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

When Nan Zhi opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Jin Si Nian lying on her lower abdomen, his ear pressed quietly against her belly.

She spoke softly, "What...what are you listening to?"

Noticing she was awake, Jin Si Nian straightened up and helped her sit up, speaking gently, "It's nothing, just listening to the two little ones."

"I wonder if I'll bother you when I get older."

As he spoke, he picked her up and carried her into the bathroom. Nan Zhi reached out to grab a wet wipe to wipe her face, but he snatched it away before she could finish.

When she went to the dressing table for skincare, he took care of all the steps, and even reached out to change her underwear.

Nan Zhi's cheeks burned, and she reached out and pushed him away.

Jin Si Nian stood obediently outside, holding the silk nightgown she had changed out of, her head hanging down, looking as if she had been wronged.

When Nan Zhi came out after getting ready, he immediately went up to her and took her hand: "I asked Aunt Qing to prepare breakfast. Let's go downstairs and have a bite to eat first. We'll have lunch in two hours."

He paused for a moment, then added casually, "By the way, your brother Nan Yu was waiting for you in the living room downstairs this morning."

Nan Zhi stiffened slightly, her eyes wide with surprise: "W-when did you arrive?"

She knew perfectly well that Nan Yu's initiative in contacting her was definitely not out of simple concern for her.

Perhaps she has some other purpose; she didn't return to Nanyu yesterday.

He actually came to my door today.

"I've been here for a long time, saying I came here specifically to see you."

Downstairs, Nan Yu, who had been sitting in the living room for a long time, saw the two figures, and his tense and ashen face finally relaxed a little.

His gaze immediately fell on Nan Zhi's protruding belly, confirming his earlier suspicions that his sister was indeed pregnant with Jin Si Nian's child.

He immediately put on a fake smile, strode forward, picked up a bird's nest gift box from the side, and handed it to her: "Little sister, I heard you're pregnant, so I specially prepared bird's nest for you to nourish your body."

Jin Si Nian glanced indifferently at the crudely packaged, low-grade bird's nest, and after Zhi Zhi went to eat and the others had gone, he spoke casually, "My wife doesn't eat this kind of inferior stuff."

Even the lowest grade of bird's nest was brought over.

The man could tell at a glance that the bird's nest was the cheapest commodity on the market, used to fool pregnant women; on the other hand, the gift boxes of cigarettes and alcohol next to it were all high-quality goods worth a lot of money.

He's really afraid others won't know what he's thinking!

What do you call this? Not even knowing who to fawn over.

They tried to flatter him but ended up making a fool of themselves.

Nan Yu's smile froze instantly. He awkwardly took back the bird's nest and quickly went to get the cigarettes and alcohol, offering them to Jin Si Nian with a fawning expression: "Mr. Jin, these two bottles are both rare and fine wines..."

Kings showed him no mercy, interrupting coldly, "My wife is pregnant, don't you know that?"

"Smoking and drinking are prohibited in my villa, yet you deliberately brought these things to my door. Was that intentional?"

Nan Yu's face turned pale instantly, and she stood there helplessly.

Although Kings was cold to him when they met before, he at least gave him some face. But today, he made no attempt to hide his disgust.

He wondered to himself, could it be that he had simply sent the wrong gift and upset the other party?

In his heart, he had always felt that pregnant women's supplements were fine as they were, while expensive wines and good things should be offered to Kings, who was in power. He really couldn't understand why the other party was being so disrespectful today.

Aren't all men fond of cigarettes, alcohol, and women?

Nan Yu felt that the gift he gave today was appropriate. Didn't the second young master Nan Zhijin like it very much when he gave it to him before?

He noticed that Jin Si Nian was displeased, so he hurriedly apologized with a smile: "It's all my fault for not thinking things through and not knowing my little sister's preferences. I'll go out and buy some new tonics right away."

Jin Si Nian's tone was calm, but every word was like a knife stabbing at the heart: "She's your own sister, and you don't even know what she likes to eat?"

He paused, then added with a half-smile, "That's true. I remember now, you all disliked Zhizhi from a young age and sent her to the countryside to fend for herself. It's understandable that you don't understand her."

With each additional word Jin Si Nian spoke, Nan Yu's face paled further. He gripped the gift box of cigarettes and alcohol tightly in his hands. Putting it down would seem like he was deliberately trying to please her, but taking it away would be impolite. He was caught in a dilemma, extremely embarrassed.

He forced himself to admit his mistake, bowing his head and saying, "It was my oversight as the elder brother."

Changing the subject abruptly, she got straight to the real purpose of their visit, tentatively asking, "My younger sister is now pregnant with your child, young master. I wonder if you could grant her a proper status?"

Jin Si Nian nodded slightly, his tone distant and cold: "Now that she has married me, she naturally has nothing to do with your Nan family."

Nan Yu suddenly looked up and met Jin Si Nian's deep and piercing eyes. Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly retorted, "What makes you say that, Second Young Master?"

"She has the blood of the Nan family flowing in her veins; she's my own sister. How could she possibly be unrelated to us?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Nan Zhi stepped forward and said softly but firmly, "Yes, it was my idea."

Nan Yu rushed forward and grabbed Nan Zhi's wrist, his face full of disbelief: "Sister, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"Your surname is Nan, and you have the blood of the Nan family flowing in your veins. You are my own sister, born of the same mother. Do you really intend to sever ties with your family?"

Before he could finish speaking, Jin Si Nian raised his hand and firmly grasped the hand that was reaching out to Nan Zhi, separating the two of them with just the right amount of force.

Nan Zhi lowered her eyes, her tone calm but concealing a chill that had been suppressed for many years: "You...you've already sold me out once."

"I have long since repaid the debt of giving me life, but as for the debt of raising me—"

She gently tugged at the corners of her mouth, revealing a faint, self-deprecating smile: "When have you ever... ever taken care of me?"

Nan Yu's face stiffened, and he quickly adopted the gentle demeanor of an elder brother to explain, "I went to the countryside to bring you back to the city because I wanted you to escape your hard life, didn't I?"

"Now that you are the rightful young mistress of the Jin family, your parents and I will definitely treat you well from now on."

He had a clear plan in mind; he absolutely could not let Nan Zhizhen sever ties with the Nan family.

The Nan family still needs the Jin family, and the Nan clan needs the Jin clan's resources.

As long as Nan Zhi gets involved with the Jin family, even a little support will ensure that the whole family has no worries about food and clothing.

Nan Zhi scoffed coldly after hearing this, then pointed to the box of cheap bird's nest at her feet: "All your good deeds are on this ground, please pick them up."

She had thought a lot about it; perhaps when the three-year period ended, she might not be able to leave.

There's also a high chance that he'll be captured by Nan Yu and sold again.

She was taken away by them three years ago, and she really had high hopes.

It was just wishful thinking; as it turns out, a stranger will never be kind to you for no reason.

Nan Yu, with her neck stiff, spoke forcefully and confidently: "The bond of blood ties cannot be severed so easily. You cannot sever ties with the Nan family."

"Now that you've married into the Jin family, our two families are truly in-laws, and helping your family is simply your duty."

Hearing this matter-of-fact statement, Nan Zhi's eyes remained unmoved, and she casually uttered a sentence that pierced through his scheming: "You want to... live off your sister?"

"Sorry, I... I don't raise spineless cowards."

With a slight smirk, Jin Nian declared loudly, "Did you hear that? My wife doesn't keep cowards!"