Mr. Tycoon Is Actually the Father of My Child!
Chapter 37: Ex-Fiancé

Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Ex-Fiancé

Su Yu’an, her nominal ex-fiancé, the man she least wanted to see, now appeared before her unexpectedly.

Lin Qian’s face paled, her hands gripping the shopping bag tightly as she quickly turned and walked briskly to the right.

"Qianqian!"

The man’s urgent call rang out, and Lin Qian felt a tug on her arm as she was stopped by Su Yu’an.

Lin Qian’s breathing faltered, she suppressed her rampant emotions, and looked toward him with a forced smile, "Mr. Su, is there something you need?"

"Qianqian, it’s been a long time. Are you... okay?"

Su Yu’an stared intensely at Lin Qian, his dark pupils reflecting her petite figure, the person whom he yearned for day and night.

"I’m doing well."

Lin Qian smiled faintly, struggling against the grip on her hand, "Mr. Su, I’m in a hurry to get home. Please let go."

"Qianqian, I...."

"Lin Qian, is it really you?"

A female voice came from behind, and Lin Qian’s breathing stalled once again. She turned her gaze toward the woman emerging from the car, her red lips tightly pressed.

Gu Yan!

Born and switched at birth, they had lived each other’s lives for nineteen years, the true Gu Family heiress engaged to Su Yu’an since they were infants.

"Lin Qian, you’ve finally shown up? That’s wonderful. Yu’an and I are about to get engaged, and I was just worrying about how to send you an invitation since I didn’t have your contact details. What’s your number again? I’m sure mom and dad will be delighted to know you’re back."

Gu Yan approached Lin Qian, coyly linking her arm with Su Yu’an’s, silently declaring her sovereignty.

Her beautiful apricot eyes fixed on Lin Qian with a challenging defense.

Lin Qian gripped her shopping bag tighter, glanced over the two before her, and managed a smile, "Congratulations to you both. After returning to the country, I switched back to my old phone number. My parents should be aware of it."

They were getting married.

Indeed, the person engaged to Su Yu’an was her, Gu Yan.

The moment the Gu Family acknowledged Gu Yan, Su Yu’an had nothing to do with her.

But just thinking about the past made her heart feel constricted, nearly suffocating her.

Right now, all she wanted was to escape.

The beeping of a car horn was a relief to Lin Qian.

"My taxi is here, I should go now."

Without another glance at the man, Lin Qian rushed to the car, opened the door, and urged the driver to leave quickly.

"Qianqian!"

Su Yu’an took a few large steps to follow, but Gu Yan grabbed hold of him.

"Yu’an, don’t chase after her."

"Let go."

Su Yu’an halted, annoyance flashing in his starry eyes, "Gu Yan, when did I agree to get engaged to you? I’ve already said, Lin Qian is my fiancée!"

"Yu’an, it’s over between you and Lin Qian. I am the true Gu Family heiress; I am the one engaged to you, Gu Yan, not Lin Qian."

Gu Yan’s face was flushed with agitation, "Our families are already discussing the engagement arrangements. Can you just say you don’t agree and leave it at that?"

"Yes, I can make decisions about my own life."

Su Yu’an looked at Gu Yan, "Gu Yan, I don’t like you, how can two people with no feelings for each other live together? Please go back and tell Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu that the person I’ve always liked is Lin Qian, and our engagement is off."

Having said that, Su Yu’an turned away without a second pause, striding toward his car.

"Yu’an, why are you still thinking about Lin Qian? What’s so special about that unchaste woman that you can’t forget her?"

Gu Yan hurried after Su Yu’an, "As soon as you went abroad four years ago, she climbed into a stranger’s bed. Does a woman as promiscuous as that deserve you?"

"Shut up."

Su Yu’an turned sharply, his eyes blazing with anger, his commanding presence causing Gu Yan to choke up and hastily step back.

"Gu Yan, don’t you speak ill of her in front of me again, she’s not that kind of woman."

It was all his fault.

He never should have left her under the guise of it being for her own good!

Su Yu’an got into the driver’s seat, slammed the car door with a bang, stepped on the gas pedal, and the car shot off like an arrow leaving its bow.

"Yu’an!"

Gu Yan stamped her foot, her delicate face full of indignation and grievance.

Lin Qian!

The person who had stolen her nineteen years of a privileged life had appeared again!

She had not only stolen the affluent life that was rightfully hers, but also the heart of her fiancé!

What was she to do!

No, she couldn’t just hand over her fiancé on a silver platter; she had to get her birth mother involved.

Pulling out her phone, Gu Yan dialed a number.

"Yanyan, did Yu’an safely escort you home?"

A loving woman’s voice came from the other end of the phone.

Gu Yan shed two tears, her voice quivering, "Mom, Lin Qian is back, we just ran into her outside the residential area, Yu’an is still thinking of her, wanting to be with her. He said, he said he wants to call off our engagement!"

"What? Lin Qian is back? Yanyan, don’t panic, let Mom think."

"Mom, I’ve only just managed to return to you and Dad, and Lin Qian has already enjoyed nineteen years of your meticulous care. She can’t destroy my marriage prospects."

"Yanyan, your parents know they have wronged you, we will find a way to make it up to you."

"Okay, Mom, I love you and Dad."

With Madam Gu’s assurance, Gu Yan hung up the phone, wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, and let out a deep breath.

Lin Qian, she would not let her steal her happiness again!

Inside the car, Lin Qian stared blankly at the night scene outside the window, watching the neon lights on the street flicker, feeling something icy and wet slide down the corner of her eye.

She raised her hand to touch it, only then realizing she had begun to cry without knowing when.

Memories surged like a tide, instantly throwing her mind into disarray.

Before she was nineteen, she had lived a carefree life.

She had a pair of parents who loved her, a wealthy family, and a childhood sweetheart for a boyfriend.

Those times were so blissful they could make anyone envious.

Perhaps it was because she was too happy that the heavens couldn’t stand it and suddenly took away all that happiness that was not hers to keep.

At the age of nineteen, her life changed drastically.

One day, the parents she had lived with for nineteen years suddenly told her that she wasn’t their biological daughter, that she had been switched by a careless nurse at birth, and that her real father was a gambler, her mother already deceased.

Just like that, she had to leave the family she had lived with for nineteen years, disbelieving yet forced to believe, and began living with Lin Hai in a shabby rental that couldn’t even properly be called a home.

Not long after, her childhood sweetheart, Su Yu’an, suddenly broke up with her, stating that she was no longer the Miss of the Gu Family, and he wouldn’t be with a gambler’s daughter.

At that moment, the shock and dismay he brought her were even harder to accept than the ridiculous truth about her birth.

She couldn’t believe he was that kind of person, and she begged him, crying, not to leave her.

However, he just vanished from her world, dealing her a fatal blow with his pointed absence.

Heartbroken, she had to face the harsh reality.

But the nightmare didn’t end there.

She could never have imagined that her recently acknowledged birth father would send her to a stranger’s bed for money...

The tears flowed silently, blurring her vision.

Lin Qian wiped away her tears, letting her thoughts fly chaotically.

The jarring ring of her phone suddenly pulled her back to reality.

She picked up her phone and glanced at it, a flash of complex emotions fleeting across her eyes.