Chapter 235: Received a Court Summons

Lin Shutong discovered that Shen Xun really didn't want this child, and she felt somewhat panicked.

She even pointed to the baby in her belly and asked Shen Xun to willingly give her money to help her get through this.

So, at night, Lin Shutong let Shen Xun sleep in the same bed with her, saying the hospital bed was too narrow.

Shen Xun was already lying on the hospital bed, looking up at the ceiling and said, "This place is also fine."

"Ah Xun, you'll catch a cold." Lin Shutong half-leaned on the bedside, watching him slowly close his eyes, her gaze gradually turning grim.

"There's air conditioning, so it shouldn't." Shen Xun had already fallen asleep.

Lin Shutong unwillingly lay back down, snapped off the light, and after a while said, "Ah Xun, I can't sleep; can you come up and keep me company?"

Shen Xun didn't open his eyes, just asked her, "Is your stomach uncomfortable?"

Lin Shutong said sadly, "I haven't been sleeping well lately."

Shen Xun: "Me too."

Lin Shutong: "..."

She wanted comfort, not to hear that you also haven't been sleeping well.

Lin Shutong turned over, looked toward where Shen Xun was sleeping, and asked, "Ah Xun, are you also blaming me?"

"We've come this far; what's the point of blaming each other?" Shen Xun's voice was flat, devoid of any emotion.

Recently, problems have come one after another, each making him tense up constantly.

When he called Ping'an and the person who answered was Jiang Lai, the continuously taut string in Shen Xun finally snapped.

The situation had reached the worst possible point, and the anticipated outcomes all came to pass.

When these "bad results" occurred, he instead remained calm and composed, no longer like before, with every nerve in his mind constantly tugging.

He truly didn't want to use Ping'an to threaten Jiang Lai, because he knew that once he did, there would be no room for maneuver between him and Jiang Lai, not even a bit.

But at that time he had already been pushed step by step by fate, and he couldn't bear to give up the slim chance of keeping his job and dignity, so he ultimately made this choice.

The result told him his choice was wrong.

He knew it was wrong.

Sometimes, only when the outcome is verified does one truly give up.

Shen Xun remained calm, but Lin Shutong couldn't, because the person who had to fully repay that sum was her, not Shen Xun.

Shen Xun ruined his reputation; she not only ruined her reputation but also faces massive compensation.

The one truly pushed to the brink is her—how could she stay calm?

She couldn't stay calm and had to think of every way to raise money.

The child could let Shen Xun keep spitting out gold coins, but who else could she turn to for help? Gu Zhiyan, Lu Hongyuan...

Lin Shutong tossed and turned; Gu Zhiyan's side was hard to fool, as she had no substantive relationship with him.

Lu Hongyuan was different.

She needed to think of a way to get Lu Hongyuan to produce some money.

Although Yuan Shu Technology is small, its profits are not insignificant; moreover, she still needs to go to Yuan Shu Technology's new project research team, so Lu Hongyuan giving her money is more justified than when Shen Xun gave her money back then.

Thinking and thinking, her nerves relaxed a bit, but she still couldn't sleep, so she simply got out of bed and forced herself into Shen Xun's arms.

Shen Xun heard the movement, got up, sat up, and questioned her: "What exactly are you trying to do?"

Lin Shutong: "I want to sleep with you."

As she said that, she moved to kiss him, but Shen Xun quickly dodged.

"Lin Shutong, don't do that."

"Ah Xun, before your divorce we could do this; why after the divorce is it not allowed?" Lin Shutong slumped onto the hospital bed, looking up at Shen Xun, who stood aside avoiding her like a venomous snake.

Shen Xun: "I said we made a mistake before; we can't keep making it."

Lin Shutong tears up: "You and Jiang Lai have already..."

Shen Xun exploded: "You don't need to remind me!"

He got up and left.

Lin Shutong panicked and called out to him: "Ah Xun, there's still a prenatal check tomorrow morning; I can't manage alone."

Shen Xun stopped his steps, lowered his voice, and said: "I'm going out for a smoke."

He smoked that cigarette for half the night.

The next morning a nurse came over, smelled smoke on Shen Xun, and specifically reminded him that smoking would affect fetal development.

Shen Xun indicated he knew.

He took Lin Shutong to get examined.

Lin Shutong first went to the restroom, sent the urine sample to the lab, then went to have blood drawn.

Blood routine plus blood type, one tube.

Liver and kidney function, one tube.

Hepatitis B, syphilis, HIV, one tube.

Thyroid function, one tube.

Four tubes, total volume under twenty milliliters, within the safe range; however, after drawing blood they might feel a bit uncomfortable, so the doctor advised them to prepare food and drink in advance, such as soy milk buns, milk bread.

Shen Xun had already bought them.

After the blood draw, Lin Shutong watched Shen Xun keep saying it hurt, feeling uncomfortable.

While she pressed the cotton swab herself, she had Shen Xun feed her something on the side.

To onlookers, the two seemed very harmonious.

After all the tests were done, it was almost noon; the B-ultrasound and ECG results came out quickly, and when the NT was finished, the doctor said the NT value was normal, early screening for abnormalities passed.

Lin Shutong happily told Shen Xun: "Ah Xun, our baby has no abnormalities, very healthy."

Other results still need to wait a bit; the blood drawn in the morning, the liver and kidney function and thyroid function results came out in the afternoon.

The four immune items need to wait until tomorrow to come out.

So far nothing serious has been found, so they don't need to stay in the hospital.

But Lin Shutong insisted on staying another day, ostensibly to wait for tomorrow's results to avoid another trip, but in fact she was forcing Shen Xun to stay here and keep her company.

Lin Shutong tried hard to use the child to make Shen Xun feel guilty, but a phone call interrupted her plan.

The Ji family called.

The nanny said, "Miss Lin, the court has sent over a subpoena."

Immediately after, the aunt's angry voice came over the phone: "Lin Shutong, you have no home, right? Don't send all this messy stuff to my house! Your maternal grandfather is going to be so angry his anger will reach the heavens! I'll have the driver deliver the court subpoena directly to your home."

She hung up immediately after saying that.

Lin Shutong's face turned ashen.

Shen Xun asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Shutong stammered, "A Xun, Jiang Lai has filed a lawsuit in court; I've already been raising money, why does she still want to sue in court!"

"Mm, I know." Shen Xun had anticipated it.

The Fu family abandoned him precisely because of this choice; if they could settle privately, they could still keep it under wraps outwardly, but the board would likely only exile him.

"Do you know why you didn't tell me?" Lin Shutong's carefully applied no-makeup makeup could not hide her pallor at this moment.

Shen Xun countered, "What's the point of telling you? Can you even contact Jiang Lai? I can't reach her either; she's been planning to sue since early on, and sending a lawyer's letter is just psychological warfare against us."

"I didn't sue immediately earlier only because I used the Fuli Yuan's child to restrain her; that child she found, so that day I told you to hurry up and raise money, so we wouldn't be unable to pay within the court's judgment deadline and then face enforcement."

Enforcement means seizure of assets—not just freezing accounts, but also directly deducting balances, as well as detention, travel restrictions, and so on.