Stepdaughter of a wealthy family? The little darling of a Beijing tycoon

Shen Jingshu gently comforted her, "Don't get agitated. Let me finish what I have to say. This is very important. Are you alone at home right now?"

"Yes, my husband went to work."

"Then listen carefully," Shen Jingshu said clearly, enunciating each word.

"The child in your belly is not yours, but it is your husband's."

The tranquility of the moment struck me like a thunderbolt; a sudden realization dawned on me, and my voice trembled:

"You mean... I'm carrying my husband's child with another woman?"

"Yes."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" The woman's face turned deathly pale, and she shook her head repeatedly. "He loved me so much, we were each other's first love, he could never betray me!"

"What's impossible?" Shen Jingshu said calmly. "You two underwent in vitro fertilization. Your husband bribed someone inside the hospital and secretly switched the embryos."

These words were like an icicle, piercing her heart.

"So... he betrayed me?"

"That's right."

The live stream room was completely buzzing with excitement, the chat was flooded with a dense barrage of comments—

[My God! This is such a huge plot twist!]

[A man from a humble background who marries a wealthy family's only daughter is actually quite ruthless behind the scenes.]

Using IVF to exchange for embryos? That's a terrifying thought!

[Still unable to conceive after years? Turns out they'd already taken steps to seduce her!]

Shen Jingshu continued, "You usually pay a lot of attention to skincare and take health supplements regularly, right?"

"Yes."

"Have you ever wondered why you haven't been able to conceive after all these years, since both of your medical checkups have come back normal?"

A sudden tremor ran through her heart as she looked up abruptly: "Could it be... that there's something wrong with the health supplements I've been taking?"

"That's right," Shen Jingshu said calmly. "You stopped taking those vitamins and supplements you took before you got pregnant, right? You should still have some left at home, right?"

"have."

"Go to the master bedroom right now, take out that bottle of unfinished health supplements, and have it tested. The stuff inside isn't vitamins at all."

As soon as the words were spoken, the tranquility of life could no longer be maintained.

Completely disregarding her pregnancy, she suddenly stood up and staggered up to the master bedroom on the second floor.

She frantically rummaged through a pile of skincare and beauty products on her vanity and quickly found the bottle of vitamins she had been taking before her pregnancy, which had been opened but not finished.

She quickly found another bottle of the matching supplement, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

With trembling hands, she opened the brand-new, unopened bottle of vitamins and poured out one pill from each of the two bottles.

Both pieces are small white round pieces, and they look almost identical unless you look closely.

But if you get close, you'll notice that the newly bought pills have tiny brand logos engraved on them, while the ones you take regularly have no markings at all.

She had been taking this health supplement for several years, always swallowing it whole after pouring it out. Such an inconspicuous detail would have gone unnoticed for a lifetime if she hadn't specifically compared it today.

Her fingertips were icy cold, and her voice trembled: "This...this isn't the one I usually eat...what is this? Please tell me, host!"

Shen Jingshu spoke calmly, yet every word was piercing:

"It's a long-term contraceptive pill."

The woman froze, as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

"Think back carefully, over the years, hasn't he always reminded you to take your vitamins the morning after you've slept together? If you occasionally forget, will he specifically remind you or even personally bring them to you?"

"Yes...yes..."

The peaceful moment slipped through her legs, and she collapsed onto the edge of the bed, lost in thought and muttering to herself.

Years of deep affection, trust, and expectations shattered completely at this moment.

The physical examination was normal, but the truth behind her years of infertility was that her husband had been scheming against her day after day.

The successive blows nearly broke her, but she managed to ask, "Then... who is the person my husband is having an affair with?"

"After you married him, he joined your family's business. Later, you were focused on getting pregnant and anxious about not having children, so you gradually handed over most of the company's power to him."

Shen Jingshu slowly revealed the final truth:

"The secretary who is by your husband's side."

That was his lover.

She is also the true mother of the child in your womb.

How could it be her?!

The woman's face was filled with disbelief, and her voice trembled. "She was a poor student that our family sponsored, and she was also the secretary I personally promoted! I was pregnant and taking care of my pregnancy, so I specially transferred her to help my husband. How dare she..."

"Your home should have a full-house surveillance system, right?" Shen Jingshu said casually.

The serene woman nodded mechanically: "Yes...yes."

"Open it and take a look. Look at last Friday, the day you went to the hospital for your prenatal checkup."

Shen Jingshu's voice was icy cold, devoid of any warmth. "Your husband told you he was going out to discuss work, but in reality, he and your secretary, Xiao Lu, were on the bed in this master bedroom right behind you."

Despite the peaceful scene, she felt cold all over, her hands and feet weak. Trembling, she picked up the tablet beside her, opened the home security system, and watched the recording from last Friday morning.

The moment the screen opened, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

That day, she went for a prenatal checkup with her maid and nanny, and the entire villa was empty.

The surveillance footage clearly shows her husband and secretary entering the room one after the other. As soon as they closed the door, the two couldn't wait to hug each other tightly and kiss passionately.

From the living room to the stairs, they entangled intimately, their clothes scattered all over the floor.

The two went straight to the master bedroom on the second floor, not even bothering to close the door.

The surveillance camera in the hallway was positioned so that it could clearly see everything in the master bedroom, even through the open door, a truly appalling scene.

Living room, hallway, bedroom...

Every corner was slapping her in the face.

She watched on the screen as her first love, whom she had loved for many years, and her kindly helped and trusted subordinate indulged themselves in their marital home.

Years of deep affection, trust, the pain of trying to conceive, the difficulties of IVF... it all turned out to be a meticulously planned scam from the very beginning.

A wave of overwhelming betrayal, disgust, anger, and despair washed over me instantly.

Unable to contain herself any longer, she suddenly stood up from the bedside, staggered into the bathroom, and violently retched while holding onto the sink.

The live stream room was already completely silent, then the chat was flooded with comments:

That's ruthless... This man from a humble background is terrifyingly cunning.

[Marriage fraud, drugging, embryo swapping, and infidelity with the secretary – the whole operation]

[A wealthy heiress was betrayed by her first love and confidant; it's so tragic]

[The thought of having another woman's child in my belly is suffocating.]