Fate Trading System – Chapter 324

Plan A

Running with the Ball 28

A buzzing sound seemed to ring in his ears, and Feng Linhan tried his best to steady his body. He swayed twice, then lowered his head to pick up his mobile phone. He knew many people around him were looking at him, especially those teachers who knew about the thing that had just happened to him.

He Qin had already hung up. It was as if she had only called to inform him of this news, dropping a time bomb and then mercilessly walking away.

How had things become so chaotic? Just when he thought everything was already over and the wind was calm and the waves were still¹, it had instead become a complete mess; he had lost his job.

What was more outrageous was that he had no idea who this person was. He had a suspect in mind, but the suspect he had in mind had just told him that she was carrying his child.

What kind of absurd thing was this? In the past five years, he had once hoped that his wife could get pregnant, or perhaps that his mistress could get pregnant, so that he could make a choice.

Now, with great difficulty, he had made a choice. He had decided, for the sake of his career and family, to abandon the mistress who had accompanied him.

But his career was also gone, and he and He Qin had long since torn their faces apart².

And at this moment, He Qin told him that she was pregnant.

So what should be done? What was he to do? What was Jiang Xiao to do? And what was He Qin to do?

Feng Linhan was unwilling to let his own bloodline leave his side, to be adrift in the outside world.

The world seemed to have no method that was perfect in both respects³ to save him. Feng Linhan took a deep breath and took his things to leave.

It seemed he had nothing much worth taking, aside from his bag and his thermos⁴. Everything else, it seemed, could be left here. Those lesson plans, exam papers, and textbooks—they were all his life’s work, all the things he was attached to, but in this moment, they became unimportant.

As he walked out of the school, he dialed He Qin’s phone.

“Can we sit down and have a proper talk?”

“See you then.”

Feng Linhan hung up the phone, walking on the road with a lost soul and a fallen spirit⁵.

He should have been angry and panicked, but at this moment, he did not know what he was thinking at all. He was in a daze, as if his hún and pò had left his body⁶.

He somewhat suspected that this was all just his dream, that it was all fake.

He watched the cars coming and going on the road. If he were to get hit, to be run over, could he return to the real reality?

Feng Linhan still stopped his feet and did not walk into the middle of the road.

This was all real. He could not die.

Su Xin was at home watching the drama, quite happy. Amazing, simply amazing. She did not even have to participate much, and these people could add 800 episodes of drama for themselves⁷.

“What is it? Why are you smiling so happily?”

Bai Jianglan was studying recipes, seeing if there was anything she had not yet learned.

“I just suddenly thought of some amusing things.”

“Is that so.”

Bai Jianglan nodded and continued to immerse herself in cooking videos and recipes.

Su Xin liked to eat delicious things, but she felt that eating out was not very hygienic and that things she made herself were more reassuring, so she was working hard in this area.

“Jianglan, I might be getting a divorce soon.”

Bai Jianglan put down the things she was working on and looked at Su Xin with both eyes.

“The time is almost ripe. It just needs a little more heat, and the scene I’ve been waiting for can be seen. After that, there will be nothing else I want, and I can get a swift and satisfying divorce.”

“Alright. No matter what you want to do, I will support you.”

Just as He Qin had said, Feng Linhan did not love Jiang Xiao at all.

Perhaps he had liked her at the beginning, but day after day, that feeling was worn away. Because of their two personalities, they would not argue, but the rift between them only grew deeper and deeper. That rift was not because of a disagreement over any particular matter, but a gradual estrangement because their respective fields did not connect; the two of them had no common topics. The ideals they had originally shared during their student days or their period of uncertainty were now long gone.

What kind of husband would let his pregnant wife stay at a friend’s house for months at a time?

That was not a question of being worried or not, but a question of missing her or not.

This made things easier for Su Xin. At least she did not have to deal with a man of false feelings and fake intentions who was also rambling and fussy, and she did not have to force herself to pretend to like gentleness and magnanimity. Heaven knew how much she wanted to grab a weapon and smash it in his face.

Su Xin felt that the original owner Jiang Xiao in the system space would probably feel very sad. After all, he was the man she had once truly and sincerely loved, even though that love had already transformed into familial affection.

It doesn’t matter. They will all have a bad time.

He Qin not only sold her flower shop, but she also sold her home.

She had originally been hesitating, because selling a shop was one thing, but if she sold her home, she would truly have no place to stand in this city.

But she gritted her teeth and still made this decision, breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats⁸, to prevent herself from regretting it later.

They met in a coffee shop. He Qin’s qi color⁹ looked quite good. In comparison, Feng Linhan’s appearance was extremely haggard and a bit disheveled, as he had just received such a huge blow.

“What do you want to talk to me about?”

“Did you do that thing?”

“I don’t understand what you mean. If you want to talk to me because of our past affair, then I accept. If you want to talk to me because of the issue of the child in my belly, I also accept. But if you want to talk to me about some other things that are unrelated to me, then I’m very sorry, we probably cannot continue talking.”

In these two months, He Qin had thought many things through. She went to find her mother, was berated harshly by her mother, and then was dragged to go on blind dates.

She met several men. They all had common characteristics: they were rich, handsome, gentle, and knew when to make their female companion happiest.

There was a world beyond him; she did not only have him, Feng Linhan, as a choice.

But in the end, she was not able to make it work with those men. In her heart, she was still thinking about that ridiculous love, and those men could not give it to her.

And at the critical moment, she discovered she was pregnant.

So she returned here to redo the things she had not yet finished.

What she had never wanted to give up from the very beginning was retaliating against them. However, regarding the child in her belly, she had some considerations. Right now, she only wanted to break the two of them up and make them both unhappy, rather than getting back together with Feng Linhan. He Qin’s heart saw it clearly: they had already had a falling out, and even if they got back together, they would not have the feeling they had before. Moreover, it would be easy for them to start quarreling over a small matter, which would then intensify the conflict.

“But that video could only be in your hands. You said you installed a camera in your home. Then the things between us should have been filmed with perfect clarity. The background in that video is your home. If it wasn’t you, how could it be anyone else? How could anyone else have possibly gotten that thing?”

Feng Linhan’s tone was a little agitated, but he was not especially loud. After all, this was still a public place, not a place where one could be boisterous without restraint. He still did not want others to know about their scandal.

“What exactly happened? Can you tell me clearly? Before you put a hat on me¹⁰, at least let me know what I’m dying for.”

“During my meeting today, a video of us two was suddenly played on the computer. So I lost my job. Are you happy now? Are you getting revenge on me?”

“Feng Linhan! Do you still have a heart? What kind of person do you think I am? If I wanted to get revenge on you, wouldn’t I have done it two months ago? Why would I wait until now? Fine, in your heart I am this kind of person. That’s fine. You tell me, what should be done about my child?”

He Qin’s tone carried the anger of a cross-examination, but she still did not lose her composure. There were no other customers around her, so it would not attract too much attention.

“But if it wasn’t you, then who else?”

“Is there any meaning in saying these things? I only want to ask one question now: what on earth should be done about the child in my belly?”

“You let me think…”

“I’ll say this first, it’s impossible for me to abort him. Linhan, why don’t we get back together? Can we get back together like before? Look, I’m pregnant now too. There’s nothing about Jiang Xiao that’s hard to let go of.”

“If you continue to stay here, she will find out sooner or later.”

“Divorce her. Separate from her. Let’s go. We can go to another city to develop. You can still continue to be a teacher. No one there will know about our past. They will only think we are a very loving couple. When the child in our bellies is born, we will be a happy and perfect family of three, won’t we? I’ve sold the flower shop and the house, just say the word.”

Feng Linhan was moved. That scene seemed extremely beautiful; it was the very image of his dreams.

Feng Linhan actually did not love Jiang Xiao, nor did he love He Qin that much. The one he loved most in his heart was himself; the one he cared about most was himself.

He had no sense of responsibility to his family. To put it bluntly, he just yearned for that lifestyle model of a family of three. Who the wife was did not matter at all, whether it was Jiang Xiao or He Qin.

Hesitantly, Feng Linhan still shook his head. He Qin, however, did not have a disappointed reaction, as if she already knew this result.

In the past, He Qin liked Feng Linhan, not only because of his appearance, but also because of that earnestness and persistence, and because when he gazed at her, he had the love she wanted. When Feng Linhan was with her, he would not think of other things; his eyes held only her, and no Jiang Xiao.

But now He Qin would think about it in reverse: when Feng Linhan was with Jiang Xiao, was it possible that she, He Qin, was not in his mind at all?

“Before, we were just on the head of anger¹¹. I still love you.”

He Qin stood up. She left a pregnancy diagnosis report¹², placing it in front of Feng Linhan.

Her expression was so gentle, it was moving. But when she turned around, her eyes carried mockery.

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