Now she's kneeling here begging for mercy, dressed in old clothes and covered in dirt, while Zhou Qiqi is radiant and proud, even the strands of her hair exuding smugness!
What upset her even more was—
Shen Huaichuan's resolute statement just now, "In front of my lover, I am worthless!"
He was willing to risk his future for Zhou Qiqi!
For the first time, she realized so clearly the depth of affection and tenderness in Shen Huaichuan's eyes when he looked at Zhou Qiqi.
She was so much prettier than Xu Shu's perpetually misty, calculating, and glittering peach blossom eyes!
Extreme jealousy and the panic of losing everything instantly overwhelmed the dam of reason.
"Why should I admit my mistake?!"
Lin Yao suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with madness, her voice shrill and distorted.
"Zhou Qiqi! Who do you think you are?! You deserve to wear such a nice dress? You deserve to wear such a pretty hair clip? Do you even deserve Shen Huaichuan?! All of this! All of this should have been mine!"
The coldness in Zhou Qiqi's eyes intensified, and her voice turned icy.
"Oh? So you're speaking your mind now? Too bad, you chose this path yourself, no one's holding a knife to your throat."
Her gaze shifted, sharpening like a knife as she looked at Xu Shu, whose face was deathly pale. "And you? Xu Shu, do you dare to admit it?"
Xu Shu shuddered, his eyes darting around, his lips trembling.
"I...I don't know! It's none of my business! I don't know anything!"
"Oh,"
Zhou Qiqi let out a cold laugh, looking at Lin Yao with a sarcastic expression.
"Lin Yao, look at this. Is this the man you went to so much trouble to steal? He doesn't even dare to say a word. He's as spineless as a lump of mud."
Lin Yao's gaze swept over Xu Shu's pale, trembling face before suddenly piercing towards Shen Huaichuan, who stood ramrod straight beside her.
The enormous contrast almost made her vomit blood, yet she still stubbornly screamed.
"I did nothing wrong! I did absolutely nothing wrong! Zhou Qiqi, stop making baseless accusations! You can't produce any evidence!"
Looking at her stubborn and unyielding attitude, Zhou Qiqi's last trace of warmth vanished from her eyes.
"I was originally thinking of saving you some face, but since you insist on getting to the bottom of things, I won't hold back anymore."
Her voice suddenly became calm, carrying a chilling sense of having settled down.
She stopped looking at Lin Yao and calmly took out a neatly folded piece of paper from her cloth bag.
All eyes were focused on that piece of paper.
Zhou Qiqi unfolded it, held it out with both hands, and clearly displayed it to the secretary and all the committee members.
At the top of the page was the heading of the S City Military Hospital, below which were cold, lead-printed characters.
"Commander, fellow committee members,"
Zhou Qiqi's voice echoed clearly and powerfully in the deathly silent conference room.
"Please see this; it's a treatment slip issued by the military hospital a few days ago. Patient's name: Lin Yao. Diagnosis result—"
She paused deliberately for a second, her gaze sharp as lightning, fixed on Lin Yao, who froze instantly, and Xu Shu, who was utterly terrified.
"About 13 weeks pregnant."
"13 weeks, which is a little over three months! That's about the time to catch them in the act!"
Zhou Qiqi's voice suddenly rose, carrying the force of thunder.
"Comrade Lin Yao, you got married just over a month ago in our military region's auditorium. Please explain this clearly in front of the leaders and all your comrades! What exactly is going on with this three-month-old child in your belly?!"
She suddenly turned to Xu Shu and demanded an explanation.
"Xu Shu! You tell me! Is this child yours?! Were you two already having an affair before this so-called 'catching them in the act' farce even happened?!"
boom--!
It felt like an atomic bomb had been dropped on the entire conference room!
Dead silence!
Absolute, suffocating silence!
Even the sound of breathing disappeared.
All eyes were fixed on that seemingly light yet incredibly heavy treatment form, with its clear black and white text and the hospital's red seal!
Zhou Shuhua seemed to have been struck by lightning. Suddenly remembering something, she pointed at Lin Yao and exclaimed in shock.
"No wonder! No wonder you kept saying you felt nauseous and vomited the other day. I thought it was just an upset stomach! So... so you're pregnant! You've only been married for a little over a month, and you're already more than three months pregnant!"
The look in her eyes when she looked at Lin Yao had completely turned into disgust, as if she were looking at something dirty.
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