After the divorce, the CEO forced me to have his child.

Gu Zhiyao tugged at her hand and said, "Silly Ayu, I'm fine. With you as my best friend, I'll definitely live on. I promised you yesterday that I'd start over, and look, I've already taken action!"

"Okay, then I'll go with you to get the refund. I have a meeting this morning, and I'll come back in the afternoon to go with you. Are you going back to Lin Houze's law firm today? How about we go after get off work? After we get the refund, we can have dinner and then watch a movie. I think there's a pretty good suspense movie out there recently."

"No need, I'll go get the refund myself. After I get it, I'll head back to the law firm, have dinner with you tonight, and then watch a movie."

"Okay, then call me if you need anything."

"Ah."

A while later, Lin Yu went out, and at noon, Gu Zhiyao also brought some things to the maternity and baby store.

The shop assistant recognized her and was surprised to hear that she was going to return these items. "Ms. Gu, why do you want to return them? Is there something wrong with them? Tell me and I'll see if I can explain it to you."

"Oh, no, it's because... I miscarried." Gu Zhiyao hesitated for a moment before telling the sincere and nervous shop assistant.

Upon hearing this, the shop assistant was immediately shocked, then choked up and asked, "How could it have leaked? Was it an accident? Or was there some other reason?"

"Yes, this is my first pregnancy, so I don't have much experience," Gu Zhiyao said simply.

The clerk didn't ask any more questions and immediately went to process her application.

Gu Zhiyao tilted her head back, held back her tears, and after calming down, looked around and unexpectedly saw a familiar figure.

Sister An?

What's Sister An doing here?

Is she seeing things?

Gu Zhiyao was about to make a silly gesture of wiping her eyes when An Qian walked up to her and asked in a questioning and shocked tone, "You're pregnant?"

Gu Zhiyao remained stunned and silent.

"Are you really pregnant? Why didn't you tell me? Why did you deny it when I asked you last time? Gu Zhiyao, what exactly happened to you? All these things are like a fog surrounding me, I can't understand them at all. And who is the father of the child?" Anxi roared out a barrage of questions.

She reached out and grasped Gu Zhiyao's hand tightly.

Gu Zhiyao endured the slight pain, biting her lip hard, and the tears she had just suppressed welled up in her eyes again.

"Is it that Lin Houze? Is the child his?" Anxi asked again.

“No, it has nothing to do with him,” Gu Zhiyao added.

"Who was that? You said you had a boyfriend, but then you said you broke up. Why did you break up? Was it because of this child? Did he not want the child? You planned to have the child, but there was an accident and you miscarried. Why did the accident happen? Are there any aftereffects on your body? Gu Zhiyao, you idiot! Didn't I tell you to tell me as soon as you got pregnant? Why didn't you tell me? Do you not care about me, or is there some other reason? I really don't understand. Given our relationship, how could you... Gu Zhiyao, what did I do wrong?"

You said you were going abroad, but you ended up working as a lawyer at someone else's law firm without even telling me. I'm still worried every day about whether you'll adapt well abroad. On one hand, I hope you adapt and achieve great results, but on the other hand, I'm worried that if you get used to it there, you won't come back, and we might never see each other again in this lifetime.

The result is...

Gu Zhiyao, why did things turn out like this? Even though I was reluctant to let you go, I didn't force you to stay. I thought that based on our relationship, even if we weren't family, we should at least be good friends. But these events show that I was overthinking things, and it was just wishful thinking on my part.

Those people in the office, though outwardly cheerful and respectful, probably still harbor resentment towards me. But do I want to be the villain? I have responsibilities in this position, and I'm doing it all for their own good. I genuinely care about everyone. Even you're like this. It seems I'm truly a failure. I…”

Anxi had never reacted so strongly before. Perhaps it was because too many things had been piling up in her heart recently, and this was the perfect moment for it to explode.

She even cried.

Gu Zhiyao felt a pang of sadness. She hadn't expected to run into An Qian, nor had she expected An Qian to react this way. Although they had worked together for two years and formed a deep bond, and An Qian treated her very differently, she truly considered An Qian as an older sister, one of the few people she cared about.

But Anxi's words today still deeply moved her.

She felt she could no longer keep it from Anxi.

No matter what the consequences of revealing this secret are, it doesn't matter. She has survived the most difficult and painful times, so what else can defeat her!

Therefore, after taking a deep breath, Gu Zhiyao resolutely said, "The child is He Yi's. He is the father of the child I was pregnant with."

As expected, Anxi was struck dumb. Her previous excitement immediately turned into shock and disbelief. "Mr. He...? You're saying the child is Mr. He's? My God, when did you get together with Mr. He? How could this happen? Didn't you say you weren't infatuated with him? How come you're pregnant with his child? And he actually got you pregnant? Didn't he only like that Miss Zheng? Zhiyao..."

"Did you get this child through special means? But you're not that kind of person, and President He isn't someone who's easily manipulated. Besides, if you really dared to scheme against him like that, you wouldn't be unscathed. What exactly happened? My God, my brain can't process this! Just tell me the truth, my dear sister, tell me the real situation!"

Gu Zhiyao nodded, took An Qian's arm, and explained the whole story.

Upon hearing this, Anxi was once again deeply shaken, as if petrified, unable to speak for a long time.

She needs time to process this news; it's unbelievable, it's so unexpected!

She recalled a series of related events, and some of her previous doubts were answered.

Then, all that remained in her heart was a deep heartache. Without a word, she pulled Gu Zhiyao into her arms, choking back sobs, "Gu Zhiyao, you fool, why did you do this? I told you he's not someone we should be involved with, not someone ordinary people like us can have, yet you still threw yourself into it? You're sincere towards him, aren't you? You love him? And love him so much? Otherwise, given your personality, you wouldn't..."

"No, how could he be willing to let you get pregnant? Even if he had to agree to register your marriage and fulfill your marital obligations in order to save Zheng Yuanxi, he could have easily used protection. He's so smart, he must have known that if he didn't use protection, you would have a child. But when you got pregnant, he made you abort it. It's really incomprehensible, it's like a fantasy movie."