Capítulo 782: Chapter 782: Zhiyi, My Legs Hurt

If Fu Shu is really pregnant with Gong Chen’s child.

Even if all of this was a setup, Lin Zhiyi could not accept it.

She would definitely leave with Xingxing.

Lin Zhiyi looked at Gong Chen without speaking, and directly got to the point.

“Third Young Master, don’t try to deceive me.”

“I saw everything that day. Although you took a shower and changed your clothes, it was clear that two people had slept on that bed.”

“When you went to the bathroom, I found a strand of long hair in the sheets, and Chen Jin showing up at the elevator door from the start was just to stall me.”

Through the steam of the teacup, the two stared at each other.

“Zhiyi, I’ve asked you before if you trust me.”

“How can I trust you like this? Now everyone thinks you two have a child.”

Lin Zhiyi’s expression was tense.

Holding the hot tea, her heart felt as if it was soaked in ice water.

No matter how relaxed she wanted to be, when truly faced with it, she was still very resistant.

Lin Zhiyi’s gaze was somewhat evasive, but the man’s somber eyes seemed to have a capture device.

Firmly capturing her attention.

Gong Chen raised his hands between them.

Lin Zhiyi thought it was strange and didn’t know what to look at.

In her puzzled gaze, Gong Chen actually opened the gemstone on the cufflinks.

A small white pill fell out from inside.

“Given by Li Huan, it can neutralize drugs; the only downside is the long neutralization time, so I could only play dead throughout.”

“Play dead?” Lin Zhiyi repeated in surprise.

“We have talked before about how the Fu siblings appeared so oddly, and Fu Shu approached us with a purpose but never revealed the people behind her. Aren’t you curious?” Gong Chen countered.

Lin Zhiyi suddenly realized: “So you went along with the plan?”

Gong Chen nodded.

“Because this matter couldn’t have been done by the Bai family’s mother and daughter alone, and the wine you handed over was absolutely not problematic, it was just an eye shielding technique.”

Hearing this, Lin Zhiyi took a sip of tea to warm her body.

“After you detected it, you deliberately let Fu Shu succeed?”

“She didn’t succeed, Zhiyi, watch your words, this concerns my innocence.” Gong Chen emphasized intentionally.

“But clearly on the scene…”

Lin Zhiyi didn’t finish her sentence.

She felt that men and women had a different understanding of success.

Women think that as soon as a man touches another woman, it’s crossing the line.

Men think that as long as they don’t complete the final step, it’s not considered success.

Gong Chen noticed Lin Zhiyi’s awkward expression and his lips curled up.

Leaving so nonchalantly, but still jealous inside.

“Zhiyi, there’s a saying that you can never wake up someone who’s pretending to sleep.”

“I don’t have feelings for other women, and she could do nothing.”

“So she could only mess up the room and then create traces on her body indicating I forced her.”

“But she didn’t expect Chen Jin to arrive so quickly, nor that I would be ruthless enough to kick her out half-dressed instead of being caught red-handed by you.”

“Lacking that step of being seen, so…”

Lin Zhiyi continued: “So she needs a situation to publicly announce her pregnancy, then force you to acknowledge the child.”

Gong Chen nodded.

The big problem was solved.

But…

Lin Zhiyi drank tea, her gaze darting around.

“She was barely clad, so Third Young Master shouldn’t be any better off, right?”

“What do you think?”

Gong Chen took a sip of tea.

“She stripped you!” Lin Zhiyi widened her eyes.

“…”

Gong Chen was startled by her, almost dropping his teacup.

“No.” He frowned, solemnly said, “I spent so much money hiring Chen Jin, and he isn’t just for show. Once he realized the scam, he found me immediately. Fu Shu only managed to mess up my clothes, thinking I was unconscious and unaware.”

Lin Zhiyi sneaked a glance at him: “Then why did you shower?”

Gong Chen explained: “The perfume on her had aphrodisiac added. If I didn’t shower, anyone who hadn’t taken the pill would get all messed up after smelling too much.”

Lin Zhiyi nodded, poured herself some tea.

Suddenly thinking of something, she looked up at Gong Chen.

“Third Young Master, why did you say the wine I gave you definitely had no problem? If there was no problem, how did you get drugged? And why didn’t you tell me the truth?”

Gong Chen said: “Because I, like you, thought there was a problem with the wine you gave me, then the target turned to you, which meant I couldn’t act recklessly but had to quickly clear you and Xingxing out, just like now.”

Lin Zhiyi listened, for a moment not knowing what to say.

No wonder during the day at Su He Bay, as soon as Gong Chen entered the master bedroom, he had Lin Zhiyi smash things and argue.

And helped her pack the luggage.

Had her and Xingxing leave quickly.

Lin Zhiyi looked at him: “What about now? Why was there no problem with the wine?”

Gong Chen: “As you said, the wine got to you, then to me, full of coincidences, which isn’t something the Bai family women could control, but it’s much simpler with a different thought process.”

“What thought process?” Lin Zhiyi rubbed her brow.

“There was nothing wrong with the wine, anyone could drink it, because besides this, I drank something more than you did.”

“Tea.” Lin Zhiyi said.

“The tea also had no problem because my uncle poured it for me.”

“…”

“But the wine plus the tea is uncertain, I drank the tea and the drug’s effect kicked in quickly after.” Gong Chen recalled.

Lin Zhiyi came to her senses.

“So someone wants me to take the fall, deliberately guiding me to give you the wine, so even if you got drugged, you wouldn’t suspect anything else.”

“Only the Bai family mother and daughter could manage that, as it was they who toasted you, so I hurriedly swapped your wine.” Lin Zhiyi suddenly stood up, speaking with certainty.

In the next moment.

Lin Zhiyi’s waist was encircled by the man’s strong arms.

She suddenly found herself sitting on Gong Chen’s lap.

He pulled her into his embrace, inhaling her scent deeply under his nose.

“Then what about the tea in the meeting room? The Bai family women weren’t present; how could they be sure I would definitely drink the tea?”

Indeed.

Yang Jingwei couldn’t be sure unless she watched Gong Chen drink the tea.

Lin Zhiyi, following Gong Chen’s line of thought, speculated: “Could it be because she had Fu Shu spray perfume? Even if you didn’t drink the tea, encountering Fu Shu would still enchant you with her perfume scent.”

“Too many uncertainties, if I didn’t leave the meeting room, how could Fu Shu approach me?” Gong Chen countered.

“…”

Lin Zhiyi couldn’t come up with anything.

After a moment of silence in the room.

Gong Chen turned his head to look at her: “Today another person from the Jiang family came.”

Lin Zhiyi immediately guessed who it was.

“Old Mr. Gong?”

“Hmm.”

“So timely? Could Fu Shu be someone he planted in between you and the Jiang family?” Lin Zhiyi spoke suspiciously.

With Old Mr. Gong’s power, coupled with Gong Yao and the Bai family’s women working together.

Causing chaos at the Jiang family banquet wouldn’t actually be difficult.

Lin Zhiyi racked her brain, feeling that she was about to be wrapped in circles.

Either the Bai family women or Old Mr. Gong.

Gong Chen saw her nose slightly wrinkle and laughed lightly: “Want to know? Just cooperate with me.”

“How to cooperate?”

Lin Zhiyi became interested.

Gong Chen suddenly became ‘weak’.

“Zhiyi, my legs hurt.”