Second Marriage with the Alliance Marshal

C15

Sophia’s eyes fell in a momentary trance. From surprise to puzzlement to sadness, they finally returned to calm. She said softly, “If you want to know the answer to this kind of thing, shouldn’t you ask him directly?”

Ling Changfeng seemed to expect such a response. He didn’t ask any further questions, and nodded lightly: “I know, I will wait for a suitable time to ask him.”

He got up and walked to the second floor: “He is still resting, you should go back first.”

“Please wait a moment.” Sophia stopped him.

Ling Changfeng turned around. His dual-colored pupils carried a natural sense of oppression that made people dare not look him in the eyes directly.

undefinedSophia lowered her head and smiled bitterly: “Actually, it’s easy to understand… Xinghe has no sense of security in marriage. If he becomes pregnant during the protection period, the custody of the child after a divorce will naturally be a big problem. It’s no problem if you’re an ordinary person, because even if it goes to court, the child will still be assigned to him in the end. But you are the Marshal of the Alliance, and he can’t compete, so how can he feel at ease?”

Ling Changfeng looked at her and was silent for a while.

He knew that what she said was the truth, but it still felt like there was something more.

“As you said, I watched Xinghe grow up.” Sophia’s light blue eyes seemed to be shining. “Can I take the liberty to ask, why do you want to know this answer? Or, why does it matter to you why he wants custody of the child?”

“It doesn’t matter. No matter what his reasons are, I have already promised him.” Ling Changfeng replied. “What’s more, this is all based on the premise that we will divorce after the child is born.”

Sophia suddenly raised her head and looked at him in surprise.

Marshal Ling’s implication is… they won’t divorce in a year?

“I’m just a little curious, he obviously still looks like a child.” Ling Changfeng said calmly, “If you think I’ll offend him by asking this, you don’t have to answer me.”

Sophia cast her pale blue eyes out of the window. After a long silence, she slowly opened her mouth and said: “Xinghe… is different from other children. He was not sent here because he had no father or mother. He was sent here by his father himself.”

Ling Changfeng frowned slightly.

Sophia continued: “Under the matching marriage system, there will always be some unwilling parents forced to pair up. But they are not forced to raise the children. If both husband and wife give up custody of the children, sending the child to a local welfare institution within six months of birth is not considered abandonment.”

Ling Changfeng asked, “Does his mother not want him?”

Sophia shook her head: “Xinghe was sent to welfare when he was just four months old. At the time, his father was the sole guardian, which meant his mother had already given up custody. I heard at the time that his father was a small-time businessman, and gave his mother a lot of money to leave after his birth. But within a few months, he found a new partner, who was very concerned that he had a child, so he sent the child to the orphanage… Of course, there is no way to verify these rumors. But whether they are true or false, these words eventually reached Xinghe’s ears.”

One gold and one blue eyes flashed with complex emotions. “When he was at the orphanage, how was he?”

Sophia’s eyes showed a hint of sadness: “Xinghe is very good. He is smart, stubborn, and strong. These are all good qualities in alpha, but he is an omega… You know, most people like omegas as docile and soft as dodder flowers. Xinghe is regarded as an outlier in their eyes.”