The Little Spoiled Brat Divorces with a Child, Driving the Big Boss Crazy - Chapter 89
Chapter 89
One of the conditions was that Jin Beizhou had to take care of Jin Meimei.
The second was that Jin Beizhou had insisted on the marriage, so not a single cent of the wedding expenses could come from the Jin Family. He had to find the money himself.
As for what exactly that document said, neither Ge Qi nor Jin Sinian knew.
Lu Ying stared blankly. “Where did he get the money?”
The old master had forbidden him from using the Jin Family’s funds, yet Jin Beizhou had given her extremely lavish betrothal gifts.
“He borrowed it,” Ge Qi said.
“…”
“Xiao Er was anxious when your grandfather became ill. He was afraid you’d be left alone if your grandfather passed away,” Ge Qi continued. “He borrowed some from Sinian and some from Hu Chuang.”
“…”
Ge Qi said, “Remember when he went abroad during the second year of your marriage? Grandpa Hu had introduced him to a business opportunity. The contract was extremely important, and he didn’t trust anyone else with it, so he had to escort the shipment personally. That was the time he couldn’t even come home for the New Year.”
Lu Ying’s lashes fluttered rapidly, unable to hide her unease.
“He did an excellent job,” Ge Qi said. “As soon as he returned, he repaid Sinian and Hu Chuang with interest. Grandpa Hu praised him many times in front of Sinian.”
At this point, Ge Qi pressed her lips together. “He didn’t deliberately refuse to accompany you to Weijisi. But this reason… He probably couldn’t bring himself to tell you.”
In front of Lu Ying, Jin Beizhou was powerful and cool. How could he willingly let her learn that he had needed to borrow even the money to marry his wife?
And once Lu Ying learned that, it would inevitably expose Old Master Jin’s opposition to their marriage.
“Yingying.” Ge Qi looked at her. “In places we couldn’t see, Xiao Er didn’t live freely. You two…” What a pity.
They had clearly loved each other.
On the day the Jiao Family came to propose, countless people had privately praised Young Master Jiao for his unwavering devotion. He had waited for Jin Meimei no less faithfully than Lu Ying had waited for Jin Beizhou.
Yet even he had failed to withstand the pressure from his parents and family.
How resolute must Jin Beizhou have been to resist the pressure of both the Jin Family and reality itself?
Its rarity was what made it so precious.
The living room was silent.
Time slipped past like flowing water.
“Eldest Sister-in-law,” Lu Ying said absently, “don’t tell anyone about the Old Madam calling to curse me.”
It was better if no one else knew.
That night, Lu Ying tossed and turned.
When she asked Jin Beizhou for a divorce, she had once made him solve an arithmetic problem. Every time he failed to accompany her to Weijisi, she deducted twenty points…
In the thick darkness, Lu Ying’s face burned as though someone were slapping her hard again and again.
All she had seen was that Jin Beizhou had failed to go skiing with her. She had never known that he was desperately earning the money he needed to marry her.
He had never called her an orphan, yet she had freely hurled that word at him.
Placed side by side, the balance in their relationship shifted sharply.
The scale tipped toward Jin Beizhou.
The difference in their basic decency was painfully obvious as well.
After their marriage, he had been busy with work. He invested in good projects without hesitation, such as the five hundred million he gave Jin Meimei and Yi Xie.
He had needed money.
Yet Lu Ying had seen only her own jealousy and immediate grievances. Her shallowness was almost laughable.
Her face burned unbearably.
Jin Meimei truly had not been wrong. Lu Ying only talked about how much she loved him, while leaving Jin Beizhou to bear both the process and every consequence.
–
The next morning, the moment Lu Ying opened her eyes, she saw a message from Jin Beizhou sent an hour earlier, reminding her not to forget the prenatal checkup.
After gathering all the necessary documents, Lu Ying left on foot.
When she was still more than thirty feet from the gate, she saw the man leaning beside the guardhouse. His long legs and arms drew every eye.
Perhaps because of what Ge Qi had told her yesterday, Lu Ying’s face burned at the sight of him, filling her with an indescribable sense of shame.
“Did you eat breakfast?” Jin Beizhou straightened, a faint trace of guilt in his manner. “The hospital isn’t far from here. Why don’t we go together?”
He had been thinking about what she said yesterday: she would not let him pick her up and wanted them to meet at the hospital.
Lu Ying said nothing.
Jin Beizhou pursed his lips. “Didn’t sleep well?”
Faint shadows lay beneath her eyes.
“I slept fine.” Lu Ying looked straight ahead. “Did you eat breakfast?”
“…” Jin Beizhou paused. “Are you planning to tear me apart?”
Lu Ying fell silent.
Jin Beizhou cleared his throat. “You’re being so… polite that I don’t know how to react.”
Lu Ying became even more polite. “It’s only proper.”
Jin Beizhou was genuinely frightened. His gaze moved downward and settled on her belly.
Seeing that Lu Jiuyue was still there, his taut nerves quietly loosened a little. “Shall we go?”
“Okay.”
“I prepared breakfast,” Jin Beizhou added. “Do you want to eat a little more?”
Lu Ying remained polite. “No, thank you.”
“…” Every hair on Jin Beizhou’s body stood on end. “This is the first time I’ve heard you thank me.”
Lu Ying continued to say nothing.
Just look.
What had she bullied this man into becoming?
The two walked side by side toward the hospital.
Jin Beizhou searched for something to say. “Is it too sunny?”
“No.”
“Are you tired?”
“No.”
“…”
But Jin Beizhou remained convinced that she was tired. Princess Lu was someone who refused even to carry a bag when she went out. Surely a baby weighed more than a bag.
Yet that was a burden Jin Beizhou could not carry for her.
“Actually…” he said without much confidence, “I could carry you there. That definitely wouldn’t count as suggestive physical contact! I’m merely offering an option.”
Lu Ying was speechless.
Jin Beizhou looked at her, then looked again. Quietly, he reached over and pinched a corner of her clothes. “Can I?”
“No.”
A faint, disappointed sigh drifted down from above her head.
For a moment, he had thought she might have been bewitched and forgotten overnight that they were divorced.
At the hospital, the doctor asked the usual questions, and Lu Ying answered honestly.
While the doctor examined the baby, Jin Beizhou stared at the faint movements beneath her belly. “My daughter is awake. I want to touch her.”
The doctor laughed. “Then touch her. You can talk to her too.”
Lu Ying did not respond, so Jin Beizhou did not dare move. He looked to her for permission. “Can I?”
“…” Lu Ying turned her face away, her emotions unreadable. “Mm.”
Joy rose in Jin Beizhou’s eyes. He placed his palm against her belly and felt the baby move, nearly bringing him to tears.
“I have a question,” he said in a very soft, low voice.
The doctor smiled kindly. “Go ahead.”
“Can fathers be affected by pregnancy hormones too?”
“…”
“I feel as though I’m experiencing pregnancy symptoms.” Jin Beizhou looked rather awkward. “I seem a little obsessed with my wife. I think about her even in the middle of the night…”
Lu Ying’s icy gaze sliced toward him.
Jin Beizhou hurriedly closed his mouth.
The doctor laughed with delight. “It’s possible.”
Jin Beizhou looked at Lu Ying and explained stiffly, “That wasn’t a suggestive remark. I was discussing my condition with the doctor.”
“…Just shut up.”
“The baby is developing very well,” the doctor said as she reviewed the records. “Mom needs to move around more lately. If the baby grows too large, delivery will be difficult.”
Lu Ying froze. “She’s too big?”
The doctor gave her a sidelong look. “Have you been ignoring your dietary restrictions?”
Lu Ying’s eyes darted around.
Jin Beizhou asked dryly, “When she exercises, the father needs to accompany her, right?”
“…”
The doctor met his eyes and found herself unable to say no.
The hope and yearning in the man’s gaze overflowed so plainly that the doctor felt she was witnessing a literal embodiment of the saying that the eyes were windows to the soul.
Suppressing a smile, she said, “Yes.”
Jin Beizhou brightened like a child receiving candy. “Those aren’t my words. Those are the doctor’s orders.”
Lu Ying was speechless.
