Free Web NovelChapter 1247: Chapter 1268: No One May Harm My Child 1
"Do you know why I came here today?"
"N-no... I don’t know." Qi Yue said nervously.
Nangong Yaoling’s gaze fell on her stomach, which was bulging under the arms she clutched tightly around it.
As if something came to mind, for some reason a flash of complex pain swept through his eyes.
If the child he had with Xiaonuan were still here, it would be quite big by now.
But now, there was nothing left...
Nangong Yaoling’s gaze swept to Qin Yi standing to the side.
Qin Yi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Miss Qi Yue, the Crown Prince came today to ask you about the child in your belly."
Qi Yue’s whole body trembled.
She stared wide‑eyed at Qin Yi.
"Miss Qi Yue, as far as I know, you haven’t had a boyfriend all this time. How did you end up pregnant? You should know that premarital pregnancy has a huge impact on a girl’s reputation."
Qi Yue nervously shrank back a little.
"I...I..." In her head, she was thinking of what Liang Shaochen had said.
She blurted out, "I actually do have a boyfriend... it’s just... it’s just that we broke up..."
Qin Yi pressed his lips together.
Sitting opposite her, Nangong Yaoling’s pupils contracted.
"Miss Qi Yue, your boyfriend—would we happen to know him?"
"You don’t!" Qi Yue answered firmly, as if cutting iron.
Her gaze instinctively flicked to Nangong Yaoling; the oppressive aura radiating from him made her heartbeat skyrocket and cold sweat break out all over from just one look.
Nangong Yaoling seemed to be losing patience.
"Qi Yue, you’re Xiaonuan’s friend, so I’ve always been very polite to you." He looked at her and said coldly.
Qi Yue nodded. "I...I know."
"I don’t like being lied to."
Qi Yue’s fingers trembled slightly around the water glass.
"I’m asking you, is the child in your belly Situ Yan’s?"
Qi Yue’s eyes flew wide open.
She shot to her feet in agitation. "Young Master, no! My child isn’t his! Please, I beg you, spare me!"
Qin Yi stepped forward and said, "Miss Qi Yue, why do you get so nervous the moment you hear Situ Yan’s name? What exactly is your relationship with him?"
Qi Yue: "..."
She stared at Qin Yi and Nangong Yaoling, stunned for several seconds.
Tears burst out.
"No... it really isn’t! I don’t know him! How could I be pregnant with his child!" She clamped her hands over her ears and shook her head hard.
Nangong Yaoling’s brows knit slightly.
He glanced at Qin Yi.
Qin Yi nodded, then looked at Qi Yue and said, "Miss Qi Yue, here’s the situation: Young Madam said that the child she’s carrying is Situ Yan’s. Right now, the Young Master just wants to clarify one thing.
If the child Young Madam is carrying is Situ Yan’s, then the Young Master and Young Madam will likely..."
Qi Yue looked up at Qin Yi in disbelief when she heard that.
"You... what did you say?" she choked out. "Xiaonuan... she really said that?"
"Yes."
Qin Yi said, "You’re Young Madam’s best friend, and also the one she trusts the most. That’s why the Young Master came to you. If the child you’re carrying is not Situ Yan’s, then... it proves that what Young Madam said is true.
That she is carrying Situ Yan’s child. In that case, the Young Master won’t let that child be born."
Qi Yue froze completely.
She suddenly collapsed back onto the sofa.
Practically stupefied.
Xiaonuan... was actually willing to sacrifice her own child, just to protect the one in her belly?
The Young Master must have discovered something, that’s the only reason Xiaonuan would say that.
