Chapter 1

The night before my wedding, I stumbled upon a post:

【I'm getting married soon, but my mom is furious and cries constantly. She can't accept me and my wife having children. What should I do?】

Someone replied: 【Then don't get married. Don't ruin that girl's life.】

He replied: 【But she's great. She's my best choice for marriage, though only for marriage.】

Another person said: 【Tell your mom to have her own baby!】

He actually replied: 【Even though my mom is pretty and has a good figure, she's old now. The quality of the child definitely wouldn't be ideal.】

Another netizen commented: 【Just find someone else to have a baby for you. Still get married. If your wife asks, tell her you're doing it to spare her the pain. She'll be touched to tears, I guarantee it.】

I thought these people were all insane. But then, the next second, my boyfriend pushed open my door:

【Baby, I think having a baby is too hard. I don't want you to take that risk. How about we get someone else to have it?】

I honestly thought I'd misheard him, just staring, dumbfounded.

He knelt in front of me, gripping my hands tightly, his eyes filled with an unnerving sincerity:

"Baby, I just watched a video online about childbirth.

"It was bloody, and the mom was screaming in pain. It sounded absolutely agonizing.

"And that wasn't even the worst of it. The key thing is, she later had a massive hemorrhage, an amniotic fluid embolism, and just died.

"Baby, just thinking about all that scares me. I would never let you go through such a dangerous situation."

My mind was reeling from that post I’d just read, and I broke out in a cold sweat.

Was *he* the one who posted it?

Seeing my lack of reaction, he continued:

"Baby, I truly can't lose you. I can't let you take even the slightest risk. I'm thinking..."

"Then let's just be DINKs. No kids."

I cut him off, testing him. He immediately let go of my hands and jumped up:

"How could we do that? I'm a traditional guy. I want babies! I would never be a DINK; I can't let our family line end."

"Baby, how could you even think that?"

Before I could speak, he went on:

"My mom wouldn't agree either."

I'm not actually a DINK. I was just trying to gauge his reaction.

But his response only fueled my suspicion.

To confirm my hunch, I pressed him:

"You want kids, you don't want to be DINKs, but you're too worried about me to let me have them. So where would the baby come from?

"Popping out of a rock?"

He knelt before me again:

"Baby, I've looked into it. It's really simple to find someone else to have a baby now. I even asked about the price—it's only around thirty to forty thousand dollars."

Thirty to forty thousand dollars.

He was actually willing to spend that much.

Just a few days ago, when I mentioned our wedding should be around $20,000, he was complaining about money, saying his mom worked so hard alone and didn't have that much.

But now, thirty to forty thousand dollars was fine?

To avoid alarming him, I pretended to nod.

He excitedly kissed my cheek, then grabbed his phone and turned to his study.

The next second, I saw the post update:

【Guys, my wife agreed! I can't believe how easy she was to convince.】

The comment section was buzzing with people asking him for advice, and he replied smugly:

【Just tell her it's for her own good, tell her you're worried about her! Hahaha, women, they're so easy to trick!】

The netizens collectively liked the comment:

【Exactly! Women, heh, they're all idiots!】

【What do they understand beyond makeup, handbags, and jewelry? It just takes a few words from us men.】

【Right? If I want to sweet-talk them, I can get them into bed for free in minutes.】