Chapter 289:
……What for?
Xie Wanning widened her eyes, not yet grasping the implication, when the man before her continued, “You can take the child and leave, but the child must take my surname and sever all ties with him from then on.”
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Dead silence.
After a long while, Xie Wanning finally understood his meaning, and her gaze gradually turned somewhat peculiar.
“What?” Lu Ziyan leaned in close, saying indifferently, “You’re unwilling?”
Xie Wanning: “……”
She asked suspiciously, “You think the child is Ji Chengfeng’s?”
Lu Ziyan’s teeth clenched, his jawline taut, his pupils narrowing slightly as he stared at her without speaking.
This reaction said it all.
Xie Wanning found it somewhat amusing and exasperating.
She reached out to grasp his wrist, tugged it, and then the man emanating chilling cold obediently sat down beside her.
Seeing that even in his rage, he allowed her to manipulate him, with that submissive little appearance paired with his stern, intimidating face overflowing with cold air, Xie Wanning—who had originally wanted to explain everything clearly to him—felt an inexplicable joy.
The words of explanation were already at the tip of her tongue, yet they changed course.
She coughed lightly and said, “Another man’s child—can you truly treat it as your own?”
Lu Ziyan didn’t speak.
“Say something,” Xie Wanning tilted her head to look at his tense profile, urging him with a half-smile, “If you don’t promise to treat the child well, how can I dare to take the child back with you to……”
“I can!” Lu Ziyan said, “As long as you sever all ties with that pretty boy from now on.”
Now Xie Wanning was truly astonished.
She hadn’t realized his heart could be so magnanimous.
Once upon a time, just a Pei Yuqing had stirred his killing intent, refusing to let it go.
Now she had directly borne a ‘other man’s’ child, yet not only did he allow her to keep the child by her side, he even promised to treat it as his own?
That was someone else’s child—he’d have to see it under his nose every day, constantly reminding him that this was her and another man’s……
She herself had experienced that feeling in her past life.
But for Liu Manrou’s child, she could never treat it as her own.
Just imagining it made her feel like her insides were burning……
Xie Wanning felt some pity and finally couldn’t bear to tease this man anymore, so she grasped his hand firmly and asked seriously, “Why do you think that I, having no relations with Ji Chengfeng, would bear his child?”
Hearing this, Lu Ziyan abruptly turned his eyes to her.
“What do you mean?” A chilling aura emanated from his eyes, “The child’s biological father is someone else?”
With the previous Pei Yuqing, it was his own mistake—he had hurt her heart, forcing her to hastily remarry, and even their consummation was him drugging her to make it happen. Lu Ziyan hated it to the bone, yet could only accept it.
With the current Ji Chengfeng, it was still his fault—he knew she was kind-hearted but didn’t conceal his killing intent toward Pei Yuqing, forcing her to escape. Though he didn’t know how they met, it was an indisputable fact that the pretty boy had taken advantage of the situation.
All along the road from the Capital City to Bianzhou, Lu Ziyan had already comforted himself.
No matter what, it wasn’t her fault.
As long as she was still willing to go back with him.
He wouldn’t pressure her at all anymore.
If, if she wasn’t willing……
But what did she mean now?
Was there a third man?
Lu Ziyan’s eyes gradually took on a blood-red tint.
That ferocious look, ready to kill at the slightest disagreement, made Xie Wanning fall silent for a moment.
She couldn’t hold back anymore and said, “In your eyes, am I really that promiscuous? Less than a year after leaving you, I could quickly fall in love with another man and bear his child?”
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