Lin Muci was unaware of the major stir Ling Qianhe had caused for her outside the hospital.
She lay in bed, bored, waiting for the few hours of observation to pass so she could be discharged.
When Ling Qianhe walked up to her, he saw her cheeks had regained their rosy color. She lay in bed, watching him with wary eyes.
Ling Qianhe fell silent for a moment, then he said,
"Come home with me."
Lin Muci was momentarily confused by his words.
"Home with you...?"
"Where to?"
"What place does 'home' refer to?"
She had rented a very small apartment due to her current lack of funds.
This was also something she'd seen when checking her phone, as her landlord was urging her to pay rent.
"Where do you want me to go?"
Ling Qianhe didn't hesitate at all, answering without thinking.
"To my home, of course."
Lin Muci's eyes widened instantly. She stared blankly at Ling Qianhe's face, trying to find even a hint of a joke, but there was none.
His demeanor was calm and collected, extremely self-assured.
Then he shared another piece of news with Lin Muci.
"I've already told the reporters outside."
Lin Muci's mind was a muddle, so chaotic it made her expression somewhat dazed.
"Told the reporters outside—wait, what did you tell the reporters outside?"
"Can you tell me?"
Ling Qianhe didn't feel at all that what he'd done was wrong.
"I told the reporters outside that you are my woman."
"And the child in your belly is mine."
Lin Muci looked at him—for a moment, it felt like a fantasy.
Ling Qianhe asked her,
"Am I wrong?"
It wasn't entirely incorrect.
Lin Muci just felt that he was... too much of a contrast. He wasn't like this yesterday!
"Are you serious?"
"Not lying?"
Ling Qianhe said,
"What are you referring to? If it's about the reporters outside, then I lied to them. I told them we are already married."
"When do we have time to get married?"
Lin Muci looked at him for three seconds—certain that he wasn't the husband she knew, and was still in an unawakened state.
But would this Ling Qianhe try to drag her to get married?
Publicly announce his relationship with her.
She felt it was even more far-fetched, especially since he had clearly shown utter disgust towards her, and didn't even want to acknowledge the child...
She was cornered, and she felt that Ling Qianhe must have had a hand in this!
She knew his malicious personality too well!
And now he had publicly admitted to the media that she was his wife? It was all mixed up, completely chaotic.
Ling Qianhe glanced at her and asked,
"Do you want to go out with me from the underground parking lot, or do you want to face those reporters yourself later?"
Lin Muci immediately stated that she would go with Ling Qianhe.
If he had truly said it, that she was carrying his child.
Lin Muci suspected that the media would block her from even leaving her door!
It had come to this—
She rubbed her temples, feeling very distressed. With things as they were, she had to think about how to resolve this situation.
...
As Ling Qianhe drove away from the hospital's back entrance, the front was already a chaotic mess. Fortunately, security guards soon arrived to maintain order, as this was a hospital.
It couldn't affect patients seeking medical attention.
Only then did the media begin to disperse.
What drew them even more was a new preview posted on Ling Qianhe's account.
"Live broadcast this afternoon."
Upon seeing this preview posted by Ling Qianhe, the media, like sharks smelling blood, instantly became energized!
The media were also eager to see what he would say during the live broadcast.
Ling Qianhe carried Lin Muci upstairs and got her a brand new designer haute couture outfit. She was like a doll being manipulated by him. After a long while, she finally spoke,
"You don't hate me?"
Ling Qianhe found her question strange.
"Why would I hate you?"
"If I hated you, you and the child in your belly would have long since disappeared from this world."
"I just..."
He paused, his tone subtle.
"It's you who are unwilling to acknowledge me."
Lin Muci was startled.
She was unwilling to acknowledge Ling Qianhe? Her mind raced. After a long pause, she finally spoke softly,
"How could I be unwilling to acknowledge you?"
Ling Qianhe's voice sounded, to her ears, almost wronged.
"What, you think this younger brother of yours embarrasses you?"
"Aren't you always afraid of being associated with me?"
"It was like that before, it's like that now, it's always been like this!"
Ling Qianhe looked at the girl before him, who appeared bewildered. He gritted his teeth, feeling angry but having to forcibly suppress his fury.
"You—"
"You don't care about anything at all!"
"You turned around and left, not planning to compromise with me even after getting pregnant—what, you just don't want to be a rich wife? You'd rather be destitute than have even the slightest connection with me?"
Ling Qianhe felt his anger was almost uncontainable just thinking about it!
"You just don't love me!"
"That's why you're desperately trying to escape!"
Lin Muci, however, breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
So it's the classic pursuit-and-flee dynamic!
If it's this kind of dynamic, she wasn't worried about anything—she was confident she could placate Qianhe.
But before she could speak, she heard Ling Qianhe's phone ring, and a software pop-up appeared.
It was the live broadcast software, set to open automatically.
The moment his face appeared on the screen, his expression immediately became nonchalant.
He turned to look at Lin Muci.
"Aren't you going to greet the viewers in the live stream?"
"Over a million viewers have already flooded in within the last minute."
Forced by him, Lin Muci had no choice but to maintain a smile.
The bullet comments in the live stream were constantly scrolling, with fans expressing extreme surprise!
"It's really Emperor Ling and Lin Muci..."
"What is their relationship exactly!"
"Emperor Ling personally carried her to the hospital!"
Then, more fans continued to comment.
"I heard they are already married, and the child in Lin Muci's belly is Emperor Ling's!"
"But why didn't she say anything before..."
"And she was insulted like that. If it were me, carrying the man of my dreams' child, I'd be eager to announce it to the world!"
These fan comments kept appearing in the bullet comments,
Scrolling back and forth.
Ling Qianhe glanced at the comments.
He let out a light laugh, then leaned closer to the cold-faced woman beside him, and slowly kissed her on the corner of her lips.
The fans were about to suffocate!
Why so intense!
The live stream had barely begun, and they were already getting a kiss!
What was this!
This was... a blatant declaration of possession!