"Completely innocent?" Xiao Chengjing seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. He suddenly leaned down, his handsome face close to hers, their noses almost touching. His burning gaze was locked on her eyes, which were reddened with anger, and he gritted his teeth: "You think the way he looked at you was innocent? You think the way he stood so close to you was innocent? Shen Yuewei, I'm not blind! You're carrying my child, and here you're playing the virtuous and gentle little widow, attracting all sorts of suitors, trying to find a cheap father for my son?!"

"Smack—!"

A crisp slap suddenly rang out in the silent room!

Shen Yuewei was so angry that she trembled all over. She used all her strength to break free from his hand and slapped him hard across the face!

Xiao Chengjing's face was turned slightly to the side by the slap, and a clear finger mark instantly appeared on his fair cheek. He froze there, seemingly stunned, the storm raging in his eyes instantly freezing, leaving only incredulous astonishment.

Shen Yuewei's chest heaved violently, her eyes filled with tears of humiliation, yet she stubbornly refused to let them fall. Pointing to the door, her voice trembled with extreme anger: "Get out! Xiao Chengjing! Get out of here! I, Shen Yuewei, have done nothing wrong, I have no need for your slander! My child, even without a father, is better off than having a father like you who doesn't distinguish right from wrong and only knows how to insult his mother!"

Her words were like daggers to the heart.

Xiao Chengjing covered his face, slowly turning his head. The astonishment in his eyes was replaced by a deeper, more complex pain. He looked at the woman before him, angry yet vulnerable like a ruffled wild animal, at her high, protruding belly, where his bloodline was born, his deepest bond in this world. What utter nonsense had he just said?

“I…” His Adam’s apple bobbed, as if he wanted to say something, but he found that all his words were pale and powerless.

Just then, due to her intense emotions, Shen Yuewei experienced a sharp, sharp pain in her abdomen. She groaned, her face turning deathly pale, and she bent over in agony, clutching her stomach.

"Yuewei!" Xiao Chengjing's expression changed drastically. All his jealousy, anger, and regret were replaced by immense panic! He rushed forward, disregarding any secrecy between men and women and the earlier conflict, kneeling on one knee beside the bed. He reached out to support her swaying body, his voice trembling, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? The baby..."

His hand touched her rounded belly, and through the thin nightgown, he could clearly feel the restless movement of the little life inside. A strange and unfamiliar, blood-connected throbbing sensation, accompanied by immense panic, struck his hardened heart instantly.

"It hurts..." Shen Yuewei was covered in cold sweat, biting her lip, unable to say anything more.

Xiao Chengjing completely panicked. He suddenly remembered that Lin Qingwan had mentioned in her letter that the midwife his second brother had arranged was downstairs. "Someone! Someone come quickly!" he shouted sharply towards the door, his voice filled with fear and loss of control that he himself was unaware of.

The guards who were hiding in the outer courtyard, along with Zhang's mother and Chun Tao who were awakened downstairs, rushed in almost simultaneously.

"Miss!" Chun Tao was terrified when she saw Shen Yuewei's pained expression.

"Quickly, help Miss lie down properly!" The experienced Zhang Mama immediately gave the order, while swiftly taking Shen Yuewei's pulse.

Xiao Chengjing was pushed aside by Chun Tao and Zhang Mama. His tall figure stood stiffly in front of the bed, watching everyone busy around Shen Yuewei. Looking at her pale face and furrowed brows, the crazy thoughts that had arisen from jealousy just now had long since vanished, leaving only a heart full of lingering fear and a dull pain.

He almost killed her and the baby just now?