bottom line!"