Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
At some point of the dinner, Xia Nuannuan came home. She looked dispirited and lost.
She seemed rather depressed, as though she had lost her confidence.
Qiao Lian immediately stood up and asked, “Nuannuan, what’s wrong? Did you go to the doctor because you’re unwell?”
The girl seemed to suddenly snap back to reality. Pulling herself together, she said, “Sister Qiao Lian, I’m fine, just a little tired. I’ll go back to my room now.”
She had been given a room of her own on the second floor.
Qiao Lian was still worried nevertheless and persisted, “Nuannuan, are you really okay?”
In the guest room.
Xia Nuannuan tossed her bag aside and took out a blood test report from her pocket.
She looked at the data on the slip of paper.
Although it was still early and not too obvious, it was very certain that she was pregnant…
And the retching was because of the pregnancy, as well as the fact that her body was exhausted. This was causing her to experience the symptoms much earlier.
She hung her head and looked at her abdomen. It had been beyond her imagination that she would get pregnant at this point of time.
But…
She clenched her fists tightly.
Should she keep the baby?
She now looked at another piece of paper.
It was an appointment slip for two days from now for an abortion.
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Two days later.
Qiao Lian had left the villa early and had rushed to the clubhouse, so that she could take the team to the photo shoot.
Without Purple Fairy’s interference, the team was peaceful and comfortable.
They arrived together at the photo shoot location.
Qiao Lian took them in to prepare for the session.
Su Penghao looked at her and said, “Coach Qiao, you’re a part of the team. Come join us for the photo shoot!”
She shook her head at this suggestion. “I’m not a contestant and you know I don’t like publicit. You guys go ahead.”
Upon hearing this, Su Penghao and the rest of the team went into the studio reluctantly without her.
As she waited alone outside, Qiao Lian took out her cell phone and played on it for a while to kill boredom.
As she was doing this, she heard a voice speaking.
“Is Forget Chuan really here?”
“Will we be able to catch a shot of her later?”
“I wonder if she’d be willing to talk, and whether we’d be able to get her to agree to an interview.”
“…”
These remarks reached Qiao Lian’s ears, causing her to look up at once. Her professional instincts led her to soon discover that, suddenly, a big group of reporters had gathered outside the studio.
Were these people here… to stalk Forget Chuan?
She widened her eyes in horror and immediately heard a voice behind her inquiring, “Qiao Lian?”
When she turned around, she saw Zhang Chunhua frowning and walking towards her, accompanied by two staff members of the news agency.
She eyed Qiao Lian up and down a few times and said after a pause, “What are you doing here?”
After saying this, she suddenly recalled that Qiao Lian had previously depended on her ability to sniff out news to gain foothold. She sneered at once, “Did you think that Forget Chuan would give an interview to a nobody? You don’t even have a job, why would she even help you?!”
Qiao Lian looked at the woman with mocking amusement.
Zhang Chunhua snorted in response.
Ensuring that no one was paying attention she leaned in close to Qiao Lian and said, “Qiao Lian, do you wish to come back to work? Let me tell you… if you plead with me, I might let you come back to the news agency. Think about it.”
“Otherwise, believe it or not, even if you manage to scoop the news about Forget Chuan, none of the news agencies will dare accept your article.”