Chapter 22: Abnormal Behavior Suggests Foul Play

Jiang Yiyi looked over. In the distance, Qin Gang and the woman she’d seen that day were arguing. The woman looked furious, kicking Qin Gang.

Gu Yunchi only glanced in their direction before looking away, turning Tiantian’s face. “Tiantian, you saw wrong. That’s not Daddy.”

Tiantian wanted to look back, but Jiang Yiyi held Yueyue, blocking her view. She smiled and asked, “Tiantian and Yueyue, would you like to eat something delicious for lunch?”

Tiantian and Yueyue were immediately distracted, saying in unison, “Yes!”

“Then Auntie will take you to the state-run restaurant for lunch, okay?”

The two little ones didn’t know what a state-run restaurant was, but guessing it was a place with delicious food, they nodded their heads together.

Several people entered the clinic and found the doctor. The doctor examined Gu’s mother carefully. “She’s suffering from excessive worry. I’ll prescribe some medicine. Take it for half a month, and then come back for a follow-up check-up.”

As soon as the doctor finished speaking, Qin Gang and the woman walked in.

Seeing them, Qin Gang froze for a moment.

“Daddy.”

“Daddy.”

Tiantian and Yueyue subconsciously clung tightly to Gu Yunchi and Jiang Yiyi, calling out timidly.

Daddy?

The woman’s gaze fell on Gu Yunchi’s face. Jiang Yiyi wasn’t Qin Gang’s ex-wife, so this woman must be dead.

She was quite pretty, though simply dressed, she possessed a unique aura. Unlike the haggard appearance of most divorced women, she was full of vitality.

The woman immediately felt a sense of crisis. She pulled Qin Gang and tried to leave. If this woman hadn’t given birth to two daughters, Qin Gang wouldn’t have been willing to divorce her. If they met more often, Qin Gang might regret the divorce.

But Qin Gang shook off her hand and reached out to Tiantian. “Have you missed Daddy? Come, Daddy will hold you.”

Abnormal behavior suggests foul play. Not only did Jiang Yiyi know this, but Gu Yunchi did too. Qin Gang had always disliked his two daughters, never showing them a kind face. It was impossible for his attitude to change just because of a divorce. She hugged them tightly, choosing to ignore him. “Doctor, please prescribe the medicine.”

The doctor’s eyes swept across the faces of several people before picking up the prescription pad to write the prescription.

“Qin Gang, what do you mean? Could it be that you…”

“Shut up!”

Ignored, Qin Gang’s face couldn’t hold back his anger. He retracted his hand and scolded the woman.

The woman had never been treated like this before and immediately erupted. “You, Qin Gang! You don’t even know if I’m carrying a boy or a girl, and you treat me like this…”

“This is a hospital, not a place for you to yell. If you have something to say, go outside and settle it!”

The doctor frowned and interrupted her.

The woman’s following words were choked in her throat. She dared to offend anyone, but not the doctor.

She turned and walked out angrily. Qin Gang chased after her, grabbed her arm, and pulled her to a corner. “I have something to talk to Gu Yunchi about. As long as you can find a way to get her to meet me alone under the big tree outside the hospital, whether you’re carrying a boy or a girl, I’ll stay.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

The woman immediately let go of his hand and walked towards the clinic. After taking two steps, she came back. “You’re not regretting it and wanting to get back together with her, are you?”

“No.”

“You promise.”

“I promise.”

The woman was relieved and went to the clinic. “Doctor, please prescribe some medicine to help me maintain my pregnancy.”

The doctor wrote the prescription, and the woman quickly went to get the medicine. Gu Yunchi stood in front of her, while Jiang Yiyi and Gu’s mother sat on a bench in the distance with the children.

“Gu Yunchi, Qin Gang wants to talk to you alone.”

Gu Yunchi seemed not to hear.

The woman smiled and continued, “Your sister-in-law sells cold skin noodles in the county town, right? Qin Gang has been in business in the county for so many years, he knows a lot of people. What if he finds someone to deal with you…”

“Where?”

Gu Yunchi didn’t turn her head.

“Under the big tree next to the hospital.”

Gu Yunchi calmly took the medicine and returned to Jiang Yiyi, covering her stomach with her other hand. “Sister-in-law, I have a bit of a stomachache. I’ll go to the restroom. Wait for me.”

Jiang Yiyi and Gu’s mother didn’t suspect anything.

Gu Yunchi hurried towards the restroom, but after leaving the sight of the others, she turned in a different direction and came to the big tree outside the hospital.

Qin Gang was already waiting. He narrowed his eyes, looking at Gu Yunchi. In just a few days, Gu Yunchi seemed to have returned to the way she was when he first met her.

“Say it. What’s the matter?”

Gu Yunchi stopped three steps away from him, standing in the sun.

“Lend me the two thousand yuan you want back. The interest will be calculated according to the bank’s rate. I’ll return it to you within three months.”

He was really desperate. He had borrowed everything he could in the past few days, but he still couldn’t get enough money to pay. When he saw Gu Yunchi just now, he suddenly thought of this idea.

Gu Yunchi turned and walked back.

Qin Gang didn’t dare to shout at her. He quickly walked in front of her to stop her, his voice low and heavy. “Gu Yunchi, we were married for several years, after all. Besides, I’m not borrowing it for free. I said I’ll pay interest.”

“Qin Gang, from the moment we divorced, we had no relationship. The money is mine. I can lend it if I want to, and no one can take a cent from me. As for the interest, I don’t need it.”

After saying that, she bypassed Qin Gang and quickly returned to the hospital. Qin Gang wanted to chase after her, but the woman hiding in the distance came out to stop him. “Qin Gang, I haven’t gotten my pregnancy medicine yet. Give me fifty yuan.”

“I don’t have it!”

“What did you say!”

“I said I don’t have it!”

After saying this, Qin Gang turned and left, leaving the woman standing there dumbfounded.

Qin Gang rode his motorcycle to Qin Lan’s residence.

In order to get in touch with Bai Jun, Qin Lan lied that she had found a job in the county town. In fact, she did nothing all day except dress up.

At this moment, she was trying on a dress in her room. She had just bought it. Hearing a knock on the door, she thought it was Bai Jun. She looked at herself in the mirror again and again before opening the door.

“Brother, why are you here?”

Qin Gang pushed his motorcycle into the yard and closed the gate. “How much money do you have? Give it all to me.”

He only had this one younger sister, and Qin Gang loved her very much, often giving her three or five yuan. Qin Lan should have saved quite a bit over the years.

Hearing that he wanted money, Qin Lan was very flustered. “What happened?”

“I’m short of money.”

“B-but I don’t have much money either?”

She originally had six hundred yuan, gave fifty to Bai Jun, paid three months’ rent, bought some things, and bought clothes, leaving only four hundred yuan. She still wanted to buy something for Bai Jun.

“Give me whatever you have.”

Qin Lan only took out one hundred yuan. “I just started working, and I don’t know when I’ll get paid. I kept twenty yuan.”

Seeing only one hundred yuan, Qin Gang frowned.

Qin Lan’s heart tightened.

“Brother, I really don’t have any money. Otherwise, go home and ask Mom and Dad to help you raise some.”

There was still grain at home, which should be able to sell for a lot of money. Unfortunately, the furniture that Gu Yunchi brought as a dowry was chopped up by her, otherwise, it could have been sold for a lot of money.