"Mrs. Tao, aren't you afraid that Master Tao will find out that the child isn't Tao Bin's and chase Chu Xia away?" Qin Sheng had an idea, but she had to ask Mrs. Tao first.
"I think even if my husband knew, he wouldn't chase Chu Xia away. I can give Chu Xia a sum of money as a deposit. If my husband finds out, or our family treats her badly, she can leave anytime," Mrs. Tao said sincerely.
Chu Xia looked at Qin Sheng in surprise. She didn't know what Qin Sheng was going to do...
Qin Sheng held Chu Xia's hand and said, "We have to go to school and take care of a baby, and you still have your mother to take care of. You could consider Madam Tao's suggestion?"
Thinking about it, Chu Xia wouldn't have an easy time in the future. She had to take care of the baby and her mother, and she still had to go to school. How was she going to take care of everything?
"You have your mother to take care of? It's fine. You can take her to our home. Wherever you go to school, we will settle in the country. If you don't want people to know that you're pregnant, we can keep it a secret and say that we've taken you in as our goddaughter.
"I'll transfer five million yuan to you now. What do you think?" Madam Tao said.
Chu Xia quickly waved her hand. "There's no need to give me money. I'll be eternally grateful if you can take me in as your goddaughter and take care of my mother!"
Madam Tao nodded. "Then can you accompany me to see my husband?"
"Sure, let's go," Chu Xia agreed.
Even if Madam Tao didn't give her anything and only lied to save Master Tao's life, Chu Xia would still do it.
Qin Sheng accompanied Chu Xia and Madam Tao to the hospital where Master Tao was staying.
Madam Tao allowed Qin Sheng to stay in the ward, while she took Chu Xia to talk to Master Tao in his room.
Qin Sheng could guess what they were talking about. Soon, she heard Master Tao say that he was going to be discharged from the hospital and bring Chu Xia home with him. He said that he wanted to nourish Chu Xia well.
Obviously, Chu Xia's child gave Master Tao a reason to live.
But what if one day, Master Tao found out that the child was not Tao Bin's? What would happen then?
Qin Sheng shook her head to scatter those thoughts. After all, people lived in the present. Now that Chu Xia finally had someone to love her, and the problems of the baby and mother had been solved, Master Tao was also alive. This was more important than anything else.
What Qin Sheng didn't expect was that when she accompanied Chu Xia back to the Tao family, Master Tao made a new decision. He was going to take Chu Xia abroad, and the time was set for the day after tomorrow.
After Qin Sheng settled Chu Xia down, the two of them made an agreement. When Qin Sheng's acceptance letter came, she would look for Chu Xia again.
***
When Qin Sheng returned to the Qin family mansion, she saw Qin Zixian with a tight face, glaring at her fiercely.
'Jeez... what did I do to offend Auntie?' she thought to herself.
"Auntie, you're looking very irritable. That scowl doesn't suit you." Qin Sheng smiled innocently.
Qin Zixian almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Qin Sheng had seen the embarrassing scene yesterday...
She bit her lips and hissed, "And you don't look good as a man! Are you a woman today?"
She hated Qin Sheng so much that she wanted to kill her. She had lost all her reputation, and Qin Sheng had slept with Gong Mochen!
"I've always been a woman! More than can be said for you..." Qin Sheng deliberately angered Qin Zixian. It was good that she was her uncle's girl.
Qin Zixian walked past Qin Sheng in anger and rushed into her mother's bedroom.
"Mom, I can't stay in this house anymore. I don't have the nerve to see Third Brother again. And even Qin Sheng is bullying me!"
He Fen slammed the teacup in her hand onto the table. "You're useless! The matter isn't over yet, and you're acting like you already lost!"
Qin Zixian sat beside her mother. "What other ideas do you have? Third Brother clearly doesn't want me."
"Didn't you listen to your second brother's call? He told us to calm down. When he comes back, whether it's the Qin family's property or Gong Mochen, it'll all be ours. Does Qin Sheng really deserve it?" He Fen said coldly.
"So, we wait for Second Brother to come back... But when will he come back? Father hasn't been willing to transfer Second Brother back to the country," Qin Zixian asked.
"Whether he'll be transferred or not, he'll be back for your father's birthday," He Fen said.
Qin Zixian nodded and clenched her fists. "Okay, I'll wait."
During dinner, Qin Sheng didn't see Gong Mochen. She was so angry that her heart hurt. Did he go to the Moonlight Club again?
Thinking of the beautiful women inside the club, she got angry. Did Gong Mochen also look at the iPad, flicking through all of the women's photos?
Her little face twisted. She did not want her man to look at other women's bodies.
Li Ang looked at the girl who was poking rice grains and moved closer to her. "Are you friends with your rice?"
Qin Sheng raised her head and glared at the man. She quickly stuffed the rice in her bowl into her mouth, said that she wasn't feeling well, and ran back to her room.
Qin Zixian's phone rang. She glanced at the screen and said that she wasn't feeling well too. She walked out of the dining room, but she didn't go back to her bedroom. Instead, she walked out of the mansion.
Qin Sheng returned to her room and took out her phone. There wasn't even a single message, let alone a phone call. She threw her phone aside in disappointment. It seemed that her uncle wasn't going to pay attention to her.
That damned Gong Mochen! She was so angry that she hit the bed.
The man who walked out of the Gong Group Offices sneezed twice. He rubbed his nose with his hand and smiled helplessly. He was afraid that his little woman would scold him again.
"Have you found the woman named Qi Qi?" he asked Nie Feng.
"I'm still looking, but I haven't found her yet," Nie Feng replied.
"Send more men. We must find her by tomorrow!" Gong Mochen ordered.
If Qi Qi couldn't be caught, the police would surely arrest Qin Sheng. The matter between Qin Sheng and him might be exposed. He had to end the case quickly!
Nie Feng broke out in a cold sweat. How many hours until midnight? How could they find her? The most infuriating thing was that they had pulled her out from the surveillance camera. That woman had also entered Tao Bin's room. When they went to catch Qi Qi, the woman seemed to have vanished into thin air.
He braced himself and accepted the order. "Yes, CEO Gong."
On a quiet street, under the dim lights, Qin Zixian's car was parked up, and a woman got into it.
"What's the matter? Why do you have to see me?" Qin Zixian asked.
Qi Qi snorted coldly. "What's the matter? You do realise that your third brother, the Tao family, and the police are all looking for me, right?"
She had nowhere to hide now, so she could only seek out Qin Zixian.
"They're looking for you? They want to arrest you? What does it have to do with me?" Qin Zixian said coldly.
Qi Qi was instantly enraged. "Qin Zixian, don't forget that I got into this trouble because I helped you!"
"Helped me? Seriously? You wanted to harm Qin Sheng yourself, don't drag me into this!" Qin Zixian quickly cleared her name.
"You seriously want to clear your name? Qin Zixian, who gave me the medicine! How did you get the medicine?
"If I'm arrested, I don't mind explaining it all to the police, including how you planned to pounce on Gong Mochen. I have a full set of videos of you here!
"I can post them on the internet and let everyone see how shameless the miss of the Qin family is!" Qi Qi said fiercely.