Chapter 270: Chapter 270: Pregnant Before Marriage, Shameless
After a long while, she came to her senses and tugged at the corner of her mouth: “Manager… are you joking with me? How could I possibly be pregnant?”
The manager narrowed his eyes: “I’m not joking with you. This is your medical report, take a look for yourself.”
With that, he handed the medical report to Lin Qi.
Lin Qi took the report and began to read through the data.
All her other indexes were normal, except for the blood and urine test values that fluctuated. HCG and progesterone levels were higher than normal, suggesting signs of pregnancy.
Lin Qi pressed her hand against her forehead, staring at these abnormal values with a vacant look, unsure why a medical exam would reveal her pregnancy.
The manager said, “Since you were directly recruited into the company, skipping the interview stage. Otherwise, during new staff interviews, interviewers usually ask these questions.”
Marital status, pregnancy history, and plans for childbirth, all of these have to be clarified.
Huace Group offers very generous benefits for female employees.
Maternity leave, paternity leave.
Once a female employee confirms she’s pregnant, she can take a long maternity leave, with a guaranteed salary of at least 5000 per month, plus childbirth and postnatal allowances, allowing her to return to work after sitting the month.
Therefore, with such generous benefits, it inevitably attracts some who seek to exploit loopholes.
There have been many cases where new female employees hid their pregnancy during the interview, and as soon as they became regular employees after a month, they took maternity leave immediately, collected all the benefits, and then resigned to become full-time housewives.
The series of subsidies could amount to as much as 50,000 yuan!
But Huace is not a charity, to prevent people from exploiting these high benefits, interviewers generally ask a few questions regarding female employee applicants during the interview.
Marital status, plans for childbirth.
If there’s a pregnancy plan, the hiring can be postponed.
Special exceptions are made only for particularly outstanding talents.
Initially, the HR manager personally reviewed Lin Qi’s resume and, since she was divorced and single, and already had children, he didn’t inquire further.
Unexpectedly, the medical report came back showing she was pregnant!
The manager questioned, “Miss Lin, forgive my bluntness, could it be that you knew you were pregnant and came to Huace specifically for the high benefits offered to female employees?”
Lin Qi said, “No. I… It’s impossible for me to be pregnant.”
She and Huo Tingdong had been intimate more than once during this period.
But each time, she was very careful about protection.
She currently didn’t plan to have children, unless it was a false pregnancy.
But a false pregnancy would only trigger pregnancy reactions; neither HCG nor progesterone would show such changes.
The manager said, “Aikang Guobin’s medical examination is very detailed; each check is meticulous, and there wouldn’t be a mistake in the report… Aren’t you a divorced single? This is an unmarried pregnancy.”
Lin Qi said, “Manager, let’s not rush to suspicions. Though the report says I’m pregnant, I’m quite sure it’s impossible. Could I take leave tomorrow to have a recheck?”
The manager was somewhat skeptical: “You suspect there’s a problem with the medical report?”
Lin Qi said, “I’m sure there’s a problem with the report; it can’t be possible that I’m pregnant.”
The manager asked, “Do you have a steady boyfriend?”
Lin Qi said, “That’s my personal privacy; I’d rather not disclose that.”
Upon hearing this, the manager nodded: “Forget it! I shouldn’t pry too much into your personal matters! Anyway, since you’re doubtful about the report, go check again tomorrow! If you really are pregnant, I will have to discuss with the CEO upon his return regarding your employment.”
Lin Qi exclaimed, “Even if I am pregnant, would the company dismiss me because of that?”
The manager said, “That’s not what I meant!”
Lin Qi said, “Anyway, I will get rechecked tomorrow! Let’s talk after the results come back. Don’t rush to contact the CEO’s office just yet. As a minor employee, even if I really am pregnant, it shouldn’t alarm the CEO’s office.”
With that, she stood up, nodded to the manager, and left the office.
Returning to the project team’s workplace.
Lin Qi stuffed the medical report into her bag, feeling uneasy.
The more she thought about it, the more something seemed off.
The HR manager implied that there’s generally no error with the medical report.
She must be pregnant.
But all this time, she had been taking birth control pills and even in emergency situations, Huo Tingdong would be mindful of protection.
Could she still be pregnant despite such stringent protective measures?
Lin Qi found it unreasonable.
Even if she had a predisposition to get pregnant easily, it wouldn’t be to the extent of defying all safety measures.
Defying all safety measures…
Lin Qi’s face warmed, unwilling to believe Huo Tingdong was that formidable.
There must be a mistake in the medical report!
She reassured herself, deciding not to jump to conclusions yet, planning to take a day off tomorrow for a comprehensive checkup at the hospital.
The afternoon training proceeded as usual.
After tidying up her desk, Lin Qi went to the training.
No sooner had she left than a colleague sneaked over to her desk and rifled through her bag.
Han Na saw this and immediately spoke up to stop it: “What are you doing?”
That female colleague whispered secretively, “I have a friend in HR, she heard that the pregnancy was detected in her medical report!”
Her words set off waves of murmurs!
For a moment, the colleagues all looked towards Lin Qi’s desk.
“The newbie is pregnant?”
The female colleague snorted: “Single my foot! I heard from my friend that she looked at Lin Qi’s resume; she’s divorced and raising a son by herself!”
“My goodness! It’s hard to tell that she’s divorced and has a child!”
“I thought she had just graduated from college!”
“She’s single now, how could she be pregnant?”
Han Na said, “Regardless, it’s not right to go through someone’s bag!”
But the female colleague declared confidently, “What harm in looking? She’s not here, and if you don’t tell, we don’t tell, who would know I went through her bag?”
Han Na was speechless.
The female colleague added, “If she finds out, it must be you who betrayed me!”
“Right, Han Na, this new girl has quite the background! Maybe she’s related to someone with clout, could be a high-level executive’s mistress that was planted here!”
“If she really slept her way up, we don’t want to work with someone like that!”
Soon, the female colleague found Lin Qi’s medical report, read through it, and turned white with shock: “She really is pregnant!”
Instantly, everyone was buzzing with discussion.
“She’s divorced and single now, isn’t this premarital pregnancy?”
“So speechless! Pregnant without being married, shameless.”
“Maybe one of the executives is subsidizing her, she’s aiming to advance herself with a child, seeking wealth through her offspring.”