The weather, which had been gloomy for many days, finally began to drizzle in the morning.
In a cemetery on the outskirts of Jinghua City.
Shen Chi Yan held a black umbrella, his dark eyes fixed on the photo in front of the tombstone.
He was dressed in black casual wear, and he looked cold and desolate in the rain. He held a cigarette in his hand, took a deep breath, and exhaled heavily, a sign of his troubled mood.
A moment later, Lin Qiu Tong, dressed in white casual wear and flat shoes, also arrived. Seeing Shen Chi Yan from afar, her heart began to pound uncontrollably.
Indeed, no matter where he was, no matter what he wore, he always made her heart flutter.
Last night, Lin Qiu Tong had called Shen Chi Yan and told him she was pregnant with his child. Shen Chi Yan had not said a word.
The terrifying silence had lasted for a while, and she couldn't stand it any longer, so she suggested they meet.
Then, Shen Chi Yan proposed meeting here and hung up the phone.
Lin Qiu Tong was excited and apprehensive. She hadn't slept well all night, but thinking of meeting Shen Chi Yan today, she still got up early to put on a "barely-there" makeup.
She didn't know why Shen Chi Yan wanted to meet her here, but with Lin Fei Chi as her backing, she thought it would be easier to make Shen Chi Yan acknowledge this child.
"A Yan..."
Seeing that Shen Chi Yan hadn't noticed her arrival, Lin Qiu Tong called out softly.
Shen Chi Yan turned to look at her. His gaze fell on her lower abdomen, and he immediately turned away and stubbed out his cigarette.
Seeing his action, Lin Qiu Tong's heart filled with joy. He still cared about the child in her womb. Thinking about it, even though he liked Song Qi Nian, Shen Chi Yan was not with them when Song Qi Nian got pregnant and gave birth to Song Zan.
If Shen Chi Yan had stayed with her, watched their child grow in her womb, and then been born, their feelings would surely be deeper than those for Song Zan.
Lin Qiu Tong placed the lilies she was holding in front of the tombstone and smiled at the person on the tombstone, "Brother, how have you been lately? A Yan and I have come to see you."
Lin Qiu Tong secretly glanced at Shen Chi Yan, then touched her abdomen with a gentle expression, "I've also brought someone to see you, your nephew... the child of A Yan and me."
Shen Chi Yan's face was expressionless. After Lin Qiu Tong had babbled for a long time, he slowly spoke, "When did this happen?"
"What?"
"When did you get pregnant?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiu Tong's face was full of shyness, "When else? It was last time... we were at the hotel..."
Shen Chi Yan's face remained expressionless, and he became even more cold due to Lin Qiu Tong's words. Lin Qiu Tong was on the verge of losing her composure.
"How long has it been?"
"Exactly one month."
As she spoke, Lin Qiu Tong took out a B-scan from her bag and handed it to Shen Chi Yan. Shen Chi Yan didn't even reach out to take it. He merely glanced at it indifferently and said, "This child is not mine!"
Lin Qiu Tong's face instantly changed. She tightened her grip on the B-scan, then looked at Shen Chi Yan incredulously, her eyes welling up with tears, "A Yan, if you don't want to take responsibility, just say so. Why are you saying the child is not yours!"
In the past, seeing Lin Qiu Tong's tears, Shen Chi Yan would always feel a pang of reluctance. But now, he felt nothing at all, even finding it annoying.
"Because that night, I didn't touch you at all!"
Lin Qiu Tong's heart was instantly engulfed by a great sense of panic. Then, she started crying again, "You were so drunk that night, how do you know you didn't touch me? Besides, if you didn't touch me, how did the child in my belly come about? Besides you, I have no other man!"
"Drunk?"
Shen Chi Yan scoffed, "I wasn't drunk that night. I was drugged by Shen Qi Wen. As for how I ended up in your room, only you and Shen Qi Wen know. But one thing I can be one hundred percent sure of is that I didn't touch you!"
Shen Chi Yan no longer looked at the tearful Lin Qiu Tong. Instead, he looked at Lin Fei Chi on the tombstone, "Fei Chi, I promised you that I would take good care of your sister, but that was under the condition that she was still the cute, lively, and kind sister you knew."
Hearing Shen Chi Yan's words, Lin Qiu Tong's heart leaped into her throat. She didn't understand what Shen Chi Yan meant.
"Before, I was burdened by the guilt of Fei Chi dying for me. Now, I have repaid what I owed Fei Chi."
As he spoke, Shen Chi Yan calmly looked at Lin Qiu Tong, "In front of Fei Chi, I will ask you again, did Song Guan Liang kidnap you, or did you frame Song Guan Liang?"
After such a long time, hearing Song Guan Liang's name made Lin Qiu Tong's heart clench painfully.
If it was strange that Shen Chi Yan had been avoiding her for the past two years, then he was even stranger today.
She had heard from Shen Qi Wen before that Song Guan Liang had been released. Could it be that he believed Song Guan Liang's words?
No matter which it was, she could not admit it!
She still wanted to use the child to be with Shen Chi Yan, and even marry into the Shen family. If she admitted to framing Song Guan Liang, wouldn't everything be ruined?
Shen Chi Yan's eyes were dark and sharp, as if they could see through all pretense. Lin Qiu Tong was terrified in her heart, and could only feign calmness on her face, "Of course Song Guan Liang kidnapped me. I don't even know Song Guan Liang, why would I frame him?"
If he hadn't already found some clues, Shen Chi Yan would never have believed that Lin Qiu Tong was lying, and even lying in front of Lin Fei Chi.
It seemed she was no longer the Lin Qiu Tong he knew!
Just then, Shen Chi Yan's phone suddenly rang. He took out his phone and saw that it was Song Qi Nian calling. His stern expression softened, and he answered the phone directly in front of Lin Qiu Tong, "Qi Qi..."
"Qin Qin wants to visit the set, and I want to see Mom too. We'll have dinner together tonight, what do you want to eat?"
"You decide, it's raining outside, remember to bring an umbrella when you go out."
"Got it. Do you have any favorite celebrities? Do you want me to help you get autographed photos?"
"Yes!"
"Who?"
"Song Qi Nian!"
Song Qi Nian on the other end of the phone chuckled, "Okay, I'll sign as many as you want tonight."
"I don't want them signed with a pen."
"Then what do you want them signed with?"
Shen Chi Yan said an English word in a low voice. After hearing it, Song Qi Nian laughed and scolded him, "Rogue."
Lin Qiu Tong listened to Shen Chi Yan talking on the phone with Song Qi Nian from the side, her palms almost bleeding from her nails digging into them.
She could never understand why Song Qi Nian, who had eloped with Li Jun Shen for two years and had probably been with him countless times, was still so loved by Shen Chi Yan?
And she, who had only loved him from beginning to end, could not get even a shred of his love.