Years have passed quickly. Several new high-rise buildings have sprung up in Caizhou, and the night view of the moat is more dazzling than before. Gu Feng has also firmly established himself in this city.
With his quick wit and thanks to the newly popular celebrity Lin Yilin, he rose from a street salesman to a regional manager, living a fulfilling life.
They also occasionally add extra meals.
Lin Yilin bought a villa in a high-end, private neighborhood in the city center, and Gu Feng would go there for a treat whenever he had free time.
Having just finished his work that day, Gu Feng made a special detour to the fruit market, picked out two cantaloupes with evenly distributed netting, carried them heavily in his hands, and headed straight for Lin Yilin's residential area.
Although I've been here many times, I was still stopped by security guards and had to go through several procedures before I was allowed to enter.
It's worth mentioning that everyone living here is either extremely wealthy or influential, and there are even a few big-name celebrities.
Gu Feng walked familiarly to the villa entrance, thinking about how he should praise Tang Qi's braised pork later, as he still missed the taste from last time.
After waiting for about ten seconds, the door opened, and Tang Qi stood behind it, but her face was pale as a sheet, lacking her usual lively smile.
Gu Feng's smile froze instantly. He quickly stepped forward and placed the cantaloupe on the low cabinet by the door: "What's wrong? You look so pale. Are you sick?"
Tang Qi pursed her bloodless lips, shook her head without speaking, and simply stepped aside to let him in.
Gu Feng's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition welled up inside him.
As you enter the living room, a strong smell of smoke hits you – Lin Yilin is slumped in the sofa, a cigarette between his fingers, and the ashtray is already piled with seven or eight cigarette butts.
He usually pays great attention to his image and rarely smokes even in private, but at this moment he looked gloomy and his eyes were bloodshot.
"What exactly happened?" Gu Feng strode over and sat down on the sofa opposite him, his voice deepening.
Lin Yilin remained silent, took a cigarette from the pack and handed it to him. The lighter clicked and lit up the flame, casting flickering light on his face.
"Xiaoqi is pregnant,"
He took a drag of his cigarette, his voice hoarse as if it had been sanded, "We're debating whether or not to abort it."
The news of the pregnancy came as a shock, so much so that Gu Feng almost dropped the cigarette in his hand.
Turning to look at Tang Qi standing to the side, I saw her eyes redden, and large tears rolled down her cheeks instantly, her hands tightly gripping the hem of her clothes.
Gu Feng opened his mouth, his mind blank—Lin Yilin was currently the most popular young male idol, with female fans lining up from the film set all the way to the city center, and the company was cultivating a "pure and innocent boy" persona for him; while Tang Qi, thanks to Lin Yilin's private introduction, had just starred in two hit dramas, gaining a lot of casual fans, and his career was in its golden period of growth.
Their relationship was a clandestine affair kept secret from everyone, not even the company's top management. If it were to be revealed that she was pregnant and had given birth, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Gu Feng dared not think any further. The paparazzi lurking at the entrance of the residential area, the keyboard warriors on the internet, and the company's breach of contract clauses—each of these could completely crush their careers.
"I...I want to continue in the entertainment industry..." Tang Qi suddenly burst into tears, her shoulders shaking with sobs. "But...but I can feel his presence...I don't want to abort..."
She walked to the sofa, squatted down at Lin Yilin's feet, and tears dripped onto his trouser leg, staining it a small wet patch: "But I know we can't have this child... Yilin, I'm so heartbroken..."
Seeing this, Lin Yilin quickly stubbed out his cigarette and reached out to hug her, but froze in mid-air—he knew the implications better than anyone else.
Their relationship was kept secret from the company. If it were exposed and caused a bad influence, the company could sue him for breach of contract at any time, and the exorbitant penalty could leave him heavily in debt instantly.
These days, paparazzi are everywhere. You can at least keep a relationship a secret, but if you have a child, even if you secretly raise him at home, there will always be a day when it gets exposed.
But how could I bear to abort my first child?
"How about... we let our family raise it?" Tang Qi asked hesitantly.
Lin Yilin immediately rejected the idea: "No way. With another child, what if one of the relatives accidentally lets the news leak out..."
Both families are ordinary and have limited experience. Some things simply cannot be completely erased from memory. Moreover, there are rival companies trying every means to dig up dirt on Lin Yilin, and the relatives have already been thoroughly investigated.
Fortunately, both of them had foresight and kept their relationship a secret from the very beginning. Apart from Gu Feng, no one else knew about it.
This matter cannot tolerate the slightest carelessness.
He scratched his hair in frustration, his usually meticulously styled hair now a mess. "Even my parents can't tell me anything now."
A deathly silence fell over the living room, broken only by Tang Qi's suppressed sobs.
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