About half an hour later, Dr. Smith finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked out with his assistant.
“Mr. Shang, Madam Ji Yan has already passed the critical stage, but next, you have to pay attention to her recuperation.”
Shang Jinshen picked up the coffee in front of him and drank it before nodding his head.
“Will there be any side effects?”
Shang Jinshen’s words were implicit, but Smith was sensitive to it as a doctor. He knew that Shang Jinshen’s so-called side effects referred to whether Ji Yan would become infertile.
“Please don’t worry, Mr. Shang. I’ll come back regularly for Madam Ji Yan’s treatment. I believe there’s nothing wrong with her body.”
At this time, the cold-faced assistant came in with a folder.
“Mr. Shang, I’ve done a thorough investigation.”
“Mr. Shang, since you still have other matters to attend to, I’ll take my leave first.”
Dr. Smith’s face was full of respect and humility.
“Thank you for your hard work!” Shang JInshen nodded at Dr. Smith and looked at the cold-faced assistant. “Let’s go to the study to talk.”
After arriving at the study, the assistant opened the folder and put it in front of Shang Jinshen.
“Mr. Shang, I have cleared things up. This is the photo of Madam Ji Yan in the cafe today,” The assistant said and took out a USB stick from his pocket. “This is the surveillance record of the cafe. Madam Ji Yan didn’t lie.”
Shang Jinshen’s deep and stern eyes swept over his assistant, who immediately lowered his head and shut up with a red face.
He knew that he was overstepping. After all, Mr. Shang merely wanted him to investigate, not to jump to conclusions.
Shang Jinshen inserted the USB into the computer, and Ji Yan’s incident in the afternoon in the cafe appeared on the computer screen.
“Where did this woman come from?”
Shang Jinshen shut off the computer and leaned his back on the wheelchair with his face darkened.
“This woman is called Li Ying. She’s the one who swapped Madam Ji Yan’s design last time. She’s probably trying to get revenge on us after being fired by the company.”
Shang Jinshen crossed his hands and narrowed his eyes.
“I didn’t expect that someone would dare to touch my woman,” He said with a sneer. “Let her disappear completely in the field of design.”
“I’ll do it right away.” With that, the assistant turned around and left the study.
At dinner time, Madam Zhang made a feast, but Shang Jinshen arrived at the table and lost his appetite.
He didn’t know why, but he felt that there was a smell of braised lion’s head in the air. The dish didn’t appear on the table.
Madam Zhang, on the other hand, was intelligent and observant. “Mr. Shang, do you dislike the food today?”
Shang Jinshen picked up his chopsticks and grabbed some food. He answered Madam Zhang absent-mindedly, “Is Madam Ji Yan awake?”
“She hadn’t woken up when I went in to deliver the meal.” Madam Zhang said, pointing to the chicken soup on the table, “I made the soup for her nourishment.”
Shang Jinshen nodded. “Bring it to her when she wakes up.”
At this time, in the bedroom, Ji Yan woke up from a nightmare with sweat all over her body.
“So it’s a dream!”
She wiped the cold sweat on her forehead and felt that her throat was almost burning from the dryness.
“Where is the bank card?”
Ji Yan looked at her empty hands and became anxious. Then she flipped open the quilt again and saw a large area of dried bloodstains on the sheets. Ji Yan’s heart jumped.
She subconsciously touched her stomach, and a trace of surprise flashed across her face.
“Could it be that the child is gone?”
Ji Yan lowered her head and muttered to herself while enduring the pain in her stomach.
At this time, there was the sound of light footsteps coming from the corridor. Ji Yan immediately covered the quilt again.
“Madam Ji Yan, are you awake?”
Madam Zhang came in with the chicken soup. “You and Mr. Zhang have a mutual affinity. He asked me to heat the chicken soup and bring it to you. I thought you might still be sleeping, but you’re really awake.”
Madam Zhang put the tray on the bedside table. She then picked up the chicken soup and sat down beside Ji Yan’s bed.
“Madam Ji Yan, you haven’t recovered yet. If you don’t mind, I’ll feed it to you.”
Ji Yan looked at Madam Zhang and forced herself to smile. Of course, she didn’t dislike it, but she was not in the mood to drink soup at all.
“Madam Zhang, I…”
Ji Yan faltered, but she was still too embarrassed to ask.
Madam Zhang looked at Ji Yan with a distressed face. “Madam Ji Yan, don’t be disheartened. Fortunately, you are still young, and you will have many opportunities to have a child in the future.”
Ji Yan’s heart seemed to be squeezed by a thin rope as she listened to Madam Zhang’s words.
“Madam Zhang, do you mean that… the child is really gone?”
Ji Yan could not believe it.
Madam Zhang put down the bowl and took Ji Yan’s cold hand into hers.
“Madam Ji Yan, please don’t be so upset. However, this incident has given you a reminder. You have to take care of your health in the future.”
Ji Yan swallowed and nodded. Honestly, when she heard the news, she felt a little relieved.
But in the next second, she was overwhelmed by a strong sense of fear.
Since that’s the case, doesn’t Shang Jinshen know that she was pregnant?
“Madam Zhang!” Ji Yan suddenly sat up and held Madam Zhang’s hand. “Shang Jinshen also knows about it?”
“Of course,” Madam Zhang sighed. “But don’t take it to heart. I don’t think Mr. Shang blames you.”
Ji Yan leaned dejectedly against the bedpost. Suddenly, she felt as if she had fallen into a river of ice.
It’s no wonder that the bank card is missing. Shang Jinshen must have taken it away after he knew about it.
Ji Yan looked at the foggy glass, and it began to rain in her heart. Why did she fight so hard every time, but everything she fought for was taken away from her?
At this moment, Ji Yan’s cell phone rang again. Needless to say, she knew who it was.
Ji Yan picked it up and glanced at Madam Zhang. Madam Zhang immediately got up and said, “Madam Ji Yan, call me if you need me. I will go out first.”
“Wicked girl, are you looking for death? How long has it been? Do you want me to go straight to Ji Gui and look for my precious son-in-law?”
On the other end of the line, Mrs. Ji’s voice was sharp, and Ji Yan helplessly placed the phone a little farther away.
“B*tch, I’m telling you, don’t think I won’t do it.”
The despair in Ji Yan’s heart spread out little by little. She looked out of the window absent-mindedly. She had indeed done all that she could and even paid the price of her life.
“Mom, for so many years, haven’t you ever thought of me?”
Ji Yan’s weak voice sounded different from usual. On the other side of the phone, Mrs. Ji couldn’t help but pause for a moment, but she quickly returned to what she used to be.
“How could you say we did not think for you? We used every means possible to get you into the Shang family to have a good life. Br*t, you should understand our intentions.”
Ji Yan held the phone and smiled bitterly. She wanted to say something more, but her throat seemed blocked, and she could not utter a word.
So she raised her hand to wipe away her tears and hung up the phone directly.