It was Su Chuchu?

She worked backward from when Su Chuchu had given birth.

"That child seemed to be only about six months younger than me, so she should be five or six months pregnant now, right?"

Su Xiajing abruptly turned to look at Tang Beichen.

Su Chuchu was pregnant, too?

Tang Beichen wondered, Why was she suddenly bringing up my sister-in-law?

"I heard the old man brought that child back from an orphanage, but they never said it was one overseas, so it must have been one here."

"But wasn't Su Chuchu studying abroad around this time?"

"How did she leave her child at an orphanage here, only for the old man to bring her back as some daughter of fortune and have my beautiful mommy and scumbag dad adopt her?"

"Was going abroad just a cover? Did Su Chuchu never actually leave the country?"

"Or did she secretly give birth here, leave the child at an orphanage, and then go abroad to study?"

"...It doesn't really make much difference. Either way, she'll come back in just over a year. Then, when my beautiful mommy's mental health deteriorates, she'll use looking after her as an excuse to stay close to scumbag dad and end up getting involved with him."

"My beautiful mommy adopted her daughter and treated her like her own, and this was how she repaid her!"

Tang Tang muttered numbly, completely oblivious to the reactions of the two adults beside her.

Su Xiajing had never imagined that Su Chuchu was actually pregnant-that there was another child.

She had hidden her pregnancy from everyone and given birth, then taken advantage of my illness to betray me and get involved with Tang Beichen?

And I had adopted the child Su Chuchu abandoned as my own daughter?

While my own daughter suffered, I had treated the child of the woman who would betray me as my own?

How absurd. How laughable.

Tang Beichen was stunned, too, so shaken that he barely recognized himself anymore.

What did Tangtang mean?

The woman I cheated with was Su Chuchu?

Su Chuchu was pregnant now, and Xia Jing and I would adopt her daughter in the future?

After adopting her daughter, I would cheat while Xia Jing was in poor health...

Tang Beichen's thoughts tangled into a hopeless knot. Those few revelations filled his entire mind, making his head feel ready to burst.

Lately, he had first asked his secretary to investigate, then personally gone through every woman he had encountered at work and in his private life. To prevent the tragedy a year from now, he had listed every woman he had interacted with more than twice, yet he had overlooked his own family.

Ha... it was Su Chuchu?

Tang Beichen laughed at himself. Simply calling it absurd no longer came close to describing it.

No wonder Tangtang resented him so deeply. No wonder she hated him so much and still refused to call him Dad...

The things he had done were beyond what a simple word like "scumbag" could convey.

His older brother was right.

Someone who could no longer think for himself or control himself no longer deserved to be called human.

He was a beast.

"Sister Wang."

Su Xiajing handed Tang Tang to Sister Wang. "Tangtang just woke up. Sorry for the trouble, but could you change her diaper? I need to talk to... him about something."

"Of course." Sister Wang took Tang Tang into her arms. "Should I feed her?"

"Not yet. She had milk before she went to sleep. Feed her a little later."

Sister Wang carried Tang Tang away.

Su Xiajing took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes again, her expression had returned to normal.

"Since you brought it up, let's talk about the divorce again today."

She looked coldly at Tang Beichen. "Let's talk in the study."

With that, Su Xiajing walked away. Tang Beichen closed his eyes in pain, then silently followed her.

Tang Tang: *???*

"Why are you going to the study to talk? Take me with you! I want to listen, too!"

"I had my lawyer draw this up a few days ago. Take a look."

Su Xiajing took a new divorce agreement from the desk drawer and handed it to him. "I don't think we should stay together under the circumstances. Once you've read it, I'd like an answer within a week. Otherwise, I'll have no choice but to ask my lawyer to file for divorce."

Tang Beichen took the divorce agreement.

This time, he did not tear it up. Instead, he silently began reading through it.

He read very slowly, nothing like the way he normally skimmed documents, as though he wanted to scrutinize every word in the agreement.

At first, Su Xiajing was surprised that he was actually reading it without a fuss. Then she began to suspect he was deliberately stalling. She frowned, growing impatient.

"A few things need changing."

Just as she was debating whether to hurry him along, Tang Beichen spoke.

His head remained lowered, as though he was concentrating on the agreement. His voice was low and hoarse. "I'll have my lawyer draw up a new one."

Su Xiajing froze.

Tang Beichen closed the divorce agreement. "Send me a digital copy, too. Let's look at the new agreement tomorrow and discuss it then."

Out of habit, he reached up to stroke her cheek, only to realize what he was doing and withdraw his hand.

"It's getting late. Get some rest."

Tang Beichen gave a bitter smile, tightened his grip on the divorce agreement, and opened the door, leaving ahead of her.

The study door gently closed again.

Su Xiajing kept staring at the doorway for a while before silently lowering her head. When she lifted it again, her face betrayed no emotion.

She opened the study door and walked out.

The door closed behind her once more.

The click struck her heart like a heavy blow.

Tang Tang noticed that, after their conversation in the study, her beautiful mommy and scumbag dad barely spoke to each other.

They still ate together as usual and spent time with her as they normally did, occasionally exchanging a word or two.

Either they had failed to reach an agreement and were both sulking...

Or they had already settled everything.

But would scumbag dad agree to a divorce that easily?

After breakfast, Tang Beichen changed and left for work.

After finishing her milk, Tang Tang had nothing to do and was so bored that she went to sleep, too.

She had no idea how long she had slept before voices woke her.

"Dad, honestly! Why didn't you tell me before coming over?"

"If I had told you, you wouldn't have let me come."

Su Jiansen complained, "We should have come when Tangtang turned one month old, but you kept finding one excuse after another to stop us. I couldn't even see my granddaughter, so of course I had to come without telling you."

"Besides, your sister is about to go abroad to study. Her farewell party will be crowded, and you certainly won't bring Tangtang, so this is a perfect chance for the whole family to get together."

Hearing that, Tang Tang had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, a second later, she heard the voice of the culprit who had nearly kept her awake the night before.

"Xiajing."

Su Chuchu stood obediently beside Su Jiansen and Wei Shufen. "Where's Tangtang?"

Su Xiajing: "..."

The timing was just cruel.