Chapter 18: Mom, Just Carry on Pretending

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

On the way back, the two bodyguards looked at Gu Qingming and wanted to say something.

Gu Qingming certainly knew what they wanted to ask.

She said directly, “Please don’t tell my parents about my baby!”

Previously, in order to make her parents recognise her relationship with Lin Haotian, she had gotten into a shotgun marriage. To her parents, this was both a blow and a humiliation.

If they knew that the child in her womb was not Lin Haotian’s but an unknown man’s, they would definitely not let her give birth to the child.

But it no longer mattered to her who the father was. She felt like she owed this child.

After five months, it had long integrated her feelings into it. Moreover, in her previous life, she had been schemed against by that adulterous couple without knowing the truth. This made her feel even more guilty toward this child.

She didn’t want to prevent this child from being born in both lifetimes.

This was simply a sin!

She was going to have this child and then raise it well.

The two bodyguards did not know what Gu Qingming was thinking. They had been slightly surprised when they heard what the couple had said.

The man who slept with their Missy was actually not that bastard Lin Haotian.

So who could the father be?

Director Gu would definitely not let a child with an unknown father be born.

Most importantly, they must report this to Director Gu. The two bodyguards exchanged suspicious glances.

Gu Qingming said to them, “I have my own plans for this. In the future, I will tell my parents.”

One of the bodyguards said hesitantly, “Miss, we’re fine, but will Lin Haotian and Lan Ruomei threaten you with this?”

Another bodyguard chimed in, “Although Missy warned them, they look like people who will cause trouble, right?”

Gu Qingming sneered and said, “Hmph, I’m not afraid of them! I’ll deal with whatever comes my way.”

Weren’t they jealous that she was born into a good family? Well, if she didn’t make good use of her advantage, she would be letting down that adulterous couple.

Then, she said, “In short, don’t tell my parents about this for now.”

“Yes, I understand, Miss!” the two bodyguards replied.

After returning home, Gu Qingming found Madam Gu in the living room, looking slightly anxious.

As soon as she saw Gu Qingming enter the house, she asked impatiently, “Ming’er, how is it?”

“Mom, what do you mean?” Gu Qingming asked in confusion.

She did it on purpose.

“You asked your father for two bodyguards just now, not to look for that man and break up with him?” Madam Gu also said suspiciously, “You said that you’ve thought it through. That man isn’t worthy of your trust, so you’re thinking of breaking up with him now. Ming’er, are you trying to dupe your parents?”

She sized up Gu Qingming, but there was some disbelief in his eyes.

To be honest, she didn’t believe it either. One moment, she was so desperately pregnant that she was willing to sever all ties with them as parents to be with that man. The next, she said that she had suddenly figured out that that man wasn’t a good match. She had listened to her parents and broken up with him.

Had she really been woken up by a rainstorm?

Or had she beaten her into wakefulness?

Both scenarios were somewhat impossible.

Gu Qingming said seriously, “Mom, I’ve really broken up with that scumbag.”

“Scumbag?” Mrs. Gu looked at the two bodyguards behind Gu Qingming in confusion.

A bodyguard ignored Madam’s puzzled gaze and said truthfully, “Madam, when we followed Missy to that hotel, we happened to see that man having sex with his good sister.”

Madam Gu immediately understood.

Then she had another question.

“Sister? Which sister?”

“Yes, yes. It’s that woman, Lan Ruomei, who is Miss’s best friend,” the bodyguard replied.

Mrs. Gu’s eyebrows twitched slightly. Suddenly, as if she knew for the first time, she said angrily, “What? That woman? Aren’t they childhood friends who are closer than siblings? So, they’re sleeping together now?”

At this point, she glanced at her precious daughter, then put her hands on her hips and scolded indignantly, “What a pair of heartless things. How did our Ming’er let them down? They actually got together behind Ming’er’s back, and after Ming’er got pregnant?”

Seeing Madam Gu’s expression, the two bodyguards rolled their eyes speechlessly and thought to themselves how their Madam was pretending. She and Master clearly knew how many times that adulterous couple had slept with each other behind Missy’s back.

Gu Qingming could tell that her parents already knew that Lin Haotian was unreliable. When she was determined to be with Lin Hao, her parents had reminded her but she didn’t believe it herself.

Gu Qingming had been reborn and had completely adjusted her emotions. Now that pain, despair, anger, and hatred had been vented when the truth was discovered in her previous life, there was no need for her to bring these rotten emotions to her family.

Gu Qingming held her mother’s hand and said angrily, “Mom, just carry on pretending. Don’t think I don’t know. Actually, you and Dad knew the truth long ago.”

When Madam Gu heard this, she immediately said with an embarrassed expression, “Then… Ming’er, I was just afraid that you would be too sad.”

Gu Qingming shrugged and said indifferently, “What’s there to be sad about?”

She had already gone through it in her previous life. That pair of adulterers wasn’t worth her sadness.

“Really? Aren’t you sad and disappointed?” Madam Gu looked at her daughter suspiciously again, clearly not believing her. “Daughter, if you’re sad and in pain, just cry. Don’t hold it in. That will hurt your body. At that time, your parents will be heartbroken.”

Tears welled up in Gu Qingming’s eyes.

These were the parents who loved and doted on her. In her previous life, she had actually hurt her parents so much for that scumbag.

How unfilial of her.

Seeing that her daughter was about to cry, Madam Gu immediately comforted her with heartache, “Alright, stop crying. My Ming’er is such a good and outstanding girl. She will definitely find an even more outstanding man to be worthy of her in the future. As for that bastard Lin Haotian, he’s not even worthy of carrying your shoes!”

Now, she seemed to have forgotten that Gu Qingming had already slept with Lin Haotian and was pregnant. She still didn’t know the truth about the pregnancy, however.

Gu Qingming smiled through her tears and nodded. “Yes, Mom, you’re right. That bastard is not worthy of me. Mom, I’m tired and want to rest early. I won’t eat dinner.”

At this, she went back to her room. When Madam Gu saw her daughter return to her room, her expression suddenly froze. Had she forgotten something else of particular importance?