The heartless beauty is addicted to being licked by a seemingly obedient and loyal dog.

Song Yunqi lowered her head, her fingernails digging deep into her palms.

His attitude had already softened, and now that he was in a predicament of being blocked from all sides and besieged on all sides, even a moment of tenderness from Shen Chonglu could give him some warmth to ward off the cold.

But this man brought up the child.

Everything concerning the baby must be handled with extreme care and caution.

He avoided Shen Chonglu's gaze, which was filled with self-reproach and deep affection, and gritted his teeth to force himself to harden his heart.

Song Yunxi knew better than anyone that he absolutely could not confront the Shen family head-on.

What kind of behemoth is the Shen family in Beijing and even in the entire business world?

Shen Chuanbin is a tycoon with connections in both the legitimate and underworld circles, and he is shrewd and experienced. His wife, Xu Manshu, is an even more powerful and decisive businesswoman who is known for her absolute authority and ruthless efficiency.

They only had Shen Chonglu as their sole heir, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him the true heir. The entire family fortune should have rested on this successor's shoulders.

However, the entire family only spoiled and indulged Shen Chonglu, making him unrestrained, arrogant, and naive. No one forced him to shoulder heavy responsibilities or navigate power struggles.

This unrestrained favoritism reveals the Shen family's deep-seated protectiveness and their extreme bias towards their younger generation.

The baby in his belly is the only grandchild of the Shen family.

Once those two elders find out about its existence, they will definitely not let the bloodline flow out and will use every means to take the baby away.

Song Yunqi was no match for the massive Shen Group.

To protect his child and to prevent all his hard work from going to waste, the only thing he could think of was to keep a low profile and avoid conflict as much as possible, so that the Shen family would not notice anything amiss.

Shen Chonglu's words just now touched on Song Yunqi's most sensitive nerve.

"Get out."

The young man's voice was even colder than the rain outside the window.

Shen Chonglu, who was still immersed in self-blame, looked up helplessly upon hearing this: "Yunqi, I..."

"I told you to get lost! Don't you understand?!"

Song Yunxi suddenly raised her voice, pointing at the tightly closed glass door and roaring, "If it weren't for you, how could I have ended up like this?!"

"The baby is gone! Gone! Do you know that?! Don't come here to mourn that embryo that never even formed!!"

"If you, Young Master Shen, want a child, you can always go out and find someone to have one for you. There are plenty of people ready to give you one; you don't need one more!"

This barrage of insults left Shen Chonglu pale-faced.

He opened his mouth, but seeing the deep-seated hatred and resistance in Song Yunxi's eyes, he ultimately didn't dare to persist any longer.

Song Yunxi's emotions were very strange; he was afraid of upsetting the other person.

"Okay... don't get angry, I'll leave, I'll leave right now."

Shen Chonglu stood up in a panic, raised his hands in a gesture of compromise, and retreated step by step towards the balcony.

As the glass door closed again, the tall, black figure outside gracefully descended back to the ground along the awning and finally disappeared into the shadow of the sycamore tree.

The study finally returned to silence.

Song Yunxi leaned back on the sofa, exhausted, and let out a long sigh.

He closed his eyes, placed his palm on his still flat stomach, and noticed that a layer of cold sweat had appeared on his forehead.

He knew he had gone too far with what he had just said, but he had been feeling too suppressed lately and had nowhere to vent his emotions, so he could only release them through anger.

The current situation is special; holding in frustration can easily lead to problems and jeopardize the health of the baby in the womb.

Once his breathing had calmed down a bit, he straightened up, pulled open the bottom drawer of the coffee table, and took out a small white medicine bottle without any label from the deepest part.

He poured out a glass of warm water, then swallowed two white pills.

This is medication prescribed by the doctor to help maintain the pregnancy.

Because he was unaware of the baby's existence, he had been busy with work for some time and had been drinking and smoking excessively.

It's too late to make amends now.

All we can do now is take our medication on time and take remedial measures as much as possible.

As the baby gets older, we'll need to take them to the hospital regularly for thorough checkups to see if there are any deformities or other issues caused by the medication.

After swallowing the pill, the warm water flowed down her throat into her stomach, and Song Yunqi closed her eyes to adjust her breathing.

"Ding-dong—"

In the quiet room, the laptop suddenly emitted a crisp notification sound.

Her slightly relaxed nerves tensed up again, and Song Yunqi bent down to pick up the computer from the ground.

Startled by Shen Chonglu's sudden knocking on the window, the computer slipped from his lap and crashed to the floor, leaving several cracks on its side and casing.

Although it doesn't affect its use, the glaring damage still made Song Yunqi furious.

"asshole."

He gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath several times, mentally cursing the man a few more times, before patiently tapping the newly sent encrypted email with his fingertips.

Upon reading the email, the young man's tense brows relaxed.

This is a rare piece of good news.

Since discovering Meng Zhaoyuan's unexpected disappearance, Song Yunqi has been unable to eat or sleep properly.

The reason the other party got involved in this turmoil was entirely because of the instructions I gave before leaving Haishi.

If anything were to happen to Meng Zhaoyuan, he would be the culprit, unable to face the Meng family for the rest of his life, and unable to forgive himself.

So Song Yunqi desperately sent more people to search everywhere, turning the entire city upside down, hoping to find the other party's whereabouts as soon as possible.

The person has been found and is still alive.

He was seriously injured and is still unconscious.

Upon seeing the words "unconscious," Song Yunqi was extremely anxious.

Meng Zhaoyuan was lying there because of him; he couldn't rest easy until he saw the other person out of danger with his own eyes.

I wanted to buy a ticket to Haishi immediately, but reality was pulling at my reason.

The situation in Beijing has just entered a heated phase. Although the Lu family's power has waned, its influence remains, and it could launch a counterattack like a mad dog at any time.

If he were to show himself rashly at this moment, and were spotted by the remaining spies of the Lu family at the airport or train station, not only would he be in danger, but he might also lose the baby in his womb.

Song Yunxi instructed them to report any developments immediately, and then anxiously watched the outside world's movements.

The morning of the third day.

An urgent push notification for Beijing's financial news popped up on the computer screen.

Lu Qingyuan, chairman of the Lu Group, was formally arrested by relevant authorities early this morning on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law and involvement in organized crime.

[According to sources, Lu Jinci, the heir to the Lu family fortune, fled the country illegally several hours ago, and the police have issued a red notice for his arrest...]

Looking at the blurry photo of Lu Qingyuan being taken away on the screen, and the announcement that Lu Jinci had become a wanted criminal, Song Yunqi's heart, which had been hanging in her throat, finally settled down completely.

Lu Qingyuan fell, and Lu Jinci became a scoundrel whom everyone hated.

The storm in Beijing finally ended in his victory.

With trembling hands, Song Yunqi opened the ticketing app and booked the earliest flight to Haishi.

Haishi is a must-visit.

On the one hand, he wanted to personally confirm Meng Zhaoyuan's safety so that he could compensate him as much as possible and seek his forgiveness.

On the other hand, we also need to confirm Su Shen's situation.

Even if Su Shen's chances of survival are extremely slim, even if that gentle and stubborn young man may no longer be alive, Song Yunqi must find a result.

If the other person does unfortunately die, he will find their remains and give them a proper burial.

This is what he owes them.