Planned Love

After returning to China, my phone started to ring. The first call was naturally from Zhou Yihai.    

I was gone for half a month, and I thought he would call and question or complain. I hesitated a moment, then picked it up.    

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yihai's politeness was so much like flattery, "Shubei, I set up a meal at Qian Kun Palace tonight. I'm inviting you and Director Sheng to dinner. You must come."    

I was stunned and didn't know how to respond. Originally, he was troubled about how to find an excuse to get over this matter, but he didn't expect Zhou Yihai's attitude to be like this.    

"Shubei, are you and Director Sheng having a good time in the United States? I've already seen the media reports. Congratulations! " Seeing that I didn't answer, Zhou Yihai said on the other end of the phone, "Shubei, it's like this. Director Sheng said he wants you to leave, considering your poor health, but I feel that you have made a huge contribution to the company. I can approve your freedom to work, but you must not quit your job!" At present, the company's development cannot be separated from you, and you know how much you value you. I assume you're with Director Sheng right now? Let's not talk about other things too much. You should take care of the baby and not think too much about anything else! "    

If I was still puzzled by his long speech at the beginning, I heard his last words clearly and with horror.    

Take care of the baby?! [What the hell is going on?]    

After hanging up, I turned my head and looked at Sheng Yun. I was stunned.    

The voice on the phone was very loud, and he was sitting right next to me. He must have heard whatever Zhou Yihai said.    

"Give me an explanation, please." I looked at him and tried to speak calmly.    

"You already have my child." He looked at me, his voice so calm I couldn't hear a ripple.    

I immediately became agitated. I directly stood up and looked at him. I asked in disbelief, "What did you say?"    

For the past half month in the United States, I've barely been able to eat anything, and I've been sustained by my needle, and every time I've eaten a little bit of soup, I've vomited it all up.    

The doctor said I had a stomach injury, and I believed him innocently.    

Pregnant? The word was too far away for me. I never thought I'd get pregnant, never thought about it.    

"I'm in charge." He looked directly into my eyes, which were as calm as the dead sea.    

"So the reason why you are so good to me and to the public is because I'm pregnant?" I asked, looking at him.    

"At this stage, I need a child." He looked at me.    

From his words, I caught a hint of a deal. It turned out that the emotions that had been stirred up when they first met were just an illusion.    

"Sheng Yun, why didn't you tell me from the beginning?" My heart sank.    

He was still him, and I really thought he'd fallen for me.    

So, it's just that there's an extra weight in my body.    

No wonder every time he had a good time with me, he had the doctor do a physical examination to make sure I was safe. So it was like this.    

"I'm not going to tell you until you're well." He told me with his eyes that he had decided to leave the child in my womb.    

There was no room for negotiation.    

"You want this child?" I asked.    

"Yes." He nodded firmly.    

"Why?" I asked again, my heart cold as ice, hissing inside me.    

"Grandfather is old, his body is sick. We need to have a joyous occasion that will make our family happy. " He said calmly, "This child has come just in time, and grandpa is very happy. Four generations together, that's what the old generation wants to see the most. "    

"That's all?" I looked at him and asked coldly.    

"Not only that, I will give you the identity of a true girlfriend. I will give you material plumpness, and I will pamper you." He sounded as if he were negotiating a deal.    

It turns out that I'm not the only one who can put on a show, he's even more so.    

"Sheng Yun, are you negotiating a deal with me?" I bit my lip, trying to calm myself.    

"It's about the deal," he admitted frankly, then pinched my chin and said, "It's about the relationship too. In short, you won't suffer a loss. "    

"I don't understand why you're doing this. If you want a child, there are many women who can give birth to it for you. Why is it me?" I felt a surge of emotion.    

"Do you think I want to?" His tone turned cold, as if all of this was outside of his expectations.    

His uncertain attitude made it impossible for me to know what was behind it.    

Then he said, "That day, you were covered in blood and I carried you to the hospital. The doctor said it was urgent and asked me to send you to the United States. For no reason at all, I left my job to send a woman to the United States. The company couldn't hand it over, and neither could my grandfather. Countless eyes stared at me. The doctor told me that you were pregnant, and that although there was slight bleeding, there was still a fetal heart. In desperation, I can only tell Grandfather that you have my child in your womb. Grandpa was in bed for a long time, and he was very happy to hear about it. I was allowed to send you to America. This matter had become a foregone conclusion. I... and I had to. "    

I stared at him. "How could your grandfather allow a woman who didn't pass through the door to have your child?"    

"If it's my seed, Grandpa will recognize it," he said, looking at me, and a pang of pain flashed in his eyes. "If it's a boy."    

My heart suddenly thumped, I couldn't help but think of Sheng Yun's ancestry.    

In other words, I have unwittingly become a tool for passing down Sheng Family to our ancestors?!    

"How can you be so sure that I will be born?" I asked excitedly, "Have you considered my situation? Have you thought about how I feel? How can you decide everything so arbitrarily? "    

"I don't think you have any reason not to." He looked at me, his voice domineering and determined, as if the matter had been set in stone.    

"I don't agree." I said, looking at him with the same determination.    

"I will give you time to accept and adapt to this process. I know it's not that easy to be a mother. Don't worry, after this child is born, my family will raise him for the entirety of his life. You can still fight for your cause, and I will also reward you accordingly. " he said slowly.    

"If you really think so, you don't have to look for me. I won't become your tool!" A bone-deep chill spread from my heart.    

"I didn't think of it that way," he said, his voice softening when he saw that I was angry. What I'm giving you right now is my attitude toward this child. "Calm down first, I'll take you to my house tonight to see grandpa."    

When he finished, he seemed a little tired. He leaned his head back in the car chair and put his arm around my shoulders, but I broke free. I got up and sat in the empty seat in the back row.    

I touched my stomach subconsciously. Only then did I realize that my stomach was bulging slightly. Judging by the time, it seemed like he hadn't taken a leave of absence for two months. But I had always had an unstable period, and since I had never been in a relationship and had never thought about getting pregnant, I had never taken the fact that I was not there.    

Looking at the time, it had already been three months?    

Thinking of this, my heart couldn't help but skip a beat.    

Sheng Yun's attitude clearly showed that he only wanted to be responsible for the child. As for marrying me, how could a family like him marry a woman of unknown origins like me? The former entertainment industry's Liang Luoshe was a clear example of this.    

I did not expect that I would face the same fate.    

After getting beaten up by Xu Tianyi and his mother that day, I climbed down the stairs step by step. At that time, I didn't expect that I would have a child in my womb.    

What should he do?! My heart is in chaos.    

The car drove into a manor. Before this, I never knew that there was such an ancient manor in Hangcheng.    

After the car pulled into the parking lot, Sheng Yun walked over and extended his hand to me and said, "Let's go, I will face it with you."    

"I will make it clear to your grandfather that I will not keep this child." I said angrily.    

"Xu Shubei!" His attitude became stiff, "This child was saved with great difficulty, I won't allow you to be so willful. Let's go!"    

Without explanation, he pulled me out of the car and presented me with a magnificent European villa.    

He kept a tight grip on my hand and pulled me through the front door without a word.    

The main hall and corridors of the villa were as golden and dazzling as a palace. The crystal lamps above his head illuminated the entire room as if it was daytime.    

When we reached the main hall, we saw an old man with a head of silver hair sitting on the sofa in the distance. Behind him were a lot of people.    

Sheng Yun brought me to gradually walk near the old man. I also saw the old man's face clearly. The old man and Sheng Yun's stature weren't inferior in size. They stood tall and straight, brimming with vigor and vitality.    

"Grandfather," Sheng Yun said to him respectfully, "I've brought him back."    

"How is the child?" His grandfather was lazily lying on the sofa with two jade beads in his hands. The first sentence he asked me was, "Can you find out if it's a boy or a girl?"    

That condescending and contemptuous tone was no different from Sheng Yun.