There had long been a rumor among the upper circles of Beijing.
Three years ago, the obscure nobody Yi An fell passionately in love with Ji Yan, the young master of the well-known and wealthy Ji family in the capital, but the entire Ji family opposed their relationship.
It was said that Ji Yan's older brother, Ji Zongtai, personally stepped in to put an end to it, and Yi An left the capital as well.
Three years later, Ji Zongtai, the eldest son of the Ji family, went to pick up his niece from kindergarten.
"Daddy, are you my daddy?" Just then, a little toddler clung to his leg and tugged at his suit pants.
Ji Zongtai looked down and met a pair of watery eyes as round and dark as grapes.
At the time, he simply thought the child was adorable. Though he was usually unsentimental, he had a rare fit of kindness, bent down to stroke the child's hair, and even bought him an ice cream.
Not long after, he saw a beautiful woman in a cotton dress gently leading the child out of the school gate.
"Mr. Ji, isn't that..." The driver trailed off.
When he got home, his mother excitedly told him that his younger brother had a child living outside the family. The child had been born to that woman from three years ago, the one who had tried to marry into their family. She wanted him to bring the child back.
"That child has to be mine! He looks exactly like me!" His younger brother, Ji Yan, excitedly called a family meeting and announced that he would hold a birthday banquet for the child on the first day of next month, so the child could be brought back into the family.
Ji Zongtai hesitated to speak.
Thinking it over carefully, the child's personality was nothing like his younger brother's. Instead, it was just like his own: the child liked cream-flavored ice cream, loved sweets, and enjoyed playing Tetris... Once, he had even noticed a crescent-shaped birthmark on the child's bottom, just like his own.
Suddenly, he remembered that he and Yi An had accidentally crossed the line one night all those years ago.
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If not for Yi Cong, Ji Zongtai would never have chosen to marry Yi An.
Before this, he had never thought about what his future partner would be like. Getting married, registering their marriage... The whole process went more smoothly than he had imagined.
Still, it was difficult for two people who barely knew each other to share a room and raise a child together.
☆ Melodramatic pregnancy-and-escape plot, wolf and rabbit, eight-year age gap, both leads have no prior sexual partners
☆ Contract marriage to raise a child, love after marriage
Theme: Let go of your prejudice toward others. The world is a more beautiful place when you see it with your heart.