Chapter 20

3 months had passed by just easily like a flick of a finger. Feng Jiu asked Dong Hua not to announce to the public of their marriage and good thing that nobody really knows and dug any info that they tied the knot, held the wedding ceremony in Maldives and had their honeymoon. Dong Hua is good at his promise that everything is under wraps. They became more discreet and extra careful. Feng Jiu doesn't want to stir more trouble to both Dijun Empire and Bai Conglomerate by attracting the media of her and Dong Hua tying the knot. Only the closest and the ones who attended their marriage in Maldives know that both of them got married and the rest of the world doesn't know that they are husband and wife.

Dong Hua has lots of respect and more love for his wife. Her sacrifices just to make their relationship work and back to her family is very commendable. Dong Hua in his end tried to make amends to the Bai elders but they didn't even bother to entertain him and it saddens him and he felt guilty as the days pass by. The guilt is eating him up that it reached to the point that he can't look at his wife in the eyes anymore. As her husband, he felt helpless and useless that he can't alleviate the heavy burden which he is the cause. One time, while he just came out of the shower, she heard Xiaobai talking to her mother quitely over the phone and after that call, he heard his wife released a quiet sob. His heartfelt torn but what can he do? After that day, he knew that Xiaobai is trying her might not to show her grief but Dong Hua is already attuned to his wife's emotions that it is hard not to be affected.

Feng Jiu is faring pretty well but still, there is this dark emotion swirling deep inside her knowing that her elders particularly her grandfather and father doesn't want her to be part of the family anymore. She always talks to her mother on the phone and her mother will always cry. Feng Jiu felt guilty and then down that she released a sob once but she is cheering herself up. She needs to prove to her elders that she made the right choice and she's happy. She doesn't want her husband to worry about her especially now that he is busy with the details of his business.

Now back to reality, she became busy again. With the incoming fall and winter, Feng Jiu is starting to work double-time with her incoming fashion show and at the same time, Dong Hua is also busy with the finalization of the business deal with the Su Group.

Feng Jiu is living now in Dong Hua's mansion. She's the lady of the house and as what her husband said, What is mine is your's and what is yours is mine. She thinks that's sweet. Her husband is the sweetest and caring person. She never felt lacking on anything especially attention and love. They made love every night and Feng Jiu feels it's getting wonderful every time they do it.

But they are not living in a fairytale.  She's not a real-life princess and he's not a real-life prince. She realized that marriage is a lot of hard work. The strength and bond of their marriage is got to be tested when one day, Su  Ji Heng came back from the US to start the final talks to seal the deal of Su Group and Dijun Empire.

Feng Jiu woke up and felt disoriented. She fell asleep on the dining table while waiting for Dong Hua. She checked the wall clock and she saw it's already 10 pm. Her brows furrowed. This is the 3rd night that her husband has come home late. She checked her phone for any messages from him but none. She stood and walked to the main door entrance and leaned on the doorway. Her mind started to think of how Dong Hua treated her in the past three days. He's aloof and always seem so busy. She asked him what's wrong but he only stared at her. Dong Hua gave her a cold stare but he only replied with a Nothing. Dong Hua's excuse is that he's busy and just stressed at work especially that Su Ji Heng is like a brat.

Feng Jiu realized that Su Ji Heng is the bane to her very existence. Feng Jiu called Dong Hua but it is out of the coverage area. She dialled Lian Song's number although it's against her beliefs to call outsiders but the strange interaction and treatment Dong Hua showed is making her nervous and afraid.

"Hello? "

"Thank God you answered Lian Song. Are you together with my husband? "

There is a 3-second pause before Lian Song answered.

"Oh, he's still on a team meeting with the...Finance department. Yes, they are still in there. "

Feng Jiu doesn't like what she's hearing. It's as if Lian Song is not sure of his answer. She didn't press the issue more. Instead, she replied,

"Tell him I called okay? When do you think this meeting will end? "

"I remember now. Dong Hua mentioned that you go to bed first. It may take a while for this meeting to end. You know how demanding is the heiress of Su Group." Lian Song laughed. But to Feng Jiu's ears, it's as if he is laughing nervously. Then in a serious tone, Feng Jiu said,

"If there is something wrong, you'll not lie to me right Lian Song? You'll tell me, right? "

Feng Jiu heard again Lian Song laughed. Then he replied,

"Of course Feng Jiu. If there is something wrong I will definitely tell you. Rest assured. So you better rest now. I heard you're busy with your incoming fashion show. "

"Thank you Lian Song. And goodnight."

And that concludes the call. Feng Jiu didn't know why but her instinct is telling her that there is something wrong. It is eating her rational thoughts. Her family always taught her to trust her guts but it is also wrong to doubt her husband without concrete evidence. The past days,  she's also sleepless and hasn't really had the appetite to eat. She's feeling down and depressed and now, she's feeling ugly. Her tears started to fall.

"What's wrong with you Feng Jiu? This is not you. You aren't that weak aren't you? " she's giving herself a pep talk to cheer herself up. She decided to invite Cheng Yu to Dong Hua's mansion. Cheng Yu arrived 10 minutes after. Feng Jiu explained what happened to her and to Dong Hua. Feng Jiu's tears started to fall again. She's being weepy which Cheng Yu noticed. 

Cheng Yu on the other hand is enraged and sad at the same time. Her strong-minded friend became very weepy and emotional but regarding what Feng Jiu just shared to her, any woman can be weepy especially when there is another girl that is involved. She knew the history of Dong Hua, Feng Jiu and Ji Heng and what Feng Jiu said bothered her.

"Jiu-jiu, you need to rest okay? You've been busy yourself. If you'll get sick now, will that add more to Dong Hua's worries? " Cheng Yu said.  Then Feng Jiu felt bad. Cheng Yu has a point. If she'll get sick now then she's going to be a burden to her husband. 

Cheng Yu waited for Feng Jiu to get to bed and when she made sure that Feng Jiu has fallen asleep, she went out of the house and called their other friend.

"Hello?" answered by a sleepy voice on the other line.

"Qingti. Hey, listen. Can you come to Feng Jiu's boutique tomorrow?"

"Why what happened?" Qingti on the other line is alert and wide awake. Cheng Yu smiled. She knew that Qingti has a secret yet obvious feelings towards Feng Jiu and right now, she's not liking how Dong Hua is acting towards their friend. If Dong Hua can't take care of our Feng Jiu, then there will always be another guy who can take care of her properly well. Cheng Yu silently thought.

It came to a surprise to her when Feng Jiu got married. She wants to protests and change Feng Jiu's mind but when Feng Jiu walked down the aisle, and Cheng Yu saw the very obvious display of affection and love in Feng Jiu's face, she relented.  Cheng Yu likes Ye Qingti for her friend and it just sucks that it is too late for them both. But then again, this insensitivity from Dong Hua came. Cheng Yu thinks it's unfair that Dong Hua is treating Feng Jiu coldly. 

"Just keep her company okay? She's feeling down. "

"Why? "

"You better ask her. I'm sure she's going to tell you. You're closest to her than me and Cha-cha. "

Cheng Yu heard Qingti sighed on the other line and when Qingti agreed, she smiled and then they ended the call. In Cheng Yu's thoughts, Dong Hua better not hurt their Feng Jiu or they will bring hell to earth if that happens.

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Ye Qingti stared at the sad face of Feng Jiu. He heard from Migu that Feng Jiu lost her appetite the past 3 days and just go on working the whole day without taking a break. His heart hurts. His fist clenched in anger. He hasn't seen Feng Jiu like this since they become friends. He wanted to storm in Dijun empire and knock some sense to Dong Hua. If he really loves her, why is he letting his wife come to work like this? If he really loves her, he should've checked on his wife from time to time. If only Feng Jiu loved me, she wouldn't experience this kind of misery. Ye Qingti thought silently with full of anguish in his heart and in his mind.

Feng Jiu realized that there is someone standing on the door and when she raised her gaze, she saw Ye Qingti smiled back at her. Feng Jiu realized that she misses the comfort Qingti always provides especially when she's down. Feng Jiu heard Qingti said,

"Come here, sweet girl. I know you missed me. " Then Ye Qingti opened his arms wide like he used t when they don't see each other for long. Like right now,  it's been 3months since she saw Ye Qingti.

Feng Jiu's tears fell and then walked towards Ye Qingti and hugged him tight and sobbed. She missed her best friend and her comfort zone. She felt Ye Qingti pat her back softly.

"Now... Now...  I don't know what's happening with you and your husband but whatever it is, just cry it out okay? I'll stay with you till you calm down and you'll let it out. "

She heard Qingti said in his calming voice and she just nodded. When Feng Jiu slowly withdrew herself from the hug, she suddenly wobbled and before she lost her consciousness, she heard Qingti shouted her name and she blacked out.

Qingti is frantic and caught Feng Jiu before she hit the floor. He stared at her ashen face. The last time Feng Jiu fainted is when she hadn't eaten anything when they were back in college and same as now. He's worried for her so she carried her to his car and the employees we're shocked and also frantic when they saw that their boss was unconscious and carried in the arms of their boss's friend.

Migu hurriedly followed Ye Qingti and his boss Feng Jiu. Qingti instructed Migu to open his car which Migu did.

"You stay here Migu and supervise the employees. Make sure to tell the employees not to leak what happened today. We don't want another scandal to be tailing on us especially now that your boss is so stressed." Qingti warned. He knows Migu is trustworthy and he will never double-cross Feng Jiu. Qingti saw Migu nodded and he deposited Feng Jiu first and then went to the driver's seat and drove away with full of worry and dread.

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Feng Jiu slowly woke up. She still feels dizzy and disoriented. She wracked her brains on what happened to her. The last thing she remembered is that she hugged Qingti and she blackout. She opened her eyes and what greets her is a white ceiling. On her left side is a dextrose injection and contrapted with IV. Feng Jiu felt weak and she released a sigh. She's worried again that her, fainting may cause another scandal and she is sure that Ye Qingti brought her. Speaking of Ye Qingti she saw him entered the room and she weakly smiled at him in which he smiled back.

Qingti sat beside her and then he said in a quiet and soft voice,

"How are you feeling? "

"Weak."

"What... What time is it? " she asked.

"10 in the evening." he replied quietly.

"Did... My husband called?" she asked expecting that Dong Hua called her but she saw Qingti shook his head. Feng Jiu's heart hurt. She doesn't know what's happening to her husband and between them. Then she heard Qingti spoke,

"Stop skipping meals, sweet girl. That's not a healthy habit. "

Feng Jiu nodded and rolled her eyes then said,

"I know, I know. You act and nag like my mom again Qingti. I guess my ulcer is acting up again. I'm sorry for causing and bringing you my troubles... "

Feng Jiu replied in a whisper and she lowered her head in embarrassment. What she didn't expect is that Qingti held her hand in which she looked at him. She saw that Qingti is serious right now and that made her heart started to beat fast. Then, she heard Qingti said,

"It's not your ulcer acting up sweet girl."

Her breath started to hitch. She felt afraid. She swallowed her saliva and in a shaky voice she said in a whisper,

"Am... Am I dying?"

Feng Jiu saw the seriousness in Qingti's expression. He took a paper out from his back pocket and Qingti handed her what she thinks is the test results. She stared at the paper for a minute and with a shaky hand, she got the letter. Her attention is just in the letter and her hands shakily unfolded the paper. She gasped when she saw the result and her tears started to fall. The paper slipped off her hand and she covered her face with her two palms and she sobbed. She felt Qingti stood and sat beside her on the bed and one of his arms hugged her shoulders. His chin rested on the top of her head and while she's crying she heard him say,

"You're going to have a little sweet thing six months from now Feng Jiu. Congratulations on becoming a mother. "

And Feng Jiu just wept in happiness. Dong Hua and her will have a baby soon and she can't wait to tell it to him.