Never mind Zhang Rong having his whole worldview shattered-mine was starting to crumble too.
How could an already immoral transaction somehow end in a pregnancy?
What had Wang Meilan been thinking?
"As they say, it's a big world, and anything is possible."
I said to Zhang Rong, "Why don't we put ourselves in Wang Meilan's shoes and try to figure out why she wanted to have this child with Hu Shide?"
When something made no sense and no reasonable explanation came to mind for the moment, putting yourself in someone else's shoes and seeing things from their perspective were the best ways to understand it.
Zhang Rong looked at me blankly. "I'm not a woman, and I've never been a parent. I haven't even suffered for love. How am I supposed to put myself in her shoes...?"
I was a little shocked. He was almost thirty, yet he had never suffered for love.
"Wang Meilan's first prenatal checkup was only a month after Bai Qinian was killed."
I said, "A woman can generally test positive for pregnancy seven to ten days after intercourse, or within about twenty days if her menstrual cycle is irregular. In other words, Wang Meilan had sex with Hu Shide just days after Bai Qinian died, then tested positive for pregnancy and went for a prenatal checkup."
"And Hu Shide knows Seven Deaths for a Life. The reason Wang Meilan sought him out was that she wanted him to help bring Bai Qinian back to life. What reason and state of mind would have led her to have sex with Hu Shide at that point?"
Zhang Rong thought about it, but he really couldn't put himself in her shoes. He simply shook his head at me.
I said, "If I were Wang Meilan, and I loved