On the day of the divorce, I became Qin Shao's darling.

"..." Lin Xiwei bit her lip, unable to continue the conversation.

That little rascal Junjun always sides with outsiders and doesn't know how to cover for his mother at all.

Qin Jiamo pressed further, "Do you still think it has nothing to do with me?"

Feeling guilty, Lin Xiwei had no choice but to change her words: "These past few days... I really need to trouble you to take care of Junjun."

"Then answer me first, did you deliberately go on this business trip to avoid me?"

Since Qin Jiamo still had some use to her, she didn't dare to be perfunctory and quickly asked for clarification.

"No, no... it's just for work purposes."

I don't believe it.

As Lin Xiwei walked out of the building, her female colleague Huanhuan turned around and urged her to hurry up, so she quickly jogged a few steps.

"Um... I'm going to eat now. Let's talk again when I get back to the hotel tonight."

Before Qin Jiamo could reply, she hung up the phone.

Standing beside the seven-seater van, Feng Zheqian turned around and noticed her uneasy expression. He asked with concern, "What's wrong? Is something wrong with the baby?"

"No, I contacted a friend. He's home helping take care of the kids," Lin Xiwei replied politely.

Sheng Ruichen raised an eyebrow slightly, clearly surprised: "Miss Lin got married and had children so early?"

Lin Xiwei nodded. "Yes."

As for the fact that I'm divorced, there's no need to talk about it to outsiders.

The group got into the car and headed to the hotel for dinner.

Lin Xiwei and her female colleague Huanhuan sat in the last row.

She had just sat down when her phone received another WeChat message.

Upon opening it, it was still Qin Jiamo.

[Where are you going on a business trip? How many people are traveling with you? Male and female?]

Lin Xiwei didn't want to reply, after all, their relationship hadn't reached that point, and he was really meddling a bit too much.

But she was bored on the bus, and Huanhuan next to her took out her phone as soon as she sat down. She felt awkward sitting there, so she had to reply to WeChat messages.

[Shenzhen, four people in total, two men and two women.]

Qin Jiamo's expression changed noticeably when he saw that it was Shenzhen.

Then, a smile appeared on his lips.

What a coincidence.

He's going to Guangcheng on a business trip the day after tomorrow to attend the annual meeting of the law firm's branch.

Guangcheng is only an hour's drive from Shenzhen.

So he asked again: [How many days will you be gone?]

Lin Xiwei: [If all goes well, I'll return on Friday.]

Qin Jiamo's smile deepened.

That's perfect.

He was able to go and pick her up so they could come back together.

[You're so carefree. The child's sick, and you're willing to leave him with someone else and go out to have fun. And you didn't even tell me beforehand. Aren't you worried I might be away on a business trip too?]

Qin Jiamo frowned after sending this message.

Is this the person chatting on WeChat so long and rambling?

Qin Jiamo wanted to retract her message, but the phone screen already displayed "The other party is typing..."

His withdrawal made him seem guilty.

We had no choice but to give up.

Lin Xiwei: [You're not just anyone, aren't you Junjun's uncle?]

Lin Xiwei: [Besides, even if you're away on a business trip, your godparents are there; they can take good care of their grandson.]

Seeing her so self-righteous, Qin Jiamo curled his thin lips and snorted coldly.

She really doesn't consider herself an outsider.

The godparents acted quite naturally in their place.

Qin Jiamo: [Aren't you afraid at all that we'll take the child from you?]

Lin Xiwei laughed when she saw this.

She had already considered these issues.

Lin Xiwei: [With your family background, Junjun is lucky to be able to be recognized as part of the family.]

Lin Xiwei: [Parents who love their children plan far ahead for them; I have that kind of vision.]

Qin Jiamo sent a thumbs-up emoji.

Qin Jiamo: [I underestimated you.]

Lin Xiwei chuckled: [You flatter me.]

Qin Jiamo looked at her phone and hummed again. After being praised a couple of times, she felt quite pleased with herself.

Lin Xiwei stared blankly at the meme.

Qin Jiamo, a person with such a dignified and serious aura, actually uses emojis.

It's quite incongruous with his image.

Moreover, he had previously stated that he hated sending WeChat messages and preferred to talk on the phone directly when there was something to discuss.

I don't know what's wrong with him today, he's been chatting so enthusiastically, it's not at all befitting his status.

The chat interface suddenly fell silent.

As Lin Xiwei pondered these things, her fingers unconsciously scrolled up, reading through their chat history again.

Even she herself didn't notice that she was looking at it while a smile was playing on her lips, and her eyes were sparkling.

Huanhuan, a female colleague next to her, turned around to talk to her, but seeing that she was grinning foolishly, she couldn't help but nudge her with her elbow.

"Xiwei, what are you grinning about?" Huanhuan asked curiously.

Lin Xiwei suddenly snapped out of her daze and quickly put her phone down. "It's nothing, just chatting with a friend."

"Your friend is a lawyer?" Huanhuan accidentally glanced at her phone screen.

Lin Xiwei's contact name for Qin Jiamo, whether in her phone contacts or WeChat, is "Lawyer Qin".

Lin Xiwei didn't want to talk about personal matters, so she nodded: "Yes."

Her WeChat pinged again, but she didn't pick up her phone.

Huanhuan continued gossiping, "Seeing you chatting and grinning like an idiot, I thought you'd just gotten divorced and started dating again."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Ruichen, sitting in the second row, suddenly turned to look at them. "Ms. Lin is divorced?"

Huanhuan's face froze for a moment, then she quickly covered her mouth and looked apologetically at Lin Xiwei: "Xiwei, I'm sorry... I shouldn't have said that."

Lin Xiwei was indeed a little annoyed by this colleague.

It's one thing to love gossip, but to casually expose other people's privacy is another.

But since she had already said it, she could only give an awkward smile and reply perfunctorily, "Yes, the relationship broke down, and we got divorced."

Sheng Ruichen stared at her for a moment, feeling somewhat embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked."

"It's okay."

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Feng Zheqian immediately used the excuse of talking about work to divert Sheng Ruichen's attention.

The back row became quiet again.

Huanhuan lowered her voice and apologized again: "Xiwei, I'm sorry, I just spoke without thinking. I didn't expect President Sheng to hear it."

Seeing that she apologized several times, Lin Xiwei didn't know what to say, and just smiled without saying anything, clearly indicating that she didn't want to talk to her anymore.

But Huanhuan, being a carefree person, leaned closer and whispered, "Why does President Sheng keep paying attention to you? Could it be that he thinks you're pretty and is... well, you know...?"

Lin Xiwei is not used to talking too closely with people she doesn't know well, even though Huanhuan doesn't have bad breath.

She moved slightly towards the car window, shook her head, and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense."

Huanhuan immediately pouted and closed her mouth.

When she arrived at the hotel and got out of the car, Lin Xiwei finally had a chance to check WeChat again.

Qin Jiamo posted two messages.

One was to tell her to be more careful and pay attention to safety when she's out and about.

The other one was a video of Junjun, posted ten minutes ago.

He probably took the picture after he got home, intending to tell her that the child was doing well.

Lin Xiwei opened the video.

In the spacious, high-ceilinged living room, there was a swing. The little guy sat on the swing, and Mr. Qin pushed him from behind. Both the old man and the little boy were laughing heartily.

Lin Xiwei laughed after reading it.

[If you spoil him so much, he'll start to resent his own mother.]

Therefore, she had nothing to fear about the Qin family taking her child.

She wasn't worried at all about having her child "snatched away" by such a loving and wealthy family. Every mother hopes her child will receive more love and affection from others.

Qin Jiamo quickly replied: [I'm done playing, time to eat.]

Lin Xiwei: [Yes, we just arrived at the hotel and are about to have dinner.]

Qin Jiamo sent a voice message back.

She intended to select "text to text," but instead accidentally selected "voice."

"Don't drink alcohol in unfamiliar places, not even a drop, otherwise it's dangerous."

Huanhuan, walking beside her, turned around upon hearing the voice and casually asked, "Did your dad remind you?"

Lin Xiwei almost burst out laughing when she heard "Dad".

Qin Jiamo's voice doesn't sound that old, does it?

However, she couldn't explain that this wasn't her father, but rather her ambiguous relationship partner, the future father of her child.

So she could only manage a dry laugh.

Huanhuan comforted her, "Don't worry, we women don't need to drink. The company has always had this tradition of not forcing female employees to drink."

Lin Xiwei nodded repeatedly: "This is a good tradition in the company."

Huanhuan proudly said, "Our Quanyun Technology is very humane; many of our rules are quite good."

Lin Xiwei wholeheartedly agreed.

Having worked there for over a month, she is increasingly grateful that she was able to find such a great company when she returned to the workforce, and she cherishes this job more and more.

During the meal, the men toasted each other, while Lin Xiwei only drank Sprite.

During this time, her WeChat rang again, and Qin Jiamo asked her, "Have you been obedient?"

She knew what it meant.

Although I was not happy about it, I thought to myself that this person was really meddling.

But I still obediently took a picture and sent it over—to prove that I hadn't been drinking.

A man sat in the Qin family's old house, watching his three-year-old child eat beside him. He glanced at a picture on his phone screen and smiled.

Not bad, they really are obedient.

Lin Xiwei had just put down her phone when Sheng Ruichen, who was sitting across from her at a round table, suddenly asked, "Miss Lin, where are you from?"

Lin Xiwei was taken aback, wondering why she was asking this, but she still politely asked, "I'm a local from Jiangcheng."

"Oh, are your parents also locals?"

Lin Xiwei frowned, somewhat hesitant.

Huanhuan just said that this President Sheng is paying too much attention to her, and wondered if he has feelings for her...

This kind of interrogation, like checking someone's household registration, is definitely not right.

Lin Xiwei hesitated, and Feng Zheqian also felt that Sheng Ruichen's question was a bit presumptuous, so he raised his glass to clink glasses with him.

"Mr. Sheng, are you checking my household registration? Lin Xiwei is indeed a local. We're even university alumni; she's my junior from the Computer Science department."

"Oh," Sheng Ruichen nodded, realizing that he had asked too many questions and was being impolite, so he explained, "Miss Lin, please don't misunderstand. I just think you look... a lot like a friend of mine, so I couldn't help but ask a few more questions."

Huanhuan chimed in, trying to smooth things over: "President Sheng's friends must all be stunning beauties, right? It's normal for stunning beauties to look alike."

Sheng Ruichen laughed and agreed, "Yes, that's true! Look at all those beautiful female celebrities, their facial features and face shapes are somewhat similar, I often can't tell them apart."

So that's the reason.

Lin Xiwei relaxed a bit.

Feng Zheqian immediately said, "Xiwei, we've been working with President Sheng for several years, and we'll continue to work together for a long time. This is your first business trip here, so let's toast President Sheng with a soft drink instead of alcohol."

Feng Zheqian knew that Lin Xiwei had been a housewife for several years and was somewhat unfamiliar with workplace etiquette, so he gave her some pointers.

Lin Xiwei immediately stood up, picked up the Sprite in front of her, and said, "President Sheng, please take care of me in the future."

Sheng Ruichen also stood up and said politely, "Don't worry, just because you look like my friend, we'll keep in touch."

The two finished their drinks and sat down.

Huanhuan leaned closer and whispered, "I still think President Sheng is interested in you. Saying that you look like your friend is just a way of picking you up."

Lin Xiwei did not respond.

Whether it is true or not, she doesn't care.

I'm just here on a business trip; I'll go back after these few days.

Jiangcheng is so far from Shenzhen. This Mr. Sheng is successful in Shenzhen and may even have a family. Even if he has some thoughts, he is unlikely to put them into action.

The cost is too high!

The dinner party wasn't over yet when Qin Jiamo called.

Lin Xiwei was just about to go to the restroom, so she took her phone out of the private room to answer the call.

"Feed".

"Are you still eating?" Qin Jiamo asked directly.

"Yeah, but it's almost over. What's up?"

"It's nine o'clock, Junjun needs to sleep. I was thinking of sending you a video before bed. Don't you miss the baby?"

It has to be said that Qin Jiamo takes excellent care of children.

They even thought of such details.

Lin Xiwei: "Yes, I think about it. This is the first time Junjun has been separated from me since he was born."

"Hmph, whose fault is it! You even abandoned your child to avoid me, am I that scary?" Qin Jiamo still thought so.

"I've already said that's not the reason; it's an arrangement made by the leadership."

"Is the leader you're talking about the one who came to see you at the hospital last time?"

"Yes."

"He likes you and deliberately took you on a business trip. Don't you understand what that means?" Qin Jiamo's tone was somewhat serious.

"Perhaps that's what Senior Brother Feng meant, but I've already made it clear to him that we're just colleagues and superiors now, and there's a female colleague with us, so we'll be staying in a double room tonight."

To prove her innocence, Lin Xiwei confessed everything.

This is exactly what Qin Jiamo wants.

There was a sudden silence on both ends of the phone. Lin Xiwei belatedly realized what was happening and felt somewhat embarrassed and annoyed.

"You're trying to trick me again. We're not even that close yet, and you're already being so nosy. What if we actually do get close in the future? Will I not even be allowed to leave the house?"

Qin Jiamo smiled and said, "It's not that bad. I don't have such a strong desire to control. I'm just afraid that you won't keep your word and will keep dragging this on for days on end."

Three days after three days...

So that's what he was worried about.

Lin Xiwei was also worried about her son's illness.

"Don't worry, it won't happen this time. You should also get ready. When I get back from my business trip, we'll start trying to conceive."

Lin Xiwei suddenly became firm in her attitude, even showing a tendency to "turn the tables" and take the initiative.

Qin Jiamo was quite surprised, and after a pause, replied, "Okay, I hope you keep your word."

"Then I suggest you go to the hospital for a check-up in the next couple of days. Isn't Mr. Meng a reproductive specialist? Ask him to take a look at you."

Taking advantage of being away on a business trip and the distance between them, Lin Xiwei became noticeably bolder, speaking loudly and without fear of offending anyone.

Qin Jiamo's expression tightened, and her tone changed: "What do you mean? What do you want me to check?"

"Of course, you should get your fertility checked. I've already had Junjun, which proves I'm fine. You should definitely get checked too, because so many men these days have oligospermia, azoospermia, or other conditions that prevent them from having children."

"Lin Xiwei, you think I can't do anything to you just because we're far apart, huh? Are you doubting my fertility? Do you think I'm like your worthless ex-husband?"