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“How can you be so sure… what if you accidentally… touched her once before?” Lin Che deliberately asked.

Gu Jingze said, “Hehe… don’t worry. You’re squeezing my body dry every day. There’s probably nothing left even if I go to someone else!”

“…” Lin Che glared at him.

Gu Jingze held her hand. “Come on, let’s go out.”

Lin Che said, “Alright then. I won’t bother about her either.”

The two of them finally walked out.

The rest of the Gu family watched the two of them leave for a stroll. In their hearts, they really admired Gu Jingze; he actually stuck to his principles and insisted that he did not want the child. He did not even give his own aunt any respect.

But it was true that no one in the Gu family dared to rebel against him. Even if they all bore the surname Gu and of course, he would not harm his own relatives, they would suffer in any case and would gain nothing at all from opposing him.

They could only envy Lin Che for having such a strong backing in the form of Gu Jingze to protect her from any harm.

She was probably the only woman on Earth whom Gu Jingze protected with all his heart and soul.

She was truly fortunate.

—

Mu Wanqing came to the pavilion and looked at Mo Huiling.

Seeing that Mu Wanqing was here, Mo Huiling still wanted to maintain her image as a well-bred young lady in front of her.

“Auntie…”

“Don’t call me Auntie. I’m no auntie of yours and I have nothing to do with you either,” Mu Wanqing said bluntly.

Mo Huiling’s face immediately sank and her expression soured slightly.

Mu Wanqing said, “No matter whose child it is, Jingze won’t help you bring it up. You should abort the child while it’s still early. Otherwise, regardless of who the father is, no one will help you bring it up once you’ve given birth to it. You can only take on the burden yourself.”

Mo Huiling was shocked. “You… you can’t do this. The child belongs to the Gu family. I don’t believe that the Gu family will leave the child on the streets.”

“You should know what Jingze is like. Since he said that he won’t bring the child up, he means it.”

Mo Huiling could not believe it. She could not believe it.

If she were any other woman, she would have believed it. But there was no way that he could not be so heartless towards her.

Perhaps, once she gave birth to the child, he would no longer think this way.

He would not think this way when he saw his own child.

“If you’re willing to abort it, I’ll immediately hire the best doctor to do the operation. I’ll definitely give you compensation as well. As the Young Miss of the Mo family, I know that you won’t care for a small sum as compensation. I will give you a shopping mall as compensation. This is already worth a pretty big sum.”

How generous. As expected of the Gu family.

Mo Huiling laughed grimly. “Since you say that the child doesn’t carry the blood of the Gu family, why are you still giving me compensation? The fact that you’re being so generous makes me even more certain that the child is definitely Gu Jingze’s.”

“Hey, I’m offering you compensation because we don’t want this small issue with you to affect the harmony within our family.” Mu Wanqing felt that spending this small sum of money was worth it. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if Mo Huiling continued to approach Jingze given their close relationship in the past and caused problems for him again. It was better to just resolve everything this time. Furthermore, many people knew about her relationship with Gu Jingze in the past. It would ruin Gu Jingze’s reputation if she publicly made a fuss and made it known to everyone.

In comparison, Jingze’s reputation was much more important than this small sum of money.

Mo Huiling said furiously, “Why am I not good enough? In any case, I’m the Young Miss of the Mo family. My child will definitely be of better quality than Lin Che’s. Besides, Lin Che may not even be able to get pregnant. If not, why hasn’t she gotten pregnant until now? Why must you treat me this way?”

Mu Wanqing said, “It’s true. I don’t like you. You’ve always known it.”

“So you like Lin Che.”

“You’re right.” Mu Wanqing said bluntly, “I like Lin Che. I’m very happy that she’s my daughter-in-law.”

Immediately, Mo Huiling’s jealousy grew.

Why did they like a woman like Lin Che who was powerless and had nothing?

Why did they simply not like her? Mu Wanqing had been at odds with her for so long. But the moment Lin Che appeared, she instantly took a liking to Lin Che.

On the other hand, it had been impossible for her to get even a little closer to the First Madam of the Gu family in the past.

It seemed that everything came easily to Lin Che while she herself was unable to gain favor no matter what she did.

Mo Huiling gritted her teeth. Since she could not gain favor, she said resolutely, “Fine, fine. I won’t be courteous to you any longer since you’ve said this. I won’t abort the child. It definitely carries the blood of the Gu family. Unless you kill me, if you force me to abort the child, I’ll tell everyone that the Gu family used their power to bully me, made a fool out of me, and even wanted me to abort my child. Don’t you think that this would make Gu Jingze, Lin Che, and the Gu family become laughingstocks?!”

Mo Huiling immediately flung her arms down and walked away when she finished speaking.

Mu Wanqing watcher her leave with narrowed eyes.

How could this slut be so evil?

—

After the entire family returned to the Gu family mansion, Mu Wanqing gave special instructions to the kitchen to prepare more food for Lin Che, lest her appetite worsened after being angered today.

Back in the living room, Gu Jingyan looked at Lin Che and said, Sister-In-Law, I heard about what happened today.” She had not visited the tombs today as she had been busy with work.

Lin Che shrugged her shoulders. “Forget it. It’s not that big of a deal.”

Gu Jingyan said, “Yes, to be honest, it’s not that big of a deal. But if that Mo Huiling dares to come looking for trouble, don’t worry. All of us are on your side.”

Lin Che looked at Gu Jingyan gratefully. “Thank you, Jingyan.”

“We’re a family. There’s no need to stand on formality. Anyway, Sister-In-Law, this is all caused by my Second Brother’s romantic history. Teach him a good lesson when you go back. Tell him to settle his past relationships properly. It wouldn’t be worth it for you to get angry all by yourself.”

“Hm, hm. I won’t let him off even after I get back.”

Lin Che raised her fist and thought that if she too got pregnant… then things would probably not be this bad.

Pooh, pooh, pooh. What was the point in having these thoughts?

She blushed while thinking, She had actually started thinking about getting pregnant.

Gu Jingyan said, “By the way, stop overthinking things. Let’s go bowling together tonight.”

Lin Che asked, “Tonight?”

“Yes. It’s better to do some exercise too. Our family opened a new shopping mall and the entire sixth floor is an exercise area. Ask Second Brother to come along with us to take a look.”

Lin Che said, “Sure, but without him.”

Gu Jingyan said, “If we don’t ask him to come along… forget it, Second Brother bears grudges. He will definitely be angry if I bring Sister-In-Law out alone. It’s better to invite him. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to withstand his anger.”

“No way. He’s not that terrifying.”

“Not towards you. But to other people… he’s ruthless, even towards his biological sister.”

Lin Che pursed her lips and said, “You’re exaggerating too much. As if he treats me particularly well.”

“Yes, yes. From what we see, he’s especially good to you.”

“That’s what you see. You still haven’t seen how he is when he’s being mean to me.”

Gu Jingyan said, “When he’s mean to you… when is that? When the two of you are in bed?”