Seven days after her prenatal checkup, Gu Qing hurried through the corridors of Kanghuilai in her thin-soled flats. Like her brother, Shen Guangji, she was something of a workaholic. Even at over nine months pregnant, she could not set aside the various affairs of the company.
After finalizing her instructions, Gu Qing supported her lower back and made her way slowly out of the meeting room; her nine-month bump caused her tailored dress to tilt slightly upward. She was forced to slow her pace, her palms gently cradling her abdomen.
A glass window at the end of the corridor was open. The wind, carrying the damp scent of grass and trees following a recent rain, rushed in and caused two pots of orchids on the windowsill to rustle, their broad leaves casting fragmented shadows on the tile floor. Gu Qing suddenly stopped. Her hand instinctively reached toward the hammer hanging against the wall, intended for breaking the glass casing of a fire extinguisher.
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