The Little Spoiled Brat Divorces with a Child, Driving the Big Boss Crazy - Chapter 90
Chapter 90
The doctor was patient and gentle and obligingly explained a little more.
“From the perspective of scientific parenting,” the doctor said, “we support and encourage the father’s involvement. Although the baby is inside the mother’s womb, she can sense her father’s voice and touch.”
Jin Beizhou nodded repeatedly. “See? See? Lu Yingying, are you listening?”
Lu Ying was speechless.
After they left the hospital, Jin Beizhou chattered without pause. “From now on, I’ll walk with you every evening. I’ll go home after I finish telling the baby a story.”
“That isn’t necessary.” Lu Ying remained unmoved. “I plan to return to work at the Go academy.”
“…”
It was still early. Lu Ying went down the steps and stopped beneath a tree.
Jin Beizhou pressed his lips into a straight line. He unscrewed a thermos, poured water into its lid, and handed it to her.
Lu Ying shook her head. “Thank you.”
“…Drink a little,” Jin Beizhou coaxed. “You haven’t had any water for ages.”
His tall, lean frame bent slightly toward her, his expression hesitant and pleading.
After a moment of uncertainty, Lu Ying accepted the cup and drank.
Warmth spread through the man’s long eyes. “Want more?”
“No, thank you.”
“What are you thanking me for?”
Her politeness made him uncomfortable.
Sunlight pierced the treetops, scattering mottled light and shadow.
Lu Ying thought it over repeatedly. Lowering her eyes, she unzipped the small bag she carried and took out something she had prepared in advance.
Jin Beizhou poured himself a cup of water and glanced down at her while he drank.
“What are you looking for?”
Lu Ying held it out. “This is for you.”
“…” Jin Beizhou’s gaze froze. “A check?”
“Yes.”
“You’re giving me a check?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
The thought filled Lu Ying with unbearable shame. “I owe you.”
“…”
“You spent too much when we got married,” Lu Ying said earnestly. “I should repay you for that part…”
Every trace of gentleness vanished from Jin Beizhou’s eyes.
Lu Ying ran her tongue over her lips and continued explaining. “While you were working so hard for our marriage, I didn’t contribute anything. I think that was a form of emotional bullying. I bullied you. I’m sorry I only learned the truth now…”
As though he could endure no more, Jin Beizhou’s voice turned cold. “Dumping me wasn’t enough? Now you want to deny the feelings we shared too?”
Lu Ying choked.
“Lu Yingying,” Jin Beizhou enunciated. “Do you dare claim we didn’t marry because we loved each other?”
“…”
Lu Ying was rather confused.
What did a check have to do with whether they had loved each other?
He had borrowed money for her betrothal gifts. Now that they were divorced, especially since she was the one who had asked for it, wasn’t it only reasonable for her to return the money?
Jin Beizhou looked devastated. “You’re turning our feelings into a transaction with one check. You’re putting a price on our marriage. You dumped me, took my daughter away, and now you’re throwing money at me. At least a killing blow is quick…”
“Stop, stop, stop.” Lu Ying’s head ached. “Why are you doing literary analysis here?”
She had never meant any of that.
She had simply learned from Ge Qi how difficult the Jin Family had made things for him. She finally understood how hard he had worked for the money and believed it should be returned to him.
That was all!
What was all this talk about transactions and putting a price on things?
“No wonder you were acting so falsely polite today.” Jin Beizhou’s eyes reddened. “Thank you this, you’re welcome that. It turns out you were saving your ultimate move for me…”
“Just shut up!”
“…”
“This money belongs to you. You earned it.” Lu Ying tried hard to reason with him. “You can ask a lawyer. Betrothal gifts have to be returned after a divorce. I’m returning yours now. That’s all I mean. Do you understand?”
“I understand.”
“Good.” Lu Ying nodded. “Then take it…”
Jin Beizhou said, “You want me dead.”
“…”
“You hate me.”
Lu Ying had no words.
“You don’t have to humiliate me like this.” Jin Beizhou sounded like a resentful ghost. “Even an animal has dignity…”
Lu Ying abruptly stuffed the check back into her bag, turned, and walked away.
With his long legs, Jin Beizhou easily caught up. “It’s definitely going to snow today. My heart has frozen solid…”
“Shut up!”
“Then apologize to me.”
“Take it or leave it!”
“I don’t want it.”
“Shut up.”
“Apologize.”
“…” Lu Ying was utterly defeated. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have used money to insult you.”
Jin Beizhou asked, “Then how are you going to compensate me for the emotional bullying?”
Lu Ying stopped dead.
What the hell?
Hadn’t she just offered him compensation?
He was the one who refused it!
Why was he suddenly demanding compensation for emotional bullying?
“You said it yourself. You emotionally bullied me,” Jin Beizhou pointed out. “I’ve decided to accept your apology and compensation.”
Lu Ying’s face went blank. “What compensation do you want?”
Jin Beizhou’s lashes fluttered. “I want…”
“Don’t ask for anything you shouldn’t.”
“…”
Silence.
“Forget it.” Jin Beizhou exhaled. “I won’t hold it against you.”
A swear word nearly escaped Lu Ying’s mouth.
Jin Beizhou returned to his infuriating tone. “I’ll only follow the doctor’s orders.”
“What doctor’s…?”
“I’ll walk with you… with the baby, and let her become familiar with her father’s voice.”
Lu Ying offered no response and continued home with a taut expression.
As they approached the entrance to Caotang, she abruptly remembered something. “Why did you have Dajun and the others stationed nearby?”
“…” Jin Beizhou paused. “In case of danger.”
“What danger?”
“Didn’t Jiao An come here last time?”
“If this is only about someone like Jiao An,” Lu Ying said rationally, “you wouldn’t need so many men, would you?”
It was far too much commotion for such a minor threat.
Jin Beizhou frowned. “What kind of thing is that to say? My wife… my ex-wife and daughter live here. Is their safety a minor matter? Maybe you should give me that check after all!”
“…” Lu Ying looked at him. “Go make an appointment and have your pregnancy hormones tested.”
His temper was even worse than hers.
If she had not continued to feel that she owed him a debt, she truly would have turned and walked away in anger.
“The check is still yours,” Lu Ying said at the thought. “If you need the money, ask me for it anytime. I won’t touch it.”
Jin Beizhou’s lashes fluttered. “You want to manage my money for me?”
“Only the betrothal-gift money.”
“I have plenty more. Do you want to manage that too?”
Lu Ying ignored the pointless question and abruptly changed the subject. “What document did you sign for your grandfather?”
“…” Caught off guard by the sudden question, Jin Beizhou froze. “What document?”
“When you wanted to marry me,” Lu Ying reminded him. “Aside from the conditions about the betrothal gifts, didn’t you sign a document?”
Jin Beizhou understood that she had learned the truth.
“It was nothing.” He did not seem concerned. “He made me promise that no matter what happened, I would never oppose the Jin Corporation.”
Lu Ying was bewildered. The words escaped her before she could stop them. “He was afraid of you? Why else would he make you promise something like that?”
What the old master had been thinking was obvious enough. He had done too many excessive things to Jin Beizhou and felt guilty.
But the Jin Family was an eminent clan. No matter how capable Jin Beizhou might be, he was still a man with no parents, no backing, and no background.
That document had been filled with Old Master Jin’s fear.
Wasn’t that strange?
