Chapter 2

Xing Zhao became more and more agitated as he spoke, but my heart grew colder and colder.

I am very sure that my baby was not deformed; they were healthy.

Seven months pregnant, ten prenatal check-ups, each one passed with green light.

The doctor even teased me, saying that although I don't have a good husband, at least I have an obedient baby.

Now the baby is gone.

Xing Zhao didn't believe the check-up reports and only said the doctor's words were my imagination.

But he forgot, every time I asked him to accompany me to the check-up, he would always be called away by Rourou for various reasons.

It was either Rourou got injured, or Rourou messed up the company's business, needing Xing Zhao to make amends.

A distinguished president, yet he always had to handle the mess of a secretary.

We argued every time because of Rourou.

Rourou was a poor student we sponsored, but she didn't make it to college, not even a vocational school.

Xing Zhao felt sorry for her and admitted her as an exception.

He said, if it weren't for him, Rourou would starve to death.

He said, Rourou was very smart, and not getting into school was only because of the poor education in the mountains.

But he forgot, I was also from the mountains.

I came out from the mountains and met Xing Zhao in college, and we studied for our postgraduate together.

After Rourou appeared, he forgot everything, becoming more and more bizarre.

At first, he took her to press conferences, just because Rourou didn't like the white-collar dress, so he let her wear haute couture evening gowns.

He never bought me clothes.

Everyone thought President Xing's secretary was his wife.

Later, he took Rourou on a month-long honeymoon, leaving the company leaderless and its performance plummeted.

I waited desperately at home, making thousands of calls without any response,

until I saw their intimate photos on social media,

that I knew my husband was with his mistress.

Now, because of one word from her, Xing Zhao erased our child.

"You're right, thanks to Rourou."

I didn't want to say anything, just reached out and pushed him away.

The man's strength was too great,

and my body, so weak after the induced labor,

no matter how I struggled, his hands pressed firmly on my shoulders.

"Miaomiao, stop making a fuss! Rourou is for our own good, it's okay if you don't understand, we can teach you!"

He spoke with increasing force.

"Yes, she's very good, I'm very grateful to her."

Grateful that she severed my ill-fated relationship, grateful that she let me continue with my research.

I have already made an agreement with Qu Wen.

Four days later I will leave here, go to Germany.

Xing Zhao was stunned for a moment and withdrew his hand; he had never seen me so calm.

There was a flicker of unfamiliarity in his eyes.

"Miaomiao, I want some tea."

His tone softened.

Making tea is a scholarly art; Rourou doesn't know how to brew tea, nor can she taste its fragrance.

For Xing Zhao, I practiced hard at the art of tea-making, recording different brewing methods for each type of tea.

Discovered his favorite tea needs a high pour technique,

to practice, I even have burn scars on my hands and legs.

What girl doesn't love beauty,

because of him, my body has many scars.

If it were before, I would smile and make him tea.

But now, I turn around and leave.

"Where are you going?"

He grabbed my hand.

"To find Qu Wen."

His hand instantly released, the corner of his lips curled into a sneer.

"Miaomiao, you should be like Rourou, meet more noble descendants; it will benefit our company."

"Sigh, you're just a housewife, it's useless to tell you this, you can't give me support…"

He looked down on Qu Wen because Qu Wen, like me, was a child from the mountains.

But he doesn't know, the research team Qu Wen and I were in during our university years had achievements.

Qu Wen has relied on this to become a company president.

The company has expanded to many places overseas, it can even determine the fate of Xing Group!