Lin Yan said "Oh" casually, but Li Xiaoyi's eyes flickered: "Zhou Ming's company cooperates with ours. He ran into me last time and asked me about your situation. Is it inconvenient for us to tell him?"
Lin Yan finally paused while eating, and a picture emerged in her mind, the picture of the boy's confession.
Did Zhou Ming confess to the original owner?
Lin Yan paused, feeling a little uncomfortable, but still pretended to be casual and said, "Just tell him that I'm already married and the baby is about to be born."
Li Xiaoyi lowered her eyes and said "hmm".
After dinner, the two of them went for a stroll in the nearby commercial street. Lin Yan couldn't help but buy some small clothes, and even Li Xiaoyi bought a dress.
After shopping for a while, Lin Yan felt a little tired. When the two of them found a milk tea shop to sit down and rest, Li Xiaoyi's eyes fell on the shopping bags left by Lin Yan, and then looked at Lin Yan's lower abdomen.
"Are you a boy or a girl?"
"I don't know, but it doesn't matter whether I have a boy or a girl. They are all my children and I like them all." Lin Yan said casually, with a nonchalant feeling.
"What about your husband?" Li Xiaoyi hesitated for a moment before asking, "Doesn't your husband want a boy?"
"He and I have the same idea. We like both boys and girls. He's not the type to favor boys over girls."
There was no trace of gloom in Lin Yan's smile. She and Lu Jinghuai had discussed the gender of the child, and there was no reluctance in Lu Jinghuai's eyes when he said it was all the same.
Li Xiaoyi was stunned for a moment, and after a long while she spoke, "That's great."
Li Xiaoyi lowered her eyes and drank the milk tea in front of her, and suddenly spoke again.
"Yan Yan, I'm quite envious of you. We were in the same situation before, but now it's completely different. You're sailing through mountains and rivers, but I'm still stuck in the mud."
"If only I had your luck."
Lin Yan frowned. Li Xiaoyi's words made her feel inexplicably uncomfortable, but she didn't refute anything. Instead, she curled the corners of her mouth to comfort her.
"Aren't you getting better now? You've left home. As long as you don't go back, your future will only get better."
Li Xiaoyi said "hmm".
Lin Yan glanced at the time again. It was already half past four. She finally spoke: "It's getting late. I have to go back. Let's make an appointment next time when we are free."
Lin Yan knew deep down that the next time would probably be a long time coming, and she didn't want to have any contact with Li Xiaoyi.
Besides not wanting to expose any flaws, the second reason was that she didn't like Li Xiaoyi's personality.
Li Xiaoyi is actually a person with a lot of negative emotions. She often complains and occasionally says a few sour-sounding words.
The original owner and she had a good relationship in the past because they were in similar situations. Li Xiaoyi liked to complain to the original owner, and the original owner would comfort her because she could empathize with her.
But let Lin Yan say that although she sympathizes with Li Xiaoyi's situation, she doesn't like this kind of person and doesn't intend to make close friends with him.
Li Xiaoyi didn't try to persuade Lin Yan to stay after hearing her farewell. She just said, "Okay, let's meet next time."
When Lin Yan came here, she asked the Lu family's driver to stop nearby. Now she wants to go back and make a phone call. The driver arrived in about five or six minutes.
Before getting in the car, Lin Yan politely asked Li Xiaoyi if she wanted her to give her a ride, but Li Xiaoyi shook her head and refused.
After watching Lin Yan leave and the car driving into the traffic, Li Xiaoyi bit her lower lip, returned to the milk tea shop and dialed a number.
"Mr. Gu, I think you might be overthinking it. Lin Yan is the same Lin Yan from before. I met her today and we talked about our former classmates and things. She remembers everything clearly..."
Gu Zhiyi frowned on the other end of the phone: "Impossible..."
However, Gu Zhiyi didn't say the rest of the words, and instead said in a roundabout way: "Miss Li, I'm sorry to bother you this time."
Li Xiaoyi just said "hmm", and then spoke after some hesitation.
"Mr. Gu, can I still contact you in the future..."
Gu Zhiyi paused on the other side of the phone and replied, "Miss Li, if you need any help, I will definitely help you if I can."
But the other meaning is also very obvious. If there is no need for help, there is no need to contact each other. After all, there is not much friendship between the two.
Li Xiaoyi was no fool and immediately understood what Gu Zhiyi meant. She curled her lips, smiled bitterly, and spoke again.
"To be honest, I really envy Lin Yan. No matter what happens, there are always people around her who care about her and accompany her."
Even when Lin Yan was at her lowest, she always had Gu Zhiyi by her side, while Li Xiaoyi had no one around her. How could she not be jealous and envious?
Li Xiaoyi hung up the phone and clenched the milk tea in her hand. An unfamiliar number called her phone. Lin Yan just glanced at the city of the call and hung up.
Then he smiled bitterly.
Lin Yan said that she had already gotten rid of her family and that she could live a good life in the future, but how could that be possible? Her parents would never let her go.
For example, her cell phone would receive strange calls from time to time, and her WeChat messages were filled with curses from her parents and relatives, which she would never be able to get rid of in her life.
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On the other side, when Lin Yan returned home, it was still daylight. Aunt Liu in the living room greeted Lin Yan and asked her something.
"Madam, are you back? A batch of fresh fruits just arrived in the kitchen. Would you like to have some?"
Lin Yan was indeed a little hungry, and nodded: "Thank you for troubling Aunt Liu."
Aunt Liu went into the kitchen and when she came out again, she had a plate of fruit in her hands, which had been specially cut, and a small fork was prepared next to it.
While Lin Yan was eating fruit, Liu Ma was knitting a sweater. It was a small jacket for the baby in Lin Yan's belly.
It's almost finished, and the little one looks so cute.
Lin Yan also touched it with her hand. The wool was very soft and the stitches were very dense.
"I'm starting to get jealous of the baby in my belly. Why do so many people like her? Aunt Liu, you even knitted a sweater for her."
Aunt Liu smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll knit one for you after I finish this one."
Lin Yan ate the apple, her eyes curved as she didn't refuse: "Sure, then my baby and I will wear mother-and-child outfits."
As they were talking, Aunt Liu suddenly mentioned Lu Jinghuai again: "Boss Lu is on a long business trip this time. Didn't he say when he would be back?"
Lin Yan paused while eating the fruit and said calmly, "I didn't say when I'd be back."
Aunt Liu sighed, "Madam, you're already eight months pregnant. You'll have to go for a pregnancy checkup in a couple of days. If Mr. Lu doesn't come back, what should I do if I go with you?"
Lin Yan calculated the date and found out that she would be going for a pregnancy check-up in a few days. In the past, Lu Jinghuai always accompanied her.
"Aunt Liu, please go with me."
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