Susu hummed, thinking that Sasha was too full of schemes, dark, and paranoid, so she always assumed others were the same as her.
Susu thought of another matter and asked, "Were you also involved in the kidnapping of Xiaoxiao?"
"Xiaoxiao, what Xiaoxiao?" Sasha couldn't recall who she was talking about for a moment.
Susu saw her expression and knew she wasn't faking it. She reminded her, "Xiao Anjing and Lan Yu's adopted daughter."
"Oh." Sasha remembered and said, "I know about this, but it wasn't Xie Qining and I who did it."
"You were really not involved?"
"I swear on my child, Jiejie, that this has absolutely nothing to do with me." Sasha wasn't afraid to tell her, "Xie Qining hired people himself. After it failed, he complained at home about the people who took his money, and that's how I found out."
Hearing her mention her child's name as Jiejie, Susu felt a pang in her heart and asked, "Why would Xie Qining target a child like this?"
"Why else? He couldn't swallow the anger that Xiao Anjing and Lan Yu caused him. He wanted to kidnap their adopted daughter to make them anxious, to make them kowtow and apologize to him. But he didn't expect those people couldn't even keep track of a child." Sasha looked at Xie Qining with disdain as she spoke of it.
Seeing her like this, Susu knew she had no feelings for Xie Qining.
Sasha was merely using Xie Qining, treating him as a tool.
Susu said, "It's best if you have nothing to do with this. Otherwise, if the police there have already investigated this matter, Xie Qining will be charged with an additional crime, and you might end up in jail too."
"Ah, the police will add another charge to him? Then he's definitely going to jail?" Sasha was glad she had returned to Lancheng. Even if the police there wanted to find her, it wouldn't be so easy.
Susu added, "But even if you go to jail, as long as I don't reveal your secret, your child will still be taken care of by the Xie family."
Sasha became nervous again, feeling as if her throat was being squeezed. It was an uncomfortable feeling, and she could only say resentfully, "That's right. I've agreed to all your conditions, and you must keep your promise."
Susu had nothing more to say to her. She picked up her bag and stood up, reminding her one last time, "Heaven sees what man does. Since you care about your child, accumulate more blessings for him."
After leaving the coffee shop, the night breeze in the late spring and early summer still carried a hint of coolness.
She saw Tianyi's car parked not far away. She walked towards the car, opened the door, and sat in the passenger seat.
Tianyi turned off the music playing in the car and asked, "How did the talk go?"
"She agreed to everything and also told me the address of the laboratory." As she spoke, she forwarded the address she had received on her phone to Tianyi.
Tianyi opened his phone and looked at the address. "She really set up a laboratory. This location is too hidden."
Susu nodded and took out a thin silver object from her bag. "I've also recorded our conversation. We have to be more careful with people like her."
"This way, we have more evidence. If she wants to betray us later, she won't be able to deny it." Tianyi told her to put away the voice recorder.
Susu's mood still didn't improve. She said, "Do you know that Xie Qining is involved in Xiaoxiao's disappearance?"
"Yes, I've already heard from An Jing. This Xie Qining is too detestable."
"Yang Shasha said she wasn't involved, and she's probably telling the truth. She has no enmity with An Jing or Lan Yu, so there's no need for her to go to such lengths to capture Xiaoxiao. This Xie Qining, spoiled by the Xie family, deserves to go to jail. We can't let the Xie family get him off the hook this time."
Tianyi patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry, An Jing thinks the same as you. He's still there taking care of Lan Yu and will find a way to get Xie Qining severely punished."
Susu leaned back and said, "That's good."
"Don't overthink it. Yang Shasha won't dare to deal with you again for now. Let's go home," Tianyi said as he started the car.
On the way home, Susu looked out the window at the speeding night scenery and remembered many past events.
...
After the final round of negotiations, Xie Group finally signed the contract for the overseas project.
The employees who came for this project had all booked their return flights to Lancheng for the next day. Tonight, they had booked the hotel bar to celebrate and party together.
Zhan Jiayi was also called over by Old Zhou. In this lively atmosphere, her mood finally eased a lot.
These past few days, she had been caught between Xie Zhendong and Xie Qining, acting as a messenger, and had been stressed from both sides.
She and her lawyer were still trying to find a solution for Xie Qining's case, and she had visited Xie Qining at the police detention center twice.
His condition was getting worse, and he couldn't accept that he wasn't even allowed bail.
He would only yell at Zhan Jiayi, constantly demanding to see Xie Zhendong.
She reported these situations to Xie Zhendong every night, but Xie Zhendong only told her to keep Xie Qining stable, implying that if she couldn't, it was her fault.
So she had a terrible headache. Tonight, while celebrating with everyone, she wanted to relax.
After eating a few bites of the hotel's famous lobster dish, she busied herself drinking with her colleagues. But before she could even drink a cup, she felt uncomfortable in her stomach and hurried to the restroom.
She thought it was because she drank too quickly and wanted to sober up in the restroom, but she ended up vomiting everything she had just eaten.
Her stomach felt terribly uncomfortable, as if... as if it was the same reaction as when she was pregnant last time!
Zhan Jiayi couldn't help but stare at herself in the restroom mirror. Could she really be pregnant with Xie Zhendong's child?
She was sure she hadn't been drunk. With her tolerance, she had only drunk two glasses of red wine. Normally, she wouldn't get drunk and vomit.
Then it must be related to the lobster dish she had just eaten. When she ate seafood dishes, she couldn't stand the fishy smell.
She couldn't quite describe her feelings at the moment. There was excitement, nervousness, and also an unspeakable worry...
Counting that her period was a few days late, she was likely pregnant. She would go to the hospital to confirm it tomorrow.
If she was indeed pregnant, she wouldn't announce it this time. She would wait for the right moment to let Xie Zhendong accept her child.
After coming out of the restroom, she just said she wasn't feeling well and went back to her room to rest early.
The next morning, she went to a local hospital and had the relevant tests done. She was indeed pregnant.
Holding the pregnancy test report, she felt that heaven was helping her. This was too great.
Just then, her phone rang. After answering, she heard the lawyer's voice.
"Ms. Zhan, Mr. Xie's case is getting harder to fight. The police have found new evidence of his crimes. He also instructed Wen Wei to kidnap a child, and this child is still missing. This is another aggravating factor."
Zhan Jiayi sighed and said, "It seems we can only use the plan you suggested earlier, let him plead guilty and then apply for leniency."
"That's the only way now, but Mr. Xie won't agree."