Chapter 379 - Are you pregnant?

Lifen did not know how she should react to this piece of news. Though her heart was telling her that it was nothing and she is just overthinking the things but at some corner she has started to feel the insecurities.

At that moment, Rebecca patted her shoulder from behind. "Lifen, what happened? Are you okay?" Her voice sounded all concerned to her ears.

Lifen turned around and shook her head. "It's nothing. I am fine. Deming will be late tonight. So he has asked me to go on with the dinner", she said with a smile.

"Oh so caring and thoughtful. He called you himself to tell you this. Now I get why you are so confident in him. He is truly worthy of your trust and confidence" She said emphasizing more on the trust and confidence Lifen has mentioned earlier. She has clearly heard her words earlier and was sure that the person who has called was not Deming but some of his staff or probably his secretary.

But still she wanted to probe her further. That was something her plan, to put her at the edge of her own limits.

Lifen looked at her and smiled, nodding her head in acceptance, "Yes, he is quite thoughtful for me but it was not him calling me. He was busy, so he asked his secretary to ring". Rebecca was shocked at her words.

A shock of not pretense, rather she was really taken aback.

She has never thought that Lifen would accept in front of her face. After saying so much before in front of her, if there would be any other woman then she would have put down a curtain on the truth and would have lied that it was really her husband calling them to prove themselves at the right side of the scale. Or to the opposite of it, they would have become all doubtful of the situation.

But here being totally different from the masses, this woman has stated the things truthfully without showing any hints of the doubts. Looking at her like this, Rebecca really felt that her efforts of drawing difference between the couple with her words was not working at all.

"Okay Aunt Rebecca, now I should go and take a shower. You too get some rest. I will meet you again on the dining table", Lifen said as she picked her handbag up and headed upstairs towards their room.

Her demeanor looked all nonchalant, like she has not found anything weird in the midst of all situations. When she saw her leave, Rebecca stomped her feet hard on the floor. She has just thought that she has got a step ahead in her destruction; a step ahead to satiate her revenge but now again she seems to be failing in her aims and efforts.

"You will soon be there experiencing the pain which I have once got. Just wait for it; wait for that pain to come and kill your soul and heart. The only thing that you care about in your life. I will give you a living hell soon, only then you will get to know how merciless your father was!" her voice laced with evil determination resounded in her inner mind as her eyes trailed after the disappearing silhouette of her daughter.

"Huh? You look a little disappointed. What happened? Your plans are going waste", Li Liaoyuan said, climbing down the stairs. Earlier when he came out of his room, he had seen them talking. Even after knowing her tricks the old man did not step up. He wanted to let Lifen to be on her own.

And looking at her handling the situation, the old man was sure that he had not overestimated their love relationship. The way his granddaughter has replied to the words and suspicion the woman has tried to create has only made his confidence on them go strong.

"My efforts are still young. Neither I have lost my determination nor my hope. I will definitely make her pay for the mistakes of her father. That day I will come and ask you, how it feels to get defeated after boasting yourself so much", Rebecca said, her eyes putting up a serious challenge in front of the old man.

Elder Li smiled and then nodded. "Sure. I will wait for the day when you will come to me and accept how wrong have been in your thoughts". He said and then walked to take his seat on the sofa.

The woman looked at him and without saying anything further made her way back to her room. "Hello! Give more speed to your actions. It's already time and you can't delay it anymore now. Be a little efficient", she ordered on the call and then disconnected the call. It felt like she had not called to ask, rather it was just to command her words to the person on the other side of the line.

Lifen has also got freshened up after returning to her room. Though she did not want to think about Rebecca's words but still every now and then those words kept on repeating in her mind. She looked at her phone and murmured lightly to herself.

"Who is this Xue Ping Ruo? And why have I not known her yet? Even Deming has not told me anything about her? Taking her out for dinner … so suddenly … Why?"

"And above that why did Qi Yuirong said that it was him who has scheduled the dinner and not the other way round? The extent to which I know him, I am sure that he has never made any dinner reservations with the clients himself. Then why is this exception today?"

All sorts of questions were rising in her head one after the other. Not like she wanted to answer but somewhere her heart held the curiosity to know why there was a sudden change in it.

Suddenly she felt her phone buzzing at the side. Still being in her own thoughts, she picked up the call. Not noticing who was on the other side, she worded out the question she held in her mind for quite some good time now.

"Why is he making his personality change for some other woman? Is there something that he is not willing to discuss with me?"

"What? Girl, what are you saying? Whom are you referring to?", the voice from the other side asked.

"About whom could I talk. Is Demin …", before she could complete her words, she was snapped back realizing the thing she was missing. Quickly pulling the phone away from her ear, she looked at the id of the person who had called her.

Her lips curled up in a smile when she found that it was her friend. It was rightly said that your friend will always be there when you need them the most. Right when she was drowning herself in a stream of so many questions, Guang called her.

"Hello, Guang!" she greeted putting the phone back to her ears.

"Yes it's me dear. Whom have you taken before?", Guang asked, her voice turning a little tease. "Seems like you were in the midst of some of your important thoughts when I disturbed you. Should I disconnect so you can focus on you man?"

Lifen smiles twitched. "You … seems like your love life is full of swing that's why you have already become all accustomed to such tease. Do Ning Xui Ying flirt with you all day to make you all used to such thoughts?"

"Haha … not so funny we were talking about you. How did you bring me in the midst of all these things? Don't joke around, we are just good friend" Guang defended herself. But Lifen knew her friend the best. Just with her tone she could tell that right at this moment she was definitely blushing on the other side of the phone.

"Fine … fine, I won't tease you anymore. You don't have to turn all red because of my words. Not that I am there to see you like that. So just chill", Lifen said as she paused to hear her friend's yell from the other side. 

"Lifen … You … you just wait. I will not let you attend your own wedding Then I will see what you are capable of! Hmph!"

"Haha … It won't affect anymore. Reaching the wedding hall or not. Deming will still be my husband", Lifen said with a giggle.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean we have already got married legally so …", before even she could complete her words, Guang screamed in surprise, much like in horror.

"What? When?"

"Hehe … it has already been more than a week now", she said grinning sheepishly. Internally she was sighing in relief, that her friends were not present in front of her or else she would not have been alive till now.

"You … Are your words real?" Guang was still not able to believe that all these things got this fast. Suddenly something struck her brain. She asked hesitantly, "Lifen, don't say that you got pregnant … Tell me … Is it because you didn't take precautions and got preg …"

"Shut up! It's not the way you are thinking. What did your husband do to you in just a week? You were simply not like this before" Lifen was all shocked. She has never thought that her sudden marriage can be taken in this way too. She was all stumped at her own friend's words. Will everyone think the same, if they come to know about it?