Your Highness, your wife doesn't want you anymore!

"No way... you're like this."

"We gave it away, and now we're going back?" Nan Zhi stammered, clutching the chain.

"Let go!" Jin Nian said angrily. This ugly thing is not worthy of Zhi Zhi.

Zhizhi deserves better.

Nan Zhi, her eyes red with hurt, scolded him in a soft voice, "You gave him away, and now you want to go back?"

"If you take it, what will you give me in the future?"

"I... don't want it anymore."

As she spoke, she loosened her grip, and the chain came off, but Kingsman held it tightly.

Nan Zhi sat up from him, wiped away the tears that were about to fall, and moved far away from him.

Jin Si Nian stared blankly at the chubby, somewhat ugly chain on his hand, then pressed it against the chain: "Zhi Zhi, I won't steal it anymore."

"I just want to give you another one."

"Everyone says this looks like a duck, but I clearly sculpted a swan."

"I want to give you something even better."

As he spoke, he carefully raised his hand and tugged at Nan Zhi's sleeve.

Zhizhi didn't push him away, and Jinsinian knew he had a chance, so he pressed himself even closer, wrapping his arms around her waist: "Zhizhi, I won't take it anymore."

"Please don't be disgusted, okay?"

Nan Zhi remained frozen, neither saying whether she wanted it or not.

Zhizhi seems genuinely angry. In the past, no matter what I gave her, she would say she liked it, but I've never seen her wear it.

This chubby duck necklace is different for Zhizhi; she likes it.

And he carried it with him every day.

She was unhappy when she saw him trying to take it away and then protecting it.

"Zhizhi, I've been carving this for a long time," Jin Nian said gently, and Nan Zhi was indeed moved and reached out to take the necklace.

"You, you're not allowed to... take it from me anymore."

Jin Si Nian tightened his arms, holding the person firmly in his embrace. His deep voice softened considerably, the previous harshness gone: "Okay, I won't take it from you anymore."

He gently stroked the edge of the pendant with his fingertips, his tone tinged with excitement and a desire to boast: "I've re-carved a new one, and it will be delivered in a couple of days."

"The next one will definitely be like a swan."

I put it back on Zhizhi.

He took the duck pendant from Nan Zhi's hand, wrapped it around her slender, fair neck, and skillfully put the necklace back on for her.

The cool metal against the skin accentuated the girl's delicate collarbone.

The man's palm naturally rested on her slender waist and abdomen, unconsciously giving it a squeeze, and he muttered to himself, "Strange, why do I feel like Zhizhi has gained a little weight recently?"

"Your belly is getting a bit bigger, Zhizhi, are you pregnant?"

A simple sentence, like a thunderclap, made Nan Zhi freeze instantly.

A sudden tightness gripped his heart, and a wave of panic washed over him. A fleeting, barely concealed guilt crossed his eyes.

"No...no."

Her eyelashes trembled in panic, and she dared not look directly into the man's eyes, for fear that he would see through her and discover her flaws.

Why is he always able to accurately perceive how much weight he has gained and where the weight has been?

No, we can't panic!

Nan Zhi looked up at him, but before she could speak...

Jin Nian keenly noticed her sudden change in attitude and quickly softened his tone, bowing his head to admit his mistake and awkwardly trying to make amends: "I didn't mean to look down on you at all."

"I just think you're so soft to hug now, you look better with a little more weight on you, much more pleasing to the eye than when you were so thin before."

He was completely baffled. He gently stroked her flat yet slightly protruding belly with his fingertips and asked bluntly, "Why does all the fat only grow on your stomach?"

"My arms and shoulders are still as thin and skinny as before. Why don't they grow more on my limbs?"

These words made Nan Zhi's heart beat even more erratically, and she could only clench her clothes tightly and pretend to be calm.

Jin Si Nian looked down at the person in his arms, his eyes filled with heartache.

Zhizhi is very thin; she was quite small and thin when she first arrived.

But actually, Zhizhi is 165cm tall, but for some reason she doesn't look very plump when you hug her.

Even though her grandmother raised her and never deprived her of food and clothing, she was naturally thin and her bones were hard and bony.

Because she had almost no excess fat, she used to get large bruises on her skin from the slightest bump or knock.

Even during their intimate moments…

If he loses control even slightly and uses a little force, he will leave marks of varying depths on her skin that will not fade for days. They look shocking, and if an uninformed person sees them, they will mistakenly think that he is deliberately mistreating or abusing her.

For the past two years, he has been trying all sorts of ways to feed her and has gone to great lengths to improve her health. It was only with great difficulty that she gained a little weight and her skin became increasingly fair and delicate.

But precisely because her skin became whiter, the marks left on her body became even more noticeable.

She often looks so innocent that she's afraid to go out and see people. Even on a hot day, she has to cover herself up for a while before going out.

Jin Si Nian lowered his head, his nose touching the top of her head, his tone filled with helplessness and indulgence: "I'll give you more nourishment in the future, so your arms and cheeks will be rounder, instead of just your belly getting fatter."

"Zhizhi, you have no idea, it always feels uncomfortable when I hold you to sleep."

He rested his chin on Zhizhi's shoulder, his warm breath brushing against her ear, his voice low and languidly magnetic as he whispered in her ear, "Zhizhi's bones are still hard to hold."

It's so uncomfortable to hold every night...

A warm breath brushed against her ear, and the straightforward yet ambiguous words instantly turned Nan Zhi's entire ear crimson, which then spread all the way to her cheeks.

She subconsciously bit her soft lower lip, her heart pounding wildly, filled with unease.

He had just noticed his belly was getting rounder, and now he was making such a blunt comment about her body.

Did Kingsman discover her secret pregnancy?

He probably just said it casually!

Confused, Nan Zhi hesitated for a moment before lowering her voice and cautiously probing, "How...how could you...not tell I've gained weight?"

She asked herself if the changes were significant.

She usually wears loose clothing to conceal her belly, and the curve of her lower abdomen is subtle. Even her grandmother, who has always doted on her, might not say she is fat now, but would only say she is thin.

Most elders in the world are the same; they always feel that their own children are suffering and not having enough to eat.

Even if she gains ten pounds while away from home, when she returns to her grandmother's side, the old lady will still frown and feel sorry for her, saying that she has lost too much weight and that she has had a hard time away from home.

It was the same when she was a student living at school. Even if she didn't see her for just five days, her grandmother would still nag her, feeling sorry for her thin and haggard appearance.

Nan Zhi never expected that Jin Si Nian would discover it so easily.

Jin Si Nian hugged the girl tightly, his tone matter-of-fact, frank and straightforward: "I hold you every day, I know every inch of you better than anyone else, whether you're fat or thin, I can tell just by holding you."

Nan Zhi's eyelashes trembled slightly, her cheeks flushed, and she asked again, "You...you can tell just by touching?"

"nature."

Jin Si Nian responded calmly, his dark eyes fixed on her, filled with a possessiveness unique to her, and said firmly, "I know your child's body better than anyone; I hold her every day."

"You probably don't understand your body as well as I do, Zhizhi."

After saying that, he gently circled her slightly protruding belly with his fingertips, frowned slightly, and pretended to be puzzled, casually guessing: "It's just that your weight gain is not evenly distributed. The rest of your body is still slender, but your belly is rounder."

He pondered for two seconds, then gave his answer matter-of-factly, poking her fair cheek and asking, "Haven't you been staying in the villa all day, too lazy to move around, just lounging around all day, that's why all the fat has accumulated on your belly?"

The man's tone was purely one of simple doubt, but to Nan Zhi, it took on a different meaning.

Nan Zhi blushed; he... he was making another suggestive remark.

Shameless.