Chapter 276: Someone forgotten who are back

Over at the Liang family’s side, the Chen guard helped Serena in the car.

Liang Shin narrowed his eyes. “Are you threatening to take my mom away right in front of her husband and son?”

The guard looked at them in confusion.

‘Isn’t Huo Shen Mrs. Huo’s husband and Huo Liwei, her son? Where did they come from?’

“It is my boss’s order, and we will take her if the need arises. Stay away from Miss Serena. Excuse me.”

He drove the car away.

Liang Xiao Dan had no words to say. “Really…Who were they? First, the pregnant woman, and then the guard, too, talked to me as if we know each other.”

Liang Zou said, “Forget it.  I think there is some misunderstanding. It’s alright. It’s not as if we are going to meet her again.”

—

Chen Corps.

Jianyu just hung up on his guard’s call, who told him everything that happened.

‘Huo Xiao Fan was seen with a different husband and son? But she has already divorced Huo Shen and left the Huo villa.’

He leaned back on his chair.

“Why did she call Serena? Why did she appear after five months?”

Whatever it was, Jianyu swore that he wouldn’t let the mother-daughter pair cause any more harm.

Daughter…Serena…

He recalled the day when they went to the hospital to check the pills Serena would always take.

The doctor said, “Mr. Chen, they are anti-depression pills.”

Jianyu was dumbfounded. “Anti-depression?”

“Yes. Miss Serena is suffering from depression ever since she crossed her fourth month. The cortisol in her blood was too high which said that she was in extreme stress. She showed all the signs of depression. I wanted to reprimand you for her condition, especially when she is pregnant, but she stopped me from telling you.”

Jianyu glanced at Serena, who was staring off into space.

“And look. Even now, she is so thin. She is slowly beginning to go under-weight, and this is not good for her pregnancy. It would have had a great negative impact on the child if the depression grew even worse. Even she herself didn’t realize it, but during her routine checkup, I found that she seemed dull. Then she started to cry. That’s when I realized that something is wrong.”

Jianyu stayed silent.

The doctor put the pen down. “Mr. Chen,” she looked at him seriously, “There may be personal problems between you two, but it doesn’t mean that you force Miss Serena into a state where she has become like that.”

“I really wanted to discuss this issue with you. But she didn’t want me to. I was against it. But I couldn’t do anything when she pleaded to me. Mr. Chen, this is not how an expecting mother should live her life. I don’t know about your personal problems, but you should see to it that it doesn’t affect the mother and child.”

“As her doctor, it is my duty to take care of her and the baby as much as it is yours as the father. You didn’t find anything wrong when she looked so thin? That meant that she is not eating well and enough. That’s why I consulted with a psychologist to give her herbal pills that are completely safe.”

Jianyu said nothing.

The doctor then checked Serena’s condition. “Her condition is a little better, but it would be best if she comes out of her depression naturally with your care. You cannot just care about the baby. A mother’s health is equally important.”

Back at her apartment, Jianyu quietly asked, “Why didn’t you let me know about it?”

Serena pursed her lips. “I just didn’t want you to worry.”

She thought that Jianyu would blame himself that her depression may harm the child, so she quietly did what her doctor told her without bothering him. She knew that it wouldn’t matter to him what happened to her, but if it affected their child, then Jianyu would not be able to forgive himself.

So she tried hard to come out of it, but she just didn’t have any appetite. Many times, she literally forced herself to swallow the food down her throat. She did everything she could to cure her depression like listening to good music, doing light yoga or laughing at jokes. Still, whenever she saw Jianyu bringing a woman in the house and locking the bedroom door, she felt every bit of her effort go down the drain.

Jianyu stayed silent.

He snickered. “Don’t you think I should be the one in depression? Since I failed a second time in love. And now I’m not even allowed to hurt you for that? You have quite the luck.”

Serena stiffened.

“Don’t expect me to pity you and treat you nicely. I don’t care how you do it but start eating how much should be eaten. I’m not going to let my child suffer because of you.”

He didn’t spare a glance and left.

At present, Jianyu opened his eyes. Apart from not bringing the women to affect her mind and arranging for good food, he did nothing else to help her.

He sadly chuckled. “So unfair…”

—

Mall.

Long Yanmei felt like that was like a tight slap on her face.

‘Mrs. Liu was the chef!?’

She remembered how all the guests at the banquet had praised Nana. Even she herself was impressed with her cooking. The guests praised her for managing such an exquisite dinner, though it was one of the maids who had selected Natsukashi. Yanmei had left the catering arrangements to a maid. But, Yanmei took all the praises.

Nana asked, “So, now you understood, right? That my card really had my money in it, what I earn from Natsukashi, not from some exchange with an old, fat CEO.”

Long Yanmei stiffened.

The crowd laughed at her.

“Hah! The one she insulted for being such poor chef turned out to be the one whom she gave an example of.”

“Didn’t she say Mrs. Liu must be only serving poor people?”

“Just look at her face! She must be wishing to bite her tongue off!”

Long Yanmei heard all sneers and insults. She wanted to dig a hole and bury herself.

‘This-this bitch! First, she didn’t tell me about Liu Jinhai and then not about being the chef either! I must be looking like a fool!’

“Mrs. Liu, you seem to like making fun of me. I did nothing wrong, yet you are targeting me like this, making a fool out of me. You could have said so in the beginning, but you purposely didn’t tell anything to embarrass me.” Long Yanmei was now completely infuriated.

Nana said, “And now you seem to look fine. Wasn’t your tummy aching?”

Long Yanmei froze. She felt everybody’s mocking gazes on her.

She flustered. “T-that…Ah!!!…Guozhi…” She clutched her stomach again. “please help me…”

Jinhai chuckled. “Your acting is even worse than a C-grade actress.”

Long Yanmei bit her lips as she realized that she was found out. “N-no…I-I-“

Nana smiled. “I don’t need your apology so you can stop with that acting. At least have some shame not to use your unborn child to escape a situation.”

The other women also agreed.

“So pathetic.”

“I really pity the child who has a mother like her.”

Long Yanmei now really wished just to disappear.

Long Guozhi anxiously said, “Mr. Liu, please forgive Yanmei, but don’t cancel my proposal. I have worked hard for it for months.”

Jinhai raised his eyebrow. “Sure…”

Long Guozhi was ecstatic.

“If you bring the person who is responsible for creating that proposal.”

Long Guozhi nervously smiled. “What are you saying, Mr. Liu?”

“Do you think that I am so stupid not even to make out that you didn’t create the proposal? Since you became the CEO three years back, the company is continuously in losses because of your bad decisions. It is only standing because of your Grandfather’s status. You don’t know how to handle your company, but suddenly how did you come up with such a good proposal?”

Long Guozhi was panicking.

He smiled. “I already know that your able assistant has drafted the proposal, but you didn’t mention his contribution anywhere, so I know that you want to reap the benefits of his hard work and brain.”

“No, I-“

“And we don’t work with selfish people, nor we want to associate with someone who only knows how to steal things or treat people differently because of their status. Everyone knows that the Liu family is a part of many charities.” Jinhai smirked at Long Yanmei.

Long Yanmei’s face flushed red in shame.

“The foremost reason being your wife insulting mine. That reason is alone enough.”

Jinhai and Nana then left, without giving them any glance.

Long Guozhi grabbed Long Yanmei’s arm and dragged her up. “Let’s go! You ruined everything! Pack your bags and stay with your parents for a while. Otherwise, I could kill you if I see you anywhere near me!”

“Guozhi! You…”

The Long couple walked away in embarrassment. His phone buzzed. It was his father.

“Yeah, dad?”

Master Long asked, “You seem pissed off.”

“…I will tell you later. I lost a golden chance because of my stupid wife.”

Tears pooled in Long Yanmei’s eyes.

“Let’s talk about it later. I called to remind you that Tang Feng and Tang Ning are coming for dinner tonight. Don’t be late.”