Five years without pregnancy means you're too weak; I remarried a powerful man and had triplets

Zhang Feng's hand trembled as she placed it on Xu Zhesheng's shoulder. Her calculating eyes widened as she stared intently at the line of text on the report, her brows furrowed into a tight knot, as if she wanted to stare a hole through the page.

She couldn't understand the technical terms, only recognizing the somewhat convoluted final conclusion, but she refused to believe it.

Xu Zhesheng seemed not to hear her questions.

He just stared at Lu Zichuan, his usually calm eyes now bloodshot, as if trying to find a reasonable explanation from the other's face.

Lu Zichuan didn't even bother to lift his eyelids, simply saying, "The red stamp in the bottom right corner."

The words were few, but the meaning couldn't be clearer.

That's the hospital's official seal for forensic medical examinations. If the report is falsified, the hospital will bear joint liability, so no one dares to tamper with it.

Xu Zhesheng's originally straight back suddenly swayed, as if he had been kicked hard from behind. He staggered back two steps and hurriedly grabbed the railing behind him to avoid falling.

"Su Manman... betrayed me?"

He muttered to himself, his voice as soft as a wisp of smoke, yet it seemed as if he was trying to save face.

He would rather believe that Su Manman betrayed him than admit that there was something wrong with his body.

Tan Gui, watching from the side, finally couldn't bear it any longer and sneered, "Su Manman betrayed you, that's one thing, but you have problems yourself, that's another. All these years, Zhizhi has been covering for you, shouldering all the pressure alone. She helped you with work, housework, and all those messes in your family, working like a spinning top. And what have you done? How have you repaid her? Xu Zhesheng, you disgust me."

She rattled off a string of words, each one sharp and incisive.

Xu Zhesheng seemed not to have listened at all. He snatched the report from Zhang Feng's hand, checked it several times, then staggered around and dragged his leaden leg as he stumbled and ran toward the obstetrics and gynecology department.

Zhang Feng hadn't quite figured out what was going on, but seeing her son's distraught appearance, she panicked and quickly chased after him.

As the farce ended, the crowd, finding it uninteresting, dispersed in twos and threes.

The secret that had been buried in her heart for so many years was now laid bare in the sunlight, and Shen Zhiyi couldn't quite describe how she felt.

It felt like a sigh of relief, or like a heavy stone that had been weighing on my heart had suddenly been removed, leaving me feeling empty and somewhat unaccustomed to it.

She raised her hand and touched her chest. Her heart was beating faster than usual, but it was so vibrant and strong.

"Zhizhi, what exactly happened?"

Shen Ji frowned, looking completely bewildered.

He understood the gist of what they said in bits and pieces, but when put together, something didn't seem right.

In his memory, his daughter had always been well-behaved. Even though she was somewhat rebellious when she insisted on marrying Hsu Che-sheng, she never kept anything from her family.

But what Tan Gui said just now... doesn't seem to be the case.

Shen Haozhi, standing to the side, took everything in.

Having conducted scientific research abroad for many years, he possesses clear logic, and with a little analysis, the cause and effect became clear.

He looked at his sister, his eyes filled with heartache.

"Zhizhi, you've worked so hard all these years."

He reached out and ruffled her hair, his voice trembling slightly.

He dared not think about how a woman endured five years in her husband's family with the stigma of being "infertile," all those scornful looks, cold words, and whispers behind her back.

What saddened him even more was that Shen Zhiyi never refuted him.

Even though Xu Zhesheng had a child with another woman, she never revealed the truth, just to protect that man's self-esteem.

That's just how people are.

When you grit your teeth and get through the toughest days, you realize it wasn't so bad after all.

But once someone sees through your disguise, sees through your feigned strength, all the grievances that have been suppressed will pour out like a flood, and there will be no stopping them.

Shen Haozhi's embrace was warm and firm, and Shen Zhiyi's spine, which had been taut and straight, finally relaxed completely the moment she leaned into her brother's arms.

Then came the tears that I could no longer stop.

She choked back tears and called out, "Brother..."

Tears streamed down his face, soaking the front of Shen Haozhi's shirt almost instantly.

Shen Haozhi's eyes also reddened, but he couldn't speak. He could only pat her back gently again and again, conveying his silent strength.

Shen Ji wanted to ask more questions, but Tan Gui stepped forward first, took out a yellowed medical examination report from her file bag, and handed it to him.

Her eyes reddened, and her voice was hoarse: "Uncle, this is Zhizhi and Xu Zhesheng's medical examination report from back then."

"She did ask me to change the conclusion... but it wasn't hers that was changed, it was Xu Zhesheng's."

The paper was yellowed and the edges were slightly curled up. The writing on it had also faded a bit, but the conclusion was still clearly legible.

"The male partner suffers from asthenospermia, making natural conception extremely difficult."

Shen Ji's gaze fell on that line of text, his pupils suddenly contracted, and his hand holding the report began to tremble uncontrollably.

He looked at it again in disbelief, and after confirming that he hadn't misread it, his usually serious and composed eyes instantly reddened.

He looked up at the two children hugging each other, then looked down at the report in his hand, and his lips moved slightly.

"you……"

A thousand words stuck in my throat, ultimately turning into a heavy sigh.

He stepped forward and patted Shen Haozhi and Shen Zhiyi on the back respectively, his voice low and hoarse: "Alright, stop crying."

"Zhizhi, you really shouldn't have done this. How could you keep something this big from your parents?"

"You kept it from Xu Zhesheng himself, letting him push all the problems onto you for so many years... Don't you feel wronged?"

Hearing her father's words, Shen Zhiyi's tears flowed even more fiercely.

Are you feeling wronged?

How could I not feel wronged?

The first two years were fine, as both sets of parents weren't pressuring her. But in the third year, everyone started putting pressure on her.

Not only Shen Ji and Xu Jing, but Zhang Feng and Xu Zhi also talked about it every few days. Even distant relatives who were rarely seen once a year would come over to "show their concern" during holidays.

"Why don't you want children yet?"

Is there something wrong with your health?

"Have it while you're young, it'll be harder when you're older."

At first, Xu Zhesheng would defend her, but after being nagged so much, he also wanted a child. The two tried to conceive for a year without taking any precautions, but nothing happened, so he started to feel resentful.

Although he didn't say anything harsh, his actions clearly turned cold, especially when Zhang Feng scolded her; he no longer stood up for her.

How could Shen Zhiyi not feel wronged?

But the path was her own choice.

She loved that man so much that she couldn't bear to see him suffer even the slightest setback.

She was afraid that he would break down after learning the truth, that he would lose confidence, and that he would never recover.

So she chose to bear it all alone, to cover for him, and to maintain his false dignity.

Looking back now, she was simply digging her own grave.

I was moved by my own actions, but I never touched that person's heart.