If You Could Hear My Heart
Chapter 1243: Fortunately, Her Baby is Still There

Chapter 1243: Chapter 1243: Fortunately, Her Baby is Still There

"Can you speak to me in a different tone?" Xu Chaomu snorted coldly.

"You’ve known me long enough." Shen Chi also snorted coldly, disdainfully.

However, Xu Chaomu knew he was compromising, since in the past he would have definitely said, "How dare you go behind my back to see other men."

His fingers twirled around her hair as he lowered his head and kissed her forehead.

"Did you take Xiaobao to the mall this morning?" Shen Chi asked nonchalantly.

Xu Chaomu was calmer than she expected; she knew that even if she didn’t tell him, he would eventually find out she went to the prison.

Moreover, with Zhou Ran and Jiang Zhilan standing together, why should she face the two of them alone?

"No, I went to see your mother," Xu Chaomu stated directly.

Xu Chaomu told Shen Chi everything. In fact, whether in the past or now, he was the person she trusted the most.

Many times, he didn’t believe her, maybe because he was too rational, too concerned with evidence and logic.

But it was different for her; her choice to trust was unconditional.

She knew that this kind of unconditional often came with a heavy price, and if betrayed, it would be devastating.

Shen Chi listened as she finished speaking slowly, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

He had long guessed that Shen Cexian had used someone else’s blood, but he had never investigated it because he wasn’t sure whether Xu Chaomu really wanted to know who her father was.

Now, Xu Chaomu told him that her father might be Bai Xuan; Shen Chi wasn’t too surprised.

"Do you have any thoughts?" Shen Chi asked.

Xu Chaomu shook her head, "No thoughts, right is right, wrong is wrong. Even if Bai Xuan is really my father, what of it? He has never fulfilled a father’s responsibilities."

"Right, I won’t let you help the Bai Family either," Shen Chi said.

"Shen Chi, how come you suddenly thought of getting back at the Bai Family?" Xu Chaomu asked with a smile, "Really for my sake?"

"You’re flattering yourself, aren’t you?" Shen Chi poked her forehead, "I just don’t like the Bai Family."

"There’s no business conflict between the Bai Family and the Shen Family. You dislike them because of me."

"You’re right," Shen Chi said and took the opportunity to kiss her face again.

"Be serious," Xu Chaomu held Shen Chi, stopping his movements.

"I am serious," Shen Chi said earnestly, "Do you know what Bai Man and Jiang Zhilan have done to you?"

"I know, just those things," Xu Chaomu pouted.

Memories surged back, making her feel uneasy and uncomfortable.

"How much do you even know?" Shen Chi sighed deeply, his tone filled with countless helplessness.

"Mumu, your child was lost because of Bai Man," Shen Chi had mustered the courage to tell her.

It hurt every time they discussed it, and he was scared.

Xu Chaomu was startled and turned to look at Shen Chi’s face.

Shen Chi’s features were deep and resolute, his eyes showing faint sorrow and regret. He didn’t seem to be lying to her...

Following that, Shen Chi explained the whole incident to her, from someone drugging her milk to the premature loss of the child.

Xu Chaomu was stunned again; indeed, Xiao Mo hadn’t told Shen Chi the whole truth, and had withheld some information.

Shen Chi was accustomed to delegating tasks to Xiao Mo because he trusted him implicitly.

The results from Xiao Mo were never doubted by him; thus, Shen Chi had always believed that the child was long dead.

Xu Chaomu’s face didn’t show much surprise, so it turned out her premature birth was indeed Bai Man’s doing.

Why would Bai Man kidnap her child instead of getting rid of him directly? Was it to torture her child slowly?

Xu Chaomu recalled what Xiao Mo had told her, that Bai Man had people administer drugs to Xiaobao and, when backed into a corner, almost had someone strangle Xiaobao.

"Chaomu, Chaomu!" Shen Chi called her twice.

"Hmm?" Xu Chaomu also felt she had been spacing out.

"I’m sorry, I didn’t protect you and the child well, I’m sorry, I know you can’t forget about the child’s incident, but I still beg you to move on, okay?" Shen Chi was very sincere.

As he embraced her, Xu Chaomu noticed his hands were ice cold.

"If you hadn’t gone to Los Angeles, perhaps Bai Man’s people wouldn’t have found the opportunity to act," Xu Chaomu said indifferently.

"Yes, it’s my fault, no cause, no effect, this matter, I will regret for life. From now on, I will spoil you for a lifetime, and I also hope you give me a chance."

Xu Chaomu bowed her head and didn’t speak again, if that child was really gone, she actually wouldn’t give him this chance in her lifetime.

Fortunately, her baby was still here.

Seeing Xu Chaomu not speaking, Shen Chi grabbed her hand.

Both of their hands were ice cold, he held her hand under the quilt, and his other hand hugged her tighter.

"Also, Jiang Zhilan, if I told you everything she did to you, you probably wouldn’t forgive her," Shen Chi said.

"What."

Shen Chi sighed, she indeed didn’t know anything.

If he hadn’t investigated all this, would she have just been bullied in vain?

He started from six years ago and told her everything Jiang Zhilan had done to her.

He didn’t want to bother her, but Jiang Zhilan even had the audacity to ask her for help.

After listening, Xu Chaomu was very surprised; she had never investigated these things, assuming they were just accidents or aimed at Shen Chi due to a grudge.

"Was it all done by Jiang Zhilan?" Xu Chaomu asked again.

"Mmh."

"I always thought it was your enemy, who couldn’t deal with you directly, so they targeted me instead."

"I don’t have that many enemies, you really think I’m Shen Chi, utterly unredeemable?"

Xu Chaomu sighed, "Since it’s like this, how is imprisonment enough, see what you can do."

Shen Chi kissed her on the forehead and smiled, "This is Xu Chaomu."

"Being kind leads to being bullied, it’s better not to be kind," Xu Chaomu said indifferently, "It applies to you too."

"Why are you bringing me into this now? Have I bullied you? I’m too busy caring for you."

"Can you not be shameless?"

"No."

Shen Chi teased Xu Chaomu into laughter for a while, then asked, "And what about Bai Xuan, what do you plan to do?"

"He..." Xu Chaomu fell into thought, "I’ll find time to do a paternity test. If I really am his daughter, I want to ask why, in those ten years, he never came looking for my mother."

"Mumu, you’ve grown up, become sensible," Shen Chi praised her.

"Yeah, I’ve become sensible, so step down, and let me take over your CEO position," Xu Chaomu mockingly huffed.

"Being a CEO is too tiring, where would I want to make my wife do such hard work," Shen Chi hinted with an ulterior motive.

"Stop moving!" Xu Chaomu pressed down on his hand under the quilt and gave him a disdainful look.