"When did this happen?"
Zhou Jinbei instinctively lied, "The month before last."
"The month before last? Did you get your period again in between?"
"Yes."
"Then that means you didn't get pregnant. But obviously, throwing up right after taking the pill won't be very effective."
"If you don't want it, take precautions. Don't take the pill improperly afterwards. Besides, this medicine is very harmful to your body, do you think it's anything good?"
Zhou Jinbei was lectured, and as she returned to the car with the medicine, she realized she forgot to buy water.
Who does she think she is, a pharmacist bossing around another pharmacist about their private life?
She was nagged so much that she even forgot to buy water.
She wanted to go back down to buy water, but her phone rang at that moment.
She picked it up to see it was Jiang Sicheng.
"Why aren't you back yet? Where are you now?"
"What happened?"
"Grandpa is critically ill. I'll send you the address, hurry to the hospital!"
The first time she met Jiang Sicheng to sign the contract, he had talked about his family.
The company that the Jiang family currently relied on for survival was founded by their grandfather when he was young.
Although he was now over 80, his mind was not very clear, he had long retired, and had been living in a nursing home.
But the family still attached great importance to him.
It was because he felt his health was declining that he rushed Jiang Sicheng to get married, which was why they got married.
Now that he was critically ill, the Jiang family would definitely attach great importance to it.
Zhou Jinbei dared not delay and immediately drove to the hospital.
She found the floor where Jiang Sicheng was, and her grandfather had miraculously pulled through.
A group of people were gathered around his hospital bed. The slender old man was leaning against the headboard, receiving oxygen.
Zhou Jinbei gently knocked on the door and stepped in, obediently calling out, "Grandpa."
Upon seeing her, the old man's eyes immediately lit up, and he extended his aged hands.
Zhou Jinbei quickly ran over.
She sat in front of the old man while everyone else stood.
Her mother-in-law said from behind.
"You don't know how much Grandpa likes you. The first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to look for you. He was very sad when you weren't here."
"He heard that you went back to your parents' home alone and scolded A Cheng for not accompanying you."
"Beibei, Grandpa loves you so much, you must quickly give him a great-grandchild to hold. He misses children so much he's almost gone mad."
The old man held Zhou Jinbei's hand, looked at her tenderly, examining her from left to right, and was extremely pleased.
While looking, he exclaimed to everyone.
"She looks so much like your aunt, just like our little girl when she was young. This girl has a fate with our family."
"Jiang Sicheng, you treat her well! If you dare to be an idiot, if you dare to make her sad, my old bones won't spare you!"
Jiang Sicheng casually agreed.
"How dare I? You don't know how fierce she is. Me bullying her? I'll thank her if she doesn't bully me."
"Alright, alright, you've just been resuscitated, don't talk anymore. Lie down and rest. We'll go back and have a great-grandchild for you right away."
Everyone was amused by him.
His mother hit him from behind.
"You rascal, there are so many people, how can you talk like that?"
"Didn't you say Grandpa is going crazy wanting a child? I'll go back and have one for you right now!"
Jiang Sicheng grinned mischievously, "Take good care of yourself, and have Beibei visit you again tomorrow."
With that, he pulled Zhou Jinbei out of the ward.
Zhou Jinbei's heart was pounding wildly.
She thought he was driven mad by the constant pressure to have children and was really going to take her back to have one.
Just as she was about to shake off his hand, Jiang Sicheng let go of her first.
"No, it's too annoying, the IVF must be started immediately."
"They keep rushing me, they keep rushing me, I'm almost talked to death. Anyway, it has to be done sooner or later, don't hesitate, let's go now."
So it was for IVF.
Thank heavens.
Jiang Sicheng drove, and they soon arrived at the same hospital as before.
The same doctor received them.
Upon hearing that they had decided to proceed with IVF, he asked them to go to different rooms respectively.
Jiang Sicheng was going to enjoy himself.
Zhou Jinbei, however, was miserable; the doctor took her to get an injection.
And she would have to come back in two days for many consecutive injections.
The needle was injected into her abdomen. After the injection, Zhou Jinbei was in so much pain that she didn't dare to move quickly.
Jiang Sicheng ran to ask the doctor how she was.
The doctor told him to avoid her period, and that she would have to come for injections for the next few days, and that his wife's hard days were about to begin.
Jiang Sicheng feigned sympathy for Zhou Jinbei for a few moments, then took her out.
Back in the car, he said.
"I rarely get time off throughout the year. I'll use these few days to go on a trip with Brother Kai. You can stay at the hotel for a few days first."
"It's not a difficult task anyway, you can come by yourself from now on. Maintain confidentiality, don't let Mom and Dad find out."
Zhou Jinbei didn't like being with him anyway, so it was good that he wasn't coming, but she couldn't show too much.
Because she was just scolded by his mother that morning for not managing him properly and indulging him too much, this was a good time to negotiate terms.
"I can come by myself, and I can keep it a secret. I will cooperate with you in anything you want me to do, but please cooperate with me too."
"Leave me some dignity, don't let the commotion spread too outrageously."
"I was just scolded by your mom when I got back this morning, saying I don't manage you well and indulge you too much. At this critical juncture, you'd better behave yourself."
She thought she might have some leverage to negotiate with Jiang Sicheng.
But she overestimated herself.
Not everyone doted on her like her parents, brother, and A Zhong.
"I'm newly married now, what's wrong with going on a honeymoon? Who has the right to control me?"
"Don't cause trouble. Even if you're jealous, I won't like you. Isn't it time for injections anyway? It's not like it's a big deal to bring you along."
"Alright, stop nagging, it's settled. Starting tomorrow, you'll go hide in the hotel for a few days, and I'll call you when I'm back."
Damn it, what is this all about!
Zhou Jinbei, seeing his attitude, quietly threw the medicine she had hidden in her inner pocket, intending to take it secretly, out the window.
Jiang Sicheng, you give me no hope in life, don't blame me for being ruthless, you forced me.
Jiang Nan Fang was able to win the bid for the State Grid project because she reduced the budget and construction period by nearly one-third compared to her competitors.
It wasn't that it was unfeasible, but doing so was like pushing herself to a dead end, and the difficulty would be very high.
Working overtime every day, the technical department finally completed the preparation work for the first phase after a week.
Jiang Nan Fang quickly dispatched Engineer Zhang, who had excellent communication, coordination, and professional skills, to the construction site.
First, she had him lead the workers to buy raw materials, erect the infrastructure according to the drawings, and prepare the basic supplies.
Jiang Nan Fang urgently coordinated various electrical products here, and the project officially started!
The project was huge and time-consuming, and she knew she would encounter difficulties.
But she didn't expect the difficulties to come so quickly.
Just three days after Engineer Zhang arrived, he called back, stating that the project could not proceed.
He had encountered a local bully who insisted that a road they needed to dig for the infrastructure was their old ancestral homestead.
If they wanted to dig, they had to pay them compensation.
Such a major issue was beyond Engineer Zhang's authority, so Jiang Nan Fang had to go there on a business trip.