20 You Canst Be Compared to Her (2/2)
”Got it,” said An Xiaoning as she hung up and rushed down to the address he had given her.
After a journey of 20 minutes, she finally arrived at his doorstep.
”You were so slow. I was getting anxious just waiting for you. Here, let Brother give you a big, warm hug,” said Gu Beicheng, leaning against the door. He reached out for a hug.
With godlike speed, she quickly dodged and inched forward, causing him to miss. ”Just what is it that you can't tell me about over the phone? You even insisted that I make the trip down here.”
Closing the door behind him, Gu Beicheng picked up the slip of paper on the table and said while handing it to her, ”Take a look at these birth characters for me.”
After picking it up, she took a look at it and she said bluntly,”This set of birth characters belongs to Chi Rui'er.”
”Oh, seems like my brother-in-law had already asked for you to read them.”
She rolled her eyes in annoyance. She could not help but imagine how disgusted and furious Jin Qingyan would be if he were to hear the way Gu Beicheng had addressed him as his ”brother-in-law.” After all, Jin Qingyan was a year older than him, and the two did not get along well because of their feud over Chi Rui'er. Yet, they had unwillingly become relatives, all because of An Xiaoning.
”Which aspect of her fortune would you like me to read? First things first, I can't read the fate between her and someone whose birth characters you are unaware of. If you'd like to know about the fate between you and her, then you have to tell me your birth characters,” said An Xiaoning.
”Who said I wanted to know about her fate with someone else? I don't want to know about the one between her and I, either. I just want you to read about a certain expect. That is, will she bear a child in the next six months?” asked Gu Beicheng, frowning sternly.
Reaching her hand out, An Xiaoning asked, ”Didn't you mention that there would be a reward?”
”You're so untrusting of Brother. Where is the basic trust between siblings? Here, is this enough?” he asked, sliding her a cheque.
She took a look at the cheque of 500 thousand yuan and nodded, ”Yeah, that's enough.”
”I can be sure that she is bound to bear a child, in the next half of the year.”
”Can you tell in which month it would be?”
”Yes, but I can't reveal that to you. It is in her fate to have a child,” said An Xiaoning. Reminded of the fact that it was the last child Chi Rui'er would bear, she could not help but warn him, ”She is destined to bear two children, one of which she had already aborted. If she aborts this last one, she is bound to be childless for the rest of her life. Gu Beicheng, if you made her pregnant, be sure to take good care of her.”
”Will she get pregnant, even if I don't have intercourse with her?” Gu Beicheng continued to ask eagerly.
After taking another look at Chi Rui'er's birth characters, An Xiaoning had an answer in her head. ”Not sure why you'd ask, but I'd like to tell you that some things are just meant to be. You can't rewrite its fate. I hope you understand what I mean. Don't all women just want a man who loves and cares about her? Even a career-minded woman would wish to have a shoulder to rely on for comfort and warmth. Please take your woman in hand. Did you know that she often calls my husband to get him to accompany her at the hospital? Aren't you her official boyfriend?” chided An Xiaoning.
Gu Beicheng seemed rather perplexed as he leaned against the couch with an arm raised. ”You said she had already aborted a child. I'm not the father of that child. You mentioned that she would be expecting another child within the next six months. I'm very certain that the child does not belong to me either.”
Startled, An Xiaoning said, ”If not yours, then whose would it be…”
With a shrug, he said, laughing rather innocently, ”How would I know…”
”Then why did you ask about it?” asked An Xiaoning as she stared at him.
However, Gu Beicheng refused to answer her question and said instead, ”I have my own reasons. I'm going out to run an errand, need a ride?”
Seeing that he refused to answer, she did not pry any further. ”No, it's fine,” she answered.
A whirlpool of questions flooded An Xiaoning's mind as she made her way downstairs. Could the child Chi Rui'er had aborted have belonged to Jin Qingyan? Would the second child belong to him too?
Besides, Gu Beicheng was certain that the child does not belong to him, despite being her official boyfriend. Not to mention, Jin Qingyan had been visiting her at the hospital rather frequently…
An Xiaoning was overwhelmed by a state of confusion. She could not help but wonder if her imaginations were real.
Chi Rui'er must be smarter than she looked to abandon two rich and handsome men for a third one, she thought.
What used to be a clear and outright relationship had turned into a mysterious situation filled with doubt and suspicion ― all because of Gu Beicheng's words.