Chapter 16 Chapter 16

Zong Xuecheng was having that dream again.

This time, he was no longer an outsider watching, but was experiencing what happened in the dream from a first-person perspective as if he were there.

After Song Lingxi was locked in the bathroom by Wang Ruowei and splashed with water until he fell unconscious, he was rushed to the hospital.

Outside the hospital bed, the doctor said to Zong Xuecheng: "Mr. Zong, the patient's physical condition is too bad. I'm afraid she will need to be hospitalized for observation for a few days. But the baby in her belly is fine for the time being..."

Zong Xuecheng interrupted the doctor and said calmly, "What about aborting the child?"

The doctor was shocked. "No, Mr. Zong, the patient's body is very fragile, but the baby in her belly is very stubborn. Forcibly aborting the baby will endanger the patient's life."

After listening to this, Zong Xuecheng stopped talking to the doctor and turned into the ward.

Lying on the hospital bed, Song Lingxi had his back to Zong Xuecheng. He was not sure whether Song Lingxi had heard his conversation with the doctor just now, but he didn't care.

"We can keep this child," Zong Xuecheng took off his gloves and sat on a chair beside the bed, staring at Song Lingxi's belly, "but after it's born, it can't stay with us."

Song Lingxi moved his body, turned around slowly, looked at Zong Xuecheng with a pale and expressionless face, waiting for his next words.

Zong Xuecheng's gentle and handsome face was even colder than Song Lingxi's. "When it is born, I will send it abroad to be raised by someone special. It will enjoy the same treatment as a child of the Zong family and will be supported by a special family trust until it is eighteen years old. But it cannot have the surname Zong and will never be recognized by the Zong family. Everything in the Zong family has nothing to do with it."

Song Lingxi asked in a weak voice and with a puzzled expression: "My child, why can't you stay with me?"

Zong Xuecheng looked at her quietly, his words so blunt and explicit that they didn't sound like explanations: "No, it will threaten Zong Fei's inheritance rights, and will also become a raft for those idiots in the Zong family to cause trouble."

But he was indeed explaining, and even Zong Xuecheng himself, who was imprisoned in the body, was a little surprised.

"I think it will stay with me." Song Lingxi looked down at her belly, her expression somewhat regretful and as if she was very fortunate. Her long black hair fell on her face like a waterfall, making her face look particularly gentle.

The word "gentle" does not fit Song Lingxi. Zong Xuecheng has never seen Song Lingxi like this before. He frowned slightly, both because of how much Song Lingxi values ​​this child and because of Song Lingxi's rebuttal to his words.

Zong Xuecheng thought for a moment and asked, "Are you threatening me?"

Song Lingxi rolled his eyes. "Has anyone told you that you are an idiot? Why would I threaten an idiot?"

"Go ahead, I need to rest."

There was a moment of suffocating silence in the ward.

Zong Xuecheng did not leave. He seemed stunned by Song Lingxi's outrageous words. He thought for a moment and said, "If you think it is not enough, we can go abroad to see it twice a year."

Song Lingxi finally opened his eyes, looked at Zong Xuecheng and said with a sigh, "Zong Xuecheng, one day, I mean if one day you regret it and think of what we said today, remember that you must continue to be obsessed with it."

"Don't get me wrong, stubbornness is not a derogatory term to me. It will make people who regret it live a happier life. Regret is something that will make a person a complete loser."

"Of course, if you never regret it, then just pretend I said nothing."

Zong Xuecheng listened to Song Lingxi's ambiguous words for a while and said in a warning tone, "You are threatening me."

The Zong Xuecheng in the dream and the Zong Xuecheng in reality both believed that the regret Song Lingxi was talking about was that he would regret sending the child away.

But how is that possible?

Zong Xuecheng felt that Song Lingxi was too naive. Compared with the stability of the Zong family, the child was too insignificant, not to mention that the child was not born out of wedlock.

The atmosphere was a bit stiff.

…

Zong Xuecheng woke up from his dream, sat on the bed with a complicated expression, looking at his hands. He felt more and more that this dream was real, and everything in the dream seemed to have really happened.

Song Lingxi was really pregnant, and they really had a tit-for-tat argument.

Zong Xuecheng was thinking that if they had a child in reality, he would do the same thing as in his dream and would advocate sending the child away. Judging from Song Lingxi's reaction in the dream, she did not agree with his approach.

They might have an argument like in the dream.

This is almost a dead end.

Song Lingxi also said that he would stay with the child. He forcibly sent the child away. It is difficult to predict what Song Lingxi will do.

There was no further news about this in the dream.

But it is not difficult to guess. According to Zong Xuecheng's understanding of Song Lingxi's actions, she will succeed in what she wants to do even if she takes extreme measures. Generally speaking, those who try to stop her will end up in embarrassment, in the literal sense.

Zong Xuecheng thought of the way Song Lingxi dealt with Wang Ruowei and took a deep breath.

He still has self-awareness. One day, he and Song Lingxi really stand on opposite sides. He doesn't think there is any difference between him and Wang Ruowei in Song Lingxi's eyes.

Zong Xuecheng had a headache.

The only solution is to prevent the dream child from appearing, once and for all.

But... Zong Xuecheng saw in his dream that Song Lingxi wanted to protect the child very much, and for the sake of it, he even threatened to leave him.

Zong Xuecheng still couldn't give her a child. In that case, he could only compensate her in other ways.

…

Song Lingxi has been very busy these days. She has too many things to deal with, and they are complicated and multifarious. Fortunately, Zong Xuecheng seems to be very busy too, and the two have not seen each other for a week.

Just when Song Lingxi had finished dealing with all her affairs, Secretary Qian called and asked if she was free on the weekend. Zong Xuecheng had shares in a resort in a nearby city, and if he had time, he could take her there.

Song Lingxi didn't really want to go, but then he thought that he might not have the chance to take his son on a trip in the future, so this time he could take Xie Qiao along.

She agreed.

Before Secretary Qian hung up the phone, he hinted, "Miss Song, besides Mr. Zong, there are also several friends of Mr. Zong's from his youth going on vacation this time."

Song Lingxi was stunned. What does that mean?

Is that what she thought? Zong Xuecheng wanted to bring her into his circle of friends?

This is strange, Song Lingxi thought, there would come a day when Zong Xuecheng, who has always been the most rational, would bring his lover into his social circle.

"Ah, is that so?"

But Song Lingxi was only surprised for a moment, and then he felt calm.

Secretary Qian: “…” and just, “Ah”?

Secretary Qian choked, not knowing whether Song Lingxi did not understand or said so on purpose after he understood. He sighed, this man really did not play by the rules as usual, even his reaction to hearing about such things was different from others.

Then he heard Song Lingxi ask him on the phone: "Secretary Qian, it's the weekend, I want to take Xie Qiao and Zong Fei with me."

The reason why I brought Zong Fei along is because he has been coming here quite often recently and the two kids are already friends. It would not be good if I brought Xie Qiao and left the other one behind.

Secretary Qian wiped the sweat off his forehead in his heart, thinking that Miss Song was really brave. She knew that the boss was against Zong Fei having any contact with her, but she still dared to bring up such a matter openly.

Should we say it's worthy of her?

Secretary Qian didn't know that Zong Fei had been going to Song Lingxi's apartment every day without telling his father.

Secretary Qian: "Okay, Miss Song, I'll ask for you."

After hanging up the phone, Secretary Qian took the phone and walked to Zong Xuecheng's study. After knocking on the door and entering, Zong Xuecheng saw him and waved his hand to let the other bosses who were reporting leave.

"What did she say?" Zong Xuecheng asked Secretary Qian while looking at the financial report.

Secretary Qian glanced at the boss's face. He didn't look bad, but he didn't seem to be in a good mood either. He sighed inwardly and said, "Sir, Miss Song said she wanted to take Xie Qiao and Ah Fei with her. I want to ask if you can."

Zong Xuecheng paused, stopped flipping through the financial statements, looked up at Secretary Qian, and asked gloomily, "Is that all she said?"

Secretary Qian gritted his teeth, tried his best to ignore Zong Xuecheng's sharp gaze, and pretended to be stupid and said, "Yes, Miss Song only asked this."

Zong Xuecheng laughed quietly, put down the document in his hand, leaned back in his chair, and said after a while, "Tell her that she can bring Xie Qiao, but not Zong Fei."

Song Lingxi was not disappointed after receiving Secretary Qian's reply. He had guessed that this would be the outcome a long time ago, and he didn't know whether he should sympathize with Zong Fei.

Objectively speaking, Zong Xuecheng didn't allow Zong Fei to be with her because it was for Zong Fei's own good.

The butt determines the head, and there is always an awkwardness between her and Zong Fei in terms of status.

There is nothing new under the sun. In most stories about wealthy families, her role is usually a bad person with evil intentions. She gets close to Zong Fei on purpose, and then influences Zong Fei to get to the top, and then gives birth to a child and turns around to deal with Zong Fei.

Even if she had no bad intentions when she first got along with Zong Fei, people change, and their desires will increase as time goes by and their identities change.

When she becomes Mrs. Zong, she will want to have a child. When she has a child, she will want to give her child the best things, and Zong Fei will become a hindrance.

To take a step back, Zong Xuecheng is a man of firm convictions. He will not marry Song Lingxi and make her his wife just because Zong Fei treats her well.

Over time, there is no guarantee that Song Lingxi will not resent Zong Fei.

Rather than waiting until the day when things become irreversible, it is better to cut off any possible contact between the two parties from the beginning.

Song Lingxi understood clearly what Zong Xuecheng was considering, but the prerequisite was that Song Lingxi could live that long.

Song Lingxi was a little curious. After her death, Zong Xuecheng felt that his series of preventive measures were correct, even though the person he was guarding against had died.

Or will there be a kind of black humor-like surprise?

Judging from Zong Xuecheng's personality, it should be the former.

But it is indeed a kind of black humor. Life will never go in the direction you imagine. Sometimes it is fun to watch some unexpected things.

The only pity is that she, a person who loves fun, can't see the fun that Zong Xuecheng had at that time.

Song Lingxi shook her head regretfully, then walked out of the bedroom and said to Xie Qiao and Zong Fei in the living room: "Hey, my sister and I are going to the resort to play this weekend, are you guys coming?"

Before Xie Qiao could say anything, Zong Fei nodded impatiently: "Yes! Yes!"

Song Lingxi nodded and said casually, "Zong Fei's father will also go. I asked him and he said Zong Fei can't go. But it doesn't matter. Just ignore him."

Oh, she called to inform him, not to inquire, so who cares whether he agrees or not.

Zong Fei was also a rebellious kid. When he heard that his father would not take him, he became more determined to go. He turned around, tugged at Xie Qiao and said solemnly, "You must go."

Xie Qiao: “…” I say, can you two take Uncle Zong more seriously?