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"Shulin."

Chen Cheng stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor, watching Xiao Meier and others in the pool, and asked Wen Shulin behind him, "What do you mean by 'unable to give birth'?"

Wen Shulin put down the coconut juice in her hand, looked at his silhouette, "Literal meaning."

Hearing this, Chen Cheng turned around, his gaze meeting hers, "What do you mean by literal meaning?"

"After Li Ya was born, there was a long period when I felt that living wasn't what I wanted."

Wen Shulin's tone was very calm, "You know, her birth was my bargaining chip for exchanging life."

"I used my body to get everything I have now." She walked to Chen Cheng's side, watching Li Ya downstairs with him, "But I lost myself."

She turned her head, looking into Chen Cheng's eyes, "I used to live in pain and suffering every day."

"I watched Li Ya grow up day by day, feeling both happy and sad. Happy because she is healthy and joyful, sad because I can't give her a complete family, a normal childhood."

Wen Shulin sniffed, under the catalyst of three glasses of wine, she opened her heart too, "The last time I told you, when I met Piert, he was already unable, so he used those torturous methods on me."

Chen Cheng frowned deeper, and Wen Shulin continued, "Li Ya is a girl, and Piert wanted another son."

"So, Li Ya actually has a younger brother."

Chen Cheng looked at her in shock, while Wen Shulin smiled lightly, "Don't worry, that child wasn't born. Down syndrome was detected at five months."

She sighed quietly, "That time, the termination was too damaging. When the doctor held the ultrasound report saying there's a risk of Down syndrome, Piert stood at the door of the prenatal room, instructing his assistant to contact a private hospital, treating it like handling defective goods."

Droplets of condensation formed on the glass cup filled with coconut juice, Wen Shulin wiped it, and looked at Chen Cheng.

"You've seen my scars."

She lifted her shirt, revealing the curved scar on her lower abdomen, "I just didn't tell you that it was cut open twice here. First to welcome life, second to remove hope."

"But you..."

"The operating table was as cold as a morgue, I could hear the metallic clash of instruments, and the sound of the vacuum aspirator..." Wen Shulin stirred the glass straw in her cup, "Just like this sound."

"Was it this surgery... that injured your body?" Chen Cheng pressed further.

She forced a smile, shook her head, "After my little month, Piert thought my body wasn't good anymore, and since I couldn't give birth, he had the doctor perform surgery, so that I won't give birth in the future."

Chen Cheng was stunned.

The last time he heard this word from a girl was for making a living.

He never thought the glamorous Wen Shulin had such a disgraceful past.

Wen Shulin asked Chen Cheng, "Guess what Piert said at that time?"

Chen Cheng shook his head.

"He asked the doctor to use Titanium Alloy, saying the contraceptive ring should be as durable as a collar."

Chen Cheng saw her fingers trembling, "That day, Li Ya could call me 'mom' for the first time, but on the hospital bed, I also signed the contraception consent form."

Wen Shulin looked at Chen Cheng with tearful eyes, "The consent form needed three fingerprints, and this was the heaviest 'contract' I ever signed in my life."

Chen Cheng squatted beside her, holding her hand, Wen Shulin had already been crying.

"Husband, I actually envy them," she continued, "Not just Xiao Er, even Xia Yubing, Tong Jialu, or Yu Xinwei, they are complete women."

Wen Shulin let the tears fall, dripping onto Chen Cheng's hand, the cold touch tightening his heart.

"That night eating New Year's Eve dinner in the courtyard, I saw her unable to stand the smell of meat, just like when I was pregnant with Li Ya."

"I counted the times she went to the bathroom; I even deliberately knocked her chopsticks onto the ground, her bent-over protective gesture was so obvious."

Wen Shulin stared directly at Chen Cheng,

"Hatred... hatred of fate's injustice, hatred of Piert's abuse, hatred of myself..."

She choked, her voice trembling, "I even wondered if I hadn't met Piert, might I also have a complete family like her now..."

Wen Shulin closed her eyes, taking a deep breath, "That night I drank a lot, just wanting to numb myself."

"But I couldn't sleep; I cried for a long time in the room."

She opened her eyes, "I wanted to find you, but what I saw was you with Yu Xinwei."

"Shulin, I..."

Wen Shulin covered his mouth with her index finger, "Envy her ability to have a complete family, naturally conceive life, enjoy the joy of motherhood. Jealous that she has what I long for but can never have."

"You know, after being with you, I often dream of being pregnant with your child, dream of holding our child... but waking up is only endless emptiness and despair."

"Husband,"

She held Chen Cheng's hand tightly, "I know I can't have children; I know this might be unfair to you, but... I really love you; I truly want a family with you..."

Chen Cheng cleared his throat, looking at her still sobbing, said, "Then let's have one."

"Wha... what?"

"You take that thing out, we'll take good care of our bodies," Chen Cheng stroked Wen Shulin's cheek, "We will definitely have our own child."

Wen Shulin froze, she stared at Chen Cheng, unable to believe her ears.

"But... the doctor said..."

"So many years have passed; medicine must have advanced," Chen Cheng interrupted, pulling her close, "I believe in you, and I believe in us."