books44 Chapter 144 Grasping the Lifeline
Chapter 144 Grasping the Lifeline
Jiang Qin opened her mouth as if to say something, but before she could utter a word, it was as if she was being stared at by Huo Sili's dark eyes.
"What, you're saying no? Does that mean you're pregnant?"
Seeing this, Jiang Qin naturally realized Huo Sili's determination to take a pregnancy test himself.
Her pink lips parted and closed several times, but ultimately remained closed—he couldn't afford to be agitated right now.
A wise person knows when to yield; she had to choose another method.
Jiang Qin's pink lips curved slightly as she tried her best to suppress her nervousness and fear, maintaining her embarrassed and annoyed appearance.
"I didn't say no, it's just that you're a complete pervert!"
As Jiang Qin finished speaking, word by word, the traffic jam started to move.
She turned her head away from Huo Sili, clearly bewildered by his shameless words.
Jiang Qin turned her head away from him, but Huo Sili's gaze remained fixed on her.
The eagle's sharp gaze, like a dagger, slid slowly across Jiang Qin's cheek, then down to the heaving chest of the person beside her.
His breathing was shallow and even, and he didn't seem nervous.
Huo Sili's expression hardened slightly, and his eyes grew even darker.
The car arrived at Yunhai Huafu a full forty minutes later than expected.
Wang Ma, whom Jiang Qin hadn't seen for a while, learned from He Xu that Jiang Qin was coming back today. She prepared a table full of Jiang Qin's favorite dishes and waited at the main entrance of the hall after finishing her duties.
Just then, I spotted a black Cullinan parked at the entrance from afar.
Overjoyed, Wang Ma hurried over and opened the wrought iron gate from the inside.
Jiang Qin, who was already feeling dizzy from hunger, opened the car door from the inside. Wang Ma's eyes lit up, and she called out to Jiang Qin with loyalty, respect, and enthusiasm, "Madam! You're back!"
Then, noticing that Jiang Qin seemed a little weak, he reached out to help her.
Jiang Qin was truly starving at this moment; it would be almost accurate to say that her stomach was practically glued to her back.
When Aunt Wang came to help, he didn't refuse. He chatted with Aunt Wang and walked inside hand in hand.
Wang Ma was naturally delighted to receive such affectionate gestures from Jiang Qin after not seeing her for several days. She kept talking to Jiang Qin about the dishes she had specially prepared for her that day.
Behind him, Horst took a long stride and stepped off the train, stopping outside the door.
After watching Jiang Qin's retreating figure as she walked into the courtyard for a few seconds, just as he was about to follow her, his phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket.
He frowned slightly, seemingly hesitating for a moment, before finally taking out his phone.
After glancing at the contact name, Huo Sili brought the phone to his ear, his tone as calm as still water: "Hello?"
Meanwhile, behind them, He Xu opened the trunk of the car and stacked up several large gift boxes containing the dresses that Jiang Qin had worn, which had been purchased by the photography company, preparing to carry the gift boxes out and into the villa.
Suddenly, I saw Hollis walk toward the driver's seat.
He Xu looked surprised and was about to speak when Huo Sili seemed to only then notice that he was still behind him.
Look over here: "Give the clothes to Wang Ma, have her wash them clean and put them away in the dressing room on the second floor."
He Xu's surprise hadn't faded. He really wanted to ask if Huo Sili was still planning to go out.
It's so late, where are you going? Your wife is finally back, are you sure you want to go out at this hour?
But as a confidant and special assistant, he naturally knew what to ask and what not to ask, especially now that Horstley had clearly made a decision.
Unable to get the question he wanted to ask, He Xu quickly changed his answer and replied, "Yes," before hurriedly closing the trunk tightly.
Huo Sili gave a curt "hmm" and opened the driver's side door.
The black Cullinan made a sharp U-turn and drove off.
As for where they were going, Huo Sili didn't say, and even He Xu, his trusted confidant, didn't know at the moment.
But Huo Sili's departure at this time was obviously good news for Jiang Qin.
However, Jiang Qin was unaware that Huo Sili had already left.
She was truly starving at that moment; the description of her feeling dizzy from hunger was accurate, not an exaggeration.
Therefore, as soon as she entered the room, she quickly went to the island counter to wash her hands and then quickly sat down and picked up her chopsticks.
In addition, Wang Ma was happily introducing the dishes she had specially prepared for her that day, saying that she was particularly satisfied with some of them because the ingredients were very fresh, and that she could try more of them.
She kept rambling on and on, and Jiang Qin paid no attention to what was happening outside.
Jiang Qin focused on eating her food, and only after she felt better did she start paying attention to other things.
Then they discovered that Horstley hadn't come in yet.
He Xu had just used the servants' passage, entering directly through a side door, knocking on Wang Ma's door, and explaining the things Huo Sili had personally instructed him to do.
One of the design concepts of this villa is to separate the master and servants, so the house is not a well-connected layout where you can see the whole layout at a glance. At this moment, Jiang Qin is sitting in a position where she cannot see Wang Ma's nanny room.
Jiang Qin naturally had no idea that He Xu had come in.
As for what happened to Horstley, that remains even more unclear.
But if she doesn't know, she doesn't know. It's not like this is the first time Horst has stayed out all night. What is there for her to think about?
Jiang Qin turned her gaze away from the empty entrance and continued eating.
Perhaps because Huo Sili didn't come in, Jiang Qin clearly felt that she was eating more heartily than before.
But despite how delicious it was, Horstley was busy with something and wasn't here.
Jiang Qin naturally wouldn't waste this precious time.
After eating a few more bites to calm her stomach, Jiang Qin put down her chopsticks, took out her phone, and opened a browser.
I opened incognito mode and quickly started looking up information about pregnancy tests.
How can I make a pregnancy test show only one line?
The problem arose from rapidly tapping with two fingers.
Big data analysis is so rapid that doctors' answers to similar questions appear on the webpage.
[A pregnancy test strip will show one line if it is wet, but in a urine pregnancy test, only the pregnant woman's urine will show two lines.]
In addition, it is not advisable to drink a lot of water before testing, otherwise, even if you are pregnant, you may get a weak positive or false negative result, making the test results inaccurate. Therefore, to ensure accurate test results, it is recommended that you use your first morning urine for testing...
It seemed as if an invisible lifeline had been passed down from a high cliff.
Staring at the words "drink plenty of water," Jiang Qin's heart raced, her eyes darted around, then she exited and scrolled down.
Looking at other doctors' answers to similar questions, I then saw similar responses again—
Drinking a small amount of water before using a pregnancy test usually does not affect the results. However, drinking a large amount of water may lower the concentration of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in urine, thus affecting the final pregnancy test result.
Jiang Qin's gaze fell again on the words "drink plenty of water," and she heard her own heart pounding wildly.
She turned off her phone, but her face remained expressionless—she hadn't forgotten that there were quite a few surveillance cameras in the lobby.
I'm checking the information because I don't know when he'll be back, so I'm racing against time.
But if you don't control your expression right now, all your efforts will be wasted.
But perhaps even fate couldn't bear to see her in such a dangerous situation, because Horstley still hadn't returned by the time she finished dinner.
Both the master bedroom and the second bedroom upstairs have built-in tea rooms equipped with high-tech direct drinking water systems, providing an unlimited supply of water.
Jiang Qin tidied up and went upstairs. After taking a shower, she went into the tea room of the second bedroom.
……
Before you know it, it's 11 p.m.
Jiang Qin, who had lost count of how many times she had come out of the restroom, washed her hands and was about to go into the tea room to get herself some water when she was walking with her eyes half-closed and almost bumped into the wall.
Realizing what had happened, Jiang Qin braced herself against the wall, shook her head, and realized that she was just too sleepy to stay awake any longer.
But stopping like this made me really anxious and uneasy.
The image that immediately flashed into my mind was a bloody scene of a massacre.
In my ears, I could hear the detailed description of the cold abortion operating table from the science videos I watched years ago.
My body shivered almost instinctively, and I felt fear, tension, absurdity, and resistance from the outside in.
After pinching her Jingming acupoint hard, Jiang Qin went back into the tea room, filled a glass with water, and forced herself to drink it.
That makes sense, as drinking more water can help protect the baby in your belly that you want and that is connected to you by blood.
She couldn't believe that any mother would give up so easily.
It's just drinking some water, what's so difficult about that? She's overcome even the most difficult situations.
Giving myself positive mental suggestions, I gulped down water again, and the cup was empty in just a few seconds.
If I lie down and go to sleep as usual, I'll definitely have water retention when I wake up tomorrow morning.
Horstley, being such a clever man, would surely have discovered it.
Jiang Qin was too full to lie down comfortably, so she went over and checked the door again to make sure it was locked from the inside.
Back on the sofa, he took out his phone and removed Huo Sili's WeChat from the blacklist.
I edited a message and sent it over.
When I turned off my phone, I noticed the time and realized that Horstley hadn't returned yet.
Compared to the sadness she felt when she first learned that he was not coming home at night, Jiang Qin felt only relief now.
I even hope he doesn't come back tonight.
That way, she can get up in the early morning and drink a few more cups.
With several vibrating alarms set and a thin blanket draped over her body, Jiang Qin turned off the main light and sat alone on the sofa in the pitch-black night, closing her eyes to rest.
Meanwhile, the black Cullinan drove out of Ruikang Hospital and headed towards Yunhai Huafu.