Night fell.
Lin Qian had been busy all day. After work, she took a cab to the hospital.
Today’s event was a huge success, with sales doubling compared to the sa period last year.
She was thrilled.
She wanted to report her work to Chu Yelin.
Entering the hospital and just about to step into the elevator, she saw Su Yu’an walking out of it.
Lin Qian paused her steps and called him, "Yu’an."
She had been busy with work these past two days and hadn’t had a proper conversation with Su Yu’an yet.
For instance, about Gu Yan.
"Hmm, Qianqian."
Su Yu’an smiled slightly upon seeing Lin Qian and walked up to her. "Just finished work? Here to visit Chu Yelin?"
"Yeah."
Lin Qian nodded. "And you? Are you heading back? How’s Gu Yan doing... Is her health okay?"
Gu Yan had a miscarriage, and she hadn’t gone to see her yet.
Thinking about the child in her womb, Lin Qian’s heart felt as if it were being scratched by a claw.
Looking at Lin Qian’s crystal-clear, glass-like eyes, Su Yu’an moved his lips, hesitating.
After a mont of silence, he said, "Gu Yan’s health isn’t seriously affected, but she couldn’t stop crying after losing the child. She’s heartbroken."
This was the truth, though there were other truths he had yet to tell Lin Qian.
For example, Gu Yan accused him, saying she had fallen down the stairs because Lin Qian pushed her.
And she claid that after Lin Qian saw her miscarriage, she didn’t attempt to save her.
She said Lin Qian was the one responsible for the death of the child in her womb.
Of course, those were just her own words. He wouldn’t believe them.
After all, Lin Qian was not that kind of person.
Moreover...
"As long as her health is alright. As for the child... there will be other chances in the future."
Lin Qian’s almond-shaped eyes flickered. Staring at Su Yu’an’s elegant and handso face, she couldn’t hold back her curiosity and asked, "Yu’an, I’ve been wanting to ask you—how did you end up at the hotel with Gu Yan? You don’t even like her, do you?"
Hearing this, Su Yu’an fell silent, furrowing his brows slightly.
"I don’t rember the specifics," he replied. "What I do recall is that Fang Tong asked to et that day. So, we arranged to chat for a while at Star Sky Quiet Bar. After that, I don’t know what happened—she and I both suddenly lost consciousness. Then... later..."
Su Yu’an paused. "When I woke up the next day, Gu Yan was lying next to ."
These few words left Lin Qian utterly shocked.
"Yu’an, are you serious? Sothing doesn’t add up here!"
She thought about it. That day was just after Fang Tong had announced she was leaving the country.
On that day, she also saw Gu Yan and Lu Jun showing up at the maternity and childcare center.
So Fang Tong had secretly arranged to et Su Yu’an after Lin Qian left?
The two of them both fainted?
Then where was Fang Tong?
She couldn’t help but feel the air thick with conspiracy.
"It really doesn’t seem right."
Su Yu’an’s brows remained furrowed. "The next morning, I checked the surveillance footage at Star Sky Quiet Bar, but the staff told the cara system had malfunctioned that very evening—two hours of footage were missing. So I have no idea how Gu Yan ended up eting or how I ended up sleeping with her."
He strongly suspected that Gu Yan had orchestrated it.
But he had no evidence to prove it.
Lin Qian listened intently, growing increasingly alard.
She asked urgently, "What about Tong then? Wasn’t she unconscious too? Where did she go afterward? She hasn’t called once since then. Do you think sothing might’ve happened to her?"
Her heart grew heavier.
Fang Tong was an outgoing person, and their friendship was close. If sothing hadn’t happened, she would never have left the country without letting Lin Qian know.
Fang Tong...
"It shouldn’t be the case."
Su Yu’an hesitated slightly before saying to Lin Qian, "I reviewed the surveillance footage thoroughly. Apart from the missing segnt from when she and I t, everything else was intact. I saw her leaving Star Sky Quiet Bar late that night and taking a cab away."
He couldn’t stop worrying about Fang Tong either.
After all, she collapsed in front of him.
So he paid special attention to Fang Tong’s whereabouts while reviewing the footage.
Seeing Fang Tong leave Star Sky Quiet Bar unhard gave him so relief.
Despite Su Yu’an’s reassurances, Lin Qian still couldn’t put her mind at ease.
Even if Fang Tong didn’t encounter trouble at the bar, what about what happened after?
Why had her phone been turned off ever since?
Why hadn’t she called after leaving the country?
Where exactly was she?
Lin Qian frowned deeply and looked at Su Yu’an. "Yu’an, I’m really worried about Tong. Can you help look into her whereabouts?"
She needed to find her no matter what.
"Alright."
Su Yu’an nodded without hesitation.
Lin Qian smiled faintly, biting her lip as thoughts of Gu Yan resurfaced. "Yu’an, are you really going to marry Gu Yan?"
The thought of Su Yu’an sleeping with Gu Yan made the situation feel all wrong.
Su Yu’an wasn’t foolish. Was he really going to just accept it?
"About this..."
Su Yu’an shook his head helplessly. "Because of the news coverage, both the Gu Family and my mother pressured to marry Gu Yan. At first, I refused, but then... Gu Yan turned out to be pregnant. The child was innocent, so I compromised for the sake of the baby. But now..."
Su Yu’an paused. "Now that the baby’s gone, I don’t know whether to feel relieved—I just feel unburdened entirely. I don’t love Gu Yan; I was only considering marriage for the baby’s sake. Now that the child is gone, there’s no reason for to marry her anymore."
His words were filled with relief.
Lin Qian didn’t respond imdiately, but inwardly, she agreed with his decision.
Not because she lacked empathy.
But because Gu Yan was not a good person—scheming and far from gentle and kind.
She was totally unworthy of Su Yu’an.
"Hmm, as long as you’ve made up your mind."
Lin Qian nodded. "Though I imagine rejecting marriage won’t be easy. After all, two families’ elders seem to enjoy the idea of you two being together."
"True. But the life I’ll lead is my own. This is sothing I won’t compromise on."
Su Yu’an gazed at Lin Qian, his star-like eyes flashing with sothing hidden.
She hadn’t married yet, so he wouldn’t marry so easily either.
Moreover...
Su Yu’an pressed his lips together, and for so reason, Fang Tong’s stunningly beautiful face flashed through his mind.
His emotions surged suddenly as he recalled a dream he had that night at Star Sky Quiet Bar.
In the dream, the woman he was entangled with wasn’t Gu Yan—it was Fang Tong!
Su Yu’an’s eyes flickered as he forcibly suppressed the steamy imagery and shifted the topic. "Qianqian, I heard from Gu Yan that your child’s father is Chu Yelin? Then what about my cousin..."
He was stunned, astonished.
And suddenly, he felt that Yin Moran and he were both pitiful.
They had fought so hard, only to suddenly find out the baby’s biological father had appeared.
What’s more, this father was manipulating the situation—using his life-saving act as a bargaining chip for repaynt!
"Yu’an, you’ve heard it too?"
Lin Qian tucked her hair behind her ear and lowered her eyes slightly, pursing her lips.
"I don’t really know what to do... I guess... I’ll just let nature take its course!"
On one side was the baby’s biological father.
On the other was the man she had fallen in love with.
How could she make a choice? She had no answer.
They carried on chatting idly, neither noticing that in a secluded corner, a pair of cold eyes were silently watching them, glinting with an icy light.
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