Section 472

You are a grown adult, acting without any dignity, yet you still make a move on a woman around your own daughter's age.

All that talk about being the most affectionate husband who loves his wife is just a lie.

This was a blatant betrayal by Xu Hao…

After Gu Ningshuang left Lin Chuqing's home,

she labeled Xu Hao as a hypocrite and decided she must stay away from such a person.

She had thought she would never have any further intersections with Xu Hao.

Yet that very night, Xu Hao came looking for her.

His very first sentence frightened her so much that her limbs went weak.

"You must have listened quite intently outside the door this afternoon, right?"

Xu Hao had actually known all along that she was eavesdropping outside the door.

Yet he still stayed together with Lin Chuqing.

Or rather, he had deliberately let her hear it.

Gu Ningshuang's face flushed red, and she was consumed with shame and anger.

"I didn't expect you to have the hobby of eavesdropping. If Lin Chuqing were to find out about your wretched behavior, what would she think of you?"

Xu Hao wore an amused expression.

Gu Ningshuang was so angry she was about to spit blood.

Clearly, it was his and Lin Chuqing's fault, yet he was blaming her instead.

She struck back unceremoniously,

"You are also a father with seven daughters, yet you let Lin Chuqing call you that way. Do you have some special thoughts?"

"You don't need to know that. What you need to know right now is that I'm interested in you…"

Xu Hao raised an eyebrow.

His gaze swept up and down her body.

Gu Ningshuang stepped back two steps in fright.

"What do you want to do? I won't be like Lin Chuqing, deceived by your appearance and sweet words."

Unhurriedly, Xu Hao stated the information his subordinates had investigated regarding the Gu family and Gu Pharmaceutical Group, which was incomparably detailed.

It was accurate down to what every member of their family did on any given day.

There was no shortage of borderline illegal activities.

The more Gu Ningshuang listened, the more shocked she became.

To have investigated all these things, just how vast was Xu Hao's influence?

At this moment, the look she cast at Xu Hao was no longer just filled with disgust.

It also carried a trace of fear.

What made her even more terrified was Xu Hao's next sentence.

"You wouldn't want something to happen to your family, would you…"

Gu Ningshuang suddenly felt darkness before her eyes and almost fainted.

Xu Hao was too shameless and too despicable.

He actually used her family to threaten her.

Thinking of how the outside world was full of praise and commendation for Xu Hao,

were they all blind?

Could an insidious villain like Xu Hao actually be called a good person?

"Lin Chuqing and I are good friends. Aren't you afraid Lin Chuqing will find out if you treat me like this?"

Xu Hao's eyes lit up.

"Wouldn't that be double the happiness? Good friends should stick together for a lifetime…"

Gu Ningshuang was thoroughly defeated by Xu Hao's shamelessness.

Although she hated Xu Hao to the core, for the sake of her family, she had no choice but to feed the demon with her body.

In the end, she reluctantly got together with Xu Hao.

Once there was a first time, there were countless times after.

Afterwards, Xu Hao frequently came to look for her, and every time they stayed together for a very, very long time.

Gu Ningshuang was resentful in her heart, but she had no choice but to submit.

Words could not describe how stifled she felt.

Just a few days ago, she suddenly started retching for no reason, losing her appetite whenever she saw greasy food.

She had thought she ate something bad and upset her stomach.

But when Xu Hao came looking for her again, just as he intended to be intimate, he suddenly grabbed her hand.

After a moment of silence, he abruptly told her that she was pregnant…

A bolt from the blue.

Gu Ningshuang was dumbfounded.

Refusing to believe it, after Xu Hao left, she went to the Hospital for a checkup.

It was confirmed beyond a doubt that she was pregnant.

Gu Ningshuang's mind was in utter chaos, not knowing what to do.

This child shouldn't have been born in the first place, but if she were to abort it, she couldn't bear to do so.

What Xu Hao said before leaving surfaced in her mind.

"Give birth to the child. Don't think about aborting it, or bear the consequences yourself."

It wasn't that she was unwilling to abort the child; it was Xu Hao's threat.

She reluctantly found a reasonable excuse for herself.

Perhaps because a new life was being nurtured within her,

Gu Ningshuang's mood had improved quite a bit recently.

Today, she even called her good friend Lin Chuqing over to have a heart-to-heart talk.

Retch—

The feeling came again, and Ningshuang covered her mouth and retched a few times.

"Ningshuang, what's wrong with you?"

Lin Chuqing asked with some surprise.

"N… nothing, it's just that I ate something bad recently."

Gu Ningshuang quickly explained.

She was terrified that this good friend of hers would notice something was amiss.

If she knew that Xu Hao had gotten together with her behind her back,

walking out of her house with one foot and coming to find her with the other,

and that she was even pregnant,

she didn't know if Lin Chuqing could accept it.

Lin Chuqing said with concern.

"Is it serious? Should we go to the Hospital and take a look? Having a bad stomach is no small matter."

"No need, I've already been to see a doctor, and I even got some medicine…"

Gu Ningshuang's reaction was somewhat intense.

"That's good."

Lin Chuqing withdrew her suspicious gaze.

She always felt that her good friend was a bit off today.

But she didn't think too much about it.

After some more idle chat, Lin Chuqing still had work at her company, so she proposed to leave.

Thud—

Su Chen's feet stepped onto the ground.

He glanced at the courtyard wall behind him and gave a smug, soft chuckle.