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

Jin Si Nian froze abruptly, all his fierce aura vanishing, leaving only a broken and heartbroken expression. He asked in a hoarse voice, "You...don't like me?"

"You hate me?"

His eyes were red-rimmed, his jaw clenched, waiting for her answer.

Nan Zhi looked up and met his eyes, which were filled with loneliness and sadness. Her heart ached slightly, and she shook her head softly, "No, I don't, I don't dislike you."

I don't like it either.

To his surprise, a glimmer of light appeared in Jin Si Nian's eyes. He gripped her shoulders with a possessive and domineering grip, and declared with unwavering certainty, "Then you like me!"

"No, no..." Nan Zhi hurriedly shook her head, denying it urgently.

She neither disliked nor liked him.

"Child, you said you don't hate me."

The man stared at her flustered and timid face, stubbornly sticking to his own logic, his voice hoarse and persistent, "Not disliking me means liking me."

Nan Zhi was bewildered by his twisted logic, her cheeks flushed, and she clenched her fingers tightly around the hem of her clothes, stammering and repeatedly refuting, "No, no... it's not... it doesn't mean anything at all..."

She raised her slender, fair hand, her eyes filled with timidity and aloofness, and spoke softly, word by word: "You... if you want a child..."

"I... I can give you one."

Too much, and then it's gone.

Anyway, she's pregnant with twins, one on each side is fine.

She will love her baby, and if the baby doesn't feel the father's love, she will give double the mother's love.

Jin Si Nian's brows furrowed sharply, and his heart sank.

Give me one? What does she mean by that?

She was carrying twins, and she actually planned to separate the two children, keeping one for him and taking the other with her.

He never wanted just one child; he wanted her, two children, a complete family of four. He couldn't bear to lose either his wife or his child.

Why can't we have all three?

Only children make choices; he shamelessly wants all three.

Seeing the man's cold, sullen, and silent expression, Nan Zhi bit her lower lip tightly, as if she had exhausted all her strength, and mustered her courage to back down and compromise: "If you... want two... that's fine too."

With her eyes lowered, her voice soft and pleading, she said, "Could you... could I come back and see the children when I have time?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Si Nian's aura turned extremely cold, and his face turned ashen.

Zhizhi is now thinking of abandoning both of her children and leaving her husband and children behind.

He now deeply regrets making that three-year agreement. He should have just taken the person to get the marriage certificate and gotten it done, thus ending the matter once and for all.

How could things have come to this point where I don't even have the right to be a father to my own son?

Seeing that he remained silent with a cold face, refusing to budge an inch, Nan Zhi felt a surge of pent-up grievances and anger well up inside her.

She had already given in to the end, only asking for the right to visit her child, but he refused to budge an inch.

Her eyes reddened, filled with anger and bitterness. Clutching the hem of her clothes, she said defiantly, "Fine, if you don't agree, then forget it!"

"Both...both children...I...I won't give them to you."

As soon as she finished speaking, she forcefully pushed away the man who was holding her captive, and stood up angrily from the sofa, her eyes brimming with tears.

He wants too much; she can't afford it.

Kings tightened his long arms around her slender waist, holding her firmly in his embrace. Stripped of all his domineering presence, his voice was low and filled with a humble yet anxious plea: "Can't I have both you and the two children?"

He wants all of them, and he must have them!

"No, no way." Nan Zhi's back tensed, her tone more forceful than ever before, leaving no room for compromise.

You can't have it all!

"Why?" Jin Si Nian's throat tightened, his heart ached, and he held her arm even tighter. "You're so opposed to me, you won't even raise the child with me?"

"You know perfectly well that children who lack a father's or mother's love will never be happy." He gently placed his warm palm on her pregnant belly, carefully protecting the twins inside. His voice was hoarse and red, each word piercing her heart, "Zhizhi, why are you so cruel, letting your two babies grow up without the companionship of one of their closest relatives?"

Nan Zhi's eyes suddenly dimmed, her lips pressed tightly together, and a dull pain welled up in her heart.

How could she not understand?

She grew up alone and experienced the bitterness of not having a complete family and lacking the love of both parents. She knows best how much harm a broken family and incomplete kinship can do to a child.

Jin Si Nian keenly noticed her wavering expression, knowing that she was already wavering. A hint of restrained expectation flashed in his eyes. He softened his tone and continued to coax her: "Zhi Zhi, don't you want the two little babies in your belly to have a complete and happy family?"

The man's warm, broad palm gently and slowly caressed her slightly protruding belly. His fingertips paused, and his body stiffened slightly.

His eyes were filled with astonishment and bitterness, and his heart trembled.

Has it grown this big already?

Her lower abdomen was already very obvious; it was a twin pregnancy belly, fuller and more protruding than a typical four-month-old single pregnancy.

He used to be so dense, thinking she had just gained weight; he was such a pig-brain.

It's all thanks to Zhizhi's good concealment, and also to Doctor Pei!

Bah, you miracle doctor!

Even when Zhizhi was pregnant, it wasn't detected in a medical test.

Wait, no, that's not right! Pei Qin, the divine physician—Pei Jingzhi!

These two must be grandfather and grandson, both surnamed Pei and both practicing medicine.

Damn, he didn't even think of that at first.

That was a real oversight.

Nan Zhi lowered her eyes, her mind in complete disarray, and she was caught in a struggle of hesitation.

Every word Jin Si Nian said struck a nerve with her.

With the warm touch of her palm against her lower abdomen slowly spreading, a sense of peace and soft happiness welled up in her heart, and warmth enveloped her chest and spread out.

She was lost in thought, wondering if it was the pregnancy hormones that were causing her to waver so easily.

"I... I can find a new father for my child..."

Before Nan Zhi could finish her soft, stuttering words, her chin was suddenly gripped tightly by his long, slender fingers.

A surge of ferocity instantly welled up in Jin Si Nian's eyes, turning him into a ruthless and obsessive figure. His voice was chillingly cold: "You dare?"

"My son, Jin Si Nian's flesh and blood, will never recognize anyone else as his father in this lifetime, and will never allow him to recognize a thief as his father."

His eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at her pale face, pressing her with each word: "Who do you want to be the father of your child?"

"Pei Jingzhi?"

"Nan Zhi, don't even think about it."

The man's aura surged with malice, leaving her no way out. He leaned down and whispered in her ear, his warm breath carrying a domineering and obsessive tone, forcing her to give him two final choices: "Either you marry me, so we can be legally married, raise two children together, and build a complete family."

"Either you can't go anywhere and are forced to stay by my side to raise the child with me."

"Child, choose one."

"You choose one!"

Nan Zhi looked at him. What was the difference between these two choices?

He wants both; there's no such thing as a free lunch.

If Mrs. Jin finds out, she'll scold her again.

"Why do you always bring up Jingzhi?"

She and Jingzhi had nothing between them.