Chapter 219: I Don't Want This Child

Pregnant.

Zhu Yuan's eyes trembled; how could Sheng Yu know?

Only Ji Xiang knew she had used a pregnancy test, and Ji Xiang would not betray her.

Could it be…

She suddenly thought of something and raised her hand to see for herself, but Sheng Yu caught her wrist and pressed it onto the bed. His eyes were filled with joy; it was clear he was truly happy about the arrival of the child.

"You suddenly fainted, and I was very worried. Thinking that your period had been delayed for so many days, I simply had Qiao Mai check for you."

He scooped Zhu Yuan into his arms and held her tightly, laughing in a low voice: "Yuanyuan, I am truly happy. It is our child."

He grabbed Zhu Yuan's hand and kissed it again and again, "I will definitely protect you both well, Yuanyuan, our child."

"Do you feel like vomiting? Qi Jing used to say his wife was always nauseous when she was pregnant. Do you?"

"Is there anything you specifically want to eat? I'll have someone go buy it. Do you want to eat soybean paste noodles? I'll go make them for you."

"I don't know if you can eat spicy food right now, so I'll have Qiao Mai compile a list of pregnancy precautions for me."

Looking at his excited and nervous appearance, all the emotions of this man, who was usually so cold and detached, were now written on his face.

When she had just tested positive for pregnancy, she had fantasized about what he would be like when he found out.

She hadn't expected him to be like a greenhorn, even more flustered than she was.

Yet, at this scene, she couldn't bring herself to smile at all.

Sheng Yu spoke as he pulled her tightly into his arms again, "Yuanyuan, our first child."

The small face pressed against his neck was cold and chilly, silently rejecting his embrace.

This made Sheng Yu hold her even tighter, as if by being pressed together so seamlessly, there would be no rift between him and Yuanyuan.

Zhu Yuan's eyes were moist, and she fought back the tears to keep them from falling.

Yes, truly happy; they had a child.

Before she saw the scene of Sheng Yu, Ning Huaiqing, and their family of three, she had been so happy she was flustered, excited, and nervous, even joking that her "pregnancy brain" had arrived too quickly.

How happy she had been; her child was welcomed in the anticipation of both her and Sheng Yu.

What should have been a joyous occasion for everyone around her had been ruined in an instant.

That's right.

All her beautiful visions and expectations had been destroyed in one fell swoop.

Zhu Yuan suppressed her emotions, her voice low and soft, "Chairman Sheng is deceiving himself again. It is my first child, true, but it is not your first child."

There was already a child outside who could call him father.

Sheng Yu tightened his arms even more, "That child was born because Ning Huaiqing hid it from me; I didn't even know of his existence before..."

"But so what? He is still your child." Zhu Yuan interrupted him.

Sheng Yu let her go, cupped her face, and said solemnly: "No, I only acknowledge the child between you and me. Yuanyuan, you are the only person I love; only your child can be my, Sheng Yu's, child."

Only...

Zhu Yuan gave a self-deprecating laugh, and tears like broken strings of pearls slid down into her temples.

"I said..." she choked, "My man must love me wholeheartedly, and wholeheartedly includes being the only one, and includes no deception!"

She suddenly raised her voice, "You hid the fact that you have a child from me; do you take me, Zhu Yuan, for a fool!"

"No!" Sheng Yu wiped her tears, "I never took you for a fool. I hid the matter of that child from you because I didn't want you to leave me because of it."

"Heh..." Zhu Yuan turned her head to avoid his hand.

Sheng Yu really understood her.

If she had known early on that Sheng Yu had a child, she really would have left him.

Sheng Yu leaned against the head of the bed, pulling her into his arms and letting her lean against his chest.

He lowered his head to kiss the top of her hair, "I will send them abroad, and they will never be allowed to return to the country for the rest of their lives."

Zhu Yuan closed her eyes.

Sheng Yu, is deceiving yourself meaningful?

"And then?"

She murmured, as if talking to herself, "Wait for that child to grow into an adult, and then acknowledge his ancestors? And then let this thorn stay stuck in my heart, keeping me trapped in your cage, struggling in pain for a lifetime? Sheng Yu, keep dreaming!"

"I said only your child is my child; no one else is qualified to acknowledge the ancestors."

Zhu Yuan felt a dull ache in her chest, "Sheng Yu, let's break up."

"I won't allow it!"

Sheng Yu said in a deep voice, lifting Zhu Yuan up to sit on his lap and raising her chin, forcing her to look at him, "I hid it from you because I didn't want this matter to affect our relationship."

"Do you think the only thing affecting our relationship is that child?"

Zhu Yuan stubbornly kept her tears from falling, "That night, when Ning Huaiqing held you and told you to calm down, that scene cut into my heart like a dull knife. I tried desperately to forget, but I could never forget."

She thought she could bury that scene in the bottom of her heart, but she had overestimated herself.

Sheng Yu's pitch-black eyes stared into hers, "You think it was Ning Huaiqing who made me regain my reason?"

"Don't tell me now that it was because of me. Do you think I would still believe you?"

The hand around her shoulder tightened abruptly, "It was because of you."

Zhu Yuan said indifferently: "I don't care anymore. Sheng Yu, the moment I saw that you had a child, I stopped caring about anything."

Sheng Yu listened to her words, which were like knives, and the fear in his heart magnified infinitely.

Not caring...

She was going to leave him!

"I don't agree, Yuanyuan, don't even think about it!"

Sheng Yu lifted her chin and lowered his head to kiss her lips.

But the further his tongue tip pushed inward, the tighter Zhu Yuan gritted her teeth, refusing to let go.

In the past, he would have disregarded her wishes and pinched her jaw to force her to open up, but now, he simply could not bear to.

He held Zhu Yuan's face in both hands, his nose tip brushing against the bridge of her nose, "Yuanyuan, be good, let me kiss you."

Zhu Yuan kept her eyes lowered, unmoved, her bloodless face filled with a deathly stillness.

Panic rose in Sheng Yu's heart, and he lowered his head to kiss her again; this time, the panic in his heart made him lose his reason, and he bit down on her lower lip, taking advantage of her opening her mouth in pain to invade, ruthlessly hooking and tangling with her tongue.

Yet from beginning to end, Zhu Yuan did not have a single reaction, like a doll without life, letting him plunder as he pleased.

No reciprocation, no gasping; her indifference was like a slap across Sheng Yu's face.

He released Zhu Yuan in defeat, looking at her face which still held no expression, save for her lips, which were somewhat swollen from his kissing.

He pressed his forehead against hers and gasped, "Yuanyuan, other than leaving me, I will agree to anything you want to do."

"Really?"

She finally deigned to look at him properly.

Sheng Yu smiled and lowered his head to kiss her on the cheek, "Of course."

But the next second—

"I don't want this child," Zhu Yuan murmured.

"No!" Sheng Yu's voice turned suddenly fierce, and he pressed his hands onto Zhu Yuan's shoulders, "You want to get rid of this child? Don't even think about it!"