Gu An leaned back in the chair, finally finding a more comfortable position. He squinted and sighed.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Jiang Ruan didn't disturb him, but sent a message to An Xia.
Ten minutes later, Anxia arrived.
Jiang Ruan got out of the car and told her what had just happened, feeling somewhat embarrassed. After all, she was still married to Du Ning, and yet she had been in the car with a man she had a past entanglement with.
An Xia glanced into the car; Gu An was sleeping comfortably. "Aruan, it's okay. I'll take him home in a bit. I know where he lives. What about you? What will you do if you leave the car with me?"
Jiang Ruan touched her belly, saw the caller ID on her phone, and held it up. "Here, my parents are here to pick me up. I'll leave the rest to you."
"Don't worry, I'll call you then."
Jiang Ruan answered the phone, met with her parents, and left before An Xia.
Sitting in the car, Jiang Ruan felt a sudden pang of sadness for no apparent reason.
Jiang Ruan knew that Gu An liked her.
Anxia said that those detectives were all brought in on his orders, and that she owed him such a great debt of gratitude that she should have given them to him herself. However, she was in no condition to give him anything in her current situation. If needed, she would do her best to help him in the future during the apocalypse to repay his kindness.
Instead of giving him a dream that can't be realized now.
Therefore, knowing that An Xia liked him, Jiang Ruan intended to help the two of them.
When they got home, Jiang's mother grabbed Jiang Ruan and asked, "Ruan Ruan, what happened? Didn't you just go to the hospital? Why are you here again? Didn't Ning... Du Ning go with you?"
Jiang's mother used to call her Ningning, which sounded more affectionate.
But ever since her daughter told her about the real dream, she has also developed a grudge against him, and she finds it hard to call him Ningning anymore.
Jiang Ruan took the strawberries her father handed her, took a bite, and said, "Mom, it's nothing. I just felt a bit uncomfortable in my stomach, so I went to see a doctor. The doctor said the fetus is developing very well and told me to stay home and rest, and not to worry too much."
Jiang's father brought over a plate of sliced and peeled apples and said, "Listen to the doctor, you can't go wrong. Back when your mother was pregnant with you, she kept asking to go to the hospital for checkups every day. One minute she would say she couldn't feel the heartbeat, the next she would say her stomach was tight and uncomfortable, all sorts of things. But in the end, she still gave birth to you safely."
Jiang's mother immediately grabbed a cushion and was about to throw it at him, saying, "Oh, honey, you're talking about me in front of our daughter? Here's my cushion."
The pillow wasn't thrown in the end, because Jiang's father had a clever trick: he stuffed a crisp, sweet apple into his mother's mouth, along with a kiss.
Jiang Ruan was already used to their daily routine, so she wasn't surprised at all, and even felt a little envious of their relationship from the bottom of her heart.
Jiang's father coughed a few times and helped his mother sit up straight. "You're all grown up. Your daughter is still here. Don't keep fighting like this. Don't hurt her."
"Yes, yes, look at Mom, something's wrong, something's wrong."
"Alright, let Ruan Ruan go and rest. Pregnant women need to rest more. Your dad and I will go get some food, and we can eat it when you've rested enough."
Jiang's mother helped Jiang Ruan to her room, and before closing the door, she didn't forget to say, "Ruan Ruan, you're almost seven months pregnant now, and there are many things I can't do myself anymore. If you have any requests, just tell me. I already asked the school for leave yesterday, and I'll take good care of you during this time."
"Dad may not be able to take good care of you until the last month. He has a lot of classes and he has to finish teaching them before he can rest."
Jiang Ruan was surprised by her mother's words. She didn't know that the two of them had taken leave to take care of her. They had been teaching for many years and had never done anything like this before.
Perhaps she was afraid, worried that something might happen to her precious daughter.
Jiang Ruan's voice was choked with emotion. She held her mother's hand and sobbed slightly, "Mom, you and Dad don't have to do this. I... I can manage on my own."
“Ruan Ruan, don’t feel guilty. You’ve seen it recently, there are unusual celestial phenomena, and many schools have closed for the holidays. Your dad and I are just responding to the policy by staying home and not causing trouble for the country.”
"You just need to adjust your mindset."
"good!"
Jiang's mother went to discuss dinner with Jiang's father. Jiang Ruan looked up at the bedroom light and thought of her parents who died tragically in her previous life, and then of everything her parents had done for her in this life. She hated Du Ning even more.
Just as I was thinking of asking the detective about the progress of the intelligence gathering, Du Ning called.
"Ruan Ruan, Ruan Ruan, something terrible has happened! You have to help me this time."
Jiang Ruan suppressed her impatience and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Du Ning sounded anxious and rambled on, basically saying that the company was facing a financial crisis and urgently needed 100 million yuan. He didn't have that much, so he approached Jiang Ruan.
Jiang Ruan brought a dowry with her, a thick stack of property deeds, so she must have had that much money.
Jiang Ruan was puzzled because, according to the timeline, it shouldn't be this early. In her previous life, the crisis didn't appear until she was almost eight months pregnant. Why is it so early this time, a month earlier?
“I don’t have that much money. How about we sell our car and house or mortgage them at the bank? That way we can have some left, and we should be able to scrape together enough.”
Du Ning remained silent. He assumed that given Jiang Ruan's personality and her unwavering love for him, she would readily hand over the money.
Unexpectedly, I got a real slap in the face.
"Ruan Ruan, this is our love nest, a house we own together. Every part of it represents our hard work. Are you willing to part with it?"
Du Ning's implication was that the house could not be sold, and Jiang Ruan had to come up with the money.
Jiang Ruan could easily understand, "Isn't the company the same? It's all hard work, but right now we have to take care of whichever is more urgent!"
Seeing that Jiang Ruan still hadn't mentioned her house, Du Ning couldn't hold back any longer. "Ruan Ruan, when you got married, didn't you have some assets? Those properties, cars, and stuff, we don't live in them or drive them. Let's sell them. When we make money in the future, your husband can buy you better and prettier ones."
This pancake is really big and round, and this abacus is really loud and clear.
Jiang Ruan laughed, but her voice sounded aggrieved as she spoke into the microphone, "A Ning, I've never dared to tell you that all those properties and cars are gone."
"What did you say?"
“When I first got pregnant, I noticed you weren’t coming home often, and I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to take care of you while I was pregnant, so I made an investment. Who knew it was a scam? It all disappeared in an instant.”
“I didn’t dare tell you, I even kept it from my parents. When the police talked to me, they were afraid of upsetting me because I was newly pregnant, so they filed a case and let me go home. They said they would help me find my lost property as soon as possible.”
As Jiang Ruan spoke, she cried even harder.
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