Everyone fell speechless and just stared at Jiang Meiying like she had grown a third eye- just below her thin spread out lips.
Wang Ting almost coughed out blood. Ahh... this woman has become really shameless.
"S... So are you saying that... you're pregnant?"
Jiang Meiying didn't reply, but gave her a smouldering smirk before turning away from her like she was an annoying fly.
Eh? Is she ignoring me now?
Her beautiful brows furrowed as she kept staring at Jiang Meiying in awe.
"How could you have possibly done it?" She focused on Zhang Hien who wished the ground would swallow him up when he was suddenly the centre of attraction.
Before Zhang Hien could start another round of stuttering and stammering, Jiang Meiying intruded.
"Is that any of your business Wang Ting?"
Wang Ting's eyes widened. Wang Ting? How rude. She was used to the cowering woman who called her Miss Wang with a shaky voice. Just who was this?
"I wasn't talking to you." She forced a smile
"You're talking to 𝐦𝐲 husband."
Zhang Hien's heart swelled at the title she had willingly tagged him with.
"Ah." Wang Ting hid a smile. "I'm just curious Jiang Meiying. I'm just wondering. If you're really pregnant, how did he... "
"Give me 100 dollars, and I'll tell you." Came her next words, and Zhang Hien let out a cough.
Even Wang Ting cleared her throat in discomfort and shock when she heard her.
More people began staring at them, curiosity over riding their other emotions as they anticipated Wang Ting's next move.
"W... What do you take me for? A desperate pervert?" She sounded angry like she wanted to pounce on Jiang Meiying.
"You sounded so desperate earlier. I thought I'd use to chance to earn some money from you. You see... "
Jiang Meiying picked up a medicine she wanted to buy, but it cost 275 dollars. "... this medicine is quite expensive, and I need some more money to get it. The one I have left isn't enough."
Wang Ting chuckled with her friends while Zhang Hien quietly held Jiang Meiying by the hand.
"Why do you need such an expensive pill Jiang Meiying? If you badly wanted it, you could have asked me. We'd work hard to earn some money for you."
Jiang Meiying whispered back.
"I can handle this. Zhang Hien, just trust me."
"I was right all along. You people are not only pathetic and shameless to begin with, you're also thieves."
"We haven't stolen anything so mind the things you let out of your mouth, Wang Ting."
"How were you going to pay for the pills then? Do you think I'm that stupid to pay 100 dollars to know what you do behind closed doors. I doubt you two are even capable of being intimate."
"Do you want to make a bet, Wang Ting?"
People began whispering at Jiang Meiying's words. Zhang Hien was beyond confused, but decided to just trust his wife on this.
Wang Ting folded her arms.
"I'm listening, so don't waste my time."
"If I can prove my pregnancy test positive in the next five months, you'll cash in 100,000 dollars in my account. What do say to this?"
Everyone began laughing. Even the workers in the pharmacy doubled over with laughter.
Wang Ting glanced about in satisfaction of how she made a fool of herself, and decided to take on the bet confidently.
"A disabled man in a wheel chair, and a three-chinned woman who can barely lift a leg. I doubt you can ever get pregnant in this world or the next Jiang Meiying. Because if it so happens, I won't just give you 100,000 dollars, I'll bow down and kiss your feet."
Jiang Meiying stretched out her hand.
"Is that a bet?"
Seeing the ever so confident look in her eyes and a ting of cold calmness emanating from her aura, she was suddenly reluctant, but suddenly, someone by her side shook her hand first, stunning her.
It was one of her friends, Suo Yun, an Oscar winning actress's daughter, Suo Ushi. She was Incredulously beautiful, and very wealthy.
"I'll pay you 200,000 dollars and kiss your feet!"
Jiang Meiying was shocked that someone else was betting on her pregnancy, but she calmly shook the hand and left it to linger for Wang Ting to shake it still.
Another person from behind shook her hand again, and Wang Ting turned to her left, stunned once more.
It was another one of her friends that had come with her to the pharmacy.
Huang Lian. She and her older brother, Huang Shi were orphans, but her brother invented games so he earned a lot of money from the booming business and lavished them on his sister.
"I'll pay you 500,000 dollars!!!"
Jiang Meiying calmly shook her hand, noting that her husband was slightly trembling on his chair from hearing so much money they were betting with. He finally paled when Wang Ting grabbed Jiang Meiying's hand and shook it vigorously; in disgust.
"I'll pay you 1,000,000 dollars and bow to kiss your feet in public!"
Everyone in the pharmacy gasped, and the murmurs grew louder.
"... But if it turns out that you aren't pregnant after five months, you'll pay us the same amount of money we had betted on and become our slave for the rest of your miserable life." She scornfully said, and her friends nodded in accordance to her words.
Jiang Meiying sneered at them.
"Deal." She said without hesitation.
It was another thing for three, wealthy people to pay 1,700,000 amongst themselves, and another thing for a person who wasn't even a second class citizen to pay the same amount alone, but Jiang Meiying had agreed like she was confident about it.
The three friends, over confident about the bet, left them alone and went their way, laughing scornfully.
Jiang Meiying ignored the looks she got from every side, and turned to the shelves to return the medication she had been scrutinizing earlier. It was expensive, and she needed some more money to get it but they have to make do with the money they had right now.
She rode her husband out the pharmacy and went to a small mart where she bought some oil and gloves.
Zhang Hien was quiet during the entire journey to the mart and back home. He was expecting an explanation from Jiang Meiying, but she didn't say a word to him.
She had really made a bet on a huge sum of money, and in a very short time span. His face redened a bit. Was she serious about being able to get pregnant before 5 months? With his baby?
These questions flooded his mind like annoying wasps till he got tired and just anticipated the time she would open up to him.
When they got into the living room, they saw Jiang Tao seated on the comfortable two-seater sofa, with his arms extended across the head rest while mother and daughter sat on the other sofas, their faces directly facing the television.
The scene was serene and quiet as they watched a movie. It looked like a typical happy family scenario, and Jiang Meiying and Zhang Hien were strangers in the household.
However, once they stepped in, they turned to them like they were intruders, before Jiang Tao got up like a bullet, his eyes darting to and fro from the bag of things they bought, to their faces.
Zhang Hien wanted to suddenly disappear under their glares while Jiang Meiying returned their deadly looks with a neutral expression.
Sigh. Were they going to start again?
"I... Is it true?" He pointed at Jiang Ming's pitiful face before pointing back at his other daughter. "... that you beat up Ming Ming and her friends, and forced your own sister to give you money?!"
Jiang Meiying nonchalantly replied.
"You've never treated me as your daughter even for once since I was born. I don't see Jiang Ming as my sister either."
Everyone was left stunned for a while, feeling as though her words were like a bucket of ice water thrown over them.
Jiang Tao suddenly turned raging mad.
"I don't know when you suddenly found the guts to talk back at me, but I want you to return the money this instant, and apologize to her. You're the reason her friends went home in anger. Apologize to Ming Ming now."
"I've spent it."
"Boo-hoo. Daddy, what if she starts stealing all our money after this?" Jiang Ming pitifully said, faking her tears as usual.
Jiang Tao suddenly advanced towards her.
"If you don't do as I've said, forget about having dinner tonight."
Jiang Meiying suddenly smirked.
It was a chilling smirk that caused Jiang Tao to freeze in his tracks.
"Are you done, father, or do you want to hit me next? I think you've forgetten what happened the last time you tried to. I wouldn't want to make the same mistake again if I were you..
considering your back is not properly healed."