CHAPTER 271: CHAPTER 258 AWAKENING 1

"Hey, they said they want to give you a baby monkey." Lin Zhenxin’s eyes sparkled.

Li Yanan paused, his handsome features turning cold as he looked at her with a stern face.

"Playing around again."

"..." Lin Zhenxin silently lit a candle for herself in her heart.

It truly is said that pregnancy makes you foolish for three years. She was just secretly playing with it while he wasn’t around, not expecting to ’confess’ herself.

"I’m not interested in cross-species breeding."

"..." Lin Zhenxin burst out laughing, especially seeing his straightforward answer.

Ever since the T.N.C Group’s press conference seven months ago, many girls had become fans of Li Yanan’s looks, madly obsessed with him, shouting on Weibo every day that they wanted to have his baby monkey. Lin Zhenxin would sometimes take screenshots and share them with Yao Lemon.

During these months, because of the alliance announced between T.N.C Group and the Hong Kong Jiang Family and Jin Family from Macao, Li Yanan once again became the focus.

It’s known that even after the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, the Hong Kong Jiang Family’s status remained unshakable, as for the Jin Family from Macao that started with gambling...

It’s even more jaw-dropping!

The news of the three-party alliance instantly caused a huge ripple in the business circles of J City!

Li Yanan continued to lower his head, carefully trimming her nails.

Perhaps no one could have imagined that the person so influential outside would look so simple after returning home.

"Ah..." Suddenly, Lin Zhenxin made a sound.

Li Yanan quickly looked up, thinking he had hurt her while clipping.

"It kicked me," Lin Zhenxin said quietly.

During the four to five months of pregnancy, the baby in the belly starts to move.

The first time she felt fetal movement, Li Yanan’s reaction was evidently more intense than hers.

After she mentioned it, Li Yanan dared not move a muscle, his whole body stiffening like stone.

Later, he was clumsy and helpless, making Lin Zhenxin laugh from then till now.

Lin Zhenxin lifted the hem of her cotton dress, pulling over his large hand to cover her belly.

It didn’t take long for Li Yanan to feel the even more intense fetal movement compared to last time, he could even trace the outline of the baby’s small foot.

Suddenly, he looked up, at Lin Zhenxin who was looking down at him with a smile...

Instinctively reached out to cover her head, but just touched, Li Yanan looked at her.

"How many days?"

Lin Zhenxin’s face instantly turned red.

He was asking how many days she hadn’t washed her hair, she secretly extended one finger.

"Hmm?" Li Yanan hummed in response, and Lin Zhenxin immediately added two more, three days...

"I’ll help you wash it later."

"Husband, I love you." Hearing this, Lin Zhenxin immediately reached out to wrap her arms around his neck.

But Li Yanan buried his face in her neck, suppressing the smile at the corner of his mouth...

After dinner, as usual, Li Yanan accompanied Lin Zhenxin downstairs for a walk.

Seven months ago, the police officially announced that Li Yanan was merely assisting in the investigation and had no connection with Lu Dawei’s case.

Almost two days later, Susan He flew back to New York and hasn’t returned since.

"Does it stink?" Lin Zhenxin touched her head and could already feel the grease.

Since her belly was getting bigger by the day, she didn’t bathe as often as she used to, after all, it’s inconvenient with a big belly.

Even for washing hair, it had become a matter of her mood.

The only downside of long hair, but when she said she wanted to cut it, Li Yanan disagreed.

Lin Zhenxin helplessly glanced at her hair that was almost waist-length, feeling exhausted.

Li Yanan, upon hearing this, lowered his head to smell the top of her head, shaking his head.

"Liar." Lin Zhenxin laughed, saying in a playful tone, who was disgusted by her earlier?

Just then, Li Yanan’s phone rang, he glanced at the caller ID and answered.

With just a few words, Li Yanan’s expression turned cold as he hung up the phone.

"What’s wrong?" Lin Zhenxin noticed his emotional shift and looked up at him.

Li Yanan looked at her, still holding the phone in his hand.

"Tu Wanzi is at the entrance of the community."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhenxin was initially stunned, then her expression turned a bit cold.

"What’s the matter?" Why would Tu Wanzi be at the community entrance?

"It’s about Tu Haohao."

As soon as Li Yanan finished his sentence, Lin Zhenxin’s heart skipped a beat.

What happened to Tu Haohao?

No, even if something happened to Haohao, why would Tu Wanzi come to find her?

"Take me to see."

By the time Li Yanan and Lin Zhenxin reached the entrance, Tu Wanzi’s emotions were already on the verge of losing control.

Seeing Lin Zhenxin, she couldn’t hide her sinister expression in time, making her look somewhat awkward.

"What happened to Haohao?" Lin Zhenxin was unwilling to waste words with Tu Wanzi, but she wouldn’t ignore anything regarding Tu Haohao.

Mentioning Tu Haohao, Tu Wanzi clenched her fists tightly, just staring at her...

And her prominently bulging belly.

"Haohao woke up."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhenxin felt a moment of joy, but soon after sensed something was amiss.

If Haohao had woken up, why would Tu Wanzi have such an expression?

Moreover, why would she come to find her?

"So, why did you come to find me?"

Lin Zhenxin’s voice was cold and indifferent, clearly the attitude she customarily had towards the Tu Family.

Because Li Yanan was present, Tu Wanzi had a sense of deep apprehension, but hidden behind that apprehension were other emotions.

"Why won’t you come to the hospital and see for yourself?"

Tu Wanzi’s words were gritted and somewhat puzzling to Lin Zhenxin.

Yet, she was still concerned about Tu Haohao, so she instinctively turned her head to look at Li Yanan beside her.

"If you want to go, I’ll take you."

In the hospital.

Lin Zhenxin really disliked hospitals.

The heavy smell of disinfectant mixed with the stark white walls made her instinctively slow down her footsteps.

Tu Wanzi, however, walked quickly.

It was clear she was anxious.

Along the way, Lin Zhenxin envisioned all sorts of situations that might have happened to Haohao.

Actually, over these past seven months, Lin Zhenxin had been having Li Yanan constantly gather information about Tu Haohao.

At the entrance of the special care ward, Tu Shaohong was sitting there.

Hearing footsteps, he looked up, his sharp eyes scanning over Lin Zhenxin and then Li Yanan behind her.

This man, he had indeed underestimated him before.

Tu Haohao had actually woken up two or three days ago, but Tu Shaohong had forcibly suppressed the news.

Tu Wanzi tried through various channels to meet Lin Zhenxin, but Li Yanan had been protecting her too well.

If it hadn’t been for being unable to hold back today, Tu Wanzi wouldn’t have directly sought her out.

"Go in." Tu Wanzi suddenly turned her head, looking at Lin Zhenxin, her gaze again falling on her prominently bulging belly.

Why, why was even the opportunity to be a mother taken away from Haohao...

While Lin Zhenxin could live so splendidly?

Why...

Why is the world so unfair?

Seeing Tu Wanzi like this, Lin Zhenxin was even more unsure of what had happened to Tu Haohao.

Li Yanan, however, had an expression of understanding everything.

In fact, he did know what had happened to Tu Haohao, but in Li Yanan’s view, it wasn’t a reason for Tu Wanzi to harass Zhenxin wantonly.

Lin Zhenxin slowly pushed open the ward door...

The ward was very quiet.

Being a special care ward, there was only one bed.

The humidifier was quietly operating, flowers were blooming, and even the curtains were changed to a pale pink.

The hospital had central air-conditioning for heating and cooling, maintaining a constant temperature year-round, so it didn’t feel stuffy inside.

Everything in the room seemed beautiful.

But Lin Zhenxin’s eyes first landed on the lying form of Tu Haohao in bed.

Her long hair had been shaved off as per the operation’s requirement, and although much of it had grown back over time, it wasn’t nearly as long as before.

In her comatose state, Tu Haohao couldn’t eat, surviving only on nutrient infusions.

So over the past seven months or so, she appeared emaciated, with her cheeks deeply sunken.

Lin Zhenxin couldn’t help but recall how Tu Haohao looked the first time they met.

Just as she was thinking about it, Tu Haohao on the bed seemed to sense someone’s presence and slowly opened her eyes.

Those eyes were big and bright, but on her thin face, there was an unspeakable sense of fragility.

"Sister..."

As soon as Lin Zhenxin heard the hoarse and weak voice, she felt tears threatening to come out.

"What... what happened to... me?" A sense of confusion and bewilderment flashed in Tu Haohao’s eyes.

Lin Zhenxin pursed her lips tightly, not speaking for a moment.

"Who... who are they?"

The ’they’ in Tu Haohao’s mouth had just entered from outside the door.

Lin Zhenxin widened her eyes, first looking at the just-entered Tu Wanzi and Tu Shaohong, then set her sights on Tu Haohao.

Li Yanan looked on indifferently at the scene before him.

"Sister... where’s mom?"

Tu Haohao’s words instantly froze the air in the ward...

"Lin Zhenxin, just what kind of spell did you cast on Haohao?"

Just outside the ward, Tu Wanzi burst into tears, even attempting to attack Lin Zhenxin.

But how could Li Yanan let Tu Wanzi succeed? Soon, she was thrown aside.

Lin Zhenxin hadn’t yet recovered from the earlier shock and looked at Tu Wanzi with a blank expression, unable to sort out her feelings.

After a brief conversation inside, Lin Zhenxin finally understood...

Why, even though Tu Haohao had woken up, Tu Wanzi still looked that way.

Tu Haohao had lost her memory.

In fact, saying so isn’t entirely accurate.

Tu Haohao’s memory wasn’t just lost; it was in chaos.

In her memory, the only person she could remember was Lin Zhenxin.

Yet based on this, Tu Haohao’s memories were all jumbled, so much so that even when Tu Wanzi stood in front of her, she didn’t recognize her as her mother!

"That is my daughter... my Haohao..."

Tu Wanzi collapsed to the ground, crying uncontrollably for the first time regardless of her image.

Lin Zhenxin watched her coldly, but felt deeply conflicted inside.

Tu Shaohong tightly pressed his lips, staring intently and cautiously at Lin Zhenxin.

"Do you know what Haohao arranged before she jumped?" Tu Shaohong suddenly spoke.

Lin Zhenxin was annoyed by his tone.

"She found a lawyer, wanting to transfer half of her share of Tu Family’s stocks to you..."

Tu Shaohong’s words left Lin Zhenxin initially stunned, then incredulous.

However, this was indeed something Tu Haohao would do.