After hanging up the phone, Xu Fang sighed, "Xiaoling has a hard life. Weidong is not at home very often, and now something like this has happened."

"If nothing had happened to me, my life might have taken a different path."

Ji Yong always blamed himself when he thought about his daughter's bad life.

"Maybe it's fate. The Zhu family has always treated Xiaoling very well. Weidong has done his best in everything except work."

Ji Yong was about to speak when they heard the back door ring. The couple turned around and saw Ji Ke, who was pregnant, coming in from the backyard.

Ji Ke is now four months pregnant and her pregnancy is already obvious. Because she suddenly became pregnant and refused to say whose child it was, the Ji family suspected Chen Jingming.

But no matter how the family members asked, Ji Ke refused to say anything and insisted on giving birth to the child.

Ji Yong also got angry and pushed the man out, trying to kick him out. In the end, Xu Fang softened her heart and stopped her husband.

"What are you doing out here? Didn't I tell you to stay in the backyard after giving birth? Otherwise, how can you, an unmarried girl, be seen with a big belly?" Ji Yong said coldly, "Go back to the backyard."

Xu Fang couldn't bear to see this and felt sorry for her daughter, but when she thought about those things, she hardened her heart and didn't say anything.

Ji Kemu said with a dull face, "You guys are going to the capital to see Ji Ling, so what should I do? I want to go to the capital with you guys."

"Impossible." Ji Yong's eyes widened fiercely, "Ji Ke, I don't care what you want to do. If you don't listen to me and walk out of this door, I, Ji Yong, will no longer have a daughter like you."

Ji Ke met Ji Yong's gaze without fear, raised the corners of his mouth, and smiled, "Stay here forever and never go out? Then what? After giving away the child, I can see the light of day?"

"Yes." Ji Yong did not hide his true thoughts, "That's what your mother and I planned."

"I won't give my child away." Ji Ke did not compromise. "If you don't agree, I will leave now. In your eyes, having a daughter like me is worse than not having one. My life or death has nothing to do with you. Instead of staying here and getting in your way, it's better for me to fend for myself."

"You are so ambitious, just go, no one will stop you." Ji Yong snorted coldly.

Ji Ke sneered and strode out.

Xu Fang hesitated, "Xiao Ke, you must be obedient."

"Be obedient? Does being obedient mean giving my child away?" Ji Ke felt aggrieved. Seeing the person who always loved her say this, her eyes suddenly turned red. "How can you be so cruel? I already know I'm wrong, why do you still treat me like this? If you don't forgive me, why do you still care about me? You let me stay at home, and every time you see me, you wish you didn't have a daughter like me."

Ji Ke wiped away tears with grievance, a firm look flashed in her eyes, "I would rather die outside than have to face your faces."

After leaving the words, the man ran away.

"What a sin." Ji Yong turned his head away.

Xu Fang sighed, but still strode out to chase after him.

On the other side, Lian Qizhen, who was sick, was stunned for a long time after hearing Ji Ling's diagnosis results.

Lian Qizhen smiled and said, "At my age, I don't like to make noise. Could you please keep it a secret for me? I'm pregnant right after I got here, and I'm afraid my boss will send me back to the bureau."

"Okay, but we can't keep this secret forever. You're weak now. If anything goes wrong, the child will be in danger." The doctor did not forget to remind you.

Lian Qizhen thanked him.

When there was no one around, the color drained from Lian Qizhen's face and her hands were placed stiffly on her stomach.

I had taken precautions when I was with Gu Baoshan, but something happened anyway.

That night, Lian Qizhen sneaked to Gu Baoshan's residence in the middle of the night, but before she could knock on the door, she noticed someone staring at her from behind, and she turned around abruptly.

A few steps behind her stood Director Wang and the man from the Public Security Bureau who had questioned her. These days at the construction site, Lian Qizhen often heard people around her mention him. His name seemed to be Wu Dongping.

Lian Qizhen was brought back to the office, where she sat there in a daze. Director Wang walked up to her, opened his mouth, turned away, then walked over again. He repeated this several times, then finally slapped his hand on her leg and turned away.

Wu Dongping poured a glass of water and handed it to Lian Qizhen, "Drink some hot water to warm yourself up first. The temperature difference between day and night is huge here."

His tone was kind and his caring words made it easy for people to relax.

Lian Qizhen took the cup and held it in her hand. The hot water in the enamel cup slowly passed through the wall of the cup to her hand, and the temperature was then transmitted from her hand to her entire body.

Lian Qizhen's pale face gradually became lively.

Wu Dongping moved a chair and sat down in front of her. "Engineer Lian, you and Gu Baoshan have a good relationship, right? It's not just a simple colleague relationship, right?"

Lian Qizhen didn't raise his head, staring at the water cup in his hand. "Only twice, and that was when I returned to the capital. We don't keep in touch normally, let alone be familiar with each other."

Wu Dongping did not question the truth of the words, and spoke like a good friend, "From what I understand, Gu Baoshan has a family. You are together now. Has he told you what he thinks about the future? You are an engineer who returned from abroad, and your thoughts are more open. But in China, this is a work style issue, and it is a very serious problem."

"The first time was an accident, and the second time was also a temptation. How can I take such a thing seriously?"

"So after Zhu Weidong discovered your affair, you decided to kill him?" The warm smile on Wu Dongping's face disappeared.

Lian Qizhen raised her head and met Wu Dongping's gaze without missing a beat. "Officer Wu, you have a good imagination, but you can't just pin a crime like murder on someone just because you want to."

Wu Dongping said, "Comrade Lian Qizhen, I have been investigating here for so long. There are errors in the time in your transcript. You also deliberately concealed your relationship with Gu Baoshan. Someone saw you coming out of the bushes that night. How do you explain this?"

Lian Qizhen held the water cup in one hand and tucked the hair behind her ear with the other hand. She smiled softly, "Officer Wu, this is unjust. I went to the bushes that night just to relieve myself, and I didn't see Gu Baoshan. As for who saw me and Gu Baoshan in the bushes, you can call that person over and I will confront him face to face."

Wu Dongping said, "Since we have traced it back to you, we will not wrongly accuse you. And there was more than one person who saw you and Gu Baoshan going into the bushes together that night."