[What friend? Tan Qing just found a new girlfriend.]
[This family is something else. The husband ran off with his daughter-in-law, and the son found himself a new sweetheart.]
No, no, what she said wasn't true. Liao Hong clenched her hands.
Tan Qing's figure appeared on the flagstone path. Liao Hong looked at him as if he were a lifeline. She hurried to her feet and walked out of the banquet hall. Seeing this, everyone quickly followed.
When Tan Qing suddenly saw Liao Hong and such a large crowd, he panicked and let go of You Xin's hand. He stammered, "Mom, wh-why did you come out?"
Liao Hong didn't even look at him. Her gaze was fixed on You Xin as she asked coldly, "Who is she?"
Could it be that Lin Tingyue had really guessed correctly?
Tan Qing hesitated. You Xin jabbed him in the arm and urged him in a low voice, "Hurry up and say it."
"There are too many people..."
And every single one of them was looking at him. Tan Qing felt even less able to hold his head up.
He knew in his heart that this was nothing to be proud of. If it were only Liao Hong, that would be one thing, but with so many people there, Tan Qing simply couldn't say it.
You Xin said, "More people will make a bigger impact."
"But..."
"Tan Qing, what do you mean? You were the one who said you didn't like your wife at all, and that I was the one you loved. Now that you're standing in front of your relatives, you can't get a single word out?"
Tan Qing's attitude made You Xin furious. She didn't care about anything anymore and launched straight into a tirade.
"Then why did you bring me back? Were you planning to make me your concubine?"
You Xin glanced around the courtyard and gave a quiet snort. "No wonder your parents prepared the whole courtyard for you. One legal wife, one concubine. Is that enough?"
Tan Qing hadn't expected his usually gentle and lovely girlfriend to say something so nasty. He snapped, "You Xin, can you stop talking? My mom is right here."
"Now you remember your mom is here? When you said you were going to divorce your wife and bring me to meet your parents, why didn't you think about your mom being at home?"
"Mom-"
Liao Hong closed her eyes, straightened her legs, and fainted.
She hadn't fainted because her son had cheated. If her son liked someone, so what if he kept a woman on the side? But her son had actually brought his girlfriend home. Didn't that prove Lin Tingyue had been telling the truth?
Tan Xing'an really had left with Shen Zirou?
In her panic, Liao Hong's mind went blank, and she passed out.
With trembling hands, Tan Qing called 120. They were relatives, after all, so the Lin family also drove to the hospital.
Liao Hong wasn't in any danger. She had just suffered a shock and needed to stay in the hospital for a few days.
[So what was my grandaunt planning to announce after all?]
[Oh, right. She was going to announce that her daughter-in-law was pregnant, but then her daughter-in-law went and...]
[So the child in her belly is... ?]
[Case solved. Tan Qing is impotent, and the child is Tan Xing'an's. Could this be the real reason Tan Qing cheated?]
After Liao Hong woke up, Bai Yaxin took Lin Tingyue and left. She was afraid that if their Tingyue stayed any longer, she would make Liao Hong so angry she'd pass out again.
When the Lin family reached the hospital lobby, they found someone causing a scene.
"You were the one who said you wanted to be child-free, and now you're pregnant. If you didn't cheat, what other explanation could there be?" a man shouted furiously, making a complete spectacle of himself.
"I got pregnant by accident, and you're saying I cheated? Are you even a man?" A woman looked ready to burst into tears.
"You cheated, and you still ask if I'm a man? What man could put up with his wife cheating?"
"Who cheated? Can you prove I cheated? You're just making things up!"
"Make way, the obstetrician is here."
The Lin family stepped aside as well. A doctor in a white coat walked over with a security guard accompanying her.
The man repeated what he'd just said to the doctor. He was so impassioned that he looked ready to kneel and beg her to give him justice, but the doctor remained perfectly calm.
She asked him, "Have you had a vasectomy?"
The man froze. "What?"
The doctor pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose and said calmly, "As long as you haven't had a vasectomy, how can you be sure you couldn't get your wife pregnant? Do you think you can rely on willpower to hold back every time?"
[Hahahaha, beautifully done.]
[Actually, his wife didn't cheat. He's the one who cheated.]
Onlookers: Whoa.
So the thief really was the one yelling "Stop, thief"!
[Let me see what really happened. Gan Yan told Huang Ze from the start that she didn't like children, so she wouldn't want any in the future. Huang Ze agreed, and his family agreed too.]
[But three years after they got married, Huang Ze saw that all his friends had children, and he regretted it. He brought it up with Gan Yan many times, wanting to have a child of his own. Gan Yan refused and had a huge fight with Huang Ze, saying that he'd agreed so readily back then, so what was this now? Did he think she could easily change her principles just because they got married?]
[As it happened, the day they fought, Huang Ze's parents came back from a baby's one-month celebration. They overheard the argument and, having long wanted a grandchild, resorted to underhanded tactics. They poked holes in the condoms...]
[Sure enough, a month later, Gan Yan got pregnant. But why was Huang Ze still unhappy? Why did he accuse Gan Yan of cheating?]
[Because Gan Yan didn't want to have a child for him, he turned around and found himself another woman. Now that Gan Yan was pregnant, it was the perfect excuse for him to get rid of her. What a scumbag!]
Lin Tingyue was furious. Gan Yan, who had accidentally heard Lin Tingyue's thoughts, was even more furious!
[No way. He knew his wife was getting a checkup at this hospital today, and he actually brought his mistress here for a prenatal checkup while his wife was getting an ultrasound?]
[You really don't put any effort into it at all. You can't even be bothered to waste a little time!]
Just as the onlookers were enjoying the drama, Huang Ze's phone rang.
[If I'm not mistaken, it should be his mistress calling.]
Huang Ze had just finished placating the person on the other end when Gan Yan slapped him.
Huang Ze clutched his face in disbelief. "Gan Yan, are you crazy? How dare you hit me?"
"So what if I hit you? I'm hitting you, and I'm going to kick you too."
After saying that, Gan Yan lifted her leg and kicked Huang Ze in the groin.
"You won't get a vasectomy? I'll help you. Today, I'll make sure your family line ends with you."
Gan Yan rushed forward and kept kicking and stomping on Huang Ze, hitting his vital spots every time.
Lin Tingyue could only shake her head.
[Tsk, tsk, tsk. Gan Yan has a black belt in taekwondo. How dare you?]
Only when it looked like she'd beaten him enough did the doctor have the security guard step in. She herself took Gan Yan's hand and patiently comforted her. "Careful. Don't upset the baby."
Huang Ze, lying on the ground: "?"
She'd waited until Gan Yan had finished beating him to say she might upset the baby. Couldn't the doctor have said that sooner?
[Hahahaha, why is everyone so savage?]
After Gan Yan left, Huang Ze lay on the ground by himself. He took out his phone, intending to call 120. When he saw the word "hospital," he suddenly came to his senses. He was already in a hospital.
So he flailed about on the ground, shouting, "Help! Help! Is your hospital going to do anything about its patients or not?"
Before he could flail his way to his feet, a figure looked down at him.
Huang Ze raised his head and said awkwardly, "Darling, what are you doing here?"
Long Yingdong looked at him with concern. "Darling, are you okay?"
"I-I'm fine. I just slipped and fell by accident."
When she saw Huang Ze reach out his hand, Long Yingdong quickly helped him up. Looking at Long Yingdong, whose heart and eyes were filled with him, Huang Ze felt immensely satisfied.
What was so special about Gan Yan? If he lost her, he still had someone else. This one wouldn't hit or scold him, and she'd even give him a child!
He asked gently, "Darling, are you done with your checkup?"
"I'm done, but there's something I need to tell you."
"What is it?" Huang Ze asked nervously. "Is there something wrong with the baby?"
Long Yingdong shook her head and bit her lip. "I've thought about it for a long time. I still hope the baby will have a father without any blemishes when they're born."
Huang Ze: "?"
"What do you mean?"
"Darling, cheating is really wrong. I can't stay with you anymore."
After saying this, Long Yingdong ran off in tears.
From Lin Tingyue's perspective, she could see Long Yingdong throwing herself into the arms of another man who had been waiting for her at the hospital entrance.
[Wow.]
[Hospitals really are where the most drama happens.]
The Lin family disagreed. As long as Lin Tingyue was around, that was where the most drama happened.
On Saturday, Ying An invited Lin Tingyue to his younger sister's coming-of-age banquet.
Lin Tingyue agreed. The banquet was in the evening, so she started picking out clothes in the morning.
Lin Shengyan walked past with an apple between his teeth. Seeing Lin Tingyue almost buried under her clothes, he just had to stop at her door and tease her.
"Yo, Lin Tingyue, already dressing up to please someone you like?"
Lin Tingyue pushed the clothes aside, and sure enough, her annoying second brother was standing at the door, wearing a smug look.
"We girls don't just dress up to please someone we like. We dress up for ourselves too. We just like looking pretty."
Lin Shengyan: "..."
And she wasn't even done.
Lin Tingyue's thoughts were sharper than her tongue.
[Unlike Second Brother, who strutted around every day like a peacock fanning its tail.]
Lin Shengyan: "?"
Who was she calling a peacock with its tail fanned?
Yet Lin Tingyue had said it in her thoughts. Even if Lin Shengyan wanted to hit her, he couldn't find an excuse, so he could only stand there, rubbing his fists together.
"Second Brother, are you going tonight?"
Lin Shengyan proudly straightened his clothes. "Of course."