Chapter 237: Extinction
The fear of being almost disfigured still made Wen Lan feel frightened.
She covered her belly, and the words of accidental pregnancy were about to come out of her throat, but she changed the subject when she opened her mouth.
"Your mother brought concentrated hydrochloric acid this time. She said that as long as my face was destroyed, you would not bother me anymore--"
Xie Yansheng's body trembled, and the lighter in his hand fell to the ground with a "snap".
The two fell into silence.
After a long time, Xie Yansheng asked: "Did Jiang Jingci save you?"
She did not answer.
"So, are you ready to pledge your love to him?" Xie Yansheng's voice was cold, and the dozens of whip marks on his back from being whipped by Mr. Xie made him sweat in pain.
His words made Wen Lan's heart cold.
Hearing that Xie's mother was going to destroy her face, Xie Yansheng did not feel sorry for her at all, nor did he blame Xie's mother!
He was still jealous of Jiang Jingci!
Anger and despair quickly occupied the ravines in Wen Lan's heart.
A gust of north wind blew, and she sneezed twice in a row. It was spring, but she felt cold from head to toe.
The two stood in the rest pavilion of the community, only two or three meters apart, but they were like a vast ocean between them.
"Wen Lan." Xie Yansheng turned his back to her and said in a deep voice, "I'll ask you one last time, are you willing to give up everything in Jiangcheng and go to Beijing with me?"
This was not the first time Xie Yansheng asked her this question.
She would clearly refuse every time.
No matter how crazy Xie Yansheng played outside, she still had a job to rely on in Jiangcheng. If she really went to Beijing, what could Xie Yansheng give her?
Every second of waiting for her response was torment and pain for Xie Yansheng.
Her silence again directly told Xie Yansheng the answer.
Xie Yansheng laughed at himself and walked out of the rest pavilion dejectedly.
The sound of footsteps in the distance almost crushed Wen Lan's heart.
"Xie Yansheng." She shouted at the tall figure in a hurry.
Although Xie Yansheng was full of despair, he still stopped.
Suddenly, she felt her throat dry and uncomfortable, and said in a trembling voice: "I am pregnant."
These four simple words have exhausted all her courage.
Xie Yansheng stood there, lit a cigarette and started smoking. After a pause, he asked calmly: "How long has it been?"
"More than 20 days." She was flustered by Xie Yansheng's calmness, "It was during the Chinese New Year."
"Your subtext - he is mine?" Xie Yansheng's voice was mocking.
Wen Lan was like being struck by lightning, "What do you mean?"
"When you were Mrs. Xie, you kept taking birth control injections behind my back and didn't want to have a child with me." Xie Yansheng flicked the ash off his cigarette and chuckled coldly, "Now you're divorced, but you're pregnant. Hurry up and make up a reason. Tell me what caused you to get pregnant with my child?"
Wen Lan's teeth were clattering, "Are you doubting me?"
"Ask yourself, during our marriage, I tried so hard to have a child, how did you treat me?" Xie Yansheng turned around and stared at her angrily.
"You've always hated me for ruining your love with Shen Yi, and you thought about divorce on the first day you married me. If you really get pregnant with my child, you will just make him disappear quietly!"
Wen Lan fell on the wooden chair, and the hope that had just ignited in her heart turned into ashes bit by bit.
When she used fake pregnancy to deceive Xie Yansheng, Xie Yansheng was like an innocent child, believing in her without a doubt. He often gently stroked her belly when no one was around, looking forward to the scene when the child grew up...
"Wen Lan, I admit that I have been greedy for your body, but I am not a fool! You said you have been pregnant for more than 20 days. Think about it, where were you at that time?"
"Where can I be——" She collapsed and said, "During that period, in addition to being in Jiangcheng, I went to Gangcheng——"
When the word "Gangcheng" came out, she realized Xie Yansheng's ulterior motives!
On New Year's Eve, in order to find Ji Minxin, she went to Gangcheng and stayed there for four days.
And Shen Yi accompanied her throughout the whole process.
She twisted her hands together fiercely, her face pale, "Do you think the child is not yours?"
Xie Yansheng's eyes were red, and he laughed dryly: "It's really pitiful for parents in the world. They want to plan a good future for their children, but it depends on whether there are people who will do this!"
Wen Lan never dreamed that when she really told the news of her pregnancy, she would face such humiliation.
"The Shen family is not good. If the child is born, he will really take the Shen surname. There will be restrictions on going to school and taking civil service exams in the future."
Xie Yansheng paused, "I will not be a father for your child. Let's find Jiang Jingci. His financial strength is not worse than mine. He has been fascinated by you recently. If you blow pillow wind, your child will have a legitimate father."
The mocking voice was like an ice knife, piercing Wen Lan's heart fiercely.
Wen Lan put one hand on her lower abdomen, and her eyes immediately turned red.
Can't cry, can't cry!
She said to herself over and over again.
But the stubbornness in her bones was still there. She tried hard to control her emotions that were about to get out of control and didn't let her tears fall.
"Take good care of the baby and give birth to a child for the Shen family as soon as possible, which can also comfort the spirit of Shen's mother in heaven." Xie Yansheng's sharp eyes fell on her flat belly, and his thin lips were pursed into a straight line.
When he heard that Wen Lan was pregnant, every word and every sentence he said was filled with bone-chilling hatred and unwillingness.
As Xie Yansheng's back faded away, Wen Lan felt like she was in an ice cellar, with chills all over her body.
When she told Xie Yansheng that she was pregnant, she was full of expectations.
Because she wanted to give her child a complete family.
However, all her and her child's hopes were extinguished by Xie Yansheng himself.
Before that, she would consider whether to give birth to the child. At this moment, she was more determined to give birth to the child!
Whenever she thought of her child being abandoned by his biological father when he was only 20 days in her belly, she felt a suffocating pain in her heart.
It was endless and entangled in every part of her body.
She secretly vowed to devote all her love and energy to take care of this little thing!
The north wind blew, Wen Lan slowly got up, looked up and saw Jiang Jingci standing at the door of the apartment building.
She hurriedly gathered her messy thoughts and walked over slowly, "Old Jiang, I'll go to the pharmacy at the door to buy medicine for you right away."
Jiang Jingci's eyes were full of heartache, and he called her, "No need for medicine, your aloe vera gel is good. Hurry up and go upstairs to eat the rest of the noodles."
"I'm full." She stood at the door of the apartment building, staring at the place where Xie Yansheng's back last appeared and took a deep breath, "I feel a little depressed, I'll go upstairs after a while."
"Let's talk, Wen Lan." Jiang Jingci came down early, and he heard most of what she and Xie Yansheng said.
Since the Chuhehan boundary between Wen Lan and Xie Yansheng has been clear, then he should also show his cards.