Although Xiao Linran had decided to keep the child for the time being, as a man, he felt extremely aggrieved that Zhang Yanhua had cheated on him.
"Dad, I want to go see Yanhua first." Taking advantage of the Xiao family's report to Xiao Zhengyan, Xiao Linran quickly said ingratiatingly.
Xiao Zhengyan glanced at Xiao Linran indifferently. Seeing his sincere expression, he thought he was genuinely concerned about Zhang Yanhua and nodded with satisfaction.
"Go! Take good care of Yanhua."
"Okay! I understand!" Xiao Linran left the living room with a smile on his face.
As soon as he was out of Xiao Zhengyan's sight, his smile vanished, and his face turned terrifyingly gloomy.
He strode upstairs to Zhang Yanhua's room and kicked the door open.
"Zhang Yanhua, alright! You better tell me the truth! Whose child is this bastard in your belly?"
Zhang Yanhua's face turned deathly pale instantly. Like a frightened fawn, she instinctively covered her lower abdomen and curled up at the head of the bed.
Xiao Linran's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He grabbed her arm tightly and dragged her to the cold ground without any mercy.
Zhang Yanhua was unable to dodge in time and fell heavily to the ground.
Although he had no confidence in his heart, he still appeared fierce on the surface but was actually weak inside.
"What are you doing! Xiao Linran, have you gone mad?"
Xiao Linran's fists clenched and unclenched repeatedly. If the old man hadn't been there, he would have given Zhang Yanhua a good beating.
What does it mean to not hit women, or to be a gentleman? None of that applies to Xiao Linran.
"Crazy? Crazy is nothing, I'd like to kill you too! You better tell me honestly, whose child is that bastard in your belly?!" Xiao Linran slammed his fist on the table.
It's outrageous that Xiao Linran, who has spent his life roaming the world of women, would have his own house catch fire.
"Of course the child is yours!" Knowing she couldn't hide it, Zhang Yanhua still said it anyway.
"Zhang Yanhua, are you kidding me? I haven't shared a room with you for half a year. How could I possibly get you pregnant? You're not trying to say it's asexual reproduction, are you?" Xiao Linran's face was full of meanness and malice.
No matter how Xiao Linran pressed her for answers, Zhang Yanhua refused to say anything.
"Zhang Yanhua, do you think I can't do anything to you just because you don't talk?" Xiao Linran sneered.
In the course of their conversation, Zhang Yanhua realized that Xiao Linran did not intend to harm her or the child; otherwise, he would have exposed her to the old man long ago.
Zhang Yanhua's attitude gradually calmed down after initially feeling uneasy.
No matter how he asked, Zhang Yanhua refused to say anything.
Xiao Linran summoned his subordinate and whispered a few words in his ear.
He sat calmly at the coffee table, sipping his tea, not even glancing at Zhang Yanhua, as if she didn't exist.
Zhang Yanhua sat alone on the cold floor. The calmer Xiao Linran was, the more flustered she felt. She would rather have been as hysterical as before, at least then she would know what Xiao Linran was thinking.
Fifteen minutes later, there was another knock on the door.
"Second Young Master, may I come in now?" A polite knock came from outside the door.
Xiao Linran gave Zhang Yanhua a cold glance, "Come in!"
A young man in a suit pushed open the door and walked in. He had a neat buzz cut and kept his eyes straight ahead, seemingly oblivious to everything happening in the city.
"Second Young Master, we've found out!"
Zhang Yanhua's heart tightened. What exactly had he found out?
He leaned close to Xiao Linran's ear and reported something.
Xiao Linran listened while sneering.
"Alright! I understand, you can go now!" Xiao Linran waved his hand impatiently.
After the door closed again, Xiao Linran finally spoke again.
"No wonder you didn't say anything, you were just too embarrassed to say it! I thought you found some talented young man, but it turns out you just found a security guard, and a pretty boy at that!" Xiao Linran looked at Zhang Yanhua with disdain.
Zhang Yanhua's face turned red, then white, then blue, then purple, her face like a spilled palette of colors—it was quite a sight.
The reason she remained silent under Xiao Linran's questioning was that she didn't want him to know about Shen Yunmo's chance.
If Xiao Linran knew, he would definitely ridicule her to the extreme.
And indeed, it turned out just as Zhang Yanhua had predicted.
Xiao Linran stared intently at Zhang Yanhua's face, not missing a single change in her expression.
"I knew it! With your looks, even a dog wouldn't give you a second glance, how could anyone possibly be interested in you!" Xiao Linran's words were extremely vicious and sarcastic.
"It seems I overestimated you before! I had no idea you'd fallen so low. I thought you'd found someone special, but it turns out you've just found a gigolo. But that does suit your taste."
Looking at Xiao Linran's harsh face, Zhang Yanhua felt both ashamed and angry.
“I told the old man long ago that you are not good enough for the Xiao family. If it weren’t for the old man’s insistence on keeping you, I would have divorced you long ago. You don’t even know who you are, daring to cheat on me.”
"You don't actually think I'd be fooled into adopting your bastard child as my own, do you?! Bah!"
Xiao Linran's words stung her heart, especially those about divorce. Admittedly, she was at fault first, but was Xiao Linran without fault?
If it weren't for his long-term neglect, indifference, and betrayal of her, how could she have been taken advantage of by Shen Yunmo because of her inner emptiness and loneliness?
“Although I was in the wrong in this matter concerning Xiao Linran, you don’t have to be so harsh and sarcastic!” Zhang Yanhua raised her head.
"Why should I stay home and remain chaste while you're out partying all the time? Just do the math yourself, how many times have you been home this year?"
Zhang Yanhua was just angry and embarrassed, but now she is becoming more and more aggrieved as she talks, as if she wants to tell all the grievances she has suffered over the past ten years.
“Ever since we got married, you’ve been giving me the cold shoulder. In 15 years of marriage, we’ve only been intimate less than ten times. You’re always saying I’m a barren hen and blaming me for everything.”
"Why should all of this be? Why should you be able to do whatever you want and be free, while I have to endure everything?"
A look of vengeful satisfaction suddenly appeared in Zhang Yanhua's eyes. "Didn't you say I was a hen that couldn't lay eggs? Now that I'm pregnant, doesn't that mean I'm not the problem at all, and the problem is with you!"
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