Chapter 39: She's Crazy! She Actually Smashed the Begonia Flowers on His Desk

Outside the obstetrics department.

Bai Cixian wore flat calfskin shoes and a fitted white knit dress, her belly barely showing. "Brother Yunci, I told you the baby wanted you here. The moment you came over, I haven't felt uncomfortable all morning."

From the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Meng Shutang approaching, and her gaze at Gu Yunci softened a few degrees. "Even though the baby is in my belly, I always feel like he's closer to you.

Maybe when he's born, he'll look and act just like you. I'm just the delivery service."

Gu Yunci listened absent-mindedly, his attention entirely on Meng Shutang walking toward him from across the way.

Since the day she left, they hadn't seen each other for three days.

He had thought she would be devastated and lost, but to his surprise, her lips were rosy red, vivid and bright—not at all like someone about to get a divorce.

His heart twisted.

Bai Cixian moved closer and wrapped her arms around him. "Brother Yunci, the baby wants blueberries."

The man didn't even notice Bai Cixian's intimacy and subconsciously replied, "Buy them."

The hospital was crowded, especially outside the consultation rooms. Meng Shutang brushed past him.

In Bai Cixian's eyes, the two of them brushed against each other in slow motion, their clothing barely touching. She rejoiced inwardly—Gu Yunci hadn't seen Meng Shutang.

His eyes and heart were full of only her and the baby.

The next second, just as Meng Shutang walked past, the man suddenly turned and, not caring that he bumped into her, grabbed her wrist.

Meng Shutang was caught off guard. She had thought the man hadn't seen her. She struggled hard, not wanting to have anything more to do with this man who had gotten his mistress pregnant while still married.

Seeing this, he let go of her hand.

From his pocket, he took out a small bottle of paper stars—the ones Meng Shutang had folded on their first night together.

She had given the stars to him and told him, "You're my star too. This is the first day I've held starlight in my hands, and the first year I want to hold onto it for a lifetime."

He wasn't sure who else that "too" referred to—Gu Jin Xing? Or Gu Zhu?

But in that moment, she was genuine with him.

He still remembers those eyes to this day.

"You left this behind that night."

That night when he went to the attic, he noticed Meng Shutang had packed everything away neatly, but she had left this behind.

He figured she had accidentally forgotten to take it.

After all, she had brought it from the master bedroom to the attic.

Meng Shutang took it slowly, turned it over in her hand and examined it. The capital pinyin initials of both their names were carved on the bottle, clearly visible.

She gave a faint smile and tossed it backhanded into the medical waste bin beside her. "President Gu, this should have been thrown out long ago."

Gu Yunci's hand froze in midair.

She didn't look back, picking up her things and walking toward the special care ward.

Gu Yunci stood frozen, listening to the crisp click-click-click of heels behind him, each step as if drawing a clear line between them.

Bai Cixian saw this and hugged him. "Brother Yunci, you still have me and the baby..."

Before she could finish, Gu Yunci pushed her away.

He walked straight to the trash bin and bent down to pick the stars out of it.

Bai Cixian was shocked. "Brother Yunci, that's a medical waste bin. There might be cotton swabs used by infectious patients inside..."

Before she could finish, the man had already rummaged through and gotten it in his hand.

He turned around, and Bai Cixian watched him grip the bottle tightly.

"I'll have Qin Zheng come keep you company."

With that, he disappeared into the crowd.

Bai Cixian watched his retreating figure grow farther and farther away, her eyes blurring with tears. She couldn't keep his body, nor could she keep his heart.

"You can only be mine. I won't give up."

In the afternoon, Bai Cixian took the initiative to go to the CEO's office on the 28th floor to find Gu Yunci.

She placed the prenatal checkup report on his desk. "The doctor said the baby is doing well."

Gu Yunci picked it up and looked at it carefully.

Bai Cixian saw a glimmer of a loving father in his eyes. She stepped closer and pointed to a spot. "The doctor said this little one is the baby."

Gu Yunci handed the report back to her. "As long as there are no problems."

Bai Cixian saw this and, supporting her waist, spoke softly in a show of weakness. "Brother Yunci, I've been having trouble sleeping lately. How about I move to Qian Shui Wan to keep you company?

Besides... the baby wants to be closer to you too."

The man's Adam's apple bobbed. He opened a drawer to grab a cigarette, but thinking of Bai Cixian's pregnancy, he pushed the cigarette he had pulled out back in.

Bai Cixian saw this and continued to plead. "Miss Meng has moved out, and you must be lonely on your own. The baby and I coming to keep you company would also be better for the baby's growth."

The man stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window. "I'll arrange a better place for you to stay outside. That house... never mind."

Bai Cixian glanced at the begonia flowers on his desk. "Okay."

But she wasn't ready to give up. Previously, in the private room at Shang K, she had overheard Shen Duan and a few others whispering.

They said that after Gu Yunci and Meng Shutang got married, he loved going to Chengxi Bieshu for vacations.

Before they started their divorce dispute, Gu Yunci had even taken everyone there for a barbecue. But ever since the divorce dispute began, Chengxi Bieshu became a restricted zone.

No one was allowed in anymore.

Shen Duan also said that Chengxi Bieshu had a wonderful environment.

A small estate, filled with the soup flowers Chu Fu loved most in her lifetime, as well as western crabapple blossoms.

In spring and summer, it was practically a sea of flowers.

"Would Chengxi Bieshu work then?" She clenched her hands tightly, probing again.

She refused to believe that she plus the baby in her belly still couldn't measure up to one Meng Shutang.

That house won't work either.

The man hardly gave it any thought.

Bai Cixian suddenly lost some control, she went straight to Gu Yunci's side, holding her lower abdomen, "You've already gone to the Civil Affairs Bureau to file for divorce; in a sense, you're already divorced."

I can't go to Qian Shui Wan, and I can't go to Chengxi Bieshu either.

Is this the reaction you should have?

The man smirked, stubbing out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, 'I think your reaction is the problem.'

What they said at the start was just an act.

Even if they had a child, this relationship wouldn't change at all.

Gu Yunci finished speaking, picked up his coat, and left.

Bai Cixian stood there, dazed.

What did he mean by that just now? Is he saying they were just pretending, that even if they had slept together, she should sensibly take medicine afterward instead of getting pregnant?

Bai Cixian was furious, she turned her gaze to the begonia flower on the table.

"You can keep the house, but I can destroy what you cherish in your heart."

The office always had a cleaning auntie working; she was elderly, and Gu Yunci trusted her, just as he trusted Zhang Ma at Qian Shui Wan.

He spoke with Bai Cixian, and didn't let her leave.

The cleaning auntie heard Bai Cixian's vicious tone, turned her head, and saw she was about to smash the flower.

She hurried over to protect it, saying, 'Section Chief Bai, President Gu treasures this flower,'

"It had just withered recently, and President Gu had barely managed to revive it—you absolutely must not smash it!"

Bai Cixian's mind conjured up what Shen Duan had said before.

When Meng Shutang first moved into Qian Shui Wan, she made a big mistake: she accidentally damaged a scorching-soup flower.

The scorching-soup flower was Chu Fu's favorite thing while she was alive.

Nobody dared to breathe, just waiting for Gu Yunci to erupt.

Who would have thought the man would walk over smiling, and even ask Meng Shutang if she was hurt.

Bai Cixian looked at the cleaning auntie, tears in her eyes, and said word by word: 'Why can Meng Shutang do it, but I can't?'

The cleaning auntie's voice grew a bit more pained: 'Section Chief Bai, this flower really must not be moved; if you insist, I'll have to tell President Gu.'

With a bang, the flowerpot fell to the ground, leaving a mess everywhere.

The cleaning auntie stood there dazed, 'This...'

After a moment, she came to her senses.

She called Gu Yunci, but couldn't get through, so she sent him a WeChat message: 'President Gu, Section Chief Bai smashed the begonia flower on your desk.'