The Favored Heiress-Chapter 830: Don’t go easy

Shang Yu observed Li Qiao with a heavy gaze, and seeing that she indeed did not have any further reactions to the pregnancy vomiting, he slowly picked up his bowl and chopsticks to start eating.

The symptoms of severe vomiting during pregnancy were well concealed by Li Qiao.

No matter how worried Shang Yu was, he ultimately couldn’t stay with her every step of the day.

Time quietly slipped by, and two days passed, with Li Qiao visibly losing weight.

That morning, Li Qiao received a call from He Chen.

After agreeing on a time, she prepared to go to the Western City Silver Casino.

Luoyu drove her there, and en route, the lawyer Qi Nanhuai called.

"The will division case will be heard next Monday at ten, and your aunt submitted an application for a closed hearing yesterday, which the court has agreed to."

Leaning against the backrest, Li Qiao replied emotionlessly, "Mhm."

Qi Nanhuai was silent for two seconds, seemingly browsing through documents, "According to the plaintiff’s lawyer, your aunt does not plan to appear in court. I’ll tell you the results after I attend the trial."

"Thank you for the trouble."

Qi Nanhuai chuckled, "What’s there to be polite about? Your uncle is here drinking tea with me; do you want to talk to him?"

Duan Yuanhui glanced at Qi Nanhuai, stood up, and snatched the phone from across the table, "Qiaoqiao, it’s me, don’t worry about these family messes..."

...

Forty minutes later, at the Portuguese Silver Casino.

Li Qiao took the back door to the upstairs office. freēnovelkiss.com

The casino was very quiet during the day, with only a few gamblers playing cards in the VIP Hall.

He Chen leaned against the doorframe, watching Li Qiao approach, his eyes resting on her face, "Did Shaoyan abuse you?"

Luoyu called out in a low voice, "Brother Chen," his gaze flicking towards Li Qiao, "Madam, I’ll wait outside the door."

Li Qiao nodded and followed He Chen into the office, where the air was fresh and free of the usual haze of smoke.

"Has Shaoyan had an episode?" He Chen took a seat at the boss’s desk, subconsciously reaching for the cigarette box but stopped, instead picking up a piece of mint candy and tossing it into his mouth.

Li Qiao sat across from him with her legs crossed, looking down as she touched her fingernails, "Almost."

He Chen scrutinized her increasingly sharp jawline and took out a box from the drawer, pushing it in front of her, "Want to pick one?"

Li Qiao remained seated and looked at the black box on the table without moving. Gazing down, she shook her head, "No need."

"I knew it!" He Chen’s eyebrows rose in amusement, and he smirked, "It’s not that I don’t trust Shaoyan, but with your current situation, have you thought about the consequences if he really has an outbreak?"

Lazily lifting her eyelids, Li Qiao’s fingers deftly flipped open the lid of the box, which contained an anesthetic needle.

She looked at He Chen, then turned her face to the window, "There’s no need to think, whatever the consequences, I can bear them."

He Chen gave her a sideways glance, "You’re more confident than I imagined."

Li Qiao’s gaze returned, calmly looking at He Chen behind the boss’s desk, "He is also more rational than we imagine."

"Sister-in-law, being rational doesn’t mean he won’t have an attack," He Chen leaned forward, his arms folded on top of each other as he looked straight at Li Qiao, "Shaoyan can still control himself now because your symptoms haven’t touched his bottom line.

He wants this child more than anyone else, but you need to know, the child can cure him, but it can also destroy him. Even if the incident with Madam Xiao is past, its impact is still present.

If anything happens to you or the child, you know better than I do what that would mean for him. I suspected that you would disagree with my suggestion, so... take the anesthetic needle, and if his manic depression acts up, don’t hesitate to use it."

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