Ye Xinning replied, "You don't need to explain, I don't want to hear it."
Back then, when she was waiting for him to give an explanation, he refused to say anything. The child Jiang An gave birth to was his, without a doubt and an unchangeable fact.
If that's the case, what else is there to explain?
Shen Lin insisted, “No matter what, I have to tell you. I didn’t tell you before because I felt that many things had not been investigated clearly. I hoped to find out who was behind it before telling you, but even now, things are still shrouded in mystery.”
Ye Xinning didn't want to hear it. Could there really be a stranger behind this?
And even if it really exists, it's not that important anymore.
“The child Jiang An gave birth to is mine, that’s true, I can’t deny that. But I’m telling you, I’m not lying about the fact that I haven’t had a relationship with anyone other than you.”
"That's really funny. So, the child Jiang An gave birth to must be from a fantasy world," Ye Xinning said sarcastically.
"The child Jiang An gave birth to was not born from my relationship with her, but from her using my sperm to conceive."
Ye Xinning was stunned, and it took her several seconds to react before she spoke, "What did you say?"
Her words were filled with disbelief.
“When I was little, my mother passed away from a serious illness. Later, I watched my father search for her one after another, and I was heartbroken. After I grew up, I had no illusions about marriage and even considered never getting married. My aunt was afraid that I would regret it later, so she made me store my sperm.”
"Storing sperm?" What Shen Lin said was too fantastical for Ye Xinning. If Shen Lin hadn't said it so seriously, she would have suspected that the man in front of her was up to some trick again.
"Yes. It was in France. It was originally a small matter, and I didn't pay any attention to it before. But I didn't expect that my sperm would be taken away and cause so much trouble."
"You mean Jiang An stole your stored sperm to get pregnant and give birth to the child?"
"Um."
"What evidence do you have?" Ye Xinning retorted. "What evidence can you produce? Who can prove that what you're saying is true?"
“Chi Zhao knows, Gu Shilin knows, you can ask them if you don’t believe me.”
"These are your best brothers. I asked them, and here's what I got from them. Do you think I should believe them or not?"
Shen Lin knew she would say that, which is why she initially wanted to find out something before telling Ye Xinning.
Whether it's Chi Zhao or Gu Shilin, both are people who could potentially help him lie, so it's understandable that she doesn't believe them.
“Everything I’ve said is true. I haven’t lied to you at all. Jiang An and I have never had a relationship. Even though the child is my biological son, I have never thought of acknowledging him. To me, he is just a bargaining chip that Jiang An used to destroy our marriage.”
Shen Lin's words were so informative that Ye Xinning stared at him, unable to process what he had said for a long time.
She had no way of knowing whether what Shen Lin said was true or false.
But since Shen Lin spoke so earnestly, Ye Xinning felt that he had no reason to lie to her.
At this point, if he really wanted to do something, he wouldn't have thought of such a flawed method.
It took Ye Xinning a long time to accept this fact.
What Shen Lin said was all true.
"Is this the predicament you mentioned at the beginning?"
"Well, before Jiang An called me after giving birth, I never thought that the child in her belly had anything to do with me."
"I don't believe it. You clearly took Jiang An to live in the riverside villa back then, and you protected her and wouldn't let me go to see her."
"I just wanted to annoy you and see if you would get angry about it."
"And then you got angry with me several times because of Jiang An?"
"For the same reason."
Ye Xinning felt that none of what Shen Lin said was credible.
"Ningning." Shen Lin called her name at this moment. "You have to think about it. If I had known from the beginning that Jiang An's child was related to me, how could I have let her leave alone, how could I have let her disappear for so long?"
Ye Xinning thought about it and realized that it made sense.
Shen Lin did not send anyone to follow Jiang An on either of his two disappearances. If Shen Lin knew about it beforehand, the possibility of him letting go like this is very small.
Sitting on the bed, after sorting things out, Ye Xinning looked at Shen Lin again, "You kept it from me before, and now you're telling me? Shen Lin, do you think I'll forgive you just because you told me all this?"
“I know you’re having a hard time, but Ningning, I’m not dirty. From beginning to end, you’ve always been my only one, both in body and in heart.”
All those words were spoken by Shen Lin, and Ye Xinning doesn't know whether they are true or false.
"You promised to let me go, you won't go back on your word, will you?" She lowered her head, remained silent for a long time, and finally asked this question.
Shen Lin froze, realizing that despite all he had said, Ye Xinning was still determined to break up with him.
He no longer cared about his so-called self-esteem and face, and humbly begged Ye Xinning.
“Ningning, I know it’s all my fault. I didn’t handle things well and I gave the bad guys an opportunity. But please give me another chance. Let me find out who’s behind this and give you an explanation. Then you can consider whether you want to forgive me.”
"It doesn't matter who's behind it anymore. The key is that the child has already been born. Shen Lin, that's your child with Jiang An. That's an unchangeable fact."
Shen Lin moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but Ye Xinning turned her face away.
"Okay, stop talking. I'm tired and want to rest. You can leave now."
Seeing her resistance, Shen Lin felt a pang of heartache.
Just as he was about to say something more, the door to the ward was opened from the outside, and a group of people walked in.
The unusual sight at the doorway also caught Ye Xinning's attention, and she turned around to look at the doorway.
When Ye Xinning saw who the people who had come were, she froze on the spot.
Su Wan, Ji Jianshen.
This was the first time Ye Xinning had seen Su Wan and Ji Jianshen since she learned about Jiang An and the child.
She parted her red lips slightly, a smile tugging at her pale, bloodless face, "Wanwan, Ji Jianshen."
Su Wan came to the bedside and hugged her.
After a brief stop, Ji Jianshen came to stand in front of Shen Lin.
Shen Lin stared intently at the person in front of him, Ji Jianshen, who was wearing a black overcoat and was tall and slender. This was the first time Shen Lin had felt a sense of coldness from this man in front of him.
Their eyes met, and Ji Jianshen nodded slightly before speaking, "Mr. Shen, I've come to pick up Xin Ning."
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