Fate Trading System – Chapter 298

Plan A

Running with the Ball 2

Bai Jianglan had just finished a meeting when she saw an incoming call on her phone.

“CEO Bai, about this proposal…”

Hearing the ringtone, the secretary stopped talking and took a step back.

Bai Jianglan recognized the caller. It was a manager from a partner company who liaised with her, someone who seemed shrewd and competent.

She’s probably calling at this time to discuss the plan.

“Hello, hi…”

Before Bai Jianglan could even ask anything, she heard pleas for help from the other end, one after another…

“Save me…”

“Where are you?”

Bai Jianglan didn’t think this could be a prank and asked with a frown.

“Green Forest Road… in front of Kelman Cafe…”

The voice on the other end went silent. Su Xin simply had no strength left.

Bai Jianglan rushed outside, her secretary quickly following behind her.

The owner of this body was named Jiang Xiao¹. At the young age of 28, she had already climbed to a very high position in her company, with a limitless future.

Although her IQ was pretty good and she was a top student, she was a poor judge of character.

Jiang Xiao and her husband were university classmates. They had known and loved each other for nine years and had been married for five. Jiang Xiao prioritized her career and didn’t plan on having children for the time being. Her husband was a middle school math teacher, also busy with his students every day, so they both set the matter aside.

Jiang Xiao had originally thought her husband, Feng Linhan², was being considerate of her, but only today did she discover that he simply didn’t want her to give birth at all.

A mistress³ who had been in the picture for seven years, from university all the way to their working lives. Jiang Xiao had met this person once before—Feng Linhan’s cousin.

She was called a cousin, but who really knew?

Today, Jiang Xiao found out she was pregnant. And also today, Jiang Xiao discovered Feng Linhan’s affair.

Jiang Xiao drove home, dialing his number to share the good news. She was mentally prepared to even give up her career and resign, but when the call connected, she heard a fact that chilled her to the bone.

“Whose call is that?”

It was her husband’s voice.

“Just that hag⁴ of yours. It’s fine, I’m hanging up.”

The unfamiliar female voice sent a chill through Jiang Xiao’s heart.

The woman said she was hanging up, but Jiang Xiao could still hear everything clearly and distinctly.

Including how long they’d been together, how long they’d had their own little love nest, and the mistress even said she wanted to have Feng Linhan’s baby this year, asking him when they would get married.

And Feng Linhan’s reply was that when the time was right, he had already transferred a good portion of the assets.

How utterly disgusting.

Jiang Xiao hung up, but her finger unconsciously touched the contact for her major client and dialed it. After a single ring, Jiang Xiao hurriedly hung up and continued driving, her mind in turmoil.

In a daze, she saw a car coming towards her. A moment later and they would have collided. Jiang Xiao quickly yanked the steering wheel, crashed through the guardrail, and slammed straight into a roadside tree.

And then, Su Xin arrived.

Fourteen told Su Xin that a passerby had already called 120⁵, but Su Xin couldn’t give up on calling for help.

The paramedics would definitely notify the family, and that scumbag would certainly get the news.

Because that scumbag and his mistress would definitely not want her to survive, or rather, they wouldn’t want the innocent little life in her belly to survive.

Bai Jianglan arrived even faster than the paramedics, because her company was located nearby.

A circle of people had gathered around the car, pointing and murmuring, because it was Jiang Xiao who had crashed on her own.

With great difficulty, Su Xin, her consciousness fading, climbed out. She could feel that she was bleeding down there and couldn’t help but pray for the child to be a little stronger.

Even if she felt it wouldn’t matter if the child was lost, it was, after all, a life that the mother, Jiang Xiao, had eagerly anticipated—a life that hadn’t seen the world yet.

Su Xin couldn’t see who was in front of her clearly, but a voice in her mind prompted her that this was the person she had asked for help.

“No… matter… what, please… save… my baby. No matter what… anyone… says… you can’t…”

Su Xin’s blood-stained hand gripped Bai Jianglan’s outstretched hand tightly. Only after Bai Jianglan agreed did she feel relieved.

The secretary was a little surprised. The boss rushed out in such a hurry just to save a pregnant woman? Well, okay, it is indeed a very important matter.

The secretary took a closer look before recognizing who Su Xin was.

That sentence contains a lot of information, the secretary thought. I remember this lady seems to be married.

Bai Jianglan got into the ambulance with her, all because of the woman’s last sentence.

“Are you a family member?”

“No, I’m her friend.”

Bai Jianglan looked at the unconscious Su Xin and rubbed her own forehead with her clean hand.

A few minutes ago, I had just finished a meeting. A few minutes later, here I am in an ambulance, with a not-very-familiar manager from a partner company who might be about to have a miscarriage.

This is really… something else.

After arriving at the hospital, Feng Linhan received a call and rushed over to sign the paperwork. Su Xin was wheeled into the operating room.

Su Xin’s body was unconscious, but her mind was still clear, chatting with Fourteen.

Master Fourteen, this kid isn’t going to GG⁶ just like that, is it?

Su Xin could tell her body wouldn’t have any major problems, but she might have a concussion or something.

【Probably not. It depends on the doctor’s skill.】

Then Master Fourteen, can you tell if it’s a boy or a girl?

【Which one does the Host prefer?】

I like both. Just asking.

Although the scumbag is disgusting, the child is innocent, after all. And there’s no way Su Xin would give the child to that scumbag anyway.

【It’s a girl.】

Wow, I like little girls.

Outside the operating room, Feng Linhan was still in shock from the news he’d heard.

A car crash is a car crash, but the important thing is that she’s actually pregnant?

“She’s pregnant…”

Feng Linhan muttered to himself, his expression somewhat distraught.

Bai Jianglan leaned against the wall, taking in Feng Linhan’s entire reaction, and felt that something was strange.

This was not the reaction of a normal husband hearing that his wife was pregnant. It wasn’t elation, but rather a fleeting moment of happiness, immediately followed by a distraught look.

It was very strange.

Bai Jianglan once again thought of what Su Xin had said to her before passing out.

The vibration of her phone pulled Bai Jianglan out of her thoughts. She smiled and shook her head. What does someone else’s family affair have to do with me?

“Yeah, okay, okay, I’ll be right… forget it, I’ll handle it when I get back. I have something here.”

Bai Jianglan had planned to leave, since the family member was present, but thinking of Su Xin’s last sentence, she decided to stay.

Feng Linhan sat on a blue plastic chair. He didn’t strike up a conversation with Bai Jianglan, seeming unconcerned about who she was or why she was here.

When Su Xin opened her eyes, what she saw was Bai Jianglan standing by the bed and off to one side.

Bai Jianglan, dressed in professional attire and high heels, was standing over by the door, her head lowered as she tapped on her phone.

“Xiaoxiao, you’re awake. Are you okay?”

Feng Linhan held out a cup of water. Su Xin took a sip, placed it on the table, and put on a slightly dazed expression.

“Linhan, is our baby okay?”

Su Xin looked panicked, clutching her lower abdomen.

“It’s fine, it’s fine, mother and child are both safe, Xiaoxiao, this is such a big deal, why didn’t you tell me? You scared me half to death.”

“I just found out today. I was on my way home to tell you.”

“I’m just glad you’re okay.”

Feng Linhan held Su Xin’s hand loosely, his face full of lingering fear.

“Mm, did you rush here from school?”

“I was in the middle of class. I rushed out as soon as I got the call.”

“Then you should hurry back. I’ll be fine here. My friend is here to take care of me.”

Bai Jianglan had been about to leave, but stopped when she heard herself being mentioned.

Acting? Who doesn’t know how to act?

From the side, Bai Jianglan watched a sappy farewell scene: how the husband was reluctant to leave, unable to feel at ease, and how the wife was so understanding, telling her husband to put his students first.

It should have been a touching scene, but whenever Bai Jianglan recalled the earlier events, she just felt it was bizarre.

The moment Feng Linhan walked out and closed the door, the expression on Su Xin’s face turned cold.

“CEO Bai, thank you for your help.”

“It’s nothing, it was the right thing to do. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving now.”

“Take care, CEO Bai. See you next time.”

Su Xin stroked her lower abdomen, reminding herself that she was a pregnant woman now and needed to rest.

Bai Jianglan left, full of questions, and returned to her company.

“CEO Bai… CEO Bai?”

After being called several times by her secretary, Bai Jianglan realized she had zoned out because of Su Xin again.

This was something that had never happened before. Bai Jianglan was simply curious. Su Xin’s expression after her husband left was clearly genuine, which meant the previous one was an act. So why would Su Xin do that?

Moreover, Bai Jianglan had also noticed that their terms of address for each other seemed to be just their names, not any intimate nicknames. Of course, not everyone uses them.

But a husband who could be convinced to leave his wife in the hospital right after a car crash that almost caused a miscarriage was probably not a good guy. After all, it’s not like this is a war era; the school won’t fall apart if one teacher is absent for a day.

Meanwhile, Su Xin had already received Bai Jianglan’s file from Fourteen and was browsing through her life story.

Bai Jianglan, female, 29, single. Has been in two relationships that ended without any particular reason. Comes from a wealthy background, is an academic god⁷ herself, and is currently the head of a key part of her family’s business.

Wow, a true “white, rich, and beautiful⁸,” and exceptionally capable too.

Su Xin lay in bed, deciding to get some good rest before thinking about how to deal with the scumbag and the mistress.

The divorce is a must, the scum must be tormented, and the mistress must be beaten down, but it can’t be too direct.

If I cause a scene and get a divorce right now, wouldn’t that be just what the mistress wants? Letting the scumbag and the mistress fly off together into the sunset?

Tsk, such a wonderful thing for them? Not happening.

When it comes to making trouble, psychological warfare is the best strategy. The more they want something, the more I’ll deny it to them. And on top of that, I’ll destroy what they already have.

The mistress’s provocation must have been premeditated. Otherwise, why would she suddenly be unable to bear it after tolerating it for seven years?

Perhaps the mistress is pregnant, or perhaps she has some other leverage, which is why she finally decided to declare war on the original owner, Jiang Xiao.

Mistresses… they’re basically just a few types.

The Gold Digger: No love involved, just in it for the money.

The Revenge Seeker: “I hate you, so I’ll destroy your family and sleep with your husband.”

The Libertine: “I like him, so I’ll seduce him just because I can.”

The Usurper: “I want to be the main wife, I want to be the main wife, I want to be the main wife.”

The Wall-Digger⁹: Hopelessly obsessed with her bestie’s/friend’s boyfriend.

The “Forced” Type: Was tricked into being the mistress, forced to be the third party. “Who am I? Where am I? I’m a victim too, you know.”

The “True Love” Type: “True love is supreme! I can give up this and that for him! All I want is to be with him!”

The one Su Xin had encountered was the last type: the disgusting “True Love” type.

Love, my f#cking ass.

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The author has something to say:

Tuanzi¹⁰: Mommy, do I have a daddy?

Xin-jie: Of course you do. 【Points to Qing-jie】

Tuanzi: Why are other daddies boys, but mine isn’t?

Xin-jie: Because of love.

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