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Meng Yuqian decisively said, "I want to marry you. Not only do I like the present, I love you!"

She was suddenly silent and did not know how to answer.

Meng Yuqian had never married before, and was even a great young man at twenty-seven years of age. It wasn't considered early for him to get married, but people like him who struggled to a high and mighty position wouldn't want to get married this early. Just like the people around Jiang Lingchen, sometimes when he was in a good mood, he would hug her in bed in the middle of the night and talk about how he didn't give her a wedding present when he married Xing Yi Chen.

She shook her head with a wry smile, thinking of him whenever she was quiet.

What did his brother care if he gave her a present or not when he married her, except that he had moved her when he had told her, when he had been so young and ignorant that he had smiled at her and she had been happy for a long time.

She pursed her lips and stared at the empty spot next to the bed. When she slept, the baby would always go to sleep first, with a small face that was powdered with cold, and she would take a look at the child for a while every night before she went to bed. As long as she saw the child, she would feel that all her hard work was worth it, except that the baby was no longer here, and the little black diamond would stay in her nest, occasionally giving out a lonely 'meow'.

During the day, she called the lawyer. She always had a sliver of hope that as long as there was a sliver of hope, she would not give up. The lawyer truthfully told her, "How can we continue to fight in this lawsuit? We are definitely going to lose!"

She was afraid that the child was in Jiang Family at the moment, afraid that his parents would not like the child, and that they would neglect the baby. As long as she thought about these things, she felt a chill in her heart, and it was even colder than the cold weather in winter.

The baby never complained about how hard it was to live, nor did she feel angry with her for leaving early and coming home late. She just surrounded her like a child and comforted her when she saw her cry, "Mom, don't cry …" Seeing her earn money, he would be happy, "Mom, I can go to kindergarten now!" The baby wanted to go to kindergarten and envied the many children who could play with her. She had always known that and had saved some money to send the child to school in the early spring.

It was early spring now, but the child was not with her.

Agreeing to Meng Yuqian and marrying him would increase the chances of winning this lawsuit, but in the end, if the baby was really awarded to Jiang Lingchen, would he still let her see her child again? He was getting married. He said that if he married her, she might not even be able to see the baby, and then it would be even harder to see the baby. If she promised him, it would only be sixty days.

She slept all night, and when she woke the next day, her face was bloodless. She held a handful of cold water in her hands and patted her pale face. She stared at herself in the mirror, her face somewhat lifeless, her entire person lacking the youthful aura of the women on the street. She was only 23 years old, but her mental state was as tired as an old man who had experienced many vicissitudes of life, always feeling that one day when she woke up, she would have a head full of white hair.

Determined, she walked out of the bathroom, picked up her cell phone on the table, and dialed a number.

In her memory, she had only called him once and scolded him for the first time. She had never called him again.

She didn't know why she still remembered his phone number, but she dialed it in a few seconds. She didn't know if he changed his phone number, but the first time he called or five years ago, five years could change a lot of things.

Listening to the rhythm of the ringtone on the phone, he felt that it was hard to breathe, and his heart was beating erratically.

She supposed it would be empty, but the phone rang so clearly that she caught her breath at every beep.

It sounded as if it had been ringing for a very long time, so long that she thought that no one was going to answer the phone.

Did he know it was her? Thinking of this, she did not have much time to guess. She quickly adjusted her words, thought for a while, and braced herself: "Are you free today? I want to talk to you about something."

There was a brief silence on the other end of the line. He might have been considering hanging up on her. After all, their relationship wasn't as simple as that of the others. He had a rough guess as to why she was looking for him.

He might think that she was toying with him, what she had refused to do the day before, that she had changed her mind, that her time was less precious than his, that she was looking for him when the time for the trial was at hand, that she was not raising her status to play any of the tricks she wanted to take, but was only willing to give up her moral limits for the sake of her children.

It took her a moment to hear his voice. "I have a meeting after ten, and I'm going to the courthouse in the afternoon."

When she heard the news, she couldn't care less and asked urgently, "Where are you now?"

"In the car."

She held the phone in a daze, thinking about where he might be going. It was now half past nine, ten o'clock, and he was going to have a meeting, maybe to the office. She pursed her lips.

She did not have much money on her, so she only brought about twenty or so when she came out. She was waiting for the bus to take her turn, and every few moments, there would be one that would go to Jiang Lin's bus, and it was not hard at all.

After standing on the platform for a minute or so, the taxi driver stopped and stuck his head out to ask her, "Girl, where are you going? Do you want to take a ride? She shook her head instinctively as she held the twenty-odd yuan in her hand. After thinking for a while, she nodded and handed over the remaining twenty-odd yuan.

In ten minutes, she arrived at Jiang Lin's office and went up to his office. When the secretary saw her, she immediately welcomed her with a smile, "May I ask if you are looking for the CEO?"

Although she did not know why her secretary's attitude towards her had changed so much, it did not matter. She nodded her head and asked: "Is Mr. Jiang here?"

"The CEO just came back. Secretary Lu is in her office and reporting to the CEO for work. It might take more than 10 minutes. Are you in a hurry? "If not, I will inform you as soon as it's convenient."

She sat down and waited for him. She was lost in thought, and when the secretary came to her with the water, she did not realize it, and did not even know it was 10 o'clock. When Jiang Lingchen walked past her, he whispered to her in a deep voice, "Bring me the information on the contract in the conference room."

She looked up in surprise and saw that it was indeed him. She braced herself and walked forward: "Mr. Jiang, please give me a few minutes."

Jiang Lingchen stopped and glanced at her. Not surprising, she appeared here with a few senior management staff members waiting for him. He did not comment and picked a seat at her side.

Bai Jinxi couldn't care less about the people pointing fingers at her, he grabbed onto this lifesaving straw, and became nervous: "I know you want to have children, but I only have this one family, I want to ask you to give up on this lawsuit, even if it's just …." His tone was humble, and at the end, he felt lacking in confidence.

Jiang Lingchen's clear eyes flashed with ridicule, "I really have to sincerely admire you. I've seen idiots before, even people like you, who are so stupid are rarely seen! If you're really in the mood, why don't you try asking for a judge? "

Bai Jinxi felt a burning pain from his brow all the way to the back of his ear, his face turned red and then white, his words mercilessly cut to the point that he could not refute his words. He awkwardly stood in place and bit his lower lip, "Lawyer said that if we were to settle this in private, the rights to custody of children can be shared … …"

"This is the funniest joke I've ever heard. Why should I share the custody rights with you?" Seeing her in such a sorry state, Jiang Lingchen did not feel satisfied, and snorted: "I'm afraid that today you came to Miss Bai for nothing."

Bai Jinxi said in a low voice, "If you are willing to give me the child, I can promise you that …" Pausing for a moment, he continued while pretending to be shameless, "I can be your lover for sixty days, I'll do whatever you want me to, as long as … You will return the child to me. "

She did not dare look at him, she only felt that she was asking to be humiliated. Yesterday, when she had the chance to get his permission, she had not agreed, but now, she was begging for his disgrace. She knew that she no longer had any dignity in front of him, and someone like her was indeed, as he had said, foolish and rare.

He obviously did not expect her to agree to his words, and her expression was one of surprise, which quickly turned into one of ridicule: "Bai Jinxi, do you really think you're a treasure? Do you think I have to have you and me to live? What are you? Previously, in order to leave me, you weren't seeking death. Why don't you continue to uphold your principles? "

Maybe it was just a joke that she had promised him yesterday, but in the end, it would always be a failure. She bit her lip and said in a low voice, "You're right, I've really thought too highly of myself." She was nothing, just a toy he was tired of playing with.