The Truth Behind the Child

Who would've thought that his only romantic encounter after being single for so long had been with a woman who now had a husband and child?

Secretary Tang mentioned that Rong Xuelan's child appeared to be about five or six months old, likely conceived last spring.

That timeframe coincided almost exactly with when he and Rong Xuelan had gone to the hotel together.

Picturing the sequence of events in his mind, Qi Yu's face turned grim.

"Secretary Tang, have you found out who the child's father is?" Qi Yu asked.

"We haven't identified the child's father," Secretary Tang replied, shaking his head, "but Rong Xuelan disappeared for about ten months after that night. She might have been with the child's father during the pregnancy and delivery."

Hearing this made Qi Yu feel even worse.

That night had been his first experience, and he remembered everything vividly.

Although he couldn't recall Rong Xuelan's face, he remembered how obedient and endearing she had been in bed.

When he had completely devoured her, turning her over again and again, she had made soft, kitten-like whimpers.

Qi Yu couldn't fathom how the gentle, adorable woman from that night could have gone on to have a child with another man.

"Contact Rong Xuelan and tell her to come see me," Qi Yu instructed Secretary Tang.

He wanted to ask her directly: Is she the woman that night and who is the child's father is.

Secretary Tang immediately made a call.

After hanging up, she reported, "President Qi, Rong Xuelan resigned from the construction site yesterday."

"She resigned?" Qi Yu's face darkened. "Did she say where she was going?"

"She didn't say anything, she just took her child and left," Secretary Tang replied.

Qi Yu was certain that Rong Xuelan remembered everything that had happened that night.

The reason she left was that she wanted to avoid him.

But why would Rong Xuelan want to avoid him?

Qi Yu couldn't understand what was going on in her head.

He wanted to ask Rong Xuelan face-to-face.

Qi Yu instructed Secretary Tang, "Hurry up and find out where Rong Xuelan went… and who the father of her child is."

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Business at Rong Xuelan's stall was booming.

The next day, she prepared two large buckets of tofu pudding, one hot and one chilled, and sold out before 8 p.m.

After tallying her earnings for the night, she found that after deducting the costs, she had made a profit of 3,000 yuan.

On the rooftop, Rong Xuelan bounced around a few times, suppressing the urge to scream in excitement.

Over the following days, she increased her production, making three buckets of tofu pudding daily.

Even so, by 9 p.m. each night, she was completely sold out.

Her tofu pudding quickly gained fame at the night market.

By 4 p.m. each day, the customers would already be lining up at her stall, eager to get a taste.

She had no idea how word had spread so quickly, until the boy with buzzcut hair called Tang Xueba, explained, "Wang Hei posted your photo on our school forum to help promote your stall."