Meanwhile, on the other side, the moment Xu Xinyi made the call, Xiao Wenqiang in the car received a notification from her soul artifact. Connecting mentally with it, she began to record the live broadcast of the conversation.
Holding the ultrasound report from the hospital the previous day, Xu Xinyi looked at the small black dot on the image and said into the phone, "My appetite hasn't been good lately, so I went to the hospital for a check-up yesterday. I... I'm pregnant."
Sun Liang, on the other end of the phone, was silent for a moment before asking, "Is it mine or Dong Zhenhua's?"
"Of course, it's yours!" Xu Xinyi's voice was somewhat agitated. "Every time I was with him, I took the pill afterwards. Only with you, that one time, in the car, I forgot..."
"Okay, Xinyi, don't get too worked up. Since it's our baby, let's have him, alright?" Sun Liang quickly soothed.
"But... if we have him, and Dong Zhenhua does a blood test, won't we be finished? Our plan will be ruined!" Xu Xinyi's eyes reddened with anxiety.
"Xinyi, I... I really don't want to see you working so hard, enduring so much... Why don't we just give up? You can just divorce him directly!" The man's voice was laced with tears. "I'll find a way on my end, don't worry about my mess..."
Xu Xinyi, however, calmed down. "No, A Liang, we both need money. And since we've come this far, it's too much of a shame to give up now. Let's think of another way. If it really doesn't work, I'll have to secretly abort this child and tell Dong Zhenhua it was an accident and I couldn't keep it..."
A faint conversation seemed to be coming from Sun Liang's side, which Xu Xinyi couldn't quite hear. After a while, she heard him say, "Xinyi, don't be impulsive. Let me think about it. How about we meet tomorrow and talk it over properly?"
So, they agreed on a time and place to meet the next day over the phone, and then hung up.
Actually, when Xu Xinyi made the call, Xiao Wenqiang had already begun to suspect something. Now she was even more certain that this child wasn't Dong Zhenhua's. No wonder the original host didn't know about this back then; it seemed her appearance had slightly altered the plot.
"Now Xu Xinyi has a motive for murder!" Xiao Wenqiang hadn't expected it. Xu Xinyi, who looked so gentle, considerate, and understanding, had actually given the original host such a massive cuckold behind her back.
Her heart seemed to ache for a moment, she wondered if it was Dong Zhenhua's soul weeping. However, with system 86365 absent, she couldn't receive the original host's innermost thoughts in real-time.
As she was pondering, system 86365's voice sounded. "Wenqiang, are you missing me?"
"86365, you're back! Where have you been for so long? I've tried to talk to you several times and got no response," Xiao Wenqiang complained a little.
"Oh, I went to grab a mission! I've snatched a different kind of mission for you this time. I'll tell you about it after this one is completed! But even though I wasn't here, I have all the records of our conversations. Just a moment..."
System 86365 synced the information from the past period and exclaimed, "Is this the common trope that all older husband and younger wife relationships end badly? I watched some other dramas about older husband and younger wife relationships for this mission, and most of the young, delicate wives in them ended up making their older husbands green with envy."
Xiao Wenqiang felt a little embarrassed. "You can't say that. There must be true love too, but perhaps the base number is small." She wasn't sure if she was comforting Dong Zhenhua or educating 86365.
"Don't the dramas always say that if a young girl isn't after his money, what is she after? Could it be that she's after his age, or that he doesn't bathe?"
"But Dong Zhenhua still looks quite young, and his physique is well-maintained. You can tell he exercises regularly." Xiao Wenqiang, currently inhabiting his soul, had a lot to say on this matter.
"Alas, no matter how well one maintains himself, there's still a difference compared to a truly young person!" System 86365 seemed very knowledgeable.
"Uh... are you sure Dong Zhenhua is alright saying that?" Xiao Wenqiang couldn't help but ask.
"He's fine. He's a soul now. Compared to being poisoned by his wife, finding out the child isn't his is more acceptable."
"Alright! Then we'll need to pay close attention to their date tomorrow." Xiao Wenqiang figured that since the original host, Dong Zhenhua, didn't seem to mind, she should continue to focus on the mission!
Xiao Wenqiang once again chose a chain hotel relatively close to their meeting spot and checked in.
She carefully took out the mineral water bottle containing the cold remedy from another bag and contacted a local professional testing agency to analyze the contents of the drink.
The testing agency was fast, and the results were out by that evening. There was no thallium poisoning or any other harmful ingredients; it was just the regular formula for cold remedy.
It seemed Xu Xinyi hadn't thought about poisoning yet. However, after she met with her adulterous lover, Sun Liang, tomorrow, that might not be the case.
At noon the next day, to get a clearer view of the man's face, Xiao Wenqiang also disguised herself and followed Xu Xinyi to the rendezvous.
She arrived at a coffee shop early and chose a seat with a view of the restaurant next door. Opening her laptop, she ordered a coffee and pretended to be working.
As the appointed time approached, Xu Xinyi arrived punctually. After entering the restaurant next door, she headed straight for a private room.
From Xiao Wenqiang's vantage point, she could see everyone entering and exiting the room.
About fifteen minutes later, the door to the private room opened again, and a tall man walked in.
The man was over 180 centimeters tall, wearing a white casual shirt and blue jeans, exuding a youthful vitality. What was most striking was his handsome appearance. It wasn't the effeminate handsomeness of current "pretty boy" idols, but a masculine handsomeness full of virility.
As the man entered, he smiled at Xu Xinyi, and a youthful energy immediately radiated from him.
Admittedly, judging solely by their appearance, Xu Xinyi was definitely a better match for this man. What also made women's hearts flutter was that this man had a very magnetic voice. At that moment, he was gently asking Xu Xinyi, "Xinyi, have you been waiting long?"
Xu Xinyi, who had been sitting alone, lost in thought after ordering, looked up at the sound and was momentarily blinded by the man's smile. Hearing his magnetic voice, and perhaps thinking of something, her ears and neck instantly turned red. She also responded with a bright smile, "It's okay, A Liang, I only got here a little while ago."
"Voice, negative points!" Xiao Wenqiang grumbled in her mind. "This artificially deep voice can't compare to Situ Chen's truly cello-like voice!"
"Wenqiang, Situ Chen was from the previous mission, don't think about him anymore," system 86365 chimed in.
"I know, I just thought of him when I heard the voice! I'm still taking the mission very seriously!" Xiao Wenqiang whispered defensively in her mind, then focused her attention on Xu Xinyi.