The Cannon Fodder Alpha Who Made the Heroine Pregnant - Chapter 59

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Chu Zhao was carrying her child, and now they were going to the hospital to terminate it.

She didn’t care whether the child was born or not; she wanted to know why Chu Zhao had told her the child was someone else’s.

Was it to provoke her? Or to avoid any connection with her?

Zhou Lan’s mind was in turmoil, so much that she only snapped back to reality after Chu Zhao finished eating and they returned to the car.

Sitting in the driver’s seat, she didn’t start the engine immediately. There were things she needed to clarify.

She turned to look at Chu Zhao and found the other woman looking back at her, her eyes asking: Why aren’t we moving?

She pressed her lips together, took a deep breath, mustered her courage, and asked, “The child is mine, right?”

“Even though I didn’t mark you, our pheromones are a hundred percent compatible. It’s possible for you to get pregnant, right?”

Chu Zhao’s heart skipped a beat. When did Zhou Lan figure it out? She had seemed to believe her completely before.

No, even just before breakfast, she had still believed her.

Just moments ago, Zhou Lan’s emotions had fluctuated, and then she became lost in her own thoughts, zoning out.

Zhou Lan’s mood shifts were obvious. During breakfast, she had suddenly become subdued, retreating into her own world.

Chu Zhao noticed but didn’t ask. Everyone had their secrets.

Even if Zhou Lan regretted going to the hospital with her, it wasn’t something Chu Zhao could control.

Although she had developed feelings for the child in her womb, considering her career and life from all angles, it shouldn’t be born.

A child would only hold her back, obstructing her path forward.

But… thinking about terminating it soon still made her somewhat reluctant.

No matter how reluctant, Chu Zhao wouldn’t sacrifice her own life for it.

Hearing Zhou Lan’s question, her mind went blank, unsure how to respond.

Upon recovering, more than how to answer Zhou Lan, she wanted to know how Zhou Lan had found out.

How did she suddenly know everything just from having breakfast?

“Who told you?”

Chu Zhao was certain she hadn’t told anyone.

Hearing that Chu Zhao didn’t deny it, Zhou Lan felt a flicker of happiness. At least she wasn’t being brushed off again.

Last time, she wanted to lay her cards on the table. Keeping things bottled up, constantly being misunderstood, was already affecting her life.

She was usually a decisive person. Originally, she planned to let Chu Zhao discover the truth herself. But as their interactions decreased, it seemed increasingly difficult for Chu Zhao to realize the soul in this body had long changed.

Especially every time she heard Chu Zhao’s inner distrust and doubts about her, she felt the urge to confess everything.

At first, their relationship was poor. Chu Zhao probably wanted to kill her. Even if she had spoken up, Chu Zhao wouldn’t believe her, and might have been seen as delusional.

After spending some time together, Chu Zhao trusted her more, but still maintained caution. Telling her then would likely have gotten her labeled as crazy.

After escaping danger together, Chu Zhao let her guard down. That would have been the best time to come clean, but she wanted Chu Zhao to discover it herself. As a result, not only had their relationship not progressed, it had even grown distant.

Chu Zhao asked how she knew the child was hers. Could she say she could hear Chu Zhao’s thoughts?

Zhou Lan hesitated for a moment, then suddenly hardened her resolve. She didn’t want to miss her chance due to hesitation.

Even if nothing changed after her confession, at least she could tell Chu Zhao she wasn’t like the original. She was herself, not anyone else, and she didn’t want to take the blame for someone else.

“I said before, I’m not Zhou Lan.”

Chu Zhao’s heart stirred. She recalled these past days, repeatedly comparing the current Zhou Lan to the original. No matter how she looked at it, they weren’t the same person.

That day, she thought Zhou Lan meant she had changed—become more mature, more responsible.

Of course, she occasionally wondered if the current Zhou Lan and the past Zhou Lan were different people, but how could that be possible?

A double? Two identical people swapping lives?

Impossible. This wasn’t a movie. Real life wasn’t so convoluted.

Although Chu Zhao dismissed the idea, what else could explain such a drastic change in a person?

Now that Zhou Lan was being so direct, she couldn’t help but recall her earlier speculation.

“Then who are you?”

If Zhou Lan wasn’t Zhou Lan, then who is she?

Having spoken this much without interruption, Zhou Lan naturally wouldn’t back down now.

“To be precise, I’m not from this world. I come from another world. There, I was a musician.”

“There’s no need to go into my past life resume. This world is a novel I read. I don’t know why, but I woke up one day as Zhou Lan in this world.”

“A cannon fodder character who will later be killed by you and the Zhou family’s enemies.”

“It’s precisely because of the original’s fate that I was so desperate to break away from the Zhou family.”

“I don’t want to die. I don’t know if dying would send me back to my original world. If it doesn’t, then I’d be really dead.”

“At first, I saw everyone in this world as paper characters. Reality showed me you are all living, breathing people.”

“I started integrating into this world, started living here. However, because of the original host, I had to endure everyone’s scornful looks.”

“I don’t mind that, but I fell for you. Everyone else can misunderstand me, but I don’t want you to see me as that trash.”

“It’s like mating season, wanting to show the best side of yourself.”

“So when you misunderstand or doubt me in your heart, it hurts. That suffocating feeling in my heart makes me want to tell you the truth.”

After falling for someone, their words and actions affect your emotions.

That ache in her heart felt like someone was squeezing it, tight then loose, extremely uncomfortable.

So she impulsively wanted to tell Chu Zhao the truth, to tell her she wasn’t trash.

“You might not know, but after coming to this world, you were the only one who could help me. And I… gained an ability.”

“You might not believe it, but I can hear your thoughts—all the ones about me.”

“Of course, only when we’re face to face.”

“This ability is a bit intrusive. Honestly, both coming to this world and this ability were forced upon me. I never wanted to come to this world.”

“If I had a choice, I wouldn’t have come here in the first place.”

Zhou Lan rambled on, a bit disjointed, but she got the main points across.

Chu Zhao rarely looked so stunned. She raised a hand to her chest. She can hear my thoughts?

Then all the times she mentally cursed her… she knew?

Seeing Chu Zhao’s gesture, Zhou Lan knew what she was thinking.

“I can’t hear them anymore now. I think it’s probably related to me telling you I’m not from this world.”

Chu Zhao: “…”

No, this was too absurd. How could she believe it?

Transmigration? Not from this world? She can hear my thoughts?

Any one of these, a normal person wouldn’t believe, right?

Actually, part of Chu Zhao wanted to believe, but it was just too far-fetched.

“Do you think anyone would believe what you just said?”

Having said all she needed to say in one go felt liberating.

All the messy emotions vanished. Zhou Lan seemed very calm.

This was her nature—to do her best in everything, to strive for what she wanted but not force it.

She had said most of it, but she still owed Chu Zhao a proper apology.

She cleared her throat, trying to sound gentle and sincere.

“The night I transmigrated was when the original host was about to assault you.”

“In the novel, she didn’t succeed, but because of my arrival, everything happened.”

“When I entered this body, I didn’t understand your pheromones or how to control them. Wrapped in your scent, I naturally lost all reason.”

“I’m not trying to make excuses. I did it, even if I was out of my mind at the time.”

Aside from the warm, comfortable feeling, she remembered nothing else. It was pure physiological drive.

“I’m sorry.”

What was done was done. An apology might not make up for it, but it was her stance.

Zhou Lan’s heartfelt apology caused huge waves in Chu Zhao’s heart.

If the child in her womb wasn’t the original Zhou Lan’s… but this Zhou Lan’s, it somehow seemed less unacceptable.

The thought of keeping the child even crossed Chu Zhao’s mind.

The child belonged to the Zhou Lan before her, not the previous one.

Just thinking about it made her feel much better.

Hearing Zhou Lan’s explanation, combined with her own observations and comparisons, Zhou Lan was indeed different.

But it was hard to believe such a thing right away.

Something more far-fetched than a movie, why couldn’t it happen in real life?

Rather than whether to believe, what she needed more was time to accept this fact.

“You said you were a musician in your past life?”

Chu Zhao didn’t say she believed. She was more curious about Zhou Lan’s past life.

Zhou Lan hummed in agreement. “Yes.”

“What level of musician?”

Remembering the song she heard in the surveillance footage, Chu Zhao felt like listening to Zhou Lan’s music.

“Did alright.”

Zhou Lan wasn’t keen on talking about her past life. It was over anyway; since she couldn’t go back, there was no point.

She continued, “This child was an accident. I know you want to terminate it. I have no objections.”

“Your body, your choice. The only thing I can do is stay out of your life.”

She took a deep breath. “Let’s get a divorce. We should both start our own lives.”

Chu Zhao didn’t speak. Now that she couldn’t hear Chu Zhao’s thoughts either, she could only wait silently.

Divorce. Chu Zhao was speechless at the word. Wasn’t this what she had always wanted? Why didn’t she agree immediately?

Zhou Lan stared straight ahead without a word and started the car.

Chu Zhao had made an appointment at a private hospital—not for a prenatal checkup, but to terminate the pregnancy.

She herself had no desire for children. Besides, Chu Zhao didn’t want to have her child either.