Returning home, Liang Anya heard voices inside and knew that Jiayi and Zaizai were back. Pretending as if nothing had happened, she squeezed out a smile:

"Zaizai, Aunt Anya is back, oh."

Zaizai jumped off the sofa and rushed to the entrance, giving Liang Anya a knowing look, using lip reading to urgently indicate: Hurry back to your room.

Liang Anya was startled, and seeing Jiayi sitting on the sofa in the living room, she sensed something was amiss and coughed lightly:

"Xiaoyi, I’m a bit tired, I’ll go to my room to rest for a bit. I’ve had dinner outside, so you and Zaizai can eat later, no need to call me."

"How did the doctor’s visit go, what did the doctor say?" Jiayi asked, glancing over leisurely.

She stiffened for a moment and then evasively said, "It’s just a cold, you know how it is. Got some medicine and a few reminders from the doctor. It’s nothing..." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"Oh, what medicine was it? Let me have a look." Jiayi stood up swiftly, walking towards the entrance. Seeing Anya instinctively tighten her coat, her eyes flickered.

"What’s there to see about cold medicine, it’s just the usual stuff." Liang Anya shrank back, holding the packet of Pregnancy Safeguarding Herbal Medicine in her palm.

Jiayi bent down and with a whoosh, snatched the tote bag from her hand and started rummaging through it.

Liang Anya was taken aback, but it wouldn’t be right to snatch it back.

She hadn’t looked closely yet when she caught a whiff of traditional Chinese medicine.

Upon closer inspection, Jiayi’s expression changed.

When she was pregnant with Zaizai, her mother also made this kind of medicinal soup for her to drink, and later during her days in Disheng, she became quite familiar with traditional Chinese medicinal herbs as she liked to brew soups.

This whole big bag was filled with—

—Nutritious medicinal ingredients suitable for pregnant women!

Today, Liang Anya had been acting strangely while following her out, which had already made her suspicious.

Connecting this with Anya’s unusual behavior over the past few days, the more she thought about it, the more things didn’t add up.

After picking up Zaizai from kindergarten, Zaizai found out that Aunt Anya wasn’t at home and had gone to the hospital for a cold, his little face unexpectedly twitched, and he let out a seemingly inexplicable sigh.

Jiayi found it strange, it was just a cold, was it really worth such a reaction?

Now, having looked, sure enough, there was an issue!

"What’s this all about? Aren’t you going to explain it to me clearly?"

Liang Anya was practically cursing Si Yuheng to the farthest reaches of the galaxy in her heart!

She had planned to bring this packet back home and stuff it under the bed.

If she didn’t dispose of it in front of him, wouldn’t it be fine just not to drink it?

But she had never expected that Xiaoyi would eventually find out—

Si Yuheng, why don’t you just drop dead!

"Xiaoyi, this is for me—" her mind raced, unsure of how to fabricate an excuse.

"Don’t say it’s for a friend."

Liang Anya played dumb, "Oh Xiaoyi, you’re really smart, how did you guess right away—"

Jiayi brushed off the obsequious hand that was resting on her shoulder, "That friend is you, isn’t it."

"..."

Zaizai couldn’t stand watching anymore and decided to put an end to this. He sighed and walked over, silently lifting Aunt Anya’s coat.

A gust of wind revealed Liang Anya’s slightly showing pregnant figure to both mother and son.

"Anya, are you really—pregnant?!"

Although she had guessed it earlier, seeing the size of her belly, Jiayi still gasped.

Anya’s figure was of the extremely slender type that doesn’t show much of a belly, which probably contributed to her pregnancy being less noticeable. But even so, it was clear that it was definitely more than just two or three months along.

Liang Anya glared at Zaizai.

Zaizai helplessly said, "Forget it, Aunt Anya, they would have found out sooner or later."

"Fine, you’ve known for a while too, and you didn’t tell me. Forget it, I’ll settle the score with you later!" Jiayi scolded Little Baozi and pulled Liang Anya over to sit down on the couch.

"What in the world is going on, whose child is this? You’ve never had a boyfriend," Jiayi whispered.

Anya was not the kind of girl to have one-night stands or lead a promiscuous life.

Others might be fooled by Anya’s bright and lively appearance, thinking that a princess from a privileged background like hers must be surrounded by men.

But Jiayi knew better; perhaps because Anya had been so well protected from a young age, like she lived in a fairy-tale kingdom, she had never had a formal boyfriend.

Seeing that she couldn’t hide it anymore, Liang Anya had no choice but to come clean about everything that happened between her and Si Yuheng.

This included how Si Yuheng had discovered the situation, preventing her from getting an abortion.

Jiayi’s face turned pale: "Si Yuheng? You mean—the father of the child is the Hall Master of Beiming Hall who had captured you?"

"Yeah, that scumbag," Liang Anya felt a reflexive discomfort all over her body just hearing the man’s name.

Jiayi had always been worried that Anya, having been taken by those people, might have come to some harm.

Now, the thing she was worried about had happened, and moreover—

It had made Anya pregnant!

She was furious, "He’s committing a crime! I’ll go with you to the police—"

He certainly didn’t think it was a crime; in his eyes, it was a transaction.

He used her as an antidote, then let her leave intact.

It had been so long, and Liang Anya had already run out of anger, so instead, she consoled Jiayi: "I already tried, it’s no use, any evidence is long gone. I just want to sort this out as soon as possible."

"But he’s monitoring you so closely now, it’s impossible for you to get an abortion."

"It’s fine, I have a plan. You, on the other hand, Boris was driven away by Nie Yixiao, but Boris has commissioned that bastard to continue the investigation into the death of his daughter. That scumbag is watching you too."

"If you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got nothing to fear from the ghost’s knock, I’m not the killer, no matter how much they investigate, they won’t find anything. What do I have to be afraid of? It’s you—" Jiayi glanced at Liang Anya’s belly.

On one hand, she was of course on the same side as Anya, and would not support Anya having a child by a QB criminal.

But on the other hand, Anya was already more than five months pregnant, and an abortion now could be quite dangerous and could possibly harm her health.

Liang Anya saw her concern and said with determination: "No matter what, I will not keep this child. Don’t worry, I’ll take it one step at a time."

Take it one step at a time?

Si Yuheng may be in China, but he also has a significant amount of power, and he is adamant about wanting the child in Anya’s belly. If he is opposed, it would be difficult for Anya to outmaneuver him.

She hesitated for a moment: "Should I go...go find Huo Zhenyang? Si Yuheng is from A Country...Huo Zhenyang has a title in A Country and owns many properties. If he could speak to Si Yuheng, Si Yuheng might give him some consideration, perhaps he wouldn’t pressure you any further..."

Liang Anya knew she didn’t really want to approach Huo Zhenyang and quickly said: "No need, I can handle it myself, you don’t have to worry about me, really."

Xiaoyi and that man are already divorced, how could she let her seek Huo Zhenyang’s help for her own problem?

Besides, even if Huo Zhenyang got involved, it would not necessarily be effective.

Although she didn’t quite understand why, to Si Yuheng, it was clear he had made up his mind and would not give up the child in her belly.

Probably even the favor of the emperor wouldn’t sway him.

"Are you really sure you can handle it?" Jiayi was far from reassured.