Chapter 290: He wants to find her and ask for an explanation!

After Zhu Yuan had waited for ten minutes, the proprietress walked out with an apologetic look and said to the customers in the shop, "I'm sorry everyone, the kitchen stove suddenly won't light, we are already checking it, please wait a moment."

To express her apologies, the proprietress gave every customer a free bowl of sour plum soup.

When she brought the sour plum soup to Zhu Yuan, she pulled the corners of her mouth with a guilty conscience, "I'm sorry, I've delayed your time."

"I have nothing to do anyway, drinking sour plum soup is quite nice, no need to apologize."

The proprietress looked at the young girl in front of her; no wonder that young gentleman was so attentive to her. Such a sensible and beautiful girl, with such an approachable smile, who wouldn't like her?

However, when her gaze inadvertently swept over Zhu Yuan, her eyes paused slightly on her stomach.

How does it look like she is pregnant?

She hesitated for a moment and decided it was better not to ask. This was someone else's business; it wouldn't be good for her to pry too much.

What's more, that young gentleman looked extraordinary in temperament; he was likely some big shot she didn't know, perhaps backed by some great family.

How could she dare to inquire about the secrets of a wealthy family?

The proprietress took a calm look at the wall clock; good heavens, fifteen minutes had already passed.

She hurriedly returned to the back kitchen, and when she saw a tall and upright figure standing in front of the vegetable sink, rolling up his shirt sleeves to prepare ingredients, the proprietress breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sir, that young lady is drinking the sour plum soup. I was worried she would get impatient and angry, but I didn't expect her to be quite easy to talk to."

Sheng Yu, wearing a black mask, gave a low grunt, "Her temper is good."

Not to mention this was a small matter, even if it were a bigger problem, she wouldn't throw a tantrum.

Yet it was this very woman with such a good temper and a stable core who had been driven away by him.

Zhu Yuan drank the bowl of sour plum soup very slowly, and the phone placed to the side rang.

She picked it up and saw it was a message sent by Pei Ling.

He had sent her a photo of the food he was eating.

Another text message came in.

【I am eating.】

Zhu Yuan couldn't help but smile, imagining Pei Ling's cold face, reluctantly compromising to take a photo of his meal for her.

Suddenly thinking of something, she restrained her smile and sighed again.

She always felt that Pei Ling had been getting thinner recently.

Was his illness really stable?

Pei Ling shouldn't be lying to her.

Thinking this, Zhu Yuan's mood relaxed a little, and she immediately tapped on her phone to scroll through the news.

She had gone to bed very early last night, and after waking up today, she hadn't played on her phone, instead watering the grapevines and juicing fresh fruits and vegetables for Pei Ling; only now did she see the news.

When she saw the two words 【Sheng Yu】, her heartbeat and the fetal movement trembled at the same time.

She only glanced at the news before exiting it.

There is no wall that doesn't let the wind through; his illegitimate child with Ning Huaiqing had finally been exposed after all.

The Sheng Group's stock would be affected, and unable to withstand the pressure of public opinion, he would likely acknowledge that child.

Zhu Yuan drank the sour plum soup absent-mindedly, not even noticing that the soup in the bowl was long gone.

She blinked, and a warm liquid dripped onto her skirt. She was stunned, raised her hand to touch her face; it turned out she was crying.

This really shouldn't be.

Zhu Yuan scolded herself in her heart for being pathetic; it had been so long, why did she still care about him?

Clearly, these were all things she had anticipated before, but now that these things had become reality, why be sad?

She should be glad that she left.

Leaving that place of right and wrong was the correct choice she had made.

Zhu Yuan raised a hand to cover her eyes, the bitterness in her heart like a bottle of aged vinegar suddenly overturned, spilling all over the floor.

Suddenly, a bowl of noodles appeared in front of her. She hurriedly composed her emotions and gave the proprietress a faint smile.

The proprietress noticed her eyes were red, "Did something happen?"

Zhu Yuan shook her head silently.

She picked up her chopsticks and took a bite of the noodles; it was indeed modified, the taste was almost the same as what her grandfather used to make, and even more like what that person made.

At the thought of the news she had just seen, Zhu Yuan had no appetite.

"Is it not to your taste?" The proprietress served another bowl of noodles to guests at another table, and when she turned back, she saw Zhu Yuan putting down her chopsticks.

Zhu Yuan said gently, "No, it's delicious, I just don't have much of an appetite."

The proprietress hesitated to speak, but as a woman and someone who had been through it, she kindly reminded her, "You should still eat a little. I see you seem to be pregnant; pregnant people are prone to low blood sugar, what will you do if you get dizzy from not eating?"

Zhu Yuan was slightly stunned.

But she had started to show recently, so it was normal for the other party to notice.

Seeing her not speaking, the proprietress hurriedly used a laugh to resolve the awkwardness, "If I guessed wrong, I'm sorry."

In the direction of the back kitchen, Sheng Yu stared straight at Zhu Yuan through the gap in the curtain, but because of the distance, he couldn't hear her conversation with the proprietress, only feeling that her eyes were a bit red.

The proprietress returned to the back kitchen, and the moment she lifted the curtain, Sheng Yu turned away.

The proprietress looked at his tall and upright back, thought for a moment, then walked over and hesitated before saying, "That young lady doesn't have much of an appetite, she only ate a few bites and left."

Sheng Yu frowned and turned to look outside; sure enough, Zhu Yuan was no longer in her seat.

"Did she say why she didn't have an appetite?" His voice sounded no different from usual, but the captivating light in those pitch-black eyes revealed his somewhat urgent mood at the moment.

Could it be that she had sensed the familiar taste of the soybean paste noodles?

It shouldn't be; he had specifically tampered with the seasonings to make it so she couldn't taste it, only making it infinitely close.

The proprietress shook her head, "She didn't say, it should have something to do with her being pregnant."

The man standing in front of her froze as if turned to stone.

Sheng Yu's face beneath his mask instantly drained of all color due to a moment of panic, his pupils trembling, and even his voice sounded tight, "What did you say?"

Pregnant!

Could it be that Yuanyuan she...

The proprietress was intimidated by the powerful aura radiating from his entire body; she shivered and said, "I saw that her figure looked a bit like she was pregnant, so I asked her a nosy question. She said she was indeed pregnant, almost three months along."

The fingers hanging at Sheng Yu's sides began to twitch convulsively, waves of chill drilling out from the gaps in his bones, and the intense, tearing emotions made his face turn deathly pale in an instant.

Almost three months.

That's not it.

She has been away from Jingdu City for over three months; if their child from back then were still here, it would already be nearly five months along.

No, he has to find her and ask her clearly!

Where could she have gotten a pregnancy of nearly three months!

Could it be that she really is together with that man surnamed Pei!

Sheng Yu's eyes were bloodshot; he forcefully threw off his apron and strode out toward the kitchen's back door.

Yet just as he stepped out of the back door, a black figure suddenly blocked his path.

"To think you actually found it."

Zhu Yuan looked at him, her eyes calm and without a single ripple.