Mei Wanying had something on her mind, and Pei Yan, the man who shared her pillow, was the first to notice something was off.
Ever since she got pregnant, her moods had been prone to swings.
Pei Yan attended to her with extreme caution, terrified that one wrong word would get him thrown out by Mei Wanying.
Seeing how nervous he was, Mei Wanying didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I'm not a tiger, and I'm not going to eat you. What are you so tense for?"
If anyone else were to see this, they would surely think this Pei Yan was an impostor.
Out in the world, he was known for being ruthless and decisive!
"You're the family's stabilizing force. I'm scared," the man said.
Pei Yan had followed General Mei onto the battlefield in his teens. He had shed blood, suffered injuries, and teetered on the brink of life and death countless times, but he had never once felt fear.
But with Mei Wanying in his life, the things he feared grew more and more numerous.
