I Am the Only Fertile Woman in the Game-Chapter 39: Whose Child

"You don’t want to stay with me?"

"...I just want to get the house paperwork done as soon as possible."

"What’s the hurry? Can the house grow legs and fly away?"

Zong Fang didn’t understand why she liked such a desolate place. When he had carried her into the house, he had merely glanced around quickly. It was clearly an old house in need of repair, and he couldn’t fathom why she treasured it like a gem.

"If it flies away, I’ll buy you a new one. You pick the location; it should be larger, two floors aren’t enough. Each of our little ones will need their own room in the future."

Qiao Suisui didn’t understand how this man could plan so matter-of-factly, and she muttered softly as she looked away, "We haven’t even started."

Zong Fang’s hand wrapped around her waist, his hot breath spraying into her ear.

"How can you say we haven’t started? Maybe it has already happened—I’ve been trying harder these past few days." He laughed and kissed her, his hand moving to her stomach. His face suddenly changed.

Qiao Suisui was startled.

Not good, she forgot.

Due to the System’s modifications, she didn’t have any of the usual pregnancy discomforts, not even morning sickness. Plus, since Ruka had been constantly intimate with her, she always lacked this awareness.

She was now carrying Leberli’s child. Because she had agreed with the System to use the Multiple Birth Pill, which results in multiple births, she was trying not to let her stomach grow too noticeably. The System, in order to ease her hardship, allowed her not to show any signs of pregnancy for the first month and a half. It was exactly a month and a half now.

Her lower abdomen was slightly raised, not noticeable when lying flat but visible when sitting. During their intimate moments, Zong Fang held her close, his mind wholly focused on feeling her tenderness, so he hadn’t noticed her stomach. Now, upon touching it, he realized something was wrong.

For more than half of Qiao Suisui’s pregnancy, Zong Fang had taken care of her personally. Combined with his thorough knowledge of the human body, he almost immediately suspected she was pregnant again.

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"Whose is it?"

Looking at Zong Fang’s sinister face, Qiao Suisui’s palms sweated with nervousness.

Seeing her silent with noticeable avoidance, the man who was initially uncertain now reached a conclusion.

"Is it him again?"

"No."

After she spoke, her chin was grasped, the man’s hand using no restraint this time, squeezing until involuntary tears welled up in Qiao Suisui’s eyes.

"You’re good."

Clamping his teeth, he said each word deliberately, then violently released her, stormed off alone, leaving her behind.

Qiao Suisui’s cheeks and chin bore the marks of his fingers. She breathed heavily, feeling a sense of relief as though she had survived a great ordeal.

At the same time, a doubt surfaced in her heart: despite everything, why hadn’t Zong Fang taken her out with him?

A realization dawned on her, suggesting only one possibility: Lanze must be here to rescue her, probably right outside this space, which is why Zong Fang couldn’t simply leave.

She must find a way out.

With this thought, she moved her body and discovered that her body, which normally would take several days to recover from pain and weakness in her legs, was now completely restored, feeling as refreshed as after a good sleep. This was her self-healing talent at work.

"No wonder he hardly sleeps..."

Qiao Suisui supported herself up using a tree trunk, picked up her clothes torn to pieces from the ground, barely covering herself. Barefooted, she had just taken a few steps on the soft green ground when suddenly the surroundings changed—

All around her were mountains, tall trees standing in her surroundings, their bare trunks devoid of any life, presenting a dense mass of black trunks at a distance.

The sudden desolation and cold scared her; she stepped forward, stepping on a piece of dead leaves.

"Crack," a flock of black crows were startled away. They flapped their wings loudly, flying off in groups, plunging the entire forest into an even more eerie silence.

"Zong Fang..."

Qiao Suisui wrapped her arms around herself unconsciously, hesitantly calling out.

Then, the only reply was her echo.

The paradise that had just been clear and sunny had turned dark and disheveled, leaving Qiao Suisui forcing herself to stay alert, repeatedly murmuring ’Don’t be afraid, it’s okay’ to bolster her spirits.

At that moment, the man stood on a cliff not far from Qiao Suisui. He coldly watched the people below shivering in fear, stumbling as they walked. His gaze fixed on those fair little feet, he frowned as he saw her step on a sharp stone.

He had just turned his head to leave, not wanting to confront her with his anger.

She had deceived him again.

Carrying another’s child, not a word of mention, her mouth only capable of flattery, without a single truthful word.

He remembered her soft-spoken ’I’m willing’ and couldn’t help but swallow hard again.

What if one in ten of her words were true?

What if among those insincere gestures, there was even a trace of genuine feeling.... would she be sad because he had walked away?

Zong Fang sighed heavily, watching as Qiao Suisui reached the bank of a river that was neither too wide nor too narrow.

The river upstream was turbulent, downstream calm; Qiao Suisui was at the mid-point of the river, to the left was upstream, to the right downstream.

He saw her hesitating, looking left and right, then thought of her bad habit—needing to bathe whenever she sweated. He hadn’t had the chance to clean her body and had left her there, so she must be feeling terrible.

There were no seasons in this space, or rather, everything shifted as per Zong Fang’s whims.

He saw Qiao Suisui tentatively scoop up a handful of water, then start walking left, assuming she wanted to bathe there.

"Silly."

She couldn’t even stand steady in the water of the upper stream.

However, Qiao Suisui wasn’t planning to bathe. She had just carefully observed the direction of the river flow, knowing the right side was downstream; thus, walking against this direction would surely lead to higher ground. She was surrounded by woods, the sun had set, and she couldn’t distinguish north, south, east, or west—this was the only method she could rely on.

However, she had barely started out when the scenery around her changed again!

This time it was a windowless room, harsh cold light flicked on, forcing her to close her eyes. The room was a suite, with a bathroom inside and a bedroom outside. The bedroom contained only a bed, with nothing else; she walked into the bathroom, seeing only a bathtub and a large rectangular mirror.

She tilted her head curiously, just wondering about the abrupt bathtub that wasn’t even connected to any plumbing—how was she supposed to survive without water?

’Swoosh—’

Continuous water sounds began in the bathtub, which now was filled to three-quarters full.

She widened her eyes, thinking she had again deprived some ’wishful thinking’ ability, but she soon realized it was not her own will.

Because a tray had suddenly appeared next to the bathtub, which contained a towel and a bathrobe.

Zong Fang, seeing her blinking and searching around, couldn’t help but smile.

"Not too stupid."

At that moment, he stood behind the mirror, watching with interest as the girl tested the water temperature, then removed her barely useful clothes and stepped into the bathtub.