Chapter 385 Su Yue's Fake Pregnancy?
Looking back, the days before Gu Beichen went to the capital were indeed quite eventful.
At that time, we didn't think about avoiding the topic, after all, we were a legitimate married couple.
Who would have thought that this child would choose this crucial moment to join in the fun?
"Got it?" Zhang Huilan, being an experienced woman herself, exclaimed in surprise as she watched Su Yue's actions, her voice trembling.
Su Yue lowered her hand, said nothing, and simply nodded.
"Heavens above!" Zhang Huilan clasped her hands together and bowed to the dark night sky. "This is a great joy for the Gu family! If Beichen knew, who knows how happy he would be! I'm going to send a telegram to the capital right now..."
He then rushed into the house, walking twice as fast as usual.
"mom!"
Su Yue grabbed Zhang Huilan's arm.
It was very powerful, even somewhat brutal.
Zhang Huilan turned around and met her daughter-in-law's pale yet unusually calm face, and her heart skipped a beat for no reason.
"What's wrong?"
"We can't tell him." Su Yue's voice was soft, but it carried an undeniable firmness.
Zhang Huilan was stunned: "Why keep such a happy occasion a secret?"
"Mom, think about the current situation."
Su Yue took a deep breath, suppressing the lingering discomfort in her stomach, and turned her gaze northward.
“He’s already walking a tightrope in Beijing, and Qin Zheng’s matter has left him with no time to spare. Zhao Dezhu is bringing the inspection team into the factory tomorrow, clearly targeting us.”
"If I tell him I'm pregnant now, and my family is being besieged, what will he do?"
Gu Beichen may seem cold and hard, but he actually has the softest heart, especially when it comes to her.
If he finds out that his wife is being bullied while pregnant, he will definitely rush back without hesitation.
Unauthorized absence from duty.
Those were deserters.
That's handing over your weaknesses to your political enemies so they can destroy you.
“He can’t be distracted.” Su Yue touched her flat stomach. “I have to fight this battle alone.”
Zhang Huilan looked at Su Yue.
That girl, who was usually cheerful and charming, was now like a pine tree rooted in a storm, stubbornly shouldering the burden of the whole family with her frail shoulders.
Zhang Huilan's eyes instantly reddened, and her lips trembled as she asked, "Yueyue... can you take it?"
"I can handle it."
Su Yue turned around and walked back into the main room.
Under the light, her back was ramrod straight.
“As long as he’s still wearing that military uniform, I can protect this rear area for him. Let alone Zhao Dezhu, even if the Heavenly King himself came, he wouldn’t be able to touch a single hair on the Gu family’s head.”
The atmosphere in the main room became even more somber than before.
Huo Wenxuan was sweating profusely as he flipped through the ledgers, while Chen Xinyue was organizing technical patent documents. Neither of them noticed the incident that had just occurred in the courtyard.
Su Yue sat back down at the octagonal table, picked up her teacup, rinsed her mouth, and suppressed the sour taste.
"Wenxuan, there's something wrong with this account."
Su Yue pointed to a line of numbers in the ledger, her fingers long and slender, her nails neatly trimmed.
"Although this advance payment to L Group was made through the company's accounts, the foreign exchange settlement was delayed by three days. If Zhao Dezhu wants to find fault, he can easily say that we were using the time difference to engage in foreign exchange speculation."
Huo Wenxuan leaned closer to take a look, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his brow.
"This...this was delayed because of a bank system upgrade!"
“Zhao Dezhu won’t listen to explanations, he only wants evidence.” Su Yue took out a blank explanatory letter from the drawer. “Tomorrow morning, go to the provincial branch and find Director Liu. Ask him to issue a certificate of system upgrade and stamp it with the official seal. Remember, it must be a red seal, a photocopy will not be acceptable.”
"Okay, I've got it."
"Xinyue, have the waste liquid treatment records from the lab been completed?"
"It's complete, accurate to the milliliter, as you requested." Chen Xinyue pushed over a thick stack of forms.
Su Yue turned two pages, her brows twitching almost imperceptibly.
"Why is the record for March 5th 200 milliliters larger than usual?"
Chen Xinyue was stunned for a moment, then thought for a long time: "That day...it seems that Commander Gu accidentally broke a reagent bottle, and we prepared a new one."
"Add this note." Su Yue closed the folder. "Any flaw will become ammunition for their attack. We must be watertight."
I was busy until 2 a.m.
Huo Wenxuan and Chen Xinyue left with the organized documents. Zhang Huilan couldn't stay awake any longer and was persuaded by Su Yue to go to sleep.
Only a dim light bulb remained in the main room.
Su Yue sat in the chair, feeling exhausted like a tide, her bones aching all over.
She checked her pulse again.
It's still that slippery pulse.
However, as a medical doctor from the 22nd century, Su Yue has a deeper belief in data and science.
Traditional Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis relies on experience and feel, but in cases of extreme fatigue, mental stress, or endocrine disorders, the pulse may produce false readings.
At this time, getting pregnant is both a blessing and a curse.
If it's true, she has to be even more careful and replan her daily life, including her diet.
But if it is...
Su Yue stood up, picked up the flashlight on the table, put on a coat, and quietly left the house.
The factory area is not far from the compound, about a ten-minute walk.
The factory at night was like a sleeping giant, with only the occasional bark of a patrolling security dog.
Su Yue skillfully avoided the patrol routes and slipped into the core laboratory.
This is her territory; she has the key to every lock.
Turn on the light, and the incandescent light instantly illuminates the cold lab bench.
Su Yue took out a set of reagents from the refrigerator in the corner.
Those were early pregnancy test strips she took out of her spatial storage; in this era, that was absolutely cutting-edge technology.
Take a sample, drip it in, and wait.
Time passed by, second by second.
The wall clock ticked away, each tick like a blow to the heart.
Su Yue leaned against the lab table, staring at the white test strip, holding her breath.
One minute.
Two minutes.
Five minutes.
Only one red control line appeared on the test strip.
The testing line was spotless, a pure white expanse.
No.
Not pregnant.
Su Yue stared at the result for a full ten seconds before her tense shoulders suddenly slumped.
She let out a long sigh, unable to describe the feeling in her heart.
There was a moment of disappointment, like holding a gift with great joy, only to find it empty when you open it.
But more than anything, it's a sense of relief after surviving a catastrophe.
Too.
During this period, in order to cope with various inspections and catch up with the production schedule, she only slept four or five hours a day and was under great mental stress.
In addition, the fish I ate tonight was indeed a bit fishy, which caused gastrointestinal dysfunction and resulted in a weak and slippery pulse, which is quite common.
False pregnancy.
A typical physiological pseudopregnancy reaction.
Su Yue threw the test strip into the incinerator and watched it turn to ashes.
"Alright."
She whispered to the empty laboratory.
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