At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, the small apartment was filled with crying sounds.
The Filipino maid used fluent English to comfort the crying Danmin, while Zhan Peng paced back and forth in the living room in frustration.
According to the usual time, Yana should have returned home long ago, but he broke his phone and couldn't find her.
Danmin would not make a fuss as long as she was given food or toys. But today she even refused her favorite millet cake and kept crying, her face turned red. There must be something wrong.
The rough man didn't know how to take care of children, but he was extremely annoyed by the crying.
"Sir, Danmin may be suffering from intestinal colic. Should we send him to the hospital now?" The Filipino maid was not sure and could only judge based on experience.
"Intestinal colic? What is that? Is it serious?" Zhan Peng's thick brows furrowed even deeper.
"Many children will have it. Although it is not serious, the child will have persistent abdominal pain."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I thought she was making a fuss about wanting to see Yana." Zhan Peng glared at the maid and took Danmin. "Let's go to the hospital."
In the high-end restaurant on the other side, Yana was absent-minded and didn't hear a word Zanlong said opposite her.
"Yana, Yana?" The man's gentle voice came, and the gentle woman opposite came back to her senses.
"Sorry, Azan, I'm done eating and will be going back soon." She was worried that Zhan Peng was not reliable in taking care of the child, but Zanlong had invited her several times and it was difficult to refuse, so she had no choice but to come over.
"Yana, did you hear what I just said?" Zanlong asked again.
"W...what?" Her mind went blank.
Zanlong looked at her blank expression and found it a little funny. "I said, I have been pursuing you for so long, can you give me a chance? We knew each other in high school, and I liked you at that time, but when I mustered up the courage to confess to you, you disappeared.
Meeting you again is the fate bestowed upon us by the Buddha. I don’t want to miss you again, Yana.”
Yana's fingers gripping the fork suddenly tightened, and she was silent for more than ten seconds before she spoke.
"Azan, if I were a teenager, I would be very happy to hear this, but now I am a mother of two children. Relationships are no longer a necessity for me, and I am not interested in men anymore.
I am very touched by your care and help for me over the past year. I have indeed considered being with you, but life and children have drained all my enthusiasm. Now, I just want to raise Danmin well, run my two small shops well, and be a free person.
Not talking about love, staying away from men, and living a peaceful life are what I want most now and in the future."
Zanlong looked at her smooth and gentle face and pursed his lips. "Yana, is it because of the child or because of that man? Ever since he came here, you have been alienating me again and again, but you let him come and go in your apartment. Are you still thinking about him in your heart?"
Yana shook her head. "I've long given up hope on him. I tolerated his actions because I had no way to deal with him, but I don't want to argue with him all day like before and waste my time. If my life becomes like that again, then what's the point of running away?
Anyway, he can't stay in Country M for long, so let him do whatever he wants. I'll wear him out sooner or later."
Zanlong's heart stagnated, and he looked up at her with moist eyes, "Is that really the case, Yana? When you gave birth to Danmin, you almost fainted in the car on the way to the hospital. I heard you call Zhan Peng."
He hadn't wanted to say it, but time was pressing. The old man had already forced him to leave for Southeast Asia as soon as possible. He couldn't hold on for much longer, so he had to convince her to go with him as soon as possible.
Although she already has a child with another man, the girl he had a crush on in his youth is still the moonlight in his heart, and until now, he still falls in love with her.
The old man wanted to use her to take Zhan Peng's life, but he could not bear to let her be involved in the dispute between men. Perhaps taking her and the child away was the best option.
"I don't know." Yana lowered her head. "I was in so much pain that I lost consciousness. I might have been talking nonsense."
"Azan, it's impossible for me and Zhan Peng to be together. You and I are not suitable for each other either. I just want to live a peaceful life with my child. I'm really sorry. Thank you for your love."
After she finished speaking, she picked up her bag and headed outside.
It was already very late at this time, and Danmin didn't know whether he had made a fuss or not. Zhanpeng had a bad temper, and what if he hit the child?
"Let's go. I'll take you there. It's not safe at night." Zanlong followed, without any embarrassment of being rejected on his face. It wasn't the first time she had rejected him.
"No, I—"
"Let's go. At least, I promised to help you deal with Zhan Peng. Even though you admit that we're not husband and wife, we still have to pretend to be a couple, right? Dealing with him is much more troublesome than dealing with me. You should be smarter."
Yana said nothing and followed him into the car.
Her cell phone ran out of battery when she got off work and she hadn't charged it. She rushed back to the apartment, but there was no one there. She was so scared that her legs went weak and she quickly checked the surveillance footage.
Seeing Danmin crying non-stop, Zhan Peng and the servants taking turns to comfort her, Yana's heart was broken, self-blame and guilt surged in her heart, she quickly charged her phone and called Zhan Peng.
"Which hospital are you in? I'll come over now." Her voice trembled and choked with sobs.
"What the hell are you doing home so late at night?" Zhan Peng was furious, his anger rising. "Are the men out there so good? That they'd even let you give up your child?"
"I didn't, I just..." She instinctively wanted to explain, but when the words came to her lips, she felt it was unnecessary.
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