Gu Huan was lying on the ice-cold operating table, staring at the glaring surgical light.

A doctor took a long catheter and inserted it into her body.

"Injecting the sperm."

"Slow down."

"Good, successful implantation."

After hearing the doctor's words, Gu Huan's emotions were mixed.

At eighteen, she never thought that in her prime youth, she would become a surrogate mother.

From many surrogate women, she was chosen.

She did not know whether to be happy or sad.

Her father was incarcerated, her mother's life hangs by a thread, she needed money, she had no other way out...

Gu Huan was wheeled out of the operating room by a nurse.

After a while, a professionally dressed middle-aged woman walked over.

"Miss Gu, the operation was successful. We have arranged for the best doctor for your mother's condition," said Liu Cui, the assistant of the employer's family, "According to the contract we signed before, once you are successfully pregnant, you must quickly withdraw from school to dedicate all your time to growing the baby until you give birth safely."

Gu Huan nodded, her eyes welling up.

Subconsciously, she stroked her stomach. Had this untouched womb bizarrely begun to grow the child of a stranger?

And her first time.

The hymen she had never given to anyone was pierced by the recent surgery.

Tears silently fell, happiness is no longer related to her from now on...

Gu Huan thought that after the previous attempt at artificial conception, she could wait for a smooth delivery.

But she didn't expect it to be a failure.

"Miss Gu, since the last operation was not successful, you should take this time to rest well. I will send a car to pick you up in a few days," Liu Cui had a serious look on her face.

Gu Huan was confused, "Assistant Liu, must I undergo the second operation?"

"No need! Just wait for me to arrange everything."

***

Sure enough, in a few days, Liu Cui sent a car to the school gate to pick up Gu Huan.

Gu Huan was led into a luxurious villa.

"Miss, the young master will come tonight. Please cleanse yourself, the young master likes clean women," the domestic servant in the villa said.

Gu Huan clenched her fingers, nodding slightly.

The thing she's most afraid of, she must eventually face...

Since it's surrogate pregnancy, it means that no matter what, she has to give birth to the child of her employer!

After her bath, a servant at the villa brought her a set of provocative nightwear.

The nightgown was made of a transparent chiffon. Wearing it was almost the same as being naked.

The bedroom was dark with only the moonlight seeping in through the window, casting a dim and ambiguous illumination.

Gu Huan stayed rigid, lying on an unfamiliar bed, shivering.

When she heard footsteps outside the door, she instinctively wrapped herself in the blanket.

The door creaked open.

She seemed to smell a faint scent of musk.

A tall shadowy figure stopped by her bed in the dim light.

Her heart was pounding out of her chest...

With his back to the light, she couldn't make out his features.

He stood with both hands in his pockets, radiating a chill, "Are you of age?"

"Huh?" Gu Huan paused, her voice trembling, "Um, I just turned eighteen."

He was silent for a while.

"So young!" His voice was a mix of surprise and ridicule.

Gu Huan thought he wanted to back out.

But she had only received half of the money, with the other half still to come.

She was afraid that he might suddenly back out, rendering everything she had endured till now nothing but a waste.

Moreover, her womb had already withstood his sperm once. She didn't mind enduring this hardship one more time...

She hastily said, “No, sir, I, I am not too young... The doctor says my health is in excellent condition...I can do it…”

Seeing his silence, Gu Huan couldn't help but add, “The surgery last time, I’m very sorry… I assure you I was really careful… I don't understand why it failed... Sir, I am of age, I’m not too young anymore…”

If it were not for her mother, the past her wouldn’t have chosen to demean herself in front of a stranger.

Gu Huan was holding back her sadness, feeling disgusted with her own helplessness and degradation.

The man still wore a cold expression, “I am giving you a chance to back out.”

"No!" Gu Huan was on the brink of tears, "I don’t regret it…”

The truth was, she can't afford regret!

Her mother's illness left no room for regrets.

The man stood by the edge of the bed, it was only then she heard the sound of his clothes being unfastened.

The room was shrouded in darkness, a darkness that instilled fear in her.

She clutched the blanket tightly, as if it was her last sliver of comfort.

Not long after, the man's tall figure leaned over, gently pressing onto her...

She caught a whiff of his masculine scent.

For the first time, she was this close to a man.

He pulled back the blanket, leaving no room for her to escape.

"Are you nervous?" He asked, a hint of mockery in his voice. "Is this your first time?"

She shuddered slightly, swallowing down her bitterness. "It counts, but it also doesn't..."

"Hm?" In the darkness, his eyes gleamed with waves of amusement. "It counts but doesn't count? That's a fresh phrase!"

"My first time... already happened during a surgery... It was lost..." She confessed, her voice laced with shyness and embarrassment.

Her first time was given to a cold, sterile operation.

Could there be anything more ridiculous than her situation?

He paused for a moment, then leaned down to whisper in her ear, "Well, at least it's clean."