Du Yuelin broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. If someone had told her before today that her husband's family treated her so well because of the baby in her womb, she would have thought it was nonsense.

But all the evidence proves that he and his child are the stepping stones for the Xiao family to rise to prominence.

She thought of her husband's gentle expression and meticulous care, and asked desperately, "Doesn't my husband have a soft heart?"

Su Yan nodded and then shook her head: "I can only say that he was soft-hearted before, and that was before he met you."

Let’s go back five years.

Xiao Yanqi looked at his parents with serious faces and felt that the air around him was a little thin. "Mom and Dad, if you have something to say, just tell me directly. Don't look at me like you're interrogating a criminal."

Father Xiao spoke first: "You are an adult now, do you have a girl you like?"

Xiao Yanqi shook his head firmly: "No, I'm always under your noses. If I had a girlfriend, it would definitely not escape your and mom's eyes."

The flattery in his words made the two of them happy, but the smile only lasted for a second.

Then, Xiao's mother continued to attack: "Have you ever found a bed partner?"

Xiao Yanqi rushed to his mother and said, "Mom, you are so advanced now that you can say such words.

I can guarantee that I have never been to any unclean place.”

Seeing his parents breathe a sigh of relief, he took back the initiative: "Mom and Dad, you guys are acting strangely today. Is someone gossiping about me behind my back?"

Father Xiao pushed him back into the chair: "I have something important to inform you today."

"From today on, you must keep yourself clean both physically and emotionally, and then marry the person we choose."

Xiao Yanqi looked at his parents in shock: "Mom and Dad, how bad is our business that you are willing to let your only son marry into an arranged marriage?"

"It's not a marriage..."

After learning the truth, Xiao Yanqi's worldview seemed to have been reshaped. He said in disbelief, "Just because of a word from a charlatan, you asked me to remain a virgin for a strange woman.

If she had a disability or intellectual disability, even if she was a healthy woman, she might be twenty years older than me.

You guys don't know anything, yet you push me into the fire pit. Isn't that a bit cruel to me?"

Father Xiao had a sullen face, with a rather superior air: "Even if that woman is a monster, you must pursue her and let her leave our family's bloodline.

This is your responsibility as the next chairman of the Xiao family. There is no room for maneuver."

Although Xiao Yanqi knew that what his father said was right, he still felt a little sorry: "This is too unfair to that girl. She doesn't know anything, and she may have to pay the price with her life."

"Yanqi, those who achieve great things must not be fussy about trivial matters. A woman is dead, and I will give her family sufficient compensation."

Xiao Yanqi wanted to argue with his father, but was stopped by his mother behind him: "Husband, you go to work first, I want to talk to my son."

When there were only two people left in the study, Xiao's mother said earnestly: "Son, this is an established fact. You have no say in the company now, and your father has a hundred ways to force you to submit.

If it really comes to this, it will not only damage your prestige in the company, but also create a rift between father and son. Wouldn't that be more harm than good for us?

Son, since you have enjoyed the family's resources, you should be aware of the need to contribute to the family."

Xiao Yanqi's attitude towards his mother was much less sharp. He nodded slowly: "Mom, I understand what you said. I will do what Dad wants."

Looking at her son who was forced to grow up, Xiao's mother felt both relieved and distressed.

"After four years of hard work, by the time he met you, he was already a mature businessman, so there was no such thing as a soft heart."

Du Yuelin threw the pillow in her arms to the ground: "In this case, I am completely heartbroken."

Accompanied by messy footsteps, the three members of the Xiao family quickly ran into the villa.

Seeing Du Yuelin's bulging pregnant belly, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Xiao Yanqi smiled. Now was the critical period for the success of the matter. Even if he had to be humble, he had to make Du Yuelin willingly keep the child.

Du Yuelin grabbed the cup on the table and threw it at the feet of the three people. The broken cup was like her broken heart.

She interrupted the three people and said, "I know everything about the Lucky Beads. You don't need to make excuses to fool me."

Seeing that the truth had been revealed, Xiao Yanqi took off his gentle mask and said, "As long as you can take good care of the baby in your belly, I can meet any of your requirements."

"Xiao Yanqi, what do you think the chances are for a woman to survive after her stomach is cut open?

Are you planning to let me take your thank you gift to hell to enjoy it?"

Xiao Yanqi stepped forward and pinched her chin: "Yuelin, when you give birth, I will invite the best doctors from abroad to perform the operation, and your life will definitely not be in danger.

And our Xiao family will remember the efforts you and your children have made and will repay you well."

Du Yuelin slapped his hand away in disgust: "Then how are you going to thank me? Are you planning to make me your chairman's wife?"

"Yuelin, you know my identity. I can't possibly marry a wife who can't help me at all.

Therefore, there will be no husband-wife relationship between us.

However, I am also very happy with you this year, and since you are my first love, I can let you stay with me."

Du Yuelin laughed in anger: "If I stay by your side without any status, how are you going to introduce me to others? Mistress, or lover?"

Xiao Yanqi shook his head in disapproval: "That's harsh. Don't you know there's a term called a confidante?"

Du Yuelin stared at the man in front of her, unable to connect him with Xiao Yanqi, who had confessed to her with a blushing face and said that he only loved her in this life.

I don’t know if he pretends to be too good or I am just too stupid.

Father Xiao, who was standing behind them, didn't want to watch the confrontation between the two of them: "Du Yuelin, you are now under our control. Whether you like this child or not, you must give birth to him safely.

If you do anything to wrong it, I will make you and your family pay the price."

[I'm so sick of him! This family is so arrogant! If you didn't know him, you'd think he was the emperor of a feudal dynasty.]

[How shameless! He cut open someone alive and then kept her by his side as a lover, not even afraid of being secretly killed.]

Someone who has no reverence for life likely won't run a clean business. Report them, brothers! If such unscrupulous companies can still exist, it's our dereliction of duty.

Seeing that they were almost done with self-destruction, Su Yan spoke up: "You two, aren't you a little too lawless?"