Old Master Lu's days were numbered.
The child did indeed arrive at just the right time for him.
But if she gave birth, would that woman easily hand over the child to him?
Could it really be necessary to do as Shen Yijun suggested and create an "accident" to take the child away as soon as it was born?
That would be too...
However, as soon as he thought about how that woman had played him time and again, Lu Lingxiao immediately became enraged.
It was really a case of the more he endured, the angrier he got; the more he backed down, the more he ground his teeth in resentment.
...
Having paid off the debt, Ye Xi felt a weight off her shoulders.
She and Jian Nian had a simple dinner of noodles, after which Jian Nian went back to focus on her civil service exam preparation.
In Jian Nian's words, being in the system made it easier to find a partner.
But Ye Xi knew that with Jian Nian's family background, she did not need to worry about that at all.