Chapter 136: The Second Time? Pregnant Yet Not Given Birth? - The Rich Second-Generation Villain With No Morals

Chapter 136: The Second Time? Pregnant Yet Not Given Birth? Qi Xueyao's face was flushed red. She bit her lower lip, hesitating whether to go inside. Sleeping in her own room was a completely different concept from sleeping in Qi Lin's room. Back when Qi Lin would come to her room, it was like he shamelessly barged in, which had nothing to do with him. She still found him quite detestable. But if she actively ran to Qi Lin's room, what would that mean? Were they really married? “This bastard is so smug!” She thought back on all the things Qi Lin had done to her, stealing her chastity that she had preserved for over twenty years, filling her with resentment. Seeing Qi Xueyao reluctant to enter, Qi Lin guessed she probably wanted to return to her room. "If you don't want to come in, that's fine, just stand at the doorway while I tell a story~," Qi Lin said with a sly smile. "Today's story is called The Village Corpse—" "Once, there was a place called Fengmen Village. Over a year ago, a woman was wrongfully accused and beaten to death by the villagers. They threw her into a deep well. Yet, her corpse remained eerily still, her complexion pale. She lay beneath the water, her eyes rolling back, watching the villagers who came to draw water, waiting to lure an unlucky soul to join her." The story of the village corpse was already one of the most terrifying ghost tales, a childhood nightmare for many. With Qi Lin’s SSS-level ventriloquism skills, the immersive feeling was incredibly intense. At that moment, the lights in the corridor were dim, and Qi Xueyao, standing at the door, hesitated for a moment, her face gradually turning pale. She didn't want to listen to Qi Lin, that jerk, any longer, so she turned to retreat to her room. But looking back at the dim corridor, she couldn't take a step forward. The more Qi Lin spoke, the more terrifying his tone became. "Qi Lin, you bastard!" she shouted, "You know I'm most afraid of ghosts, yet you still want to scare me! You're so annoying!" Qi Xueyao cried out. Unable to stay outside any longer, she quickly rushed into Qi Lin's room and closed the door. Even after closing it, she felt insecure and slipped her dainty, delicate feet under the blanket beside Qi Lin, trembling. It seemed that she was truly terrified by Qi Lin's ghost story performance. This was the first time Qi Lin saw a vulnerable side of Qi Xueyao. Gently, he pulled down the air conditioner blanket covering her face. Her beautiful face was streaked with tears, her eyes tightly shut, and her eyelashes trembled, clearly frightened. "Sister Xueyao, have you heard?" Qi Lin whispered, gently stroking her hair. "As long as someone gives a frightened person a warm kiss, all evil spirits will flee." In that moment, Qi Xueyao's face reddened, but she still refused to open her eyes. Qi Lin decided not to waste any more words, gently kissing her soft, moist lips. The next morning, Qi Xueyao was already awake, her beautiful eyes shyly refusing to open. Oh no! She thought to herself, feeling as though she had gone mad. In that KTV room, all she felt was despair and pain, memories she wanted to forget. Clearly, all she felt toward Qi Lin was dislike and rejection. Yet yesterday, frightened, she hid under the covers. She knew what he might do, and yet, she closed her eyes, her long, beautiful lashes twitching slightly, letting him have his way. "So, this is what being a true woman is like~," Qi Xueyao felt a tinge of confusion and shyness in her heart. “But, what about Jiang Lei?” “Last time was excusable; it was Qi Lin’s fault. But what about this time?” “This time it’s not my fault. That bastard deliberately scared me.” "I don't like this at all. I still dislike Qi Lin." Qi Xueyao started to deceive herself again. "Mm~ I had a good sleep last night," Qi Lin said, waking up, speaking shamelessly. Last time in the KTV, he was drunk with a Muggle and didn’t know what he was doing. But now, Qi Xueyao neither caused a scene nor protested. She just lay there with a flushed face, eyes closed, ear covered, listening in silence. How could he not feel unconstrained? "Are you being annoying? Making so much noise early in the morning, disturbing others' sleep," Qi Xueyao admonished with a tone of exasperation. Hearing her, Qi Lin’s cheerful demeanor remained, as he pondered lighting a cigarette. "Oh, right, you might be pregnant now, so you shouldn't smell smoke." “Hey, it was fine to bully you before, but now you’ve got a little ancestor in your belly, I can’t even smoke.” Qi Lin reluctantly put the cigarette back into the pack. Hearing Qi Lin’s words and watching his actions, Qi Xueyao was taken aback. But a few seconds later, her lips involuntarily curled into a smile, her morning mood inexplicably brightened. “Sister Xueyao, take this bank card,” Qi Lin said, picking up a pair of pants from the bed and pulling out a bank card for her. In theory, Qi Xueyao might already be pregnant, so it was better not to provoke her. But Qi Lin's married life remained sweet. His main goal was to ensure that when Qi Xueyao saw Jiang Lei, she remembered whose child she carried, with whom she shared her nights. A villain never fights unprepared; Qi Lin coveted Jiang Lei's company but had to ensure Qi Xueyao stood by his side and did not succumb to Jiang Lei's retreating schemes. “Qi Lin, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to insult me?" Seeing the bank card, Qi Xueyao was stunned. A second later, her eyes reddened as she glared at Qi Lin, her tone emotionally charged. She felt that the money Qi Lin offered was tainted, like dealings with an outside girl. "Can you stop thinking about it like that all the time?" Qi Lin laughed. "Did you forget what I told you in that house with over ten million stashed inside?" "Since you're carrying my child, I must be responsible. I can’t let you and my child starve, right?" “Take it, even if you hate me, even if you don’t like me, you should think about the child you’re carrying, right?” “I was a scoundrel from the start. What if one day I get tired of you and kick you out? What would you eat or drink then?” “There’s nothing in this world worth trusting; only money is the safest thing, you understand?” Qi Lin’s words calmed Qi Xueyao’s mood considerably. Hearing him say he might discard her one day, she immediately gave him a glare. However, Qi Lin’s earlier words slowly shifted her perspective. "Yes, this bastard is capricious. He might treat me well today and ignore me tomorrow. I can't rely on him for everything in the future, can I?" "Right now, I’m only here because I have no financial independence, and this child is Qi Lin’s. I can’t let Jiang Lei bear the burden, can I?" "Alas, given the situation, I must rely on myself. The child would be my hard work, and if Qi Lin bullies me and leaves, I won't let this kid acknowledge him as a father." “But thinking closely, though Qi Lin isn’t good, he’s not as bad as he seems. At least he’s concerned about my and the child’s future.” With such thoughts, Qi Xueyao accepted the bank card. “Don’t think I forgive you. For what you did without my consent, you’re the person I dislike the most.” "I'm taking this card for the child's sake," she continued. "Though I can't escape your influence yet, I hope you'll let me go when you tire of me." Ending her words, Qi Xueyao felt her emotions well up, her eyes turning red with tears she wanted to shed. Watching Qi Xueyao pretend to be strong, Qi Lin chuckled to himself. What could he say about letting her go? If he really did, Qi Xueyao might hate him more. They had a child now; where did she think she could run off to? What he said initially held weight. In a past life, he allowed this disgrace upon himself. In this life, Qi Xueyao definitely shouldn’t foresee having a soccer team of kids with someone else. If she incited his wrath enough one day, then he would cease to be called Qi. The groundwork was mostly laid; he just waited for Jiang Lei to enter the fray. Qi Lin also hoped Qi Xueyao could contribute, bringing down Jiang Lei’s company and providing for herself and this freeloading husband of hers. "After all that talking, I'm thirsty. Some honey tea in the morning would be nice," Qi Lin remarked, pulling the heartbroken Qi Xueyao into an embrace, his face inching closer. "Don't you dare!" Qi Xueyao squeaked, her face blanching. “Ugh—” But before she could finish, it was already too late. Once again, Qi Lin seized the moment. “Fine, since he still cares about me and the child, I won’t be too harsh on him this time,” Qi Xueyao mused, closing her eyes, allowing Qi Lin to kiss her. As soon as Qi Lin left for school, Qi Xueyao received a call from Jiang Lei. Nowadays, her situation with Qi Lin was a mess, and she had no clue how to face Jiang Lei, or to speak with him as she used to. But Jiang Lei was, after all, her fiancé, and out of guilt, she answered the call. "Xueyao, I've got a surprise for you today. Come to this address. I promise you won’t be disappointed," Jiang Lei said, his voice lively, probably in a good mood. "Jiang Lei, I’m in a bad mood lately, not wanting to go out. As for your surprise, I have to apologize," Qi Xueyao responded, too preoccupied with the memory of last night’s events to care for surprises. Her thoughts lingered on her interactions with Qi Lin, blushing at the recollection. Hearing her reluctance, the smile on Jiang Lei's face faded. He sighed and decided to share what had been happening recently with Qi Xueyao. "Xueyao, I've closed down the old office building of the training center," Jiang Lei began. "Recently, I partnered with an old acquaintance to flip a batch of learning machines imported from Hong Kong. Electronic education products are very popular now, so I took the money I saved for buying a house and invested it. I've made quite a bit, possibly over ten million now. I'm currently looking for a new office building and have already started a company. It's our company. Don't you want to come and take a look?" Hearing Jiang Lei's words left Qi Xueyao surprised. For the past week, she’d been under Qi Lin’s dominance. Due to physical and emotional reasons, she stayed at the villa and was unaware of the happenings at the training center. Now hearing that the training center had closed and Jiang Lei had started a new company on his own, she couldn’t help but let out a bitter smile. "Are women always just appendages to men?" she pondered, reflecting on the situation. "Qi Lin's family food festival was a huge success, and profits are likely to pour in, skyrocketing his net worth. Now Jiang Lei has launched a company with assets in the tens of millions. Yet, here I am, having lost my teaching job, my purity, and with the training center Jiang Lei invested in closing down." In this moment, her heart was filled with an infinite sense of loss. What she didn’t know was that these situations were Qi Lin’s way of punishing her coldness from a previous life. However, as the saying goes, disaster and blessings are interlinked. If she obediently bore Qi Lin’s child, perhaps this life would be far happier than the last. “Alright, I’ll come take a look,” Qi Xueyao agreed to Jiang Lei’s invitation, reminiscing about their entrepreneurial beginnings together. When she arrived at Jiang Lei’s company by taxi, she was utterly stunned by the sight. It was a brand-new, magnificent office building. Jiang Lei had rented the 16th floor, encompassing the entire floor with an area of over 20,000 square meters. The space included offices, training classrooms, a sales area for electronic education products, and even offices for the general manager and deputy general manager, equipped with furniture and office supplies. It was the kind of dream office she had once imagined for her own company. Yet, she knew the original training center was now worthless and had been dissolved by Jiang Lei. This company was solely Jiang Lei's doing, and she didn’t own a single penny of it. "Xueyao, I have the business license here, and I own 100% of the shares. I’ve shown you that Qi Lin is just a worthless waiting-to-die person, while I am the self-made business elite. Only someone like me is worthy of you, Xueyao," Jiang Lei said, full of pride as he brought her to the general manager's office. Then, he knelt on one knee and proposed to her. He held up a newly purchased diamond ring, its transparent brilliance dazzling in front of Qi Xueyao. She was taken aback. "Xueyao, no matter what you've become, I won’t care. You're right; Qi Lin is a wolf in sheep's clothing. So, put down your grievances and marry me," he said. "Xueyao, if you marry me, you'll become the general manager of this company. I’ll give you 100% of the shares. It’s my token of sincerity to you." This was, after all, Jiang Lei’s first love. This was, ultimately, a memory he couldn't let go of. Despite not wanting to acknowledge that Qi Xueyao had been Qi Lin’s woman, his resentment towards Qi Lin drove him to reclaim her at any cost, even if it meant death. Faced with Jiang Lei’s proposal, Qi Xueyao was genuinely moved. She hadn’t expected him to be so forgiving, his love for her unwavering. But when she heard his last statement, it chilled her heart. Jiang Lei had phrased it wrong. He mentioned that if Qi Xueyao married him, he would bestow upon her the company shares and the position of general manager. Instead of saying, "Xueyao, I’ll give you the company shares and the position of general manager first, please marry me!" The order made all the difference. His way suggested that only if she agreed to marry him, then those things would be hers. How was that supposed to feel for Qi Xueyao? Was she supposed to be a materialistic woman? Was money what was enticing her? A trace of disappointment flashed in Qi Xueyao's eyes. After Qi Lin bullied her, he gave her fifty thousand. It could only be said that Qi Lin understood the psychology of women of all ages exceptionally well. Mature women have been through too much and understand that money is their only security. As Qi Lin mentioned, a woman shouldn’t trust anyone but herself, not even in love, unless in pursuit of material security. For a 30-year-old woman, material things are substantial. If you fall in love with her, it’s best to put her name on the property deed, buy her a car, and ensure the partner’s attitude is always gentle. Now Jiang Lei was treating her the same way. "Does he take me for a gold-digger, like any other materialistic woman?" she mused. However, being a girl in her early twenties, she was at the age where she still dreamt of love. "Jiang Lei, I don’t blame you for closing the training center we started together. You’ve created your own company and amassed a fortune; I congratulate you on that. But you are mistaken if you think these things are my bargaining chip to marry you." Using money to tempt her into marriage was no different from an insult.