Prologue
Xu Ye was cheating again. With the same woman as seven years ago.
This time, he had learned to keep her well hidden.
His entire family was helping him cover it up.
Including Xu Yiyi, the son I had nearly died giving birth to.
That day, my flight landed early. When I got home, Xu Yiyi clung to me nervously, calling me Mom over and over.
“Mom, I missed you.” I hadn’t heard those words once in seven years. They sounded stiff.
As though he were carrying out an assignment.
“Mom! Can you take me out for burgers? Let’s go get burgers! Please?”
I’d spent a week away on business and was exhausted, but he tugged me toward the door.
I shook him off. “Xu Yiyi. Covering for your dad again?”
He froze. For a long moment, he said nothing.
I cupped his face. “Mom already knows. Auntie Qin Xiaoran is in your dad’s bed, isn’t she?”
He burst into frightened tears.
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