The Top-Tier Star Is Carrying Her General Uncle’s Baby

[Cool, stubborn beauty and top-tier star × restrained, powerful older general]

Shen Zhi, the Empire's adored top-tier star, has a secret.

Everyone across the stars knows he and Imperial General Yan Yuanjiang can't stand each other. They have an uncle-and-nephew title between them and have always loathed the sight of one another. Whether they're trading barbs at galas or ending visit-to-the-set photo ops in an awkward standoff, their clashes are a favorite topic of gossip.

An orphan of a war hero, Shen Zhi lived with Yan Yuanjiang as a child. He grew up under military discipline: drills, weighted marches, and more, all defining his youth. The general was busy with military affairs, so they rarely saw each other. The boy, already cool and solitary, became even more distant and withdrawn.

So when Yan Yuanjiang went on a campaign, Shen Zhi turned around and entered the entertainment industry, which the general hated most, openly defying him.

But Shen Zhi never expected that an accident would bring him together with Yan Yuanjiang after the latter got drunk...

From that moment, their outward calm was shattered.

Later, while filming a scene where he fell into the water, Shen Zhi had a fellow actor gently wipe his face. The two chatted and laughed together, completely unaware of Yan Yuanjiang's quiet visit from the shadows. His deep black eyes seethed with barely contained fury.

After filming, the living room was dimly lit.

"Uncle Yan."

In the darkness, the man suddenly pinned him against the wall. His warm breath brushed over Shen Zhi as he spoke in a low, dangerous voice. "A-Zhi, call me Uncle one more time, and you won't be getting out of bed tonight."

Shen Zhi's lashes trembled. A flicker of bewilderment rippled through his cool gaze. "Uncle Yan, get a hold of yourself... We're..."

"A-Zhi, we're not related by blood. You think calling me your uncle is enough to hold me back?" A possessive laugh sounded by his ear, each word enunciated. "You're so naive!"

Shen Zhi had always believed himself to be a Beta, incapable of getting pregnant, so he'd never held back.

Until two months later, when the usually composed man suddenly felt sick at the smell of food.

A pregnancy test report lay spread out on the table. He frowned. "What's going on? How can a Beta get pregnant?"

Yan Yuanjiang had just finished a military meeting. He chuckled and pulled Shen Zhi against him by the waist. "It doesn't normally happen, but we... tried really hard."

An accident exposed the pregnancy before they could keep it under wraps.

The guests were stunned.

Yan Yuanjiang swept a cold gaze over the room. "What are you looking at? He's mine, and he's carrying my child."

Everyone had assumed he would suppress the news.

But when Shen Zhi's pregnancy symptoms trended online, setting the whole internet abuzz, Yan Yuanjiang, who normally kept the entertainment industry at arm's length, made a surprise appearance: to look after the pregnancy.

Everyone was dumbfounded. "Wait, didn't those two hate each other?"

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