Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

Qi Ning pulled a tissue from the table and wiped away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes: "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I don't know the reason. What if it's a health issue? I'm afraid that telling you would embarrass him."

These words made Gu's mother choke for a moment. So, Qi Ning was trying to save face for Gu Zhaoting and was thinking of him in every way, which is why she had wronged herself.

But Gu's mother ultimately sided with her son, and she quickly put on a stern face and said, "No matter what the reason is, you shouldn't have kept it a secret. How long do you intend to keep it a secret? Will keeping it a secret solve the problem?"

Qi Ning lowered her head and remained silent.

Gu's mother looked at her and gave her a long lecture: "How can you not sleep together or have children after getting married? If you had told me earlier, I would have helped you solve this problem. I would have talked to Zhao Ting about it, but you two are like you're both mute..."

Although Gu's mother was scolding him, she was actually not very confident. She knew that Gu Zhaoting was mainly responsible for this matter.

Therefore, she stopped after saying a few words.

"Alright, stop crying. I'll talk to Zhaoting about this later."

Mrs. Gu stood up and walked towards the stairwell: "I'll go check on your rooms."

"Mom, wait!"

Qi Ning quickly stood up.

Cheng Yin is still up there; if she goes up and sees this, it will be terrible.

"What's wrong?" Gu's mother turned around.

Qi Ning stammered, "Mom, there's something else you don't know. Actually, Zhao Ting has rarely come back to live here since we got married. When he does come back occasionally, he doesn't stay with me. I've always slept alone in the master bedroom. There's really nothing to see here."

"What? Zhao Ting is absolutely outrageous!"

Gu's mother always thought that the young couple lived together, but she never expected that they not only didn't share a room, but they didn't even live together.

So, their loving relationship in front of outsiders was all an act.

Mother Gu turned around and strode out, saying, "Wait here, I'm going to find him right now."

Her driver was waiting for her outside, and Gu's mother quickly got into the car and left.

Cheng Yin did not go downstairs until the first floor quieted down.

Qi Ning heard footsteps, looked up, and then sat back down on the sofa.

Cheng Yin had heard everything upstairs. He walked up to Qi Ning, looked at her slightly reddened eyes, and unconsciously frowned.

"Has Gu Zhaoting's mother always treated you this way?"

She was completely indiscriminate, and regardless of whether it was Gu Zhaoting's fault or not, she would scold her daughter-in-law first.

Qi Ning leaned back lazily on the sofa: "You're making a fuss over nothing, aren't you? Most mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships are like this."

Cheng Yin sat down next to her, paused for a moment, and said, "Did she say those things just now to urge you and Gu Zhaoting to have a child?"

Qi Ning nodded: "She's always been urging me, and now that she knows about this, she'll probably urge me again."

“Then you…” Cheng Yin’s expression was complicated.

Qi Ning understood Cheng Yin's unspoken meaning and said, "I don't know, we'll see. Besides, having a child isn't something I can decide on my own."

Although her words were vague, she clearly did not object to having a child with Gu Zhaoting.

With the pressure from both sets of parents to have children, I'm afraid...

Cheng Yin looked at Qi Ning and fell silent.

He seemed to have no right to interfere in this matter, and even if he said something, Qi Ning wouldn't listen.

In her view, their relationship was not as good as her marriage to Gu Zhaoting.

Once Qi Ning and Gu Zhaoting decide to have a child, their relationship will probably be over.

Qi Ning patted him: "By the way, didn't you say you were going on a business trip today? Why aren't you leaving yet?"

Cheng Yin hadn't forgotten, of course. He looked away and said calmly, "Let's go right away."

He sent a message to his driver.

Half an hour later, Cheng Yin said goodbye to Qi Ning and left Lan Garden.

He first went back to his residence to change his clothes, and then went to the airport with Secretary Fang.

Secretary Fang could clearly sense that their CEO Cheng was preoccupied today. His expression was solemn and he didn't say a word, so much so that neither he nor the driver dared to make a sound.

It wasn't until they were almost at the airport that Cheng Yin suddenly spoke up: "You had dealings with that female secretary who used to work for Gu Zhaoting. I think her surname was Ye, and her given name was something like Ye?"

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"Ye Yunyi," Secretary Fang immediately replied, perking up.

Upon hearing the name, Cheng Yin murmured, "It should be her."

The Cheng Group and the Gu Group are competitors in the business world, but they also have some cooperation, so it is inevitable that they have a lot of interactions.

As Cheng Yin's secretary, Secretary Fang also frequently interacted with Gu Zhaoting's secretary.

Ye Yunyi was Gu Zhaoting's secretary for several years, but Secretary Fang remembered that about three years ago, Secretary Ye stopped appearing and Gu Zhaoting's secretary was replaced by someone else.

"President Cheng, why did you suddenly bring her up? Didn't she stop working for Gu Zhaoting a long time ago?" Secretary Fang asked, puzzled.

Cheng Yin looked out the car window and didn't respond for a moment.

Of course, he didn't think of Ye Yunyi for no reason.

After hearing those words at Qi Ning's house today, Cheng Yin has been thinking about one question: why was Gu Zhaoting unwilling to have children with Qi Ning a few years ago?

Is it due to physical reasons or psychological reasons?

If it's a psychological reason, then it's probably because he has someone else on his mind.

So who could this person be?

Cheng Yin suddenly remembered that at the party last night, a waiter broke a wine glass, and he had subconsciously glanced at it.

He caught sight of the waiter's face, a face that seemed strangely familiar to Cheng Yin, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

Cheng Yin didn't immediately recognize the waiter, but he noticed that Gu Zhaoting's gaze was constantly, intentionally or unintentionally, fixed on the waiter.

What kind of waiter could attract Gu Zhaoting's attention so much?

Cheng Yin finally remembered that she looked a lot like Gu Zhaoting's former secretary-general.

Cheng Yin vaguely remembered that back then, Gu Zhaoting and his secretary's behavior and eye contact revealed ambiguity. At the time, Cheng Yin didn't pay much attention to it. After all, it's not unusual for business people to have some kind of ambiguous relationship with their secretaries, and he wasn't interested in his private affairs.

But now it's different.

Last night, Gu Zhaoting suddenly started showing affection by holding Qi Ning's hand. Ye Yunyi accidentally broke a wine glass when she saw this. Afterwards, Gu Zhaoting acted strangely and disappeared after the party ended...

Connecting these seemingly unrelated events, Cheng Yin had a guess: Could it be that Gu Zhaoting was unwilling to have children with Qi Ning because of that woman?

If that's the case, then everything makes sense.

Three years ago, Gu Zhaoting got married, and that secretary happened to disappear. Gu Zhaoting did not forget her after getting married, and now he deliberately pretends to be intimate with his wife in front of her.

Just when Secretary Fang thought Cheng Yin wouldn't answer, he spoke again.

"Have someone investigate that Ye Yunyi."

Secretary Fang was taken aback for a moment, then quickly replied, "Yes, I will arrange for someone to investigate as soon as possible."

After explaining the matter, Cheng Yin went on a business trip to another city.

As for Gu's mother, she went to find Gu Zhaoting as soon as she left Lanyuan that day.

She went directly to Gu Zhaoting's office.

"Mom, why are you here?"

Without wasting words, Mrs. Gu sat down and asked directly, "Are you still in contact with your former secretary?"

Gu Zhaoting's expression changed: "What are you talking about? What secretary?"

Mother Gu scoffed, "What secretary? Do I have to remind you? It's that one surnamed Ye, Ye Yunyi, isn't it?"

Why did you suddenly bring her up?

Seeing Gu Zhaoting's somewhat evasive expression, Gu's mother already knew the answer.

"So it's really because of her that you didn't sleep with Ningning after marriage and didn't have children with her?"

Gu Zhaoting was surprised that his mother knew about this matter. He suddenly raised his head and fell silent for a moment.

"Zhaoting, you're foolish! You actually did this for that woman, you..."

Looking at her son, Gu's mother was so angry that she could hardly speak.

She slammed her hand on the table: "You're already married! Even if you're keeping her on the side, even if you're entangled with her, it doesn't affect your marriage with Qi Ning! How could you do this for her... Ye Yunyi, you've got some serious methods!"

“Mom, it has nothing to do with her. I just couldn’t figure it out before, but now I have nothing to do with her anymore,” Gu Zhaoting said.

"Have you figured it out now?" Gu's mother asked in return.

Gu Zhaoting recalled the scene he witnessed last night: Ye Yunyi and Xiao Qiming embracing each other tightly.

He'd been thinking about it all night, and it was time he'd finally figured it out.

Gu Zhaoting nodded.

Mother Gu was skeptical: "You've already figured it out as soon as I mentioned it? If you really have, you should live a good life with your wife and give me a grandson as soon as possible!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhaoting did not respond immediately.

"Did you hear that?" Mrs. Gu asked.

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