For a moment, Gu Nanyan was stunned. Did Lu Beicheng know what he was doing? Gu Nanyan's surprise made Lu Beicheng's eyelashes twitch, and then he came back to his senses, let go of her and said, 'Aren't you always shouting about wanting to have a baby? What, are you waiting for me to wait on you?' Gu Nanyan suddenly came back to her senses, raised her hand to undo the buttons of his sick clothes, and casually asked, 'With the situation now, can you even get it up?' Lu Beicheng really wanted to sew Gu Nanyan's mouth shut with needle and thread. So, he suddenly let go of her hand: 'You're quite handy at taking off clothes.' Then he changed the subject: 'Let's talk about the matter of drugging when your parents come tomorrow.' Thrown aside and sitting in the chair next to her, Gu Nanyan's face darkened: 'Lu Beicheng, that's not fun.' Lu Beicheng could provoke anyone, but not her parents. Her parents were her lifeline, her bottom line. Lu Beicheng looked at her indifferently: 'Weren't you afraid when you drugged me?' Saying this, he took out a bottle of medicine from under the pillow and threw it to Gu Nanyan: '要么把这些都吃了，要么让你爸妈评理.' Picking up the medicine Lu Beicheng had thrown at her, and seeing that it was a laxative, Gu Nanyan was furious. But she had to suppress her anger and said through gritted teeth, 'Fine, Lu Beicheng, you're ruthless.'

Rather than endure her mother's lectures, which were as relentless as Meng Jiangnu's weeping at the Great Wall, Gu Nanyan would prefer to stay in the hospital for a few days. Then, she poured the pills into her palm, ready to toss them into her mouth. Seeing that Gu Nanyan was genuinely about to take them, Lu Beicheng once again grabbed a pillow and smacked her, not too hard, but enough to make an impact. The pills scattered across the floor, and as Gu Nanyan looked up at him, Lu Beicheng said indifferently, 'I don't have as much of a desire for revenge as you do.' Gu Nanyan burst into laughter: 'If you can't bear it, just say so.' Lu Beicheng gave her a cold glare, and Gu Nanyan quickly made a zipping motion across her lips, falling silent. The ward fell into quietness. After a while, the millet porridge from the hotel ordered by Qin Haiyun was delivered. Gu Nanyan carefully fed Lu Beicheng, sitting by the bed with the bowl and chopsticks. With each spoonful of porridge, she would first blow on it and test the temperature before bringing it to his lips. Everything seemed to return to how it was before, before that argument. They hadn't been this close for a long time. —— In the deep silence of the night, when Lu Beicheng woke up, only a small bedside lamp was left on in the room. The light was dim, and Gu Nanyan had fallen asleep, leaning over the edge of the bed. Two years! It had been two years since he had last looked at her like this. Lu Beicheng raised his right hand, about to touch her face, but then it hovered in mid-air, paused. He remembered every single word she said that day, the fire, and the irrefutable evidence. As memories surged, Lu Beicheng's hand finally rested on Gu Nanyan's head, and he murmured to himself, 'Do you hate me so much that you would take my life?'

" After that experience and the fire, they could never go back to the past, and he could not fulfill her wish to have a child. When they were together, it was only mutual torment and suffering. Later, even after being discharged from the hospital, Lu Beicheng did not reveal the fact that he had drugged Gu Nanyan. On Gu Nanyan's side, taking care of Lu Beicheng's discharge, she happened to have finished her annual leave and returned to work at the law firm. After this separation, they went back to living as if they were strangers. One noon, just after returning from a meeting at the government office, Lu Beicheng was given some documents to sign by Xia Cheng. After putting down the documents, Lu Beicheng asked, "What has Gu Nanyan been busy with lately?" Counting the days, it had been a month since Gu Nanyan had last contacted him. Xia Cheng replied, "To answer your question, boss, the young mistress has been busy with work, taking on quite a few divorce cases." His voice noticeably lowered when he said the last sentence. Throwing the documents in his hand, Lu Beicheng sneered, "She's getting some practice in advance." "..." Xia Cheng. Actually, that's what he thought too. And why Gu Nanyan married Lu Beicheng was an open secret known to all. -- At Chaoyang Law Firm, in the conference room. Gu Nanyan sneezed and was wondering who was talking about her behind her back when the director turned to look at her and said earnestly, "Xiao Gu, why do you always take on divorce cases at such a young age?" Saying this, he looked around at the other colleagues: "Don't bully Xiao Gu for being young and a newcomer, and dump unwanted cases on her." Gu Nanyan smiled and said, "Director, it's not that serious, I'm just considering it as training."

' The marriage between her and Lu Beicheng, she didn't know yet what kind of battle it would be, so she decided to warm up in advance. The director frowned and said, 'That's not how you train. Gu Nanyan, you should take on fewer divorce cases in the future, lest it affects your view on marriage.' Gu Nanyan had only graduated a year ago, and the director was worried that these lawsuits would influence her. Without waiting for Gu Nanyan to speak, the director added, 'Gu Nanyan, don't say that I, as a leader, didn't give you some guidance. I heard that Lu Corporation is looking to change their legal representative recently. If you can secure the legal agency for Lu Corporation, it would be a remarkable achievement for you in this field.' Over the past few years, their law firm had made every effort to win the legal agency of Lu Corporation, but despite everyone taking turns, they still hadn't succeeded. This year, with new faces, they wanted to send someone to give it a try. Moreover, the director highly recognized Gu Nanyan's work attitude and ability. Fearing that Gu Nanyan would be reluctant to take on this hot potato, the director said again, 'Gu Nanyan, don't feel mentally pressured. The firm doesn't require you to secure Lu Corporation's agency; just do your best.' Since the director had said so, Gu Nanyan couldn't refuse and had to agree to give it a try. However, just thinking about getting involved with Lu Corporation gave Gu Nanyan a headache. Therefore, when she went home to have dinner with her parents that evening, and they asked her about Lu Beicheng, she asked coldly, 'Dad, you and Lu Tianyang insist on me marrying Lu Beicheng, are you really helping me, or setting me up?' Upon hearing Gu Nanyan's words, Gu Qinghua's face turned green: 'What nonsense are you talking about, child? Of course, we are doing this for your own good, and several fortune-tellers have said that your birth chart can only match with Beicheng, otherwise you will have no children in the future.'

Gu Nanyan glanced at Gu Qinghua and asked, 'Has Lu Tianyang ever suspected you? Or those fortune-tellers?' 'Those fortune-tellers were all found by your father-in-law; I don't know them.' '...' In this lifetime, she could only have children with Lu Beicheng. She couldn't get pregnant or have children with any other man, and thus could not be a mother. She didn't know if it was because she owed Lu Beicheng in her previous life, or if Lu Beicheng owed her, but fate seemed determined to entangle them in such a way. There was no more melodramatic fate than hers. Beside her, Gu Nanyan's mother asked, 'Qinghua, if Nanyan has children in the future, and Beicheng still insists on divorcing her, can the children stay with Nanyan?' 'Tianyang said that if it really comes to that, the children will definitely stay with Nanyan. So Nanyan's most important task now is to have a son and a daughter.' 'That's more like it.' Gu Nanyan's mother said, 'Nanyan, did you hear that? You need to take this matter to heart.' Gu Nanyan replied, 'Give birth, give birth, even if I don't eat, drink, or sleep, I will not fail to have children with Lu Beicheng, Mom, you can rest assured.' Originally, she didn't take this matter seriously, but after several fortune-tellers said the same thing, Gu Nanyan couldn't help but pay attention. No matter what would happen with Lu Beicheng in the future, she had to get pregnant as soon as possible. After eating and sitting with her parents for a while, assuring them that she would definitely have children, Gu Nanyan drove away from the Gu family mansion. Back at Yulin Bay, as soon as she entered the house, Jiang's wife came excitedly to report: 'Young Madam, the young master is back.' Her movements slowed down as she hung up her bag, Gu Nanyan was surprised.