Su Li waited at home for news, but his call never came.

"Sister, has something happened to brother-in-law?"

Su Chen noticed that she seemed worried all morning and wouldn't eat when he called her, which was rather strange.

"I'm fine, you go play chess with Grandpa."

"Grandpa said he's going to visit Grandpa Qin, are you coming?"

"I'm not going, you go."

Su Chen was really worried about her, so he pulled up a chair and sat down next to her.

He said with a mature air, "If anything happens to you, you must tell me. Now that you're pregnant, you're the most precious thing in the family, so you must be very happy."

Su Li chuckled, "Alright, go ahead and do your thing. Don't worry about me."

"So I'm really leaving? Are you sure you can handle this?"

"Nonsense, hurry up and go."

Su Chen patted his bottom, got up, and went to play with his grandfather.

Su Li then called Quan Ye.

The phone rang for quite a while before it was answered.

How's the situation on your end?

"Don't worry, it's alright. I've already taken care of it."

"Resolved? Has the contract with X Group been signed?"

"Not for now, we'll discuss it later."

This means that the business deal still went wrong.

Su Li was waiting for Quan Ye to come home when Meng Sangsang called.

"Honey, I'm eating out right now. I'll come find you later?"

Are you alone?

"Yes." Meng Sangsang's voice was a little downcast, which was different from her usual carefree personality.

Su Li glanced at the clock; there was still some time before Quan Ye returned, and she was feeling rather bored by herself.

Send me your address, and I'll come find you.

Soon, she arrived at a high-end restaurant and saw Meng Sangsang sitting alone by the window, eating her meal listlessly.

"You ordered so much food by yourself?"

Su Li looked at the table full of delicious food, put down her bag, and sat down opposite her.

Meng Sangsang immediately put down her chopsticks and said, "I was waiting for you to come and eat together. Now that you're pregnant, you should eat more. I can't let my future godson suffer."

"I'm only a few months old, and I can't eat that much."

"It's okay, eat as much as you can."

Su Li pursed her lips, staring at her, and said, "Tell me, why are you unhappy?"

"I'm not unhappy at all, I'm very happy." Meng Sangsang ladled a bowl of soup for her.

"Do you know how ugly you look when you force a smile?"

"Do you really have to undermine me like this?"

"uh-huh."

Meng Sangsang put her hands in front of her and said dejectedly, "To be honest, I feel even less free after getting married. My original intention for getting married was to have freedom."

Su Li raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"Qin Xuan is such a despicable person. He actually told me he never agreed to a marriage of convenience. He went back on his word, and he even..."

Meng Sangsang blushed halfway through her sentence and was too embarrassed to continue.

Su Li sensed something was amiss and blinked, asking gossipy, "What else did he do?"

"It's exactly what you think."

"What do you mean? I don't know."

Meng Sangsang looked around, then leaned close to her ear with a mysterious expression, "I've been really annoyed lately. I suddenly realized he's really good at that..."

"puff-"

Su Li almost spat out her soup, but quickly swallowed it back down.

She immediately perked up her ears, grabbed a tissue to wipe her mouth, and asked, "You mean your fighting ability is very strong? You've tried it?"

Meng Sangsang was speechless. "Nonsense, if I hadn't tried it, would I have asked you such an embarrassing question? But I didn't do it voluntarily; I was forced."