Chapter 63: Chapter 63 After Fleeing, The Disabled Boss Stops Pretending 25
The visitor was Gu Baicha!
When Lu Peijin saw it was her, his expression turned much colder, and he crossed his arms without any intention of inviting her in. He simply asked indifferently, “What are you here for?”
Su Zhiruan exchanged a glance with Gu Baicha through the window and watched as her expression quickly shifted from confusion to anger.
“What am I here for?!” Gu Baicha seemed to muster sudden courage, pointing at Su Zhiruan as she questioned, “Lu Peijin! Didn’t you say before that she was a hotel waitress?! Why is she now pregnant and in your house?! Did you lie to me?!”
Su Zhiruan’s curiosity was piqued; she looked from one to the other, eating grapes and watching their exchange.
Normally, she never inquired about Lu Peijin’s social circle or work matters, given their contractual relationship, and she didn’t have the habit of prying too deeply into things. But now, she was quite curious about Gu Baicha.
She had seen her with Lu Peijin at the mall before, and then again in the hotel, but Gu Baicha had not appeared since.
Su Zhiruan had even wondered whether this Gu Baicha could be Lu Peijin’s fiancee or something, but then she thought it might just be unrequited love.
Upon hearing Gu Baicha’s remarks, Lu Peijin’s brows furrowed, “Do I need to seek your opinion on what I do?”
Su Zhiruan watched as Gu Baicha’s face grew paler and paler until her eyes filled with tears; finally, with a stamp of her foot, she left the place.
With just one sentence, Lu Peijin had driven the young girl away!
Seeing Gu Baicha leave, he seemed to realize something and quickly went back to Su Zhiruan to explain, “She and I have nothing to do with each other. After meeting once at a banquet, she has been pestering me repeatedly. That time at the mall was also a chance encounter.”
Lu Peijin explained while observing Su Zhiruan’s expression.
However, he found that Su Zhiruan didn’t seem to care much about it; she ate her grapes and memorized her book. After hearing his words, she didn’t give much of a response, only saying, “It’s actually fine, you don’t need to explain so much.”
“You… don’t care?” After Lu Peijin hastily explained, he realized that she truly didn’t care.
“According to the contract, I don’t have the right to care,” said Su Zhiruan, who was very clear in her heart about her own position. She had signed the contract and would abide by it. After all, she only needed to complete the System’s task of having a child. It wasn’t realistic to forcibly tie together two people from drastically different backgrounds just because of the child.
She had always been level-headed.
A man smitten by love can still be reasoned with. But a woman drowned in it cannot.
Women who are ruled by their emotions and become deeply entangled in them will find it hard to extricate themselves. If that were the case, she would rather stick to the original contract.
If love made her life miserable, then it was worthless. The saying “love fills the belly as well as water” is, after all, a rarity. People, especially women, should always consider themselves and their future.
The light in Lu Peijin’s eyes dimmed a bit, but the flame in his heart climbed higher and higher, almost bursting forth. He suddenly had a strong desire to express his inner thoughts, a desire that had never felt so intense. But in the end, Lu Peijin restrained himself, leaving only one word in a very soft voice, “Okay.”
He focused all his attention on Su Zhiruan and eventually settled down with her on the couch, enjoying this long-missed quiet moment with her and the three children in her belly.
After that, life became calm. Su Zhiruan studied in an orderly fashion. The System’s Newbie Gift Package was the greatest contributor. Throughout her pregnancy, she didn’t feel anything unusual, no discomfort, and even some minor ailments were attributed to the pregnancy—all of which were eliminated by the System.
In autumn, not yet ten months pregnant, she checked into the hospital ahead of time.
The private hospital was very quiet, with good privacy. Aside from two aunts who took care of her, the nurses also spoke in hushed, gentle tones.
Starting from midnight, Su Zhiruan felt regular contractions in her lower abdomen.
This was a normal phenomenon before labor, so she quietly waited.
But then, in the morning.
An auntie was helping her when, at that moment, she saw Su Zhiruan’s sudden expression of pain and immediately understood. She then called out to another auntie in a rush, “Go get the doctor and nurse quickly! Miss Su is about to give birth!”
“What?!” The other auntie immediately sprinted off to find a nurse.
Soon, the ward was bustling with several nurses, who prepared Su Zhiruan and the two aunties. Once the cervix dilated to a certain degree, it would be time to enter the delivery room.
“Don’t panic, don’t panic.” Su Zhiruan looked at the aunties running around like ants on a hot pan and couldn’t help but want to laugh.
If one didn’t know better, they might think it was the aunties who were giving birth, whereas Su Zhiruan calmly made all the necessary preparations and even walked a few steps on the ground.
An auntie quickly helped her onto the bed, “Miss Su, you’re about to give birth, don’t wander around anymore. You’re having triplets, they weigh a lot! Lie down on the bed quickly, it’s going to hurt in a moment!”
“I’m going to find Mr. Lu right now! I’ll send him a message first! Miss Su, would you like something to eat?” The other auntie passed things to Su Zhiruan while sending a message to Lu Peijin.
The nurses stood in the ward, ready for action, while Su Zhiruan looked around, feeling somewhat helpless.
In her previous world, she had given birth with the help of the System Newbie Gift Package, and every time the delivery had gone smoothly. This time she was even less worried. With modern technology and the Golden Finger of the system, childbirth actually helped her reduce the burden.
Suddenly, another wave of pre-labor pain struck briefly, and she clenched the bedsheet beside her fiercely.
—Now, it was really time to give birth!
When Lu Peijin received the message, his heart skipped a beat and he called out to his secretary, “Prepare the car!!”
He didn’t even care about the wheelchair anymore! He was dropping all pretenses!
Lu Peijin strode meteorically out of the office.
He had been in a meeting and left his phone in the president’s office, but he hadn’t expected to finish the meeting only to receive a message that Su Zhiruan was about to go into labor!
The secretary called a car and then stood dumbfounded as his boss took off with long strides, sprinting away swiftly!
In that moment, he even doubted whether it was because he had been working too hard and was seeing things, witnessing a fit and healthy Lu Peijin running out!
And all those shareholders, managers, board members, etc.—who had just concluded their meeting—saw Lu Peijin sprinting away!
The documents in their hands scattered to the floor like snowflakes, and the expression on everyone’s face was identical, as if they were all cast from the same mold—shock!
The shock then spread to the employees.
Many employees were at work, or slacking off, killing time.
As a figure dashed past, everyone looked at the familiar silhouette, simultaneously falling into contemplation.