Fu Jichen clutched that piece of paper, reading each word slowly. He didn't know when his eyes became red, until a tear fell on the paper, smudging the writing.
A long time ago, he had a suspicion about Shen Jianian's pregnancy. But he trusted his own judgment too much, thinking that the precautions were adequate and an accident was unlikely, so he didn't bother to verify.
On the day they returned from Tanfu Temple, when Shen Jianian felt unwell after eating too many preserved plums, he should have taken her to the hospital for a check-up.
And on the day she saw him off at the airport, even Lu Yanzhi, an outsider, sensed something was wrong and had guessed, yet he confidently denied that she was pregnant.
If he had been more cautious and paid her a little more attention, perhaps he could have prevented all that happened afterwards.
Fu Jichen always felt he was at fault, but never knew how outrageous his mistake was.
