Chapter 70 I'm Not Interested in Being a Stepmother
Huo Chilin's words were like a thunderclap, and Shen Lai's rationality was blown to pieces by his words.
She asked in disbelief, "What did you say?"
Pei Jingyan likes her?
How is that possible?
Huo Chilin grabbed Shen Lai's wrist and said, "So don't be fooled by him again. From the time you changed companies to the time you married him, he was already prepared to trap you."
Shen Lai struggled to break free from his hand, his mind in a mess, "Do you think I will believe you?"
She felt that Huo Chilin must have said this deliberately to get revenge on her, after all, he had just said not long ago that he wanted to reconcile with her.
Huo Chilin gritted his teeth and asked, "You don't believe me?"
Shen Lai managed to calm down and said coldly: "He and I are sworn enemies, don't you know?"
Huo Chilin said seriously, "What if he's just pretending to be hostile to you?"
Shen Lai's body stiffened, and her heart trembled slightly when she saw Huo Chilin's expression, which did not seem fake.
Huo Chilin struck while the iron was hot, "Think about it, during the time you were together, how did Pei Jingyan treat you? Did he really insult and torture you like a mortal enemy?"
Shen Lai's throat rolled slightly, and every detail of the time between the two of them emerged in her mind. It was indeed not the torture and humiliation she had imagined at the beginning.
On the contrary, every time she encountered any difficulties, Pei Jingyan would step forward.
For example, when Bai Hansui framed her, and when her mother got into trouble.
Before, she always thought that Pei Jingyan pretended to be so nice to her in order to show their close relationship in front of everyone, but now she thought that even in private, Pei Jingyan had never been mean to her.
Looking at Shen Lai's slightly shaken expression, Huo Chilin seemed to have grasped something and said quickly, "Do you also feel that something is wrong? Maybe he has already thought about how to plot against you since the incident in your family."
Shen Lai suddenly looked up at Huo Chilin, and his whole body seemed to have fallen into an endless cold deep sea.
When something happened in her family?
She couldn't help but think of Pei Jingyan's appearance in the hotel on the night she was drugged. Was it really a coincidence, or did Pei Jingyan already know she was there, so he just happened to show up?
Shen Lai closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "So, what do you want to say?"
Huo Chilin thought Shen Lai believed it, so he grabbed her hand again and said, "Shen Lai, let's get back together."
A sarcastic smile appeared on Shen Lai's lips. "Reconcile?"
Huo Chilin glanced at her belly, as if he had made a difficult decision. "If you really want this baby in your belly, I can treat it as my own."
His forced tone sounded as if he had suffered a great loss. Shen Lai smiled: "Didn't you say that Bai Hansui is pregnant? If you get back together with me, what will happen to the child in her belly?"
Huo Chilin obviously hadn't thought about this question and was caught off guard. He frowned slightly and said nothing.
Shen Lai sneered and broke free from Huo Chilin's hand. "Mr. Huo, I'm not interested in being someone's stepmother, so you two should stay together and don't let the child be born without a father."
Seeing that she was about to leave, Huo Chilin suddenly said, "I can ask her to have an abortion."
Shen Lai frowned. Huo Chilin's answer was beyond her expectations.
She thought cheating was the worst thing Huo Chilin could do, but it turned out Huo Chilin could be even worse.
Shen Lai turned around and said word by word: "Huo Chilin, ever since you cheated on me, there's no possibility between us."
Without looking at Huo Chilin's desperate expression, Shen Lai left the river.
Shen Lai didn't know how he got back to the woods, and Huo Chilin's words kept echoing in his head.
Reason told her not to trust Huo Chilin, but her heart kept wavering.
Pei Jingyan clearly said that he would be able to get the heir next month, but now he said that Mr. Pei had changed his mind.
And Pei Jingyan didn't seem to be dissatisfied at all.
Yan Rui was talking to Pei Jingyan when he saw a familiar figure coming out of the woods. He raised his chin towards Pei Jingyan and said, "Mr. Pei, your lover is back."
Pei Jingyan turned his head and saw that only Chen Lai came back, his eyebrows moved slightly.
"Why are you alone?"
The sudden voice brought Shen Lai back to her senses. She raised her head and saw Pei Jingyan appear in front of her.
Thinking of what Huo Chilin had just said, Shen Lai stared at Pei Jingyan without saying a word.
Seeing Shen Lai staring at him without blinking, Pei Jingyan said calmly: "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Shen Lai almost blurted out, is it true that Huo Chilin said that you like me?
However, he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.
If Huo Chilin really didn't lie, then even if she asked, Pei Jingyan would not tell the truth.
Shen Lai clutched the corner of his clothes and lowered his eyes slightly, "It's okay, Wu Qi went to pick mushrooms, I guess he will be back soon."
Seeing that Shen Lai's face was a little pale, Pei Jingyan suddenly reached out and touched her forehead, "Are you feeling unwell?"
The warm temperature was transmitted to the skin through the palm of his hand. Shen Lai raised his eyes and looked at Pei Jingyan's expression. The concern in his expression did not seem fake.
She pursed her lips slightly and said without thinking: "Pei Jingyan, why are you so nice to me?"
Pei Jingyan paused for a moment, then looked down at Shen Lai and said calmly, "Of course it's to act in front of everyone."
Shen Lai wanted to say, is it really just like this?
If it was just for acting, why did she choose such a good hospital for her mother? Why did she stand up for her when others bullied her?
Pei Jingyan could clearly turn a blind eye.
Perhaps it was because Shen Lai was too abnormal today, Pei Jingyan narrowed his eyes slightly, "What happened? Did someone bully you?"
Shen Lai shook his head slightly, staring at his feet with a somewhat unfocused gaze, "It's okay, maybe I'm a little tired."
Seeing that her face was indeed not looking good, Pei Jingyan pondered for a moment and asked, "Shall I take you back to the tent to rest first?"
Shen Lai forced himself to be energetic, "No, the mission is not completed yet, it's not good for me to leave like this, I'll just take a rest."
She calmly dodged Pei Jingyan's hand and sat aside.
Pei Jingyan paused, looking at his hand suspended in mid-air. He slowly dropped it to his side and twisted his fingertips unconsciously.
After a while, Huo Chilin came back.
He glanced in the direction of Shen Lai with a complicated expression.
"Mr. Huo, didn't Miss Bai come back with you?" Tong Miaoling beside him suddenly said.
Huo Chilin withdrew his gaze and looked at Tong Miaoling, frowning slightly, "Bai Hansui?"
"Yeah, didn't she just say she was going to find you?" Tong Miaoling said, "I thought you would come back together."
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