“You know I don’t want to hear it, yet you still say it?” Di Ronghua thought she wouldn’t get angry with him again. She had even compromised by staying by his side—what else could possibly make her angry?
But this man truly had a knack for it, effortlessly stirring up the deep-seated fury buried within her.
“Xiao Hanjin.” Her chest heaved violently as she glared at him, almost gnashing her teeth. “You’re really something, aren’t you? Watching me being played like a fool in your hands—you’re not just happy about it, you’re downright proud, aren’t you?”
What made her angrier was that it was just a fake medicine. She hadn’t taken any contraceptive measures, and with a fifty-fifty chance, she had actually gotten pregnant.
Even heaven was helping this scoundrel.
Xiao Hanjin’s eyes flickered. “Ronghua, that’s not what I meant.”
Hah.
She closed her eyes and let out a cold laugh, enunciating each word slowly, “Since you know I wouldn’t be happy, you should also know that I won’t let you have your way.”
The man’s pupils contracted slightly.
Yes, he probably… did know.
That’s why, when he first detected the pregnancy pulse, his immediate reaction was to hide it, to let her find out later.
But she was too sharp, and at that moment, his emotions were too turbulent. He couldn’t control his expression, so he couldn’t keep it from her.
“Ronghua.” His dark, deep eyes stared at her unblinkingly, his Adam’s apple bobbing several times before he finally spoke in a low voice, “Even though you’re carrying this child because of my underhanded methods… he’s still your child too, isn’t he?”
“So what?” She suddenly laughed, her eyes opening to shoot a mocking look at him. “You don’t actually expect me to give birth to your child, do you?”
“Di Ronghua.”
“From the moment you gave me that fake medicine, you should have known what the outcome would be.”
“Your Highness, please don’t be like this.”
Di Ronghua smiled faintly. “See how wise I am? I sent Xiao Jiu away from my side. Now you don’t even have a bargaining chip to threaten me with. Either you tie me up every day—I’m too afraid of pain to bite my tongue and end it all. Otherwise, as long as I can move, I’ll find a way to make it disappear.”
“Di Ronghua!”
The man’s face darkened abruptly, his brows and eyes filled with gloom. “Do you hate me so much that you’d use the child to take revenge on me?”
Hate?
Perhaps not to the point of hatred. After all, he hadn’t truly wronged her in any substantial way.
He simply hadn’t reciprocated her feelings when she loved him—and that was something she had chosen willingly.
So now, she might just be uncontrollably resentful of him and… no longer willing to love him.
If there was one thing she was most dissatisfied with, it was being forced to stay here.
But she wasn’t so dissatisfied as to use the child to take revenge on him.
Di Ronghua looked at him. “You’re overthinking it. I just don’t want it.” She turned and walked out, expressionless.
Xiao Hanjin watched her resolute back, his chest trembling violently. Instinctively, he blurted out, “Where are you going?”
“To the Imperial Hospital, of course.”
The man’s eyes sharpened, and he strode forward, grabbing her wrist. “Di Ronghua!”
But beyond those three words, no further sound followed.
She curled her lips, her icy voice laced with mockery. “It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Being powerless and only able to call my name?”
Xiao Hanjin shuddered again.
It was frustrating, just like when she had been forced to stay—powerless and at the mercy of threats.
And now, she was returning all of it to him.
