"..." Cheng Tong frowned slightly as she looked at the little girl in the photo. "Is this little girl... Miss Pei?"

Shen Yu'nan had no intention of hiding anything. He nodded slightly and looked at Cheng Tong with a serious expression.

"I..." Cheng Tong looked at Shen Yu Nan with a more tentative expression. "I... I don't quite understand what you mean, Mr. Shen. Why do you need a humanoid robot that resembles Miss Pei as a child?" As she said this, Cheng Tong seemed to realize something, her brow furrowing even more deeply. "Could it be that Mr. Shen wants..."

“...That’s right.” Shen Yu’nan slightly raised his chin. “Ahem…”

Having not eaten normally for a long time and relying entirely on injections to maintain his vital signs, his cheeks became thin and pointed. His cheeks, which were already thin due to his weak constitution, looked even more emaciated.

He didn't care about the surprised look on the other person's face.

"Cough cough."

Shen Yu Nan reached out and covered his mouth and nose.

"Why would you do this? This is deception. If Miss Pei holds a grudge, how will you handle the situation?"

"Then what do you want me to do? You've been telling me that I'm Shao Sang and that I have to keep it to myself, what will happen at best, and what will happen at worst?"

At this point, Shen Yunan subconsciously narrowed his eyes, a fierce glint flashing across his face.

"If I don't find a way to get close to her and let her know that I am Shao Sang, what am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to just stand by and watch my woman be with the man who is using my identity? Or watch my child call someone else 'father'?"

Shen Yu'nan clenched his fists tightly.

He neither wanted to forget his past with Pei Wu, nor did he want to lose his life.

He has a loving wife and a newborn child; he doesn't want to take risks... but he can't just sit and wait to die.

He had to go back to Pei Wu's side before there was any chance for things to turn around.

While deep in thought, Shen Yu Nan habitually reached for the wedding ring on her ring finger, only to find it missing.

He looked down at his empty fingers and felt even angrier.

"Cough cough..."

Even when she looked at Cheng Tong again, her eyes were filled with resentment.

“…Theoretically, it’s possible…” Cheng Tong looked intently at Shen Yu Nan, a slight tremor in her heart. “Through daily interactions, Miss Pei could discover that you are Shao Sang…but…”

Cheng Tong pursed her lips slightly and continued, "Even if I help you, how can you convince Miss Pei that the child is hers?"

"...."

Shen Yu'nan always thinks things through thoroughly.

Through more than a year of getting along, he learned that the consciousness currently controlling Miss Pei's body comes from another world, and that Pei Wu now possesses the original memories of Miss Pei.

Shen Yu Nan served as Pei Wu's secretary for three years. Only in the first year was he sent abroad by the original owner of Pei Wu for five months.

Even though it's only a five-month gap, that's enough.

Shen Yu'nan is now a man who has given birth. In his experience, a woman's pregnancy is not noticeable at five months, especially for women who are thin.

Of course, if Shen Yu Nan could think of any other way to get close to Pei Wu, he wouldn't have taken this step. He didn't want to deceive Pei Wu, but he also couldn't bear to let another man share family life with his wife and children under his identity.

He knew that Pei Wu would probably see through his scheme soon enough, but it would be good if he could buy some time to get out.

"These are naturally not issues for you to consider, Mr. Cheng." Shen Yu'nan coughed lightly twice. "Mr. Cheng only needs to answer: to help or not to help?"

"What can you do to me if I don't help you?"

Shen Yu Nan smiled, but it was a sinister smile. "Then I'll destroy you all without hesitation. You don't think that someone with my personality would willingly let you control me for a year and a half for no reason, do you?"

After a moment of silence, Cheng Tong replied, "Okay, I'll help you, but it will take some time."

"how long."

"At least a week."

"...."

Shen Yu Nan felt that this was taking too long, and the anxiety in his heart at this moment was indescribable.

"knew."

After leaving the research institute, Shen Yu'nan's body moved against his will to go to the new house where he married Pei Wu.

Standing on the outside, he could only see the big tree in the yard and the sparse lights in the yard. He suppressed the urge to knock on the door.

The house in front of him was his and Pei Wu's wedding home. Every brick and tile in the house, even the smallest pots and pans, were personally selected by him and Pei Wu. His wife and children lived inside.

However, all of this was taken over by another man who used his identity to claim it.

Thinking of this, Shen Yu'nan almost wanted to grind his back teeth to powder.

"Cough cough..." Perhaps he choked on the air in his chest, or perhaps he was hit by the cold wind, Shen Yunan coughed a few times.

After standing at the entrance for a while, he was about to leave when he ran into Pei Wu's car on the way to the gate of the residential area.

Pei Wu's car wasn't going fast, but it still flashed past Shen Yu Nan.

Shen Yu'nan stood there, his heart pounding. He turned around abruptly to look, but remained standing there until he was out of sight. He didn't know how much time had passed before he seemed to come to his senses and started to walk away.

What belongs to him... he will never... back down an inch.

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Within a week of Cheng Tong's promise, Shen Yu Nan learned from his friend that his child was a daughter.

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