Move back into the master bedroom with me

Qiao Hua thought something had gone wrong with her ears.

Had she heard that right?

Gu Wenze wasn't letting her abort the baby?

Normally, once Gu Wenze learned she was pregnant, he should have forced her to get an abortion. Why was this unfolding differently from the original novel?

Had some kind of bug cropped up?

Qiao Hua's mind was a mess. "Did I hear you right? You want to keep this baby?"

Gu Wenze didn't realize in the slightest that his decision had already veered out of control. His deep eyes fixed on Qiao Hua. "Yes. Don't even think about aborting this baby."

Qiao Hua couldn't collect herself for a moment. She felt as though the lack of oxygen earlier had impaired her thinking.

Had this world gone mad, or had she?

Why wasn't Gu Wenze following the script?

Shouldn't he have been furious that she'd secretly gotten pregnant with his child, then dragged her to the hospital and watched her get an abortion, just like in those melodramatic novels, to prevent any future trouble?

"Wait, are you running a fever?"

As she spoke, Qiao Hua reached up to check Gu Wenze's forehead, but he caught her wrist and said in a low voice, "Qiao Hua, stop playing games. You have to keep this baby."

Qiao Hua took a deep breath. "Do you not understand plain language? I told you, I don't want to have your baby."

Seeing how fiercely Qiao Hua resisted, Gu Wenze felt an inexplicable surge of anger. "Is having my baby really such an injustice to you? Do you know how many women want to have my children?"

All he had to do was crook a finger, and countless women would throw themselves at him.

Yet Qiao Hua actually felt wronged.

"If those women want to have your children, go have children with them," Qiao Hua said stubbornly. "I'm not doing it."

Her words provoked Gu Wenze again. His hand clamped around her soft, slender waist as he said imperiously, "You don't have a choice. If I tell you to have this baby, you will."

Seeing that Gu Wenze was determined to keep the baby, a thought flashed through Qiao Hua's mind. She suddenly said, "Aren't you afraid Jiang Nan will find out?"

Gu Wenze paused. Qiao Hua continued, "If Jiang Nan finds out, you'll really have no chance with her. Do you think it's worth sacrificing the rest of your happiness for a wicked woman like me?"

Sure enough, Gu Wenze fell silent.

A mocking smile tugged at Qiao Hua's lips. "So, President Gu, aborting this baby is best for both of us. If you really want a child, you can have one with Jiang Nan later. It's not like you can't perform."

The chill in Gu Wenze's voice deepened. "How many times do I have to tell you? Jiang Nan and I are just friends."

Qiao Hua's smile remained dazzling. "Do you even believe that yourself? You think there's something between Yan Yu and me just because we had a meal together. What about you and Jiang Nan? You transferred a house into her name and made her your personal secretary. Haven't you crossed the line even further than I have?"

You demand that I stop seeing Yan Yu while you're getting all cozy with Jiang Nan. You've really mastered the art of double standards.

Gu Wenze stared her down. "So you're angry that I'm close to Jiang Nan, and that's why you're asking for a divorce and trying to abort the baby?"

Qiao Hua: "?"

Seriously, did this man understand plain language at all?

When Qiao Hua said nothing, Gu Wenze took her silence as agreement. His brows knitted, and he sounded extremely reluctant as he said, "If that's the case, I promise I can keep my distance from Jiang Nan from now on. But you're not allowed to see Yan Yu again either."

Qiao Hua thrust out a hand to stop him and said quickly, "No need. Please don't force yourself, because I don't care in the slightest whether you and Jiang Nan are together. It has absolutely nothing to do with me."

The words "I don't care" pierced Gu Wenze's heart like a needle. His gaze darkened, and he said icily, "You don't care? Then why are you so determined to divorce me and abort the baby?"

Fed up with his pestering, Qiao Hua made up an excuse at random. "I've fallen for Yan Yu, all right?"

That only added fuel to the fire. Gu Wenze wanted to strangle Qiao Hua, but remembering the baby in her belly, he suppressed the impulse.

Gu Wenze's grip on Qiao Hua's wrist tightened little by little, his words carrying an undisguised threat. "I'm warning you. If you dare abort this baby, I'll never let you get away with it!"

For the rest of the drive, the car was deathly silent. Neither of them spoke again.

They returned to the villa one after the other. Hearing them arrive, the nanny came out of the kitchen, wiping her hands on her apron. "President Gu, ma'am, you're back? I'll get started on your meal."

Gu Wenze stopped the nanny. "From now on, make soup with all three meals to nourish Qiao Hua."

The nanny was still a little confused. "President Gu, what kind of soup do you mean?"

Gu Wenze gave her a cold glance. "Soup to support her pregnancy."

The nanny looked surprised and instinctively glanced at Qiao Hua's belly, seemingly realizing something.

"There's no need to go to all that trouble." Qiao Hua smiled at the nanny. "This baby isn't going to be born anyway."

Gu Wenze's expression instantly turned frightening. His handsome features seemed coated in a thick layer of frost. "Say that again."

Qiao Hua held her head high. "You can make me say it ten more times, and my answer will still be the same. I'm not having this baby. I wouldn't before, I won't now, and I never will!"

A terrifying, oppressive atmosphere instantly filled the living room.

Seeing that things were about to spiral out of control, the nanny hurried to intervene. "President Gu, ma'am is pregnant. Please don't lose your temper!"

At those words, Gu Wenze's expression did ease somewhat. His cold eyes shifted from Qiao Hua's defiant face to her lower abdomen. Since she wasn't far along and was wearing a loose, casual top, nothing showed yet.

Gu Wenze's tone was cold and hard. "If I hear you say anything like that again, don't blame me for getting rough."

Qiao Hua couldn't be bothered to argue with him anymore. She snorted, turned, and went upstairs.

Back in the guest room, Qiao Hua turned to shut the door, only for a hand to reach in from outside and block it.

Looking at Gu Wenze, who had followed her upstairs, Qiao Hua held back her anger. "What do you want?"

Gu Wenze looked into her eyes. "You're moving back in with me."

Without even thinking, Qiao Hua politely declined. "No need. I'm perfectly happy living on my own."

Gu Wenze said coldly, enunciating every word, "Qiao Hua, I'm not asking for your opinion."

With that, he called the nanny upstairs.

Once upstairs, the nanny sensed that something was wrong between them and asked cautiously, "President Gu, what's the matter?"

Gu Wenze ordered, "Move Qiao Hua's things back into the master bedroom."