Chapter 44

Xie Wantang saw the WeChat message that Xie Bailu had sent only when Lady Lao had driven away all the other miscellaneous people and let her rest alone quietly.

However, after seeing it, she also didn't bother with it.

Eight bodyguards were assigned to guard the door of her ward.

Lady Lao ordered them to all obey Xie Wantang.

Therefore, Lu Rourou rushed over specially from her home, but she couldn't even get into Xie Wantang's ward; she had the bodyguards go in to ask Xie Wantang, and Xie Wantang simply said she didn't want to see her.

Thus, Lady Lao took both mother and daughter away together.

Lu Yanshen was the only person not blocked by the eight bodyguards and could freely enter Xie Wantang's ward.

However, although Lu Yanshen could freely enter, he did not go in to keep Xie Wantang company for a long time.

After seeing off Lady Lao and them, he stood in the small garden below the inpatient building and asked Pei Xiao for a cigarette.

Pei Xiao lit the cigarette and then handed it over.

Lu Yanshen took it, put it directly in his mouth, narrowed his eyes, and immediately began puffing clouds and mist.

Pei Xiao stepped back, said nothing, and let him figure out for himself how to proceed next.

He knew that Madam Lu's sudden pregnancy this time left Lu Zong feeling bewildered.

Originally, everything was progressing smoothly according to the plan.

This time, they followed the other party's arrangement to go abroad, and then there was a seventy or eighty percent chance of following the clues to find out how the real Lu Yanshen had gone missing.

As long as they knew how the real Lu Yanshen had gone missing, they might be able to find the people behind it.

Having lain in hiding for over three years, the dawn was right before their eyes……

As a result, Xie Wantang suddenly became pregnant.

The two elders directly ordered him to stay behind to take care of Xie Wantang and the child in her belly.

As for going abroad, they had Lu Yanze go.

That kind of loss——

Drip——

Suddenly, the phone rang; Lu Yanshen took out his phone, tossed away the cigarette in his hand, finished reading the message, and his depressed expression gradually recovered.

Then Pei Xiao stepped forward to remind: 'Then just wrong Lu Zong for a while longer; at this time, you should go up to see Madam Lu.'

His wife is pregnant, yet as a husband he hides and avoids seeing her—that's unreasonable.

Pei Xiao, worthy of being a diligent and responsible all-around assistant, before Lu Yanshen prepared to go see Xie Wantang, borrowed a fan from a nurse and waved away all the cigarette smell on Lu Yanshen's body.

Pregnant women should still avoid secondhand smoke.

Lu Yanshen entered the ward; Xie Wantang was leaning against the headboard scrolling her phone, seeing him finally come in, her expression showed slight displeasure.

At this moment, Lu Yanshen's feelings were still quite complicated.

However, setting aside the heavy fog, speaking frankly, the fact that he was going to be a father still made him quite happy.

Besides being happy, at the same time he also sensed danger.

Not long ago, he had just reminded Xie Wantang not to provoke Lu Yanze.

Now it's turned out that, regarding her pregnancy, not telling him in advance was bad enough, but she also made a huge fuss about it, and now everyone knows.

Even wanting to conceal it for her is impossible.

What she did seems like revenge against Madam Lu and Lu Rourou; with the two elders backing her, Madam Lu and Lu Rourou now dare not do anything to her.

But——

Does she know that she has now placed herself in a more dangerous environment?

His situation originally required him to watch all directions and listen to all sides, and now it has added her and the child.

What does she want him to do?

He is a person, not a god, and dares not make an absolute guarantee, but he can in this complex environment keep them mother and child safe.

But——

He will also do his utmost to protect the mother and child.

After thinking it through, Lu Yanshen relaxed his tightly furrowed brows, was about to speak, when from beside him came Xie Wantang's dissatisfied question: 'Lu Yanshen, what do you mean? From the time you knew I was pregnant until now, you've looked all worried and grim—are you not happy?'

'Why? Don't you like the child? Or don't you like this one in my belly?'

'I see you're good with Dongdong; Dongdong privately calls you Lu Dad, right? So you don't like the child I'm carrying, is that it?'

Xie Wantang originally didn't want to speak so bluntly, nor did she want to put on a resentful woman's face to ask Lu Yanshen for love and care.

However, she endured and endured, endured and endured, and now she really could bear it no longer.

Last night, after settling Lu Rourou, Lu Yanshen retrieved the original image that Xia Meng had posted on her Moments and had Pei Xiao find a professional to make an analysis report.

Xie Wantang originally belonged to the highly intelligent type; those data comparisons might be cross-disciplinary, she didn't quite understand them, but with the textual report she understood.

She was thinking of tit for tat.

Since earlier she had misunderstood Lu Yanshen, then regarding her pregnancy, Lu Yanshen is the father of the child, they haven't divorced and are still married, so Lu Yanshen still has the right to be informed.

Xie Wantang did this precisely to respect his right to know, plus Lu Rourou caused trouble last night and today went home to complain, so she temporarily came up with this method.

She thought it was a win-win, everyone would be happy.

But she didn't expect that Lu Yanshen's attitude toward becoming a father would be so unwilling and resentful.

No joy, only reluctant acceptance—is that it?

Also, even if he didn't go to the mountaintop that night to celebrate Xia Meng's birthday with her, Xia Meng is still his first love, his childhood sweetheart who grew up with him.

She is pregnant, so how should he coax Xia Meng, saying that their marriage is merely a stopgap measure?

Or, Xia Meng so willingly waits for him at his side; perhaps Lu Yanshen is deceiving Xia Meng by claiming their marriage is merely platonic.

But now, she is pregnant.

Those lies he told naturally collapse without attack.

If Xia Meng kicks up a fuss, how would he coax her, how would he deceive her?

Xie Wantang's mind was full of uncontrollable wild thoughts.

She never imagined that the male idol she had sworn by at fifteen would, ten years later, become so despicable.

Had she known he would turn out like this...

Three years ago, would she still have married him so resolutely?

She thought, if she had such foresight, she probably wouldn't have.

Disappointed?

Naturally, she was disappointed.

"Lu Yanshen, no need to be so helpless—I'm not pregnant." Xie Wantang suddenly said, her tone self-mocking to the extreme.

"... What did you say?" Lu Yanshen remained silent for a long time before finally finding his voice.

Low, hoarse, dry.

Like someone trekking across a desert, walking for ages without seeing an oasis.

"I'm saying, I'm not pregnant." Xie Wantang repeated, word by word.

"But the doctor said..." Lu Yanshen still wanted to rebut—for such a matter, isn't the doctor's word authoritative enough?

"You never thought I might have colluded with the doctor?" Xie Wantang raised an eyebrow.

Lu Yanshen fell silent for a moment, then shook his head to rebut: "Impossible—the hospital's director is my grandmother's student."

"Is that so? Then you might as well think the doctors here are utterly incompetent, easily fooled by my little trick." Xie Wantang didn't want to say more.

Anyway, she was already disappointed with Lu Yanshen's reaction this time.

He doesn't deserve to be the father of her baby.