At that time, I had just undergone surgery and had just finished organizing my father's funeral. I appeared to be alive, going to work, putting on makeup, eating normally every day, but in reality, I was no different from a walking corpse.

Being publicly humiliated by this group of drunken lunatics undoubtedly became the final straw that broke me.

After returning home, I curled up in a corner and cried, even contemplating suicide.

I kept asking the heavens, "You have been so cruel to me, taking away my child and my father. Why do you keep torturing me over and over again with a knife?"

Xue Ze had grown accustomed to my depressive and sorrowful state. He used to comfort me gently before, but now he was numb, thinking that after I cried for a while, I would automatically come to terms with it and heal on my own, after all, that's how adults deal with things.

But I couldn't get through it.

I opened the balcony window, contemplating jumping from the seventh floor, but I saw Xue Ze downstairs on the phone. He looked like a young boy in love, his toes rubbing against the floor tiles, his eyes gentle, his smile affectionate.

Half an hour later, he came back.

I sat on the sofa hugging my knees, watching TV, and asked him, "Where did you go?"

He acted as if nothing had happened, raised his phone, and said with a smile, "I was recruiting new gym members to earn more money. You froze your eggs, right? When the time comes, we can secretly find someone for surrogacy and have our own child."

I just responded with an "Oh," unable to refute this reason. Xue Ze, with his outstanding appearance and physique, had always been the star trainer at their gym, earning more money, which meant he also had many women chasing after him.

At night, we shared a blanket but slept back to back.

I silently cried, tears wetting the pillow.

Xue Ze was busy with his WeChat business, fiddling with his phone late into the night.

The next day, with a pair of swollen eyes from crying, I went to work at the kindergarten.

I stood by the fence, watching the children play games, feeling a wave of sadness in my heart.

If I hadn't been in the accident, my child would have been born by now. He hadn't even had a chance to see the world yet.

I wiped away my tears, and at that moment, someone poked my lower back.

I exclaimed in pain, turned around, and saw the man who had forced me to kneel last night - Luo Yin.