Chapter 29: Bastard

Yao Yao didn’t sleep, even though it was already late at night. She sat on the small couch in front of the French window in a daze. The nights in February were still cold. Yao Yao shivered. It was nothing at first, but she suddenly remembered that she was not alone anymore, so she walked down and found a coat to put on.

She usually faced challenges with calmness and quick reflexes, but now, aside from being certain about wanting this child, she was at a loss for what to do.

Their relationship had begun with a financial transaction, and if they wanted to make it last, such a relationship wouldn’t be stable. Huo Konghe was a proud person, and his decision to be with Yao Yao was already a move made out of desperation. So how could he willingly accept Yao Yao’s support for the rest of his life?

That was why he left without making any promises to Yao Yao. Yao Yao could understand that.

But couldn’t he just say that he liked her?

That’s what Yao Yao was angry about.

Therefore, she was confident that Huo Konghe would come back to her on the day he achieved success.

However, she still felt very aggrieved. She touched her flat abdomen and said softly, “Your father is an asshole.”

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Yu Qingze indeed wanted to propose, and he also felt that it was a little abrupt, but after finding out the day before the grievances that Yao Yao suffered, the flames in his heart seemed to have been reignited, and all he wanted to do was to love and protect her.

“I promise I’ll treat your child like my own child,” Yu Qingze said solemnly.

“There’s no need for that, President Yu.” Yao Yao flatly rejected him.

“My child already has a father.” Yao Yao sat down on the sofa, not wanting to explain further to Yu Qingze.

She didn’t want to say more, Yu Qingze didn’t press the issue. All he said before he left was, “I’ll always be there for you”. 

“Yu Qingze.” Yao Yao stopped him.

Yu Qingze, who was opening the door, froze.

“Don’t run checks on me, and don’t touch him.” She clearly knew Yu Qingze’s style of doing things, and this was the last thing she wanted to see happen.

Yu Qingze hesitated, turned around, and left.

After returning to the car, Yu Qingze sat in the backseat and didn’t say a word.

In the car, Yu Qingze sat in the backseat, silent. The driver didn’t dare ask any questions, and the Bentley simply remained at the entrance of N Airlines for some time. 

Finally, Yu Qingze let out a sigh, took out his phone, and made a call.

“Stop investigating,” he said wearily. 

In the afternoon, Jia Jia timidly mentioned that Qi Qi had found out about this matter. 

Yao Yao thought to herself, ‘Oh dear…’. In the end, Qi Qi came to Yao Yao’s office, dressed in a formal suit.

The employees outside were gossiping, saying that two handsome men had visited Yao Yao’s office, and wondering if Yao Yao was planning to get married soon.

As soon as Qi Qi pushed open the door, Yao Yao’s first words were,

“Don’t kneel.”

Qi Qi, who was about to take out a ring, was taken aback, wanting to explain himself, but Yao Yao continued with her second sentence.

“Don’t propose.”

Qi Qi awkwardly put the ring back in his pocket.

“Wait for me to get off work. We can have a meal with Jia Jia after that.”

Qi Qi felt that something was wrong with her and asked, “Why are you so calm?”

Yao Yao snorted. “I’m already pregnant, so I should just think about how I should give birth.”

The three of them decided to eat hotpot. Yao Yao wanted to eat spicy food, but was vetoed by the other two. 

“You can only take the clear soup.” Jia Jia ordered a pot with two different soups.

Yao Yao was clearly unhappy about this. 

The other two people ate the beef from the spicy soup heartily, while Yao Yao could only eat from the bland clear soup side of the pot.

‘This is so unsatisfying,‘ Yao Yao thought to herself. 

Hence, Yao Yao started to make a plan with her phone. By the time the other two finished eating, she had already decided on a course of action.

“I was thinking, let’s stay in the country for now, and then when my belly starts to show, we can go to the US, and just tell the company that I’m going on a business trip. It shouldn’t be hard to arrange.” Yao Yao handed her phone to the other two, showing them her plan.

The two of them looked at it, not having any experience in this area, and could only nod in agreement.

“I’ll go with you,” Jia Jia said.

“I’ll go with you too,” Qi Qi said, raising his hand as he spoke, causing the two women to look at him simultaneously. 

Qi Qi was embarrassed from their stares. He straightened his back and said righteously, “You’ll need a man, after all. What if something happens?”

When she was still in the country, she still had to go to work and socialise as she usually did. She was still very busy every day, but fortunately, her health was good and nothing much happened despite her hectic schedule. The baby was obedient in her stomach and didn’t affect her much.

During this period, Qi Qi acted as Yao Yao’s male companion when she attended social gatherings. He used the excuse that she wasn’t feeling well to help Yao Yao with the drinking. Looking at Qi Qi, who was so drunk but still forced himself to stay sober, Yao Yao’s heart ached a little.

She might have felt some heartache, but she had always distinguished friendship from love.

Yao Yao had sent someone to find out about Huo Konghe, and the feedback was that Huo Konghe was extremely busy. He often reached home at dawn and stayed for a short while before returning to school.

Yao Yao’s heart ached when she heard that, and completely forgot about how hard it was for her as well. 

After hearing that, Jia Jia rolled her eyes at her.

“Yao Yao, you’re a big fool.” Jia Jia lowered her head again and said to her slightly bulging stomach, “Your mother is a big fool for feeling heartache towards a bastard.”

“Tsk.” Yao Yao pushed her away in disdain and read as she practised some yoga moves. “Watch it. Don’t affect the baby’s prenatal education.”

By the end of May, Yao Yao felt that she couldn’t hide her pregnancy anymore, so the three of them boarded a plane to the US. 

While waiting for the flight, Yao Yao was shopping at the duty-free store. Jia Jia was amazed by how she could shop for so long when she was pregnant. She didn’t have the stamina, so she could only sit at a corner and wait for her. Suddenly, Jia Jia spotted the passport in Yao Yao’s bag.

Despite knowing Yao Yao for so many years, Yao Yao had never revealed her birthday to her. It was a question she had also asked Yao Yao in the past, but Yao Yao said that her parents were busy when she was young and didn’t have much time to celebrate for her. Later, her grandfather raised her and didn’t care about such occasions. In the end, she was used to not celebrating her birthday.

Jia Jia took out her passport and secretly memorised Yao Yao’s birthday, December 21st.

//p.s. Yao Yao: I was proposed to by two people in a day. As expected of me.jpg

//p.s. Huo Huo: <Draws his sword> Who is it? Wifey, you can’t agree to it! QAQ.”