On the bed, the man was enthralled.

Qi Qi was held by the man in his arms, his hot breath entwined around Qi Qi's neck.

At Qi Qi's hardest moments, his hand grasped Qi Qi's small hand, their hands interlocking.

But the person he cried out to in his passion was, "Li Nai, Li Nai."

Qi Qi was crying quietly, "I am not Li Nai, I am Qi Qi, I am Qi Qi."

Yet when the man was at the height of his passion, how could he pay attention to her tear-choked words? He held her face, which was full of the same desire and bore a resemblance to her sister Li Nai, looking at her for a long time. Then he kissed her lips, muffling her mouth forcefully.

The next day, Qi Qi woke up, fully naked and clutching the covers around her, constantly looking down, while the man, now fully dressed, was sitting on the edge of the bed, gazing at her.

The man had a handsome and cold face, his demeanor no longer the fiery passion driven by desire of last night, instead, he'd become quite indifferent.

This man was Huo Shao Ting, the former fiancé of Qi Qi's half-sibling sister.

Qi Qi was an illegitimate daughter, found by her biological father when she was fifteen, offering her a sister, Li Nai, who is six years older than her.

When Qi Qi was eighteen, her sister Li Nai got engaged. The man was known to be from a prestigious and distinguished family in Haicheng, and they'd known each other since childhood.

On the day of Li Nai's engagement, the man who came to pick her up was a man in a tailcoat.

It was the first time that eighteen-year-old Qi Qi saw her sister's lover of many years. The man was mature and handsome, he would gently look at Li Nai and smile.

Everyone envied Li Nai at that time, praising her for her good fortune. However, everything came to a halt three years later, the year they were supposed to get married.

Li Nai fell ill, she contracted a serious case of leukemia, not only was her body unable to give birth, but she also walked on the verge of death several times. The whole family had been tested to find a suitable bone marrow for her, but not one person’s bone marrow corresponded with hers, not even the bone marrow bank could find a suitable match.

In order to survive, the always indifferent big sister, Li Nai, begged Qi Qi to have a child for her, as there was a high probability that the child she bore could provide suitable bone marrow for her.

Qi Qi had always been honest since she was a child, and she also had a boyfriend she loved, so how could she do such a thing, so she kept refusing.

That is, until her sister kept fighting on the brink of death, and her aging father pleaded with Qi Qi: "Qi Qi, please help your sister. As long as you're willing, your sister will break up with Shao Ting and make room for you to give birth to this child."

Qi Qi had always longed for her father's love. Although she knew clearly her father never loved her, she finds it hard to reject him under his pleas.

Then there's Li Nai's mother, Madam Li, who cried and said, "Take this as a payback for my acceptance of you back then, and for the fact that it was I who paid for your mother's treatment when she was seriously ill."

Facing the situation before her, Qi Qi felt like she had no way out.

In the evening, Qi Qi decisively sent a text message: "Yu Ming, let's break up."

Without waiting for Yu Ming's reply, she quickly hung up and tightly held her phone with both hands, refusing to answer any more calls from him thereafter.

So in that month, her older sister, who had been engaged for many years, broke off her engagement with her fiance, Huo Shao Ting, and Qi Qi took up with Huo Shao Ting, for the second time.

The first time, Qi Qi hurt terribly, an unbearable pain, and because of her pain, he showed little interest, and naturally, he finished hastily, comforted her a few times, and ended it sloppily.

But this second time, Qi Qi was doing much better. She no longer feared the pain, and he certainly noticed, and the two gradually fell into rhythm.

Qi Qi thought, so this was what losing control felt like.

Hugging the quilt and sitting there, there are bursts of anxiety in Qi Qi's heart, like drums beating, she asked: "Can I take a shower?"

Madam Li had told her it would be better not to wash, as it was conducive to conceiving, but at this moment she felt extremely uncomfortable, all sweaty.

The man who had been silent on the side of the bed for a long time, replied, "If you want to, you can take a shower."

Today, he didn't just leave straight after accomplishing his mission like he did a month ago, instead, he sat beside the bed, responding to her.

QiQi was completely uninformed about these matters, her face turned red, and she kept her face lowered.

She asked again, "How many more times?"

"Try again in half a month."

Another half a month, QiQi was unsure how much longer she could hold on, she just hoped she could get it right this time.

He added: "You've worked hard."

The phrase "you've worked hard" represented a formalized gratitude.

"If there's anything you need assistance with in the future, just let me know."

QiQi lifted her face to look at him, his cold and indifferent face made her think that he must truly love her sister, otherwise why would he agree to do such a ridiculous thing.

Staring at him blankly, QiQi nodded in response: "Yeah, I just hope my sister... is well, and so is father... "

"Okay." He responded, then asked her in a gentlemanly manner: "Do you need me to escort you home?"

QiQi shook her head immediately: "No, no need, I can go home by myself."

Of course, he didn’t force her. It was entirely up to her choice. He was so mature and wise.

After QiQi left the hotel on her own, she felt as if the sky was spinning, and the blazing sun overhead was burning her heart. When she returned home, Lady Li brought her a bowl of medicine and urged her to drink it. QiQi didn't know what it was, but under Lady Li's enthusiastic urging, QiQi downed the medicine in one gulp.

Lady Li asked: "How many times?"

QiQi was stunned.

She said, "Once."

"Just once? How could that be enough for an entire night?"

QiQi found this conversation odd, too odd indeed.

Lady Li continued, "This frequency isn't quite adequate. The last time was also once, and it's been a whole month in between. Now it's only once again, when will the next one be?"

Lady Li simply wished for the child to appear and be born soon. Due to her and QiQi's father's old age, they could not have babies, so she placed this hope on QiQi.

QiQi had no clue just how many times were considered adequate, but she knew that in these two months, there had only been two times.

Lady Li continued, "QiQi, you need to increase the frequency, only then will you have a higher chance. The count is just too low."

QiQi felt as though she was suffocating, but she managed to reply: "Sis...," the word barely left her mouth, before she paused and replaced it with 'he.'

"After he finished, he did not continue."

"Haven't you ever done it with Yu Ming? Or is it that you don't know how? I'll have a talk with Shao Ting."

Just as Lady Li was about to leave, QiQi, who never expected this matter could be negotiated, only felt embarrassed and shameful, as if she was being spied upon.

She held onto Lady Li, "Auntie, could you first check this time?"

Lady Li looked at her, thought for a while, realizing that things cannot be rushed too much, she sighed, "Alright."