After failing to win over the Lin family, Lin Miao quietly slipped the thousand yuan back where she had taken it from. It was far too early for Gu Shan to discover what she'd done—if he found out now, nothing else could be carried out.
She took a trip to the countryside.
There, she found Li Li.
A month earlier, Li Li had given birth to a baby boy in that quiet, gossip-drenched village. The locals had been abuzz, whispering behind their palms, endlessly speculating about the identity of the child's father.
No one had a clue. But Lin Miao did.
She had already done her homework. The father of that child was none other than Gu Shan.
Naturally, Gu Shan was aware too. When he heard the news—that Li Li had given him a son—he practically beamed until his face could split open. To him, it was divine providence. A cosmic reward.
"Finally," he said with glee, "the heavens have smiled on the Gu family."
