Chapter 130 is not the end, but only the beginning.
Ji Peiheng didn't get home until after 10 p.m.
Hearing the commotion, Shi Yang rushed downstairs.
Ji Peiheng immediately noticed that her pupils were bloodshot.
It's obvious they haven't had a proper rest.
"You're disobedient."
Shi Yang threw herself into his arms: "I was worried about you."
She picked up her phone countless times throughout the day, wanting to call him several times, but was afraid of disturbing him.
She couldn't help him, much less cause him trouble; all she could do was wait.
Ji Peiheng pulled her down to sit, warming her cold hands in his palms: "Don't worry, I can handle this."
It seemed that only after he said that did Shi Yang's heart, which had been in turmoil all day, finally settle down.
Things turned out exactly as Ji Peiheng had predicted.
Jiang Fu's procurement engineer and materials wholesaler have confessed to taking kickbacks and tampering with building materials, and have been taken away by the police.
Jiang Fu was also dismissed from his post and investigated.
The Ji family held a press conference, and Ji Peiheng accepted interviews from all reporters and media outlets.
Faced with the reporter's tricky questions, Ji Peiheng only said four words: "The innocent will clear themselves."
The matter quickly subsided, and the Ji family's powerful public relations team quelled the rumors circulating online.
However, the new city project was suspended.
Shi Yang was also present at the press conference.
She watched from behind the scenes as Ji Peiheng spoke eloquently to the media, always so charismatic and captivating in front of the public.
It seems that nothing is a problem for him.
Shi Yang returned to the lounge and sat down, where he could hear the reporters outside applauding him.
Her heart, which had been pounding for days, finally relaxed.
With a quick glance, she saw an envelope on the dressing table.
I picked it up suspiciously; the cover read: Shi Yang Shou.
She opened the envelope, but the words she saw made her pupils shrink sharply.
Shi Yang quickly opened the door and looked around. The corridor was empty. She then asked the cleaning lady who was cleaning.
The cleaning lady said she hadn't seen anyone enter or leave her break room.
Shi Yang returned to the lounge and sat down.
His gaze fell on the letter again, his knuckles gripping the thin paper tightly.
The letter contained only one line: Do you really think Ji Peiheng is innocent? The Jiang family is nothing more than a scapegoat he pushed out.
A day later, she received another anonymous letter at her workplace, containing only one sentence: "You trust him so much, but do you know the truth about why he went to jail?"
Shi Yang went to the courier company on the envelope. The courier company staff helped her check and found that it was a letter sent by a homeless man.
She managed to find the homeless man again. He looked mentally impaired and couldn't speak clearly, but Shi Yang managed to understand the gist of his words.
Someone paid the homeless man to deliver mail at the courier station.
Shi Yang received the letter he was going to send to the homeless man today.
—This is not the end, it's just the beginning.
The writing was done in red ink, leaving long, shocking marks on the paper.
Shi Yang clutched her wildly beating heart, a sense of unease lingering in her mind.
Before I could think too much, a phone call from Wen Wanwan came through the window.
—Lu Qingqing got pregnant and almost had an abortion!
When Shi Yang arrived at the hospital, Wen Wanwan pointed at Lu and gently scolded him.
Lu sat quietly on the bench in the corridor, not saying a word.
She approached, sat down next to Lu Qingqing, took her hand, and found that her hand was ice-cold.
"What exactly happened?"
Wen Wanwan's face turned red with anger: "Sister-in-law, if I hadn't come to the hospital to see my grandma today, if we hadn't run into her, she would have aborted the child behind our backs."
Shi Yang took off his coat and draped it over Lu Qingqing: "Why did you keep such a big thing from me?"
Lu gently raised her head, her eyes reddening: "You've been so busy lately, I don't want to trouble you. Besides, it's not a big deal."
Her eyes were moist, her face was pale, she was still shivering, and she spoke very softly.
Shi Yang had never seen her like this before. In her memory, Lu Qingqing was always sunny and energetic.
"Is the child Meng Yaozhu's?"
The deer fell silent.
"Okay, okay."
Shi Yang said "Okay" three times in a row: "I'll go find him!"
Lu gently stopped her: "Don't go! He doesn't know about this, and I don't want him to know either!"
Wen Wanwan: "Why?"
Lu gently turned her gaze elsewhere: "My dream is about to come true. I won't let the child hold me back. You don't need to persuade me anymore. I will definitely abort the child."
Shi Yang let out a long breath, his gaze towards her filled with unbearable heartache.
She wasn't heartbroken for the child; she was heartbroken for her.
No one knew better than her how long Lu Qingqing had longed to become a war correspondent and how much effort she had put in, only to have the child arrive at such an inopportune time.
"Abortion is very harmful to your health. Have you really thought this through?"
Lu gently wiped away her tears and tried to speak in a light tone, "I've thought it through. I've already missed the surgery today, so I'll schedule it again next week. Remember to come with me... Don't say I didn't tell you this time..."
After saying that, he swaggered away.
Wen Wanwan laughed in exasperation, pointing at Lu and gently asking Shi Yang, "Are you just going to indulge her like this? Aren't you going to go find that man?"
Shi Yang tried hard to suppress the urge to go to Meng Yaozhu. She knew very well that if she went to Meng Yaozhu now, Lu Qingqing would have no choice in her own life, and the result of her life would probably be marriage and children.
This was undoubtedly fatal for Lu Qingqing.
...
The next day, Lu Qingqing went to work. Little did she know that the company was organizing a physical examination for all employees that day.
My heart skipped a beat.
Her colleagues were already calling out to her, "Lu Qingqing, hurry up and get on the bus, we're just waiting for you."
Lu Qingqing made an excuse: "You guys go ahead, I have important work to report to President Meng."
"President Meng is not in the company today; he has gone out on business."
"Hurry up, don't waste everyone's time."
Lu reluctantly got into the car and was taken to the hospital.
While waiting in line, they were thinking about how to escape the medical examination.
Before they could come up with a solution, they saw their colleague in charge of organizing them talking to a young man.
She looked in that direction and was startled.
It turned out to be Meng Yaozhu.
What's he doing at the hospital with nothing better to do? If he's so free, he should go do some work instead of watching their medical checkups.
Lu Qingqing cursed under her breath, and when it was almost her turn, she sneaked out of the line.
He ran downstairs.
Something flashed in Meng Yaozhu's peripheral vision. He looked up and saw a familiar hem of clothing disappear at the end of the corridor.
Just as Lu Qingqing was about to step out of the hospital, Meng Yaozhu's phone call made her stop in her tracks.
Where are you going?
Lu Qingqing sensed something and turned around to look. Meng Yaozhu was standing not far away, watching her.
"I...I'm not feeling well..."
"I came back because I wasn't feeling well, so I can get it checked out."
Realizing he had used the wrong excuse, he immediately changed it to: "Mr. Meng, to be honest, something happened at home. My second uncle's third aunt's niece's son was in a car accident and is in another hospital. It's a matter of life and death, and I have to go there."
Watching her hurried departure, Meng Yaozhu frowned deeply.
Lu breathed a sigh of relief after escaping the hospital. The physical examination included a gynecological check-up, and her pregnancy was exposed as soon as it was done.
If Meng Yaozhu finds out she's pregnant, she's doomed.
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