Chapter 5 Are you... pregnant?
Jiang Shibai noticed her actions and said in a clear voice, "Is the food not to your liking? If you don't like it, order a few more."
As he said this, he was about to call the waiter.
When ordering food just now, she excused herself and asked the waiter to arrange it.
Xu Xian immediately stopped him and shook his head, saying, "I'm fine. I might have caught a cold recently. I feel a little nauseous and can't eat meat."
She had been inexplicably uncomfortable with greasy food these past two days. It might be because of the change of seasons that she had caught a cold. Fortunately, it was not a serious matter, so she did not take it seriously.
Jiang Shibai frowned slightly, stared at her calmly for a while, and called the waiter.
"Please ask the kitchen to make some brown sugar ginger water. Remember to remove the ginger."
"Okay, sir." The waiter nodded and left.
Xu Xian looked at Jiang Shibai, feeling somewhat embarrassed, as if he had troubled his boss.
Jiang Shibai smiled faintly, as if he could read minds. "Your health is the capital of revolution. If you collapse, who will do the work?"
Well, evil capitalists.
The emotion in Xu Xian's heart disappeared, but she was still grateful for Jiang Shibai's attentiveness.
"Don't worry, I will devote myself to President Jiang until my death, and I will be worthy of President Jiang's concern."
She visibly relaxed as she said this.
The emotions on her face were very interesting. Jiang Shibai's deep eyes were filled with a smile. It was really fun to tease her. "Forget about devoting yourself to the cause until your death. Just work hard."
"good."
This meal was not as indigestion-inducing or unbearable as Xu Xian had imagined. Instead, it made her and Jiang Shibai feel inexplicably closer. On the way back, she felt that handsome guys really went well with food.
After returning to the company, there were still more than ten minutes before work started. She had to take minutes for the meeting in the afternoon, so she took a cup and went into the tea room to make a cup of honey water first.
Just as she poured the honey into the teacup, the discomfort in her stomach came up again. Before she could react, she started to retch. She bent over and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.
After dry heaving twice, she saw a tissue and a bony hand with slightly protruding veins in her peripheral vision. It was particularly beautiful. Xu Xian looked up, and the man shrouded in mist was not very clear, but she recognized it as Jiang Shibai.
The man in the mist had blurred features, and his distinct edges seemed to be hidden in the darkness, and a sense of familiarity came over him.
I lost my composure in front of him twice in one day, and I felt inexplicably ashamed.
Xu Xian took the tissue from his hand and wiped the corner of her mouth. Before she could say anything, she heard a voice in her ear and her head exploded.
"You're not... pregnant, are you?" Jiang Shibai asked hesitantly, his face expressionless and his brows furrowed.
Vomiting multiple times in a day may not be a simple cold.
Xu Xian stood there in a daze, his eyes wide open, fear etched in his eyes, as he recalled the absurdity of that night two months ago.
But she took medicine afterwards!
Seeing her speechless, Jiang Shibai spoke again, his eyes falling on her flat belly, his tone slightly sinking, "How long has it been since your period?"
"Ah? That shouldn't be the case. I eat avoid--" Realizing that his boss was standing in front of him, Xu Xian quickly stopped talking and frowned.
Why should she explain to her boss?
Jiang Shibai saw through her thoughts at a glance and felt a little helpless. That night, she dared to force him without even seeing him clearly. She was really brave and not thoughtful enough.
Silence spread in the tea room. After a while, Jiang Shibai slowly said, "Don't you remember who helped you that night?"
The air became quiet and the atmosphere was eerie.
Xu Xian's breathing stagnated, and he looked up in shock, looking directly into the man's calm eyes. The glass in his hand fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.
Could he be the man in the car that night???
At this moment, it felt as if tens of thousands of ants were gnawing at her heart, almost causing it to stop beating.
Jiang Shibai lowered his eyes and stared at the shattered glass fragments on the ground. The sharp fragments could easily pierce someone.
He stretched out his long arms, wrapped them around the woman's slender waist as she screamed, lifted her up with one hand, and lifted her off the ground, away from the debris, before putting her down.
"Go to my office first. I'll take care of this. We'll discuss the rest later."
After saying that, he patted her fluffy hair, raised his chin towards the door, and motioned her to go out.
Xu Xian stared at him blankly for a while, then walked out obediently as if possessed by a ghost. He walked into his office like a zombie and sat down upright on the sofa.
No wonder she thought his voice sounded familiar, no wonder he invited her to dinner, no wonder he reacted so strongly to her vomiting.
After all this time, he was the man she forced that night?
Xu Xian suddenly felt that her life was in danger. If she raped her boss, she would probably not see the sun tomorrow!
And she really hadn't had her period in the past two months. Her menstruation was always irregular, so she didn't take it seriously.
Her eyes fell on her belly, fearing that there was really a child inside, as she had no money to raise the child.
On the other side, Jiang Shibai asked the cleaning lady to clean up the mess. After walking out of the tea room, he called Wang Bai.
"Mr. Jiang."
"Go to the pharmacy and buy a pregnancy test and bring it to the office. Then have a lawyer draw up a prenuptial agreement."
After Jiang Shibai finished his instructions, Wang Bai on the other end was visibly petrified. It took him a long while to respond, "What's the woman's name?"
"The new secretary is Xu Xian."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while. Wang Bai asked with a conscientious attitude, "Does it need to be kept confidential?"
"Let's keep it secret for now." Jiang Shibai stared at the tall buildings outside the floor-to-ceiling window. He didn't know what Xu Xian was thinking, so he could only keep it secret for now.
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Shibai put one hand in his pocket and looked out the window with a serious look. All he could see was the absurdity in the car that night, and low moans lingered in his ears.
Estimating that it was about time, he returned to the tea room, made another cup of honey water, and brought it into the office.
Seeing him come in, Xu Xian stood up in a panic, looking at a loss, like a child who had made a mistake, waiting for criticism from the teacher.
"Don't be nervous, you may not be pregnant. Drink some honey water first." Jiang Shibai handed her the honey water with a deep look in his eyes.
The man spoke in a gentle, unhurried manner, like a spring breeze, which made people obey him inexplicably.
Xu Xian obediently tilted his head back to drink the water. Perhaps because he was nervous about being watched, or because he drank too fast, he choked halfway through.
Violent coughing sounds echoed throughout the office. She moved the honey water away, took a tissue and covered her mouth with her cough. Everything happened so suddenly that tears blurred her vision and her eyes were bloodshot.
"Drink slowly." Jiang Shibai quickly took the glass from her hand, afraid that it would break and hurt her, and patted her back gently with his other hand.
Again and again, as if to beat into her heart.
Xu Xian stopped coughing and looked up at the man's deep eyes, which were like a pool of clear spring water, so cool and gentle that it made people fall into it inexplicably and unable to extricate themselves.
While she was looking at Jiang Shibai, Jiang Shibai was also looking at her calmly.
Xu Xian's appearance is more like that of a strong beauty, with naturally upturned fox eyes, a turned-up nose and red lips, which makes her look enchanting and charming. Her eyes are full of autumn water and her eyes are flowing. Her height reaches her chin, so this angle gives a better view of the whole picture.
Because she was going to work, she specially wore a silk white shirt with a unique ribbon design on the collar, which made her small face look particularly beautiful.
Xu Xian came back to his senses and slightly moved away from Jiang Shibai, keeping a certain distance. The two looked at each other in silence.
A knock on the door interrupted their gaze. Jiang Shibai retracted his palm from mid-air and said in a calm voice, "Come in."
Wang Bai pushed open the door and walked in carrying something. As he walked towards the two of them, he deliberately glanced at Xu Xian who was sitting upright.
"Mr. Jiang, I've already bought the things. The lawyers are currently clearing the assets under your name. The agreement will be delivered shortly."
Jiang Shibai reached out to take the medicine bag, and after a "hmm" sound, he said, "Cancel the afternoon meeting for now."
"Okay, Mr. Jiang." After saying that, Wang Bai stepped out.
Before leaving, he glanced at Xu Xian again. He was with President Jiang almost every day, but he had never seen Xu Xian before. How come she suddenly got pregnant and was going to get married?
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