Chapter 490: Chapter 490: Used by Someone
Shuangshuang’s husband shook his head and looked at Lin Zhiyi somewhat awkwardly.
“I didn’t know whom she’s met. To be honest, my company is having some issues. I didn’t dare tell her because I was afraid she’d worry.”
Lin Zhiyi felt puzzled upon hearing this.
She scrutinized the man and said directly, “Shuangshuang couldn’t possibly not know. She came to me today asking for help to connect you with the Third Young Master. She even said your new house was about to be seized.”
“Third Young Master? How could a small start-up company like mine dare to talk about cooperation with him? And where did this news about the new house being seized come from? Could she have misunderstood something?”
So, he wasn’t the one who instigated Shuangshuang to come to her.
Lin Zhiyi thought for a moment and decided to wait until Shuangshuang woke up to discuss it further.
She turned to Li Huan and asked, “Does this medication affect the baby?”
“It’s unclear for now; we’ll need to observe for some time,” Li Huan replied cautiously.
Lin Zhiyi questioned, “Doctor Li, why did you think to check the medication? And you seem very familiar with antidepressants.”
Shuangshuang did seem off, but most people wouldn’t immediately link it to medication.
Most would probably think, like her, of hormonal issues due to pregnancy.
Li Huan’s eyes wandered, and his hands trembled slightly as he held the test report.
Then he chuckled lightly, “Just the other day, our department had a patient who accidentally ingested antidepressants. Besides the rapid heartbeat, they were overly excited. The symptoms you described sounded similar, so I thought I’d test it.”
“Fortunately, your roommate didn’t take a large dose, or it could have been serious.”
Lin Zhiyi nodded, not thinking too deeply about it.
Li Huan, being a doctor, was knowledgeable, and his guess showed his attention to detail.
But his words were just overheard by Shuangshuang’s husband.
A man standing over six feet tall suddenly crouched down, clutching his head.
“It’s all my fault. I thought if I hid it from her, she wouldn’t worry, and nothing would go wrong. We’ve been longing for this child for so long.”
Lin Zhiyi was about to comfort him when the examination room door opened.
A doctor came out, greeted Li Huan first, and said, “The patient is awake and currently in stable condition. As for the baby, it’s too early to say anything. We’ll need to continue observing. If signs of miscarriage appear later, the family should prepare mentally, as forcibly trying to preserve the pregnancy might not be meaningful.”
The doctor’s meaning was clear: if there were risks, no need to try preserving the pregnancy.
This meant Shuangshuang would be living in fear and anxiety in the coming days.
Shuangshuang’s husband’s eyes immediately reddened.
Lin Zhiyi quickly handed him another tissue, “Sir, you’ll be seeing Shuangshuang soon; you’ll frighten her like this. The most important thing now is to calm her emotions.”
The man hurriedly wiped his eyes and said thank you.
At this moment, a nurse walked out of the room.
“Are the family members here? The patient is asking for you.”
The man nodded and quickly ran inside.
Lin Zhiyi and Li Huan followed in.
There were still many questions that only Shuangshuang could answer now.
Shuangshuang leaned against the man’s chest, the abnormal flush on her face already faded.
Seeing Lin Zhiyi, she bit her lip and turned her cheek away with force.
Evidently, she still felt Lin Zhiyi was being unfeeling and unjust.
Before Lin Zhiyi could speak, her husband started asking questions.
“Shuangshuang, how did you find out the company had problems?”
“I heard from others. At first, I didn’t believe it. Later, I secretly went to the company and heard you lowering your voice, making calls. Last night, while you were at the company, I got a call saying debt collectors were coming for the new house. I just wanted to help you. Who knew what I thought was a good friend would actually…”
Shuangshuang held the man’s hand, looking somewhat resentfully at Lin Zhiyi.
The man then looked at Lin Zhiyi, understanding Shuangshuang’s implication.
“I don’t owe any debts, so where did the debt collectors come from? Moreover, given Gong Group’s magnitude, how could my small company handle such cooperation?”
The man, just as Gong Chen had said, clearly understood his limitations.
So, who was it that instigated Shuangshuang?
Shuangshuang still felt the man was comforting her, “Stop comforting me! If Gong Group could just spare a little, you could get through the trouble. Zhiyi is connected to Gong Group and knows Third Young Master, but she just won’t help me.”
“Shuangshuang, who said those things to you?” The man frowned, becoming very stern despite his normally gentle face. “Even if Gong Group gave a little extra, it’s not something I could handle. If anything went wrong, it would be more than just losing the company. Who wouldn’t want to benefit from it? Who’d foolishly tell you?”
“…”
Shuangshuang was stunned, sitting blankly on the bed, not daring to look at Lin Zhiyi.
She seemed to realize she might’ve been used.
Lin Zhiyi looked at her gradually paling face and didn’t feel compelled to rebuke her.
Because she never believed Shuangshuang would harm her.
In the past life, when Xingxing was sick, Lin Zhiyi held a card from Gong Chen at the hospital but couldn’t withdraw any money.
She called Gong Chen multiple times, but the calls were cut off.
Until this life, Lin Zhiyi saw the same card with Gong Chen again.
It was the card left by his mother before she died, unrelated to the Gong Family, with enough money to buy the hospital and more left over.
So in the past life, when he casually handed her the card, it was actually his most valued asset.
It’s just… there’s another person who could manipulate the card.
Gong Chen’s mother’s husband, Gong Chen’s father, Old Mr. Gong.
The past events, Lin Zhiyi didn’t dwell on them anymore.
But fortunately, at her most helpless moment, she encountered Shuangshuang at the hospital.
Shuangshuang directly transferred the money to her.
After settling Xingxing, Lin Zhiyi looked for Shuangshuang only to find that Shuangshuang had been cheated by her company and was burdened with huge debts.
Her mother was scared sick, and Shuangshuang was at the hospital to pay for her mother’s hospitalization.
At that time, she was already destitute but still resolutely gave part of the money to Lin Zhiyi.
In this life, over three years ago, Lin Zhiyi was trapped by the Gong Family.
After proposing her idea, it was Shuangshuang who immediately agreed to help her.
She didn’t believe someone so kind in both lifetimes would suddenly want to hurt her.
“Zhiyi,” Shuangshuang mustered the courage to face Lin Zhiyi.
Lin Zhiyi walked over and handed her a card.
“Shuangshuang, I can’t help you connect with Gong Group. You should know I made such a big scandal back then just to break away from the Gong Family, so I’m very sorry.”
“This card has the money I earned from running a bed and breakfast. It’s not much, but it’s enough to get you two through the immediate crisis. Of course, this is a loan, payable in five years, how about that?”
Shuangshuang looked at the card, her eyes filled with tears, swallowing hard in her throat.
“Zhiyi, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry… I don’t even know what happened to me…”
Lin Zhiyi took the opportunity to ask, “Who told you about problems at your husband’s company?”
Shuangshuang pointed to her phone, “It was a message from a stranger that led me to verify it.”
“Then why did you suddenly think of coming to me?”
“I saw Lai’er post our college reunion photo in the circle of friends, congratulating you for joining Xue Man’s studio. You know her work circle is well-informed. Later, she posted about the collaboration between Xue Man’s Studio and Gong Group. That’s when I asked her about it…”