254 Sealed with Love 7 (2/2)
”Jin Qingyan.”
”Yes?”
”I think it's a piece of cake for you to kill me,” An Xiaoning said with a smile.
”Why do you say so?”
”Because I wouldn't be able to tell that you've spiked my food with a drug that has no taste or smell. In fact, I'll even compliment you for your superb culinary skills.”
”…”
Jin Qingyan dropped his pretense as soon as he realized that she had already found out. ”I know, you're intelligent,” he said while kissing her neck gently.
——
Mo Li was already more than four months pregnant by now, yet Ye Xiaotian had still not mentioned anything about marrying her.
However, she did not reveal her thoughts to him, since the fetus had yet to reach the five-month mark they had agreed upon initially.
After remaining silent for a long time, Ye Xiaotian decided to tell her himself.
After dinner, he leaned against the couch and gazed at Mo Li. Staring at her baby bump, which was already showing, Ye Xiaotian said, ”I didn't manage to convince my mother to allow me to marry you. However, I'd like to keep this child. I'm sorry, but you have to sacrifice a little and keep waiting on. Mo Li, my mother is in a poor state of health, I'll feel guilty for the rest of my life if she really kills herself because of this.”
Mo Li kept her eyes fixed on the television and did not answer him immediately. Little did he know that his words meant that Mo Li had to wait 'til the day his mother dies before she could be given a proper status.
What was this?
The child would become illegitimate as soon as he was born.
”Got it,” she answered coldly before preparing to go upstairs.
Ye Xiaotian hurriedly stopped her, ”Sit down.”
”I'd like to go to bed.”
”Mo Li, my mother will give in once she sees the baby when he's born.”
Mo Li let out a wry smile as tears welled up in her eyes while she made her way upstairs slowly.
She then locked herself inside the bathroom.
Standing by the basin, Mo Li stared at her reflection in the mirror and placed her hand on her baby bump. The child had already begun kicking her in the womb.
She could feel that he was an active baby.
Over time, she had begun looking forward to the birth of the child. Yet, everything would be coming to an end soon.
Did he think she would not mean what she said?
She had planned to do exactly what she said she would.
She did not wish for tongues to wag and brand her and her family for being shameless and insisting on giving birth to the child. She did not want to hear anyone say that Ye Xiaotian would not give her a proper status even after she had already given birth.
He was put in a spot, but so was she.
Why did he get her pregnant if he was not confident that he could marry her?
Mo Li turned on the tap and rinsed her face before exiting.
Ye Xiaotian had already gone upstairs. ”I didn't tell you those for you to let your imagination run wild,” Ye Xiaotian said worriedly.
”I'm not overthinking or letting my imagination run wild.”
”Are you thinking of aborting the child?” he questioned, staring at her in the eye.
”Will you let me go if I abort the child?”
”No.”
”I just needed to know your answer,” Mo Li answered coldly as she removed her slippers and laid down on the bed.
Ye Xiaotian began to sense that something was amiss and unusual about her.
He laid down beside her and said, ”Mo Li… I promise you'll be the only woman I have in the future. I'll only bear children with you, alright?”
Cupping her face with her hands, Mo Li retorted, ”Why must you force me to have children?”
”Because then you'd be willing to settle down.”
”Do you love me?”
Ye Xiaotian was at a loss for words upon hearing her question. He had never pondered about whether he loved her or not. He had always just wanted to keep her by his side and be together with her. In conclusion, he had merely gotten used to having her around. Love… was something that had never crossed his mind before.