Seven months later.

The warm wind of the Mediterranean whistled through the street, and Lin Qing'an was lazily half lying on a chaise longue on the roof of the attic, with a few books scattered around her hand.

She placed one hand on her frighteningly large belly, gently caressing her throbbing belly, and her face was filled with a gentle and peaceful maternal radiance.

I am pregnant for nine months, and it is almost time for the melons to ripen and fall.

A Chinese pregnant woman, thousands of miles away in Milan, Italy, survives alone, which is difficult to say. But Italy's unique enthusiastic and unrestrained folk customs also helped Lin Qingan a lot. Few people will ask her about her background and why she rented an attic here alone with a big belly. On the first day Lin Qing'an moved in, her enthusiastic neighbors brought Lin Qing'an a lot of home-baked biscuits or homemade small toys.

Lin Qing'an looked at the garden not far away and the sparkling lake scenery faintly exposed, and only felt that his heart was extremely calm.

When she left M City, she was penniless.

In order to prevent domestic people from tracking her down, all bank cards in Lin Qingan's name cannot be used. Even if she's really short of money...... Lin Qingan still gritted her teeth and forced herself to forget about "once being rich".

If everything she ruins halfway, then her life will have no meaning.

But...... Lin Qingan looked at a fifty-euro bill sandwiched in the book and sighed sadly.

With only fifty euros left, how can you have a baby?

In the first 20 years of Lin Qing'an's life, although it was quite miserable, she never worried about money.

The Lin family is rich, her five fingers don't touch the spring water, and she doesn't have any hobbies for consumption, so she has never taken money seriously.

Until the escape from M City......

When leaving Moscow, Lin Qing'an found a roll of banknotes and a note in the inner pocket of Lilia's coat, which Lilia had specially stuffed in. The note reads, neatly written, in neat italics: "I wish my dearest Ann a happy life." ”

This money supported Lin Qing'an to rent this small attic. Prices in Milan are high, and she has a lot of things to buy when she first arrives...... It's long been beyond our means.

She only told Lilia that she was safe, in case the domestic people found this place through Lilia, so she changed to a mobile phone card. It can be said that he was extremely careful.

When Lin Qing'an was in college, he studied journalism, which was not very quick to monetize. With her pregnancy, she could not apply for jobs or do news from place to place, so she could only take some jobs on the Internet to translate Russian, Italian, Chinese and other texts. But these are small amounts of money, which are only enough to cover the costs of eating, drinking, living and prenatal checkups. The due date is approaching...... Having a baby costs a lot of money.

Lin Qing'an knew that the small sandalwood box that she pressed under the bed contained the relics and jewelry left by her mother. It's not a last resort...... She didn't want to use the jewelry.

A low sigh escaped from Lin Qing'an's lips. She stood up with difficulty in the chair and touched her round belly: "Baby, be obedient, obedient......"

Well, not bad. When Lin Qingan went for a prenatal checkup, the doctor told her that she had two babies in her belly.

When this kind of "big luck" thing hit Lin Qingan's head, her first reaction turned out to be "it costs twice the money to prepare double baby supplies", and then she was ashamed to reveal the happiness of twin mothers......

Now Lin Qingan only has a fifty-euro bill in hand, and Lin Qingan has urged many times for the manuscript fee of the small website, but he has to convince the Italians for their laziness and procrastination. Even if she repeatedly emphasized that she was going to have a child soon, this money was extremely important to her, and all she got was all kinds of prevarication and unreliable answers.

Said to wait another week, week after week...... Seeing that the due date is approaching, Lin Qingan still hasn't received any remuneration.

She dragged her puffy feet down the stairs with her steps, and the small attic room was spotlessly cleaned up by Lin Qing'an. She knelt the floor beside the bed, stretched out her arms, and dragged a small, locked sandalwood box from under the bed. Lin Qingan stared at the small box for a long time, sighed, and still took out the key to unlock it.

With a "click", the lid of the box popped open, revealing a few pieces of jewelry lying quietly on the red silk inside.

Even after years of precipitation, after several generations of replacement. The gemstone's luster is still sparkling and charming......

Lin Qing'an sighed, her fingers stroking over each piece of jewelry.

Inside the sandalwood box was a set of ruby jewelry that my mother wore when she got married: two ruby earrings, a necklace the size of a thumb with a pigeon's blood, a bracelet with diamond accents and rubies, and a ring.

Lin Qingan's mother's surname is Xin, and the Xin family was also a prominent family a hundred years ago, which is not comparable to the Lin family or even the Yunjian Group today. In the past, there were even rumors that the Xin family had the blood of the royal family of the previous dynasty...... It is a branch of the royal family of the former dynasty.

But no matter what kind of hairpin family, after a hundred years of turmoil, only an orphan girl and a nanny are left to rely on each other.

Lin Qingan occasionally heard her mother talk about the past of the Xin family, but when Mrs. Xin was young, the Xin family was already in decline. Why did Mrs. Xin marry Lin Qing, she came all the way from the capital to marry in M, Lin Qingan had never heard Mrs. Xin say. can only barely see a little bit of the former family style from the set of pearlescent ruby jewelry left to her by Mrs. Xin.

"Will you blame me, Mom......"

Lin Qing'an muttered to herself, her fingers swollen from pregnancy, trembling and stroking over the jewelry, and finally landed on the ruby ring.

This beautiful ring features a white gold setting with a sparkling ruby held up in the middle of a crown and surrounded by diamonds......

To be honest, whether it is in the Lin family or the Huo family, Lin Qing'an's own jewelry is not so exquisitely shaped.

If there is a fault, it is that a left-to-right crack in the ruby destroys the overall beauty at first glance. But the flaws are not hidden, and the value of this ring is still extremely high.

Lin Qingan's finger can no longer wear this ring. With another sigh, she took out the ring, wrapped the other pieces of jewelry in red silk and put them in a sandalwood box, and pushed them back under the bed with difficulty.

These days, she rarely thinks about her previous life.

Various ...... in M City framed her stepmother and stepsister, her father who ignored her, and Huo Zhen, who hurt her deeply......

An unconscious smile appeared on Lin Qingan's lips.

Huo Zhen may never know that he is about to become the father of two children.

At the same time, the spring of May in China is just right. Lin Qing'an's mysterious disappearance was like a stone falling into the lake, and after a short ripple, the entire lake returned to calm. The only person who thinks about Lin Qingan all day long may only be Huo Zhen, who is inexplicably haggard in the eyes of others.

After Lin Qing thought that Lin Qingan might have fled to Moscow, he contacted Huo Zhen as soon as possible. Huo Zhen directly sent someone from the Yunjian Group who had business in Moscow to Lilia's house to find someone, but they found nothing.

Huo Zhen looked coldly at the project manager who was standing in front of him tremblingly, preparing to report on the progress of the spring project, and his slender fingers tapped on the table impatiently: "The project bidding has encountered obstacles - you mean, we are going to miss the opportunity to open up new fields in Europe, and give this opportunity to those sons and daughters in the capital who are eating in the dead places?"

The project manager had always known the handsome man's decision in the business field, and he stood with a bitter face and defended himself: "Boss, we have really tried our best...... All the staff of the project department have worked extra for a month. But the Italian side ...... We have always questioned our qualifications. We sorted out the qualification certificate of the project and the previous construction experience, and the other party seemed to bite us to death and couldn't pass the ......."

Huo Zhen frowned, his face as cold as frost and snow: "I don't need to hear the word 'do my best'. Yu Fan, in the past few months, all departments of the group have given you the green light to develop your business, but you told me that you can't do it? ”

Without waiting for the project manager to speak again, Huo Zhen said lightly: "Three days later, it will be the deadline for bidding." Show me your efforts. ”

Shopping malls are like this, like a boat sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Huo Zhen's cheeks were extremely thin because of the consumption of his mind, but his thin face added a layer of sharp anger to his handsomeness. Since Lin Qing'an's disappearance...... She has become a taboo for the entire Yunjian Group.

Even the words "Mrs. President" will make Huo Zhen angry. Not long after Lin Qing'an disappeared, Lin Zhiruo walked into the president's office with a small waist, and was politely and detached from the door by Li Wangshu in less than ten minutes.

The little girl in the president's secretary's office swore that she heard Lin Zhiruo want to seduce her own president, saying something like "Anyway, Lin Qing'an doesn't see anyone alive or dead, don't you lack women?" But before the news spread, the people in the secretary's office shut up under Li Wangshu's knock.

In the past seven months, Huo Zhen has never given up looking for Lin Qingan. He even flew to Moscow by himself, and even Lilia finally reluctantly relaxed to Huo Zhen, since Lin Qing'an left Moscow, she has never been able to contact Lin Qing'an......

The setting sun shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting a beautiful spot of light on Huo Zhen's body. Huo Zhen calmly stared at the sunny scenery outside the window on the thirty-sixth floor, but his heart was indescribably empty and confused.

He had a calendar at hand, and each day was circled with a red pen.

"It's been seven months, Lin Qing'an."

Huo Zhen muttered to himself in a low voice.

At the beginning, Lin Qing did make a lot of efforts.

But a few years ago, Lin Qing announced that he had given up under the pillow wind of White Pearl. The reason for his abandonment also sounded plausible enough - all the clues about Lin Qing'an were cut off in Moscow. Lilia and the old nanny didn't know anything, this world is so big, it is really difficult to find the clues left by Lin Qingan.

But Huo Zhen still didn't give up. He would go to Moscow once a month by himself to inquire about clues that Lin Qingan might have. Lin Qing thought he was crazy, and Lin Zhiruo was even more jealous.

Why, why is Huo Zhen so persistent in Lin Qing'an, who is already worthless?