The Pretty Hustler Ran Off Pregnant After Hooking Up with Daddy

The shares were gone, the engagement was off, and his bank cards had been frozen.

Aside from a beautiful face worth a fortune and a frail body that left him panting after three steps and faint after five, he had nothing left.

Wen Shixu thought it over all night and decided to find himself a new long-term meal ticket.

They had to be rich, powerful, and capable of keeping the Wen family in check.

Preferably a little older, even-tempered, generous, and with a hefty inheritance waiting after they died.

He searched the entire circle of the wealthy and powerful, and finally settled on Xie Jichen.

The head of the Xie family, worth hundreds of billions, ruthless in his dealings, with a love life so spotless it seemed fake.

The only drawback was...

He was a little hard to hook.

*

After a carefully staged car accident, Wen Shixu was admitted to the hospital.

Reporters blocked the entrance, the Wen family pressured him to leave the country that very night, and the Xie family’s lawyers publicly clarified that the two families had no connection whatsoever.

Wen Shixu huddled in his hospital bed, pale and red-eyed, looking as pitiful as could be.

Then Xie Jichen personally opened the door to his room.

Wen Shixu immediately reached out and tremblingly clutched the man’s sleeve.

“Aren’t you... my fiance?”

The room fell deathly silent.

Everyone thought Xie Jichen would have his bodyguards throw the crazy fake young master out.

Instead, the man lowered his gaze and looked at him for a few seconds, then reached out and pulled him into his arms.

“Mm. I’m here to take you home.”

Wen Shixu rested his head on the man’s shoulder and secretly smiled.

Success.

*

Wen Shixu was a professional gold digger with a strong work ethic.

Xie Jichen liked obedient people, so he was gentle and compliant.

Xie Jichen liked them soft, so he would redden his eyes and whimper that it hurt.

Xie Jichen didn’t like him seeing other people, so he willingly handed over his phone and nestled in the man’s arms, promising softly, “I only want you.”

He got the black card.

He moved into the villa.

He’d almost finished getting his revenge on the Wen family, too.

Xie Jichen even personally applied medicine to him, fed him, and warmed his bed, spoiling him more than the Wen family ever had.

There was only one problem...

Xie Jichen was far too easy to fool.

When Wen Shixu claimed he had amnesia, Xie Jichen never asked about his past.

When Wen Shixu said he loved him, Xie Jichen placed his entire fortune before him.

When Wen Shixu secretly moved assets around, he even had his secretary help him avoid taxes.

He cooperated as if he were afraid Wen Shixu wasn’t getting enough out of him.

Sometimes Wen Shixu felt a little uneasy and tested him with a question.

“Aren’t you afraid I’m deceiving you?”

Xie Jichen fastened the newly purchased watch around his wrist and answered gently,

“What’s there to be afraid of? You can’t run away.”

*

Of course Wen Shixu ran away.

The day after he found out he was pregnant, he made off with a fortune, destroyed every means of contacting him, and boarded an early-morning flight overseas.

Before leaving, he even politely left Xie Jichen a note.

[Thanks for taking care of me all this time, Daddy.]

[The money’s mine, and so is the baby.]

Wen Shixu was sure his scam had been flawless.

Until three months later, after his prenatal checkup at a private clinic overseas, he opened the door and saw the man who should have been back in the country sitting at the far end of the corridor.

Xie Jichen raised his eyes unhurriedly.

He wasn’t angry, nor did he ask Wen Shixu why he had run away.

He simply reached out and drew him close, gently resting his palm against the slight swell of his belly through the soft fabric.

“You deceived me into marriage, took my money, and even stole my child.”

The man looked down at him, with the faintest hint of a smile in his eyes.

“Shixu, that was quite a profitable business deal.”

Wen Shixu felt a chill creep up his back.

Xie Jichen fastened his coat for him and took his hand, as tenderly as he had countless times before.

“Had enough fun? Let’s go home.”

Only later did Wen Shixu realize that the black card with unlimited overseas credit, the new identity that attracted no scrutiny, the suspiciously smooth flight, and even the highly confidential private clinic...

None of them had ever been proof that he’d managed to escape.

Xie Jichen had simply wanted to see how far the pretty little liar he’d so carefully raised could run.

Theme: Stay determined, never give up, and charge bravely toward your goals.