Chapter 140 The child is his

"Let's not talk about me, let's talk about you. I heard from Gu Fang that you went to Nan'an Middle School before." Gu Xiaoxiao changed the subject.

Gu Ji noticed that Gu Xiaoxiao's smile seemed somewhat forced, so he stopped asking her questions.

Two years ago, she was working in Nan'an City, but now she's in Lin'an City, married and pregnant. She doesn't know what happened to Gu Xiaoxiao in between, but there must be untold hardships involved.

"I just finished the college entrance exam, so I came back here to visit." Gu Ji didn't intend to say much about her current situation, because the two of them were destined not to have much contact in the future.

Gu Xiaoxiao glanced at Gu Ji's clothes. Having worked in the clothing industry before, she could tell that Gu Ji was now living a very wealthy life.

However, Gu Ji didn't say anything, knowing that this was to protect her self-esteem.

It wasn't that she couldn't stand seeing Gu Ji doing well, but rather that her family background and circumstances were originally better than Gu Ji's. However, after the high school entrance exam, the two went down different paths in life.

She now has mixed feelings about Gu Ji; she's happy that Gu Ji is doing well, but she also feels a hidden jealousy.

Thinking of this, Gu Xiaoxiao decided to leave first. Before she could speak, she heard an angry male voice behind her.

"Gu Xiaoxiao, what are you doing sitting here drinking milk tea? Do you know how much a cup of milk tea costs?" A man with an angry face appeared in Gu Ji's line of sight. "Even if you're pregnant, you don't have to be this precious, do you?"

"And there's a cup of milk tea that's all water in it..." Before the man could say anything more, Gu Xiaoxiao interrupted him, "That's enough, stop talking."

The man was stunned for a moment by Gu Xiaoxiao's shout. After he came to his senses, he stepped forward and tried to grab Gu Xiaoxiao.

Seeing the uncontrollable situation, Gu Ji immediately stood up, pulled Gu Xiaoxiao behind him, and frowned as he said to the man, "Who are you? She's pregnant. Don't yell at her."

The man was clearly intimidated by Gu Ji's imposing aura. After all, Gu Ji had lived with Dan Anwen for more than two years and had picked up some of her sharp and assertive manner.

The man shut his mouth, glared fiercely at Gu Xiaoxiao, threw down a sentence, and walked towards the door, "Gu Xiaoxiao, if you have the guts, don't come home."

After the man left, Gu Ji turned to look at Gu Xiaoxiao and saw two lines of tears on her face.

Gu Ji immediately pulled out a tissue and handed it to her. Upon closer inspection, she realized that Gu Xiaoxiao was very slender, even thinner than when she was in junior high school. Her large belly seemed like a huge burden, dragging down her body.

After settling Gu Xiaoxiao in, Gu Ji finally spoke, "Are you alright?"

Gu Xiaoxiao stopped gasping and shook her head.

Gu Ji recalled the harsh words the man had just uttered and realized that he might be Gu Xiaoxiao's husband.

"Is that man your husband?" Gu Ji pursed her lips, but decided to ask anyway, afraid that Gu Xiaoxiao would be beaten by him when she got home.

Gu Xiaoxiao had calmed down, but her voice was still choked with emotion. "Yes, he is my husband."

"Won't he hit you when you get home? Do you need my help?" Gu Ji saw Gu Xiaoxiao's situation and didn't want to stand idly by, especially since Gu Xiaoxiao was pregnant.

"No, he's just trying to scare me. I'm pregnant, he won't lay a hand on me," Gu Xiaoxiao forced a smile.

Gu Ji felt a pang of unease; she could sense Gu Xiaoxiao's forced composure and suppressed emotions.

Perhaps sensing the emotions in Gu Ji's eyes, Gu Xiaoxiao suddenly felt that there was nothing she couldn't talk about in her life. "He was a good person before marriage, but after marriage he started to show his true colors. However, out of consideration for my pregnancy, he would at most say a few unpleasant things."

Gu Xiaoxiao's life is a mess. When she was almost eighteen, her family made her come back from Nan'an City to go on a blind date. The man she was set up with had a job on an assembly line in the city and his family was quite well-off.

At first, their relationship was very stable, but things changed after marriage. The man's selfishness and stinginess became apparent. He was very calculating when it came to money and unwilling to spend what he felt was unnecessary.

Even when she was pregnant, he was very stingy with money. Whenever she wanted to spend money, he would say that she didn't earn money and only spent it.

She just wanted to get some fresh air today, but the man followed her. He was worried she would spend money she shouldn't. The man went to the mall restroom earlier.

Gu Ji listened quietly as Gu Xiaoxiao calmly recounted her life, feeling nothing but heartache.

“You haven’t registered your marriage yet, so you are perfectly free to leave him.”

Gu Xiaoxiao forced a smile, her lips pale. "It's not that easy. Putting aside whether my family will raise a grandson, his family won't easily give up the child in my belly. There will be endless trouble in the future."

"Besides, isn't this how everyone lives their whole life? You'll get used to it." Gu Xiaoxiao looked resigned.

Gu Ji pursed his lips and said, "I can help you."

Gu Xiaoxiao glanced gratefully at Gu Ji, then shook her head with a smile, "No need."

These are just a few of the reasons; there are too many other factors troubling her, leaving her no room to resist. Besides, she doesn't want to drag Gu Ji into this complicated vortex.

Seeing that Gu Xiaoxiao herself didn't dare to resist, Gu Ji stopped trying to persuade her, since it was her own choice.

She glanced at her phone and realized that Uncle Dan had sent her a message half an hour earlier.

Uncle Dan: Little one, are you done shopping? Do you want me to come pick you up?

Thinking that it was almost time, Gu Ji got up to say goodbye to Gu Xiaoxiao. After saying goodbye this time, he didn't know when they would meet again.

It might be in the near future, or it might be that we never meet again in our lifetime.

Two lines that are not parallel to each other will intersect at some point, but as the distance between them increases, they will eventually extend in two different directions and there will be no more points of interaction.

When Gu Ji returned to the hotel, she saw the man sitting on the sofa in the living room, flipping through a newspaper.

"Uncle Dan, you're so kind!" Gu Ji sat down next to the man and gave him a big hug.

Dan Anwen was momentarily surprised. He had been out for an afternoon, and now he was so clingy.

And children rarely hug him on their own initiative.

Dan Anwen put down the newspaper in his hand, hugged Gu Ji, and asked in a deep, affectionate voice, "What's wrong, little one? Why are you suddenly so sentimental?"

Gu Ji raised her head in the man's arms, her bright eyes staring straight into his dark, narrow eyes. After a moment, she said softly, "Nothing, I just suddenly wanted to hug you and praise you."

Dan Anwen smiled sweetly, his long fingers gently rubbing Gu Ji's soft cheek. "Thank you for the compliment, little one."

After staying in the man's arms for a while, Gu Ji went into the room to change into some more casual clothes.

After watching Gu Ji enter the room, Dan Anwen's dark eyes shifted to his phone, and he made a call, "Check the child's whereabouts this afternoon."

"Yes, Mr. President."

Dan Anwen knew that Gu Ji wouldn't be sentimental and clingy for no reason, unless something that happened on this seemingly ordinary afternoon had changed her mood.

Thinking of this, Dan Anwen couldn't help but have a distorted view, thinking that someone outside had bullied her, otherwise why would she cling to him as soon as she came back?

However, this feeling of being needed and relied upon by the child is good, proving that the child likes him very much. The man sat on the sofa with his legs crossed and grinned foolishly.

This time, the man was completely mistaken. The reason Gu Ji hugged him when she came back was because Gu Xiaoxiao's current life had given her too many feelings.

If it weren't for Dan Anwen's appearance, she might have been working in a factory long ago.

Even if she manages to get into high school, she might still end up being forced by her mother to marry a man she's only met a few times.

When people feel that there is no hope in life, they may not develop a rebellious mentality and resign themselves to accepting the so-called fate.

However, it was precisely because of the kind-hearted god Dan Anwen who appeared in her life that she had a bright and splendid future.

"President, Miss ran into a classmate from junior high school this afternoon."

Before the person on the other end of the phone could finish speaking, Dan Anwen subconsciously thought that her junior high school classmate was Gu Fang, and her heart clenched.

However, the thought that the child liked him put his mind at ease.

No matter how much Gu Fang likes children, she is someone he can never have.

The child belongs to him.

If Shen Jiyang knew what he was thinking, he would definitely laugh at him.

Shen Jiyang: If you're so confident, why were you nervous when you heard Gu Fang's name?

After listening to the bodyguard's report on what happened this afternoon, Dan Anwen parted his thin lips slightly and said, "If she needs help, help her resolve her current troubles."

Since the child has expressed a desire to help Gu Xiaoxiao, he will naturally help her. However, if she is still unwilling, he will not force her.

"Yes, Mr. President."