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

"Abandoned him?" Nan Zhi repeated softly, her heart filled with shock.

Jin Si Nian nodded slowly, his fingertips gently stroking her back to soothe her: "Back then, my brother was determined to marry that woman, and my mother objected in every way, but she couldn't stop him no matter what she did."

"My older brother had a huge fight with his family over her, which caused a deep rift between him and his mother. After the marriage, he simply moved out and lived alone, and almost never went back to the old house to visit his mother."

"No wonder my brother can't sit still whenever he comes back to Jinlong Bay; he doesn't want to stay long." Nan Zhi suddenly realized, then stammered as she pressed on, "Then, why did his ex-wife... leave him?"

The rattan chair swayed gently, and Jin Si Nian said in a low voice with a hint of regret, "I don't know the specific reasons either, but I guess I never truly loved him from beginning to end."

"When my brother ran after her, she almost stabbed him to death."

"My brother is obsessed with love. Even so, he still won't let us call the police to arrest her and let her go."

"Since then, everyone in the family has tacitly agreed never to mention this woman again; it has become a taboo subject."

"My older brother completely collapsed during that period. He was depressed and despondent all day long, and tried to avoid his surroundings. Later, he simply went abroad."

Nan Zhi's fingers unconsciously fiddled with the buttons on his shirt as she asked nervously, "Big brother, did you go abroad to find that woman?"

Isn't that how TV dramas and novels always portray it? A domineering CEO chasing after his wife, or running into old friends when you go abroad.

Jin Si Nian reached out and cupped her mischievous little hand, holding it firmly in his palm, and teased in a hoarse voice, "No, that woman isn't even abroad."

"His travels abroad over the years have only been a way to slowly heal the wounds in his heart."

He squeezed her fingertips, a hint of ambiguity rising in his eyes: "Don't touch me or move around. You're pregnant now, you have a get-out-of-jail-free card protecting you."

His tone shifted abruptly, his breath close to her ear, carrying a suppressed longing: "Zhizhi, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until nightfall."

Nan Zhi raised her eyes and glared at him reproachfully, secretly thinking: You stingy guy, you're not even happy to touch the buttons a couple of times.

Jin Si Nian's arms tightened suddenly, a tightness in his chest making him uneasy. He asked in a low, hoarse voice, "Zhi Zhi, will you ever be like that woman, abandoning me and our child and just leaving?"

Nan Zhi remained silent for a moment, not replying immediately.

This moment of silence struck Jin Si Nian's deepest fear, and the arms around her waist tightened even more.

Even though the two had already registered their marriage, he still lacked a sense of security.

Because Zhizhi doesn't love him, she's only willing to stay to give the child a complete family, just for the child...

If she hadn't gotten pregnant, she probably would have left without hesitation and wouldn't have stayed for him for even a moment.

Ultimately, he benefited from his child's fame; he rose to prominence because of his son.

Nan Zhi knew perfectly well that she would never abandon her two children.

Having personally experienced being abandoned in the countryside by her own parents, she would never allow her own flesh and blood to suffer such gossip and loneliness again. Since she decided to give birth to them, she would take full responsibility and would never repeat the mistakes of the Nan family's parents.

She gently raised her hand, grasped Jin Si Nian's sleeve, and slowly said, "No, I won't abandon the child."

"I...I promised to give them a complete family."

These words sounded particularly harsh to Jin Si Nian. He raised his fingertips, gently lifting her chin, forcing her to look directly into his anxious, dark eyes, and stubbornly pressed, "And what about me?"

"Zhizhi, will you abandon me?"

"If you abandon me, I don't know what I might do..."

Looking into his anxious eyes, Nan Zhi softly added, "You...you won't abandon me either."

With those words, Jin Si Nian's tense heart finally relaxed a little. He raised his eyebrows triumphantly, as if a huge weight had been lifted from his heart.

Fine, it's good that I'm willing to tell him a couple of lies...

Before the two could even enjoy their time together, Aunt Qing hurried over, her face showing some difficulty.

Ever since she learned that the young mistress was pregnant, Aunt Qing had been carefully stewing nourishing chicken soup every day, hoping to help her recover. However, Nan Zhi had never liked greasy medicinal food and couldn't bear to disappoint Aunt Qing's good intentions, so she always secretly passed it on to Jin Si Nian.

Unfortunately, the soups and tonics were too potent, causing Jin Si Nian to feel hot and feverish every time he drank them, and he would often have nosebleeds.

Aunt Qing bowed and replied, "Young Master, Young Madam, Madam Jin is currently outside the villa area gate. The gatekeeper, following your previous instructions, has stopped her from entering."

Jin Si Nian's previous pleasant expression vanished, his brows furrowed deeply, and his tone was cold and unyielding: "Tell the guards to send her away. I will not see her."

"We don't need to let her come over anymore."

Nan Zhi quickly reached out and pressed down on his hand, which was about to give orders to the servants, and stammered out, "Why don't we let Madam come in and sit down?"

A chill ran through Jin Si Nian's eyes, but he refused to budge an inch: "No, absolutely not."

"She'll definitely try to persuade me not to marry you when she comes, but I don't want to hear that."

"I don't want to hear my mother come here and slander you!"

Nan Zhi gently bit her lower lip and whispered comfortingly, "Maybe this time...she didn't come to say these things."

Jin Si Nian lowered his eyes and stared at her intently, seeing through the faint expectation in her heart at a glance, and bluntly shattered the reality: "When has she ever been well-behaved when she came here? She either tries to arrange other women for me, or she repeatedly nitpicks about your background and identity."

"They used to be more considerate of my feelings and wouldn't say anything too harsh in front of me, but they've become increasingly unscrupulous since then."

"Listen to me, just send them away, there's no need to see them again."

"Child, don't be silly!"

Seeing his stubborn and unyielding attitude, Nan Zhi muttered under her breath, "You're following in your elder brother's footsteps."

"What did you say?" Jin Nian looked up at her instantly, his eyes filled with confusion and resistance.

Why would he follow in Kingswin's footsteps?

The eldest brother ended up alone and abandoned by his lover; he would never repeat the same mistake.

He believed his judgment was far superior to his elder brother's, and that the people around him were genuinely sincere and devoted to each other, completely different from the woman who had broken his elder brother's heart back then. The people he had met were not comparable and could not be generalized.

How could he possibly end up without a wife!

Nan Zhi still gently persuaded him, "You...you should let Madam in for a moment."

Kings refused to budge, his gaze fixed intently on her, deliberately posing a difficult question to test her: "No."

"What if she brings another young woman today, saying she's there to keep you company, but actually wants to stay and sleep with us? Would you agree or not?"

The man's gaze was piercing, as if he could see through all her little thoughts.

Nan Zhi subconsciously pursed her lips and replied without hesitation, "I... I won't agree."

Of course we can't agree to that!

She still remembered the last time Madam Jin brought people to her door, which angered Kings Nian so much that he left in a huff.

He hasn't come back for several days...