Chapter 039

Qin Li doesn't have time to read the news on the Internet.

In fact, he had something more worrying. He had clearly agreed to have an abortion with Xia Momo last night, and she had agreed, but this morning, Xia Momo changed her mind.

She was afraid that Qin Li would force her to have an abortion, so she quietly booked a flight to leave Haicheng.

At Haicheng Airport, Xia Momo stroked her belly.

She didn't tell Qin Li that after she confirmed she was pregnant, she had an ultrasound and the doctor told her that the baby was developing well, he had a head and a heartbeat, and he was no longer an unconscious embryo.

Xia Momo was unwilling and didn't want to abort the child.

It doesn’t matter if Qin Li doesn’t like it, she can raise the child herself.

The airport was crowded with people. Xia Momo was holding her ticket and was about to go through security when her wrist was yanked hard. She staggered and almost lost her balance, and fell into a cold embrace.

Qin Li grabbed Xia Momo's wrist and snatched her luggage with his other hand. He was wearing a black mask and a duckbill cap, and he looked down at her with an extremely oppressive feeling.

"Follow me!"

He lowered his voice and dragged Xia Momo in the opposite direction of security check without saying anything.

"Let me go, let me go!"

Xia Momo struggled hard, leaving red marks on her fair wrists, which was shocking to see, but Qin Li turned a deaf ear to her, with an indescribable haze shrouding him.

During the summer vacation, the airport lobby was crowded, but the second floor was the dining area, which was less crowded.

Qin Li dragged Xia Momo to the second floor. In a dark corner, Xia Momo finally shook off Qin Li's hand.

Qin Li said coldly, "Come back with me."

He was still wearing a mask, and his eyes beneath the black brim of his hat revealed a fierce look.

Xia Momo rubbed her wrist and said, "I'm not going back, and I'm not going to have an abortion. I want to leave here..."

Qin Li's eyes were darker under his hat, and his dark pupils were like a bottomless cold pond. He clenched his fists, and the blue veins on his arms were clearly visible.

Xia Momo sensed Qin Li's anger and her heart was beating fast. She was a people-pleaser and rarely refused others.

This was the second time she rejected Qin Li.

The last time was when I refused to have sex with him yesterday.

Xia Momo was nervous, but she had a hunch that she had to do this if she wanted to save her child.

Qin Li's eyes were sharp, and when he saw Xia Momo's disobedient look, his brows furrowed.

Xia Momo has always been well-behaved, like a dodder that can be manipulated at will. Qin Li always feels that she is not like Ye Luoyi because of her fragility. Although Ye Luoyi is gentle, she is also tough and will not compromise easily.

But just now, Xia Momo's eyes that rejected him were like

Very Ye Luoyi.

Qin Li had no choice but to comfort Xia Momo first, his eyes softened, "If you don't want to abort...then keep the child, we will raise him together."

Xia Momo was shocked, her bright eyes full of disbelief, "Really?"

Qin Li touched her hair lovingly, "You are so persistent, how can I force you? Be good and come home with me!"

Xia Momo rarely saw Qin Li being so gentle. She suddenly thought of the time when they had just been together. Her fear of Qin Li was reduced a lot, and she nodded obediently.

The cell phone rang. It was the assistant's call. She couldn't find Qin Li at the airport, so she called him.

Qin Li handed the car key to Xia Momo and said, "I'm going to answer a call. Go back to the car and don't run around."

Xia Momo took the car key. Qin Li walked to the huge French window of the airport and answered the phone.

The assistant was still looking for Xia Momo throughout the airport. She was relieved to learn that she had been found.

Then, she heard Qin Li's voice, "Please buy me some medicine, the kind that helps women in three months of pregnancy to have an abortion."

The assistant's eyes widened. "Brother Qin, this thing is not allowed to be sold in drugstores. You have to go to the hospital for an abortion! Otherwise... it will not be good for Sister Momo's health!"

Qin Li's attitude was very irritable. "If I can go to the hospital, will I not go? Momo doesn't want to have an abortion! Isn't there a way to have an abortion with medicine? Can you find a way to get some medicine, and I can coax her to take it as vitamins?"

"This..." The assistant felt that he was already teetering on the edge of the law.

She's just an assistant! She's not an agent!

Besides, if you don't want the child, just go to the hospital. Let her get this medicine, and want to trick a girl into taking it?

Ugh! Scumbag!

The assistant on the other end of the phone rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Qin, I really can't help this. Besides, it is illegal to deceive a pregnant woman into taking abortion pills. I suggest you take Sister Momo to the hospital. Oh, childbearing is a woman's basic right. Only women can decide whether to have an abortion or not. Forcing Sister Momo to have an abortion is also illegal..."

Qin Li was already in a bad mood, and after hearing his assistant's scolding, he felt even worse.

He didn't listen to his assistant's nagging anymore and hung up the phone irritably.

He looked ahead and saw Xia Momo had just walked away with her luggage. The airport parking lot was on the second underground floor, a long way from the elevator, but the escalator was on the side.

Xia Momo dragged her luggage and tried to take the escalator to the underground parking lot, but the wheel of her luggage was broken and she was stuck at the escalator entrance, fiddling with the tiny wheel.

Her figure was unusually slim, and if no one told her, no one would know she was pregnant.

Qin Li's gaze fell on Xia Momo, and then he looked at the long escalator.

In a place like an airport, the distance between floors is higher than that of ordinary residential buildings. For example, the second floor where he was was a full ten meters away from the lobby on the first floor.

Qin Li looked at Xia Momo again, narrowing his eyes slightly.

He could feel his heart beating so fast.

Ten meters, no one will die.

But the same cannot be said for the fetus.

Qin Li walked slowly towards Xia Momo, his breathing becoming heavier.

When he walked to Xia Momo's side, Xia Momo saw his shoes, "Brother Qin, the wheel of my luggage is broken, can you help me?"

"good……"

Qin Li swallowed and stretched out his hand.

He saw that his hands were trembling slightly.

Xia Momo was so slender, and he was an adult man, so he only had to exert a little force with his arms...

"Qin Li is there!"

"That's Qin Li! That's Qin Li!"

"Which one?"

"Oh, are you blind? It's the one wearing the black cap and the black mask!"

There was a noise coming from the bottom of the escalator. A group of paparazzi carrying long guns and cannons rushed into the escalator and rushed towards Qin Li!

There are a lot of paparazzi lurking at the airport.

This is also the reason why Qin Li was fully armed and dragged Xia Momo to a less crowded place. With his superior height and the way he was dressed, he could easily be spotted by those sharp-eyed paparazzi.

There are some paparazzi who hang around airports all year round. Even if you only show your eyes, they can still tell who you are!

The paparazzi rushed forward, their cameras and microphones pointed at Qin Li:

"May I ask what do you think about the incident of snatching Shen Xinghe's role?"

"Some netizens speculated that Jiang Tao was defrauded by investors because of you. Is this true?"

"You are a big star, why do you want to take a role that is unknown to you?"

The sudden question confused Qin Li.

Before he set out to look for Xia Momo, public opinion online was overwhelmingly in his favor. How come he is the one snatching the role now?

What's worse is, how come even the fact that he cheated Jiang Tao was dug up?

When Xia Momo saw so many paparazzi surrounding her, she stood up timidly and hid behind Qin Li.

She was not wearing a mask or covering her face, so the paparazzi could see her face clearly.

"Ye Luoyi?"

A paparazzi exclaimed, but the exclamation lasted less than a second. The little girl looked like Ye Luoyi at first glance, but in reality, there was still a gap.

"She looks like Ye Luoyi!"

"It's simply a low-profile version of Ye Luoyi!"

"What is her relationship with Qin Li? They are so close to each other, are they a couple?!"

Qin Li's face turned pale. He had established himself as a single person in the entertainment industry. Otherwise, how could he get close to Ye Luoyi and pursue Ye Luoyi?

He couldn't let anyone find out about his relationship with Xia Momo.

Qin Li explained first, "This is my sister. She came to Haicheng today and I came to pick her up."

The paparazzi suddenly realized——

"So it's your sister?"

"It's pretty nice..."

"But they don't look alike, and I've never heard that Qin Li has a sister before!"

"I guess it's a cousin or something..."

When Xia Momo heard Qin Li's words, her shoulders trembled continuously.

She and Qin Li were obviously a couple, and she was pregnant with his child. Why would she say that in public?

Xia Momo felt sad and bitter. One voice told her, why didn't Qin Li announce their relationship? That was too much! Another voice told her that stars were like this, they couldn't be exposed, it would be bad for Qin Li's career!

The two voices were arguing with each other, and in the end, Xia Momo said nothing.

The paparazzi's attention also shifted from the sister to "Bottom Line".

After all, even if Qin Li’s love affair is exposed now, the popularity of this gossip is far less than the popularity of competing for the role!

Qin Li hadn't had time to read the news online, but after listening to the paparazzi's comments, he had figured out a lot of things. He didn't know what Xingyao had done, but it was very likely that the news of him snatching the role had been leaked.

At this time, public relations is particularly important.

Qin Li sighed, "Did you misunderstand me? I never said I wanted to act in "The Bottom Line"! Whether it's Strawberry.com or my Weibo, including Director Jiang himself, no one has ever admitted this, right?"

The paparazzi were stunned. "But wasn't it rumored on the internet before that you and Director Jiang hit it off and were about to star in "Bottom Line", but Xingyao and Shen Xinghe cut the deal!"

Qin Li laughed, "This is all spread by marketing accounts. I didn't even know I was going to star in "Bottom Line"! Isn't that what those marketing accounts love to do? They trick people out at the beginning of a project. If they're right, they say they have inside information to increase the credibility of their accounts. If they're wrong, they just pretend nothing happened. Aren't there many such things in the entertainment industry?"

The paparazzi looked at each other in bewilderment. It was then that they realized that Qin Li's official Weibo account, Strawberry Network, and even Jiang Tao, had not said that Qin Li would star in "Bottom Line".

Could it be that the marketing account really slipped away and the fans misunderstood?

In addition to the paparazzi's guns and cannons, there were also paparazzi broadcasting live. Qin Li's words were quickly transmitted to the live broadcast room.

【Brother Qin is right! The official has not said anything from the beginning to the end. It’s all just marketing accounts and netizens guessing! 】

[It was obviously the marketing account that ran away. Brother Qin got into trouble for no reason! ]

[With Qin Ge’s popularity, it’s not hard for him to play a role in a drama like “Bottom Line”! “Bottom Line” is not the only drama on the market, and Jiang Tao has already had two dramas fail. The probability of continuing to fail is very high. Is it necessary for him to snatch the male lead of a failed drama? It’s so funny to tell others about it.]

[It feels like this wave of operations is like "Bottom Line" is a reverse abuse of fans, taking advantage of our Brother Qin! ]

[In this kind of situation, we will know who will benefit in the end! ]

[Isn’t The Bottom Line the biggest profit? I feel like everything today is just marketing! ]

——

Qin Li's live broadcast at the airport was playing on the projection screen in the conference room.

Wu Liao was amazed when he saw this scene. "This Qin Li is quite capable. He pushed all of this onto the marketing account."

I don’t know if this rhetoric can convince others, but it’s good enough if it can convince fans.

Stealing roles is at most a joke in the entertainment industry, and it is not a fatal black spot that will cause a collapse. When Qin Li's new drama is released, if the effect is good, netizens will forget about this matter.

"The previous rumor about your fake academic credentials was probably done by Qin Li," Wu Liao said. "But we only found photos of Da Jiajun and Qin Li meeting, and no Shi Zhui. This guy is really very careful in his work.

. "

Yan Xi responded softly, her eyes passing through Qin Li and falling on Xia Momo who was standing behind Qin Li.

So similar.

If you cover the lower half of Xia Momo's face and only look at her eyes, anyone would mistake that person for Ye Luoyi.

Xia Momo is also mentioned in the novel.

Although Pei Yubai has always been engaged to Zhou Qingyu and their relationship is quite close, they only hold hands, while Qin Li and Xia Momo have slept together countless times.

This is also the reason why Qin Li, the TV King, lost to Pei Yubai in the novel.

A rotten cucumber, of course, can't be the male lead.

Pei Yubai was playing both sides and using women to get to the top, which was despicable enough in Yan Xi's opinion.

But Qin Li is even worse.

He appears humble on the surface, but in reality he is like a poisonous snake in a ditch, cold and malicious.

"You two will be on a variety show together later," Wu Liao reminded Yan Xi, "be careful of Qin Li on the variety show."

Yan Xi raised her eyebrows, her eyes still lingering on Xia Momo.

"I guess he won't have the chance to appear on variety shows again."

——

After getting rid of the paparazzi, Qin Li took Xia Momo to the parking lot on the second underground floor.

When Qin Li said she was just a younger sister, Xia Momo's heart wavered and she thought about leaving Haicheng again, but the flight she booked online had exceeded its time limit. If she wanted to leave, she could only buy another ticket.

Qin Li confiscated Xia Momo's ID card because he was worried that she might have unrealistic thoughts.

Qin Li also had to deal with the public opinion on the Internet and also deal with Strawberry.com. Because of the reversal of public opinion, the new drama that Strawberry.com had originally agreed to produce might be cancelled, so he had to deal with it.

Qin Li asked his assistant to send Xia Momo home.

When we arrived at the gate of the community, the assistant stopped the car and said, "Sister Momo, the company asked me to come over quickly. I'm leaving first."

Xia Momo responded weakly.

The assistant felt bad about it, but she had signed a contract when she first started working, which prohibited her from doing anything to damage Qin Li's reputation, nor could she expose the abortion.

The assistant reminded carefully, "Sister Momo, the fetus is very unstable during the third month. You have to be careful and don't eat anything random, as it will be bad for the fetus."

Xia Momo looked at the assistant and smiled, "Don't worry, Brother Qin found a nanny for me, and someone has arranged my meals."

The assistant was anxious, "Just... don't eat anything the nanny gave you! You'd better check it out!"

Xia Momo didn't quite understand what the assistant meant and looked at him suspiciously.

The assistant was afraid of losing his job if he said too much, "Anyway, you better pay attention!"

The assistant left. Before leaving, he looked at Xia Momo anxiously, but still did not dare to tell the truth.

Xia Momo felt hungry. Besides her, there was another person who needed to eat. She didn't like the food the nanny cooked, and her family didn't allow her to order takeout, so she simply went to a porridge shop near the community to pack some porridge and side dishes.

The summer sun was shining brightly. Perhaps it was hypoglycemia. Within two minutes of leaving the porridge shop, Xia Momo suddenly felt a black screen in front of her eyes.

"Sister Yiyi! Be careful!"

A girl supported Xia Momo.

Xia Momo looked up and saw the girl in front of her clearly. She had a pretty face, pure and lovely, and a pair of sparkling eyes that seemed to be able to speak.

Xia Momo felt that she looked familiar. She had seen her before when watching Qin Li’s variety show... Her name seemed to be Yan Xi?

"Sister Yiyi? Why are you here? Are you feeling unwell?"

Yan Xi looked at Xia Momo curiously, and then a few more times. A flash of surprise flashed across her beautiful eyes, and then she showed a little apology, "Sorry, I recognized the wrong person."

Xia Momo said softly, "Nothing."

"You are Brother Qin's sister, right?" Yan Xi asked again, "I watched Brother Qin's live broadcast and saw you two together!"

The other person is a bit outgoing and has been on a variety show with Brother Qin, so they are considered friends.

Thinking of this, Xia Momo did not show obvious resistance and said softly, "Yes, it's me."

Yan Xi was curious, "Are you siblings?"

Xia Momo felt her heart hurt, "No, we are not that close."

"Ah? Seeing how Brother Qin protected you, I thought you were his biological sister!" Yan Xi said to herself, "Brother Qin must care about you a lot! I can feel it!"

Xia Momo's heart was pounding, and she felt inexplicably happy. "How did you feel that?"

Yan Xi helped Xia Momo pull her suitcase and walked with her towards the community. "Brother Qin and I have been on a variety show together. On the show, Brother Qin was so nice to Sister Yi Yi! So nice to her that we thought he wanted to pursue Sister Yi Yi!"

"But now I understand. Brother Qin probably thinks Sister Yiyi is like you, so he wants to protect her, so he treats her so well, right?"

Xia Momo felt her blood solidify, and it became colder inch by inch from her heart to her fingertips.

She suddenly paused, holding the bag of porridge tightly in her hand, and spoke word by word, "Ye Luoyi...is she very similar to me?"

"Yes," Yan Xi stretched out her hand to cover the lower half of Xia Momo's face, "especially your eyes, they are exactly the same as hers!"

Xia Momo felt it was becoming more difficult to breathe.

There were several times when Qin Li came to see her, his condition was not right. He would throw her on the bed rudely and force her to wear a mask, leaving only her eyes exposed.

Then the way he looks at herself will change from distant to extremely affectionate.

Xia Momo used to think that this was Qin Li’s unknown sexual fetish.

But now, she suddenly understood.

Xia Momo's shoulders were shaking and her heart was trembling extremely.

——

Arriving at the gate of the community, Xia Momo and Yan Xi separated and walked into the community alone.

Looking at Xia Momo's back, the system jumped out impatiently: [Host! You are too evil! You are murderous and heartless! ]

"Bad?" Yan Xi shrugged, "I was very gentle just now."

[But Xia Momo is almost broken! ]

[She is 100% aware that she is a substitute! Don’t even mention how sad she is now! ]

"She will know eventually." Yan Xi said nonchalantly.

Her eyes fell on Xia Momo's belly. Qin Li's community was quite large, and Xia Momo walked for a long time before entering the building. Yan Xi saw that Xia Momo subconsciously covered her belly several times while walking along the way.

It was the same thing at the airport before. When the paparazzi approached her, Xia Momo's first reaction was to protect her belly.

You're not wearing belly-revealing clothes, is there any need to keep covering that place?

"Tongzi, Qingqing is controlled by the plot, so it's useless for me to remind her," Yan Xi said softly, "but Xia Momo is just a passerby, she shouldn't be controlled by the plot, right?"

[Of course, Xia Momo doesn’t even have a name in the novel. ]

【It's just a "stand-in". 】

Yan Xi understood.

She has done what she could.

Just like facing a person stuck in a swamp, she has already lost the rope ladder. As for whether the other person is willing to climb out, it all depends on her.

——

Xia Momo didn't know how she got back home.

Yan Xi's words kept lingering in her ears, and her back was all wet.

The first thing I did when I got home was to turn on the computer and search for the three words "葉落依".

The girl's beautiful face appeared on the computer screen. She had a beautiful smile and lively eyes, like a star that was out of reach.

Xia Momo had heard people say she looked like "Ye Luoyi" before, but she never took it to heart because Ye Luoyi was a big star, incredibly beautiful, and she was just an ordinary person. She thought people who said that were just saying it casually.

Later, when watching Qin Li's variety show, Xia Momo knew what Ye Luoyi looked like, but she didn't think about it in that way, mainly because Qin Li and Ye Luoyi didn't interact much.

But live camera is one thing, privately is another.

How could she know how patient and gentle Qin Li was towards Ye Luoyi when they were alone?

Is it because of her that Qin Li treats Ye Luoyi well?

No, Xia Momo knew very well that if she were Qin Li's sister, this would still be possible.

But in fact, she is not.

It’s not because of her that Qin Li treats Ye Luoyi well.

It is precisely because she looks like Ye Luoyi that Qin Li treats her well!

She is the substitute!

Qin Li was always distant from her, and Xia Momo didn't understand it in the past, thinking that Qin Li was too busy and didn't have time to accompany her. But now, all the details that she was unwilling to admit in the past were connected together.

Because she is a stand-in, she was asked to cover the lower half of her face during sex, so that she would look more like Ye Luoyi;

Because she is a substitute, she only accompanies her when she needs her, and she hardly contacts her at other times.

Because she was a substitute, the moment Qin Li found out she was pregnant, he just wanted to abort the child!

Xia Momo's fingertips turned white and she covered her lower abdomen with her hands trembling.

She even understood what the assistant said, which she didn't understand at first.

Taking away her ID card is a disguised way of putting her under house arrest and trying to force her to have an abortion.

?

What method will he use?

Put abortion pills in her food?

Qin Lineng endured and spent all these years with herself for Bai Yueguang's sake. His love for Ye Luoyi had become so obsessive that he needed a substitute to make up for it.

Xia Momo couldn't imagine what outrageous things he would do in order to force her to have an abortion!

Xia Momo held the mouse tightly, her eyes changing from fragile and helpless to determined.

For her own sake and for the sake of the child in her womb, she could no longer sit and wait for death.