After contracting to have a child, the icy female CEO became addicted.

[So what if you gain weight? What's it to me?]

[What does this have to do with me?]

His voice was continuous, echoing throughout the bedroom like a phonograph recording...

Wen Ling's face turned pale at a visible speed!

She stared wide-eyed at Jiang Ran in disbelief, unable to accept that such words could come from his mouth!

Wen Ling frowned, staring intently at Jiang Ran, who was almost back on the other side of the bed.

He was quite tall, but his face still looked young, just like before. Compared to her, Wen Ling could accept that Jiang Ran was young and immature!

However, what she couldn't accept was Jiang Ran's character!

If he really has character flaws, then it means that she was blind and misjudged him back then!

If we really want to get to the root of the problem, Wen Ling is actually unable to accept her own failure!

"Are you... are you serious?"

Her hands were clenched into fists, the sharp tips of her manicured nails digging into her palms, causing her hand to ache.

"Otherwise what?"

Jiang Ran remained unchanged, showing no hesitation whatsoever, and angrily retorted to Wen Ling, "We're getting a divorce anyway, I don't understand why you're still saying these things, you're nobody to me!"

His second half of the sentence clearly contained an element of spite.

At least that's what Wen Ling heard.

Wen Ling raised her left leg, pressing her knee against the side of the bed, and leaned closer, her left hand gripping the headboard cushion. "You don't understand? Let me tell you, I'm your wife, your legal wife!"

"You yourself said it's in a legal sense!"

Jiang Ran pulled the blanket up, trying to use it as a dividing line to separate herself from Wen Ling. "It won't be like that for long."

"What do you mean 'no'? I said no divorce, no divorce, no divorce! Didn't you understand?!"

Wen Ling was absolutely furious!

Seeing Jiang Ran's actions, she didn't care anymore. She supported herself on the headboard cushion with one hand, kicked off her cotton slippers with her right foot, and got into bed. She even reached out to try to pull away Jiang Ran's blanket!

One pull and one tug.

Jiang Ran gripped it tightly, pulling the blanket straight as if it were being stretched, but she didn't succeed.

Seeing Wen Ling getting closer and closer, Jiang Ran couldn't hold back any longer and blurted out, "Big sister, how many times do I have to tell you? I don't like you. I have absolutely no feelings for you. Even after all this, you still won't get a divorce. What are you trying to do?!"

"No feelings?! Impossible! I don't believe it!"

The three consecutive denials blurted out. Wen Ling, holding onto the headboard cushion, slowly moved her knees forward on the mattress until she was close to Jiang Ran, then she directly reached out and touched him—

"Big sister, what exactly are you trying to do?!"

Seeing Wen Ling's actions, Jiang Ran subconsciously raised his hand to resist, but coincidentally, Wen Ling's target was his wrist.

The moment he raised his hand, Jiang Ran's right wrist was grabbed, and his left hand, which was resting on the mattress behind his back, had already reached the edge of the bed.

There's nowhere to escape.

Jiang Ran struggled to support his upper body, and when he met Wen Ling's sinister and angry gaze, his heart skipped a beat.

Will she force herself on me again like yesterday?

The moment the thought popped into his mind, Jiang Ran's reaction became even more intense. He tried to press Wen Ling's hand down, but unexpectedly, Wen Ling used the pressure to press his hand directly under her knee!

Immediately afterwards, Wen Ling's voice rang out again, a forced compromise as she suppressed her anger.

"If you think I'm too fat, I'll still have a weight loss plan after I recover, and I'm already planning to do so..."

Her voice was lowered considerably, as if she were discussing something with Jiang Ran.

But Jiang Ran didn't care at all what she was going to do.

Taking advantage of her compromise, Jiang Ran's anger subsided considerably. He looked up, met Wen Ling's eyes, and spoke earnestly and gently: "Sis, let me tell you the truth, it's normal for you to gain weight because of your pregnancy. What you do afterward is really none of my business!"

"How could it not have anything to do with you?! You used to be so attentive and respectful towards me, but now you say you don't like me. Isn't that because I've changed from what I used to be?"

Seeing Jiang Ran's serious attitude, and finding a calm and peaceful environment for conversation, Wen Ling became more talkative.

Although their posture was still a bit off...

It was these words that finally made Jiang Ran understand where the problem lay!

So, his statement yesterday that he didn't like her was a huge blow to Wen Ling, right?!

No wonder, a career-driven woman like Wen Ling with a strong sense of self-respect, how could she accept others saying bad things about her...

Jiang Ran took a deep breath and began to reason with Wen Ling very rationally: "This has nothing to do with you gaining weight! If I like you, and I were to complain about my wife's weight gain just because she gave birth, wouldn't I be a jerk?"

He said exactly the same thing as Li Shu!

The person is still the same; Jiang Ran's character has remained unchanged from beginning to end!

These words made Wen Ling feel much better. Her anger subsided completely, and she took a deep breath to calm herself down.

Realizing her lapse in composure, Wen Ling paused, somewhat embarrassed, and moved her right leg away from Jiang Ran's wrist. She changed the subject, saying, "Well, it would be best if it were like this. Let's go see the baby tomorrow morning. You haven't seen the child since birth..."

She looked away somewhat embarrassed, feeling ashamed of her earlier lapse in composure.

Unexpectedly, the next second, Jiang Ran's words completely stunned Wen Ling!

"I'd rather not watch it. Our relationship isn't something we can show to others. It's best if she never finds out I'm her biological father!"

With his hand finally freed, Jiang Ran rubbed his wrist, which had turned red from being pressed down, and said expressionlessly.

Wen Ling looked at him with utter astonishment: "What do you mean by that?! Are you not planning to take responsibility?!"

"Being responsible depends on the situation, right, sister?"

Jiang Ran responded speechlessly, then quickly sat up in bed and said, "Have you forgotten? You and I had a contractual arrangement for having a child. Now that it's all done, why would I still see her?"

Meeting Wen Ling's shocked and bewildered gaze, Jiang Ran stubbornly continued, "If you don't understand, I can repeat it!"

"You don't need to morally blackmail me by saying I have to take responsibility for your child. First, we need to figure out who wants to have the child, why they want it, and whether there's love between them!"

"You should have understood when we first agreed to this contract that it was essentially a buyout! As for the hardships you might experience during pregnancy or the weight gain after childbirth, you should have considered these consequences before you even decided to have the baby yourself!"

"If you still don't understand, let me put it even more bluntly: I don't love you, and this child isn't the fruit of our love; it's purely your one-sided wish, just like how you hid your pregnancy from me..."

"Because from the very beginning, you never treated me like a human being!"