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

"Why do you always bring up Jingzhi?" Nan Zhi frowned and said in a low, aggrieved voice.

Jin Si Nian's eyes darkened, a surge of jealousy welling up within him. His voice was deep and cold as he retorted, "What do you say, Zhi Zhi?"

Pei Jingzhi was her childhood sweetheart, and the only man she felt close to in this unfamiliar city of S.

This uniqueness fueled his envy to the point of madness, causing him to toss and turn every night in restlessness.

"I...I won't choose." Nan Zhi turned her head away, her tone stubborn yet powerless.

Jin Si Nian tightened his grip on her soft cheek, his domineering manner leaving no room for resistance: "If you won't choose, then I'll choose for you."

"Getting married without any detours or hiccups."

As soon as he finished speaking, he picked her up and carried her out of the lounge.

Nan Zhi immediately broke free from his embrace, staggered back half a step, her eyes reddening as she shook her head in protest: "No, I won't go!"

"Only people who love each other can get a marriage certificate."

"I don't like you, and you... don't like me either."

Her voice was soft and hoarse, carrying the loneliness and relief that had been building up for three years, as long-buried memories surged up from the depths of her heart.

She knew very well from the beginning that Kings didn't like her.

That was her first year in the Jin family, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was the first time she met her eldest brother, Jin Siwen.

That night, Kingsman stayed at the old house with her, and he didn't come back until very late.

She went out to look for someone, wrapped in a thin coat, and on the courtyard terrace, she happened to bump into Kingsman and his older brother Kingsman standing side by side.

The two chatted in hushed tones, their words all directed at her.

Jin Siwen looked at his younger brother sitting opposite him and also noticed Nan Zhi hiding around the corner. Before returning, he had naturally investigated Jin Siwen and Nan Zhi's relationship: "What are your feelings for your sister-in-law...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Jin Si Nian interrupted indifferently, his tone distant and cold, devoid of any warmth: "You can't be considered siblings-in-law; we've never registered our marriage."

"She's just someone that good-for-nothing from Nanyang sent here."

"I just had nothing better to do, so I kept her around for three years."

"Si Nian, as long as you're happy, the fact that you brought her back shows how much you like her."

Jin Siwen's eyes always lit up when he saw his younger brother mention Nan Zhi, but Jin Siwen never realized that he had fallen in love with Nan Zhi much, much earlier than he had realized his own feelings.

But Nan Zhi… Jin Jingwen’s gaze fell on Nan Zhi’s face not far away, his expression indifferent and ordinary.

It was so ordinary it was almost deathly silent.

At that time, Jin Si Nian denied having feelings for Nan Zhi, but his eyes always lit up when he talked about her, and there was a faint smile on his lips. His tone was also a little excited, but he just stubbornly said, "I wouldn't say I like her."

"When the three-year contract expires, I will naturally let her go. How could I possibly fall in love with her?"

Hiding behind the pillars, Nan Zhi heard every single heartless word.

However, she wasn't upset; she remained calm.

From the beginning, she knew she had never had any expectations or feelings, so there was nothing to be sad about. (PS: This flashback takes place about three months after Nan Zhi came to Jin Si Nian's side. Our Zhi Zhi is very slow to warm up and has an avoidant personality.)

On the contrary, she was quite pleased, glad that Kings would keep his promise and let her leave.

Lost in thought, Kingsman caught a glimpse of a slender girl around the corner. He tore away all his previous cold words, strode towards her, and gently put his arm around her soft waist, his tone as languid and gentle as ever: "Why did you come out?"

"Can't sleep? Want to come back and go to bed with me?"

Nan Zhi lowered her eyes, nodded quietly, and obediently let him carry her back to the bedroom.

She remembered it clearly from that day on.

He said it himself: he wouldn't like her.

Jin Si Nian froze, a sharp, throbbing pain shooting through his chest. His voice hoarse, he asked, "Zhi Zhi, do you have mind-reading abilities?"

Nan Zhi lowered her wet eyelashes and gently shook her head.

"Then what makes you so sure I wouldn't like you?" He gripped her slightly cool wrist, his eyes swirling with fear, regret, and burning passion. His voice was restrained yet trembling. "We've been together for three years, sharing the same bed every day. What makes you think I've never had feelings for you?"

"Three years have passed, and you still don't understand me?"

"If I didn't like you, why would I treat you so well, giving you gifts, buying you clothes, giving you money, getting up in the middle of the night to cook for you, and even carving a swan necklace for you?"

"Can't you just pretend you don't see this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he leaned down and gently kissed her red and slightly swollen lips, without any punishment, only full of guilt and fear.

When he parted his lips, his forehead pressed against hers, his eyes reddening deeply, and he frankly admitted his mistake: "I was wrong, Zhizhi."

"W-What did I do wrong?" Nan Zhi's breathing became slightly disordered, her body went limp, and she stared at him blankly.

"I used to think we should take it slow." Jin Si's Adam's apple bobbed as he spoke his true feelings, "I thought that if I treated you well, I could slowly warm you up, and one day you would understand my feelings and be willing to stay by my side."

"But now I realize that I was completely wrong."

He tightened his arms around her, carefully protecting her pregnant belly, his voice filled with lingering fear: "With you, I can't take things slowly at all."

"If you're any slower, you'll run off with my two children and I'll be completely abandoned by you."

Shedding all his domineering and arrogant demeanor, the once-proud son lowered all his pride and pleaded in a low, humble voice, "Zhizhi, will you marry me?"

I know you don't have feelings for me now, and you don't like me.

He lowered his stance, retreated to the lowest point, and gently coaxed, "Just think of it as a matter of the baby in your belly, for the two babies' household registration, so that they can be legally recognized."

"Zhizhi, two babies, should have a complete and stable home."

"Will you marry me?"

Kings is out of ideas!

Zhizhi doesn't like him, so he can only win her sympathy by pretending to be pitiful.

At this moment, Jin Si Nian was completely devoid of his usual aloof, cold, and domineering demeanor. He resembled a down-on-his-luck husband about to be abandoned by his wife and children, gently leaning on Nan Zhi's thin shoulder.

Her eyes were red at the corners, her eye sockets were brimming with moisture, and she was enveloped in a heavy sense of grievance. Her brows and eyes clearly showed her vulnerability and helplessness, asking why you didn't want her.

Nan Zhi was gentle by nature and kind-hearted, and she always fell for his show of weakness and grievance.

Seeing his humble and pathetic state, all the hard defenses she had built in her heart crumbled, and she couldn't bring herself to harden her heart or say no.

Nan Zhi gently placed her fingertips on her slightly protruding belly, her eyelashes trembling. After a long while, she finally spoke, her voice trembling with unease and stammering, voicing her deepest concern: "You... Mrs. Jin, can you accept me?"

She came from an ordinary background and only stayed by his side through a contract, so she was never recognized by Madam Jin.

Now that she's pregnant with twins and about to get married, she still can't get past her mother-in-law.

Nan Zhi bit her lip, her voice soft and trembling, filled with determination: "If she doesn't accept me, doesn't accept the child... I... I will still leave."

"At that time, no matter how many nice things you say, it will be useless."