Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love
Chapter 426 - Chapter 426 Chapter 424 Surprise Shes Pregnant

Chapter 426: Chapter 424: Surprise! She’s Pregnant Chapter 426: Chapter 424: Surprise! She’s Pregnant Yanxi quickly remembered.

Last night, Sister Shi Ying was even more drunk than him, and he helped her leave the bar.

When they were leaving, someone bumped into Sister Shi Ying, and she accidentally fell into his arms, probably leaving the lipstick mark at that time.

Sister Shi Ying quickly backed out of his embrace, and nothing happened between them.

Yanxi felt completely innocent.

But faced with Xia Yiwan’s questioning and angry eyes, he didn’t mention Shi Ying.

After all, the last time he brought up Shi Ying, Xia Yiwan had reacted strongly.

Plus, Ming Yao had badmouthed Sister Shi Ying in front of her; if he said he was with Shi Ying last night, she would surely think wildly!

Sister Shi Ying had saved him when they were children, and now she was under Gong Yu’s control; he would definitely find a way to help her and not be like Fourth Brother, ignoring her plight!

Being a human being, one can’t be so heartless!

“You’ve misunderstood, I was entertaining some folks last night, including Director Fang, who called a girl over. He got drunk and tried to take advantage of her, accidentally pushing her into me!”

Fearing that Xia Yiwan wouldn’t believe him, Yanxi took out his phone and dialed Director Fang’s number.

Soon, the call got through to Director Fang.

Yanxi took the initiative, “Director Fang, you got drunk last night, tried to take advantage of that girl, and accidentally pushed her onto me, but I pushed her away immediately, right?”

Director Fang on the end of the phone was stunned for a moment but soon caught on.

Anyone who could mix in the business world was shrewd, and since Director Fang needed something from Yanxi, he immediately played along with his words, “Yes, yes, yes, did it cause a misunderstanding with your lady at home?”

Yanxi glanced at the half-doubting Xia Yiwan, “Last night, that girl made a red lipstick mark on my shirt, and my wife, she is quite angry right now!”

“Eh, sister-in-law, it’s all a misunderstanding, Brother Yan has been incredibly chaste since he got married. When we invite girls over, he doesn’t even glance at them once, he’s famously henpecked in our circle!”

Yanxi hung up the phone.

He got up from the bed and walked over to Xia Yiwan, his long arms pulling her into his embrace, “Wanwan, are you still angry? I’ve been trying to make a baby with you every night recently, how could I have the energy to look for another woman?”

Xia Yiwan looked at Yanxi with complex feelings in her apricot eyes.

This man, so slick and smooth-talking, she truly didn’t know whether to believe his words.

Before she could react, Yanxi pinched her chin and kissed her deeply.

In the instant he sealed her lips, Xia Yiwan’s heart rate sped up uncontrollably.

She placed her hands on his chest and pushed him away with force, “Yanxi, did you really not deceive me?”

“No.” Yanxi held the back of Xia Yiwan’s head, “You’re the only woman I’ve ever touched.”

Yanxi was telling the truth with this statement.

Even though Shi Ying held a special place in his heart, she was on the level of a goddess, and he never dared to defile her.

Moreover, in his heart, Shi Ying and Gu Siting were the match; how could he dare to covet his brother’s woman?

So, he didn’t think he had done anything to wrong Xia Yiwan.

As for Xia Yiwan, he naturally liked her as well, otherwise, he wouldn’t enjoy being intimate with her so much!

Xia Yiwan was kissed by Yanxi until she could hardly breathe, and suddenly she felt a wave of discomfort in her stomach. She pushed Yanxi away forcefully and ran to the bathroom to retch.

Yanxi looked at Xia Yiwan, who was bent over and retching nonstop, first in shock, and then, as if he thought of something, excitement and joy shone in his peach blossom eyes.

He walked behind Xia Yiwan and hugged her.

He kissed her lovely face with his thin lips, “Wanwan, could it be that you’re pregnant?”

Could their recent efforts to conceive have been successful?

Xia Yiwan froze.

She looked down at her own abdomen.

Could it really be?

Yanxi quickly took Xia Yiwan’s hand, heading for the doorway, “Let’s go to the hospital for a check-up.”

Xia Yiwan saw that Yanxi was still shirtless and quickly reminded him, “You need to wash up and put on a shirt, don’t you?”

Yanxi slapped the back of his head, “Yes, yes, yes, I got too excited. You go downstairs and have breakfast first, I’ll be right down.”

After breakfast, Yanxi drove Xia Yiwan to the hospital.

A series of tests revealed that Xia Yiwan was indeed pregnant.

Seeing the results, Yanxi hugged Xia Yiwan and twirled her around several times.

Xia Yiwan’s head was nearly spinning from all the twirling.

She patted his shoulder with her small hand, “Put me down first!”

Yanxi, holding Xia Yiwan’s hand and with laughter in his peach blossom eyes, said, “Wanwan, your husband is amazing, isn’t he? I said I’d get you pregnant, and look, you are.”

Xia Yiwan stared blankly at the man’s grinning face.

For some reason, she wasn’t as happy as she had imagined she would be about the pregnancy!

There was a vague sense of unease in her heart.

She didn’t know where that sense of unease came from.

Xia Yiwan held the man’s long, fair hand and looked into his seductive peach blossom eyes, “Yanxi, do you really want to settle down with me?”

Yanxi cupped Xia Yiwan’s small face in his hands, “What are you thinking about? We have a child now, if I don’t treat you well, who will I treat well?”

“If you dare to deceive me, even if we have a child, I will take the child and leave!”

She had given her heart entirely to him.

But if he couldn’t reciprocate in the same way, she wouldn’t settle just for the sake of the child!

……

As the weather became increasingly hot, the scorching sun baked the earth.

Zhou Yanyan achieved a score nearing 700 in her college entrance exams, securing her admission to Capital City Medical College.

There was half a month left before school started, and Zhou Yanyan arrived in the Capital City ahead of time.

The day before Zhou Yanyan came to the Capital City, she had a phone call with Ming Yao.

Ming Yao asked her to send her flight information to her WeChat, so she could pick her up at the airport.

Because Ming Yao was in the Capital City, Su Lan felt reassured and didn’t personally see Zhou Yanyan off.

The next day, Ming Yao was delayed by some traffic on the way to the airport; she messaged Zhou Yanyan that she might be about ten minutes late.

Zhou Yanyan replied, “Don’t rush, take your time driving.”

After replying to Ming Yao, Zhou Yanyan went to the restroom.

She was wearing a floral dress Su Lan had bought for her, her long hair tied into two braids, a fisherman’s hat on her head, and her beautiful face was brimming with the exuberant youthfulness.

Having left the Zhou Family and starting afresh independently with Su Lan, Zhou Yanyan felt much more confident.

She entered the restroom without noticing that someone had placed a maintenance sign at the entrance.

As Zhou Yanyan emerged from the stall and was washing her hands, suddenly, a figure approached from behind.

Before she could see clearly who it was, a large hand holding a handkerchief was pressed firmly over her lips and nose.

Zhou Yanyan’s eyes widened as she struggled forcefully, but soon, darkness fell before her eyes, her consciousness faded, and she passed out.

……

Ming Yao arrived at the airport, looking left and right, but couldn’t find Zhou Yanyan; she made a call to her.

But the phone was turned off.

With no sign of her at the airport and her phone off, Ming Yao began to feel that something wasn’t right.

Even if the phone battery was dead, there were charging stations at the airport; it couldn’t just be turned off like that, could it?

Ming Yao made several more calls, but couldn’t get through.