The Little Spoiled Brat Divorces with a Child, Driving the Big Boss Crazy - Chapter 66
Chapter 66
The sky gradually darkened.
Jin Beizhou stood outside the Go academy, reading the message countless times.
Lu Ying’s indifferent attitude made his eyes burn red.
Some people could be truly ruthless. When she loved him, she had loved him with her entire life. Now that she no longer did, she couldn’t wait to push him toward someone else.
–
At the end of March, Jin Beizhou’s adoptive parents returned to the country. Rumor had it that the moment they arrived home, they got into a fierce argument with the old man over Jin Beizhou.
Mr. Jin went to Jiamu.
Hu Chuang wiped away his sweat and said nervously, “Uncle, he really is away on business. You have no idea how busy our new company is…”
“Then please pass along a message for me,” Mr. Jin said kindly. “His mother and I failed him all these years. I want to have a proper conversation with him.”
Hu Chuang nodded and agreed.
Jin Beizhou’s adoptive mother, Gao Qin, went to Caotang.
Lu Ying’s lower abdomen had begun to swell slightly. Gao Qin studied her complexion and said reassuringly, “You look much healthier than before.”
“Mom… Auntie,” Lu Ying corrected herself in time. “Did you really find Second Brother?”
“…” Gao Qin patted her hand. “Although I never treated him quite as well as Sinian, I truly did raise him as my own child.”
Jin Beizhou had been only two when they found him.
At the time, Gao Qin and her husband had been sent to the Middle East on an emergency medical aid mission. Two-year-old Jin Beizhou stood amid broken bricks and ruined walls, carefully guarding his mother.
“His mother was Chinese,” Gao Qin said. “But she was too severely injured. Before she died, she gave us all the belongings she carried and begged us to bring him back to China. She also made us promise never to let him set foot in that place again.”
Lu Ying froze, seizing on a clue. “You know his true identity?”
Gao Qin nodded. “His mother told us everything before she passed.”
“…”
“Although mother and son were in a terrible state because of the war,” Gao Qin continued, “we could tell they came from a wealthy family. Xiao Er’s clothes were exquisite, handmade by one of the world’s greatest master tailors.”
She had preserved that outfit for Jin Beizhou all these years but never brought it out, afraid it might cause trouble.
Lu Ying asked, “Then… how did they end up there?”
Gao Qin looked at her. “They fled there in secret.”
“…”
“It involved a feud among Xiao Er’s parents’ generation.” Gao Qin sounded apologetic. “It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to tell you anything more specific on his behalf.”
Lu Ying understood.
Gao Qin gently stroked her lower abdomen. “I opposed your marriage because his background was so complicated. That was the first time he ever lowered his head to me and begged me to let you two be together.”
“…”
“I simply didn’t know the old man would use it against him,” Gao Qin said with a sigh. “During that period, I opposed him while the old man exploited him. He was under attack from both sides.”
The hand resting on Lu Ying’s knee tightened unconsciously.
Gao Qin looked at her belly. “You won’t be able to hide it much longer.”
The weather was warming, clothes were growing thinner, and the curve of Lu Ying’s abdomen was emerging.
Lu Ying lowered her lashes. “Our divorce was peaceful. He won’t go too far.”
“…” Gao Qin sighed quietly, almost to herself. “I’m only afraid that certain instincts are etched into one’s blood.”
–
After seeing Gao Qin off, Lu Ying received a package of local specialties from the owner of the guesthouse in Weijisi.
Weijisi had entered its slow season. The owner had called in advance to explain that she wanted to thank her longtime customers for their support.
After receiving the package, Lu Ying specifically called back to express her gratitude.
The owner’s name was Zhang Hui.
The two chatted casually for a few minutes.
Just as they were about to hang up, Zhang Hui coughed and abruptly asked, “Things are good between you and your husband, aren’t they?”
“…” The sudden change in subject caught Lu Ying off guard. “What?”
Zhang Hui said, “Didn’t you leave early that day? Your husband came back with food and peonies. I was afraid I’d ruin your plans, so I didn’t dare answer any of his questions. I didn’t cause any trouble for you, did I?”
Lu Ying was bewildered. “What did he ask?”
Zhang Hui recounted everything in detail.
“I only found out later that your husband called early that morning to confirm whether you’d arrived here,” Zhang Hui said with a laugh. “Then he asked us to take care of you and booked the next available flight.”
“…”
Silence.
Zhang Hui noticed nothing. “But he called again at noon to order lunch for you. The girl at the front desk knew you weren’t here, but she didn’t dare say so. She simply promised to prepare it for you.”
Lu Ying remained silent.
“Miss Lu?” Zhang Hui paused. “Are you still there?”
Lu Ying made a quiet sound of acknowledgment, then asked softly, “Sister Zhang, that day, did you ask a staff member to come upstairs and find out whether I planned to stay through the holiday?”
“No.” Zhang Hui sounded puzzled. “Why would I ask that?”
All right.
Lu Ying understood.
No wonder that after her shower, a staff member had used the excuse of delivering ginger tea to ask whether she planned to extend her stay through the holiday.
The woman had probably come to confirm that Lu Ying was back at the guesthouse.
After all, the front desk had lied to Jin Beizhou.
Now the entire sequence of events became clear.
Lu Ying had blocked Jin Beizhou. He found the number for the front desk at Weijisi and called to confirm her whereabouts.
Once he knew she was there, he booked a flight to come to her.
At noon, Jin Beizhou asked the front desk to prepare lunch for her. They agreed, so as far as Jin Beizhou knew, Lu Ying was at the guesthouse.
Immediately afterward, Lu Ying called him for help.
One second, she was supposedly at the guesthouse eating lunch. The next, she called to say she had been kidnapped.
No wonder.
No wonder Jin Beizhou had been convinced she was lying and playing a prank.
While Jin Beizhou was flying to Weijisi, two children rescued Lu Ying.
Then she walked back to the guesthouse by herself.
As a result, by the time Jin Beizhou found her, Lu Ying was already safe in her room.
Everything perfectly matched the information Jin Beizhou had received and the conclusion he had drawn.
It formed a flawless closed loop.
Lu Ying could never have explained herself.
So many coincidences had aligned with impossible precision, creating layer upon layer of misunderstanding until they became the final straw that crushed their marriage.
Neither one of them alone was at fault for the marriage’s failure.
Both had to accept responsibility.
–
In the days that followed, Lu Ying traveled only between Caotang and the Go academy. Her life was orderly and peaceful.
No matter how serious the matter involving Chen Qi and Chen Zheng might be, it could not outweigh the importance of carrying her baby in peace.
News continued to emerge from their social circle. Wang Shao, for instance, wanted the Wang Family to avenge him after Jin Beizhou beat him. But not only did the family refuse, its head personally visited Jiamu to apologize to Jin Beizhou.
Jin Beizhou’s adoptive parents were busy with work. He had not yet returned from his business trip when the two of them left the country again.
There was also a rumor that the two elders of the Jin Family were searching for another prospective husband for Jin Meimei.
In April, Jiamu appeared on a financial news program. The story began when Jin Beizhou secured a project that Beicheng had long been trying to attract.
To everyone’s astonishment, he did not keep the project and handed it over freely instead.
After that, Jiamu seemed like a blocked canal that had finally been cleared. It established itself through ferocious expansion, successfully transforming from a startup into a rising star in the industry.
At the end of April, Lu Ying felt the baby move for the first time.
On the Labor Day holiday, Ge Qi visited her at Caotang and handed her a bank card and two shopping bags.
“You can decide whether to accept them,” Ge Qi said. “The card holds the first money his new company earned, and the bags contain gifts for you.”
