PFC Chapter 191: Showdown
Chapter 191: Showdown
In the photo, Qin Chuan is wearing a high-end custom-made black suit and standing in front of a small shop like a prince fallen to earth.
In front of him was an oven that was a little dark and dirty, with a few sweet potatoes on it.
...He was actually buying sweet potatoes?
How can this be?
Zhao Xi has watched Qin Chuan grow up since his teenage years. After becoming more mature and stable, he starts to frequent high-end restaurants and has special large hotels for business entertainment.
As far as Qin Chuan can remember, he has never come across this kind of down-to-earth snack.
But the facts are before our eyes...
So, who did he buy it for?
Zhao Xi's face looked worse and worse. She saw her friend sent her a voice message. She clicked on it and listened to it. Her face could be described as pale.
A friend said that Qin Chuan bought the sweet potatoes for her?
Indeed, when she was in school, she ate all kinds of junk food, including baked sweet potatoes.
But later she disliked the dirtiness and stopped eating there. When Qin Chuan asked her about her preferences before, she also made it clear that she didn't like those roadside stalls.
Why did Qin Chuan suddenly buy sweet potatoes for her from a roadside stall?
What's more, she is pregnant now, how could he buy her such unclean things?
unless......
Thinking of a certain possibility, Zhao Xi suddenly felt cold all over and felt that he could hardly hold the phone in his hand.
As if to confirm, Zhao Xi thought about it, then suddenly clicked on the picture sent by his friend and enlarged the background.
The street where Qin Chuan is...
If she remembered correctly, the Xing family was across the street.
And among the Xing family, there is Jiang Qianxun.
Qin Chuan is so high and mighty, if he could really humble himself to help her buy roasted sweet potatoes, she would indeed be warmed.
The fear is that Qin Chuan did this not for her.
Thinking of this possibility, Zhao Xi felt that the room, which had been warm just a moment ago, suddenly became as cold as an ice cellar. She bit her lower lip, pulled the blanket on the sofa to wrap herself tightly, and stared at the coffee table and the uneaten melon seeds on it with her clear eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.
It was not until she bit her lips so hard that they started to hurt that she came to her senses, picked up her phone again, exited the friend chat interface, clicked on Qin Chuan's avatar, and typed on the screen keyboard with her white fingers.
And on Qin Chuan's side.
He didn't know that he was caught by an acquaintance while buying a sweet potato. At this moment, he was holding a small paper bag of sweet potatoes and waiting for the elevator at the elevator entrance of Xing's office building.
"Ding." The elevator just went down to the first floor.
As soon as the elevator door opened, he stepped in with great joy, glancing down at the bag in his hand.
As far as I can remember, Jiang Qianxun seemed to like eating roasted sweet potatoes very much. She would eat them when she was bored waiting for him, and she also ate them in Huai County.
It's almost time to get off work, and she must be hungry.
She will be happy when she receives the roasted sweet potatoes she carefully selected.
He also took this opportunity to make up for the neglect he had shown her during this period.
Thinking of the scene when Jiang Qianxun would receive the roasted sweet potatoes, his dark eyes, which had been gloomy for two days, gradually brightened up.
He looked away and saw that the elevator was only going up to the fifth floor. He even felt that the fifteenth floor was too high as the elevator had been sitting for so long and still hadn't reached the destination.
Finally, the elevator went up for a while, and with another "ding" sound, it finally stopped at the design department on the fifteenth floor.
He walked out of the elevator and was about to enter the door of the design department when his cell phone rang.
He turned on the screen and saw a WeChat message from "CC".
When I clicked it, there was a photo inside.
The background of the photo is Zhao Xi's apartment in the city center. There is a pile of melon seeds on a black glass coffee table, which Zhao Xi obviously hasn't eaten yet.
He frowned, not understanding what she meant.
At this time, another message came, which read.
[Achuan, I really miss the time we had a few years ago... I remember that time, you took a nap on the sofa, and when you woke up, I would peel a handful of melon seeds for you to eat.]
Looking at these words, Qin Chuan frowned and stopped.
My thoughts were also pulled back to a few years ago.
During those years, Zhao Xigang agreed to his pursuit. He was very happy and felt that every day was full of anticipation.
In life, he wanted to give her the best, so whenever there was a holiday on the calendar, he would rack his brains for a long time to think of what to give her.
Emotionally, ever since he saw her beautiful body, he felt that having dinner and watching a movie together, or having her peeling melon seeds for him while he took a nap, could no longer satisfy him.
He wanted to hold her hand, hug her slender waist, and take a step further with her, but he felt embarrassed. He always felt that doing so would leave a bad impression. Facing Zhao Xi, the young man who had just started to make love, he was cautious and shy.
As for Zhao Xi, she was as considerate as an older sister. Even when he clearly wanted to hug her, she would gently say that she bumped into him accidentally. She loved him deeply and sincerely, without any calculation at all.
Dust-forgotten memories came flooding back like a tide, and the joy on Qin Chuan's face gradually disappeared.
He stood at the door of the design department with his head lowered, and the message he sent to Zhao Xi at the business party that night flashed through his mind.
He said at the time that he would go on a date with her next week to try to rekindle the old feeling.
Since they agreed to give each other a chance, he shouldn't abandon his first love at this time and send food to the woman who was pregnant with some man's illegitimate child...
The throbbing in his heart gradually subsided, and Qin Chuan looked down at the roasted sweet potato in his hand and the trash can next to the elevator entrance.
He walked over and threw the roasted sweet potato in his hand in without hesitation. After walking back, he pressed the button to open the elevator which was still on the 15th floor.
After walking in, Qin Chuan pressed the top floor, took out his mobile phone and opened the chat box with Zhao Xi.
The other end of the phone.
After sending the photos and messages, Zhao Xi sat on the sofa in a daze.
It wasn't until the cell phone on the table started vibrating that she came to her senses.
He looked at the phone with the screen upside down on the table nervously, and was a little afraid to reach out to take it.
She was afraid that when she turned over the phone, it would not be Qin Chuan's reply, or it would be an answer she didn't want.
She sat like this for a few seconds, finally gritted her teeth, turned the phone over and turned it on.
On the notification page on the screen, it seemed to be a message sent by Qin Chuan. The content was also very simple, a "hug" emoticon.
She had seen this little green-clad figure many times before and didn't think anything of it, but at this moment, she felt that this little expression was warmer than the heater in the room.
Her expression completely relaxed and she smiled sweetly.
On the other side, the Xing Group.
Jiang Qianxun didn't know that Qin Chuan came and left. She only knew that after she finished dealing with the department's emails, the time in the lower right corner of the computer showed 17:00.
After spending the whole afternoon running back and forth between Hua Wen and Xing Shi, and the work was very mentally taxing, she felt a little hungry.
The baby in my belly just happened to move.
"Are you hungry too?" She closed the computer, gently touched her belly and interacted with the baby: "Don't worry, Mommy will be home for dinner soon."
As she spoke, she picked up her cell phone and called Uncle Nie, asking him to pick her up at the door in five minutes.
Then I turned off the computer, picked up my coat, and went downstairs.
When she reached the gate, Uncle Nie just arrived. Jiang Qianxun wrapped her long coat tightly to cover her pregnant belly and got into her newly bought white Bentley Continental.
The back seat of the car was very spacious. As soon as Jiang Qianxun got in, she adjusted the seat back and half-lying down comfortably. She took out her mobile phone to order food for Uncle Jiang. As soon as she finished ordering, her phone rang.
She looked carefully and saw that it was not a call, but a reminder of her previous to-do items.
There was a line of words written on it: Do Down syndrome screening and amniocentesis on an empty stomach tomorrow.
When she saw the word "puncture", she, who was always afraid of pain, started to feel dizzy.
But for the health of her child, she had to do it, and so her good mood for the day was half gone at this moment.
She didn't recover until the car stopped steadily in front of the Jiang family villa.
Earlier, Uncle Nie saw that her expression was not right, so he immediately sent a message to Aunt Lan and another number.
Aunt Lan was also quick, and the message came out within a few seconds after it was sent.
When she opened the car door and saw that Jiang Qianxun looked pale, Aunt Lan was so anxious that she almost jumped up.
"Miss, are you feeling unwell?"
Seeing Aunt Lan's anxious face, Jiang Qianxun seemed to have found a supporter, and suddenly hugged Aunt Lan and leaned against her for a long time.
Then she acted like a spoiled child and told her mother that she was afraid of amniocentesis.
When Aunt Lan heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed the top of her head with a mixture of anger and amusement.
"I was so scared. I thought something had happened. It turned out to be this. It's okay! There are three ways to screen for Down syndrome. You don't have to do amniocentesis. You can do it non-invasively. Just draw some blood. It doesn't hurt."
"I know. But doesn't the Internet say that amniocentesis is the most accurate? I don't feel comfortable doing anything else."
Although she was afraid of pain, she still wanted to give the best to her baby and would not allow anything to be missed.
Auntie Lan listened and tapped her forehead speechlessly: "You are just too nervous. It's the same with non-invasive tests. Its accuracy is as high as 95%. If non-invasive DNA shows high risk, the doctor will ask the pregnant woman to do amniocentesis to confirm the diagnosis. Who would ask to do this on their own?"
"Really?" Jiang Qianxun raised her head from Aunt Lan's arms.
She really didn't understand this.
All she knew was that this was her first time being a mother, and she was confused and at a loss. If she didn't know something, she would search on Baidu, and then do her best to follow her best.
Aunt Lan smiled and said, "I personally serve the Madam, how can I lie to you?"
As she spoke, she helped Jiang Qianxun out of the car and continued, "Instead of worrying about whether it hurts or not, you should think about how to eat more. Don't forget that you have to be on an empty stomach to do the Down syndrome screening. You are pregnant with twins. If you don't eat overnight, you will suffer tomorrow morning."
Hearing that there would be hunger tomorrow, Jiang Qianxun frowned and had new worries.
Aunt Lan saw this and quickly comforted her: "But don't panic, eat a full meal tonight and have another meal before going to bed at ten o'clock. There will be no problem tomorrow. Come on, your uncle Jiang has prepared your favorite dishes. I'll help you in."
As she spoke, Aunt Lan helped her up the stairs.
The difficult life in her childhood did not crush Jiang Qianxun, but instead taught her to face things optimistically. When she heard that there was something delicious to eat, she nodded, temporarily put aside her other worries, smiled, raised her feet, walked up the stone steps and entered the door.
"By the way, your Uncle Jiang also said that since it's snowing today, he has specially prepared barbecue. Tonight, we can enjoy the snow while eating meat." Aunt Lan added, opening the door and carefully helping her in.
Jiang Qianxun entered the warm house. When she heard that there was a barbecue, her previous worries were completely thrown away. She just felt even hungrier and couldn't help licking her lips.
Auntie Lan saw her and laughed at her, "Are you greedy? You better take it easy. You are pregnant with twins. If you eat too much, the fetuses will be too big. Be careful of stretch marks. Oh, by the way, speaking of stretch marks, the essential oil I bought online for you will arrive this afternoon. Apply it after you wash up. It's a good thing. It can prevent belly fat. You should apply it every day."
Seeing Aunt Lan nagging but worrying about her in every matter, Jiang Qianxun felt warm in her heart and responded obediently.
Afterwards, she followed Aunt Lan's arrangements, went upstairs to wash, changed into home clothes, and asked Aunt Lan to apply essential oil on her.
Just after finishing the painting, Meng Zixi and his friends returned home from get off work.