Chapter 85 - Give me your blessing.

Mo Bingwen navigated the little drone he sent to scout for Menxiang when she had mysteriously disappeared for a hour causing him to worry. He felt the need to curse but he remembered that he was in a party that required his gentlemanly manner on show.

He had searched for her everywhere and there were some places that were under strict surveillance and tight access. That was the reason why he had called for the latest drone to look for her. It had the ability to become invisible so that meant the guards won't be able to spot it with wide range cameras which were able to cover the wide width of the compound. But he had still not been able to spot her.

He was about to smash the remote control in frustration when the drone flew over the gardens spotting a female's unconscious body. His eyes widened in alarm as he dropped the remote control. "Menxiang..."

He ran out of the room.

He went to the exact spit he had sent her and he found her lying down lifelessly on the bench, her pale skin prompting him to make a phone call. He had wanted to make the phone call to her father, Su Liangzi but he remembered that everyone in her family was still unaware of her pregnancy so he changed the recipient of the phone call he was about to make. "Shen Ji, I need you to come to this address right now. I need your help about something. I will meet you at the gate in thirty minutes."

For a few minutes that felt like an hour, he managed to help her enter inside and sneak her to the gardens. She placed her two fingers across Menxiang's wrist as she felt for her pulse. She whipped her head to look at Bingwen. "She is pregnant, isn't she?"

"Yes, she is." He looked at her for some measure of ȧssurance, his heart pounding with anxiety for the safety of his love and his child. "Are they going to be okay?"

"There is no need to worry. As long as I am here, nothing will happen to them." Shen Ji frowned but maintained the calm composure of a physician as she opened her bag, bringing out a set of needles to work.

She was surprised to see the same poison her friend had sent her some while ago to detoxify in this girl's body. Sorry, it was in the unborn baby's body.

It took her a while but in the end, she had managed to wake her up and stabilize her condition. She turned to Mo Bingwen who was supporting the weak girl and said. "She is alright now but she needs to take more care of herself, Mr Mo. Our top priority is to make sure she delivers that baby safely."

Mo Bingwen looked visibly relaxed as he hugged Menxiang tighter into his arms, kissing her hair in relief. He had been annoyed about having her in his presence, angry at her for planning to abort the baby but now he was just happy to have her safe in his arms.

He knew that with each passing day his health was deteriorating faster than he had expected. All he wanted, all he asked from the heavens was time to be able to see his child before he left. He had already started making preparations and he was planning to leave his successor position to his younger brother, Bojing.

He felt regretful treating Menxiang like this but he didn't want her to start getting silly ideas into his head. He didn't want her to consider the possibility of risking her life to save him because of their child. "Tell me why she fainted."

Shen Ji seemed hesitant to tell him but something told her that it was not in her best interest to hide this information from him. "There is poison in her system and it is weakening her from the inside, Mr Mo. I will advise you not to try and terminate this pregnancy because that could kill her."

She didn't normally interfere in other people's business but she had seen the relationship between them and she was worried he would force her to do something she didn't want to do in order to escape from the girl. She watched him drop the girl on the soft grass after a while, resting Menxiang's head on her ŀȧp as he said. "I need you to stay here with her for a while. I'll be back soon."

Mo Bingwen reentered the building again, walking to the room where his father sat talking with the rest of the heads of the six families. He stopped in front of Su Liangzi who had just dropped a glass of water on the table in front of him. "Sir, can you spare me a moment please? There is something I need to talk to you about."

"Okay." Su Liangzi stood up and followed him out to a safe distance, leaving the rest people with confused expressions as they wondered what they were talking about. Mo Xuanqing left the room, following them even though he was not invited but no one else stood up again.

Mo Bingwen stopped and turned to face Su Liangzi, kneeling down with his head bowed. Su Liangzi was truly bewildered. "What is the meaning of this, Bingwen?"

"Please allow me to marry Menxiang." Bingwen was unaware of Su Liangzi's face darkening in a second at the mention of his daughter. "You need to call of the engagement with the He family."

"And why would I do that?" Su Liangzi 's anger was evident in his voice, remembering all the times that his daughter cried because of the boy in front of him.

"Why? Junior Brother Su, are you blaming my son for something?" Mo Xuanqing emerged from behind the door, his icy blue eyes glaring at Su Liangzi coldly.

Su Liangzi lowered his head from shame and didn't say anything. Indeed, he was aware that his daughter was responsible for the reason the Mo family broke up the engagement between their two families. Yet, he had always felt that they had been too harsh in their decision since it was clear that it was his daughter who had suffered from all the bad gossips that had spread and he was powerless to do anything.

"I am afraid it would be impossible for her to get married into the He family now, Uncle Su." Mo Bingwen lifted his head to see the stubborn reluctance on Su Liangzi's face.. "She is carrying my child."