This year’s spring came especially late, but it still came in the end. As if it wanted to make up for coming late, the temperature rose by over ten degrees. Everything carried a hint of early summer. The sun was shining, the leaves were green, and the flowers were blooming. After taking off the thick cotton clothes, everyone felt much better.

Except for Du Xiaoxian. She sat in the room with a sad expression and looked at the sunny day outside the window in a daze. Yesterday, Du Huayue came back and told her that he had a colleague who sold all the shares of the Gu Group. He also said that the Gu Group would collapse in an instant.

Du Xiaoxian read the newspaper every day and knew that what Du Huayue said was not a deliberate exaggeration.

She couldn’t wait any longer. She thought that she really couldn’t wait any longer.

At this time, the sunshine was already a little hot. It cast on her face like tiny hot iron wires, causing a slight burning pain. She retracted her head from the window and picked up her phone to call Xia Xiaowan.

After hanging up the phone, she felt a little more relaxed because the heavy stone pressing on her heart was finally about to be removed. It was just that… she sighed. There was still the most difficult barrier to pass.

When Du Huayue came back in the afternoon and heard her decision, he was silent for a long time before saying, “You have to think about it carefully. This time, you will really break up with him.”

“I’ve thought it through.” Du Xiaoxian nodded firmly.

“Then,” Du Huayue said. I’ll go with you.”

“Alright,” Du Xiaoxian said, “You can wait for me downstairs. If,” She hesitated for a moment and then immediately became determined. “There won’t be a problem.”

“Alright, I’ll book the tickets and you pack your luggage.” Du Huayue looked around the room. “We won’t live here for long anyway. It’s good to leave earlier.”

Although Gu Nianbin missed his little girl, he was trapped in a business war and unable to take care of her at the same time. He only wanted to end this battle as soon as possible so that he could bring Du Xiaoxian back.

So when he saw Du Xiaoxian coming to see him, he was first surprised, then delighted. He endured not going to see her, but she could not resist coming to see him.

President Gu’s face, which had been gloomy for a few days, finally revealed a smile. He opened his arms and was about to hug her.

However, Du Xiaoxian moved aside and dodged him. Gu Nianbin was stunned. Only then did he realize that Du Xiaoxian’s expression was not right. She did not look happy at all when she saw him.

“Xian’er, what’s wrong? Did something happen?”

Du Xiaoxian stood there with her head lowered, but she quickly looked up at him and said seriously, “I want to talk to you.”

Gu Nianbin rarely saw her speaking like this. He found it funny and reached out to pull her. “Come, what do you want to talk about?”

Du Xiaoxian gently shook off his hand and sat down on the sofa, clutching her small bag tightly.

Gu Nianbin felt that she was a little strange and smiled, “Why are you so serious? I will tell Zhou Ting to bring you a cup of tea.”

“No, I only need a few minutes.” Du Xiaoxian said softly. “I will leave after we finish talking.”

Gu Nianbin finally felt that something was wrong with her. He felt a little uneasy. He sat down opposite her. “Alright, what do you want to say?”

But Du Xiaoxian fell into silence. She silently took out a form from her small bag and handed it to him. Gu Nianbin took it doubtfully. It was an examination report from a hospital. Before he could read the small words on it, he saw a blue square frame with the word “Positive” printed in it.

Gu Nianbin’s heart skipped a beat. He thought that Du Xiaoxian was sick, so he quickly looked at the line of small words, which read “Urine examination for pregnancy” and “4W”.

He was a little shaken and looked up at Du Xiaoxian, “This, this is…”

“I’m pregnant.” Du Xiaoxian said quickly, “The child is not yours.”

Gu Nianbin blinked as if he did not understand. “What did you say? Say it again!”

“I’m pregnant. The child is not yours.” Du Xiaoxian repeated dully with a pair of big sparkling eyes.

Gu Nianbin heard a buzzing sound. He felt something seemed to have broken off in his brain. Then, he was struck and fell into a loss. He felt that he was burning from inside…

Du Xiaoxian was pregnant but the child was not his! Was this possible? Was she joking?

However, his hands kept shaking, and the test sheet fell to the ground. He lowered his head to pick it up. He tried for a long time but still failed. In the end, Du Xiaoxian reached out to pick it up and put it on the coffee table.

“You lied to me, didn’t you? You were joking with me, weren’t you?”

Du Xiaoxian bit her lips and did not say a word. She just shook her head. She was also afraid and looked at him timidly.

“Fine!” Gu Nianbin tried hard to calm himself down. “Even if what you said is true, tell me what is going on? Whose child is it? Who harmed you? Tell me everything. I will deal with all of this! Okay? Tell me!” He kept swallowing, trying to calm himself down.

“No one harmed me.” Du Xiaoxian still had a dull face. “I wanted it. During the days when we were separated, I repeatedly thought that it was inappropriate for us to be together. Everyone objected. We were really unsuitable. I am an ominous person who always brought disasters to you. When I didn’t appear, you are fine. But when I come to you, your life fell into a mess. Brother Ah Yue was right. We are people from two different worlds and are destined to not be together. Even if we are together, we will not be happy.”

“So, is this child Du Huayue’s?” Gu Nianbin raised his eyes to look at her. His red eyes were terrifying.

Du Xiaoxian trembled in fear, and her body instinctively shrank into a ball. The bones of her fingers that were holding the small bag turned pale. But she still said, “Yes, a long time ago, my mother told my second aunt that when I grew up, I would marry Brother Ah Yue. Later, he came out to join the army. My second aunt was afraid that he would look down on me as he broadened his horizons. So she didn’t mention it. But I knew about it. Brother Ah Yue has always liked me and has protected me since I was a child. I also like him. I think I will be happy with him.”

“You like him?” Gu Nianbin asked aggressively, “What about me?”

“I like you too,” Du Xiaoxian said seriously, “Perhaps in the future, Brother Ah Yue won’t be able to give me everything you give me. However, he can give me a stable life. Although we may live a little harder and earn money through our own labor, our hearts will be at ease.”

“Are you not at ease with me?” Two small flames were burning in his dark eyes.

Du Xiaoxian lowered and shook her head. Her voice was very low, but he heard it clearly. “Staying with you, I always feel like I’m dreaming. I’m so afraid that one day, this dream will wake up and I will lose everything. You gave me too many good things, countless good things. But those things do not belong to me.” She sighed and continued, “I found that I was slowly becoming greedier of everything good. I am afraid that one day I would be obsessed with all of this, and then the beautiful dream would shatter like a mirror. That’s why I’ve always felt fearful, uneasy, and unsafe. I’m afraid that one day, you won’t want me anymore. I’m afraid that your family won’t accept me. I’m afraid of everything. I want to become better and let everyone accept me. But I am unable to do so. When I see strangers, I get scared and panicked. I don’t know anything. Everyone laughed at me and looked at me with strange eyes. Although I don’t say it, I care about it in my heart.”

She looked straight at him, a tiny expression appeared on her dull face as if she was looking forward to something. “Being with you is really tiring. So, let’s break up.”

Gu Nianbin had been listening quietly yet seriously. His heaving chest slowly quieted down, but his expression revealed his tiredness.

“Why didn’t you tell me this earlier?”

“Because you are kind to me. I can’t bear to part with you.” Du Xiaoxian said, “I’ve left you twice, but you always brought me back. I live well by your side, but I’m also very depressed. The clothes you bought are not suitable for me, and I can’t fit into your circle of friends. I can’t live like you. Right now, you can live with me secretly, but what about the future? Do you want to hide me forever?”

“In fact, I like a simple life. If, if you are not Gu Group’s president and are just an ordinary person with an ordinary job, we can marry and have children like ordinary people and have our own family. But you are not. You are a man of great ability and influence. You have responsibility and morality. You have too many things on your shoulders, but I can’t help you. Instead, I will only make trouble for you. So…”

“So you want to abandon me again? Is that so?” Gu Nianbin’s voice was bitter and hoarse as if it was squeezed out from his gritted teeth.

Du Xiaoxian’s face was pale. Because she got excited, her cheeks turned red and her eyes were slightly wet. Her black pupils were like black grapes that were immersed in water, pure and moving. Gu Nianbin saw it, but only felt bitterness. It was as if someone was beating his heart with a wooden hammer, and a dull pain spread from the bottom of his heart to his whole body…

“I’m sorry.” After a long while, Du Xiaoxian finally said this, but it made Gu Nianbin even more painful.

He suddenly smiled coldly. “Do you think you can deceive me like this? Did my mother or Xia Xiaowan go to see you again and threaten you to leave me with money or other means?”

“No, they didn’t go to see me. I have thought about many things. I have been lonely for too long and really want to have a home. Brother Ah Yue promised to take me away. We will have an ordinary family. He will go to work and I will take care of our children at home. This is a simple life that I want.”

Gu Nianbin silently picked up the test sheet and stared at it for a long time. “Are you sure this child is Du Huayue’s?”

“Yes, it was written very clearly that I have just gotten pregnant for four weeks, which happened after we were separated. Last month, I had my period but it didn’t come this month. I went to a hospital for examination and only then did I find out that I was pregnant. So, I think it’s better to make it clear to you.”

Gu Nianbin’s heart sank into the bottomless abyss. He remembered that although he made love with her almost every night, he had been taking contraceptive measures as Du Xiaoxian was too young to have a child and he was afraid that she would suffer. During the half year when Du Xiaoxian was with him, there had been no accidental pregnancy, not even once. Moreover, after they came back from Yawan, he had never done it with her. It had been three months since they came back from Yawan, yet the child was only one month old. It was obviously not his!

Gu Nianbin froze there. He suddenly flustered and felt short of breath. His face was terribly pale as if something was clinging to him, making him unable to breathe and wrapping around him tightly.

After a while, he stared at her with his red eyes and murmured, “You are so cruel!”

Du Xiaoxian did not dare to look him in the eyes and lowered her eyes. “I’m sorry!”