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Chapter 191: Will I Still Have Children?

Shen Zhiyao said, "Your child is nineteen years old now—a girl. You’ve had far too many flings. Twenty years ago, a woman got pregnant with your child, but she couldn’t find you. So, before her belly started to show, she rushed into a marriage. That man is a good person; he has raised your child very well in your place."

Chen Sheng asked hurriedly, "Where is she?"

However, his joy quickly turned to grief as Shen Zhiyao continued, "Although that man treated your daughter well, she was abducted by human traffickers during the summer vacation after her freshman year of college. She’s been trapped for a long time in a poor, remote mountain village, forced to be the wife of an old man. She’s living a terrible life. Her mental health has already deteriorated."

"Where is she? Where is she?!" Chen Sheng panicked, starting to pace anxiously around the living room.

Shen Zhiyao replied, "Donghu City, Hai City. I’ll send you the specific location. I’ll also send you her adoptive parents’ address!"

"Okay, okay, thank you, Streamer!" Chen Sheng thanked her repeatedly.

Just then, Xiao Chen came running over with a notebook. "Boss, this was the only one upstairs. Take it for now. Let’s call the police!"

Chen Sheng was in no mood and had no time to look at the notebook. Every second felt like a year as he waited for Shen Zhiyao’s private message.

Xiao Chen picked up his phone to call the police, but Chen Sheng cut him off. "Drag this pair outside and make them wait. I don’t have time to deal with them right now!"

"Got it." After acknowledging the order, Xiao Chen gave a look to his men nearby. They immediately grabbed the cheating couple and started dragging them out.

Shan Meiya struggled, pleading with Chen Sheng, "Husband, I was wrong! I can give you a child, I can! Please, don’t call the police."

Right then, Shen Zhiyao spoke up. "I’ve sent the location! But let me give you a heads-up first: she can’t have children. You really should have done a background check before finding a wife. She used to be a man."

Chen Sheng was utterly stunned. "No way..."

At this, the viewers in the chat went wild, making sure to screenshot Chen Sheng’s current expression:

[Oh yeah~ New meme material!]

[An old scumbag spent hundreds of millions to bring a wife back from overseas, and she turns out to be a man. How could anyone not find this hilarious?]

[Seriously, I think it’s hilarious too! HAHAHAHA, this is what they call ’it takes a ’scum-woman’ to put a scumbag in his place!’]

Shen Zhiyao also felt a laugh coming on, but she suppressed it, only letting the corners of her lips curve up slightly. "How could you not tell? She told you she was injured in a certain place."

"So..."

"Stop!" Shen Zhiyao didn’t want to get a warning from the streaming platform’s system, so she cut off what Chen Sheng was about to say.

Although he understood, the viewers, who had also figured it out, didn’t want Chen Sheng to stop. They flooded the screen with comments:

[Let him say it! Let him say it!]

[Spit it out! We’re all waiting for the drama!]

[I am very satisfied with the first reading of the day, but I still want more drama. I want ALL the drama! Quick, quick, let him finish!]

Shen Zhiyao’s expression suddenly grew serious. "Don’t forget what I told you before. Don’t go to Hai City. It’s very dangerous. Just have your men handle it!"

Chen Sheng asked in confusion, "Why is it dangerous? Will I die?"

Shen Zhiyao answered, "You won’t..."

"Thank you, Streamer!" Before she could finish, the video call disconnected. His phone had died.

After plugging it in to charge, Chen Sheng had no intention of reconnecting with Shen Zhiyao. He copied the address where his daughter was, sent it to Xiao Chen, and ordered him to buy tickets immediately and take some men to Hai City ahead of him. He himself would stay behind for a bit to deal with the cheating couple.

’Shen Zhiyao said I wouldn’t die, so I have to bring my precious daughter back!’

’Not even God himself could stop me!’

「 ... 」

At that moment, Shen Zhiyao’s stream started its second fortune-telling call.

This time, the viewer who connected was named "Ai Ni."

Ai Ni had delicate features, with dark black hair resting on her shoulders. She wore framed glasses, giving her a very sophisticated aura.

But there were traces of age on her face, making her age apparent at a glance.

Seeing her own image appear on the screen, she smiled at Shen Zhiyao and greeted her, "Streamer, I’m almost forty this year. I’d like to ask, am I fated to have children?"

[Huh? Having a baby at almost forty? That’s considered a high-risk pregnancy, isn’t it?]

[This lady probably wants a second child, right? Trying to have a son to bring honor to the family? You’re almost forty, having another baby now is definitely not a good idea! I’m against her having a second child; it’ll be dangerous for her at this age.]

[Exactly! If you want a second kid, you should have done it earlier. Can her body even handle it now?]

"It’s not a second child. I want my first," Ai Ni said with an embarrassed smile. "I’ve never had a child. Before, I was afraid to have one. Now, I’m unable to."

She paused, then began to tell her story.

Ai Ni’s husband is a top photographer who champions a life of freedom.

And she is a magazine model who pays special attention to maintaining her figure.

Nineteen years ago, the two of them made a pact: no children. They didn’t want to be tied down, preferring to live in a world of their own, without the responsibility of a child.

For the first few years, they were truly happy.

While other wives endured ten months of pregnancy, the pain of childbirth, and their figures changing, she appeared on magazine covers every day, impeccably styled.

While other housewives sacrificed their freedom for their children, so busy they couldn’t get away, she and her husband went out for coffee and movies every day, living a rich and fulfilling life.

With no noisy children and no family conflicts, their honeymoon phase was extended for a very long time.

Those years were like a fairy tale; every day was a new beginning.

In the blink of an eye, eighteen years passed, and the neighbor’s children slowly grew up.

Sometime before, her husband had remarked wistfully, "Look how well-behaved and obedient the neighbor’s kid is! If we had a child back then, wouldn’t they be about the same age now?"

Ai Ni originally thought it was just an offhand comment, but later she discovered that her husband, who had always disliked children, was actually downstairs chatting with another woman about kids.

He would even grab handfuls of candy to give to the children downstairs.

She didn’t know when it started, but his phone’s lock screen wallpaper had also changed to a picture of a child.

Ai Ni knew her husband truly regretted their decision.

’Was our decision back then wrong? Should we have had a child?’

She had tried to talk to her husband about it before, but he just laughed and said she was overthinking things, then immediately changed his phone’s wallpaper to a landscape photo.

Her husband also said, "You’re older now, and the risks of pregnancy are too high. I don’t want you to take such a big risk for me."

As she said this, a loving light glinted in Ai Ni’s eyes.

She said with a smile, "I know he says he doesn’t want a child because he doesn’t want me to take the risk for one. But I’m getting older and older. If I don’t have a child soon, I’m afraid I’ll never have the chance."

"So, I want you to help me see if I will have children. And if I do, will there be any risks?"

She sent a gift of 10 Douyin Number Ones and continued, "You can tell me even if there are risks. I won’t get angry. Streamer, please speak freely."

Shen Zhiyao looked at her features and said, "You were originally able to conceive, but after a miscarriage and major hemorrhage some years ago, you lost your fertility. So, no, you won’t be having any children."

Hearing this, Ai Ni’s heart trembled, and for a moment, she couldn’t catch her breath. "I..."