After Transmigrating as the Vicious Female Supporting Character, I Ran Away While Pregnant - Chapter 18

“Sheng-sheng, I will investigate this to the very end! I’ll find those scumbags and tear them into ten thousand pieces to avenge you!” Ji Ruodong sat opposite Li Sheng, his hands clenched into tight fists. As the male lead of this world, the phrase “tear into ten thousand pieces” actually carried a hint of genuine bloodlust when he said it.

“Thank you, President Ji, but this is my private matter. I hope your influence does not interfere.” Li Sheng refused him flatly.

Watching Li Sheng’s retreating figure, Ji Ruodong felt a bitter taste in his heart.

He must have walked out of the hotel just as resolutely back then, right? For five years, Sheng-sheng must have hated him.

Although she rejected him, Ji Ruodong chose not to give up. He ordered Special Assistant Wang to hire people for a detailed investigation, insisting they uncover the events of five years ago clearly. However, he emphasized that the investigation must be kept strictly confidential.

After all, it concerned Li Sheng. Although five years had passed and her pursuit of him had died down in their social circle, she was back now, and he was soon to have his formal engagement ceremony with Chi Yunman. He was certain some ill-intentioned people would try to link the two together.

Li Sheng left the restaurant and drove back quickly. All along the way, she thought about the past five years and her previous life.

The last time she was captured and brought back, she had been in a semi-conscious state. She couldn’t tell if what she heard was real or a hallucination, but she vaguely remembered them starting a frantic “apocalyptic experiment.”

The population in the apocalypse had decreased significantly. Furthermore, many women who awakened powers were unwilling to marry or have children. Coupled with the collapse of morality and rampant human trafficking, ordinary people struggled just to stay alive, let alone raise offspring.

Later, as things stabilized, the bases encouraged procreation with subsidies, but they tragically discovered that the fertility of “evolved” individuals had plummeted. Ordinary people, regardless of gender, became hot commodities in the trade markets again.

Faced with these challenges to humanity, the base leader’s distant relative—an ordinary person—was sold multiple times. Whether for public or private reasons, the leader could no longer sit idly by.

Thus, the upper echelons began a scientific “man-made human” project, but multiple trials failed.

She heard that the leader then issued secret orders to twelve research institutes to find a solution to the fertility problem.

Could it be that I became a lab rat in that experiment too? And the experiment succeeded on me? Did I come to this world not as a soul rebirth, but a physical transmigration? Was the real Li family heiress already dead five years ago? Or taken away and missing?

The memories of five years ago were too blurry. Li Sheng couldn’t remember anything clearly except for leaving the hospital.

By the time she reached home, the mental strain of her theories had left her exhausted. Seeing Mo Yueshuang and Ranran, beads of sweat still lingered on Li Sheng’s forehead.

“Mommy~”

Ranran ran over joyfully and hugged Li Sheng’s leg. “Ranran missed you so much.”

“I missed you too, Ranran.”

Li Sheng’s drifting, uneasy heart finally steadied a bit upon seeing the child.

Mo Yueshuang looked at her with concern. “Are you alright?”

“I’m fine, Ms. Mo.” Li Sheng’s mental state was poor; her usual cold and elegant facade had melted slightly. She asked in a softer tone, “Ms. Mo, would it be possible for you to stay one more night? I have some matters to handle tonight.”

Mo Yueshuang was a bit surprised and looked troubled. “I’d love to stay with Ranran, but I have an advertisement shoot tomorrow morning.”

The shoot location was a bit far. It wasn’t impossible to leave from here, but the timing would be tight, and she’d have to trouble Chen Yue to take a detour to pick her up.

Li Sheng’s gaze lowered, but she quickly pulled herself together and looked at her with a faint smile. “Then I’ll call Guan Tai to come over later. After dinner, I’ll drive you back and handle my business on the way.”

“Okay, thank you for the trouble.” Mo Yueshuang thanked her somewhat shyly. Li Sheng didn’t think much of it; in the apocalypse, there were no empty formalities—if you didn’t want to do something, you said so directly. It was a world where ability reigned supreme, and those who played mind games were usually the talentless, annoying ones.

Guan Tai arrived quickly, seemingly wanting to see Mo Yueshuang before she left. Unfortunately, they only met briefly; he said hello and watched her leave.

“Ms. Mo, the place you’re living in isn’t very safe. I suggest you arrange for bodyguards soon. If you don’t have suitable candidates, I have a group of reliable ones I can recommend.”

Asking Guan Tai to find bodyguards was indeed because Ranran needed them, but the situation domestically wasn’t as complex as abroad; one team was enough.

“No need, I’ve already asked Chen Yue to arrange it. Thank you, though.”

Since Chen Yue had already handled it, Mo Yueshuang didn’t want to trouble Li Sheng further.

Li Sheng didn’t say more. Her hands tightened on the steering wheel as she drove fast and steadily.

Arriving at Mo Yueshuang’s complex, Li Sheng didn’t leave immediately. She got out, locked the car, and said to Mo Yueshuang, “It’s dark. I’ll walk you back.”

Even though this was a high-end complex with good security and night patrols, Li Sheng had spent too long in the apocalypse and was used to being cautious.

Seeing Mo Yueshuang standing dazed while clutching her bag, Li Sheng frowned and offered a somewhat awkward comfort: “Go on in. I’ll ask the security to pay extra attention to your area when I leave.”

Mo Yueshuang had installed several security systems at home, so she wasn’t truly afraid. Even if Mo Haogui was aggressive, he was just an ordinary man; it was essentially impossible for him to break in.

However…

Mo Yueshuang looked at Li Sheng. For so many years, she had struggled through life’s storms alone. She didn’t dare claim she had seen through human nature or fully understood life, but in all these years, she had truly never met someone like Li Sheng—someone who was suddenly good to her without any hidden agenda.

“Li Sheng.”

Mo Yueshuang called her name suddenly. Li Sheng turned her head in confusion. “Mhm?”

“It’s… it’s nothing.” Being stared at by Li Sheng’s eyes, which had lost their coldness, Mo Yueshuang suddenly felt a wave of flustered panic. It wasn’t fear or the discomfort of being scrutinized; it was a unique psychological emotion. She had never experienced it and didn’t understand it, but she vaguely seemed to know what it meant.

Mo Yueshuang looked away, unnaturally tucking a few strands of hair behind her ear, thereby exposing her reddened ear tip.

Li Sheng’s gaze followed her hand and naturally noticed the red ear. Li Sheng narrowed her eyes with a hint of suspicion but said nothing, waiting quietly for Mo Yueshuang to catch up.

“Thank you,” Mo Yueshuang said as she walked quickly to Li Sheng’s side. As they walked toward her home, Mo Yueshuang smiled sincerely. “I’ve troubled you too much these past few days. If you ever need anything from me in the future, just ask.”

“It’s fine, just a small favor. Even if a complete stranger encountered these things, I’d help if I could. Not to mention you and Ranran get along so well.”

Li Sheng dutifully escorted her to her door, even reminding her to notify security and call the police immediately if anything felt wrong before the bodyguards arrived.

Mo Yueshuang agreed seriously and thanked her once more.

Only after Li Sheng left did Mo Yueshuang lean against the door and think about her. She always felt Li Sheng was somewhat familiar, yet she was certain she hadn’t met her before. Although her memory wasn’t perfect, she wouldn’t forget a woman as beautiful and uniquely tempered as Li Sheng.

Especially last night after Li Sheng had bathed, her exposed skin still carried the pinkish flush from the hot water. That image had momentarily overlapped with a figure deep in Mo Yueshuang’s memory, but she couldn’t recall the specific details.

During their time together these past few days, Li Sheng hadn’t acted as if they had met before, either—only showing a moment of unease when they first met, likely because of the street collision.

Li Sheng did as she said and spoke to the security, handing over a few hundred-yuan bills to ensure the favor was handled easily.

She looked at three small labeled sealed bags on the passenger seat, containing hair samples from Mo Yueshuang, Ji Ruodong, and Ranran.

Li Sheng accelerated toward a private hospital.

She was going to see the Chinese doctor friend Miranda had mentioned. When she decided to do a paternity test, she contacted Miranda, who had put in a word with this friend.

“Doctor, how long until the results are out?”

The female doctor had a clean, ear-length bob. Her white coat was meticulously buttoned. Her face lacked any extra expression, looking somewhat cold and serious. Although her eyes behind the glasses were as beautiful as a galaxy, they were currently clouded with exhaustion.

“About fifteen days.” She pushed her glasses up quickly and tucked her pen into a drawer. Her voice was slightly hoarse as she spoke to Li Sheng: “I’ll notify you when the specific results are out.”

“Alright, thank you, Dr. Bai.”

Li Sheng had met most of Miranda’s friends, and they were all passionate, fiery people. It was rare for someone with such a cold personality to be friends with Miranda.

Bai Jing handled the official business, and her workday was finally over. She sighed and leaned back in her chair to rest for a moment.

“I often hear Miranda mention you. Seeing you in person is better than a thousand stories,” Bai Jing suddenly said. Li Sheng’s lips curved slightly into a symbolic smile. “She definitely didn’t say anything good about me.”

Bai Jing laughed. “I’m off work. Are you in a hurry to get back? Want to grab a drink?”

Li Sheng hesitated for a moment but eventually chose to go for a drink with Bai Jing.

Bai Jing didn’t take her to a noisy bar but found a small, still-open restaurant in an unremarkable alley.

As soon as they entered, the lady owner asked warmly, “Jing-jing, off work early today? Is this a new colleague?”

“A friend.” Bai Jing found a clean, tidied table. Once Li Sheng sat down, she familiarly went to get the wine and glasses.