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Chapter 1236 Difficulties
These newly recruited female employees are all fair-skinned, beautiful, and have long legs. They have a heroic and capable image and are efficient in their work.

They were assigned to various departments by the administration department as assistant managers, responsible for coordinating administrative matters, duties and tasks, meeting minutes, schedules, and administrative resource allocation.

External contacts include government agencies, property management companies, logistics companies, suppliers, and the Administration for Industry and Commerce.

In layman's terms, it means supervision, timely handling and reporting of any abnormal situations, and having the right to question.

Similar to the role of a military supervisor in ancient times, they could not interfere with the command and operations of the front-line generals, but they would truthfully report the generals' every move.

Actually, when Andy first proposed this idea, Lin Hao was not very willing to create this position.

However, having been an emperor in other worlds, he knew that a regime needs its own spies and informants to maintain long-term stability.

Moreover, since the company was handed over to Andy for management, it was understandable that he wanted to create such a supervisory position to help him control the company.

Of course, there was another reason: Lin Hao asked Andy to leave Jane behind, so Lin Hao had no reason to object.

However, influenced by Jane, these girls had a rather assertive style, which made everyone feel awkward. They also toned down some of their previous little antics, so they were not well-liked.

Fortunately, with Lin Hao's full support, the assistant manager of the administration department managed to integrate into the various departments of the company with great difficulty.

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That day, Liu Yingxia felt unwell and vomited. At first, she thought she had eaten something unclean.

Then, thinking about how she had gradually developed a liking for sour foods during this time, Liu Yingxia suddenly realized something.

She and Jia Kuan had always wanted a child, so they were well aware of what a pregnant woman's reactions would be.

"This seems to be a sign of pregnancy!" With that thought in mind, Liu Yingxia quickly went to a private hospital for an anonymous test.

The test results showed that she was pregnant. While Liu Yingxia was overjoyed, she was also caught in a dilemma.

On the one hand, she and Jia Kuan had wanted a child for so many years, but the child never came.

Now she is quite successful in her career, and with Jane's help, she has secured the position of HR director.

The dilemma now is that if she has a baby, it means that her position as director will be lost, and the company will not be able to keep the director position for her, even if Lin Hao is the major shareholder. She will most likely be reassigned.

Thinking of Lin Hao naturally brought Jian Ai to mind, so she hurriedly went to the administration department and knocked on the door of the director's office.

"Enter!"

"Busy, huh? I've seen you've been incredibly busy these past few days!" Liu Yingxia walked in, her tone deliberately relaxed.

Jane was engrossed in a mountain of handover documents and new departmental plans, so she said without looking up:

"This is an inevitable process; the very existence of our department attracts attention." She rubbed her temples and continued:

"Since I accepted the assignment, I was mentally prepared."

Liu Yingxia sat down across the table, her eyes darting around, and said absentmindedly:

"With Lin Hao's support, all departments are cooperating quite well now, so why are we still so busy?" she asked, somewhat puzzled.

Noticing Liu Yingxia's distracted state and the awkwardness in her questions, she put down her pen, looked at her best friend, and asked directly:

"busy?"

Liu Yingxia's eyes flickered, then she chuckled twice before saying:
"Okay, once you're done with what you're doing, let's go downstairs for a coffee. I have something to tell you!"

Work was always busy, so Jian Ai went directly to the coffee shop downstairs with Liu Yingxia.

In a corner of the coffee shop, a waiter served each of them a cup of coffee and a snack.

Liu Yingxia stirred her coffee restlessly, while Jian Ai patiently waited for her to speak.

Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she opened a folder and pushed it in front of Jane.

"Take a look!" Liu Yingxia's voice was very low, with a slight, almost imperceptible tremor.

Jane looked at the contents of the folder with suspicion, then subconsciously picked it up and examined it closely. It turned out to be a lab report issued by the Women and Children's Hospital.

"Pregnant!" Jian Ai's pupils contracted slightly as she looked up at Liu Yingxia in disbelief.

"Mine!" Liu Yingxia took the test results back and put them back into the folder.

Liu Yingxia avoided her gaze, her fingers unconsciously tightening:
"Isn't it weird? I've worked so hard for so many years and couldn't get one. Now I don't want it anymore, and it just happens like that!"

"What do you suggest we do?" she asked, her voice filled with confusion and anxiety.

"Ask me what to do?" Jane looked at Liu Yingxia speechlessly.

"You...you have to give me some advice!" Liu Yingxia looked at her best friend anxiously, as if grasping at a straw.

"What advice can I offer?" Jane shook her head. She had never been pregnant, so what advice could she possibly have?

"Should I do it, or not?" Liu Yingxia asked again, somewhat dazed and uneasy.

“How would I know? This child isn’t ours, it’s yours and Kuan’s. You have to ask him!” Jian Ai finally shook her head and said.

They are best friends, that's true, but the children belong to Liu Yingxia and Jia Kuan, and she can't overstep her bounds and make decisions for them.

Because whether you take it or not, whether the decision is good or bad, they will complain about it.

"Discuss it with him?" Liu Yingxia said with a wry smile.

"Does he even understand? Can he even think about me? He's just a child who never grew up, always acting like a lazy bum!"

Liu Yingxia's voice was filled with uncertainty about the future and doubts about Jia Kuan's abilities.

Jane paused for a moment, organizing her thoughts:

"If you ask me, I think from a career perspective, this child's arrival is untimely!"

“But from a personal perspective!” she said, looking at the fine lines around Liu Yingxia’s eyes.
"If you don't want this child at our age, you might not be able to have one in the future!"

"So what do you think?" Jian Ai finally asked, also wanting to hear Liu Yingxia's thoughts.

"What do you think?" Liu Yingxia asked, as if a sore spot had been hit, her voice tinged with hesitation.

"If I keep this child, it will be like raising two children!"

"Giving birth is easy, but raising a child is difficult. What will happen to the child's daily needs, such as food, drink, toileting, education, and if the elderly get sick, where will the money come from?"

Thinking of the immense economic pressure looming over them, like a mountain pressing down, Liu Yingxia complained somewhat:

"Rely on Jia Kuan? Can Jia Kuan handle it? If I rely on him, I'll be worked to death!"

"I'm not worried about company benefits. The key issue is that at my age, if I go home to have a baby, will I still be the director when I come back?"

"I don't have a high level of education, I don't have that much ability, and I have no connections in Beijing. How could I dare to take this job?"

The harsh reality shattered the joy of becoming a new mother, leaving Liu Yingxia's eyes filled with the panic of a professional woman.

Jane listened quietly to her best friend's outburst, picked up her coffee cup and put it down again. She thought of her mother, Wu Qing, and suddenly understood Teacher Wu's decision back then.

Jane's voice was soft, carrying a distant memory as she spoke:
“Teacher Wu always tells me that it was because I gave birth to her that her artistic career was ruined.”

“After she was born, I often made her angry and went against her.” At this point, Jane paused, looked at Liu Yingxia, and said with clear eyes, “But actually, I can tell that she cares about me quite a bit now.”

Liu Yingxia was stunned, pondering the deeper meaning behind those words.

"Don't overthink things!" Jane smiled and continued, "Time flies. Look at me, I got married and then divorced, didn't I?"

She tried to use herself as a comparison, but it only made her seem more helpless:

"I really can't give you a definite 'yes' or 'no' answer. If I let you have it now, Brother Kuan might thank me when he finds out in the future."

"I'll make you not want to!" She gave a wry smile, half-jokingly saying, with a deep understanding of Jia Kuan's personality:
"He might just stab me in the back, after all, he's even willing to stab himself!"

This darkly humorous truth only made Liu Yingxia more confused. She looked down at the seemingly light yet incredibly heavy lab report.

Should I stay? My career prospects are uncertain, and the burden on my family is as heavy as a mountain.

But if she gives up and misses this opportunity, she may lose the chance to become a mother forever, and Jia Kuan might even turn against her.

"Alright then!" Liu Yingxia let out a long sigh, put the folder away, and said as if resigned, "I'll think about it some more!"

She stood up, then, as if remembering something, quickly instructed, "Tell Jia Kuan first!"

Jane nodded and said, "Don't worry, I definitely won't say anything!"

Liu Yingxia left the coffee shop with a heavy heart, her figure disappearing into the light and shadow at the doorway.

Jane sat alone, looking at the empty coffee cup opposite her, with a light brown mark still remaining on the rim.

If she and Lin Hao had had a child back then, would they have ended up like this today?

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The next day, Lin Hao was processing documents when Jiang Nan delivered a document from the administration department.

Lin Hao casually opened it and found a lab report tucked inside.

Lin Hao had seen the plot. In the original drama, Lin Shaotao also found this test report, but it didn't have a name on it. Coincidentally, it was delivered by the administration department, so Lin Shaotao assumed that Jian Ai had gotten someone pregnant with someone else's money.

But Lin Hao knew that this must be Liu Yingxia's test results. He guessed that the two of them had accidentally made a mistake and sent it to him.

Knowing what was going on, Lin Hao didn't cause any trouble. After all, this was a matter of life and death, and it was Jia Kuan and Liu Yingxia's hard-won child, so he wanted to remind Jia Kuan as soon as possible.

So Lin Hao sent Jia Kuan a voice message, asking her to meet him on the rooftop.

Although they hadn't planned to cause any trouble, they still teased him as usual, and before long, Jia Kuan went up to the rooftop with great interest.

Upon seeing Lin Hao, Jia Kuan asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

"Private matters, trivial matters, are also matters of life and death!" Lin Hao said solemnly with a serious expression.

"Brother, these three things of yours!" Jia Kuan said with a sly smile, "It's alright, let's talk about them one by one. No rush, let's take it slow!"

"Kuan'er, haven't you always wanted a child?" Lin Hao suppressed a laugh and said seriously, "How did it go?"

"Hey, you're asking me about my sex life!" Jia Kuan said irritably. After going around in circles, it turns out you're asking about my private matters.

"That's right!" Lin Hao said with a matter-of-fact expression, then whispered, "How many times a month do you and Liu Yingxia do it?"

"Are you kidding me?" Jia Kuan rolled his eyes at Lin Hao, feeling that Lin Hao was acting a bit unreliable today.

"Don't be angry, I'm serious!" Lin Hao said earnestly.

"Is it any of your business?" Jia Kuan said irritably, "What's it to you!"

Lin Hao said with a serious expression:
"I'm not kidding you. Answer me seriously, how many times a month do you and your wife have sex? Is it frequent?"

Jia Kuan frowned, noticing Lin Hao's unusual behavior today. After thinking for a moment, he replied somewhat reluctantly, "Sometimes, but not frequently!"

"That's good!"

"What a good thing!"

Lin Hao held down Jia Kuan, who was about to explode, and then said seriously:

"Have you noticed anything unusual or off about Liu Yingxia lately?"

Now it was certain that Lin Hao had asked him something, so he said directly:
"No, just say what you want to tell me, don't play games with me!"

"Answer me first!" Lin Hao continued.

“There’s nothing wrong with it!” Jia Kuan said after thinking about it seriously.

"Think about it, think it over carefully, especially during this recent period!" Lin Hao reminded him seriously, "For example, your emotions, your diet, and so on!"

"Hiss!" Jia Kuan suddenly thought of something and quickly said:

"If we have to put it this way, it's because my emotions have been unstable lately, and I get tired easily. When I'm tired, I'm prone to getting irritable and easily angered!"

"Also, I'm eating more than usual, and I've been craving sour foods lately!"

At this point, Jia Kuan seemed somewhat incredulous and doubtful of his own guess.

"Still haven't realized it?" Lin Hao said with a grin, "Haven't you considered that she might be pregnant!"

"Impossible!" Jia Kuan exclaimed in disbelief, his voice trembling.
“We’ve been trying for so long without success, how come she suddenly got pregnant? Besides, something this important should have been told to me!”

As Jia Kuan spoke, his voice grew softer and softer, because Liu Yingxia's changes were easily overlooked if one didn't pay attention.

However, by summarizing the anomalies that have occurred during this period, it is not difficult to find the source of the problem.

Lin Hao patted the dazed Jia Kuan and said with a smile, "Maybe she hasn't figured out how to tell you yet!"

"What do you mean by that?!" Jia Kuan said irritably, "Do you think I don't know whether my wife is pregnant or not? Do you think you know better than me?"

"Yes!" Lin Hao nodded seriously.

"What a load of crap!" Jia Kuan scoffed.

"Let me finish!" Lin Hao stopped joking, then took out the test results and handed them to Jia Kuan, saying:

"I found this pregnancy test result in the folder Jane gave me. Look at what it says for yourself!"

Jia Kuan glanced at the test results, which did indeed state that she was pregnant, but according to Lin Hao, the pregnancy was discovered in Jian Ai's files.

So he looked at Lin Hao like he was an idiot and said irritably, "Big brother, are you out of your mind?!"

"You find a pregnancy test result in Jane's folder and then say my wife is pregnant? What kind of bullshit logic is that!"

He waved the lab report, saying without even looking at it, "There's no name on this!"

Lin Hao looked at Jia Kuan without saying a word, and then Jia Kuan also realized something was wrong, so he carefully looked at the name column.

"Huh, why isn't it named?" Jia Kuan asked curiously.

"You don't know!" Lin Hao shook his head with a smile before explaining, "Many private hospitals now conduct double-blind tests!"

Although Jia Kuan hoped that Liu Yingxia was indeed pregnant, no one's name was written on the test results.