Beg Me to Remarry
Chapter 374: The Cliché Pregnancy Incident

Chapter 374: Chapter 374: The Cliché Pregnancy Incident

Xia Family villa.

Xia Ning’s voice was exceptionally loud in the villa, even to the point of being piercing, "What? Failed? I gave you so much money, there was only her in the ward, the caregiver was held up, even the nurse was distracted by someone we arranged, and you’re telling me you failed?"

Less than a minute later, Xia Ning’s voice, which could almost shatter glass, rang out again, "A man suddenly appeared? Who? What did he look like? Is it the man in the photo I sent you?"

After a brief silence, by the time Xia Ning’s voice rose again, it was much calmer, or rather, it contained a hint of relief, but even more glaring were the threats, "You should be thankful that you didn’t hurt the man in the photo, otherwise I wouldn’t give you a penny. But since you failed the mission, you’ll only get a third of the agreed-upon payment."

There was a cacophony of noise coming from the phone, and if Fu Han were here, she would certainly recognize the voice as eerily familiar, a rough man’s voice that was exceptionally grating.

Xia Ning frowned deeply, scoffed coldly, and then hung up the phone after dropping a "can’t be bothered to continue talking to you."

There was silence in the Xia Family villa for a few minutes until the sound of a car horn suddenly came from outside. Without looking back, Xia Ning knew someone had come home, signaling the servant to open the door with the horn.

It was uncertain whether the returnee was Xia Cheng or Xia Guoxiong; those two had been coming home later and later, even spending entire nights away from home.

Xia Ning was in no mood to deal with people, so she got up and headed upstairs. But before she had even been in her room for five minutes, there was a knock on her door.

The door opened to reveal a servant standing outside, her face flushed with panic: "Lady, you’d better go downstairs and see. The master and the young master are fighting, the master said he’s going to kill the young master!"

"What on earth happened?" For some reason, Xia Ning’s heart started pounding violently, and she glared so fiercely at the servant’s eyes, wishing she could drill holes through her.

The servant’s face turned bright red as she stammered, "Lady, I don’t know what exactly happened, but the master is very angry, saying that the young master actually dared to touch his people!"

Xia Ning was confused. She really did not want to intervene in the messy affairs between her father and brother. She didn’t care if Xia Cheng got beaten up; after all, Xia Guoxiong wouldn’t really kill him.

But if she let them continue causing a scene at home, all the servants in the Xia Family would surely gossip about it by tomorrow. Then these blabbermouths would spread the family scandal to the neighbors. Before long, it would snowball from one to ten, ten to a hundred, and the Xia Family would once again become infamous because of a scandal!

With that in mind, she turned to the servant and ordered, "Inform everyone that no matter what happens, no one is allowed to come out. If I hear anyone discussing tonight’s affairs tomorrow, I will dock their wages."

The servant’s eyes, which had been gleefully rolling around, drooped instantly upon hearing the threat of wage deduction.

As Xia Ning walked toward the staircase, she casually looked back at the servant, "If you handle today’s situation well, I’ll double your salary next month."

Money talks; the servant’s face lit up with joy as she happily went off to carry out Xia Ning’s command.

Before Xia Ning could descend the staircase, a clattering racket erupted in the living room. She sighed; Xia Guoxiong just wouldn’t change his habits of decades, always throwing and breaking things when he was angry. If he felt like hitting someone, he’d hit someone. Why all this thunderous noise yet raindrops so small?

Sure enough, when Xia Ning came down, she saw Xia Cheng standing beside the sofa, hunched like a kid who had done something wrong, surrounded by shards of broken cups and plates. Yet, there wasn’t a single mark on him.

Xia Ning wiped the impatience from her eyes, replacing it with an expression of surprise, "Daddy, what happened? Why are you so angry?"

"What happened?" Xia Guoxiong was red in the face, almost frothing at the mouth as he pointed at Xia Cheng, "You go ask him! See if he has the guts to tell you."

Facing Xia Ning’s curious look, Xia Cheng’s face flushed, and he coughed unnaturally, "Well, Qin Nuan is pregnant."

"Qin Nuan?" Xia Ning took a few seconds to realize who Xia Cheng was talking about. Her face turned extremely complex, alternating between wanting to laugh yet not daring to. However, she found the situation utterly absurd. Struggling to hold back, she couldn’t help asking Xia Cheng, "Whose is it? Yours or Dad’s?"

Xia Cheng’s face turned the color of liver. After a series of violent coughs, he said unnaturally, "That, I... I don’t know. It’s best to... have a blood test. Otherwise... otherwise..."

He trailed off for a long time without finishing, eventually just pleading with Xia Ning with his eyes.

Unfortunately, Xia Ning wasn’t looking at Xia Cheng; instead, she turned to Xia Guoxiong for help. This was too absurd, a father and son sharing a woman, and now that woman was pregnant, they didn’t know whose child it was.

In front of Xia Ning, Xia Guoxiong felt somewhat embarrassed. He coughed awkwardly, saying with discomfort, "I... I think we can’t keep the child, just get rid of it."

Xia Ning looked at her father in surprise. There was a life in Qin Nuan’s belly, which could either be Xia Guoxiong’s child or his grandchild. Yet, he didn’t hesitate at all, directly ordering the abortion. It was the first time Xia Ning witnessed her father’s ruthlessness from such close quarters.

But what really challenged her worldview came next. Xia Cheng quickly agreed, "Dad’s right. I think the same; just end it, pay her off, and have her leave far away."

At the mention of Qin Nuan, the rage in Xia Guoxiong’s heart flared again. He was holding a porcelain teacup and aimed it at Xia Cheng, "Tell me, have you done something like this before?"

Xia Cheng, the picture of awkwardness, once again blatantly sought Xia Ning’s help, but to no avail; she was busy kicking broken porcelain pieces aside, having found a comfortable spot on a single sofa to sit and watch the drama unfold, completely detached.

With no way out, Xia Cheng carefully watched Xia Guoxiong, "Dad, if I tell you the truth, will you not be angry?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Ning really wanted to pry open Xia Cheng’s head to see what was inside, probably nothing but crap. How could he utter such a self-incriminating statement, akin to admitting guilt? He was practically sending himself to the chopping block.

As expected, Xia Guoxiong’s already purple face turned a shade of green, the very image of having someone else’s green hat on his own head. Without any hesitation, he hurled the porcelain cup directly at Xia Cheng.