"Did you go out late last night?" Li Minyu asked.
"No, I didn't. What would I do out in the dark?"
"Then why do I feel like she got pregnant that day?"
"What nonsense are you talking? I've been with you the whole time, haven't I? Right up until this morning when we went to see the flag-raising ceremony."
"Did Guo Xuyang not come looking for you?"
"He went out for his morning run. Why would he look for me?" Li Minxi said.
"Morning run? Does he still like morning runs?"
"Huh?" Li Minxi was taken aback by Li Minyu's question.
That's right, Guo Xuyang always woke up late, long after the sun was high in the sky. How could he possibly get up for a run?
But he himself said he went for a run, and he looked sweaty and out of breath.
"Yes," Li Minxi had to say against her will.
She didn't want to believe that Guo Xuyang could be so beastly as to be involved with her sister behind her back.
"Don't tell me you don't know who the father of the child is?" Li Minxi asked weakly.
"If I knew, would I be asking you? If it weren't for taking you to the hospital, I would have gone today to get rid of this little sprout."
"You're not that young anymore, why don't you keep it? If you give it to me when you come back, I can just say it's twins. Wouldn't that be great?"
"What are you thinking? How can I have a child before marriage? What will happen to Dad and Mom's reputation?"
Li Minyu was speaking the truth. She was already in this situation. If her older sister then had a child out of wedlock, it would completely disgrace their parents.
They would never be able to hold their heads up in front of relatives again.
"Isn't Fatty pursuing you? Why don't you just marry him?"
"How can I do that? Use him as a 'cleaner'?"
"Then what will you do?"
"What else can I do? Of course, I'll get rid of it."
"Aren't you planning to get married anymore?"
"I haven't met the right person yet."
"Fatty treats you so well, why don't you like him?"
"How can I put this? There's no spark.
I know he's good to me, but I just don't like him. It's better not to be together than to wrong both him and myself."
"Why don't you give it a try? See if he can accept your child?"
"Let's forget it. I don't want him to see me as so pathetic."
"You're not going to be single forever. If you can't find someone you like, why not find someone who likes you? What do you think?"
"Let me wait a bit longer? The one I like hasn't arrived yet."
"You don't mean you like Yangzi, do you? I'm telling you, he's my husband, you can't interfere."
"Get outta here. I wouldn't like him even if I didn't like Fatty. He's got so many women around him. Only you think he's a treasure."
"Just remember what you said, and don't come crying to me wanting to marry him later."
"I'm not that pathetic."
"What are you talking about? Getting married crying your eyes out?" Xu Yifan came out with two home-style dishes.
"Nothing, just talking about my sister."
"Your sister is such a fool. She doesn't even know who the father of her child is. I really don't know what she's doing."
"She's been misled by someone."
"Ye Zi, come and eat."
"Okay, Auntie."
Ye Zi hadn't been idle either, she was chatting with Guo Xuyang.
She told Guo Xuyang about Li Minyu's pregnancy.
"Yangzi, since when did you start liking to run in the morning?"
"Do I look like someone who runs in the morning?"
"Then why did Xiao Xi say you went for a morning run?"
"Is she mistaken?"
"Li Minyu is interrogating Xiao Xi right now. Xiao Xi said you went for a morning run."
"Li Minyu is here too?"
"Mmm. She's looking for the father of her child."
"Where did she get a child from? And the father of the child?"
"I heard the sisters chatting. It seems Li Minyu is pregnant, and she can't find the father of the child."
"What did you say? Li Minyu is pregnant?"
"Yes. Honestly, is it your seed?"
"What are you talking about? How could it be my seed?"
"Then honestly tell me, where did you go that morning?"
"I didn't go for a run."
"If you didn't go for a run, what were you doing?"
"It's been too long, I've forgotten." Guo Xuyang said guiltily.
"It's only been a short while and you've forgotten? Don't lie to me."
"I really can't remember."
"Let me remind you, what did you do the night you and Xiao Xi got engaged?"
"I didn't go anywhere. What?"
"Where did you go the next morning?"
"I went with Xiao Xi to take our parents to see the flag-raising ceremony."
"What about before the flag-raising ceremony?"
"Of course, I was sleeping."
"Think carefully again?"
"No matter how much I think, I was sleeping. I stayed up late playing the night before, so I was very tired."
"Who did you share a room with?"
"Myself."
"You yourself? Think again."
"It really was myself."
"So you had the opportunity to go into Li Minyu's room."
"What kind of person do you think I am?"
"What kind of person? A scumbag. I just don't understand how you could do that to someone like that.
She's Xiao Xi's own sister. I don't know what you were thinking at the time."
"Don't frame me. It's really not what you think."
"Yangzi, based on my understanding of you, you're capable of doing this.
I won't ask you about it. I'll have Xiao Xi ask Yu'er when she gets back.
After all, Yu'er knows everything you do."
"Why are you doing this? Aren't you forcing me?"
"I'm not forcing you at all. Look at the kind of things you do?"
"I couldn't help myself at the time!"
"That's the same excuse again. I remember you told Xiao Xi the same thing this morning.
Hurry up and figure out a way to resolve this.
Li Minyu isn't planning to keep the child.
I heard the sisters chatting, and they were planning to go to the hospital to get rid of that little sprout after Xiao Xi left."
"Why get rid of it? I'll raise it if it's born."
"You're dreaming. Xiao Xi just said that too. But Li Minyu disagrees."
"What can I do? I can't just go up to her and tell her the child in her womb is mine, can I? Xiao Xi would skin me alive!"
"I can only tell you this much. What you do next is your business. I can't manage it, nor can I help you manage it."
"Ye Zi, come and eat," Li Minxi called again.
"Coming, coming!" Ye Zi replied and prepared to close the message.
"Who are you chatting with that you're so focused?" Li Minxi asked.
"Yangzi, he's asking if we're home yet."
"What time is it now? Of course, we're home."
"Ye Zi, you know Guo Xuyang too?" Li Minyu asked.
"Yes. We're from the same compound."
"Oh, is he good to Xiao Xi?"
"Yes, he is. He's very good to everyone."
Ye Zi wasn't lying about that.
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