Chapter 712 She's Pregnant
Actually, it can't be said that Wen Zhiyi discovered she was pregnant after leaving the ancestral hall.
To be precise, she left the ancestral hall because she was pregnant.
It was one evening. Because there wasn't even a decent bed in the ancestral hall, and because she was preoccupied with her thoughts, she hadn't had a good night's sleep for several days. In the evening, a servant brought her food. She tasted a few bites, felt nauseous, and ran a short distance away to vomit.
She initially thought it was because she hadn't rested well, but when she went to the bathroom that night, she noticed bleeding.
Her period hadn't started yet, and thinking about the strangeness of dinner, a guess she dared not think about suddenly welled up in her mind.
After standing there in the bathroom for a moment, she finally reached out and took her own pulse.
She was actually quite stunned when she found out she was pregnant.
She never imagined that just one time would result in a pregnancy.
These days, she has been trying hard to forget that bastard Wan Qingzhou, and now that she has finally started to see some success, heaven has dropped this "surprise" on her head.
She had that bastard's child.
That's utterly absurd.
Should we keep him?
No, she didn't want to give birth to the child of a faithless man.
Just as she made up her mind, there was a knock on the door outside the ancestral hall.
She was taken aback.
It was already late, and the servants of the Wen family had all gone to rest. Who would come to the ancestral hall?
She pursed her lips, picked up a stick from the side, and walked step by step to the door: "Who is it?"
"Shi Yu...a friend of Wan Qingzhou," the newcomer said in a low voice.
Wan Qingzhou's friend?
Wen Zhiyi suddenly remembered the other man she saw besides Wan Qingzhou when she came out of the warehouse.
She hadn't forgotten that it was he who said he wanted to kill her.
Her tone became more wary: "This is the Wen family home. What are you doing here?"
After a moment of silence, Shi Yu said softly, "Wan Qingzhou asked me to pass on a message to you."
Wen Zhiyi was stunned. Wan Qingzhou had something to say to her, so why didn't he come himself?
As if aware of Wen Zhiyi's worries, Shi Yu said in a low voice, "Brother Zhou... can't come. Open the door, I won't do anything to you. I'll leave after I finish speaking."
Upon hearing that he couldn't come, Wen Zhiyi felt a sudden emptiness in her heart. After a moment's thought, she finally opened the door.
"What do you mean by saying Wan Qingzhou can't come?" Wen Zhiyi asked directly after letting the ancestral hall in and closing the door.
In just over ten days, Shi Yu lost a lot of weight and looked unshaven, completely different from when they met in the warehouse.
He sighed and said, "Miss Wen, I know you are wary of me. What happened back then was my fault, and I apologize to you."
Wen Zhiyi didn't expect him to do this, and her brows furrowed involuntarily: "Why didn't you answer me?"
Shi Yu remained silent for a long while, then rubbed his face and said in a deep voice, "Brother Zhou... is dead."
Following Wan Qingzhou's instructions, Shi Yu spoke directly.
Wan Qingzhou was so badly injured and imprisoned by Tang Zhi. He might never get out of there in his lifetime, and he didn't want Wen Zhiyi to worry about him.
The stick in Wen Zhiyi's hand suddenly fell to the ground.
"How did he die?" she murmured, her eyes lifeless.
Seeing her like this, Shi Yu felt a little sorry for her. He briefly told her how Wan Qingzhou met Tang Zhi, how she accepted the mission, and how she couldn't bring herself to do it, so she went back and broke up with Tang Zhi. However, in this story, he still concealed Tang Zhi's identity and called him Boss Tang.
Finally, he said, "Boss Tang's condition is that if you want to leave, you have to endure one knife from each of the brothers. If you can survive, you can leave. There are thirteen of us brothers..."
As Shi Yu spoke, his eyes reddened.
Wen Zhiyi had already collapsed onto the couch: "Thirteen cuts..."
Ju Yu Chang let out a breath and calmed himself down, saying, "Yes, he endured thirteen cuts. He was fine at first, but on the fourth day, his wounds became infected and he suddenly developed a high fever, which caused him to die."
Wen Zhiyi sat on the couch, unable to come to her senses for a long time. It turned out that Wan Qingzhou, who seemed to be laughing and joking with her on the surface, actually carried such a heavy burden in his heart.
Her eyes were red, and her voice trembled slightly: "Why didn't he tell me these things?"
"You probably didn't know how to bring it up. When you finally found out, you were indeed very angry, weren't you?" Ju Yu said.
Wen Zhiyi subconsciously retorted, "That's not..."
But when the time came, she couldn't say it.
What is it not?
Not resent or hate him?
Was it not out of genuine anger that I resolved to never see him again for the rest of my life?
Yes, that's right.
Yet, even knowing he was going to lie to her, she still left the jade pendant with him.
Did she really hate him that much?
Or is it just hatred for his deception?
Her lips trembled, and she remained silent for a long time.
Shi Yu sighed: "He actually wanted to wait until everything was settled before explaining everything to you. The last time I saw him, he still hoped you could forgive him, and he even fantasized that if he could get out, he would definitely come to find you..."
As Shi Yu was speaking, he couldn't continue, so he took out something he had prepared beforehand from his pocket: "This, he asked me to return it to you."
Looking at the glowing blood phoenix jade pendant, Wen Zhiyi couldn't hold back her tears any longer.
She took the jade pendant and clutched it tightly in her hand.
She wanted to curse Wan Qingzhou for being crazy. He could have done a good job, so why did he have to do this, and in the end, he even lost his life!
She could accept that they would never cross paths in their lives.
But I can't accept that he died like that.
He didn't even know...
She reached out and touched her lower abdomen, and tears welled up even more.
That idiot, that fool!
Couldn't he have consulted me before making these decisions?!
Seeing her pain, Shi Yu's eyes reddened even more. He took a deep breath and said, "I've delivered the message. The Wen family's guards are tight; I can't stay any longer. This whistle..."
He handed her the whistle in his hand: "He also asked me to give this to you. You forgot to take it with you when you left the warehouse that day. Keep it, it'll be something to remember me by."
Suppressing her sobs, Wen Zhiyi took the whistle and held it tightly in her hand along with the jade pendant.
She knew she would never blow that whistle again.
Even if she blew the whistle, no one would come to see her.
With tears streaming down her face, she asked, "Who is Boss Tang?"
Shi Yu paused for a moment, then said, "Let bygones be bygones, Miss Wen. Look ahead."
After saying that, he turned and left.
It took Wen Zhiyi quite some time to calm down.
She hugged her knees, leaned against the couch, and stared blankly at the moonlight outside the window, her hand unconsciously reaching for her lower abdomen again.
This child was left behind by Wan Qingzhou.
She had considered abortion before, but now she's hesitant.
She could clearly feel a tiny sprout taking root in her belly, growing slowly. It would grow bigger and bigger, and one day it would come out of her belly and call her "Mom".
She couldn't bear to part with it.
This was no joke God was playing on her. At that moment, she clearly realized that this was a gift from God, a ray of light in her gray world.
Regardless, she wanted to keep him.
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