Yan Qianyi gently curved her lips into a smile.
If it hadn’t been for her love for Mu Yunlie, she wouldn’t have chosen to part ways with him before.
But she had no need to prove her feelings for Mu Yunlie to Mu Huaner.
Mu Huaner glared fiercely at Yan Qianyi, "No matter what, I will not allow you two to be together!"
Yan Qianyi slightly lifted her eyes, coldly regarding the frantic Mu Huaner, calmly said, "Then we’ll see whether Ah Lie chooses you, his little aunt, or me and the child in my belly."
"Fine! We’ll just wait and see!" Mu Huaner stormed off in her high heels.
Yan Qianyi slowly exhaled a breath.
She wondered whether Mu Huaner would really tell Mu Yunlie about that medical accident from years ago.
At this point, regardless of the storm she may face in the future, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and face it head-on.
After a moment of thought, she sent a voice message to Xu Yuan, asking, "Have you found those people yet?"
She had been investigating that surgery from years ago this whole time.
No matter how far she and Mu Yunlie went, she had to give him an explanation, preferably before Mu Huaner told him.
If it really was her mother’s mistake that led to it, and her mother had intended to conceal the medical accident,
Then she would spend the rest of her life compensating for what her mother owed Mu Yunlie.
The current problem was that she didn’t believe her mother would make such a low-level mistake during surgery.
Moreover, her mother had always been a person who dared to act and accept responsibility; if the failure to resuscitate Mu Feng were indeed her fault, she wouldn’t evade the responsibility.
Xu Yuan said, "I was just about to contact you. I found a nurse who was in the operating room at that time, but when I asked her about the situation during the surgery, she said too much time had passed, and she doesn’t remember."
Yan Qianyi frowned, "Give me her contact address. I’ll find some time to meet her personally."
After hanging up the voice call, Yan Qianyi continued upstairs to sleep.
She had cried too long last night, slept late, and arguing with Mu Yunlie was both mentally and physically draining.
For the sake of the baby inside of her, she had to take care of her health.
Once she rested and regained her energy, she would have the strength to face an uncertain future.
After leaving Mu Yunlie’s house, Mu Huaner immediately arranged to meet Ning Nuan.
Ning Nuan hurried to the club invested in by Mu Huaner, where she found Mu Huaner drinking sullenly.
"Little aunt, you called me out in such a hurry, has something happened?"
Mu Huaner looked up at Ning Nuan, annoyed, "Didn’t I ask you to make an effort to make Ah Lie fall for you while he and Yan Qianyi were broken up? Have you done nothing?"
Ning Nuan was stunned, eyes dropping sadly, "I... I’ve tried, I’ve been going to the Nangong house a lot recently, but I seldom see Brother Ah Lie."
"Then go find him at the Military Department, you have to create opportunities!"
"Okay... I’ll push harder, I’ll be more proactive."
"It’s too late for you to redouble your efforts now, they’ve already reconciled, Yan Qianyi has even moved into Ah Lie’s house to live!" Mu Huaner scolded Ning Nuan with a look of frustration, "I’ve had so much hope for you and created opportunities for you. Are you capable or not?"
Ning Nuan looked up at Mu Huaner in astonishment and asked incredulously, "They... made up? But I just went to the Nangong Family last night, and after beating around the bush with some questions, judging from Grandpa Nangong and Grandma Nangong’s reactions, they hadn’t made up yet."
"Last night was last night, now is now! I just went to see Ah Lie, and I saw with my own eyes Yan Qianyi sitting on Ah Lie’s bed!"
Ning Nuan’s heart sank, her face helpless, "How could this...?"
During an event organized by the school’s forum last time, she had deliberately arranged for a junior to take photos of Yan Qianyi and Xia Ziyu, then spread rumors about them.
To her surprise, Yan Qianyi and Xia Ziyu didn’t even come forward to clarify or explain.
She thought that the scandal involving Yan Qianyi and Xia Ziyu would further damage the relationship between Yan Qianyi and Brother Ah Lie.
How could they have suddenly made up?
Mu Huaner said, "Yan Qianyi is pregnant."
"What?!" Ning Nuan’s eyes widened in shock, disbelieving.
"Their fertility is both S-class; it was only a matter of time."
Ning Nuan suddenly felt weak at the knees, her eyes reddened, on the brink of tears, "Then... then I have no chance at all."
Seeing Ning Nuan’s pitiful look, Mu Huaner sighed and softened her tone, "Let’s sit down and talk."
She handed Ning Nuan a tissue, "It’s not that I want to blame you, I’ve been warning you, if you like something, you have to actively go after it. Your problem is that you’re too soft, too nonchalant. Back when Ah Lie only had you as a girl around him, if I were you, I would have secured Ah Lie a long time ago. Then there wouldn’t be any issues with Yan Qianyi."
Ning Nuan wiped away her tears and nodded with a choke in her voice, "Little aunt, I realize my mistake, but what can I do now? Is there still a way?"
Mu Huaner took a sip of wine, "Solutions are thought up by people. Just because they’re married doesn’t mean they can’t get divorced. I need to think, and you think too."
Ning Nuan picked up the wine decanter and poured Mu Huaner some red wine, "I can’t think of any solutions either. Little aunt is right, I haven’t been proactive these years. If I could have been a bit more assertive, or gotten into a real relationship with... with Brother Ah Lie earlier, maybe Yan Qianyi wouldn’t be the one by Brother Ah Lie’s side now, but me."
"A real relationship..." Mu Huaner mulled over these words, pondering.
Suddenly her expression brightened, "Nuannuan, what you just said has given me an idea!"
Ning Nuan looked confused, "What?"
Mu Huaner said excitedly, "We still have a chance! Yan Qianyi is pregnant now and definitely can’t share a room with Ah Lie. This is the opportunity for you and Ah Lie to have a real relationship. Knowing Ah Lie’s character, he would not shirk responsibility."
"Little aunt..." Ning Nuan shyly lowered her head.
"Come on, you’re an adult, there’s nothing to be embarrassed about, you should have been more proactive a long time ago!"
"But... Yan Qianyi has already moved into Brother Ah Lie’s house, so I don’t have a chance to be with Brother Ah Lie..."
"Don’t worry, I’ll take care of that."
"Even if it really does work out, with Yan Qianyi pregnant, Brother Ah Lie won’t give her up just because he’s been with me, right?"
Ning Nuan smiled, "Yan Qianyi is so proud and conceited, knowing this, even if Ah Lie doesn’t want to let go, she would leave on her own."
"And what if she doesn’t leave?"
"Even if she doesn’t leave, they’re sure to have a big fight, and they’ve already got cracks in their relationship. A relationship can’t withstand constant quarreling and will eventually end. Besides, when it comes time to compare, Ah Lie will see for himself who is better between you and Yan Qianyi, so how you behave is also very important."
The clouds of worry in Mu Huaner’s heart finally dispersed, and she said happily, "If it weren’t for what you just said, I wouldn’t have thought of this solution!"