On Valentine's Day, I received a large bouquet of roses.

The card read: Wishing Miss Zhang a happy Valentine's Day, and it was signed by my husband's name.

But my name is Shi Jing.

When I called Liu Yunyang, countless possibilities flashed through my mind, but when he saw the picture I sent and immediately came back, all my speculations were shattered.

"Wife, I know you must be very angry right now, but please allow me to explain."

Liu Yunyang said that it was a mistake made by the florist and then confronted the boss via video call.

On the other side was a middle-aged woman who sincerely apologized to me, saying that a new employee in the store had made a mistake. She implored me not to cause any conflict with my husband over this, otherwise they would truly be in deep sin.

"As long as we've cleared this up, thank you for your hard work."

After hanging up the video call, Liu Yunyang heaved a sigh of relief.

"Scared out of your wits?" I pinched his cheeks, which seemed to have lost some weight.

"Yeah," he responded sullenly, then hugged me tightly.

I could hear his heart pounding, and it seemed like he was truly scared.

"Wife, don't doubt my love for you."

Liu Yunyang and I have been together since university, and now it has been eighteen years.

Although the intensity of our feelings is no longer as strong as it was during the passionate period, we haven't completely fallen apart.

Today, the reason he's so nervous is probably because we just had an argument last night.

"Then I'll head back to the office. Let's go to the Chinese restaurant you love so much tonight."

"Okay, I'll stop by my mom's house first. Call me when you finish work."

"I'll pick you up after work," he said, resting his forehead against mine. "You don't trust the nanny, but I can't bear to see my wife working so hard."

My mother tripped and broke her leg half a month ago. My father is too old to take care of her, and while I've hired a nanny before, the market is currently too chaotic. It's too easy to hire a curse.

As soon as I entered my parents' house, I heard a familiar voice.

"Father-in-law, I didn't want to disturb you, but you and mother-in-law are the only ones who can advise Jingjing."

"Throughout history, have there been any women who didn't give birth? If it were up to me, a woman who doesn't give birth isn't a woman at all. Do you agree?"

"She should also think about you, her parents-in-law. I wouldn't mind since I have a son to take care of me in old age, but she's almost forty. If she doesn't have a child soon, she really won't be able to."

Ever since we got married, my mother-in-law has been pressuring us to have a child, but Yunyang and I have always been staunchly against it. At first, she kept pushing, but after seeing that my son's attitude was so firm, she turned a blind eye.

I never expected her to still be hoping to convert my parents' thoughts privately.

My father helplessly asked, "Mother-in-law, are you speaking on behalf of Yunyang or is this your own idea?"

"Of course it's Yunyang's idea. He just loves Jingjing so much, and that's why he agreed not to have children. Tell me, which man doesn't want a child of his own?"

As I took back my foot that was about to step forward, I heard her say, "You don't even know that since they got married until now, I barely dared to go outside. I'm afraid the neighbors will ask why the husband and wife are still not having children, some even ask if it's because Jingjing can't conceive."

"I've been having nightmares every day lately, all of them about my now deceased husband trying to strangle me. He says it's my doing to let the Liu family's line go extinct. My heart, oh my, it's really painful."

After that came a long string of complaints, causing my mother to burst into tears.

I knew what was waiting for me inside, and decided to text Liu Yunyang, asking him to get his mother to leave quickly.

He should have already arrived at the office, but the text had still gone unanswered for a long time.