"Has she woken up yet?" Tian Ruyi's voice was heard from behind, snapping him out from his deep thoughts. It was followed by the sound of the door being shut.

"Only for a few minutes," Yong Liwei replied. He was sitting on the chair that was beside the bed. His hand was resting by the side of the mattress, holding the hand of the unconscious woman. He was patiently waiting for her to wake up.

"A few minutes?" She blinked a few times in confusion. She wanted to hear more from him but sadly, he gave another short answer.

"Yes." He was different from how he was when Lu Mengjie was awake. Whenever he talked to others, it was always small and brief. His face remained blank, his eyes looked lifeless.

If Bai Jingye and Yong Liwei were put in one room, Tian Ruyi could already guess that they can keep their mouths shut for decades! She sighed inwardly at the thought. She walked toward the table, placing the plastic bag filled with food there.

"Did she recognize you?" She asked while taking out the lunch boxes from the plastic.

"Yes."

Seriously, can't he say something more than that? Well... she couldn't blame him, the question she just asked has a yes or no answer. But still... he should have said more, inform her what happened. She didn't like him at all ever since she first saw him. She heaved out another sigh at the thought. At least Bai Jingye was easier to get along with. He would say more than just one sentence. She finally turned her body to face his figure. She raised her foot and began taking steps towards him.

"Did you know that she's pregnant?" He asked without tearing his gaze from Lu Mengjie's peaceful, sleeping face.

She stopped, just a few feet away from him. She forgot to tell him about that information. She could feel the temperature in the room dropped by hundred degrees. Fear enveloped her body which made her instinctively take a step back. "B-Bai Jingye…" she stuttered.

Tian Ruyi gulped nervously. She never liked approaching this kind of people. Quiet but deadly strangers. She cleared her throat, trying to regain her composure before she continued and carefully said, "he never touched her, I can assure you of that. Mengmeng was already 2 months pregnant when she woke up from her coma. That was way before she met the Bai family. Way before she got into an accident. I think."

Then that means that it was during the time where they first met. First had sex. But at the same time, it was also the same week where she was kidnapped.

The atmosphere in the room was just getting heavier and heavier to the point where Tian Ruyi felt like she was being choked to death! She may have made friends with Lu Mengjie but she couldn't tolerate being in the same room as this man! She felt like there was a huge mountain on top of her, trying to crush her because of the intense pressure coming from the man. She quietly turned away. Every step she took was heavy and yet she tried her best not to make a noise.

She wanted to apologize to Lu Mengjie for leaving her alone with the man but he did say that she knew her so she has a good reason to tell her if ever her friend complained once she would wake up. She liked eating peanuts lately so maybe she should just buy one gallon of peanuts as a peace offering?

Just when she was about to reach out to the doorknob, she stopped when she heard him speak, his voice piercing her from behind, "have you contacted her family?"

Her muscles went stiff. She clenched her mouth and hesitated. It was as if she couldn't answer the question since her mind suddenly turned blank by the tension she could feel from behind. She was covered in a cold sweat. She was scared. She never thought that even without looking at her, there was a man who could emit such an ominous presence. Was he even human? He was like an incarnation of evil! She gulped slowly. She opened her mouth and cautiously replied, "no… not yet."

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AN:

I've put on a poll in IG to see the percentage of readers who want YL or SH to be ML. I'll be giving a few clues soon through IG too and maybe give a few spoilers/sneak peek for the story.

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