Mr. Bo, Madam Is Pregnant!

Thus, Bo Jingshen couldn’t focus much on work that afternoon, as he had talked to Zhao Ying for quite a while.

And now, he was relaying the story to Su Lu.

Jing Qiao was one of Jing Ce’s illegitimate daughters, intelligent and beautiful, with a great talent for dance. After her mother died, Jing Ce acknowledged her mainly to use her for an arranged marriage with other powerful families in Beijing.

Jing Ce spared no effort and spent a lot of money to nurture her, to mold her.

It was like polishing a precious commodity, the better and more refined it was polished, the higher the price it could fetch.

Jing Qiao was indeed good enough, refined enough, perfect enough.

Skilled in all the arts needed in both the hall and the kitchen, and indeed, Jing Ce sold her for a high price.

She was married into one of Beijing’s notable affluent families, the Song Family.

She married Young Master Song, Song Boyuan.

The Song Family’s situation was actually not much different from many other affluent families, in one word—chaotic.

A blended family, the patriarch was unscrupulous in his youth, couldn’t control himself, betrayed his family, betrayed his first wife...

Such situations were quite common in this circle.

Song Boyuan’s father had a bit more of a scandalous backstory, as he acted under the guise of true love.

Because his marriage to Song Boyuan’s mother was arranged, decided by both families without any personal will involved, plainly speaking, there was no love.

Thus, after getting married, his father continued his romance, impregnating his true love three times, having three sons with her before and after.

Only under immense pressure, even being drugged by his parents, did he consummate his marriage with his first wife, who was Song Boyuan’s mother.

Speaking of which, Song Boyuan’s mother was essentially coerced.

That was how Song Boyuan came into being, he was born under these circumstances.

In such a family, as the son of the first wife, he was known as Young Master Song. From his name alone, Bo Yuan Bo Yuan, referring to the order of brothers, it was clear he was treated as the eldest son of the Song family.

But, in reality, he already had three older half-brothers, which made his position quite awkward.

The saying ’a father’s disregard and a mother’s disdain’ fits his situation exactly.

His father saw him as a duty fulfilled, and his mother saw him as a monument to her humiliation.

In such a family atmosphere, it was impossible to raise a child with a normal psyche and temperament.

Especially later on, after his mother passed away.

His father’s true love, with her sons, boldly and legitimately entered the household, becoming Mrs. Song.

He bore the title of the eldest son in his name, yet was fourth in terms of age, revealing just how unsettling his situation was.

But he was naturally intelligent and reserved. Growing up in such a family atmosphere only made his personality increasingly brooding and cold, elusive to understand.

He indeed proved to be much superior to his three brothers, who were raised in a loving family.

Being the rightful Young Master Song, the legitimate son, and proving superior to his three half-siblings, in such a large family that values legitimate lineage, he was bound to be the heir to the family business.

Thus, the stepmother and several brothers had secretly schemed against him countless times.

By his twenties, he had experienced enough of human warmth and the sinister nature of human hearts.

The Song Family patriarch knew his own son was incompetent and the woman he remarried had three sons who were all a mess, so he focused all his energy on cultivating this grandson.

This arranged marriage had been specially organized by him after learning he had cancer and his days were numbered.

The patriarch knew it would be difficult for Song Boyuan, grown up in such a family, to develop feelings for a woman and experience love like ordinary people of his age.

So he had made arrangements in advance.

The old man was very thorough, he had investigated and found that Jing Qiao, Jing Ce’s illegitimate daughter, was outstanding, but because she hadn’t grown up in this glamorous and decadent circle from a young age, she was unfortunately treated merely as a commodity by Jing Ce. Therefore, she was exceptionally pure and untainted.

And Jing Ce was sufficiently sinister and cunning.

If Song Boyuan married this woman, she would be able to accompany and take care of him well in life, and might even be able to melt him.

And someone as sinister and cunning as Jing Ce might also help Song Boyuan for the sake of his son-in-law.

The old man had planned well for Song Boyuan and even to spare him from mourning him, held on until he saw Song Boyuan had married Jing Qiao, then suddenly passed away.

And indeed, things were developing according to the old man’s plan.

The old man’s judgment was not wrong, Jing Qiao truly was a pure and simple girl; she was not materialistic or vain.

Moreover, her attitude was very calm, and she did not pity herself, even though she was sold to the Song Family like a commodity to be Song Boyuan’s wife.

But since she was there, she settled in and wanted to make a good life with Song Boyuan.

And she could see that though this man appeared so high and mighty, the years had not been easy for him. What had he endured to have such a background and yet live in this way? noveldrama

So she stayed by Song Boyuan’s side and cared for him, and indeed, little by little, began to melt that heart of ice with her warmth.

At that time, Jing Qiao did not know that melting such a man’s heart was both a blessing and a misfortune.

Before that, Song Boyuan was extremely aloof, his heart as hard as ice. Even when his beloved grandfather died, he showed no change in expression, let alone grief, and no trace of sadness was discernible in his eyes.

Such a man had no vulnerabilities.

His stepmother, despite many years of plotting against him, could find no way to succeed.

Together with his three brothers, they were merely jesters, and whatever they did only provoked laughter.

But Song Boyuan’s heart had melted, and with it, he had developed vulnerabilities.

Once he had vulnerabilities, he was no longer invincible or impregnable.

As Song Boyuan recognized his own emotions, he also felt fear.

His enemies were not yet defeated... He should not have loved her yet.

Many things in this world cannot be hidden or restrained, like a cough, like love for another person.

The old man had calculated everything for him initially, correctly foreseeing that Jing Qiao would indeed melt Song Boyuan.

But he miscalculated about Jing Ce, thinking the sinister and cunning Jing Ce would help him more for the sake of his son-in-law.

He forgot that Jing Ce, sinister and cunning, never acted without profit, and to him, Jing Qiao was never a daughter but merely a one-off commodity, sold off, transaction settled, thus no longer his concern.

Song Boyuan’s stepmother easily pulled Jing Ce into her camp with enough bargaining chips.