“What’s wrong?” His gaze looked like he was seeing an alien. “It’s nothing, I’m just curious why you would ask about her.” Hasn’t she always been indifferent to his affairs? “If you don’t like me asking, I won’t ask.” In truth, she was the one who was really afraid of hearing the answer! “No! I don’t mind,” Xia Erxi leaned towards her, with a somewhat sarcastic expression. “As I suspected, she is not pregnant.” “How can you be so sure?” “I had someone investigate, from start to finish, she never even went for a check-up, let alone had a doctor,” Xia Erxi’s black eyes narrowed slightly. “Her real purpose should be to become the future Xia madam, coveting the Xia family’s massive fortune.” He had seen too many women like this, wanting to turn from a sparrow into a phoenix. “So you’re relieved?” The hand holding the cup trembled slightly, Xinluo pretending to be calm. “You should say I was never worried.” He confidently raised his eyebrows. “If… I mean if, if she really was pregnant, would you really be heartless and ignore her?” Xinluo tested him, unable to directly meet his eyes. She wanted to understand his true thoughts. “…” Suddenly falling silent, Xia Erxi gave her a deep look. “No matter the outcome, I will not marry Lan Zhenyun.” That woman’s scheming was deep, her ambitions terrifyingly large; he could never spend his life with such a woman. He didn’t want to risk being murdered and unable to sleep peacefully. “Even if she really is pregnant, you still won’t?”
“My chest hurts so much, as if I can barely breathe,” Xinluo said with a bitter tone. “Impossible,” these three words, Xia Erxi answered decisively.
Suddenly standing up: Xinluo pretended to help herself pour tea, but tears were already welling up in her eyes. Xia Erxi’s ruthless and cold answer once again crushed her last remaining hope. Her pregnancy… she couldn’t find a way to say it. And now, there was no need to say it, right? She had her dignity and didn’t want to humiliate herself.
“Xinluo?” Noticing something was wrong again, Xia Erxi called softly. “What’s wrong with you?” For a moment, he seemed to see tears forming in her eyes.
