The doors of the laboratory opened, Li Qiao strode in and casually turned on the lights.
Without a sideward glance, she walked to the desk, just about to pull out a chair when a safe at her feet caught her eye.
Li Qiao kicked it lightly and asked, "What’s this?"
Wang Yue, who had his bonus deducted for three months, answered with a tearful voice, "Madam, I moved it back from the Li Family’s place yesterday."
Had he known that locking the door would cost him his bonus, he wouldn’t have meddled.
Shang Yu came up beside Li Qiao, propped one hand on the back of a chair, and asked with a gentle smile in his eyes, "Shall we open it and take a look?"
Li Qiao glanced at the safe, then looked up at the man beside her, hooked her hand around his shoulder, and kissed him on the face.
Wang Yue, smacked by a face full of dog food, drifted out of the laboratory like a lost soul.
At the same time, Liuyun came in with the workers, carrying in all the inspection equipment.
With just a brief look, Li Qiao noticed the clues.
The equipment was the same as that of the Medical Alliance, including the ultrasound machine, which was also conspicuously present.
Shang Yu had built a pregnancy check room for Li Qiao at the South Sea Mansion.
Half an hour later, Li Qiao opened the safe, which had a not-so-large interior with an upper and lower compartment.
Li Qiao pulled open the top drawer and smiled upon seeing the contents.
They were all land deeds, property certificates, and a diamond.
This was the betrothal gift Shang Zonghai had given when she and Shang Yu got engaged.
Li Qiao glanced at them a few times, closed the drawer, and opened the second layer.
Just as Duan Shuyuan had said, her childhood swaddling clothes were well preserved, sealed in a vacuum bag and placed at the very bottom, a small bundle.
Li Qiao took it into her hands and looked at it, a light pink little quilt and a bright yellow binding strap.
Beyond that, there was nothing else.
Li Qiao opened the vent of the vacuum bag, took out the little quilt and binding strap, and placed them on the desk, her gaze somewhat distant.
She touched the little quilt, its fabric was soft to the touch, fine in quality, but there was nothing special about it.
The binding strap was ordinary too, just a common strap used to tie up swaddling clothes.
Li Qiao frowned slightly, her fingers lightly pressed the bedding, "There’s nothing..."
The bedding was clean and intact, obviously washed,
If evidence was hidden within the swaddling clothes, what method could be used to ensure it remained undiscovered?
Shang Yu watched her actions languidly from his seat, his palm gently caressed the back of her neck, "No rush, take your time."
Li Qiao’s fingertips trailed along the swaddling clothes’ seams, and after a few minutes, she shrugged, "Indeed, there’s nothing."
The stitches were not made using any special sewing techniques, except for an inconspicuous spot at the lower right corner of the quilt, which seemed to have been re-sewn.
Li Qiao pulled over a desk lamp and inspected closely, her eyes slightly heating up, "The thread here, the color is off."
Shang Yu draped his arm over the corner of the desk, playfully scraped his finger across her cheek, "Call them or go back to the Li Family tomorrow?"
Li Qiao glanced sideways, boldly retorting, "Can’t we go back now?"
The man grinned, rubbing his thumb against her cheek and gently tilted his head toward the side, "After we’re done with the check-up, I’ll accompany you back, okay?"
"You’re giving me the check-up?" Li Qiao turned around to look at the independent pregnancy check room, blinked, and abruptly remembered her period had passed, and if she calculated by the time of pregnancy, perhaps the ultrasound might detect the gestational sac.
Shang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, pressed his handsome face against hers and nibbled her lip lightly, "Otherwise?"
Li Qiao stuffed the swaddling clothes back into the vacuum bag, smiled, and took his hand, heading toward the pregnancy check room, "Then let’s go."