After the divorce, the CEO forced me to have his child.

Chapter 148 The Truth? No Need

Aunt Li started cooking, chatting about lighthearted and cheerful topics to amuse Gu Zhiyao. Gu Zhiyao didn't want to arouse suspicion, so she chatted with Aunt Li as if nothing was wrong.

She's two months pregnant. Although it's clear she's having twins, the genders are still far off. If possible, she'd like to have one boy and one girl.

Thinking of this, Gu Zhiyao naturally recalled the day she was caught by He Yi during her escape and brought back here. He talked to her about whether the baby was a boy or a girl, and he also said that it would be good if there were two.

Unexpectedly, there really were two!

If Zheng Yuanxi hadn't appeared, she would have been eager to share the good news with him, and might have called him right after her ultrasound.

Unfortunately, she can never tell him anymore!

And he may never know this in his lifetime!

A tear rolled down Gu Zhiyao's cheek.

She lowered her head and suddenly saw a pair of long legs appear in her line of sight.

She didn't even need to look to know whose it was. That familiar scent was etched into her very bones.

After returning home, she didn't pay attention to him anymore. She stayed with Aunt Li picking vegetables, and then just sat there in her dorm room, lost in thought. She really didn't think about what he was doing.

She even thought he had already left.

After all, he had already completed the task he was supposed to perform.

Gu Zhiyao didn't look up, remaining silent and still. She tried hard to hold back her tears, but they kept falling.

Suddenly, her chin was pinched, and the warm fingertips made her heart tremble. She was lifted up and met his deep black eyes.

He Yi was momentarily stunned when he saw her eyes were full of tears, but he quickly recovered and looked at her.

Gu Zhiyao quickly wiped away her tears and stammered, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

The tone was indifferent.

She had no expression, and her moist eyes were utterly still, devoid of their former sparkle. She no longer uttered those affectionate, soft, and coquettish terms of address.

In just over ten seconds, He Yi's thoughts raced. He stared at her intently for a moment before asking, "Have we met before? Do you know me? Why do you always call me Brother He Yi?"

Gu Zhiyao froze upon hearing these words.

"Gu Zhiyao, you've known me for a long time, haven't you? And what have we been through? Can you tell me?" He Yi continued, his deep, magnetic voice seemingly possessing a magical quality.

Gu Zhiyao was shocked and stared blankly at his handsome face. When he frowned as if urging her to answer quickly, she slowly said, "I saw you in the orphanage before. I was very young then, just over ten years old."

He Yi was taken aback, and his memories began to surface.

Gu Zhiyao continued, "You gave me more candy than the other children in the orphanage, and you told me to study hard and change my destiny with my own abilities. I was really touched at the time. No one had ever said anything like that to me before. My parents abandoned me at the orphanage when I was little. Although the director tried her best to take care of me, she had limited abilities. She only taught me to be kind, to be upright, and not to do bad things. But you taught me to change my destiny. But perhaps you have forgotten."

He Yi listened and tried hard to think, but found that he really had no recollection of it.

Grandma was superstitious and liked to do good deeds. She often went to orphanages to distribute supplies and occasionally took him with her. He didn't really feel much when he looked at those orphans. Maybe they lacked material things, while he had never lacked food or clothing since he was a child. But he felt that his life was not much better than theirs. At least they were free, unlike him, who had been burdened with the mission of the entire family since he was a child and had to work hard to learn various skills every day.

Therefore, he didn't pay much attention to or remember those children, nor did he recall saying those words to her.

She said she was only ten years old at the time, while he was 15. Although he already had some understanding of matters between men and women, he thought it was impossible for him to have any special feelings for her. She was only ten years old, just a little girl!

That's something I might have said to her on a whim?

I never imagined she would remember it for so many years.

"Is that when you fell in love with me?" He Yi asked, his shrewd dark eyes scrutinizing her.

Gu Zhiyao was taken aback, then shook her head. "No. I was only ten years old then, and I didn't understand any of this. I only started liking it after I started working at the He Group."

"Why did you decide to join the He family?" He Yi continued to ask.

"Because the salary is high, the benefits are good, and the prospects are good too." Gu Zhiyao continued to make up a story. She had thought about telling him the truth from back then, and now that he had asked about it, should she tell him?

But she chose not to say anything.

I feel it's pointless now.

What's the point of telling him? Will he believe me? And then what?

So, it's really unnecessary.

He Yi found her reasons unbelievable.

With high salary, good benefits, and promising career prospects, why did you resign and go work with Lin Houze?

"Can you let me go? He Yi, please let me go, please. Just for the sake of the fact that I once liked you, please let me leave? Zheng Yuanxi knows I'm pregnant now, she definitely won't let me go. I really don't want what happened last time to happen again. I just want to give birth to the child properly. He's the only family member I have with blood. I couldn't protect him last time, and if I lose him again this time, I'll go crazy."

Moreover, I can't even predict what I might do then. If you still want to live a good life with Zheng Yuanxi and have a happy life, then let me go. I beg you, He Yi, please let me go, I beg you..." Gu Zhiyao pleaded with him again, changing the subject.

He Yi's mind settled, and his expression immediately darkened.

These are not the words he wants to hear!

Especially her statement that she once liked him.

So, she doesn't like him anymore?

"He Yi, what do you want in return for letting me go? Even if you have no feelings for me, you must have some feelings for the child, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have brought me back and accompanied me to my prenatal checkup. That day, you even discussed the boy and the girl with me. Even if you had ulterior motives when you said those things, there was still some sincerity in your heart."

You don't want anything to happen to your own flesh and blood? Then let us go. I promise I'll take the baby far away, never to return to China in this lifetime. If you want to see the baby in the future, I'll agree. Right now, all I want is to give birth to him safely, let him grow up healthy, and enjoy the rights that other children have. Please, He Yi…”

"Stop talking! I won't let you go! You have to stay here until the baby is born, so stop thinking about such unrealistic things, take good care of your health, and give birth to the baby safely!" He Yi said in a deep voice, his face slightly cold.

Gu Zhiyao's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

The last glimmer of hope in their eyes was immediately extinguished.

She lowered her head and clenched her fists.