Chapter 31.1 You want me to cook breakfast for you for a month?

Bai Duanduan was so happy to have received the reimbursement from Ji Lin without losing a single penny. She was in a happy mood as she prepared to return to her seat to continue her study of the latest case law. 

Although Xue Wen introduced herself to her cousin’s case today and said she would visit her in person to explain the case clearly, most people who consult a lawyer for any legal issues fail to visit their lawyer in person even though they have made an appointment because of their distrust of lawyers. They are generally more accustomed to telephonic consultations with acquaintances. They are too shy to talk about their legal problems in person, so nearly 70% of the so-called visits to their homes are also unsuccessful. 

In spite of the fact that it was introduced by Xue Wen, Bai Duanduan did not feel that the other party would come today, as most people who come to see a lawyer have to do some psychological building beforehand.

Therefore, when the receptionist called her to say that someone was looking for her, Bai Duanduan was stunned for a moment. She didn’t expect Xue Wen’s younger cousin to be so swift and decisive in action? 

She walked down the hall to the reception desk with her doubts. She saw a woman sitting on the reception area sofa with her face turned sideways. She could only see long hair and slender limbs. The woman was obviously a slim figure, but she was wearing a long dress that was very wide like a nightgown. 

“You are Xue…”

The other party heard Bai Duanduan’s voice and immediately stood up. Only then did Bai Duanduan see the other party’s face, and she swallowed the other half of the sentence she hadn’t finished, “Dai Qin?”

Wasn’t the person standing in front of her the one whose photo was fleshed out in the hot topic just now, Dai Qin? And it was only then that Bai Duanduan finally saw that after the other party stood up, because there was no visual cover of bending over, her slightly bulging stomach under her long, loose dress was already very obvious against her slender limbs. She was a pregnant woman.

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Ebld Pyk Ckd pyo vbyv Jyk Pwydewyd nswze nyzz swv bla dyxl ynnwayvlzu, bla qynl oyp y zkvvzl pwarakple. Fbl oyp vyjld ycynj, vbld pbl tyvblale bla zsdt byka clqsal bla hsknl vaykzle sqq, “Tlzzs, Nyoula Jyk, R’x Dwl Eld’p nswpkd Pyk Ckd yde R oswze zkjl vs nsdpwzv usw sd vbl zltyz yprlnvp sq vbl nsxrydu’p ekpxkppyz.”

Fbl eked’v lmrlnv vs qkde swv vbyv vbl bsv plyanb oyp ps nzspl vs bla. Jyk Pwydewyd tyvblale bla lxsvksdp yde kdhkvle Pyk Ckd kdvs vbl nsdqlaldnl assx qkapv, tyhl bla rzykd cskzle oyvla yde y rkzzso.

“Fkdnl usw’al Dwl Eld’p nswpkd, R’zz nyzz usw Pyk Ckd vss. Zsw’al raltdydv, usw nyd’v eakdj vly, ps fwpv wpl y nwr sq rzykd oyvla qkapv. Rq vblal kp yduvbkdt wdnsxqsavyczl, usw nyd fwpv vlzz xl ekalnvzu.”

Jyk Pwydewyd oyp fwpv nyakdt qsa bla zkjl vbkp, ulv Pyk Ckd oyp bszekdt vbl tzypp sq rzykd oyvla okvb ale lulp. Fbl zsolale bla blye okvb schkswp lxcyaayppxldv sd bla qynl, “R esd’v jdso kq usw jdso xu dyxl qasx Fkpvla Eldold sa qasx vbl Rdvladlv, cwv… cwv pkdnl R yx blal vs nsdpwzv usw, R okzz dsv bkel kv qasx usw. Mbl xyvvla R yx ldnswdvlakdt dso byp clld qlaxldvle sd vbl Rdvladlv, yde xu dyxl, rbsvsp, yde lhld xu bsxl yeealpp yde xsckzl rbsdl byhl clld lmrsple, yde dso R esd’v eyal vs vwad sd xu rbsdl clnywpl obld R vwad sd xu rbsdl kv’p qwzz sq vlmv xlppytlp yde byayppkdt nyzzp qasx yzz shla vbl nswdvau nwapkdt xl.”

Jyk Pwydewyd eked’v bkel kv lkvbla. Fbl pyke kxrzknkvzu, “R byhl y zkvvzl wdelapvydekdt sq uswa pkvwyvksd qasx vbl Rdvladlv.”

Pyk Ckd’p qkdtlap takrrle vbl tzypp sq oyvla ps byae vbyv bla csdlp vwadle obkvl, “Rd qynv, vbspl sd vbl Rdvladlv yal yzz sdl-pkele osaep qasx vbl nsxrydu. Yu qlvyz pknj zlyhl kp dsv vs elqaywe vbl nsxrydu sq xu pyzyau, cwv clnywpl R yx alyzzu czllekdt. Mblal kp y akpj sq xkpnyaakytl okvb ralxldpvawyz puxrvsxp yde plhlal xsadkdt pknjdlpp. R zshl vbkp fsc yde R oydv vbkp fsc yde R oswze dlhla byhl vyjld vkxl sqq kq xu blyzvb byed’v alyzzu dsv yzzsole kv.”

Pyk Ckd ckv bla zkr, “Jwv vbyv twkele kdvlahklo okvb swa TS ekalnvsa nsxrzlvlzu yhskele vbl kxrsavydv rskdvp yde sdzu lmvaynvle sdl-pkele kdqsaxyvksd, rsavayukdt xl yp psxlsdl obs kp swvaktbv vaukdt vs qkde y nsxrydu vs nblyv sd bla pyzyau ewakdt raltdydnu qsa psnkyz plnwakvu yde rashkeldv qwde okvbswv osajkdt qsa kv. Nyoula Jyk, nyd R pwl pwnb y rlapsd qsa elqyxyvksd yde hkszyvksd sq vbl aktbv vs alrwvyvksd?”

Jyk Pwydewyd pvyale yv Pyk Ckd, “Ebyv ycswv nsdnlyzkdt uswa raltdydnu yde fskdkdt vbl nsxrydu? Pke usw jdso usw olal raltdydv clqsal usw fskdle?”

Dai Qin’s eyes dodged and she paused for a moment before nodding, “I knew.”

Bai Duanduan sighed as Dai Qin’s reply verified her suspicions, “It’s true that you concealed your pregnancy to join the company, and it’s also true that you took leave to keep the baby after the official transfer. In that case, all these details that your HR manager said are all true, and this cannot be considered a violation of the right to reputation.” 

Dai Qin was anxious, “But I didn’t conceal my pregnancy in order to take sick leave and cheat on my salary and social security after I joined the company. I concealed my pregnancy simply because if I had told the truth about my situation, I wouldn’t have been hired at all! Not to mention Guifeng Communications, no company, not even the smallest private company, would take me on. Once a woman is pregnant, it’s impossible to get a job!”

“Lawyer Bai, you are also a woman. You know how difficult it is for women to be in the workplace. If you are single, the company is wary of you getting married and pregnant after you join in and then taking maternity leave; not to mention those who are married and have no children; and even if you give birth to a child, the company is afraid that you will have a second child. After giving birth to a second child, you are not young, and you have to take care of the children at home. In short, the core positions that have room for improvement will definitely not be left for you… For those like me, in the same position, if you say that you have plans to get pregnant, it would be tantamount to suicide!”

“Although society is now talking about protecting women’s right to employment, and also protecting the benefits of maternity leave, sick leave, and subsequent maternity leave for pregnant women, what is the reality? The reality is that companies don’t want to bear this burden at all! They just want to avoid using female employees at the source!”

Dai Qin seemed to have been trying to hold it back for a long time, and her emotions finally broke through at this moment, “Lawyer Bai, although I concealed my pregnancy and joined the company, my original intention was not to take sick leave and cheat the company after I joined. As soon as I joined the company, I didn’t relax just because I was pregnant. I took over a lot of things at the beginning. I worked overtime almost every day until 10 o’clock in the evening, and I arrived at the company at 7 o’clock in the morning. I never took a lunch break, and almost devoted myself to work. I had severe morning sickness and the food in the cafeteria was not good. But I persisted. After one month of joining, I lost 7 pounds, but I have no regrets. I feel guilty for concealing my pregnancy and taking the job, so I rushed to do many things. I really didn’t do it to only survive the probation period. I just didn’t expect the timing to be so coincidental. Once the probationary period was over, my body suddenly couldn’t take it anymore ……”

Bai Duanduan interjected while listening patiently, “Do you punch in and out of work? Are there any records of what you said about going to work at seven o’clock and getting off work at ten o’clock in the evening?”

Dai Qin froze, but replied, “Yes, we have a record of punching in and out, and there are also monitors at the entrance of the company’s office area, all of which are recorded.”

“En.”

Dai Qin’s eyes were heavy with tears and she touched her stomach before continuing, “I’ve been around a few good friends who were very fit when they were pregnant before, and they all worked until just before they gave birth. So I thought that I am still young and usually have a very good physique. I used to do a 20 hours shift at my previous work without sleep and I preserved. Although I am not a smart person, I am willing to endure hardship and have never been tired from working overtime and going on business trips. It’s just a pregnancy, right? I was very confident that I can also work all the way to the leave before giving birth. I thought I would be able to keep both my work and my child. I just didn’t expect that one day after my probation period was over, I would suddenly have a bad stomach pain. I was bleeding red. I went to the hospital for an examination and was told that the indicators were not good. I was malnourished and anemic, and I needed to be in bed to recuperate. Moreover, my cervix is shorter than others since birth, and the uterus position is too low. The distance between the fetal head and the cervical opening is too short. If I continue to overwork and walk around, there is a possibility of miscarriage… But this child, I have to keep it anyway.”

A girl of Dai Qin’s age, actually has such a great maternal love for her unborn child. Bai Duanduan was also a little surprised, and as if to answer the doubts in her heart, Dai Qin’s eyes turned slightly red, this time, her voice also brought a strong mourning, “Lawyer Bai, although I knew I was pregnant before I joined. It is not as manager Li said in the interview that I didn’t get a marriage license and concealed my pregnancy and blackmailed the company by relying on the name of being unmarried. It’s just that …… I …I have no way to get the marriage license.”

Bai Duanduan was a little surprised, “How can there be no way? Does the man’s parents do not agree with this relationship?”

Dai Qin shook her head bitterly as she glanced at her stomach with tears in her eyes, “This child is a posthumous child. His father has passed away ……”

When Bai Duanduan saw Dai Qin at first, she had a preconceived idea that it was a young couple who didn’t pay attention to contraception after living together, so they had an unmarried pregnancy first. She had thought about it, but she never thought it would end like this, “I’m sorry…”

Dai Qin finally couldn’t help it, and burst into tears, “The child’s father was a firefighter. Originally, we had planned to get a marriage certificate. Both parents have also met each other. They were already planning to book a hotel and prepare for the wedding. But we didn’t expect that he would be called out on a mission one night. It was a chemical company in the suburbs that exploded in a fire, but in the end he didn’t couldn’t make it out of it …” 

Dai Qin was crying too much in grief, having lost her beloved in such a painful way. Bai Duanduan thought that she would not be able to empathize with her in any way, so she did not say any more glib words of comfort and just simply listened to Dai Qin’s account in silence.

“He was only 26 years old. He hasn’t had time to do anything. He hasn’t had time to give me a wedding. He hasn’t had time to think about the name of his future child. He hasn’t had time to watch the child be born and accompany the child to grow up. The day he died, it was only 4 days before his 27th birthday.”

When Dai Qin mentioned the child’s father, she couldn’t control her emotions any bit and she choked with tears, “I was secretly knitting sweaters for him behind his back. I also knitted the same style for the child. I wanted to wait for his 27th birthday and give him these two sweaters as a gift and surprise. We also decided to go to get the marriage certificate on his birthday, but we didn’t expect…”

When she said that, Bai Duanduan finally understood, “So that’s why you had to make it a priority to keep the baby even if you risked the pressure of being misunderstood by everyone and the disdain of others after learning that the baby was in a bad condition, right?”

Because she loved the child’s father so much that she decided to give up her reputation to keep the bloodline for him.