Chapter 413 Testing
Situ Xing’s understanding of the child in Xiao Lingyu’s stomach was refreshed once again.
At first, he thought that the child was Gong Tianhao’s. Then, he found out the child was not Gong Tianhao’s. Now, he was told the child was Gong Tianhao’s again. His Boss admitted it personally. The child in Xiao Lingyu’s stomach was his biological son.
What was going on? Situ Xing was too shocked to react. He asked with his mouth agape, “Boss… boss, are you saying that the child in sister-in-law is yours and that you are the biological father of the child?”
“Yes.” Gong Tianhao replied calmly, “I am the child’s biological father.”
Situ Xing swallowed his saliva and asked carefully and seriously, “Boss, what exactly is going on? I’m confused.
“Since you are the child’s biological father, why does everyone in the village think that the child’s father is unknown? It seems that even the Xiao family thinks so too.” Gong Tianhao said, “The only people who know about this are me, Xiao Lingyu, and my grandfather.”
Situ Xing had a puzzled look on his face.
“It’s a long story. Eight months ago…” Gong Tianhao explained the matter slowly. Gong Tianhao wanted to solve this problem, so he didn’t hide anything. Furthermore, he wanted the whole world to know that Xiao Lingyu was pregnant with his child.
Before this, he was afraid that Xiao Lingyu would think he was only pursuing her because of the child. So both of them skirted around the topic of the child. Since they didn’t mention anything, it was understandable that no one knew the truth.
Hearing Gong Tianhao’s story, Situ Xing exclaimed, “Fate is really amazing. “You and Xiao Lingyu are thousands of miles away from each other. An aristocrat in the capital city and a village girl ended up together.” Gong Tianhao corrected him, “Yu ‘Er is not a village girl. Oh, even if she is a village girl, she is not an ordinary village girl.” Situ Xing rolled his eyes helplessly and agreed, “Yes, yes, sister-in-law is not an ordinary village girl. She is a golden phoenix.” Then, Situ Xing asked, “Then boss, since you and sister-in-law both know that this child is yours, why don’t you talk to her about it?”
“…” Gong Tianhao was silent for a moment before he said, “I’m worried that Yu ‘Er will think that I’m only pursuing her for the sake of the child.”
“But won’t she think that even if you don’t say anything?” Situ Xing hit the center, “Sister-in-law knows your identity and also knows that you’re the child’s father. Under such circumstances, do you think you can act like nothing is wrong by not facing the truth?” Speaking up to this point, Situ Xing smiled and asked, “Boss, do you know what you’re doing?” “What?” Gong Tianhao didn’t react for a moment.
“You’re lying to yourself!” Situ Xing said sharply, “Both of you are.” At this point, he paused for a moment and said with a serious and serious face, “Boss, although I’ve never been in a relationship, I know that lovers or couples should be honest with each other. This way, there won’t be any misunderstandings.”
When Gong Tianhao heard this, his pupils suddenly contracted violently. ‘Is that true? Have we been lying to ourselves?’
He believed that with sincerity and true love, he would win over Yu ‘Er, but the unspoken stuff had created a huge gap between them.
Thus, the conflict between him and Xiao Lingyu was probably caused by a misunderstanding.
Perhaps Yu ‘Er thought he only liked her because of the child. So she didn’t think they would ever get married.
Gong Tianhao frowned. Something still didn’t seem right. Regardless, now wasn’t the time to think about that.
The most important thing was to clarify the misunderstanding between them. Gong Tianhao was impatient. He had been that way since he heard Yu ‘Er hadn’t eaten for days already.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t sit still.
He immediately stood up and looked like he was eager to leave.
Situ Xing, “…”
A man who was in love was really terrifying.
Situ Xing couldn’t help but admire Xiao Lingyu, who had already captured his Boss’ heart.
Xiao Lingyu was too drawn into the relationship to realize that Gong Tianhao loved her for her. She assumed he liked her for the child in her stomach. As a bystander, Situ Xing could confirm that was not true. Gong Tianhao liked the child because he liked the child’s mother.
If the child’s mother were not Xiao Lingyu or a woman he liked, with his cold and heartless nature, the child would have died before he was born.
After all, in his eyes, whether the child was related by blood or not had nothing to do with him. In his world, there were only strong and weak. Bloodlines didn’t matter. He didn’t have sympathy for women or children.
But Situ Xing knew that Gong Tianhao liked the child because he liked Xiao Lingyu.
However, Xiao Lingyu’s understanding was the complete opposite of Gong Tianhao’s. Therefore, such a huge misunderstanding was bound to erupt sooner or later. But Situ Xing found it funny that his Boss was so eager to clear up the misunderstanding.
“Boss, where are you going?” Situ Xing immediately asked.
“I’m going to explain myself,” Gong Tianhao said.
Situ Xing was a little speechless, “Are you going like this?” His gaze swept over Gong Tianhao’s entire body and said with a smile, “Aren’t you afraid that you’d smoke your son out of the womb?”
Hearing Situ Xing’s words, Gong Tianhao wrinkled his nose and then furrowed his brows. Then, his sharp gaze swept over the laughing Situ Xing. Without saying anything, he walked into the shower.
He hadn’t showered for a few days. It was summer, and he was smelly. He couldn’t go and meet his wife smelling like this.
After Gong Tianhao walked into the bathroom, Situ Xing sat down.
“This won’t be solved so easily. Plus, Xiao Lingyu might have other misunderstandings. If things aren’t fully clarified, the problem will only repeat itself.’
Plus, there was another thing that Situ Xing was dissatisfied with.
From the start, he had heard how kindly his Boss treated Xiao Lingyu and how much he had done for Xiao Lingyu, but he had never heard of Xiao Lingyu doing anything for his Boss. Xiao Lingyu accepted his kindness and sincerity, but she didn’t reciprocate. Situ Xing had heard many people’s evaluations of their relationship since he arrived at Taoyuan Village. Their unanimous evaluation of Xiao Lingyu was that she was too calm and too pretentious.
That’s right.
She was too pretentious.
Even the Xiao family felt that their daughter was too pretentious. However, this was something between the couple. What could the outsiders do?
Thinking of this, Situ Xing sneered.
‘Hehe. Boss has sacrificed too much in this relationship. This is too unfair to him. Life has been too easy for Xiao Lingyu. No, I have to think of a way to teach her a lesson.
‘If I don’t teach her a lesson now, I might not have the chance to do so in the future. Even now, when they’re in the middle of an argument, the Boss pampers her endlessly. ‘Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, she will be even more pampered. I wouldn’t have the chance to teach her a lesson then unless I have a death wish.’
Just as he was thinking, Gong Tianhao walked out of the bathroom in a towel. He was drying his hair with one hand.
When he saw Situ Xing sitting there, he said, “Little Xing, go to the wardrobe and find me a casual outfit.”
“Casual outfit?” When Situ Xing heard these three words, his face was full of fear. He shouted, “Boss, when do you have a casual outfit?”
If he remembered correctly, from the time he met his boss until now, every time he met him, he was in a suit and leather shoes. On every occasion, he was dressed very formally. This was the first time he heard his boss say casual outfit.
Gong Tianhao rolled his eyes speechlessly and said in a bad mood, “I’m staying in the countryside now. Do you think it’s suitable for me to go around wearing a suit? Alright, don’t be so shocked. Hurry up and take out a set of casual wear from my wardrobe.”
Situ Xing stood up helplessly and opened the wardrobe made of mahogany. His eyes widened again, and he found it unbelievable.
Apart from a black suit and a white shirt, the entire wardrobe was filled with casual clothes.
Gong Tianhao looked at Situ Xing who was in a daze in front of the wardrobe, and urged him with some dissatisfaction, “Why are you standing there and dawdling? Is there a beauty hidden in my wardrobe that you’re staring at it like that?”
Situ Xing shook his head and said, “No, no.” Then he asked, “Boss, you have several casual clothes. Which one do you want to wear?”
Gong Tianhao frowned and asked, “I’m going to explain myself to Yu ‘Er. Which one do you think is more suitable?”
Situ Xing, “…” He couldn’t even recognize his Boss anymore.
Situ Xing thought for a while. He didn’t pick the clothes but walked up to Gong Tianhao and said with a smile, “Boss, do you want to know how Xiao Lingyu feels about you?”
“She’s your sister-in-law.” Gong Tianhao frowned and asked sharply, “What do you want to do? Situ Xing, I’m warning you, don’t do anything reckless. Yu ‘Er is not your experiment.”
Situ Xing quickly shook his head and defended himself, “Boss, what are you talking about?” Then, he paused and said mysteriously, “Boss, haven’t you always been unsure of Xiao… Sister-in-law’s feelings for you…”
“Who said that?” Gong Tianhao said coldly.
Situ Xing choked, then waved his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter who said it. I just want to ask you. Boss, do you want to know how sister-in-law feels about you?”
Gong Tianhao, “…”
What followed was silence.
On the other side, ever since Xiao Lingyu had a conflict with Gong Tianhao, she felt very uncomfortable and suppressed the pain in her heart.
Even though she appeared as calm as usual, her actions belied her true feelings. She felt extremely uncomfortable and could not eat. She knew she had to eat, but she had no appetite at all. The moment the food entered her mouth, she lost her appetite and even felt like vomiting. When she closed her eyes, she would see Gong Tianhao walking away from her.
He was very hurt, but it also made her heart ache.
She tossed and turned on the bed, unable to fall asleep.
It had been three days. During these three days, she had not eaten or rested at all.
When she was frustrated, she would hide in the farming space and cry loudly.
She was not dumb. How could she not feel Gong Tianhao’s kindness and affection towards her?
However, that was also the source of her pain. Everyone only saw the surface. No one knew the truth. They said she was pretentious.
It was hard to find a good man like Gong Tianhao. He was rich, powerful, talented, and handsome. There were a lot of women who wanted to marry him. Why would he find a woman with a bastard child?
This made countless girls cry.
However, how many of them knew that Gong Tianhao was her child’s biological father?
How many of them had to worry if Gong Tianhao was only after the child or not? How many of them would know if a man like Gong Tianhao would lose interest in her in the future? After all, this was very common among the rich and powerful.
Xiao Lingyu owed Xiao Tong too much. She promised to give him a happy family. She didn’t want him to be disappointed by his father. To prevent that risk, she’d rather not have the father.