At night, Lina and Sheng Jiaoyang lied down on the same bed, and Lina told Sheng Jiaoyang in detail about all the things that had happened since they last met, so that she could explain how she was able to make Sven place down his status and take care of her like an ordinary man.

Previously, due to jet lag and other reasons, Lina and Sheng Jiaoyang couldn't chat with each other properly. Even when they were on the phone, they would only converse briefly. Sometimes, there was another person beside either of them, and hence, they couldn't talk about such things, as they didn't want others to know about it.

It all started from the agreement Lina made with Sven.

Having gone through so many things, Lina was no longer the same person as before. Moreover, her many interactions with Sven allowed her to realize that she could only reason with Sven by using a soft approach, as he would never be cowed by force. There was no use in fighting against him head on. He was a man, and a bastard who had no sense of ethics or morality. The harder she resisted him, the more enjoyable he would find it to be.

So, she changed her approach.

A person would be in an endless state of turmoil if they couldn’t get what they wanted. Hence, she would do the exact opposite. She made an agreement with Sven, with the end date being the birthdate of the baby.

For a long while, she constructed and prepared her psychological state, so that she would be able to cope with the suffering from the upcoming interactions with Sven. This was the only thing she focused on when she stayed over with Sheng Jiaoyang.

As she watched Sheng Jiaoyang...