Keep the Child, Lose the Father: After Being Reborn, I’m Done Pretending

Lin Wan’er was engaged to Pei Erlang, yet she spent her nights writhing in pleasure on Pei Zhengqing’s bed.

She fawned over him and played the sycophant, wearing a smile so fake it hurt as she made his bed and massaged his shoulders.

Pei Zhengqing had always known what she was after, but never called her out, because he adored her beauty.

He was sure she would never sway him in the slightest. “She’s just a woman.”

Until she suddenly died, and he wept himself blind.

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Later, she took advantage of the injured, blind Pei Zhengqing, deceiving him in both body and heart.

She brought the desolate man back to life.

When he had opened his heart to her completely and was willing to be a doting stepfather to her child,

she replied coolly, “He’s just a man.”

He was no more than a toy to amuse her. He was unworthy of being welcomed into her home.

Later still, the cold-blooded Pei Zhengqing knelt before her and begged humbly, “Wan’er, even if I’m just a toy, I’m willing.”