At one in the morning, Chen You comforted her child who was suffering from a cold and, tired to the bone, went downstairs to get a drink.
She poured herself a glass of water in the kitchen and was about to head upstairs. Suddenly, the front door was unlocked with a key. It was most likely her husband returning home.
Just as she was about to greet him, she heard a flirtatious feminine voice, "Don't be so rush, Chen You is at home. You're in deep trouble if she finds out."
Chen You instantly identified the woman speaking as Huang Mei, her family's nanny.
"Why worry? She surely has gone to bed early and won't find out," a masculine voice full of longing responded. In the silence of the night, it sounded alarmingly seductive. This was the same voice that whispered sweet nothings in her ear the previous night!
"Isn't it sly how you brought our child into your home for her to raise? When the kid gets sick, she cares for him tirelessly through the night. Truly a virtuous woman!" Huang Mei's voice carried a hasty breath, mocking Chen You.
Chen You stood petrified in the center of the living room, her mind temporarily blank.
The child she had been tenderly caring for throughout the year was actually her husband's child with the nanny! No amount of surprises can describe her current state of shock!
She had been married to Du Moqing for five years and they hadn't managed to have children. She had considered artificial insemination, but out of concern for her, he suggested adopting a child. Out of naiveness, she had agreed, believing he was sympathizing with her.
On the day the child arrived, he hired a young nanny. The nanny was indeed very good at caring for the child, cooking, cleaning, and all that; hence, she even paid the nanny a few hundred dollars extra as a bonus each month!
Thinking back now, of course the nanny would look after her own child with extra care, while she herself was nothing but a joke in their eyes!
Resentment and anger raged in her heart, making her feel like her chest was about to split apart. Overwhelmed with anger she let out a scornful laugh.
The couple who were getting intimate at the entrance hall abruptly stopped. There was silence for a second or two, then in the darkness, sounds of clothes being adjusted resonated. A light flicked on in the living room.
The strong light stabbed her eyes. Chen You closed her eyes for a few seconds before she could make out what was in front of her.
Her husband stood before her, panic-stricken, not knowing what to do. Huang Mei, stood next to him, shivering as if scared that Chen You would pounce on her and tear her limb from limb.
Du Moqing stuttered, "Yu... I mean..."
"Shut up." His deceitful demeanor nauseated Chen Yu. Without waiting for him to finish his sentence, she smashed the cup in her hand onto his face. The hot water splashed over his expensive suit, the cup fell and shattered on the ground, just like their ten-year relationship falling apart!
Du Moqing clasped his face in pain, looking at Chen Yu with tearful eyes, "Yu, how could you treat me so cruelly? I am your beloved husband!"
Chen Yu was almost out of breath, nearly fainting. She yelled, "Du Moqing, stop pretending! Your face makes me sick!"
Du Moqing was somewhat at a loss, desperately grasping her hand, "Hear me out, Yu. It's not what you think between me and her."
"Oh, then what? What do you call what you two were up to in the hallway just now? Tell me!" Chen Yu took a deep breath to control her fury, afraid that she would rush to the kitchen to grab a knife and kill this adulterous couple.
"It was her seducing me." Du Moqing implicated. "Yu, I only love you in my life. Could you stop being furious?" He was two years younger than Chen Yu. Whenever they had disagreements, he would act childishly to make her give in.
However, all of his antics at this moment were just deceptive in Chen Yu's eyes, "You and this woman conspired to deceive me, making me raise your illegitimate child while asking me not to be enraged? Can't you see how shameless that is?"
She threw his hand away, feeling the place he had touched was intolerably dirty. "Now, get out with this woman and the bastard from upstairs."
Huang Mei crawled out from behind Du Moqing, kneeling in front of Chen Yu. "Sister Yu, I beg you not to drive me away. I just want to take care of my child. I can do anything as long as you don't drive me away. I don't mind being a concubine."
Huang Mei started to cry, her sobs so genuine, as if she was the oppressed wife.
"Shameless!" Chen Yu lambasted, turning to Du Moqing. "I'll give you ten minutes to pack up and leave. If not, I will sue you for bigamy." After delivering each word deliberately, she turned and strode upstairs.
Du Moqing chased after her, "Yu, listen to me. Haven't you always wanted a kid? My biological child is definitely better than adopting one. I love you, no matter what happens with others, you are the only wife I'll ever have."
Chen Yu glanced back at him, sneering, "Whoever wants to be Mrs. Du can have it, I am not interested." She went back to her room, picked up the sleeping child, turned around, and thrust the baby into Du Moqing's arms. "Get out."
Then she opened the window, throwing out the baby items, clothes, and toys in bulk.
The child was startled awake by the loud noise and burst into tears. Du Moqing quickly tried to comfort the child, "My precious son, don't cry. Daddy is here, no one dares to hurt you."
Chen You paused at his words, the person he was referring to that wanted to harm their son was her! Out of anger, she grabbed the infant’s pillow and threw it at Du Moqing. "Get out, don't disgust me."
Huang Mei didn’t know when she had ran upstairs. Seeing the child being hit, she started to cry like a pear blossom in a shower, "My baby, Chen You, how could you be so heartless to hurt an infant? Moqing, we can’t let her take care of the child, she wants to kill our child because she is jealous that I can bear children!" She accused through her tears.
Chen You's heart sunk, the only thing left in her mind was that she couldn’t bear children! Her wound was brutally torn open again, the pain was heart-wrenching!
She stood there like a stranded spirit, watching Du Moqing comfort their child.
Du Moqing had always wanted a child but was unable to conceive until now. Finally succeeding in getting a son, he cherished him as the most precious thing! He wouldn't allow any harm to him. Being hit by Chen You was as serious as if his life was being threatened.
He handed the child to Huang Mei, looked fiercely at Chen You, and yelled: "Who are you telling to leave? Try losing your temper again." Like a mad beast, he stared with bloodshot eyes, ready to pounce on Chen You!
Du Moqing's bloodlust roar felt like a stab to Chen You's heart. Apparently, to him, throwing a pillow at their son weighed more heavily than anything she meant to him!
"So, you want to hit me?" Chen You asked desolately.
"Yes." He responded assertively, grabbed her arm furiously and dragged her outside.
Chen You's arm was almost broken by his grasp, and she cried out in pain, "What are you doing?"
He dragged her downstairs without a word, opened the front door, and shoved her out.
Chen You landed face-down, blown away by the pain that racked her whole body. The loud noise of the door being violently closed echoed in her ears.
She painfully got to her feet and pounded on the door. "Du Moqing, open the door for me! I own half of this house too, what right do you have to kick me out?"
However, no matter how much she pounded on the door, the person inside remained unmoved.
Chen You leaned against the door, tears streaming down her cheeks…
When she and Du Moqing fell in love, he was an unsophisticated country boy with nothing.
They started a business together, bought a house, started a company. When he said he wanted to have children, she left the company to focus on getting pregnant. They were deeply in love, why did it end up like this!
