My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 452

Lu Man looked at Yang Rou with a shocked expression on her face.

She had never expected things to turn out this way.

Yang Rou, however, was not surprised by Lu Man’s reaction.

She glanced at Lu Man and then explained with a cold tone, "I mentioned before that I have an irregular cycle and often experience painful periods."

"So, when Zhao Qingtian gave me his genes, I went to the hospital only to find out that I wasn’t in the right cycle. So, the procedure was temporarily postponed."

"I kept this private matter to myself and didn’t tell Zhao Qingtian about it, and he thought the procedure had been done."

"That’s why he was so audacious in wanting to force himself on me."

"After that incident, I saw his true colors and of course, I wouldn’t use his genes to have a child."

Lu Man was completely taken aback; she had only intended to inquire about Zhao Qingtian, yet she ended up unraveling such an astounding secret.

Her ordinarily slow mind was completely jammed, and it took her a long time to regain her composure.

Yang Rou, meanwhile, did not disturb her, simply sipping her water quietly.

For all these years, she had been like this glass of water, clear and pure no matter what she encountered.

Undisturbed by clouds, unswayed by the breeze, always maintaining a cold demeanor.

After pondering for a while, Lu Man finally returned to the present.

She looked at Yang Rou and asked cautiously, "Then... Yang Nuannuan is..."

As the secrets from the past were almost all revealed, Yang Rou was unlikely to hide just this one.

So, she put down her water glass, looked at Lu Man, and said lightly, "She is... a child from a relative’s family."

Saying this, Yang Rou also seemed somewhat melancholy. She sighed and explained, "You know, back then the country enforced the One Child Policy. Each family could only have one child."

"However, due to a lack of education and the perpetuation of old beliefs, the preference for boys over girls continued to exist in the countryside."

"So, when my relatives discovered they had given birth to a girl, they were utterly despairing."

"They not only disliked this new family member but also kept thinking about abandoning her to have a son instead."

"My mother felt sorry for the child. So, she took her home, saying she would find her a good family."

"But she didn’t actually send her away; instead, she secretly took the child in."

"However, she really didn’t know what to do. The child was unregistered."

"Then, after more than half a year, I had stayed out of the spotlight and returned home, only to find this child."

"I calculated the dates and realized the child’s birth coincided closely with when I would have given birth, had I been pregnant."

"Moreover, due to the incident with Zhao Qingtian, I was very disgusted with men at that time."

"So, I thought maybe it was fate. I felt this child might be a gift from heaven, sympathetic to my plight."

"I just happened to have a full set of documents for artificial insemination, and after pulling some strings, I managed to get this child registered and officially recognized her as my daughter."

Lu Man listened quietly as Yang Rou related the events, her mouth agape.

It all seemed too legendary to her.

And as Yang Rou mentioned, "it’s somewhat coincidental," but maybe that’s just how fate works...

She hesitated, then asked, "Does Zhao Qingtian know about this?"

Hearing the name Zhao Qingtian again darkened Yang Rou’s expression.

She said, "I have no clue what that man is up to!"

"I hid in my hometown for a few years, and when Nuannuan was a little older, I used my savings to buy a small house on Qin Island, where I settled my mother and Nuannuan, then went out again to make a living."

"By that time, the Zhao family had given up on blacklisting me, and for some reason, the incident had been confined to a small circle."

"Therefore, I easily found a job and my career progressed smoothly."

"After a few years of striving outside, I returned home, only to hear from my mother that someone had secretly watched over Nuannuan."

"At the time, I didn’t think much of it. I never imagined it would be Zhao Qingtian’s people."

"But later, when Nuannuan reached elementary school, about third or fourth grade, she told me one day that her ’dad’ had come to see her."

"I initially thought that the relative had had a change of heart and had sneaked in to see her."

"But after talking to my mother, I learned that an accident had occurred in that relative’s family, making it impossible for them to have visited."

"So, I began to wonder who it could have been."

"I kept a lookout for a long time but couldn’t find any clues. Nuannuan was young and couldn’t clearly explain who it was."

"Later, when she was in junior high, he visited Nuannuan a few more times. After hearing about these visits from Nuannuan, I realized it was Zhao Qingtian."

"I then sought out Zhao Qingtian’s contact information, and I spoke to him several times, telling him that Nuannuan had nothing to do with him and was not his daughter. I warned him to stay away from her!"

"I said if he didn’t believe me, he could get a paternity test."

"Just to make him stop bothering us."

At this point, Yang Rou rarely cursed, "But that lunatic always acts as though I’m lying to him, as if he has seen through everything."

"He’s utterly unreasonable!"

Listening to her, Lu Man somewhat understood Zhao Qingtian’s perspective.

After all... she was also a proud person. She knew that once she became conceited, she wouldn’t believe anything anyone else said, only living in her logic.

In Zhao Qingtian’s view, Yang Nuannuan was listed as Yang Rou’s daughter in the household registry, and her birth coincided closely with when Yang Rou was supposedly pregnant and gave birth.

Thus, she was almost certainly his child.

As for his disbelief in Yang Rou’s words...

That was understandable too.

Given how much Yang Rou detested him, he probably just assumed she was unwilling to acknowledge the truth.

He might even feel smug about it.

At that moment, Lu Man had a bizarre thought: was Zhao Qingtian unwittingly imposing his paternity...?

And recalling Zhao Qingtian’s twisted mentality: over the years, he probably felt overly smug,

thinking he had made a woman who liked him but despised him give birth to his daughter.

Only... everything turned out to be false.

That madman...

Mulling over this, Lu Man snapped back to reality. She looked at Yang Rou and then asked, "Does... Nuan Nuan know about this?"

At this, Yang Rou appeared even more exasperated.

She just started to explain,

just then, someone knocked on the private room door: it was time to serve the dishes.

She paused, then took another sip of her water.

Lu Man didn’t press further but patiently waited for the server to set the table and leave before looking at Yang Rou again.

Yang Rou put down her water glass and said, "I have spoken to Nuan Nuan about it many times."

"But... I don’t know if it’s because I always told her she was my biological daughter when she was little, but never talked with her about her father."

"Or maybe Zhao Qingtian had drugged her somehow. She has always believed Zhao Qingtian is her father."

Yang Rou rubbed her temples and continued, "I am partly to blame for this."

"There was no film industry on Qin Island years ago, and I was always busy working away, neglecting her feelings."

"Also, I tend to be reserved, not liking to argue with people or explain myself."

"Moreover, the events back then were too complicated, not suitable for a child to hear."

"So, I couldn’t explain everything clearly to Nuan Nuan."

She paused and added, "After all... I can’t tell her that she’s only a child I adopted, and that her original parents didn’t want her back then."

"That would be... too cruel."

Upon hearing Yang Rou’s words, Lu Man finally pieced together the whole story. freewebnøvel.coɱ

She thought, this is the real ’knot.’

Yang Rou didn’t want Yang Nuannuan to feel hurt, so she would insist they were genuinely mother and daughter.

But a child requires two people to be born. Yang Rou couldn’t clarify the identity of the other person.

Or to put it another way: if she tried to explain, she would have to describe to Yang Nuannuan the complex history between her and Zhao Qingtian clearly.

Clarifying the artificial insemination, explaining Zhao Qingtian’s malicious intentions.

Yang Nuannuan was too young back then, and Yang Rou couldn’t share these matters with her.

The coincidental timing of Yang Nuannuan’s birth added more confusion, so both Yang Nuannuan and Zhao Qingtian steadfastly believed Yang Rou was just being stubborn, unwilling to acknowledge Zhao Qingtian.

So, this was the real ’knot’...

In that moment, Lu Man felt... Indeed, every family has its own difficult story to tell.

After Lu Man reflected on this, Yang Rou spoke again softly, "So, you understand now what kind of person Zhao Qingtian is."

"He’s sinister, deceitful, eloquent, scheming, and... without a bottom line."

Speaking thus, it seemed like she was recalling that scene from twenty years ago.

Her chest heaved with anger, "I can only imagine."

"If that day I had been medically fit and then successfully conceived."

"And had been harassed by Zhao Qingtian afterward."

"Living these decades pregnant with his child and filled with hate. I wonder what I’d have become..."

Listening to Yang Rou, Lu Man reached out and held her hand, saying, "Sister Rou, don’t worry. We won’t let him get away with this."

"I promise, once we get back, I’ll have Chen Yan deal with that bad guy!"

Yang Rou came back to her senses, then gave Lu Man a faint smile, saying, "It’s okay. I will have my revenge."

She continued, "Everyone who back then abetted his wrongdoing and wronged me, I will bring them to justice one by one."

"Whatever Zhao Qingtian has given them or how he has helped them, I will destroy all of it."

Yang Rou’s expression was inherently cold, and as she spoke these words, the temperature in the room seemed to drop several degrees.

Lu Man even felt goosebumps all over her body.

She coughed and said, "Let’s work hard together!"

But inside, she thought: Oh my God... we must not mess with Sister Rou in the future. Sister Rou is way too scary.

Friendships between women always develop in particularly fast and strange ways.

Perhaps because one shares a secret and the other listens to it. Thus, their distance from each other closes significantly.

They ate their meal in perfect harmony.

It must be said that Yang Rou handled business as the most careful person in the company, even though she didn’t usually socialize with Lu Man or have meals with her.

But the dishes she ordered were all ones that Lu Man liked.

Lu Man didn’t realize it at first. But after eating a few dishes, she was surprised to find that all of them were her favorites.

At first, she thought she and Yang Rou had similar tastes.

But when she saw that Yang Rou only nibbled at the dishes, she realized that Yang Rou had ordered them for her.

As a result, Lu Man, while eating, curiously asked Yang Rou, "Sister Rou... how did you know I like these dishes?"

Yang Rou just smiled and didn’t explain.

Instead, she said, "If you had been a vice president for ten years, you would know too."

Lu Man blinked, not quite understanding what Yang Rou meant.

But Yang Rou didn’t explain.

Only she knew how much the incident from those years ago had affected her.

Though she was the victim.

Though she hadn’t done anything wrong.

Yet, it was she who was affected...

She should have made a significant mark in the history of the domestic entertainment industry, but because of that incident, she was constantly held back at the vice president position by the Xu brothers-led interest group.

No matter how many achievements she made, there was no result.

She had thought she would just spend her life like this until she met Chen Yan, and then her life took a major turn...

She felt that Chen Yan might be, just like Yang Nuannuan, a gift from heaven.

And now, with Chen Yan confronting Zhao Qingtian again, Yang Rou was somewhat reflective of fate.

Could it be... all of this was a cycle?

Would she also have her day of revenge?

That was why, when she heard Lu Man mention that Zhao Qingtian was causing trouble for Chen Yan and needed intelligence, she decided to share the things she had kept secret for twenty years and had never told anyone...

After finishing the meal, Lu Man originally wanted to have tea with Yang Rou and chat.

But seeing Yang Rou reverting to her usual reserve after talking about Zhao Qingtian—where Lu Man would speak ten sentences and she would respond with just one or two—

Lu Man also felt a bit bored and thus abruptly ended this "date."

Yang Rou didn’t stand on ceremony at all; as soon as Lu Man mentioned returning to the company, she quickly packed up and got ready to leave.

Looking at her, Lu Man guessed there must be a heap of work waiting for her at the company.

And during the meal, Lu Man also got to know: she was probably the only one in the company still working overtime.

And sometimes, she worked until eleven or twelve at night.

Chen Yan had also asked her several times what she was so busy with. But when Yang Rou pulled out document after document, piled up like a mountain, Chen Yan quickly agreed to her overtime.

And even "tearfully" doubled Yang Rou’s salary...

Throughout the journey, there was silence.

Returning to the company, Yang Rou continued working at the film and television company, while Lu Man went straight to Chen Yan.

She was ready to discuss all the intelligence she had collected at noon with Chen Yan.

She felt that this information would be very valuable to Chen Yan.

And she had also asked Yang Rou, apart from matters regarding Yang Nuannuan’s biological parents, which could be shared with Chen Yan...

...

At this moment, Chen Yan was still unaware of the big package Lu Man had prepared for him.

Even if he knew, he probably couldn’t spare the time for a while.

Because, after so many days, his "Strong Buy Card" had finally taken effect: today, several venture capital firms holding shares in Headline Technology had called him one after another.

Asking Chen Yan if he was still willing to accept these shares from Headline Technology.

Of course, Chen Yan was willing.

However, he knew it was time to bargain, so he didn’t agree outright, merely expressing interest and willingness to take over if the conditions were right.

Thus, he quickly reached a preliminary agreement with several venture capital firms.

Since this matter was too critical, Chen Yan directly called Qin Ming, instructing him to fly to Tiandu immediately to negotiate.

As for Chen Yan himself, he had more important things to do: that was to deal with Zhao Qingtian.

Chen Yan was not someone easy to provoke.

Since Zhao Qingtian dared to target someone close to him, Chen Yan wouldn’t let that guy off.