Chapter 10: The Fake Diamond Ring That Wild Man Gave You?

Gu Hanchen pointed upward, "Isn't Mi Chen our child? Yuan Xi, you can't neglect one for the other, only caring about your child with that other man and not about our little Mi Chen."

Yuan Xi: "..."

Huo Shiyuan: "..."

Gu Hanchen, looking at the rice grains on the back seat, said, "Yuan Xi, what am I to say about you? You've made President Huo's car so dirty. President Huo, why don't you hand your car over to Yuan Xi and have her drive to the car wash for a thorough cleaning?"

Huo Shiyuan said, "It's okay."

Yuan Xi had lost her appetite, afraid to eat too much because of morning sickness, "President Huo, I've finished eating. Let's talk upstairs."

Once inside the elevator, Gu Hanchen noticed the big diamond ring on Yuan Xi's hand, "I had dinner with Bo Fan yesterday, and Chu Yan said you were wearing a fake diamond ring; I didn't believe it. Is that the fake diamond ring that other man gave you?"

Yuan Xi frowned and said, "Mr. Gu, please stop calling him that other man. We're married now; he's my legitimate husband."

"Married!?" Gu Hanchen was shocked, "How did you just go and get married?"

Yuan Xi replied, "It's normal to get married when there's a child."

Gu Hanchen, with a frown said, "You must invite me when you have your wedding. I really want to see which male fox spirit has lured you away!"

Yuan Xi said, "I don't have any plans for a wedding just yet."

Gu Hanchen sneered, "Can't afford it, right? That fox spirit gives you a fake diamond ring and expects to afford a wedding?"

Yuan Xi: "Mr. Gu, you might as well not worry about whether I can afford a wedding and concentrate on the IPO. We've been busy with it for more than two years; we can't afford any mistakes."

Gu Hanchen said to Yuan Xi, "You know we can't afford to fail, and yet you get pregnant? You'd better not let me find out who that fox spirit is. He's the biggest stumbling block for Mi Chen's IPO. If I run into him, I will definitely kick him far away."

Yuan Xi glanced at Huo Shiyuan beside her.

Huo Shiyuan brushed the rice grains off his coat.

After arriving at the office, Huo Shiyuan and Gu Hanchen entered the office.

Yuan Xi asked Huo Shiyuan, "What would you like to drink, President Huo?"

Huo Shiyuan said, "No need."

Gu Hanchen looked at Yuan Xi, "I want coffee, the kind you grind by hand."

After Yuan Xi left, she instructed the new secretary that had just started working to grind the coffee for Gu Hanchen, figuring he wouldn't be able to tell if she'd done it herself or not.

Yuan Xi, busy with work, felt incredibly sleepy in the afternoon. After looking up online and confirming that pregnant women could drink coffee, she went to the coffee machine in the administration department's pantry and made herself a cup.

Just as Yuan Xi got back to her office, she ran into Huo Shiyuan coming out of Gu Hanchen's office.

Upon seeing Yuan Xi with a cup of coffee, Huo Shiyuan said, "You're pregnant. You should cut down on the coffee."

Yuan Xi: "I checked. A small amount of coffee shouldn't harm the baby."

Huo Shiyuan said to Gu Hanchen, "Before the Mi Chen IPO, you wouldn't want anything to go wrong with Mi Chen's future sibling, would you?"

"Huh?" Gu Hanchen was taken aback.

Huo Shiyuan pointed at Yuan Xi's belly, "Let Secretary Yuan get some rest when she's tired. What era do you think this is? Don't act like Boss Zhou."

Gu Hanchen looked at Huo Shiyuan, "That doesn't sound like something you'd say."

Huo Shiyuan looked at Yuan Xi worriedly, and she smiled lightly and said, "President Huo, don't worry. I'll take good care of myself, thank you for your concern."

Gu Hanchen escorted Huo Shiyuan out, feeling that something was amiss.

After drinking a cup of coffee, Yuan Xi's sleepiness faded, and she received a call from Yang Ying.

"Hello, Mom."

Yang Ying said, "Xinxin, are you free to come home today? The date for the homecoming banquet has been set for the evening of May 22. What do you think?"

Yuan Xi glanced at her schedule, "Yes, Mom."

Yang Ying said, "Also, I've prepared a few dresses for you. Do you have time to come try them on tonight?"

Yuan Xi said, "I've already prepared a dress."

"Xinxin..."

"Mom, I still have work to do, so if there's nothing else, I'll hang up."

Yuan Xi hung up the phone. Even though she had found her birth parents, there was still a barrier.

Yuan Xi gently touched her belly.

"Secretary Yuan?"

Yuan Xi looked up to see Bo Fan and rose to her feet, saying, "Mr. Bo, what brings you to Michen?"

Bo Fan said, "Our company's artists are going to participate in the Forest Pursuit game competition. I came to talk with Gu Hanchen about the specifics of the cooperation."

Yuan Xi led Bo Fan into Gu Hanchen's office, "Mr. Gu, Mr. Bo is here."

When Gu Hanchen saw Bo Fan come in, he looked at him defensively, "You're not here to poach from my company, are you? Don't even think about taking Yuan Xi away."

Bo Fan said, "I do want to poach Yuan Xi. She hasn't agreed, saying she wants a job with more leisure."

Gu Hanchen said, "She's been bewitched by a male fox spirit, to get married and pregnant at 26. What was she thinking, wasting her youth on raising children. She's completely foolish!"

Bo Fan looked at Yuan Xi's flat stomach with slight surprise, "Secretary Yuan, you're pregnant? I couldn't tell."

Yuan Xi said with a faint smile, "Just about five weeks pregnant, it's not showing yet."

Gu Hanchen, upon hearing Yuan Xi's words, calculated the timeline, "Five weeks? Weren't you still attending a dinner party with me five weeks ago? That day, you and Huo Shiyuan got so drunk, you ended up sleeping at the hotel. Won't the child be affected?"

Yuan Xi said, "Should be fine."

Bo Fan asked, "Huo Shiyuan? The Huo Shiyuan from Shixi Finance? He's in Jiang City?"

Gu Hanchen nodded, "He's been here for nearly half a year now, he's quite idle, coming to Michen every day to hover over me."

Bo Fan said, "Fan Yan is now looking for investment from Shixi Finance. Could you help us set up a meeting?"

Gu Hanchen replied, "Huo Shiyuan doesn't attend dinner parties, don't even bother trying to meet with him."

Downstairs in the Michen Building, Chu Yan, her nails perfectly polished, watched Bo Fan's car pull into the visitor's area, her fingers trembling slightly.

Chu Yan walked inside Michen and overheard two receptionists' conversation.

"Mr. Bo is really handsome. No wonder he and the young Miss from the Chu Family were trending on social media for their engagement. It's like a novel come to life."

"It's such a pity for Secretary Yuan. If the Chu Family had recognized her as their true daughter earlier, maybe the one marrying into the Bo Family would have been Secretary Yuan!"

"I think Secretary Yuan is a better match for Mr. Gu. He's got a temper that only Secretary Yuan can handle."

"I think Mr. Bo and Secretary Yuan are the better match, a true heiress matched with a true tycoon, and Mr. Gu doesn't fit the tycoon bill—he's more of a maverick!"

Chu Yan clenched her fist upon hearing the gossiping receptionists.

Seeing the two people who came down from the CEO's private elevator, Bo Fan in front, followed by Yuan Xi.

"Mr. Bo, we'll follow up with the detailed cooperation plan for the star competition of Forest Pursuit after the marketing and PR departments have developed the plans and then communicate with you."

Bo Fan said with a light smile, "Good, I feel at ease with you in charge, Secretary Yuan, more reliable than your boss, Mr. Gu."

Yuan Xi smiled faintly.

Chu Yan watched the smiles between the two, feeling a sharp sting in her eyes.

Chu Yan approached and wrapped her arm around Yuan Xi familiarly, "Sister, I was just about to go to Cuijing Pavilion to pick out a necklace with my mom. Why don't you help me choose one as well? It can be a gift from us sisters for her."

Yuan Xi said, "I'm still on work hours."

Chu Yan said, "I'll just talk to Brother Hanchen. Michen won't fall apart without you here."

Bo Fan told Yuan Xi, "Yanyan is right, Yuan Xi, just go with her. It so happens that Cuijing Pavilion just got some high-end pieces that would make a great present for Aunt Yang."

Seeing Chu Yan's arm enfolded around her own, and the time nearly at the end of the workday, Yuan Xi agreed to go with Chu Yan.

After all, it was about choosing a gift for Yang Ying; she had no reason to refuse.

The car stopped outside an antique mansion.

As Chu Yan got out of the car, she looked at Yuan Xi and said, "Even though you're now the real heiress of the Chu Family, there are still things you can't just dream of getting. Today I'll make you understand that you are not qualified enough to enter the Bo Family's door."

Yuan Xi furrowed her brows slightly; she really wanted to find some work for this heiress to do, so she wouldn't be so idle.

Yuan Xi saw a well-maintained, middle-aged woman in a cheongsam come out.

"Auntie," greeted Chu Yan obediently.

Yuan Xi said, "Mrs. Bo."

Madam Bo looked at Yuan Xi and said, "You are Hanchen's secretary, aren't you?"

Chu Yan confidently said, "Auntie, you have a good memory. She's not just Hanchen's secretary now; she's also the true heiress that our Chu Family recently found.

It should have been her marrying Bo Fan. I'm the one at fault, I took everything from her, made her grow up in a village, only able to be someone's secretary. Yuan Xi is right; I really should return the position as Bo Fan's wife to her…"

A young woman in a cheongsam emerged from the house with a disdainful tone, "Not just anyone can become the Bo Family's daughter-in-law, especially certain secretaries who always dream of climbing higher... they're simply not eligible!"