"Yeah... We're married... Married..." mumbled Ye Wenming as he took another swig of wine.He drank one glass after another, while Yi Jinli had only taken one or two sips. Finally, Ye Wenming passed out on the couch. However, even though he was drunk, he was still shouting out Zhuo Qianyun's name.Ling Yiran only saw the drunk Ye Wenming when she walked to the living room."What did he want with you?" asked Ling Yiran."To vent his grievances, I guess. He and Zhuo Qianyun had already received a marriage license, but he probably felt more miserable because of this." Yi Jinli looked grimly at Ye Wenming.Ling Yiran also said emotionally, "He and Sis Zhuo could have been a happy couple. If he hadn't forced Sis Zhuo to kneel to Kong Ziyin, perhaps he and Sis Zhuo might not be where they are today. Perhaps... they might’ve been able to get back together when he reversed Sis Zhuo's case." "Yes, people might be consigned to eternal damnation with only one mistake," Yi Jinli murmured whe
"I'll have someone else take them," he said. He had already taken off his shirt, and the look in his eyes was all the more captivating.Ling Yiran could not help gulping. "But... But I...""Are you sure you don't want it?" He bent over, and his beautiful face magnified in front of her while his warm breath sprinkled onto her face.Just like everyone, she could not control herself in front of a beauty. She eventually surrendered to his good looks. It seemed that she could not resist him...Ling Yiran put her hands around Yi Jinli's neck and kissed his lips to show that she wanted it....When Ye Wenming woke up the next day, Ling Yiran said to him, "I don't care what will happen to you and Sis Zhuo in the future, but I won't spare you if you hurt Sis Zhuo."Ye Wenming looked at her indifferently. "If that ever happens one day, you won't have to do anything. I won't spare myself either."She was silent.Ye Wenming turned to leave but suddenly stopped.He asked, "Ling Yiran, w
Zhuo Qianyun froze and looked at Ye Wenming with a puzzled face."I just want to know... whether you're willing to trust me again? Will you believe every word I say?""Does it matter whether I trust you or not?" Zhuo Qianyun asked flatly."Yes," he said with great certainty.Zhuo Qianyun said, "Okay then. I trust you. I trust that you’ll do as you promised. Just like how we got a marriage license after you agreed to marry me. You also agreed to divorce me in the future, so I reckon you’ll keep your word then as well.”Ye Wenming's heart that had just felt joy sank again.One moment, he was happy that she said she trusted him. However, he felt as if he had been sent to hell the next moment."Do you believe I love you, then?" Ye Wenming asked with trembling lips.Zhuo Qianyun looked at him with some shock. It was as if she was wondering why he had suddenly brought this up again.Just then, the staff member handling their birth permission certificate called Zhuo Qianyun to collec
"It doesn't matter now whether it was love at first sight," Zhuo Qianyun said flatly."I just want you to know that I fell in love with you from the very beginning," said Ye Wenming."That only proves that that's all to your love," she said and walked past Ye Wenming again, intending to head for the bus stop.Ye Wenming yanked Zhuo Qianyun. "I'll take you home.""No thanks. I can do it myself—"He interrupted her and said, "Are you going to take the bus? There are a lot of people at the bus stop here. You're a pregnant woman. Will you get on a crowded bus? Aren't you worried that you'll throw up? Since we're husband and wife now, isn't it a matter of fact that I take you home?""We only got the marriage license for the children. We're not husband and wife at all. Ye Wenming, you're not going back on your word, are you?" Zhuo Qianyun said nervously.He stared at her. "Do you think I'm the kind of person who goes back on their word?"She froze.He muttered, "You only got the mar
'So let's keep things as they are. I’ll divorce him after the baby is one year old!' Zhuo Qianyun looked down at her flat belly and said to herself....Zhuo Qianyun thought that there would be no more contact between her and Ye Wenming after obtaining the birth permission certificate and they would continue living their separate lives as before. What she did not expect was that Ye Wenming showed up at the store’s entrance on the day of her pregnancy check-up."What are you..." She stared at him.Ye Wenming said, "Don't you have a pregnancy check-up today? I'll accompany you to future check-ups."Zhuo Qianyun felt a tingle in her scalp. If he was going to accompany her to her pregnancy check-ups, then he would probably show up at her place several times a month. Perhaps... even more often than that."No thanks. I can go to the pregnancy check-ups myself. I don't need anyone to accompany me," she said quickly.Ye Wenming said, "I'm not just accompanying you but also our baby. I
"We need to go to Municipal Women's Hospital to see the specialists there," said Zhuo Qianyun."Municipal Women's Hospital?" Ye Wenming's brows furrowed instantly. They had to go to a tertiary hospital, so there must be something a regular community hospital like this could not deal with. "What happened? Is there something wrong with your health?""Having undergone a liver transplant, the maternity examination here isn't suitable for me," Zhuo Qianyun said as she took out her phone. She logged into the city's hospital registration system but found that the specialists in Municipal Women's Hospital had all been fully booked. She could not book an appointment at all.All the specialists in the registration system... were even fully booked for the coming week. She could only wait for the system to open for appointments a week later.Zhuo Qianyun seemed troubled. She pondered about it and thought she could only ask Ling Yiran to help her get an appointment with a specialist from Munici
Although she had thought of getting an abortion, it was so upsetting to hear it from someone else.She had made up her mind and was ready to have this baby no matter how difficult it was. Was this the end of it?"I don't want to terminate my pregnancy," said Zhuo Qianyun.Ye Wenming turned paler as soon as she said that. When he heard that the mother would also be in danger, his first reaction was to terminate the pregnancy.As much as he cared for the little human life, he cared more about her life.He almost lost her when she was suffering from liver cancer. How could he bear the possibility of losing her again when he had managed to save her?"Qianyun, why don't you take the doctor's advice? If you continue carrying the baby, who knows what will happen later? Besides, you still have Lil Yan. What should Lil Yan do if something happens to you?" 'And what about me...'However, he swallowed the last few words and did not speak them out loud.Zhuo Qianyun felt a wrenching pain
However, neither of them spoke on the way back.Ye Wenming's car arrived in front of the store. Mrs. Zhuo asked as soon as she saw that her daughter was back, "What took you so long? You've been gone the entire day. How was the pregnancy check-up? Are you okay?""Yes, Mom," Zhuo Qianyun said with her usual smile."Okay? Are you going to hide it?" asked Ye Wenming. Then, he told Mrs. Zhuo what had happened at the hospital.Mrs. Zhuo instantly became deeply worried. "Is there any danger? Then... Then what should we do?"Ye Wenming said, "Mom, please advise Qianyun not to have the baby. Her health is important. If she wants to have another baby, then... Then I can adopt a baby with her. Anything else is possible but this. I just don't want anything to happen to her again."Mrs. Zhuo ignored that Ye Wenming kept calling her ‘Mom’. She looked at her daughter nervously and said, "Wenming has a point. Why don't you give up this baby...""Mom, it's too early to make such a snap decision
He clenched his jaw and felt his teeth ache. 'Yeah, she’s broken up with me. She has every right to find a new boyfriend, but... the thought of her smiling at another man, and kissing and hugging him makes me uncomfortable.’ Gu Lichen could not help feeling irritated."You can't find one! Do you think you can find another man like me to love when you love me so much?" he said.Zhong Keke retorted with a slightly red face, "You... You're too confident. Who are you to say I can't find one? I love you now, but I can slowly get over you. Besides, I don't need to find a man like you in the future. I just need to find an ordinary man with a good personality who treats me well! I’ll give him all my heart, and he’ll do the same!"It was more like she was telling herself that.'Yes, I can move on from him. I can do it!'However, her words seemed to have provoked him as he turned the steering wheel sharply, slammed on the brakes, and pulled over at the roadside.She was thrown forward and
The fact Zhong Keke accepted was that she feared she would love him more and more!When Yi Jinli and Gu Lichen returned to the ward, Ling Yiran was still chatting with Zhong Keke about the children, not only the new baby but also the triplets."Alright, Lichen and I are going home first. Yiran, have a good rest. I'll visit you and the baby again next time," Zhong Keke said and got up after seeing the exhaustion on Ling Yiran's face.Ling Yiran replied, "Okay. I'll let you meet my triplets next time.""Sure."After Zhong Keke and Gu Lichen left, Yi Jinli lay on Ling Yiran's bed and said, "If you're sleepy, sleep first. The doctor said you need more rest."Ling Yiran said, "I'm a little sleepy, but I had a nice chat with Keke today. Jin, you know what? I think it's great that Lichen has fallen in love with Keke. Keke's a wonderful woman, and Lichen has finally found his happily ever after."She said as she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.Looking at his wife's sleeping fac
"Thank you! It's a good painting, and I like it very much. I didn't expect you to draw my daughter like that.""I saw the baby when I came to the hospital that day, so I remembered," said Zhong Keke."I heard from Jin that you and Lichen both came to the hospital that day. I didn't scare you, did I?" said Ling Yiran.Zhong Keke smiled softly, "All that matters is that you're safe. Being alive is better than anything."The two women chatted while the two men looked at each other. Then, Yi Jinli said, "Lichen, let's go get some air."The two men got up and walked out of the ward.Zhong Keke looked uneasily at the ward door.Ling Yiran said, "They’ll be back soon. Don't worry. My Jin won't kidnap Lichen."Zhong Keke smiled, knowing that Yi Jinli probably had not told Ling Yiran about what happened that day."By the way, how are you and Lichen's relationship? Does he treat you well?" Ling Yiran asked."He treats me well." It was true. He treated her well. He would give her everyt
He and Song Qingyao were not even friends."You don't have to explain this to me," said Zhong Keke. They had broken up, and she did not need these explanations.Besides, she knew better than anyone that he had always been in love with Yiran.Thinking of Yiran, Zhong Keke said, "I want to go to the hospital to see Yiran. Can I?" The last time she visited Yiran, Yiran was still unconscious, so she wanted to check on her.Hesitation flashed across Gu Lichen's face."Don't worry. I won't say anything to trigger Yiran. I’ll still pretend to be your girlfriend in front of Yiran. If Yiran asks you, you can say we're doing quite well. When Yiran has recovered, I can make an excuse to say we've broken up. Of course, I can take all the blame. For example, I thought being with you attracted too much attention, or I couldn’t get used to being with you, or I had fallen for someone else—"Before she could finish speaking, she was suddenly pulled into a wide embrace.His hands held her tightly
Zhou Xinmian: [I said you were living with Gu Lichen now. Then they said nothing and left readily.]"..."Zhou Xinmian: [Did you block their phone numbers? They said you're not answering your phone.]Zhong Keke: [Yeah.]She should have blocked her uncle's family's phone numbers long ago. Even blocking them now was considered late!Zhou Xinmian: [Well done! But didn’t they try calling you using another phone number?]Zhong Keke: [They did. But as soon as they spoke and I heard their voices, I hung up and blocked their phone numbers.]In other words, she did not give them a chance to talk.She did not want to listen to what they had to say anyway. They had worn out the last of her affection.Zhou Xinmian: [Have you made up your mind this time?]Zhong Keke: [I’ll just consider that my grandparents only gave birth to my father!]In other words, she no longer considered her uncle and his family her family!Zhou Xinmian: [You should have done that long ago! They told me Gu Lichen
It was why he had said such things at the time to keep the woman from leaving!"Maybe I've liked you since then." It probably started earlier than he thought.Zhong Keke's eyes watered as tears were about to pour out. She raised her hands and covered her eyes, "Gu Lichen, stop telling me such things!"Such things would only make her waver when her resolution was hard-won. Did he know how much determination and perseverance it took her to ask for a break-up and keep her distance from him to stop loving him when she loved him so much?Though her hands shielded her eyes, they could not stop the tears.His fingers pulled her hands away. "Alright, I'll stop. I'll stop talking. Don't cry."Her tears had always left him flustered.He hugged her and coaxed her. The indifference in his phoenix eyes had become affection.Zhong Keke finally stopped crying, but she still sniffled occasionally.Holding a tissue, Gu Lichen carefully wiped the tears from her face. After a moment, he said,
"Do you care about me?" She smiled bitterly. "That word isn’t only something you say but..." She did not continue speaking after a pause.However, he already knew what she was going to say.Gu Lichen turned pale. He knew that the incident at the comic fiesta was something that bothered her.He was the one who caused it!"Also, I think we'd better talk about the possibility of me getting pregnant!" she said."Okay, go ahead," he said as he asked the others in the living room to leave."Will you insist that I have the baby if I get pregnant?" she asked, looking at him."If you’re pregnant, I don't want to lose the baby," he said. He had never longed for children even though his parents had always wanted grandchildren, even if it was out of wedlock.However, such ideas had never occurred to him.Now, he wanted to have the baby because they would be... his baby with Keke!"Even if I don't want the baby, are you still going to stop me from having an abortion?" she asked.He was s
Even though he did not love her, she still thought she was a better candidate than Zhong Keke.However, to her disappointment, the way Gu Lichen looked at her was still icy."I'm not interested in you. The Song family you're so proud of will no longer exist in Shen City a year later. Perhaps the Song family can keep some things if you start planning now. Otherwise, you'll have nothing left."With that said, Gu Lichen left the ward, leaving Song Qingyao standing where she was in a daze.Other than reluctance, resentment, and jealousy, there was more shock and fear on her face.'Does Lichen intend to eradicate the Song family within a year? Is... Is he going that far for Zhong Keke? He doesn't love Zhong Keke, right? Why is he doing it? Why?' Unfortunately, no one could give her the answer.Gu Lichen walked out of the hospital and got into the car. He slowly closed his eyes as Song Qingyao's last words flashed through his mind.'It doesn't matter... even if I don't love her?'Kek
Song Qingyao's heart sank. Sure enough, he could find out anything he wanted to."Why did you do it?" Gu Lichen said coldly.Song Qingyao suddenly laughed. "You're asking me why? Gu Lichen, I’ve loved you for so many years. What do you think?""I wouldn't love you even if Zhong Keke didn't exist. If I wanted to fall for you, I would have done so from the beginning," said Gu Lichen.Song Qingyao's mouth was full of bitterness. She knew that!However, knowing was one thing. Her being reluctant and unwilling to accept it was a different matter!She shouted, "Why did you choose Zhong Keke? You love Ling Yiran because Ling Yiran saved your life when you were a child. What about Zhong Keke? Why her?"She accepted losing to Ling Yiran because she had never saved Lichen's life.However, how could she accept losing to Zhong Keke? "Because she's the one who saved me from the messy relationship," replied Gu Lichen."What do you mean?" Song Qingyao was puzzled.Instead of explaining, he