In the third year of being Second Master Gu’s kept man, I awakened.

To escape the fate of being a cannon fodder side character and ultimately dying without a trace, I decisively faked my death and ran away.

Later, he cornered me at the entrance of a club, holding the milk powder I had used to replace my ashes, his gaze obsessive as he gritted his teeth and asked, “Why did you run?”

I lowered my head and gently touched my slightly rounded belly.

“Afraid that a man having a baby would scare you limp.”

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01

Beep—Beep—

The phone rang for a while before the person on the other end picked up.

I quickly asked, “Second Master, are you coming back tonight?”

Gu Yan’s deep voice, tinged with a bit of amusement, came from the other side, “Why, do you miss me?”

“Uh, yeah, I miss you. Can you come back now?”

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard someone shout on the other end, “Su Jin is here!”

“I’m a bit busy over here, we’ll talk later.”

Then the call abruptly ended with the sound of static.

I stared at the disconnected call, my face gradually turning pale.

So, it’s all true?

This morning, I woke up from a dream with the contents of a book in my mind.

The book was called The Overbearing CEO’s Innocent White Moonlight.

In the book, the male lead was named Gu Yan, and the female lead was Su Jin.

The female lead was the light that shone into the male lead’s dark and gloomy world in his youth, but she had to leave him due to family issues.

Five years later, the female lead returned, and she and the male lead embarked on a tumultuous, heart-wrenching love story.

And me, Ye Yu?

As the male lead’s canary, I got discarded the moment his true love returned.

Three years ago, when I first met Gu Yan at A University, I was someone who had been kicked out of my family and was left homeless.

It was Gu Yan who took me in, and at his request, I became his kept man, willingly staying by his side.

Although Gu Yan was cold by nature, he still treated me decently. Despite his frequent cold words, he provided me with great material satisfaction.

If it weren’t for that dream, perhaps I would have been content to stay by his side as a pampered canary for the rest of my life. However…

That dream started with this very phone call.

That night, Gu Yan didn’t return because the female lead, who had been gone for five years, finally came back, marking the official beginning of their tragic love story.

As for me, the male lead’s canary and part of their twisted love game, my fate was to be tortured to death by the second male lead who liked the female lead, leaving no remains…

The detailed description from the book became all too vivid, and I broke out in goosebumps, my body trembling uncontrollably.

“No way!”

Unwilling to accept such a fate, I grabbed my phone and tried calling Gu Yan again.

One time, two times, three times…

On the eighth try, the call finally connected.

“Hello, Gu Yan, my stomach hurts, can you…?”

“Gu Yan isn’t available to take the call right now. Who are you? I can pass on a message for you.”

A soft, gentle female voice came from the other end of the line.

I froze, unable to react for a long time.

No one knew better than I did that Gu Yan was extremely possessive and hated it when others touched his things. If I hadn’t been by his side for three years, I probably wouldn’t have even had the right to touch his phone.

And now, his phone had been answered by a woman. Despite her gentle tone, I could hear the smugness in her voice.

“Are you… Su Jin?”

“You know me? Did Gu Yan mention me?”

Su Jin sounded surprised.

As a male canary, I remembered that she had just asked who I was. Yet, Gu Yan’s phone clearly had my number saved.

Damn, I hate people who pretend to be something they’re not.

I didn’t have the energy to argue with Su Jin anymore. After hanging up, a thought started forming in my mind.

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02

Yong City was a highly inclusive city.

I adapted quickly after arriving here not long ago.

But looking at my slightly bulging belly, I was so anxious I wanted to pull all my hair out.

Three months ago, after Su Jin’s appearance, I feared I couldn’t resist the pull of the storyline and would end up as cannon fodder with no remains, so I planned my escape.

It was a coincidence that the day I went to Times Square to buy some things for my journey, a fire broke out.

I left before the fire started, but many who didn’t make it out in time perished in the flames.

At first, I just felt sorry for them, but soon, an idea struck me for my own escape plan.

I snuck back into the burned-out remains of Times Square, tossed my ID card inside, and to make it look more convincing, I scattered some of the milk powder I had just bought.

Once that was done, I bought a ticket to Yong City.

Everything had gone smoothly until the second month after I arrived here, when I unexpectedly found out I was pregnant.

And yes, I’m a man!

No one told me this was one of those male-pregnancy novels!

After going through a period of panic and denial, as my body started showing signs, I gradually accepted that I was really pregnant.

Originally, my plan was to live out my old age alone, but now, with a child on the way, it didn’t seem so bad.

However…

For the child to be born, I would need a birth permit, and my household registration was still in Yun City. I had to go back to transfer it.

Thinking about Yun City made me remember Gu Yan.

It had been three months, and by now, Gu Yan was probably deeply in love with Su Jin. I, as his former canary, was long forgotten, right?

With that thought, I felt much calmer.

But little did I expect that a week later, when I stepped off the train, I would be immediately surrounded by a group of black-suited bodyguards.

Gu Yan stepped out from behind them.

After not seeing him for three months, it felt like a lifetime had passed.

As the infamous Second Master Gu of Yun City and head of the Gu family, Gu Yan naturally exuded a powerful and intimidating aura.

Gu Yan was incredibly handsome, but at this moment, I had no time to appreciate his good looks.