Chapter 4

A deafening roar filled my ears, leaving me standing frozen in the middle of the room.

The onslaught of contradictory information completely short-circuited my brain.

The child inside her womb... was actually, biologically mine.

All along, I had convinced myself that the entity was spinning lies. When it claimed Xinxin’s old flame was completely infertile, I refused to buy it, suspecting that the child she carried wasn't mine to begin with.

I had believed that the voice was manipulating me into a divorce simply to clear the path for her secret lover to take my place.

Yet the cold, hard scientific data proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the baby was my own flesh and blood.

Could it be... that the voice had been telling the truth all along?

Did her college sweetheart really suffer from azoospermia, driving her to marry me solely to harvest a child?

Had Xinxin truly betrayed me?

[Daddy, just believe me! Mommy really is sleeping around!]

[If you don't believe me, go ahead and hire a private investigator to tail her!]

Right then, Xinxin’s phone, left unattended on the coffee table, lit up with a preview notification.

[Babe, what time are you coming over to keep me company this afternoon?]

The contact name displayed prominently on the screen was none other than Yize Lin—Xinxin’s first love from college.

Only in that soul-crushing moment was I forced to accept the brutal reality: Xinxin was genuinely cheating on me.

Her gentle voice drifted from the living room, breaking my stupor.

"Honey? Didn't you say you had something to tell me?"

Numb, I stepped out of the hallway, my mind an agonizing storm.

Xinxin leaned affectionately against my shoulder, looking up at me with soft, innocent eyes.

"What did you want to say, babe?"

Clinging to the very last thread of hope in my battered heart, I met her gaze squarely.

"Xinxin, can you stay home and keep me company this afternoon?"

She visibly hesitated, a flicker of guilt flashing across her features.

Fumbling for words, she stammered, "I... the office has a mandatory department meeting this afternoon. How about I come straight home tonight to be with you?"

At that exact moment, the harsh truth settled into my bones: between me and Yize Lin, she would always choose Yize.

Forcing a mask of indifference, I replied smoothly, "Alright. I'll tell you tonight, then."

Even though the whirlwind of doubts left my head spinning, two facts had become crystal clear.

Xinxin could not stay in my life. And this child could absolutely not be allowed to exist.

Regardless of the entity's underlying motives for feeding me these truths, the memory of my agonizing demise in my past life remained vividly burned into my soul.

Every gut instinct screamed that this unborn child was inextricably linked to my previous death.

If it lived, I would die!

As long as the pregnancy was terminated without the entity's prior awareness, it wouldn't have the chance to harm me.

It seemed I had to find a way to convince Xinxin to abort the fetus willingly.

Furthermore, I needed a comprehensive medical screening immediately. In my previous life, that cancer had manifested out of nowhere, only to be discovered at an untreatable, terminal stage. It was far too suspicious.

With that thought in mind, the moment Xinxin left the apartment that afternoon, I headed straight to the city’s top medical center.

Just as I stepped onto the specialized oncology floor, two familiar figures flashed past the far end of the corridor.

I quietly tailed them, only to discover it was Xinxin and Yize Lin!

Looking up at the department signage, the bold letters read: *Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery.*

Yize, whom I hadn't seen in years, looked dreadfully gaunt and frail, the picture of a man wasting away from a catastrophic illness.

I glanced at the lead physician’s credentials posted on the wall:

*Graduate of a top-tier medical school, over 20 years of clinical expertise in hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal oncology...*

Watching Xinxin tenderly support his frail frame as they stepped into the private consultation room, a sudden bolt of lightning struck my consciousness.

The entire puzzle snapped violently into place!

I finally understood the horrifying truth behind everything!

*So that’s what this is!*

*That’s the sinister game they're playing!*

If that was the case, then our child... had to be kept alive at all costs!

"Not only must we keep it, but I must ensure it stays healthy all the way until the day of delivery!"