Chapter 12 Jin Qingyu is frantically searching for her
Jiang Xingyao sat on the ground for another five minutes before slowly standing up, holding onto the table.
As she left the meeting room, the Jin family employees she encountered along the way all avoided her, at most greeting her with a "Hello, Madam" before hurrying away.
Even worse, some don't even bother to say hello.
Jiang Xingyao knew very well that these people's attitude towards her, Mrs. Jin, depended entirely on Jin Qingyu.
Just now, Jin Qingyu carried Jiang Cancan away without any hesitation. Countless people in this company are waiting for her, Mrs. Jin, to step down.
She did want to step down as soon as possible, but...
A bitter smile appeared on her lips as Jiang Xingyao hailed a taxi downstairs at the company.
When they arrived at the hospital, Ji Yunyin was already waiting at the hospital entrance.
She was also carrying a takeout cup of hot soy milk.
As soon as she saw Jiang Xingyao, she quickly handed her the things: "Have some hot water to tide you over. You've always had a weak stomach, and now you're pregnant. How can you still not take care of yourself?"
Jiang Xingyao didn't think it was a big deal at first.
But now, hearing Ji Yunyin's words, she felt a sharp pang of sadness and threw herself into Ji Yunyin's arms: "Yinyin, you're all I have left."
As she spoke, her voice unconsciously became choked with emotion.
Ji Yunyin gently patted her back until she had calmed down enough, then helped her find a place to sit down: "You rest here for a while, I'll go register you."
Jiang Xingyao responded sullenly and nodded. Her eyes were still wet, with water droplets clinging to her eyelashes, making her look like a fragile glass doll, yet also giving off an overly obedient vibe.
They were indeed too obedient, which is why they were willing to let that scumbag and bitch bully them. Ji Yunyin couldn't help but think to herself.
There were a lot of people at the hospital today. Ji Yunyin hadn't returned for quite a while. Jiang Xingyao was sitting in the hospital lobby when she casually glanced around and saw Jin Qingyu helping Jiang Cancan out of the elevator.
Jiang Cancan had half her body pressed against Jin Qingyu's, and the two of them were talking about something. Jin Qingyu's waist was slightly bent.
Jiang Xingyao's eyes were a little sore.
Afraid that she might rush up and yell at someone regardless of the situation, she simply lowered her head and buried her face in her hands.
When Ji Yunyin returned, this was the scene she saw. She patted Jiang Xingyao on the shoulder and asked with concern, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"Yinyin, I don't want to go home," Jiang Xingyao suddenly said.
Whether it's Xiyuan Garden or the old house, they're like a giant beast with its jaws wide open, ready to devour her at any moment.
That marriage that couldn't be dissolved was like an unbreakable rope, forcibly binding together two people who hated each other.
Jiang Xingyao suddenly felt a little scared.
She knew that her act of running away was cowardly.
But she just didn't want to go back.
"Let's go to my house," Ji Yunyin said.
By the time Jiang Xingyao finished her prenatal checkup, half an hour had passed. Fortunately, the baby was fine, but the doctor said she was a little malnourished and advised her to take care of herself.
When Ji Yunyin heard this, she scolded Jin Qingyu again. She first took Jiang Xingyao out for a meal, and then took her to her apartment where she lived alone.
Ji Yunyin still had work to do, so after watching Jiang Xingyao fall asleep, she hurriedly left.
When Ji Yunyin still hadn't returned by evening, Jiang Xingyao received a call from Jin Qingyu.
She didn't answer the first one.
But the phone kept ringing.
When the other end called three times, Jiang Xingyao finally answered. Jin Qingyu's tired voice came through, saying only one sentence: "Jiang Xingyao, if you've had enough, hurry home."
Jiang Xingyao found it laughable.
She didn't speak, and Jin Qingyu tried to reason with her again: "Get this straight, you were the one who pulled Jiang Cancan down today. She got hurt, and I took her to the hospital. Shouldn't I? What are you making a fuss about?"
"Where have you gone without even going home?"
“This is my business, so there’s no need for President Jin to worry about it,” Jiang Xingyao said.
On the other end of the phone, Jin Qingyu was silent for a moment, and Jiang Xingyao heard him say, "Jiang Xingyao, how can you be so willful?"
"Mr. Jin, I think you might have forgotten that Jiang Cancan wasn't the only one who fell today." Jiang Xingyao put her phone aside and tried to remind him in a hoarse voice.
Jin Qingyu calmly stated the facts: "Secretary Jiang is injured."
Jiang Xingyao felt that her stomach was a little uncomfortable again, and the sour feeling made it almost impossible for her to breathe.
She clutched her stomach and got up to pour herself a glass of hot water. Jin Qingyu's voice was still coming from the phone: "The company isn't a place for you to throw tantrums. You went a bit too far today, Yaoyao. Let's stop making a scene."
When Ji Yunyin opened the door and came in, she saw Jiang Xingyao clutching her stomach, struggling to pour water, with men's self-righteous words occasionally coming from the loudspeaker.
Ji Yunyin, unable to bear it any longer, strode over without even changing her shoes: "Jin Qingyu, how shameless of you! You're the first person to be so brazen about cheating on their partner."
"If your grandfather hadn't insisted that Yaoyao deliver food, do you think Yaoyao would have wanted to work for your lousy company?"
After finishing her sentence, Ji Yunyin hung up the phone. She then switched the number to the blocked list and placed it in front of Jiang Xingyao: "If you're really upset, just click on it. It'll pass quickly. Don't let those unworthy people affect you."
Ji Yunyin just wanted to tease Jiang Xingyao, but the next moment, Jiang Xingyao swiftly added Jin Qingyu's number to her blacklist.
Ji Yunyin glanced at it and then looked away. She poured Jiang Xingyao a cup of hot water and placed the food she had brought back in front of her: "You're pregnant, it's not good to eat out all the time. I specially asked the housekeeper to cook some food and bring it over. It's all your favorite dishes."
Looking at the still steaming food in the insulated container, Jiang Xingyao felt her eyes start to sting again.
It seems that her tear ducts have become unusually active lately, probably because of her pregnancy.
Jiang Xingyao and Ji Yunyin were having a cozy dinner together.
In the CEO's office on the 33rd floor of the Jin Group Building, Jin Qingyu slammed his phone onto the sofa in frustration. The phone was still ringing with a busy tone indicating that the call was not being answered.
He asked Assistant Xu, "What brings you here today, Madam?"
"It seems they've come to deliver food; I heard it was at the old man's behest," Assistant Xu said.
"Why didn't anyone tell me about this?" Jin Qingyu asked again.
Assistant Xu said, "When you came back today, you had already eaten with your partners outside, and Secretary Jiang was injured at the time, so everyone forgot about it."
Jin Qingyu's expression darkened slightly.
I forgot...
"Has the lady eaten yet?" he asked again.
Assistant Xu said, "Your wife arrived in the morning and waited until 2 p.m., probably hoping to have lunch with you."
Seeing Jin Qingyu's increasingly grim expression, he said uncertainly, "Mr. Jin, your wife isn't a child anymore. If she's hungry, she'll definitely eat by herself."
Jin Qingyu remained silent, seemingly lost in thought. Assistant Xu felt the atmosphere around them was even more agonizing than it had been at the negotiating table that morning.
He didn't know how much time had passed before he heard Jin Qingyu ask again, "Where's the food that Madam brought?"
"It should still be in the reception room. I'll go get it for you."
When I opened the lunchbox, the food inside was already cold.
Jin Qingyu looked at the food inside; it was a balanced mix of meat and vegetables, neatly arranged, and the portion for two people hadn't been touched.
He muttered to himself, "She didn't eat at all."
To be fair, Assistant Xu felt that President Jin didn't care about his wife.
He treats his wife like a casual acquaintance, sending her gifts when he remembers, and not coming home for ten days or half a month when he doesn't.
Assistant Xu, who had been by his side, had become accustomed to his indifference towards his wife.
When he heard him asking if his wife had eaten, Assistant Xu was a little taken aback.
"Go and find out where Madam went, and where Ji Yunyin is now?" Jin Qingyu suddenly ordered.
These rich kids always have several properties in their hands. Jin Qingyu knew that Jiang Xingyao was with Ji Yunyin, but he couldn't guess where they lived now.
After Assistant Xu left, Jin Qingyu called Jiang Xingyao again, but unsurprisingly, no one answered.
After Jiang Xingyao and Ji Yunyin finished their meal together, they snuggled up in bed. Jiang Xingyao was still a little worried: "Yinyin, Jin Qingyu won't be able to find out about this place, right?"
She doesn't want to see Jin Qingyu yet, at least not in the near future.
Even though she knew very well that Jin Qingyu might not remember her as Mrs. Jin, she still wanted to be on the safe side.
Somehow, the news of the divorce reached the old man's ears. Today, the old man asked her to deliver food to the Jin family, which was his way of trying to reunite them.
She was afraid that the old man would force Jin Qingyu to find him.
She understood the old man's meaning perfectly: even without love, one should still have a child.
To put it bluntly, she can't get a divorce, and she still has to have children with Jin Qingyu.
Jiang Xingyao is very tired right now, and her mind is in a mess, so she can't think of anything else for the time being. All she wants to do is escape.
Ji Yunyin said, "Don't worry, Yaoyao, this is my secret base. Even my old man doesn't know about it. He can't find out anything about it."
Hearing Ji Yunyin's words, Jiang Xingyao breathed a sigh of relief.
Before the Qu family's troubles, Jiang Xingyao and Ji Yunyin were inseparable, eating together but not living together.
But later, her maternal grandfather passed away, and the Qu family was seized by Jiang's father. Jiang Xingyao's status as the eldest daughter became awkward. Although her relationship with Ji Yunyin was not affected, they could no longer sleep together and talk all night like they did when they were children.
Later, Jiang Xingyao married into the Jin family, so she had even less of a chance.
Today, the two of them squeezed into one bed again, and it was like they had opened a floodgate of conversation, chatting non-stop until the early hours of the morning.
If Ji Yunyin hadn't had to go to work, and if Jiang Xingyao hadn't had to be careful not to stay up late, she probably could have talked until the next morning.
Jiang Xingyao had been staying in Ji Yunyin's apartment for the past few days without leaving, until Ji Yunyin took the weekend off and said she was going to invite some friends over to play, which would be a good opportunity to introduce her to them.
Jiang Xingyao knew that Ji Yunyin was a restless person who liked extreme sports such as racing and skydiving.
If it weren't for her own concerns, she probably would have gone out and had fun over the weekend.
Jiang Xingyao naturally had no reason to refuse her suggestion.
But when Ji Yunyin's friends came to her house on Saturday noon, Jiang Xingyao was stunned.
She saw someone she didn't want to see: Qin Jiangnan, the young master of the Qin family, who had previously threatened her because of Jiang Cancan.
Jiang Xingyao remembered that Ji Yunyin had always been at odds with him, but for some reason, he was among the friends Ji Yunyin had invited this time.
When Qin Jiangnan saw Jiang Xingyao, he was also a little surprised. He said, "What are you doing here? Do you know that Brother Qingyu has been looking for you like crazy lately?"
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