She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

So many days have passed since you went to the countryside to bring Chen Xianghong back, and Chen Xiangnan has never visited his Xiaohui again.

Xiao Hui is really something. Why didn't she ask someone to send her a message? She's so far along in her pregnancy, and she's still so considerate of him.

He rode his bike, bought a can of malted milk powder, and brought a lot of eggs with him.

These days he's been collecting eggs from the countryside and secretly selling them to city dwellers, making quite a bit of money. He's hidden these eggs away, waiting to use them to nourish her body.

Chen Xiangnan rode his bicycle around a corner and arrived at Zhao Hui's house, but it was so quiet inside that it didn't seem like anyone lived there.

His knocking grew louder and louder until it attracted the attention of the homeowner.

Zhao Hui was staying in a vacant room belonging to a relative in the city. The owner of the house lived in another house and rarely came here. This house originally belonged to his son, but his son was sent to another province, so it became vacant.

However, Chen Xiangnan always felt that Zhao Hui was not familiar with that family and that they were probably not relatives but rather renters living there.

But that has nothing to do with him; all he can think about right now is Zhao Hui's belly.

"Who are you looking for?" the landlady asked, frowning and looking suspicious.

"I'm looking for Zhao Hui, is she not here today?" Chen Xiangnan asked her in a friendly manner.

"Zhao Hui?" The landlord thought for a moment. "Oh, you mean her? She went back to her hometown in the countryside."

Chen Xiangnan was shocked: "Why did she suddenly go back?"

Landlord: "Of course she went back after she recovered from her illness. She went back with her husband. She was heavily pregnant, so of course she had to go home to give birth."

Chen Xiangnan shouted, "Her man?"

The landlord became increasingly suspicious. "You're a strange person. Of course a heavily pregnant woman like her has a man, otherwise she would have been arrested long ago. Who are you to her?"

Chen Xiangnan was stunned. Wasn't Zhao Hui his woman? How come she had another man?

Are you sure he's her man?

Landlord: "Of course! They showed me their marriage certificate when they came to live in my house. The man even stayed with her for a while, but then he heard that there was a lot of work to do back home and he couldn't leave her alone here. Without the certificate, how could I have let them both live together?"

Chen Xiangnan panicked. He felt like he had been tricked.

When Zhao Hui was with him, she never mentioned that she was from the countryside. She only said that she didn't have a good relationship with her family, so she lived alone here. She also said that because she liked him so much, she was willing to have his child. She didn't want any formal status; she just wanted to spend more time with him now.

She never asked him for money or anything; she just looked at him with affection and beckoned to him.

Chen Xiangnan only comes here occasionally. Most of the time, she waits for him on his way home from get off work, and they have a meal together, spend some time together, and then he leaves.

He thought that since Zhao Hui loved him so much, if he couldn't give her a formal title, he couldn't mistreat her in other ways. So, after discovering that Dong Chunmiao had been using money to help her family, he simply stopped giving her any money and spent most of his salary on Zhao Hui.

In particular, when Zhao Hui told him that she was pregnant, he was overjoyed and took great care of her, wanting to buy her anything she needed.

Although he doesn't earn much, it's enough to buy her food and clothes.

He even gave her money to go to the hospital to check if the child was healthy, but since it was inconvenient for him to show up, she had to go alone.

But he never imagined that Zhao Hui had been married before.

Yes, why didn't he consider that if Zhao Hui really was an unmarried girl, what would she say if she went to the hospital while pregnant, and how would she prove her identity?

She even brought home the test results from the hospital, and when she was a little further along in her pregnancy, she told him it was a boy. How come he didn't have any suspicions at the time? If she didn't have a marriage certificate, how could she have undergone these tests?

Chen Xiangnan's head felt like it had been hit by a sledgehammer, throbbing with pain.

It seems he's been scammed.

"Auntie, do you know where she lives?"

He wanted to find her and get to the bottom of things; even so, he didn't want to be left in the dark.

The landlady became even more suspicious. This man didn't seem like a good person. Why was he always asking about a married woman?

"Who are you to her? I won't tell you unless you explain it clearly."

Chen Xiangnan opened his mouth, "Ah, I... I met her at the hospital. She said she was too heavy to carry the report, so she asked me to bring it to her later."

The clumsy lie he came up with on the spot didn't even believe the landlady. "Tsk, why are you lying to me, you nice young man? She's a woman, she knows a strange man like you, and she even asked you to deliver a report for her. Why don't you just say you're her lover? Let me tell you, if you keep lying like this, I won't let you off the hook."

Chen Xiangnan could only leave dejectedly, but he couldn't express the anger in his heart.

He didn't know who to ask for help. He wanted to find Zhao Hui and find out what she was trying to lie to him about.

He didn't believe that a woman would be willing to have a relationship with him, let alone get pregnant, for his meager salary and small benefits. He felt that she must have her reasons.

But how is he supposed to find them?

He wanted to ask his friends for help, but what should he say if they asked? Should he just openly admit to having an improper relationship with a married woman?

This isn't really appropriate, is it?

It would be even more laughable if a married woman deceived him, cheating him out of his money and his body!

Chen Xiangnan thought about it for a while, but still felt he couldn't bring himself to speak.

In that brief moment of distraction, he arrived at the hospital entrance and looked up to see Tang Jiao preparing to go home.

Tang Jiao is a nurse. She had just finished her night shift, changed her clothes, and was about to eat something and go home to rest.

As soon as she came out of the hospital, she saw Chen Xiangnan at the hospital entrance. She was excited. Was he here to wait for her?

She liked Chen Xiangnan very much, not only because he was handsome, but also because he was always clean and tidy, and because he always spoke to her gently, which was obviously different from other men.

She had liked him since high school. He was a good student and intelligent, but before she could say anything, he got married. Tang Jiao was heartbroken, but she couldn't help but go up to him and talk to him whenever she saw him. However, she didn't want to ruin his marriage; even just talking occasionally would be good.

Previously, she had heard that his wife had passed away, and she felt sorry for that woman, which made her start thinking about him.

Does she also have a chance?

However, when she told her parents about it when she got home, her father chased her and beat her for two miles.

His father thought that his daughter was an innocent and good girl with a good job as a nurse. She could find any young and talented man she wanted, but she had to fall for a man who had lost his wife and had a child. This man only had a pretty face and a temporary job, which he eventually lost.

What kind of man is he if he can't even support his family? Tang's father was vehemently opposed to it and even threatened to sever ties with her if she insisted on marrying that widower.

Tang Jiao cried for a long time, lamenting that her love had ultimately died at the hands of her parents.