Chapter 1

In the middle of the night, I saw a WeChat message on my boyfriend’s phone: “Old Xu, do you want a son?”

He replied with one word: “Yes!”

Then the other party sent over a pregnancy test report.

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This is the twelfth year of our love.

He is gentle and attentive, the model husband in the eyes of all our friends.

I can’t wait to show the world how wonderful he is.

Yet, this very person, patient and gentle with me,

Is flirting with someone else, and might even have a child.

The night before our wedding anniversary, someone suddenly added me: “Your boyfriend has a new girlfriend.”

Instinctively, I glanced at Jiang Du, who was busy in the kitchen, and accepted the request.

“Who are you?”

Immediately, a photo of a pregnancy test was sent over.

It showed six weeks pregnant.

“I’m pregnant, and the child is your husband’s.”

Before I could react, she sent another photo.

The background seemed to be the obstetrics and gynecology department of a hospital.

Jiang Du was turned slightly towards the camera, talking on the phone, smiling faintly.

Sunlight rested on his straight nose, inexplicably gentle, like intoxicating honey.

“Last Saturday, when he told you he was going on a business trip to Tianjin, he was actually accompanying me for a prenatal check-up.”

“Oh, and,” she added, “those nights he claimed to be on business trips, he was with me.”

I stared blankly at the screen, feeling as if I no longer recognized those words.

Individually, they made sense, but together, I couldn’t comprehend them.

That day, I called Jiang Du, and the background sounded somewhat noisy, with a woman’s voice faintly audible.

I joked with him, “Why is there a girl’s voice beside you? Be honest, is she your little mistress?”

There was a moment of silence on the other end, followed by a low laugh,

“Yes, I’m accompanying my little mistress for a prenatal check-up.”