After returning home with the child, her ex-husband knelt down and gently coaxed her.

Outside Jinghai Medical University.

A young man in a white T-shirt and jeans stood in the sun, looking at the man in black holding an umbrella in front of him, then shifting his gaze to the well-dressed woman in the shade under the umbrella. "Who are you? What do you want with me?"

He didn't recognize the woman in front of him, but she had come to see him.

"You don't know me, but I know your sister."

Cheng Wanwan smiled gently, "You're Anning's younger brother, right?"

Upon hearing An Ning's name mentioned, An Yu Can frowned slightly. "What's your relationship to my sister?"

"You don't need to know who I am," she said with a smile. "I'm here to tell you some things you don't know."

An Yucan didn't know her, nor had he ever seen An Ning have this friend.

He had to work in the afternoon and didn't have time to listen to her nonsense. He glanced at her and prepared to go back to school.

"You still don't know why your sister got divorced, do you?"

Cheng Wanwan crossed her arms and asked, and sure enough, the other person stopped and turned to look at her, "What do you know?"

"I know a lot more than that." Cheng Wanwan chuckled softly. "Your sister, An Ning, secretly married Lu Xiyan, the second young master of the Lu Group, six years ago. But two years later, she dumped Lu Xiyan, took 30 million from the Lu family, divorced him, and disappeared from Jinghai. She was gone for four years and only returned to Jinghai less than two months ago, right?"

An Yucan knew about her talk of secret marriage and divorce, but there was one point he disagreed with.

"What 30 million? My sister didn't divorce Xi Yan for his family's money. My sister isn't that kind of person!"

"Yes, of course your sister wasn't just after those thirty million. If she married into the Lu family, would she still care about those thirty million? Do you know the real reason for her divorce?"

Cheng Wanwan took a few steps forward and stood in front of An Yucan, her eyes looking at the boy's heaving chest, her slender fingers pointing to his left atrium.

"You have congenital heart disease, don't you? If you don't get a heart transplant and receive treatment, you probably won't even be able to go to school; you'll probably be dead by now."

Upon hearing this, An Yucan frowned deeply.

Cheng Wanwan laughed and said, "Your family had no money, no connections, and no resources. Your sister could only kneel at the Lu family's door, crying and begging them to treat your illness. She even kowtowed until her head was bleeding. It was so pitiful."

As soon as she spoke, the boy's face turned pale, and his chest heaved even more.

"Your sister made it a condition for the Lu family to pay for your medical treatment, on the condition that she divorce Lu Xiyan." Tai Gui tapped An Yu Can's chest with his finger. "Your heart was bought with your sister's happiness."

"She loved Lu Xiyan so much, yet she divorced him and went to another city for you, bearing the stigma of abandoning Lu Xiyan, disappearing from Jinghai for four years, afraid to come back and see anyone. Don't you feel guilty? If I were you, I would rather die than let my sister sacrifice so much."

An Yucan's heart pounded. "What nonsense are you talking about!"

He couldn't believe that his surgery was something Anning had desperately pleaded for at the cost of divorce!

Oh, there's one more thing I forgot to tell you.

Cheng Wanwan smiled sweetly, "When your sister got divorced, she was pregnant. To pay for your medical treatment, she was heavily pregnant and traveling in another city. Even though she was carrying Lu Xiyan's child, people called her a bastard! Isn't that ridiculous?"

Seeing the boy's increasingly pale face, hearing his disordered heartbeat and rapid breathing, her smile deepened.

People with heart disease, even after surgery, cannot be subjected to stimulation.

The less she can tolerate stimulation, the more stimulation she needs.

She lowered her voice and continued, "Your sister has suffered so much. She can't even support her child. So she tried to find Lu Xiyan, hoping to reconcile with him and get him to acknowledge the child. But there's no such thing as a free lunch. She can't just get a divorce and reconcile so easily. There's only one way to reconcile."

Through the fabric of her T-shirt, she touched the boy's beating heart, then looked up at his pale face. "If you take your heart out and return it to the Lu family, your sister can reconcile with Lu Xiyan, and that bastard can finally enter the Lu family."

After saying that, she took a step back, raised the corners of her lips, and said, "I know you definitely won't. You're such a selfish person, enjoying the health your sister sacrificed so much for, and going to university without a care in the world. You'll even date and get married in the future, but you're just sucking the blood of your sister and your little nephew. How could you possibly care about their lives?"

"Sigh!" she feigned a long sigh, "If I were you, I wouldn't even have the face to live anymore. Being a vampire is worse than being dead."

After Cheng Wanwan finished speaking, she smiled and turned to get into the car.

The man who had been holding the umbrella for her quickly followed and asked, "Miss, that boy doesn't look well. Is he alright?"

"What does this have to do with me?" She glanced at him. "I only exchanged a few words with him."

Once in the car, she instructed, "Find a few big-mouthed students, pay them some money, and have them spread rumors about how this vampire sucks his sister's blood, to add some fun to his life."

Give him a little more provocation, it'll give Anning something to do, otherwise what will happen if she's too happy?

......

The sound of the door opening came from outside, and Li Chunfang poked her head out from the kitchen. "Ningning's back?"

An Ning didn't respond, changed her shoes and walked to her room by herself.

"Mom bought a big black-boned chicken today; I'll make you black-boned chicken soup tonight," Li Chunfang said while preparing vegetables. "It's not dinnertime yet; Zhao Li is still taking Xuanxuan outside to play. Are you hungry?"

Anning still didn't respond to her, and quickly went into her room after walking around the living room.

Li Chunfang put down the groceries she was holding and walked to her bedroom door, where she saw her rummaging through drawers and cupboards.

"Ningning, what are you looking for?"

"My phone." Anning opened the cabinet and then the drawer, rummaging around.

"A cell phone?" Li Chunfang pointed to a long cabinet beside her. "Isn't this cell phone right here?"

"Not this one." An Ning's tone was somewhat flustered. She quickly opened a cabinet where miscellaneous items were stored and pulled out a square box from inside.

Suddenly, as if relieved, he opened the box and took out an outdated old-fashioned mobile phone.

Seeing that she had found her phone, Li Chunfang didn't ask any questions. She glanced at her a few times and went back to the kitchen. "Mom's cooking for you. Dinner will be ready in a little while."

Anning picked up the phone that had been switched off for four years. She wasn't sure if it could still be turned on, so she quickly found a charging cable.

Anning sat on the ground, her eyes fixed on the phone screen that had briefly lit up to show it was charging, her heart pounding with anxiety.

Time passed by, second by second, feeling incredibly long.

Ten minutes later, when the screen showed 10% battery remaining, she hurriedly and impatiently pressed the power button with trembling hands.

In an instant, countless text messages and missed calls flooded in, and WeChat popped up with 99+ unread messages.

The shock made her scalp tingle.

All incoming calls and unread WeChat messages display the same name—

My darling husband.