Su Shen carried Gu Zi into the bathroom. Then, he stepped out and began rifling through the cabinets, searching for the contraceptive pills he had stocked up on beforehand.
It should have been easy to find, yet at this crucial moment, it seemed to have disappeared into thin air.
His hands stilled for a moment as his mind wandered back to the expression on Gu Zi's face earlier—calm, almost indifferent, with a trace of quiet resistance. Every time the subject of children came up, she reacted the same way. Never once had she looked eager, never once had she expressed a desire for a child.
Had she never even considered it?
Su Shen recalled the moment he had first broached the topic with her, telling her that he didn't intend to have children. She had agreed so readily, so decisively, that he had assumed she was simply going along with his decision, perhaps unwillingly.
