Chapter 45: Seeing the Pregnancy Test Report, He Went Completely Mad

Gu Yunci made no sound.

Gu Yeyheng: "I know, you're also feeling uneasy. But you're still young; in a few months you'll have a child."

Gu Yunci's hand tightened slightly, "I don't love Bai Cixian, and I won't marry her."

The private room fell silent instantly; Bai Lianyue looked at Gu Yunci in disbelief, then at Bai Cixian.

She thought that after all this time her beloved daughter had won over the big CEO, but it turned out he never regarded her at all.

Gu Yeyheng: "She's carrying our Gu family's bloodline; even though the child is gone now, you still have to take responsibility and be accountable to her."

Gu Yunci: "If she wants anything, just ask. Marriage? Absolutely impossible."

After saying that, he stood up to leave.

Bai Lianyue grabbed him, "Yunci, are you blaming Cixian for not being able to protect your child? Child, don't blame her; she's also pitiful."

"You lost the child and almost died on the operating table; Aunt didn't force you. Keep her by your side, just to pity her one‑sided devotion."

Gu Yunci politely withdrew Bai Lianyue's hand and walked away.

He had just stepped out of the room when he was called.

"Brother Yunci," Bai Cixian called out, supporting her weak body as she ran out, "You just said you'd fulfill any of my wishes!"

"Besides staying by your side, I want nothing else, I ask for nothing."

……

Gu Yunci left the Junyan Restaurant, just as he sat in the car, Gu Yeyheng's lethal chain of demands arrived.

"Yunci, a pure girl who just had a miscarriage and died once, if you don't marry her, how will she live?"

"The previous marriage was arranged between you and your grandmother; this time, no matter what, I'm in charge—you'll have a contract marriage."

"After three years, if you still don't like her, you'll divorce!"

Gu Yunci listened, making no sound.

Gu Yeyheng still thought he'd been swayed, "Believe dad, you'll be happy."

Gu Yunci: "A contract marriage happy? Are you and my mother happy?"

For a long time on the phone, Gu Yeyheng's voice was silent.

Gu Yunci lifted the phone and saw it had been hung up.

Gu Yunci drove back to Qian Shui Wan.

Zhang Ma asked if he had eaten; he said he wasn't hungry and told Zhang Ma to eat herself.

He went upstairs alone, planning to take a shower in the bathroom and then nap.

He opened the cabinet door, and when he saw the black nightgown still with its tags, he suddenly couldn't hold himself back.

In his mind, Meng Shutang's image wearing that dress floated up.

Her neck was slender, shoulders crisp, the hem lightly draped over the knees, skin like jade glimmering lazily yet deadly alluring in the dim light.

They had actually discussed and bought the dress together.

Later he voluntarily proposed divorce, and she never wore it.

But she also didn't take it away; it hung there alone, like this abandoned marriage.

He, a bit agitated, slammed the cabinet door, then reached out to yank off his tie and fling it onto the bed.

His hand missed; the tie didn't land on the bed but on the bedside table beside it.

He halted his turning motion, his gaze fixed on the side.

A platinum diamond ring lay quietly on the solid wood cabinet surface.

This wedding ring was a pair with his; their names were engraved on it. Gu Yunci walked over and picked it up.

When they went to divorce today, Meng Shutang still wore it on her hand; she saw it.

This was the only solace in his gloomy day.

In these past few dozen days, no matter how they argued or gave each other the cold shoulder, she never took it off.

So, she really left!

Ah, no… He suddenly turned around recklessly, ran upstairs, thinking Meng Shutang had returned.

But seeing the attic door locked, he turned back down, "Zhang Ma, Zhang Ma…"

Zhang Ma came out of the room, "What's wrong, President Gu?"

Gu Yunci was a bit incoherent, "Shutang, did she come?"

Zhang Ma: "The young master… Miss Meng came, but didn't enter the house; she handed the wedding ring to me and left again."

Gu Yunci was about to say something when his phone rang, an unknown number.

He didn't want to answer and hung up directly.

But after a while, it rang again.

He reluctantly answered; a stranger's voice said, "Hello Mr. Gu, I'm the owner of He Ji Noodle House. You came here for a meal today and left something behind."

He asked coolly, "What thing?"

"It's not important; we sent it to them."

"The pregnancy test report, the name on it is Meng Shutang; she's your wife, right?"

The moment the news reached his ears, Gu Yunci stiffened.

Then his blood seemed to boil instantly, his breathing erratic; he almost babbled, "Yes, she's my wife."

He clutched his phone; in the deep‑autumn night, without even putting on a coat, he rushed out of the house like a madman toward He Ji Noodle House.

All the way, he was overwhelmed by an almost uncontrollable ecstatic joy.

At that moment, he realized that true ecstasy can make even someone as consistently calm and self‑controlled as him lose his composure.

The usual 40‑minute journey took only 19 minutes today.

He ran inside and said, "Madam, I am Gu Yunci."

The proprietress handed her a medical insurance card and a prenatal test form, saying, "I found them while cleaning this afternoon; after I learned you left here and went to the Civil Affairs Bureau, I went in right away to ask."

The staff gave me your wife's phone number; I called several times with no answer, so I asked for yours as well.

I originally intended to call you directly, but who knew a crowd suddenly came into the shop; I just remembered now, I'm really sorry."

Gu Yunci took the prenatal test form and read every piece of information on it without a single error, not even overlooking the punctuation marks.

His hand trembled badly, and even his voice sounded hoarse, "I should be the one thanking you."

After leaving the noodle shop, he paused to watch for a moment.

The shop was small and its façade a bit dilapidated; it was time for a makeover.

He took out his phone and sent a voice message to Qin Zheng.

After sending, he looked for Meng Shutang.

【I saw the prenatal test form. You're pregnant; why are you hiding it from me?】

If he found out she was pregnant, he would absolutely refuse to sign a divorce certificate with her.

The next second, a red exclamation mark appeared to the left of his message.

Below there was another line: "【The message was sent, but the recipient rejected it.】"

She blocked him!

His heart skipped a beat; he found Meng Shutang's phone number, dialed it, and discovered it was also blocked.

He switched to QQ and DingTalk, and without exception, Meng Shutang had blocked him on each.

He had a very bad premonition: in the dazzling, prosperous Jiangcheng, he would never see her again.

His hand trembled uncontrollably, and he couldn't even hold his phone.

He immediately got into the car, stuffed the prenatal test form and medical insurance card into his coat pocket, and drove to Jixiang Alley.

He knocked open Li Xiuyun's bedroom door.

Previously the elder wanted him to come over for a meal; Meng Shutang pleaded meekly, but he kept pushing and refusing to come.

At this moment, the elder opened the door, stood in the doorway, wearing a coat.

"President Gu, it's so late, what's the matter?"

Since their marriage, the elder had watched him pay for his daughter's treatment expenses; he treated Meng Shutang politely, and was genuinely kind to him.

That address "President Gu" truly left Gu Yunci feeling ashamed.

"Grandma, where is Shutang? I want to see her."

Li Xiuyun shook her head, "She hasn't returned."

Gu Yunci asked, "Then where did she go, do you know?"

Li Xiuyun shook her head, yawned slightly, "It's too late, my old lady wants to sleep, President Gu, I won't see you off."

After speaking, she closed the door.

Since she's not at home, she must have gone to Chen Man and Ruan An.

Apart from those places, she has nowhere else to go.

He immediately asked Qin Zheng to investigate Chen Man and Ruan An's residences and send them to him.

The night was so thick it wouldn't part; the black Rolls‑Royce, like a cold arrow, sliced through the dense darkness, racing wildly toward the south of the city.

Chen Man was in late pregnancy and had poor sleep; when he knocked, she was still watching TV on the sofa.

Chen Man's husband opened the door and saw Gu Yunci, "President Gu, it's so late..."

Chen Mu was somewhat agitated; although he was a supervisor, there are countless supervisors in Gu Group, and he is not Bai Cixian, so he has no right to speak to Gu Yunci.

But the man didn't look at him at all, "Where's your wife?"

Chen Mu was startled, turned and looked at Chen Man sitting on the sofa, "Wife, President Gu is looking for you."

Chen Man shuffled her heavy body, shuffling in slippers, and came over, "President Gu is looking for me about the Wenlüxiaozhen matter?"

Gu Yunci's face was anxious, "Shutang, are you here?"