Chapter 407: Chapter 383: The Child is Mine, He Has No Right to Take Him Away
That string of numbers belonged to Tan Qing, long engraved in my heart, yet I had never dialed it proactively even once.
Frowning a bit, Tong Xi took a coin out of her bag, flipped it, then slapped it onto her leg.
"Heads, I’ll call. Tails, I won’t."
Muttering under her breath, the taxi driver sitting behind the wheel chuckled, "Miss, are you making a tough decision?"
"Yes, it’s about my life," Tong Xi chuckled, reverting to her talkative self, "Driver, I want to ask you, there’s a saying in Chinese, chasing a man divides only a thin veil, is it true?"
"That’s hard to say," the taxi driver earnestly gave Tong Xi a glance, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes, "No way, a pretty girl like you still needs to chase someone?"
Actually resorting to something as childish as flipping a coin.
"It’s because that man is much better than me, making me feel inferior," Tong Xi shrugged helplessly, only after the car entered the city did she pick up the coin, saw it landed tails up, snorted and tossed it back into her bag, "Forget it, tails, I’d better save the call, heaven doesn’t want me to dial."
But her heart was restless, seeing the taxi passing MT, Tong Xi finally couldn’t hold back, "Stop!"
Standing outside MT, gazing at the faint light from Tan Qing’s floor, she gritted her teeth, for the first time dialing that string of numbers.
To hell with the coin’s heads or tails, this girl doesn’t believe that nonsense.
"That’s it for today, calling it a day!" Tan Qing finished reading a report, glanced at his watch and walked out, saying to the secretary still working overtime outside, and left briskly.
In fact, he could have left an hour ago, but Qu Min came back, the first thing she did was come to MT to invite him to a party. Tan Qing frowned deeply, preferring to stay late for work rather than see her. Seeing the secretary there too, Tan Qing wasn’t lying to her, Qu Min unwillingly yet helplessly left.
Getting into the elevator, the phone rang, looking at the number, Tan Qing’s lips gently curled up, "Tong Xi, you’re back to T City?"
"...", the pleasant magnetic voice, heard many times, but for the first time, transmitted through the phone, made Tong Xi’s palms sweat from nervousness. However, hearing that he wasn’t at all averse to her calling filled her with joy and excitement, she smiled after a brief pause, "Tan Qing, I happened to pass by MT, saw your floor was still lit, working overtime?"
"Just about to leave, have you eaten? If not, let me treat you," Tan Qing asked with a smile.
He’s been very busy lately, couldn’t find the time to check in with Wen Nuan, but she’s always on his mind. Tong Xi’s return is perfect timing for her to accompany Wen Nuan more.
"You’re treating me? That’s great." Tong Xi was so happy she almost jumped up.
All the way with Tan Qing to a nearby Chinese restaurant, Tong Xi’s heart was blossoming. It seemed like a little deer crashing in her chest, having been in dozens of relationships, but never felt this way before. So sweet, yet so anxious...
She thought, maybe Tan Qing also had some feelings for her, now knowing Wen Nuan and Leng Yan are certainly tied together, he should’ve finally resolved the knot in his heart, giving up his love for Nuannuan, right?
But Tan Qing’s next sentence made Tong Xi feel unsettled immediately.
Looking at Tong Xi’s smiling face, Tan Qing sipped some juice gently, sighed lightly, worry evident in his expression, "Tong Xi, you are Nuannuan’s best friend. Now that you’re back, persuade her not to work too hard. She gave up a design career, and still insists on raising her child alone..."
"What did you say?"
Tong Xi, drinking some juice, almost spat it out. It took her a while to process Tan Qing’s words after she struggled to swallow it down, "Nuannuan is now working at Wen Family, broke up with Leng Yan but is pregnant?"
"You didn’t know?" Tan Qing was briefly stunned, then gave a wry smile, "Nuannuan probably didn’t want you to worry, so she didn’t tell you. I thought you knew, and I invited you to dinner to ask you to keep her company more. Nuannuan is very stubborn, she insists on keeping the baby."
"That bastard Leng Yan!"
Tong Xi, in a rage, slammed her hand hard on the table. Her rough nerves had no room to be saddened by the fact that Tan Qing inviting her to dinner wasn’t because he had feelings for her, but due to the business with Nuannuan. Her mind was filled with the thought of catching Leng Yan and smacking him.
So many upheavals left her amazed and angry.
"When will you behave like a lady?"
The juice near Tan Qing’s hand was almost spilled on the table from her slam, he hurriedly wiped it with a napkin, then looked at Tong Xi playfully, "Whoever marries you will really have a tough time."
"I..." Tong Xi’s face flushed, she stood up wanting to help him wipe but drew her hand back seeing he finished, embarrassed, she didn’t know where to place her hands.
If anyone else had said that, she’d have retorted with, "Is it any of your business?", but in front of Tan Qing, all she felt was embarrassment and regret.
She bit her lip, sat down, "It’s because Leng Yan is a bastard, Nuannuan sacrificed so much for him, and he for Ji Wei’s child just wavered? Humph, no way, I have to go find Nuannuan."
The anger in her chest couldn’t be suppressed, though it was rare to have dinner alone with Tan Qing, her friend’s wronged crying face kept flashing in her mind, and she couldn’t sit still, grabbed her bag, "I’m going now."
After walking a few steps, she turned back, picked up the car keys beside Tan Qing, "Lend me your car."
"You’re indeed unreserved," Tan Qing chuckled without stopping her. He just asked, "Won’t you eat before leaving?"
"No need," Tong Xi waved it off, having eaten on the plane she wasn’t hungry.
"I’ll return your car in a few days, and invite you to a meal." As she left, a sly glint flashed in Tong Xi’s eyes.
She was actually just creating opportunities and reasons for spending time with him. Anyway, Tan Qing’s family didn’t lack cars, he could totally drive another to work.
"Be careful on the road, don’t be too impulsive."
Tan Qing smiled at her helplessly, turned back to continue eating, a trace of interest inadvertently flashing in his eyes.
What it was, he didn’t think further, but aside from some aspects of her fiery character he couldn’t accept, Tong Xi didn’t really have any other repulsive qualities to him.
"Miss, Miss Tong is here." Just when Wen Nuan returned to her room and was about to lie down, Aunt Liu’s voice sounded outside the door. Wen Nuan was surprised, without a chance to respond, Tong Xi had already pushed open the door with a furious expression, "Wen Nuan, you don’t think of me as a friend!"
"What nonsense are you talking about," Wen Nuan quickly put on a smile, understanding what she meant, awkwardly let Tong Xi in, had her sit on the sofa, and handed her a bottle of drink brought by Aunt Liu, unable to look Tong Xi straight in the eye, "Xixi, you know everything now?"
"I heard it from Tan Qing, called you several times and you didn’t answer, you’re really something." Tong Xi unceremoniously unscrewed the cap, gulped down a few sips, then glanced at Wen Nuan’s belly, "How long has it been?"
"Just over a month," Wen Nuan lowered her eyes, gave a bitter smile, "Xixi, I was planning to tell you once you came to E City. Didn’t want you worrying and getting mad in France."
"Now that I know I’m even madder!" Tong Xi shot Wen Nuan a glare, teeth gritted, "That jerk Leng Yan, Nuannuan, you’re going to let him off just like that, not hold him accountable?"
Wen Nuan gave a bitter smile, "What else could I do, he opened his mouth to say he couldn’t let go of Ji Wei’s child, should I still beg him?"
She has her pride, how could she do something so undignified?
No, she actually did, it was when he went to England, at the airport, she asked him if he would reconsider, and he still said no to her!
Tong Xi’s anger flared in her chest, seeing Wen Nuan’s wanting-to-settle-down look, only intensified it. She sprang up, grabbing Wen Nuan’s arm, "Come on! I’ll get him for you today! If we don’t beat this heartless man once, my anger won’t subside, why let them off so easily! Nuannuan, you don’t have to move, just watch me teach him a lesson."
"Where to go?" Wen Nuan held down Tong Xi’s shoulder to make her sit down, with a faint bitterness in her smiling eyes, "He went to England."
He’d been gone for more than a week, not a single call made to him during this time. This time she didn’t blacklist him, she even subconsciously hoped he would call, but he didn’t.
He entered and exited her life like a cold wind, utterly heartless.
Three years ago, with no warning, he appeared in her life, bringing her over three years of secret admiration. Now he left quietly, leaving her with endless pain.
"He’s not here, but the vixen certainly didn’t run, we know where the fox den is, today let’s go teach her a lesson! Or I’ll write ’Tong’ upside down!" Tong Xi furiously exclaimed, "Nuannuan, why does her child get a father, and yours doesn’t, is there no justice?"
"Where would you find justice in this?"
Wen Nuan said painfully, looking at Tong Xi, "Xixi, if Leng Yan and I were actually married, I could have sued them for bigamy, but now what do I have? Leng Yan and I have no relationship..."
All of it is just a farce!
If it weren’t for the child in her belly as a reminder, sometimes she really felt this was but a dream, not truly existing. She did wish it was a dream, waking up to find that aside from sighing over having a sad dream, she was still the optimistic and carefree Wen Nuan.
"Are you really not going to tell Leng Yan about the child?" Tong Xi sighed heavily, gazing into Wen Nuan’s eyes, "Nuannuan, how long can you hide it? What if one day, Leng Yan finds out?"
"Even if he knew, it wouldn’t be his," Wen Nuan stubbornly bit her lower lip, a tear slid from the corner of her eye, she gently wiped it away before looking up, "He has Ji Wei’s child, that’s enough for him, my child will be solely mine, irrelevant to him, he has no right to take what’s mine."
"You... sigh! I wouldn’t have the courage to raise a child," Tong Xi watched her silently for a while, then sighed deeply, "Nuannuan, is it worth it? Sacrificing so much for him only to get such results, is it worth it?"