Speaking, he sighed and pointed to the ultrasound report she was hiding behind her back. "I asked the doctor. They said you're expecting triplets, a one-in-a-million chance. It's a blessing from your past lives. So, the children must stay."
"I... I..."
Shi Ran hadn't expected Yuan Wei to show up so suddenly, nor had she anticipated that he already knew.
She pursed her lips and stammered, "Even if they're born, you don't have to take care of them. I... I can manage on my own."
Shi Ran didn't even believe herself when she said she could manage.
Three children – how could she possibly look after them all?
"You want money to open a studio, and I'll help you with the children. Then we're even." Yuan Wei knew what Shi Ran cared about. He explained, "Don't worry. After all, once the children are born, I'll be their 'godfather.' It's only right for me to look after them."
The single word "godfather" clearly drew a boundary and dispelled Shi Ran's concerns.
What she wanted was to distance herself from Yuan Wei, to make him give up any lingering thoughts of her.
In a foreign land, having a friend to support her, Shi Ran felt a warmth in her heart, a deep sense of relief. "Yuan Wei, thank you."
"It's I who should thank you."
Yuan Wei shoved his hands into his jacket pockets, tilted his head, and gazed into the distance, lamenting, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to pay off Gan Yulu's debt of over a million, nor would I have been able to stay by her side, living like a dog. You gave me hope, you gave me a chance at rebirth. Everything I do is deserved."
His mother's cancer had cost over a million, a sum Yuan Wei had borrowed from Gan Yulu.
Afterward, Gan Yulu kept him by her side, trying every means to sleep with him and make him submit. But Yuan Wei refused.
The consequence was being beaten by Gan Yulu's bodyguards and humiliated by her in various ways.
To pay for his mother's medical treatment, Yuan Wei silently endured all the shame.
Until Shi Ran called him, asking him to play along with her, the benefit being that Zhao Wuyan could pay off the million-plus debt he owed Gan Yulu.
...
Lan Cheng.
Meng Jingwei and Qi He had traveled to the capital. She had investigated Qing Kangyu and discovered that he likely had another son.
However, Qing Kangyu never mentioned his son in front of the media, so there was no information about his son in any media outlets or news reports.
Despite all her efforts, Meng Jingwei's investigation yielded nothing.
Her two-day trip ended fruitlessly.
Upon returning to Lan Cheng, Shen Liannuo and Chu Xue invited her out for a meal, so she went for French cuisine with them.
During the meal, Chu Xue unleashed a barrage of curses at Qing Muye, making Meng Jingwei too embarrassed to join in. Shen Liannuo, on the other hand, chimed in occasionally, joining Chu Xue in scolding Qing Muye.
After the meal, Chu Xue drove away.
Shen Liannuo slung an arm around Meng Jingwei's shoulder and stood by the roadside, watching Chu Xue's luxury car merge into traffic. She sighed, "Announcing your divorce publicly, even if it's fake, aren't you afraid it might become real?"
"I am afraid."
Meng Jingwei turned back, looking at the alluring and charming woman beside her. "Tang Wanxing has known Ye for a long time. If there are lingering feelings, how can I not be afraid of them rekindling their old flame?"
"Then you're willing to keep your relationship hidden? Aren't you foolish?" Shen Liannuo had a look of disdain.
Meng Jingwei shook her head. "If my relationship with Ye were to have problems today because of a Tang Wanxing, then tomorrow it would have problems because of a Zhang Wanxing or Li Wanxing. I am afraid, but that doesn't mean I don't trust him."
"What kind of logic is that? I don't get it."
Shen Liannuo waved her hand. "Forget it, forget it. Anyway, they're men that I, Shen Liannuo, can't have, so I'm too lazy to fret about them." She tugged at Meng Jingwei's hand. "Since you're off today and only going to the film set tomorrow, why don't you accompany me to KTV? I've heard that the KTVs in your Lan Cheng are really fun, and I've always wanted to go, but Song Jun never takes me. He says those places are mixed and not suitable for me."