"Shut up, Jiang An." Before Ye Xinning could speak, Shen Lin was the first to respond to Jiang An.

Shen Lin looked at Jiang An with a sinister gaze and a cold voice.

Jiang An, however, was not afraid at all. "It's funny, this is the first time I've seen you so nervous. What are you nervous about, Shen Lin? There's nothing to be nervous about. Even if I don't tell you, she will find out someday."

Shen Lin's warning was quite clear. He opened his mouth again and said emphatically, "Jiang An, I'm telling you to shut up and watch your mouth."

"Why bother?" Ye Xinning, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up.

She looked at Shen Lin, her gaze more distant than ever before. "Let her speak. We're already here, why keep it a secret? Although I dislike her, she's right about one thing: nothing can be kept secret forever. If you choose to keep it from me now, I'll find out eventually."

There was absolutely no warmth in Shen Lin's eyes as he looked at Jiang An and said, "Leave here."

Jiang An smiled. The scene she most wanted to see was right in front of her, so how could she leave?

"Ye Xinning, look, this man is still thinking about how to keep it from you. Don't you think you're pathetic?"

After Jiang An finished speaking, Ye Xinning's expression remained unchanged. "Chen Lin, it's rare for everyone to gather together today. Wouldn't it be a waste of our time if we didn't let Jiang An finish speaking?"

Ye Xinning looked at Jiang An and said, "Say everything you want to say."

Jiang An opened his mouth to speak, but Shen Lin suddenly shouted loudly at Wen Zhu behind him, "Wen Zhu, can't you see? Jiang An has gone mad. Drag her out."

Wen Zhu didn't dare to delay and quickly stepped forward, trying to drag Jiang An away.

Jiang An remained standing still. Wen Zhu didn't dare to exert much force. Putting everything else aside, the child in Jiang An's arms belonged to President Shen. If something really happened, the consequences would be beyond her ability to bear.

Jiang An didn't leave. She looked at Ye Xinning and suddenly burst into maniacal laughter. "Ye Xinning, do you think the man in front of you loves you? Do you think he's so clean? Let me tell you, you're wrong. This child in my arms is his. He's been lying to you from the very beginning. It's a pity that you actually thought you'd met someone who truly loves you."

After Jiang An finished shouting those words, the entire coffee shop became so quiet that you could clearly hear a pin drop.

Ye Xinning clenched her hands at her sides, her nails digging into her flesh, but she didn't feel a thing.

There was no hysteria, no yelling, no tears, and he didn't even move an inch.

She simply stood there, her gaze fixed quietly on Jiang An. "You're saying the child in your arms is Shen Lin's?"

Jiang An was about to speak when Shen Lin gestured for Wen Zhu to cover Jiang An's mouth.

Ye Xinning turned to look at Shen Lin. It was still the same face, but Ye Xinning had never felt so unfamiliar with him.

"She said the child she was holding was yours?"

"She's talking nonsense, don't believe her."

Shen Lin reached out, wanting to hold Ye Xinning's hand, but Ye Xinning avoided it.

Her gaze lingered on Shen Lin for a long time before she nodded. "Okay, she's lying to me. I'll go get a paternity test done for you, and the rumors will naturally fall apart."

As she spoke, she reached out to take the child's hair, but Shen Lin grasped her hand once again.

"Ningning."

Ye Xinning gently raised her eyebrows and looked at him coldly, her voice cool and calm, "Chen Lin, I knew from the moment you appeared here and tried to stop us. If what Jiang An said was false, if the child in her arms had nothing to do with you, why would you be in such a hurry? Shen Lin, I have never seen you so flustered and anxious."

Shen Lin's eyes held complex emotions. He tried several times to grasp Ye Xinning's hand, but Ye Xinning wouldn't let him get any closer.

"Ningning, please don't do this."

Please don't do this.

Ye Xinning's body was trembling. She tried several times to compose herself so that she wouldn't appear too badly affected. "Chen Lin, is this child yours?"

Ye Xinning felt incredibly ironic when she asked the question, but she wanted to hear Shen Lin say it himself. Perhaps, all she wanted at that moment was a reason to give up.

Their eyes met, and Shen Lin pursed his thin lips, "Shall we go home and talk?"

Ye Xinning waved her hand, "I don't want any other answers, you just need to tell me yes or no?"

Under Ye Xinning's unwavering gaze, Shen Lin finally spoke.

"yes."

Words can kill. Ye Xinning had never believed such a saying before, but now, hearing Shen Lin's answer with her own ears, she felt a sharp pain in her internal organs once again.

"Yes? Shen Lin, good, very good."

Ye Xinning kept repeating the same sentence as she backed away. When she looked at Shen Lin, he was right in front of her, but why was he so different from the person in her memory?

"So you've been lying to me from the very beginning. A year ago, when Jiang An got pregnant, you said the child wasn't yours, Shen Lin. I never imagined that you'd been lying to me from so early on."

“Every word I said at that time was true. I didn’t lie to you, and I never intended to lie to you.”

Ye Xinning laughed out loud, her eyes filled with sorrow. She looked at Shen Lin and repeated the same sentence over and over again, "You've never lied to me, so how are you going to explain this child now, Shen Lin? The child is yours, and you still say you haven't lied to me?"

Ye Xinning kept backing away. She felt that Shen Lin in front of her was a complete stranger. She never thought that the man she had chosen so firmly several times was a complete liar.

Ironically, she's currently pregnant with his child.

Ye Xinning didn't want to stay there for another minute. She grabbed her things and turned to leave.

Shen Lin knew that if he let Ye Xinning leave at this point, then without a doubt, there would be no possibility for him and her anymore.

He quickly stepped forward and hugged Ye Xinning from behind, "Ningning."

Ye Xinning struggled with all her might, "Let me go, let me go, you liar, a complete liar."

No matter how much Ye Xinning hit or made a fuss, Shen Lin wouldn't let go.

Ye Xinning slapped him across the face and glared at him, saying, "Let go."

Shen Lin was slapped, but he still showed no intention of letting go.

"Chen Lin, I'll say it one last time, let go."

She coldly broke free from him, but before she could actually turn around, she felt a wave of discomfort, and then everything in front of her began to blur.

Then everything went black, and her body collapsed to the ground...