156: Chapter 156 She Said She Was Pregnant 156: Chapter 156 She Said She Was Pregnant Sang Luo lowered her eyes, her eyelashes quivering slightly.
She neither denied nor admitted.
Su He figured out the answer from her expression.
“My brother doesn’t know about Xuanxuan’s existence, right?” she asked.
Based on her understanding of her brother, if he knew, he wouldn’t have brought back just Sang Luo today.
“I’m sorry, Susu.”
Sang Luo suddenly said, “I didn’t mean to keep it a secret from you, the thing between him and me.”
She really hadn’t expected to encounter him again here.
Between her and Su Zhimian, she was just a small person living at the bottom of society, while he was a high and mighty wealthy young master, a respected business elite.
Yet, fate played a joke on her by making them meet again, and it was the kind that she couldn’t escape from.
“Don’t worry, I won’t marry your brother.”
Su He heard the humility in her words.
“You don’t need to apologize to me.” Su He said softly, with a hint of helplessness, “Sang Luo, you haven’t done anything wrong to me.
What’s between you and my brother is your business, it’s up to you two.
I won’t interfere.
You don’t need to feel any pressure; my grandparents and my uncle’s family aren’t bad people, they are not those unreasonable elders who would disrupt lovers.”
Upon hearing this, Sang Luo looked up at her, stunned.
Su He then said, “Our family doesn’t have such rules, and you don’t need to belittle yourself, you are fine.
If you still have feelings for my brother, then don’t back away.
Honestly, after all these years, I’ve never seen any ambiguous women around him.”
“Also, do you know how I guessed that you were my brother’s first love?”
Sang Luo shook her head.
Su He smiled and said, “Because my brother has always had a photo in his wallet.
I accidentally glanced at it a long time ago, but he put it away so quickly that I only saw the outline and couldn’t see your face clearly.
If you don’t believe it, you can check his wallet, I assure you, the photo has always been there.”
Su He sighed, that was all she could do.
The rest was up to them.
Actually, she was not sure if Sang Luo still had feelings for her brother, but what she could be certain of was that Su Zhimian definitely still had feelings for Sang Luo.
Otherwise, why had he been single for so long, rejecting every girl introduced by his aunt?
It was hard to explain.
Importantly, after so many years, still carrying someone’s photo with him, she wouldn’t believe there were no feelings.
…
That evening, Sang Luo stayed at the Su Family Mansion.
Su He wanted to accompany her in the guest room but was refused by Sang Luo.
When she returned to her room, someone was already lying in the bed.
The man lazily lifted his eyelids, looking at her with a tone gentle yet annoyingly playful, “Did your brother kick you out?
I told you, they definitely didn’t need your company, even if she was willing, your brother wouldn’t be.”
Su He: “…”
“Come on, it’s better to sleep with me, I really can’t sleep without you.”
The man’s deep eyes held twinkling stars, gazing at her affectionately.
Su He frowned slightly, listening to his low, tender voice revealing an undisguised whine.
She finally knew who Su Yimo got his whining instinct from.
She twitched her lips, ignored him, went to the closet, picked up some clothing, and headed for the bathroom.
But when she closed the door, the man’s large hand blocked it.
She looked up at him, her eyebrows slightly raised, “What?”
Jiang Yan’s gaze turned to her arm, and she immediately understood.
“I don’t need help today, go do your own thing.”
“But I want to help you.”
Su He was really speechless; how had she never noticed this side of this man?
“Jiang Yan, can’t you think of something normal for once?”
The man’s eyebrows lifted slightly, his thin lips spreading into a smile, “How is helping you abnormal?
You are my wife, after all.”
Su He narrowed her eyes slightly, her voice coldly warning, “If you keep babbling, you won’t be for long.”
Jiang Yan: “…”
The man pressed his lips together, relaxing his hand that was blocking the door.
Su He unceremoniously slammed the door shut with a “click” and even locked it.
…
Su He looked at the tightly shut door and thought to herself: Little one, still think you can control me!
The next morning.
Su He, after finishing breakfast with the elders, returned to Yue City.
If she didn’t return soon, the little one would start causing trouble.
Originally, she had planned to finalize this matter within two days, but unexpected events occurred.
Though there were some leads now, they were broken again.
It seemed that starting from An Xueyin was still necessary.
After returning, she was forced to rest at home for another two days before heading back to the hospital.
In the director’s office.
Su He relayed everything Lin Yuanshan had told her to Su Tianyi, but she didn’t mention her own injury.
“So, this matter is still related to the An Family?” Su Tianyi asked incisively.
Su He slightly lifted her gaze, she had considered this point, but… she wasn’t sure who it was.
However, this matter couldn’t be detached from the An Family.
Then, she spoke gravely, “Not sure, but there’s a very high chance it is related.”
No matter who it was, anyone involved in this matter, she would not let go.
Now, what she needed was a way to coax information out of An Xueyin.
This person, sometimes considered foolish, but actually quite astute.
In the afternoon.
Jing Xuan provided her with an opportunity.
“No, Baobao, I was just asking casually.
If you don’t want to attend, you don’t have to force yourself.”
She said it offhandedly because she knew Su He wasn’t fond of these high-society gatherings.
Actually, she didn’t like them either, but she wanted to irritate others, and that made her life feel lively.
“First, help me check if An Xueyin will attend,” Su He told Jing Xuan over the phone.
Jing Xuan immediately understood, “You’re not going because of An Xueyin, are you?”
Su He openly admitted, “Yeah, to probe her for some information, success depends on tonight.”
Jing Xuan responded, “Wait, I’ll have an answer for you in five minutes.”
With that, she hastily ended the call.
“…”
Five minutes later, Jing Xuan’s WeChat message came:
[Ms.
An is on the guest list for the banquet, what’s your plan?]
[I’ll coordinate with you.
How can I miss out on tempting information like this?]
Su He looked at the message and replied, [Let’s play it by ear.]
She didn’t have a plan; this was a last-minute decision.
–
At seven in the evening.
Su He and Jing Xuan entered the venue arm in arm, one in black and one in red.
Su He wore a black strapless gown that made her skin look translucent and radiant, radiating an aura of cold elegance.
Meanwhile, Jing Xuan, still in a stunning red dress, was gorgeously voluptuous, eliciting envy from women and making men go wild.
One calm, one vibrant; one cold, one fiery.
That was Su He and Jing Xuan.
Among the dressed-up ladies at the venue, glittering and shining, none could overshadow their glance and gaze.
Most people there recognized Jing Xuan since, among these ladies, she was the most famous.
With her enchanting beauty and fiery personality, she never cared about who the other party was, only if it pleased her.
No one dared to provoke her, especially with the entire Jing Group behind her.
Most importantly, the fact that she’d held up the Jing Group alone, being merely a woman, was enough to earn others’ respect.
That’s when An Xueyin, arm in arm with Tang Sirou, also appeared.
Su He and Jing Xuan, not having eaten yet, were somewhat hungry; upon their entrance, they ignored others’ gazes and headed straight for the food area.
An Xueyin and her party came in a step later than them, but because Su He and Jing Xuan were so dazzling, An Xueyin noticed them as soon as she entered.
She too headed straight for the food area.
As Su He and Jing Xuan were seriously discussing what snacks to pick, a strange, taunting voice dropped, “If I didn’t know any better, I would think you two came here to beg, right?
Haven’t you seen food in your lives?”
Both of them heard the voice and frowned simultaneously, turning to glance back.
Seeing it was An Xueyin, they were not surprised.
Jing Xuan looked at her and clicked her tongue, “Did you just eat poop?
Otherwise, why does your mouth stink the moment you open it?”
Her voice was neither too loud nor too soft, but enough for the people around to hear.
An Xueyin’s face stiffened instantly, pointing a finger at her, “You!”
“You, you, you, what ‘you’?
Can’t you call someone properly?
Didn’t your mom teach you not to point at people with your finger when talking to them?
When people treat you as a human, better act like one, okay?
Don’t be like a rabid dog attacking people on impulse!”
“If it weren’t for our teachers telling us not to litter from a young age, I would have thrown you out long ago!”
Jing Xuan’s mouth was like a machine gun, continuously firing without stop.
An Xueyin was completely unable to fend off Jing Xuan’s attacks; it was as if she had walked right into a scolding.
After listening for a bit, Su He turned around to grab a piece of small cake and two forks.
“Here, Xiaxia, have some sweets first, don’t let irrelevant people affect your mood, it’s not worth it,” she said casually.
Jing Xuan’s bright face suffused with an enchanting smile, “It didn’t affect me really.
After all, someone came to me voluntarily for my amusement and to fulfill my craving for a verbal spar, quite joyful indeed.”
With that said, they both started eating as if nothing had happened.
An Xueyin was left hanging by the side.
Not far away, Tang Sirou saw this scene but had no intentions of stepping forward to assist.
Jing Xuan scooped up a small spoonful of cake, mumbling with it in her mouth, “Baobao, have you figured out how to get her to talk?”
While eating, Su He shook her head, “Not yet.”
Basically, no matter how tactfully she asked, once she started inquiring, An Xueyin would become suspicious.
It seems she needed to find someone unsuspecting to do it.
Who should she use?
Just then, an offhand comment from Jing Xuan reached her ears.
“Why don’t you find a guy to seduce her?
After all, it’s not only men who get attracted to women; sometimes, women can’t resist a handsome man’s temptation as well.”
Su He pondered for a moment, a hint of mischief in her bright eyes, “That might actually work, although it’s a bit sneaky.
But who knows, it could be effective.”
She had almost forgotten the true nature of An Xueyin, that woman isn’t as reserved and elegant as she appears on the surface; she has a vice she believes is well-hidden, but Su He just happens to be aware of it.
Su He turned to Jing Xuan, her eyes smiling, “Xiaxia, I’ll leave this to you.”
“Sure, no problem, I’ll find you someone handsome and capable to complete the mission.”
Immediately, she whipped out her phone and quickly typed and sent a short message.
…
About ten minutes later.
Another commotion arose at the entrance of the banquet hall.
Utterly bored, Su He turned back upon hearing the noise and glanced at the entrance.
She nudged Jing Xuan, who was still eating, with her elbow.
“Xiaxia, stop eating, the person you’ve been waiting for has arrived.”
At these words, Jing Xuan looked up towards the figure surrounded and being greeted by several people not too far away—it was Ye Hanqing.
The woman was dressed in a champagne-colored tight dress, elegant and suited perfectly.
Su He hadn’t even asked why she was waiting for Miss Ye of the Ye Family tonight.
“Xiaxia, what are you doing tonight?” she suddenly felt an ominous premonition.
Jing Xuan winked at her playfully and seductively, her tone mysterious, “You’ll find out in a bit.”
Su He: “…”
Alright then.
In a moment, Ye Hanqing approached them.
The subtle relationship between Ye Hanqing and Jing Xuan was something many people in the room were aware of.
Everyone here was from the same circle, and some things, once spread, were well-known.
Ye Hanqing was a ballet dancer, more graceful than anyone present, but seemed slightly inferior in front of Su He and Jing Xuan.
Jing Xuan watched her approach voluntarily, her exquisite face breaking into a bright smile, “What brings Miss Ye to me?”
Good, that saved her the trouble of finding her personally.
Ye Hanqing’s demeanor was gentle, her face smiling as she spoke softly, “Miss Jing, Zhiyang and I are getting married.”
Following that, she took out a shiny golden wedding invitation from her bag and handed it to Jing Xuan.
“Zhiyang asked me to bring this to you.”
Jing Xuan’s long eyelashes drooped slightly as her gaze lightly swept over the wedding invitation in her hand.
She neither accepted it nor responded.
Su He was somewhat surprised, had she come all the way just to deliver this invitation?
She glanced at Jing Xuan, recalling what she had said last time.
Lu Zhiyang didn’t want to marry Ye Hanqing, but now…
What was this wedding invitation about?
Everyone around held their breath, afraid that Miss Jing would tear up the invitation the next second.
However, being mere spectators, they naturally wouldn’t speak out of turn, they just had to watch quietly.
Jing Xuan looked up, smiled, and said, “Alright, thank you, congratulations, haha.”
Ye Hanqing was stunned for a moment.
Had she just accepted that so readily?
But the next second, Jing Xuan said, “Perfect, I also have a gift for you, consider it a wedding present.”
Instantly, Jing Xuan’s words filled the air with anticipation.
Everyone was curious about what gift she would give.
Jing Xuan then lowered her head to rummage through her bag, and soon pulled out a folded white paper.
Everyone was puzzled:
A piece of paper as a gift?
Su He frowned slightly seeing the piece of paper in her best friend’s hand.
Ye Hanqing watched her calmly; in such a situation, she didn’t believe Jing Xuan would create a scene without considering the implications.
Jing Xuan held a genuinely pleasant smile as she handed the piece of paper over.
Ye Hanqing didn’t take it immediately but glanced at it first.
Jing Xuan said, “Take it, it’s definitely a big gift; you’re going to be very excited.”
Though puzzled, Ye Hanqing hesitated for a few seconds before accepting it.
But Jing Xuan’s next words drastically changed her expression.
In a deliberately casual tone, Jing Xuan said, “No need to thank me, this is my pregnancy test report.
After all, this gift is a bit expensive, I couldn’t have done it by myself.”
The moment her words fell, the crowd erupted into murmurs.
Such an absurd gift!
Who gives a pregnancy test report as a wedding gift?
Su He was also stupefied.
It took several seconds for Ye Hanqing to recover, looking at Jing Xuan, she asked, “What did you say?”
Jing Xuan patiently repeated, “It’s my pregnancy confirmation, oh, your future husband knows too, without him, I wouldn’t have this report.”
“Boom!”
Ye Hanqing’s mind went blank, her face turning deathly pale.
Her hand trembled, and the paper slipped from her fingers.
Jing Xuan’s shocking statement left everyone around her dumbfounded.
Not far from them, a man in a suit watched the scene, his thin lips curling into an amused smile.
This was explosive: an ex-girlfriend carrying her ex-boyfriend’s child, then the ex-girlfriend handing the pregnancy test report to her ex-boyfriend’s fiancée as a wedding gift.
Only Jing Xuan could pull such a stunt.
Gu Beiyan took out his phone and sent a message in a group chat: “Lu, congratulations on becoming a father.”
Lu Zhiyang quickly replied: “Are you illiterate?
Did you type it wrong?”
Seeing his response, Gu Beiyan chuckled, seems like the young man is in the know?
Meanwhile, Su He pulled Jing Xuan out of the banquet hall.
“Xiaxia, are you really pregnant with his child?” Su He was utterly incredulous.
Jing Xuan looked at her, barely holding back a laugh, “How could that be, I’m not stupid.”
Su He raised an eyebrow, “Then what about you?”
Jing Xuan became vexed as she spoke, “It’s all that damn Lu’s fault!
If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have had to resort to this today!”
However, she hadn’t coordinated this plan with that damn man today.
“…”