“You need to focus on living your life well from now on and stay safe for the next five years. After that, I’ll accompany you to the bank to open the safety deposit box. Most importantly, the secret inside that box must never be revealed to anyone except me, your father, and you. That was also your father’s final instruction to me.”
Yan Yu’s eyes turned red.
Just like that, she no longer had a home…
Where was she supposed to go now?
…
Two months later.
At the hospital.
“You are indeed pregnant—with twins. Come back around this time next month for your prenatal checkup.”
Holding the prenatal examination report the doctor had given her, Yan Yu had no idea how to describe what she was feeling.
Anger. Sadness. Shock…
The babies had been conceived on that night two months ago.
Back then, Yan Yu had asked the man for money to buy contraceptive pills. He had told her that he was infertile and incapable of getting a woman pregnant, so there was no need for her to take medicine that would harm her body.
She had believed him.
And the result…
Yan Yu wished she could go back in time just to curse that man to death.
Infertile?
He had gotten her pregnant with twins in one go!
She was only twenty-one years old and was still paying out of pocket to work as an intern at the hospital.
How was she supposed to afford raising two children?
Feeling completely lost, Yan Yu walked away with the prenatal report in her hand.
In the crowded hospital corridor, a familiar voice suddenly seized her heart.
She turned toward the source of the voice.
There stood the man from that night.
Dressed in a tailored suit, he stood not far away with one hand in his pocket while talking on the phone. His handsome features carried an air of noble elegance and cold indifference.
Clutching her prenatal report, Yan Yu walked toward him, intending to make him take responsibility.
She had barely taken a few steps when she heard him say into the phone,
“They think they can make me marry their daughter and become Mrs. Jing? They should take a look at what level Wang Liquor Group is on. Just because his daughter has a little beauty, he thinks she can marry me? He actually dared to drug me. Tell him to take his daughter and get out of Shengjing. Blacklist Wang Liquor Group. We will never do business with them again.”
He did not even think highly of a wealthy man’s daughter.
She, on the other hand, had just been driven out of her home.
If she ran up to him now and told him she was carrying his children…
Wouldn’t he just humiliate her?
At that thought, Yan Yu began to lose her nerve.
But she truly had no money to raise the babies.
In the end, she still strode forward and blocked his path.
“You?”
Jing Mocong recognized the young woman before him. A faint glimmer flashed across his dark eyes.
The passion of that night surfaced in his mind.
Although he had been drugged, the experience remained unforgettable.
“That’s right. It’s me.”
“Didn’t you ask me before whether I wanted you to take responsibility? I’ve changed my mind. Now I do.”
“But I’d like to change how you take responsibility. Just compensate me with money.”
Yan Yu could not bear to abort the babies.
Nor did she want to.
They were her children.
Her family.
That mindset had been deeply influenced by her father.
Ever since Lawyer Zhang admitted that she had been adopted by her father, Yan Yu had become even more grateful for everything in this world.
Now that the children were growing inside her womb, she could not bring herself to casually end their lives.
Jing Mocong narrowed his eyes, and a trace of amusement appeared in the way he looked at her.
“How much do you want?”
Yan Yu had no idea how much she should ask for.
She lowered her head and silently calculated the cost of raising two children.
“No less than two hundred thousand.”
Jing Mocong took out a bank card and handed it to her.
“There’s one million in this card. The password is six zeros. Once you take the money, you’re not allowed to bother me again. Otherwise, I’ll personally beat you to death.”
Yan Yu shivered.
Without hesitation, she accepted the bank card.
“Don’t worry. I won’t appear in front of you again.”
“Even if we happen to run into each other by accident, I’ll pretend we’ve never met.”
“Very good. Let’s hope you’re not some gold-digging woman.”
Anger lingered on his handsome face. Jing Mocong withdrew his gaze from Yan Yu, turned around, and walked away.
Yan Yu immediately went to a nearby bank with the card.
After confirming that there really was one million yuan in the account, she transferred all of it into her own bank account.
She then returned to the hospital to continue working as an intern in the Sleep Medicine Department.
When she was more than four months pregnant, Yan Yu was rotating through the Outpatient Department when Zhang Huifang arrived with a middle-aged man to look for her.
“Yan Yu, we’ve known each other for years. As your aunt, I didn’t want to drive you into a corner. It was your grandmother who insisted on kicking you out of the Yan Family Residence. After all, you don’t have the Yan family’s blood running through your veins.”
“Brother Li here is forty-five years old and drives long-haul trucks. He earns at least five hundred thousand a year, and he’s lived a clean life. At forty-five, he’s never even had a girlfriend. If you marry him, you’ll enjoy the rest of your life.”
Yan Yu had known Zhang Huifang was up to no good.
“I’m pregnant. The father is some random man. Twins, too. Is this gentleman willing to become their father?”
“What? Raise another man’s children? No way! I’m not taking over someone else’s leftovers!”
The moment Brother Li saw Yan Yu lift the front of her coat, revealing her round pregnant belly beneath her sweater, he immediately turned around and left.
“Yan Yu, you have no shame! Just as expected—you really aren’t one of the Yan family!”
Zhang Huifang had never imagined that Yan Yu would become pregnant before marriage.
The bride price she had been counting on had gone down the drain.
Cursing all the way, she stormed off.
Watching Zhang Huifang leave in anger, Yan Yu finally let out a heavy sigh of relief.
She gently stroked her belly and murmured to herself,
“My babies, you really are Mama’s lucky stars. Without you, Mama might have become Yan Huabin’s and Zhang Huifang’s next target. They already kicked me out of the Yan Family Residence, and then they wanted to squeeze every last bit of value out of me by marrying me off for bride money.”
…
Five months later.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
“Ah… Ah… Ah…”
After enduring a long and difficult labor, Yan Yu successfully gave birth naturally to a pair of fraternal twins—a daughter and a son.
When the doctor held the babies up for her to see, tears of happiness streamed down Yan Yu’s face.
…
“Little Yu, have you decided what to name the twins?”
While Yan Yu was still hospitalized, Professor Guo Min, her direct supervisor, brought two longevity lock pendants as gifts for the newborn twins and asked with a smile.
Bathed in the gentle warmth of motherhood, Yan Yu smiled softly.
“I have. The girl’s name is Yan Shiyao, and the boy’s name is Yan Shijun.”
“Those are beautiful names.”
Guo Min praised her before changing the subject.
“Have you thought about what we discussed before?”
Guo Min had been ostracized at the hospital and had decided to return to a hospital in her hometown to continue her career.
She wanted to take Yan Yu with her but did not know whether Yan Yu was willing.
Without the slightest hesitation, Yan Yu replied,
“Teacher, of course I’m willing to go with you. With leaders like the ones at Shengjing Hospital, who secretly embezzle funds, they’ll face the consequences sooner or later. I don’t want to stay here.”
“Good. Come with me. I won’t treat you unfairly.”
Guo Min patted her chest in assurance.
She was only fifty years old.
This was still the prime of her career.
She was determined to help the student she valued the most soar to greater heights.
After completing her postpartum recovery, Yan Yu left Shengjing with her son and daughter.
…
Time flew by.
Four years later.
“So this is the city where Mama grew up. It’s so big! So bustling!”
On Shengjing’s busy main avenue, Yan Shiyao gazed out the car window at the vibrant cityscape in amazement.
Although both children were fascinated by the scenery outside, they obediently remained seated in the car, merely turning their little heads toward the windows.
Both of them had naturally curly hair.
Yan Shiyao’s hair had been tied into two adorable little buns by Yan Yu, and her bangs were clipped back with two Barbie-pink children’s hair clips, making the little girl look both cute and lively.
Yan Shijun wore his hair in a short, fluffy cut. His soft, adorable appearance made him look like a well-behaved little puppy. Sitting beside his older sister, he hugged her arm tightly.
“Mama, why couldn’t we grow up here?” Yan Shijun asked.
Yan Yu smiled and replied,
“It’s not that you couldn’t grow up in Shengjing. After giving birth to the two of you, I followed my teacher to Rongcheng to build my career. If I had stayed in Shengjing, I wouldn’t have been able to afford raising you both. At that time, both Mama and Mama’s teacher were being pushed out by the people there.”