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Qiao Anhao shut her eyes and prepared to sleep, but soon, she started to feel slightly uncomfortable. She continued to lie for a short while more before ripping the blankets off abruptly, rushing to the bathroom. She removed her clothes, realizing that there was a red spot on her panties.

Her period was here… As she walked over to get some sanitary pads, she remembered that she had just moved into Xu Jiamu’s mansion and hadn’t had time to prepare her daily necessities.

But she couldn’t just sleep like that… She sat on the toilet, pondering it with a deep frown etched on her face. She yanked a bunch of toilet papers, placing them on her panties before standing up. She simply rinsed her hands and exited the bathroom. Grabbing her wallet, she walked downstairs.

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Why was she out so late into the night?

Lu Jinnian frowned. Without even offing the car engine, he pushed open the door and shouted her name as he ran towards Xu Jiamu’s mansion, “Qiao Qiao.”

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Even though he wasn’t loud, the night was silent enough, and Qiao Anhao froze slightly before turning to look at him.

He was dressed in a suit that complimented his tall physique. The warm glow from the street lamp spilled across his face, blurring his handsome features.

He casually walked forward, stopping about a meter from her. He slightly lowered his head, noticing that she wore slippers. “Why are you out so late?”

Qiao Anhao was jolted back to her senses. She lifted her head slightly to look at him. “I need to buy stuff.”

It was currently 1 am, and the only twenty-four hour convenience store was about five hundred meters away from Mian Xiu Garden’s entrance. It would take about twenty minutes for her to go and come back.

Qiao Anhao had rushed out in a hurry, she was still dressed in her pajamas with just a jacket over.

Even though the security in Jing Cheng was good, it still wasn’t safe to go out so late at night… Besides, what could she need so urgently?

Lu Jinnian frowned before saying faintly, “It’s late now, get it tomorrow.”

“I need it urgently.” She hesitated before adding, “It isn’t far, I’ll be back shortly.”

Lu Jinnian didn’t try to stop her, he told her to wait before turning back.

He opened his car door and offed the engine before grabbing his wallet from the passenger seat. He hurriedly walked back to where Qiao Anhao was waiting. “Lets go.”

Qiao Anhao snapped out of her daze, realizing instantly that he was going to come along with her. Instinctively, she said, “It’s okay…”

Without even waiting for her to finish her sentence, he started to walk forward.

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Qiao Anhao stood still for a short while before following after Lu Jinnian.

Just like that, he walked in front while she trailed after, maintaining a short distance between them.

They remained silent the entire journey, neither attempting to speak to the other.

When they reached the convenience store, Lu Jinnian stopped at the entrance, waiting for her to go in alone. Through the glass windows, he saw her throwing a few bags of sanitary pads in her basket.

So her monthly period was here, no wonder she said it was urgent…

When she was at the cashier, Lu Jinnian pushed open the door and reached for his wallet. When the cashier had finished scanning the goods, he passed a hundred dollar bill over.

“I brought small change…”

Qiao Anhao took a few ten dollar notes out of her wallet, but before she could pass it to the cashier, Lu Jinnian had already reached for the change that the cashier had passed over. He took the bag filled with sanitary pads and headed out of the shop without her.

Just like before, they maintained a small distance between them, with him in front and her trailing behind. When she lifted her head to look at him, she thought to have seen loneliness in his wide shoulders. She couldn’t bear it and averted her gaze.

The night was silent, the glow from the moon shinning down upon them, elongating their shadows.

When they reached the entrance to Xu Jiamu’s mansion, Lu Jinnian stopped and passed the bag over to Qiao Anhao.

She reached for it and thanked him.

He didn’t reply, and the two of them looked at each other in silence.

Lu Jinnian knew that he was supposed to tell her to go back and rest early, but the words remained stuck in his throat, unable to come out. Just like that, they stood silently.

When the silent atmosphere was starting to turn awkward and Qiao Anhao realized that Lu Jinnian wasn’t going to say anything, she lifted her head and said, “I’ll go now.”

Lu Jinnian lowered his lashes, nodding his head after some time. He lifted his lashes before saying a faint, “Rest well.”

“Yea,” Qiao Anhao replied softly, tightening her grip on the bag. She brushed past Lu Jinnian and entered the mansion.

Lu Jinnian stood at the entrance for a long while. When he was sure that she had entered the room, he shifted his gaze and lifted his head to look at the night sky. He took a few steps toward his mansion before turning back towards the convenience store abruptly.

When Qiao Anhao returned back to the bedroom, she cleaned herself once more before washing the soiled panties.

Before, when her period came, it would always be without any notice, without any discomfort, but now, her stomach felt bloated and hurt slightly. She wasn’t sure if it was because the temperature of the water she had used to wash her panties was too low.

She hung her panties in the balcony and was about to go back to bed when the door bell suddenly rang.

She walked down and when she peeped through the door hole, she didn’t see anyone. She started to feel worried, hesitated slightly, but still opened the door in the end. There wasn’t anyone there, the front yard was empty as well.

Qiao Anhao frowned slightly. While she was still thinking about it, she suddenly spotted a bag in front of her.

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Qiao Anhao frowned slightly. While she was still thinking about it, she suddenly spotted a bag in front of her.

She wasn’t sure what was in the bag and was worried that it was a late night prank. Lifting her head, she scanned the empty front yard. After hesitating for a long while, she knelt down to examine the contents of the bag. With the glow from the lamp at the entrance, she saw that the bag belonged to the convenience store that she had gone to just now.

Carefully, she pried the plastic bag open slightly. Inside, she saw two boxes with logos. Her heavy heart finally settled, and with both hands, she hurriedly opened the bag to take what was inside out.

Two boxes of red ginger tea, a big bag of hot packs, and three bags of dates… These were the usual things that women on their period would have. Red ginger tea was exceptionally good at alleviating any period cramps.

But her period had just come and she hadn’t told anyone, who could…

Before her sentence could form, she instinctively turned to look at Lu Jinnian’s mansion.

Lu Jinnian’s car was just entering his mansion, the glaring light still on. As he was parking his car, the front of it was facing Xu Jiamu’s mansion, blinding Qiao Anhao. She reached her hands up to block her eyes, only when the lights dim did she put them down.

The front yard lights never turned on. She couldn’t see anything, but she could hear the sound of the door closing. Soon after, the house lit up, the lights spilling into the yard, lighting it up.

Qiao Anhao stared at the lights for a long while before retracting her gaze. She looked back down at the bag before her, realizing that these were placed here by Lu Jinnian.

It was actually quite easy to guess. He was the only one that knew she was on her period, and he must have returned back to the convenience store to get this bag for her when she had entered the house.

Qiao Anhao’s heart squeezed slightly. She knelt for a long while before placing everything back into the bag and bringing it back into the house. Before she entered, she turned back to take one last look at the mansion ahead that was lit up.

When she reached her room, she opened a pack of red ginger tea, making herself a cup. The aroma from the tea filled the entire room instantly.

As she sat on the sofa, she stared at the steaming hot cup, her feelings growing confused.

She knew that Lu Jinnian had gone to the convenience store with her because he was worried, she also knew that he had bought things for her because he cared for her.

But she could not understand what his care and concern meant right not. Was it because of the child that he had killed? Was he trying to make himself feel better because of the guilt?

Many times, even though one knew that they could not be together, one would still feel touched and moved by the other’s actions.

Just like her and Lu Jinnian. He had killed her child, so she had decided to stop loving him, even struggling to remove him from her memory, but tonight, she couldn’t help but feel touched by his actions.Chapter 435: Silent Companionship（23）

The next morning, Lu Jinnian set out early to work as usual. As he passed by Xu Jiamu’s mansion, he deliberately slowed the car, glancing at the mansion through the car’s windows.

Maybe because he had spoken to Qiao Anhao the night before, he was in an exceptionally good mood. After settling his documents, he stood in a corner of his office in front of the floor length window, reminiscing about their conversation the previous day.

Even though their conversation didn’t hold much meaning, it still managed to place a smile on his face.

Deep inside, he was starting to find the short distance between his mansion and the entrance of Mian Xiu Garden adorable.

Lu Jinnian pondered it for a long while before lowering his head to drink some coffee. Just then, he heard knocking on the door. He swallowed the coffee in his mouth before replying faintly, “Come in.”

His door opened slightly and his assistant came in with a document in his hands. “Mr. Lu, you need to sign this.”

Lu Jinnian walked back to his desk, placing the cup down. He reached for the document and flipped it slightly before signing his name, returning it back to his assistant.

The man reached for the document with both hands before continuing, “Oh, Mr. Lu, there’s one more thing. I have contacted the variety show that you assigned to Qiao Anhao previously, they would be recording on the ninth if this month. If there’s nothing wrong, I’ll get someone to inform her.”

“Yea…” Lu Jinnian replied naturally, but when his assistant was about to leave, he suddenly spoke again. “Wait.”

His assistant turned back in confusion. “Mr. Lu, do you need me for anything else?”

Lu Jinnian hesitated slightly before replying, “I’ll inform her myself.”

The assistant paused slightly, not knowing how to respond. After about a second, his mind seemed to have processed Lu Jinnian’s words. He nodded politely, replying, “I understand, Mr. Lu.”

Lu Jinnian waited for his assistant to leave and closed the door before reaching for his phone. He keyed in the numbers that he had keyed in so many times these past few days but never dared dial.

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Qiao Anhao would often feel uncomfortable on the first day of her period, staying in bed till it was afternoon.

There was a mini home theater in Xu Jiamu’s house. After lunch, she decided to watch a movie out of boredom.

Halfway through it, Xu Jiamu called her, apologizing for his absence the previous night.

He sounded weird through the phone, but Qiao Anhao didn’t ask much, and call was quickly cut off.

She placed the phone back down on the sofa, but just then it rang once again. She originally thought it was Xu Jiamu since the call had cut off abruptly, so she waited for it to ring a few times before picking up.

When she saw the phone screen and Lu Jinnian’s name, she froze slightly before answering with a soft “Hello”.

“It’s me,” Lu Jinnian’s usual frosty voice came through.

Qiao Anhao gripped the phone tightly, acknowledging with a soft “yea”. Continuing, she asked politely, “What is it?”

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Lu Jinnian spoke calmly. “The variety show that I assigned to you previously will be recorded on the ninth of this month, remember to prepare for it beforehand.”

It was about business matters… “I understand.”

Lu Jinnian sunk into silence at his end.

Qiao Anhao held onto the phone, waiting, before speaking once more, “Erm, is there anything more? If not, I’ll hang up now.”

After about a minute, Lu Jinnian said softly, “Yea.” When she was about to hang up after saying goodbye, he suddenly spoke again. “Qiao Qiao…”

Qiao Anhao paused, silently waiting for Lu Jinnian to continue.

After a moment of silence, he spoke once again. “Is it inconvenient these few days? The recording might be tiring, do you need me to push the date back?”

Just like from the bag of things that he had left at the door, she was starting to feel confused. She lowered her lashes and remained silent for a while before replying calmly, “It’s okay, there’s three more days, by then, I’ll be fine.”

“If… you don’t feel well on the day of the recording, remember to let the crew know.”

“Yea, I understand, thank you.”

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Lu Jinnian didn’t intend to snatch Qiao Anhao from Xu Jiamu. He also didn’t expect for her to fall for him, but he didn’t want them to sink into becoming strangers as they had five years ago. Those were the worst years of his life…

He was always finding ways to get close to her, finding ways to talk to her, but he wasn’t able to find any.

Informing her about the variety show could be done by any small member of the staff in the company, but he yearned to speak to her and was willing to do such a minute take.

But Qiao Anhao was just a newbie who didn’t have much on her schedule, in order to find ways to speak to her, he had to abuse his position to give her more work just so that he could talk to her to tell her about it.

Even though it was just half a month, Lu Jinnian had accepted three dramas, seven advertisements, and other random activities for her…

Even though his actions had caused the board members of Huan Ying Entertainment to be unhappy, he chose to ignore them and did as he pleased.

Just when the board members were the tensest, Lu Jinnian, who was still in the midst of filming “Alluring Times”, assigned a historical drama for Qiao Anhao. She had never acted in this genre before, and to make matters worst, Lu Jinnian, who was the producer, had also invested in the drama.

Lu Jinnian’s assistant started predicting that in a month the actresses in Huan Ying Entertainment would probably start to rebel.

The historical drama “Heaven’s Sword” that Qiao Anhao was assigned to was a big production, just like “Alluring Times”.

It was the first time she had the female lead role, so she was nervous, but luckily, the male lead was Cheng Yang who she was rather familiar with.

Song Xiangsi was also part of the drama, but her screen time was short, it was more of a guest role.Chapter 437: Silent Companionship（25）

“Heaven’s Sword” was filmed in Hengdian.

On the first day, Xu Jiamu randomly insisted on sending Qiao Anhao over for work.

He booked business class tickets, the two of them sitting in the same row but there was a small pathway between Qiao Anhao and Xu Jiamu.

Zhao Meng had prepared a movie on her iPad beforehand, so once the plane took off, she switched it on and passed an earpiece over to Qiao Anhao.

Xu Jiamu took a newspaper from the air stewardess and flipped through it casually until finally resting his gaze on a photo on the top half of the second page.

Song Xiangsi wore a pale colored long silky dress, as she stood on the red carpet with her delicate jaw slightly tilted, a smile on her face.

Xu Jiamu stared at the photo for a long time before finally shutting the newspaper in frustration. He stuffed it into the magazine slot and turned over to look at Qiao Anhao and Zhao Meng. They were both engrossed in their iPad. Turning to look into the screen, Xu Jiamu saw a close up shot of Song Xiangsi.

He took in a long, deep breath, moving back to recline against his seat. He shut his eyes, but all he could remember was the memory of Song Xiangsi slapping him a month ago.

On hindsight, he had no idea why she had slapped him, but he was thoroughly angered and had return a slap before he could stop himself.

His return was hard and aggressive, stinging his palm.

He regretted instantly, and in that swiftly, he started to fret. He knelt down instinctively, apologizing.

But the moment he laid his eyes on her, he saw that her eyes were dry, without any tears. She had on a calm expression that didn’t make sense. It was as though he hadn’t slapped her. She stood back up as though nothing had happened and started to make herself presentable.

It was as though the person that was slapped wasn’t her at all…

Just like the day he had gotten into the car accident…

That night at 8 pm, he had rushed to the airport to get her after she had finished her work in France. He had brought her for dinner and had even gotten her a present. When they reached the apartment, he impatiently reached under her clothes, and just like every other time, she obediently complied.

But once all their clothes were taken off and he was about to enter her, she suddenly said in a calm voice, “Jiamu, let’s break up.”

At that moment, all he could remember was how close they were. He had taken her words for a joke and continued to kiss her face as though she hadn’t said anything.

But she reached out to push him, repeating the sentence once more. “Jiamu, let’s break up.”

He looked into her eyes and could see her seriousness. When they were both in university, she had came to him to sell herself so that she could have enough money to settle her father’s medical fees. At that time, he had bought her for fifty thousand. They had been together for seven years, but now, she, who had never been in a relationship, suddenly wanted to break up.

Even till today, he couldn’t understand why he would feel so angry. It was as though his pride had been tattered. He had thought for a moment and asked, “Are we even together?”Chapter 438: Silent Companionship（26）

Song Xiangsi was much cooler about it than Xu Jiamu. She didn’t even get angry, she just pulled onto the blanket so that it covered her. Nodding, she said, “I’m sorry, I seemed to have forgotten that I sold myself for fifty thousand, but since you have used me for seven years, I’m sure I’ve made up for it, so let’s end it here Mr. Xu.”

She was always able to shut him up, he thought in frustration. In the end, he decided to be a scoundrel. “Whatever, do you think I care? I’ve slept with you for seven years, I’m already sick of it.”

He left the bed and put on his clothes before slamming the door shut when he left.

He had always had a mild temper, but somehow, on that day, he was in a bad temper. Standing near the door, he realized that he had forgotten to take his wallet and wanted to enter the apartment once more, but gave up, posting onto a group chat, [Didn’t bring my wallet.]

He knew that she had always been monitoring his chats, so he waited for a long while, but she still didn’t reply. In the end, he could no longer keep it in, sending a text over. When no one replied, he called her, realizing that she had blacklisted him.

The anger that he had suppressed started to climb back up. He entered the elevator and headed toward his car.

He remembered that he had sped, fury clouding his mind. He had wanted to numb himself with the high speed.

When he reached the underground tunnel, he had aggressively steered to the side to avoid a white car that he was heading towards. In that instance, his car crashed right into the tunnel wall.

Before he had gone unconscious, his entire mind was filled with Song Xiangsi. When had she become so important to him? So important that he could get into a car accident for her… He was still wondering if she would be upset over his death…

But the truth had shown that she didn’t have many emotions in her, how could she be upset?

He was in a coma for nine whole months but the moment he had woken up, she hadn’t sent him anything. He had tried to call her only to realize that he was still blacklisted…

As he reminisced about the past, he looked back at her. She seemed oblivious of the turmoil in him, and his reasoning snapped. Without even thinking, he dragged her into the bedroom in which they had seven years of memory before pressing her onto the bed…

He could admit to himself that he had fully intended to torture her that night. He had wanted to vent all of his frustration on her, but even if he had treated her violently, even if she was clearly in pain, she still had a nonchalant smile on her face.

He didn’t feel a tinge better the next day. When he woke up, she was no longer around, that was when he found out that she had gone over to Yun Nan for work…

She didn’t bother informing him that she had left, so he naturally didn’t bother asking.

Weren’t they just both wasting each other’s time? They were just waiting for the other to snap. But in the end, he was still flying over to Hengdian… Because she was going to be around for “Heaven’s Sword” opening ceremony.

After touched down in Hangzhou, they traveled to Hengdian, reaching it at 8 pm.

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“Heaven’s Sword” would start filming the next day, hence the director specifically got the entire cast together for a dinner.

Qiao Anhao arrived at Hengdian the latest. By the time she came, the dinner had already started.

“Heaven’s Sword” had a few actors from “Alluring Times”, so everyone treated her warmly when she arrived, running over to greet her. Cheng Yang even personally pulled the empty seat beside him out so that she could sit down.

Qiao Anhao walked to her seat, toasting the crowd to apologize for being late before sitting down.

Lu Jinnian was already there. He sat beside Qiao Anhao, leaning backwards casually with a hand on the table and another holding a glass of wine. He remained silent as the table in front of him brimmed with conversations.

Qiao Anhao was the female lead for the drama. She was pretty, so the investors and directors contentiously toasted her and even tried to talk to her.

Every time it happened, Lu Jinnian would frown slightly in irritation.

After she had rushed over, she had barely eaten but had already downed at least seven large cups of alcohol. Lu Jinnian saw the director walking over once more and frowned, he placed the wine he held down on the table before speaking faintly, “The ceremony will be at seven tomorrow, and after the ceremony, we’ll have to change locations which takes about eight hours. Let’s end this early so that everyone can rest.”

Lu Jinnian waved for the waiter to settle the bill.

It wasn’t even 9 pm and it was a rare opportunity for many of the actors to have a meal with the producer and director, so they weren’t willing to end so early, but since Lu Jinnian had already made the order, no one dared to object. Unwillingly, they started to drag themselves up to bid farewell to the directors and investor.

Qiao Anhao had drunk quite a lot. Before leaving, she took a trip to the restroom. But the moment she closed the cubicle door, she heard a conversation between several people.

“Who’s the female lead? Why don’t I remember her?”

“You met her in the restroom before, so you might not remember. It was the one that arrived the latest, I think she’s called Qiao Anhao? She’s quite pretty and was the second female lead in ‘Alluring Times’.”

“Oh yes, the one that acted alongside Lu Jinnian! He seemed to be promoting her quite aggressively lately, assigning many advertisements for her, and they’re all top tier. He had even gotten into a conflict with the board members, but he didn’t say a word. In the end, he just said ‘I just want to promote her, what can you do?’ before leaving.

“After that, he assigned her the female lead role of the most invested movie of the year. By then, no board member dared to voice their objections.”

“Oh, it reminds me, the female lead for “Heaven’s Sword” was originally meant to be filmed in Lijiang but it has been changed to Jianghu. I heard that one of the main cast has altitude sickness, so Lu Jinnian had specifically gotten the director and screen writer to make the changes last minute. Do you think the actress with altitude sickness is Qiao Anhao?”

“One more thing, why didn’t you mention that our company actually went to Beijing to choose a intern actress with Qiao Anhao’s physique seemingly to act out the harder more difficult stunts?”

“But that’s the treatment for big stars, she only filmed two dramas, isn’t she just a newbie..?”Chapter 440: Why Didn’t You Want My Child？（1）

The conversation stopped and the whole lot left the restroom.

Qiao Anhao was already done but she continued to sit in the cubicle with no intention of standing up, her mind still on thee conversation.

She was also a part of Huan Ying Entertainment, but it was the first time she had heard the news.

Recently, Lu Jinnian had indeed contacted her often to tell her about updates in her schedule, but she had naively believed that it was the company’s decision and never thought more of it. She certainly would have never guessed that he had even quarreled with the board just so she can have the advertisements.

As for finding a stunt double, she was completely unaware of it, but they had indeed guessed correctly about one thing, the person with altitude sickness was her.

She had been to Lijiang in the past but at that time, she wasn’t in contact with Lu Jinnian, so he couldn’t have known about her altitude sickness. But when they were filming “Alluring Times” and had spent a large amount of time together, she had tried to find a topic so that they could talk.

Just then, there was an advertisement about Lijiang, and so, since she couldn’t find any other topic, she had casually mentioned that it was a horrible place and that she would never go there again, the altitude sickness had nearly killed her.

At that time, he was busy, but when he heard her, he raised his face with doubt in his eyes. He had asked her nonchalantly if she had altitude sickness in Lijiang.

She didn’t think much of it and had nodded, before slightly elaborating on her condition in Lijiang. At that time, she complained that the place had made her lose five kilograms in three days.

He didn’t react much, simply acknowledging her words with an “oh” before returning to work.

Afterwards, when she had gotten the script and realized that they would be in Lijiang filming for at least half a month, she had been scared out of her wits.

Three days were able to take half a life, if they were to film in Lijiang for half a month, would she end up dying there?

But they couldn’t just change the filming location because of her, so she did some research to help mitigate the problem.

In the end, she had received a new script the very next day. The new script has several changes but the biggest one was the location – Lijiang had been replaced by Jianghu.

At that time, she didn’t think that it had anything to do with her and was instead just glad that everything ended up this good.

But now that she had heard their conversation, she was quite sure that Lu Jinnian had done it for her.

Sometimes, words that were casually said would be forgotten instantly.

But she would have never expected that he would actually remember.Chapter 441: Why Didn’t You Want My Child？（2）

Recently, Lu Jinnian had been treating Qiao Anhao well… From small things like buying sanitary pads with her to big things like changing the filming location… From things she knew to things she wasn’t aware of…

When he had arranged the work for her, he could have gotten his assistant to inform Zhao Meng or he could have given her a call, but sometimes, he would let her know personally. There was even once when he had informed her with a bag of desserts from Man Ji.

Before that, she had casually commented [Sister Xiangsi, I want some too!] when Song Xiangsi had posted a photo of herself eating desserts from Man Ji.

When she had saw him with the desserts, she knew that he must have seen her comment on that post.

She was touched but had struggled desperately to ignore her feelings.

Because love wasn’t so easily forgotten, but there were just some things she couldn’t forgive.

She didn’t want to let herself get hurt by him in any more ways, the baby was her last straw.

Loving someone could cause her to lose herself, but she didn’t want to do it without any dignity.

She stayed in the cubicle for a long while, taking in deep breaths, trying to calm her thoughts and emotions before leaving the restroom.

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Song Xiangsi opened the door, when she saw Xu Jiamu standing outside, she didn’t respond.

Her manager, who was in the other room, asked as he stuck his head out, “Xiangsi, who is it?” When he saw Xu Jiamu, his expression turned careful. He politely and formally greeted him, “Mr. Xu.”

Xu Jiamu didn’t bother acknowledging his presence, his gaze fixed on Song Xiangsi.

Song Xiangsi ignored his gaze, turning back to look at her manager. “You should go back to your room.”

Her manager nodded before brushing past Xu Jiamu on his way out.

Song Xiangsi didn’t look at Xu Jiamu, she turned and entered the room. Xu Jiamu closed the door, following after her.

Before he could say a word inside, Song Xiangsi removed her dress and laid on the bed while looking at him. “Come.”

Xu Jiamu was confused by what she was doing, he stood still, dazed.

Song Xiangsi lifted a brow, her lips curving slightly. “Mr. Xu, didn’t you come for this? I have to be up early tomorrow, so get it done quickly!”

Xu Jiamu’s senses returned instantly, a vein popping on his forehead from the suppressed anger. In a furious voice, he shouted, “Song Xiangsi, what’s wrong with you?”

Song Xiangsi looked straight into his eyes. With a calm expression, she continued to undress herself. She looked back to rush him. “Don’t you want it now?”

Xu Jiamu gritted his teeth and took large steps to the sofa. He grabbed her dress and tossed it onto her naked body before glaring down at her. With unstable breaths, he turned and stormed out unsteadily.

Song Xiangsi waited till he slammed the door before she picked up her clothes to put them back on. Walking to to a window, she looked down and waited. Not long later, she saw Xu Jiamu storming out of the hotel into the distance.Chapter 442: Why Didn’t You Want My Child？（3）

Xu Jiamu left in a cab while Song Xiangsi looked into the distance, not moving.

This was the second time she had infuriated him so much. The first time, he had gotten into a car accident.

She never could understand why he was so angry, wasn’t she supposed to be the one that was infuriated ?

For fifty thousand, she had sold herself for seven years… What a cheap sum, if it wasn’t because she loved him, how could she have followed after him without a title for so many years.

Yes, it was without any title.

For the past seven years, she was his mistress. She had never seen any of his friends and they had never acted like a normal couple, never holding hands on the road.

Initially, she had been fine with the idea and thought that in these seven years, he could fall in love with her, but it never happened. Instead, he had told her that he was going to get married.

But she wasn’t the bride.

Before, she was just a mistress, but now she was going to become a mistress and a third party?

She could never forget that day when she had finally woken up. It was through a phone call.

“We’re around the same age and its about time I got married… I intend to marry this year… Remember to bring me a present… You’re talking about the woman I bought for fifty thousand? We’re still in contact… Whatever, I’ll just continue on after I marry… You can’t expect me to marry her, right? You should know that I need someone of equal social status…”

Equal social status, those words hit her heart deeply She could never forget the pain.

In that moment, she realized that a common girl like her would never be a Cinderella and would never be able to marry a prince.

Even if she had endured seven years, she was still not able to stand beside him in public.

Seven years of hiding in the dark was enough, she was tired.

If they couldn’t end up together, she would rather end it.

–

Once Qiao Anhao and Zhao Meng returned to the hotel , the latter pointed to the table, informing her friend, “Mr. Lu’s assistant sent it over, he said that you didn’t have much during dinner so he specifically got you some takeouts.”

Qiao Anhao stared at the food for a while before entering the bathroom.

When she came out, Zhao Meng sat on the bed, asking, “You’re not eating?”

Qiao Anhao ignored her and started to apply her skin care products in front of the mirror.

Zhao Meng ran over to the table barefooted and opened the box of food. “It looks yummy, Qiao Qiao. He treats you really well, he even noticed that you didn’t eat much…”

Qiao Anhao suddenly tightened her grip on the eye cream, squeezing a large amount out. She pulled some tissue in frustration, cleaning her hands before tossing the cream bottle onto the table. Climbing onto the bed, she covered her head with the blanket, pretending to be asleep.

Zhao Meng went quiet instantly.

The blanket sent Qiao Anhao’s entire world into darkness, she recalled the conversation that she had heard back in the restroom. Her suppressed feelings sent her into a frenzy once again. She continuously recalled the abortion papers that Lu Jinnian had signed, and she could no longer avoid her feelings.

–

Qiao Anhao had always been trying to ignore his actions, but in the end, something on set happened that prevented her from ignoring him any longer.