A night passed, and Ye Zhao still couldn't understand why she had said she needed to think about it. People really shouldn't make decisions at night, because they'll regret it when they wake up in the morning.
I absentmindedly ate a few mouthfuls of porridge when my phone suddenly rang.
Ye Zhao looked at the name "Jiayi" in the contact's name and was momentarily bewildered, but then answered the call as if nothing had happened.
"Hello?"
"Where are you?" The tone was rather... impolite.
"What's the matter?" Although he didn't know who she was, Ye Zhao didn't want to indulge her.
"Oh! Getting pregnant is such a big deal, huh? You dare talk to me like that?"
Who is this person? Why are they talking so rudely? Ye Zhao frowned, glanced at the contact name again, and replied, "What's wrong?"
Shen Jiayi's tone grew increasingly harsh: "What's wrong? Tell me what's wrong? Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?"
The other party's attitude was rude, and Ye Zhao frowned as she listened. Too lazy to answer, she hung up the phone. Then, as if she was provoked, the other party called one after another. Ye Zhao was so annoyed that she turned off her phone, not caring who it was.
Meanwhile, at the Shen Group, Shen Du sat at his desk, scrolling through two photos on his phone, his brows furrowed deeply.
The photo shows Ye Zhao's pink bedroom, where two people, a man and a woman, are lying on the soft bed in an intimate pose.
At a glance, Shen Du recognized the person as Ye Zhao. As for the other man... he didn't recognize him, but there was no denying that the two were very intimate, their heads touching and their arms embracing each other.
Coupled with the message that person sent, Shen Du's expression grew even more unpleasant.
"Mr. Shen probably doesn't want anyone to know he's been cuckolded, does he? And who knows whose child Miss Ye is carrying?"
A few minutes later, Chen Du called Lin Yi in, threw his phone into his arms, and with an extremely ugly expression, uttered the word "Check" before turning and leaving.
Lin Yi picked up his phone in a daze, but when he saw the text and pictures on it, he was so shocked that he almost dropped the phone. In his panic, he turned to look at Chen Du's back, his expression complicated.
Meanwhile, Ye Zhao was also discussing this matter with Lin Yu.
"Speaking of which, who sent those two threatening text messages? I'm so curious." Ye Zhao wasn't curious, she was anxious. Judging by the timing, if the other party really had something on her, they would have already sent it to Chen Du.
Lin Yu replied nonchalantly, "Who cares who posted it? They're just trying to scam some money. Do you think it's so easy to swindle money from Chen Du?"
His money wasn't easy to swindle, but what if the other party really had some leverage over him? Ye Zhao couldn't say for sure. She wasn't familiar with the original owner, so she could only probe Lin Yu indirectly, since she was one of the original owner's pinned WeChat contacts.
Just as she was about to ask something else, Lin Yu suddenly said, "By the way, Cheng Yu will be back soon. Has she told you?"
Ye Zhao was absent-minded and subconsciously asked, "Who?"
After asking the question, he suddenly realized what he had said, and shook his head under Lin Yu's questioning gaze: "No..."
Anyway, no one has called or messaged her lately saying they want to come back.
Lin Yu nodded knowingly and said, "He's probably still angry with you!"
Ye Zhao paused in her work, then replied absentmindedly, "Is that so?"
While eating fruit, Lin Yu said earnestly, "She's doing this for your own good. If you can listen to her, then listen; if you can't, then forget it. Why say such hurtful things?"
Ye Zhao asked, looking completely bewildered, "What did I say?"
Lin Yu looked at her and saw that she didn't seem to be faking it. After a pause, she sighed and said, "Sure enough, pregnancy makes you stupid for three years. Didn't you say she was meddling in other people's business? You also said that she dresses like a man every day and deserves to be unwanted."
Ye Zhao was slightly embarrassed: "Did I put it that badly?"
“Yes!” Lin Yu answered decisively, then rolled her eyes at her and said, “You’ve always been the type to say things that are hard to hear, haven’t you? You’ve toned it down a lot lately, that’s good, keep it up.”
Ye Zhao gave an awkward smile and lowered her head to eat her banana.
"She doesn't know you're pregnant yet. If she did, she'd probably be angry!"
Ye Zhao, chewing on a banana, asked in a naive and innocent way, "Why?"
Lin Yu rolled her eyes speechlessly: "Why? Why do you think I should? Pregnant before marriage, my sister! Don't you think about yourself at all? Isn't she going to be angry?"
After saying that, he stood up again and said, "Never mind, I have to go back now. I have some things to do at my department. Take care of yourself. Call me if you need anything."
Lin Yu came and left in a hurry, but her visit calmed Ye Zhao's anxious mood considerably. In the eyes of the original owner's friends, she hadn't done anything wrong, and everything was still in time.
The most complicated thing right now is the baby in her belly; she's really conflicted about it.
Go ahead and have the baby. She really wasn't ready to be a mother, and pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum recovery are all too painful.
She thought she shouldn't have the baby, but she still seemed to want to. She wanted to experience the wonderful feeling of being a mother herself, and after meeting Grandpa Shen, she suddenly felt a little reluctant.
In her current view, the old man is a good person who shows her the care and love of an elder, as well as the respect she deserves.
She couldn't bear to extinguish the hope of an elderly woman for a new life in her family.
Of course, there's another point: she was also tempted by the conditions Chen Du mentioned. She didn't have any lofty life goals or ideals. In her previous life, she worked her way up to graduation and even got job offers, but she still woke up one day to have to live again. So now she just wanted to give up and live, and she was tempted by the conditions Chen Du proposed.
"I'm torn. I can't make such a big decision in a short time," Ye Zhao sighed, leaned back on the hospital bed, and closed her eyes to sleep.
Meanwhile, Chen Du held several meetings in a row, and his expression remained as grim as ever. Yang Xu, not understanding why, assumed that he was upset because of what had just happened at the meeting.
"President Shen, the interviews for the newly hired secretaries are over. President Xiao has arranged for two of them to come over for you. Would you like to meet them?"
Chen Du waved his hand irritably: "No need, just have them get ready to start work as soon as possible."
Yang Xu nodded, turned around and left.
Just as he was leaving, he bumped into Lin Yi, who was walking over with a grim expression. He looked at Lin Yi with a puzzled look, and Lin Yi gave him a wry smile before knocking and going inside.
"Mr. Shen, we have already spoken with all the media outlets."
Shen Du nodded without speaking. Lin Yi glanced at his expression and continued, "I've already arranged to meet the number that sent you the message in a little while. Do you want to go in person, or..."
Shen Du frowned even more deeply: "Go and find out what the other party's background is, see what he wants, and then call me."
"yes."
After Lin Yi left, Chen Du leaned back in his chair and sighed deeply.
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