"Miss Yunyun, you promised me something. You won't go back on your word, will you?" "Go back on my word? How could I possibly do that? No, I won't. Don't worry, I'll definitely find a way for you."
Karl stared at her, the adoration in his eyes nearly suffocating Shen Yunyun. This guy was trying to seduce her.
Shen Yunyun quickly averted her gaze. Her life was perfectly fine as it was—she didn't need love.
Seeing that Shen Yunyun wasn't swayed by his charm, Karl felt a pang of disappointment. The methods he'd found in ancient texts for winning a woman's favor were utterly useless on Miss Shen Yunyun.
In contrast, the women in the galaxy—even without him making any effort—were eager to exchange genes with him. But he only wanted to exchange genes with Shen Yunyun, hoping to conceive their child.
All she needed to do was give him one egg. Ten months later, he could give her a perfect child. Why wouldn't she agree? It wouldn't cause her much harm, would it?
Did she think that egg retrieval in the Sete Galaxy, like on Blue Star, would harm a woman's health? He quickly added, "Miss Shen Yunyun, with the medical standards of our Sete Galaxy, egg retrieval won't cause you any harm or pain. I only need one egg from you, and in ten months, I can give you a perfect child. If you want twins, they could be identical. If you want a boy and a girl, then I'd need two eggs."
He spoke calmly, stating it as a simple fact.
Shen Yunyun was completely stunned. Was this what they called becoming a mother without the pain?
To be honest, if it were with her own husband, she wouldn't mind at all. After all, it would skip the hardship of pregnancy and childbirth while still giving her a perfect baby—it sounded like a dream come true.
But this man wasn't her husband. She didn't want to end up meeting the right person someday, only for Karl to show up with a child and claim kinship. That would be digging her own grave.
She couldn't take this job.
"I promised to help you solve the problem, but I've been busy lately. Once I get through this period, I'll figure something out." "Alright," Karl agreed.
Shen Yunyun closed the trading center and returned to her bedroom, tossing and turning as she brainstormed solutions.
Maybe she should go to the apocalypse to find survivors, or rescue fallen women in old societies, or save abandoned baby girls in ancient times. She secretly adjusted the time ratio, making real time pass faster and interstellar time slower, to avoid Karl coming to her again.
The next day, Shen Yunyun was still asleep when her phone rang, waking her up. "Grandaunt, have you seen the news?" "What?" "There's a huge scandal in Haicheng." Tang Yu's voice was excited.
He had guessed his grandaunt might have done something big, but he never imagined she'd pull off something this massive—and make him take the fall for it. "Haicheng?" Shen Yunyun suddenly jolted awake.
No more drowsiness. She quickly got up to check the gossip.
Without even hanging up the phone, she tapped on the news alerts. Numerous gossip outlets were reporting that the Sheng family's Nanshan Villa had experienced a paranormal event—overnight, everything in the villa had vanished.
Not just the news outlets, but short video platforms were buzzing with the story. Major bloggers were jumping on the trend to ride the wave of attention. They took an already bizarre incident and made it even stranger, pairing it with eerie music to make the whole thing seem even more unsettling.