"I won't bring this up again for the next few days. After your condition improves, I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer."
The nurse placed the dinner plate in front of her and left the ward.
"My child... my child..."
Shen Shiyu murmured, her hand on her abdomen.
No wonder she had been feeling a dull ache since she woke up. It wasn't a sign that her period was coming; it was because she had lost her own flesh and blood. She hadn't even had the chance to hold the baby before it was gone.
"Shen Ximan... it was all her fault that I lost my child!"
Her face was as pale as a ghost, without a hint of color.
Her drowsy mind made it hard for Shen Shiyu to tell if she was in reality or a dream. The hatred in her heart was nourished and grew at an astonishing speed.
"Tell him to get out here!"
"I'm warning you! Don't manhandle me, or I'll sue you in court!" a rural woman shouted shrilly at the homestay where Bo Siming was staying.
Hearing the commotion, Shen Ximan woke up from her dream.
She had fallen asleep without realizing it. The dried tears on her face were still there, sticking uncomfortably.
"Manager Bo has given orders that no one is allowed in or out!"
His subordinates were firm and wouldn't let the woman in.
"Heartless businessman! All you know is how to collect money! If you have the guts, come out here, you shameless thing!"
Driven to desperation, the woman started cursing.
Just then, Shen Ximan opened the door, and a check fluttered to the ground.
She picked it up and wondered, "Why did Bo Siming give me a check?"
Could it be the payment for the show this morning? What did he take her for!
"Hey, the ugly woman is out," the woman said sarcastically.
Shen Ximan clenched the check and walked over with an unhappy expression.
"What did you say?"
"I'm talking to you! That money in your hand is from the eldest young master of the Bo family, right? You're so shameless. At such a young age, you could do better than this shady business!"
"Sister, talk with evidence. What shady business have I done?"
The woman laughed mockingly. "Everyone in the village saw you hugging and cuddling this morning. How shameless."
"... What do you want to say?" Shen Ximan couldn't refute what happened this morning because it was a fact.
"Bo Siming didn't discuss with us before he brought in the excavator to demolish our houses on his own. Isn't that immoral?"
"Then go find him. Why are you coming to me?" She was a bit speechless.
"Hehe, now the whole village knows you're his woman. Since he's not here, of course I'll come to you!" The woman grabbed her arm. "If this matter isn't resolved today, you won't have a good time in the village!"
Shen Ximan was shocked. "Sister, let's talk it out nicely."
But the woman got angry and grabbed her hair.
"Talk nicely? When we talked nicely with you people, did you even treat us like human beings? The food you eat is grown by us farmers! You just decide to demolish our houses. Is that something a decent person would do?"
Shen Ximan's eyes were filled with tears from the pain.
But her goal now wasn't to argue with this woman. She was thinking about how to calm her down.
The subordinates around just stood there, watching the argument without moving, as if they were eager for more chaos.
"Sister, I know you're angry, but dragging me to the construction site won't solve anything."
Tears welled up in Shen Ximan's eyes, and she could clearly hear the sound of several strands of her hair being pulled out.
"Humph, we'll see what you're made of!" The woman's overbearing personality didn't allow any compromise. She dragged Shen Ximan away.
One of the subordinates guarding the door asked the other worriedly,
"Shouldn't we follow them?"
"Manager Bo only told us not to let outsiders in or out. He didn't say we had to take care of Miss Shen all the time."
The two looked at each other and decided to stay on standby.
If Shen Ximan was in a bad situation now, Bo Jingyu was even worse. His whole body was covered in stinky eggshells and egg yolk. His hair, which used to be stylish, was now sticky and messy. There were also some rotten vegetable leaves on his suit that he didn't have time to clean.
When they saw each other, both of them were stunned.
"Zhang Caixia, I told you to go find Bo Siming. What do you want with a woman?" a middle - aged man asked unhappily.
"I didn't see that man. He probably hid because he was afraid of the trouble. This woman is his. They were hugging and cuddling this morning."
The dozen or so farmers laughed contemptuously.
"City people really know how to have fun. After eating too much delicious food, they sometimes want to try salted eggs and pickles."
There was another burst of laughter.
Bo Jingyu glanced at Shen Ximan and felt pity for her.
"The order was given by me. Let her go."
As soon as he finished speaking, a few more stinky eggs came flying at him. This time, they hit his face directly, and the stench filled his nostrils.
Shen Ximan looked at him in surprise. In the past, he would be in a bad mood all day if there was even a speck of dust on his shoes, let alone being hit by stinky eggs now.
"What, are you also into this woman?"
While saying this, Zhang Caixia tugged at Shen Ximan's hair, forcing her to raise her head for everyone to see.
"If you have anything to say, come at me."
Bo Jingyu neither denied nor admitted it. He just stared coldly with his unfathomable eyes, calm and composed.
"Spit!" The man threw his hoe on the ground and walked towards him menacingly. "You're not in charge anymore. What can you do?"
He held back his anger. "I came up with the idea, and Manager Bo signed the document. In the end, I should be the one to take responsibility."
The man burst out laughing. "Hahaha, did you all hear that? He'll take responsibility? He can't even take out a single cent now, but he's still talking big here."
"Even if we don't do it, another company will take over and continue the demolition. The land now belongs to the Bo Group."
Bo Jingyu said this mercilessly.
It showed his attitude and also highlighted their ignorance.
Zhang Caixia looked at the men who didn't resist in a daze. "What's going on? What land? Can you say something?"
Taking the opportunity, Shen Ximan broke free and rubbed her scalp in pain. "The land you're farming now belongs to the Bo Group. They have the right to do whatever they want, and you have no right to interfere."
"You little bitch, are you showing off how smart you are?"
She raised her arm to slap Shen Ximan, but halfway through, Bo Jingyu stopped her. She couldn't move at all.
"You can't touch her."
Shen Ximan had already prepared to fight back, but she didn't expect him to protect her. That fluttery feeling that she thought was long gone started to act up again irregularly.
"You, let me go!" Zhang Caixia struggled to get free, but she couldn't. Her arm was twisted, and she was sweating from the pain.