Chapter 183 Record a Video Clip for You (1/2)
”Xin Qing, I'm pregnant!” Tang Shuang said gleefully over the phone.
”You are? Well, congratulations, then,” Xin Qing said flatly. ”Is that all you want to tell me?”
”I'm calling to tell you the truth!” Tang Shuang said, her voice inordinately smug. ”Ah Cang told me everything about how you two got together. If it weren't for some Ancestral Behest and some Totem, he would've ignored you a long time ago.”
There was a split second where Xin Qing found herself taken a surprise. Then, a surge of panic ensued. ”How does Tang Shuang know all these?” she thought.
”Do you really think Ah Cang still loves you?” Tang Shuang taunted. ”Right now, he just isn't sure whether the behest will change again. That's why he decided to keep you in a place far away but still within reach. That way, he can get to you when you're useful to him.”
Xin Qing released a cold sneer. ”You know, people used to tell me about pregnancies lowering the IQ of women. Looks like it's true. Aren't you already married to him? Is there even a point in telling me all these?”
”I just want you to know. I suggest you give up any hopes of a reconciliation with Ah Cang. Ah Cang doesn't love you at all. He told me all this himself. How about it? You're sad, aren't you!” Tang Shuang's chuckles could hear all over the phone. ”You know what? I'm going to invite you to my child's first birthday party after delivery!”
Xin Qing hung up the phone with a loud smack. That woman must have come in contact with the mastermind looking to harm them. Otherwise, she would not have access to this kind of information. Xin Qing spun herself around twice. After that, she decided to send a text to Ah Che. Shockingly, Ah Che showed up at her door in the middle of the night dressed up like an old man.
”Why did you come here?” she asked, quickly dragging him indoors.
Ah Che took off his hat and wiped his sweat away. ”The Young Master is worried,” Ah Che said, pulling out a phone and handed the device to her. Xin Qing tapped the only icon available on the screen. It was a video file. Ying Qingcang's face appeared on screen when the video started playing.
”Babe, I miss you so much!” Xin Qing's tears started to flow the moment she heard it. She stared at the screen greedily. Ying Qingcang's gentle voice floated beside her ears. ”That person had made an appearance, but we haven't been able to catch him yet. We have no idea who he is, either. But we know for sure is that he has been drawn out by the news of the baby.” Ying Qingcang frowned on the screen. ”I know you're against using the child. But that's unavoidable now, considering the circumstances.”
”Do you still remember what I told you before? If I did something that you find despicable, you can't be mad at me and ignore me.” Ying Qingcang laughed. ”Well, things aren't that serious, actually. We'll try our best to be careful.”
The rest of the video involved romantic, lovey-dovey stuff which was disgustingly sappy. Finally, Ying Qingcang said, ”You should record a video clip and have Ah Che to deliver it back to me. Remember to record if after you've taken your bath. Don't worry, Ah Che won't dare sneak a peek!”
Xin Qing glanced towards the couch where Ah Che was sitting ramrod straight with an earnest expression on his face. The latter returned her gaze with an I'm-totally-deaf-and-therefore-can't-hear-a-single-thing look.
”I'll be leaving tomorrow. Young Miss, you can take your time with the recording!” Ah Che threw out those words before heading upstairs.
After her bath, Xin Qing held a few bras in her hand, unable to decide which one to put on. From her understanding of Ying Qingcang's message in the video clip, this was probably what he had in mind. He wanted to see her dressed like this. ”I'm going to have to wear them anyway,” she thought. ”Might as well pick one that he likes.” At that thought, Xin Qing changed her mind. Instead of putting on a bra, she lay down on the bed naked with only a thin satin sheet covering her private parts. Then, she adjusted the room's brightness to maximum intensity and began she recording herself, moving the camera starting from her legs towards her head.
Xin Qing kept blushing after Ah Che left the next day; she had no idea what Ying Qingcang's reaction would be after he saw the video clip she had made for him. In the meantime, Ying Qingcang was having a meeting with Boss Wan and Ah Nan.
”I thought this guy is smart. Seems like I've overestimated him,” Boss Wan said disdainfully. Boss Wan thought the mastermind had acted foolishly by suddenly reaching out to Tang Shuang at the risk of exposing his own identity.
Ying Qingcang stared at Boss Wan's face on the screen of his computer and shook his head. ”I think he did it on purpose.”
”How so?”
”There are two possibilities,” Ying Qingcang said, raising one finger. ”First, he did it because he knew that Tang Shuang would go to Xin Qing and brag about the knowledge he had revealed to her. If Xin Qing and I are just acting, then Tang Shuang's pregnancy would suffice to make Xin Qing think that I might have developed actual feelings for Tang Shuang during the act. Second, if Xin Qing took the bait, she would have come to me in order to seek some kind of verification from me. When that happens, she will no doubt have a run-in with Tang Shuang. Then all the guy has to do is to sit around and watch what kind of move I'll make. Will cut ties with Xin Qing and take Tang Shuang's side if something were to happen to the child?”
Boss Wan nodded. ”But if Xin Qing does nothing? What if Xin Qing never return?”
”Then he will believe that it's truly over between Xin Qing and I. So his next move will be to wait!”
Ying Qingcang had no doubt whatsoever that the bastard would kill the child just to end the line of the Ying's family.
”I'll move back to the house starting tomorrow,” Ying Qingcang said, rubbing his forehead. ”The more I care about the child, the safer Xin Qing will be.”
Ah Nan suddenly remembered the results of his investigations. ”So we won't touch Ah Hai for the time being?”
”Of course, we won't. Have him stay put. After everything is dealt with and if that child survives the whole mess... Then we'll let him take the child away!”
Ying Qingcang postponed his plan to move back to the house for one more day. That night, Ah Che returned and gave him the phone. Ying Qingcang's face darkened as soon as he tapped on the screen. He kicked Ah Che out immediately and locked the door. Then, he went to the lounge behind his office and, with red-rimmed eyes, he watched the video clip from start to finish. He burst into the bathroom when the video ended. For the first time in his life, he took care of himself with his hands and came all over the phone's screen. The video clip playing on the phone's screen showed Xin Qing licking her lips, winking back at him.