Inside a private hospital in Country S, a woman's screams echoed from the operating room.
Gu Mai walked unhurriedly to the front of the operating room, and the black-clad bodyguard behind him stepped forward and slapped the maid who was kneeling on the ground hard across the face.
“You didn’t keep a close eye on her, and you deserve to be punished.” His voice was like a venomous snake suddenly hissing in a secluded forest, sending a chill down one’s spine.
The woman knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, crying and shouting, "Sir, I really couldn't hold her back. She shook me off and slammed her head against the table. Ever since you left that day, she has tried every means to hurt herself."
"Sir, please spare me." Seeing blood seeping from the woman's forehead, Gu Mai nodded, and the man in black dragged the crying woman away from the hospital.
Gu Mai never expected that Fu Yao would consider inducing labor, willing to harm herself to have the child born early.
They had made an agreement that once the child was born, she would return to Jiangcheng, but in the meantime, he would have to help her get rid of the women around Fu Siming.
In fact, he could have easily fulfilled the request, but Song Xingyao's sudden appearance made her even more frantic. In the past few months, Fu Yao has returned to the way she was at the beginning, desperately trying to escape.
The woman's screams continued to emanate, and Gu Mai's usually calm emotions began to tense up. He had already confirmed during his prenatal checkup that it was a boy.
Once he gets this child, he can smoothly become the heir of the Sigour family.
The children of the previous two generations of the Scott family were not related to the head of the family by blood. They were adopted through a selection process, trained in finance, medicine, and management, and were ultimately just pawns to keep the Scott family afloat.
But it was precisely because of this that their infighting, devoid of any sense of kinship, caused the Scott family to lose the opportunity to expand their territory a decade or two ago.
The old patriarch, who had never experienced any familial affection, suddenly had the bizarre idea that the next generation of heirs must have their own offspring in order to become the true patriarch.
The day Gu Mai received this message, Fu Yao appeared in his bed.
He absolutely could not let such a good opportunity slip by, so he began to coerce and imprison Fu Yao, determined to have his own offspring before the other candidates.
But unexpectedly, Fu Yao cooperated at first, but later kept trying to run away. He threatened her, "If you dare to run away again, I'll break your arms and legs and lock you on the bed until you give birth."
After Fu Yao became pregnant, she kept an eye on a man named Fu Siming in China. She had heard from the old patriarch that the Fu family held a top position in the Jiangcheng business circle.
His investigation revealed that more than a decade ago, the former patriarch also wanted to seize a place in Jiangcheng's business district, but due to internal strife, all his previous efforts were in vain, and he later found it difficult to find an opportunity to extend his reach into Jiangcheng.
Fu Yao would often use the child to negotiate with him, making him "clear his name" and get rid of all the women who appeared around Fu Siming.
But she didn't know that Fu Siming had been looking for her all these years. Gu Mai deliberately released news about Fu Yao at certain times to attract Fu Siming's attention and make him abandon his company business and make a wasted trip.
But since Song Xingyao appeared, this tactic has become less effective.
He sent his trusted confidants to Jiangcheng to investigate the matter thoroughly, only to discover that Fu Yao had left Jiangcheng voluntarily three years ago, but no one knew the specific reasons.
All that is known is that she met with Fu Siming's mother, Jiang Man, before she left.
A calculating glint flashed in his eyes.
Who is Fu Siming? If something happens to this child, it will only add another layer of old and new grudges.
Meanwhile, Fu Siming, unaware that he had been unfairly targeted again, was still entangled with Song Xingyao.
Song Xingyao didn't know why, but she felt that he wasn't focused today.
She stared into Fu Siming's eyes, feeling a little flustered, but she remained calm as she looked at him. She wondered if it was because the wedding was approaching that she was starting to feel fear and unease.
The happy times lasted too long, and the days were too peaceful and comfortable. The peace hidden behind it was like a giant wave that was about to suddenly engulf it.
The two lay on the bed, their hands still clasped together.
Fu Siming felt like he was possessed. He ran back from the company just to be with the woman in front of him and find some peace.
She was like a leaf hanging on a willow branch; even if she fell into the lake, it would only cause ripples to spread before returning to calm, which was consistent with her always composed nature.
Song Xingyao is like that; even if she has a thousand thoughts in her mind, she doesn't show them. She is used to processing all her emotions on her own and doesn't want to reveal herself in front of outsiders.
It seems that her initial submissive and obedient demeanor was the true nature of her, but her occasional lively and spirited moments could indeed make Fu Siming lose his composure and stop in his tracks.
On the other side, a woman screamed, followed by the cry of a baby, and soon a doctor came out.
"Sir, the baby was born healthy, but not long prematurely, and needs to be observed in the incubator. Miss Fu is fine and will be hospitalized for another week for observation. They can wait for the young master to be discharged together."
Gu Mai nodded to the doctor, and his heart was at ease as the doctor spoke.
He didn't care about Fu Yao. When he saw her being wheeled out of the operating room, her face pale, her hair wet with sweat and sticking to her face, a smile appeared on her lips.
That look of relief seemed somewhat ironic.
He thought: Is she so eager to escape back to Fu Siming's side? One day, he will make Fu Siming fall into hell.
The child was born safely, and Gu Mai never came again, only sending a maid to take care of the baby.
The day after the child was born, Gu Mai moved him to a treatment room set up in the manor, staffed with a full team of doctors.
On the one hand, he was worried that Fu Yao's madness would be detrimental to the child; on the other hand, he was also worried that the other heirs would take some measures to harm the child after learning about this.
Therefore, he figured it was safest to keep this incredibly valuable weapon by his side.
But he was wrong. Fu Yao had no maternal instincts at all. It was as if she had unloaded a burden, a parasite that she loathed.
Thinking that she could finally leave this madman and return to Jiangcheng, she couldn't stop smiling. The maid, seeing her smile from time to time, felt extremely uneasy.
Unfortunately, no one is willing to take care of a mentally ill person without the doctor's permission.
Fu Yao was determined to return to Jiangcheng, and her body recovered quickly. However, the stretch marks on her stomach, caused by the baby, were still a terrifying black color, crisscrossing across her body.
Sometimes, Fu Yao would get annoyed by the sight of it and scratch it fiercely, adding more hideous red bloodstains to the black patterns.
When it was time for her to be discharged from the hospital, Gu Mai sent someone to deliver her phone and identification. The first domestic headline that popped up when she turned it on was: [#FuFamilyWeddingoftheCentury, 3 Days to Go]
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