"Master, I know you’re amazing. I just wanted to ask if you could tell me whether I’m having a boy or a girl."

She had a faint smile on her face as she asked, but her eyes betrayed a hint of panic.

[What the heck, don’t tell me this is gender discrimination!]

[Is she that desperate for a boy? Girls are great these days, too.]

[What century are we in? How can people still favor boys over girls?]

[Maybe she’s hoping for a daughter?]

[I doubt it. Anyone who makes a special trip to ask the gender is never hoping for a girl.]

As she spoke, the woman once again gently caressed her stomach.

Her expression was gentle, even possessing the unique tenderness of a mother.

A faint smile played on her lips, as if she were eagerly awaiting Su Nian’s answer, yet her eyes alone held a flicker of terror.

But Su Nian sidestepped the question and asked another one instead.

"Was this child conceived naturally?"

Seeing Su Nian staring at her belly, the woman subconsciously tugged at her clothes as if to cover it.

"Of... of course it’s a normal baby!"

"I just came to ask about the gender!"

The woman looked flustered, and her movements were panicked.

She clutched her stomach, watching Su Nian warily, but her hand was trembling noticeably.

[Look at how she’s acting. There’s definitely something she’s hiding!]

[Don’t tell me the baby isn’t her husband’s?]

[Can you guys stop spouting nonsense? That’s disgusting. Spreading rumors with zero proof!]

[Something is definitely wrong with this pregnancy, but there’s no need to make such malicious guesses about her!]

Su Nian’s expression was placid as she scanned the woman’s face.

Her skin was very fair, but faint wrinkles were beginning to form at the corners of her eyes, and she looked slightly tense.

She was dressed normally and looked to be twenty-seven or twenty-eight, almost thirty.

She seemed like a woman who had longed for a child for ages, now carefully protecting the one she carried.

She was, indeed, an admirable mother. Unfortunately, the child she carried was not normal.

Su Nian’s gaze was profound, like a bottomless abyss, as if it could see through all the woman’s secrets.

Being stared at like that, the woman felt as if she had been stripped bare.

She squirmed, her eyes darting away, a guilty conscience written all over her face.

She knew Su Nian had real skills, and she had come today to test them.

But now that it was clear something was wrong with the baby, she panicked.

"You’re only twenty-one, aren’t you?"

Su Nian lifted her gaze slightly, her eyes fixed on the woman’s face.

Hearing Su Nian’s question, the woman grew even more flustered. A wave of endless frustration and regret washed over her.

Her expression froze for a moment.

"I just want to know my baby’s gender!"

Her tone was sharp, but she didn’t deny what Su Nian had said.

[Oh my god, she’s only 21? Why does she look so old?]

[I almost thought she was in her early thirties!]

[Pregnancy can drain your energy and make you look a little older, but this is way too much, isn’t it?]

[How can someone in their early twenties look like that?]

[But she didn’t even deny it, and there’s no way the streamer is wrong. Something is definitely, seriously wrong here!]

"So, can you tell me or not? If you can’t, I’m leaving!"

The woman immediately turned, looking as if she was about to walk out.

"You’re only three months pregnant."

The woman’s heart skipped a beat. She hadn’t expected Su Nian to see right through her.

Su Nian’s words caused another uproar in the live stream.

[Three months? No way! Look at that belly. I’d believe it if you told me she was about to pop!]

[But she didn’t deny it! Something is definitely wrong with that baby!]

[My god, isn’t that weird? How could a baby get that big?]

[I don’t know much about this, so just asking, but could it be twins?]

[Even with twins, it wouldn’t get that big. This is obviously not normal!]

"Don’t talk nonsense! My baby is normal. I’ve been to the hospital for check-ups. I’m eight months along, and I’m carrying twins, so of course my belly is a little bigger!"

The woman’s face paled as she rushed to explain.

She was frantic, acting as if she held Su Nian in utter contempt.

"I don’t think you can tell at all. I’ll just find someone else to do this for me!"

Saying this, she rushed to leave.

Su Nian picked up a nearby peach and took a small bite.

A faint, mocking smile lifted her lips, but it didn’t reach her eyes.

"Are you so determined to marry into a rich family that you’re willing to throw your life away?"

"In your current state, you won’t live to see the end of the month!"

"Have you really not noticed that something is wrong?"

The woman’s face went white, her expression panicked. The pregnancy was, indeed, extremely strange.

It was true she had used a secret method to get pregnant.

’I had no choice. I had to get pregnant quickly so I could marry into the Lu Family and become a wealthy man’s wife.’

’For this, I went through great trouble to find this secret formula.’

’My belly is huge now, and there are definitely a lot of strange things happening, but I don’t think it matters.’

’I just need to know if the baby in my belly is a boy or a girl.’

’If it’s a girl, I’ll get rid of it immediately.’

’If it’s a boy, I’ll give birth to him, and then I’ll be able to marry into the Lu Family without a problem.’