Reborn back to the time before I sold my blood to support my scumbag boyfriend's college educat

"By the way, has Pei Zongna been found?"

Xia Yichu finally had the mind to ask Pei Shizhou. Luckily, she had avoided him a bit, otherwise it would have been hard to say whether the child would have been born safely.

"Yes, he was arrested by the police."

While Xia Yichu was giving birth in the delivery room, Xia Zhiheng had already had Pei Zongna found and arrested.

"Shi Zhou, why did she want to hurt me?"

Xia Yichu didn't think she had any deep-seated hatred for Pei Zongna, at least not to the point that Pei Zongna would harm her.

"It's all my fault. Pei Zongna came to me wanting me to help her find her daughter, but I refused. She blamed me for her daughter's death, so..."

Pei Shizhou was filled with regret; Xia Yichu had almost been ruined by Pei Zongna.

"How did Pei Zongna's daughter die at Chen Zongyu's hands?"

Xia Yichu never asked, and Pei Shizhou never mentioned it either; he only said that the child was gone.

"Chen Zongyu smothered the baby because the baby was hungry and kept crying. Chen Zongyu didn't know how to take care of a baby who was only a few months old."

Fearing her crying would arouse suspicion, they covered her mouth and nose to stop her from crying, and accidentally suffocated the child.

Moreover, the child smothered to death less than an hour after he took her away, so no matter how much I helped, I couldn't have saved her. Her daughter's death is not our fault.

Xia Zhiheng said that Pei Zongna might be sentenced to one to two years in prison.

"Um"

Xia Yichu wouldn't create trouble for herself; the death of Pei Zongna's child was none of their business.

In the days that followed, Xia Yichu focused on her postpartum recovery, and Pei Shizhou stayed with her for two whole months. Gu Yunting would often grumble and curse when he got busy at work, and every time he did, Xie Zekai would silently work beside him, not daring to utter a single word.

Although he also felt that Gu Yunting was unlucky, President Pei called in the morning to say that he wanted to take a vacation, which made Gu Yunting so angry that he skipped the meeting and went straight to President Pei's house.

Unfortunately, he arrived too late; Pei Shizhou, along with the child and Xia Yichu, boarded a plane to Hong Kong. Gu Yunting felt like killing someone, but ultimately resigned himself to his fate and returned to the company for a meeting.

His compromise emboldened Pei Shizhou, who spent half of the next two years in Hong Kong with Xia Yichu and their child.

Gu Yunting ran away at Xia Yichu's son's second birthday party, leaving a letter saying he needed to rest for a while.

"Shizhou, Yunting has worked hard these past two years, so don't make things difficult for him. Let him go back to be with his wife and children. If I remember correctly, he hasn't been home for over a year."

Gu Yunting didn't even go home for the New Year; the last time he went back, he only stayed for a few days. It's unclear if he had argued with his family, but he seemed to be in a bad mood when he returned to Kyoto. When Pei Shizhou asked him, he didn't want to talk about family matters.

"Okay, I understand."

Pei Shizhou wasn't an unreasonable person; it was Gu Yunting who didn't want to go home to be with his wife and son. Since he didn't want to go home, it was fine for him to stay and work, so he wouldn't have time to go out and flirt with other women.

I wonder if Gu Yunting has gone home yet; I hope he has. Xia Yichu didn't know that Gu Yunting and that girl Wang Xiangyu were getting close. He had tried several times to get Wang Xiangyu to work at the company, but Pei Shizhou had refused each time.

Even though Wang Xiangyu passed the company's interview and was rejected by Pei Shizhou, Gu Yunting argued with him about it. However, Xia Yichu was unaware of these things.

Because of Gu Yunting's strike, Pei Shizhou has been extremely busy lately. Xia Yichu is doing alright; Xu Shaoyang and Zheng Leran are managing the company in Gangcheng, and Xia Guoan and the family nanny are taking care of the children.

Xia Yichu was the most relaxed one. Today, she left her child with Xia Guoan and went shopping with Zhou Miaoying and Yu Mengxi. Su Qingyan had to go to work and didn't come.

"Xiao Chu, is that person Yun Ting?"

Zhou Miaoying pointed to a hot pot restaurant and asked, but she could only see the man's profile, so she wasn't very sure.

"Yes"

Xia Yichu gave an affirmative answer, then walked a little closer, took out her phone, and took pictures of Gu Yunting and Wang Xiangyu. It's just that the phone's resolution isn't great these days, and they were far apart, so the pictures didn't turn out very high-definition.

"Who is that girl? Why is Gu Yunting personally serving her food?"

Zhou Miaoying and everyone else know that Gu Yunting has a wife with whom he has a strained relationship. What's going on now?

Gu Yunting said the two were friends, and I don't know anything else.

Xia Yichu didn't feel anything, except for a little sympathy for Gu Yunting's wife and son.

"They seem to be getting closer, Xiao Chu, shall we go in and take a look?"

Zhou Miaoying was eager to try; she really wanted to know the relationship between the two.

"No, let's go!"

Xia Yichu's mood was somewhat affected by Gu Yunting. The three of them shopped for an hour, bought a few outfits, and then went home separately.

When Pei Shizhou returned from get off work that evening, Xia Yichu told him about Gu Yunting.

"Xiao Chu, I advised Yun Ting a long time ago. He's in his thirties; he should know what he should and shouldn't do."

There's nothing I can do about his entanglements with other women; I've done everything I could.

Pei Shizhou told Xia Yichu about how Gu Yunting wanted Wang Xiangyu to work at the company, but he refused.

"Oh, I see. Never mind, let's go to sleep."

Xia Yichu never expected that Gu Yunting would argue with Pei Shizhou just to get Wang Xiangyu into the company. Forget it! She didn't want to get involved in Gu Yunting's messy affairs; she wanted his family to handle it.

After a few days of calm, Xia Yichu suddenly had the idea to bring lunch to Pei Shizhou's company today, wanting to have lunch with him.

He's been too busy lately; he basically doesn't come home for lunch, and sometimes he doesn't even come home for dinner.

"lady"

The people in the company recognized Xia Yichu, and the receptionist greeted her with a big smile.

"Is your CEO, Mr. Pei, here?"

"Yes, Mr. Gu is here too. Miss Wang came to argue with Mr. Pei, and Mr. Gu just arrived at the company."

The information conveyed by the receptionist was quite significant, so Xia Yichu thanked her and quickly took the elevator up to see what was going on.

"President Pei, why won't you hire me? My education and work ability fully meet the company's requirements."

Wang Xiangyu was unwilling to accept this. She had worked so hard and was able to get a job at Pei Shizhou's company based on her own abilities. Why should Pei Shizhou reject her?

"Ms. Wang, I've already discussed the job situation, and our company's positions are currently full, so we don't need to hire anyone at the moment."

"Shizhou, you..."

Gu Yunting wanted to say that Wang Xiangyu was quite capable and definitely qualified to work for their company.

"Shut up! I gave you a day off, but instead of going home to be with your wife and son, you're out with other women."

"No, I didn't..."

Gu Yunting was speechless. He had only bumped into Wang Xiangyu by chance yesterday. He felt apologetic about the work situation, so he agreed to have dinner with Wang Xiangyu.

"President Pei, it's because I'm friends with President Gu that you won't let me come to work at the company."

"Our company doesn't hire people with bad character, Ms. Wang. You can do any job, but you have to rely on yourself to work hard step by step. Don't try to take shortcuts."

Pei Shizhou simply refused to believe that Wang Xiangyu had no feelings for Gu Yunting.