Story blurb:
The day the Xiao and Feng families called off their engagement, Yan En became Xiao Yue Zhi's mistress.
It was Yan En who made the first move.
She wanted to stay by his side until he found his next marriage alliance.
She never expected that she would stay for over a year.
A friend quietly told Xiao Yue Zhi, "You can give her plenty of money, but whatever you do, don't let her get pregnant. You have no idea how devious and scheming poor girls can be these days when they're trying to climb the social ladder."
Xiao Yue Zhi said softly, "Mm."
Yan En heard him, and a faint glimmer passed through her eyes.
He wouldn't let her get pregnant.
She wouldn't let herself, either.
But things don't always go as planned.
Like her pregnancy, and her miscarriage.
Both were accidents.
The day she miscarried, blood stained the floor beneath her.
Her face was pale.
She looked at Xiao Yue Zhi with dull eyes and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao. I really didn't do it on purpose. I didn't know I could get pregnant. That time... that time, I took the pill."
Yan En was afraid Xiao Yue Zhi would misunderstand and think she'd gotten pregnant on purpose to use the child as leverage.
Xiao Yue Zhi said nothing.
They hadn't used a condom the last time. He was the one who hadn't wanted to.
Yan En didn't say anything else, either.
She only thought that he still didn't trust her after all.
But it didn't matter whether he trusted her anymore.
He already had a new marriage candidate.
The daughter of the An family.
So Yan En wanted to leave.
It was time to go.
She didn't tell Xiao Yue Zhi when she left.
Xiao Yue Zhi received the news while he was in a meeting.
He sat stunned for a long time.
Yan En had always been obedient and timidly careful around him, like a soft little cotton puff.
Now she had drifted away without a sound, just as lightly as she'd once drifted into his life.
That day, Xiao Yue Zhi sat in the room where they'd once lived together and smoked all night.
Not long afterward, the media reported that the Xiao family had called off its marriage negotiations with the An family.
Who the heir of the Xiao family, Xiao Yue Zhi, would ultimately choose as his wife became a mystery, the answer shrouded in uncertainty...
Theme: Stand on your own two feet and live life on your own terms!