On the day of the birth, Chen Wang was busy and hadn't slept a wink all night. He loved this child, even though there was no blood relation between them. He felt that since Li Qian was willing to give birth to this child, it was an expression of her love for him.
Li Qian lay on the hospital bed, looking exhausted with pale lips. Despite this, she held on and reminded Chen Wang, "Xiao Wang, after all, this is not your child."
"But I believe in you," she continued. "I know you will treat the child well."
"Don't worry, Xiaoqian," Chen Wang assured her, patting his chest. "I will treat him as if he were my own son."
I saw a photo of the child through Chen Wang's social media account. He looked exactly like Fang Rui. At that time, Fang Rui was about to be released from prison. He was a con artist with excellent eloquence, successfully persuading many people to buy his products with sweet talk.
Following the clues in my memory, I found him in a tavern, drinking with a group of people.
"Fang Rui," I approached and whispered in his ear, "Li Qian gave you a son."
"What?" Fang Rui suddenly stood up. "What did you say?"
"Li Qian gave me a son." I showed him the photo.
"This... is this my child?"
Fang Rui looked surprised.
"You’re talking nonsense. How could Li Qian possibly have a child with me?"
"If you don’t believe me, you can ask her."
"Tell me where she is."
I gave Fang Rui the address of Chen Wang's house.
That night, Fang Rui found Chen Wang's home.
"Open the door."
He angrily pounded on the door.
"Li Qian, come out!"
"Get your ass out here!"
"What’s going on?"
Chen Wang opened the door, looking confused.
"How dare you mess with my woman!"
Fang Rui punched Chen Wang in the face.
Chen Wang was knocked to the ground, stunned for a moment.
"Who… who are you?"
"I'm Fang Rui, Li Qian's ex-husband."
"You dare to mess with my woman? You must be looking for trouble."
Fang Rui continued to punch and kick Chen Wang, who had no ability to fight back.
Chen Wang had always been weak, and with Fang Rui being strong and having trained in combat for several years, it took less than a minute for Chen Wang to be knocked unconscious.
He lay on the ground, covered in blood, motionless.
"What happened?"
At that moment, Li Qian heard the commotion and ran out to check.
When she saw Chen Wang lying on the ground and Fang Rui covered in blood, she gasped in shock and covered her mouth.
"Fang Rui, how did you get out?"
"How can you even ask? If I hadn't come looking for you, I wouldn't have known you were cheating on me."
Fang Rui glared at Li Qian in anger.
"Since you're pregnant, why didn't you tell me?"
"Why did you have to look for another man?"
"I didn't want to either."
Li Qian looked at Fang Rui with disdain.
"If it weren't for your sudden incident, I wouldn't have sought out Chen Wang."
"However, the child does resemble you quite a bit."
Li Qian brought the child out to show Fang Rui.
The two of them talked about the child in front of Chen Wang.
They completely ignored the person lying on the ground until over half an hour later when they remembered to take Chen Wang to the hospital.
"Alright, stop hitting him."
Li Qian pulled Fang Rui back.
"If you keep going, he will die."
"What do you suggest we do?" Fang Rui glared at Li Qian.
"The child needs a father."
Li Qian glanced at Chen Wang on the ground.
"Even though he isn't your biological father, he will still see you as his real dad."
"Fine."
Fang Rui thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
He squatted down and patted Chen Wang's face.
"Kid, you're lucky today."
"If it weren't for Xiaoqian, I would have killed you today."
Chen Wang lay on the ground, motionless.
When Chen Wang woke up, the first thing he did was look for that "killer."
"He ran away."
Li Qian held his hand to comfort him.
"He left some money behind and then took off."
"How about we call the police?"
Chen Wang gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it."
Li Qian shook her head. "It's better to avoid trouble."
"But..."
"Forget it."
Li Qian gently stroked Chen Wang's hand. "As long as you're okay."
"Xiaoqian."
Chen Wang, moved, held Li Qian's hand tightly. He didn't notice that Li Qian secretly exchanged a glance with Fang Rui when no one was watching.
Chen Wang's body was mostly fine, and he was discharged from the hospital soon. He took on three jobs, working hard to earn money. Fang Rui and Li Qian lived comfortably in his home. Most of the money Chen Wang earned went into Li Qian's pocket, which she then handed over to Fang Rui.
This way of life continued for three months. Until the third month after the child was born, Li Qian suddenly disappeared. She took all of Chen Wang's money and everything valuable from the house, leaving it completely empty.
When Chen Wang returned home and saw the bare room, he was utterly stunned. "Xiaoqian, Xiaoqian." He kept calling out Li Qian's name. But no one responded to him.
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