In the evening, Hollie came back to the dormitory and proudly said, "Pedro and I have decided to keep this child."

Aleah sat up from the bed in shock and said, "Hollie, having a child is not a joke. You need to be cautious."

Hollie smiled sweetly and continued, "Per Pedro, this kid is the fruit of our love. He will take responsibility for me and the baby in my belly."

"He also said that I'd better have a child while I'm young so that I can recover quickly. When I graduate and look for a job, the status of being married and having children will give me an advantage over unmarried and childless girls like you."

"Being pregnant means suffering only during childbirth. After giving birth, I can continue my studies. If I give birth during winter or summer vacation, it won't affect my studies."

"I'm so lucky to be with such a good man. Pedro is so stable. He has great ideas. He has a broader vision than college students."

Aleah asked gently, "Will your parents agree when they find out?"

Hollie touched her belly and said, "Pedro told me not to tell my parents for now. After I give birth, we will register for a marriage if they agree. If they don't agree, he will set me free. He loves me and sincerely considers me."

Jessa said sarcastically, "So he doesn't lose out in any way. He can become a father without suffering any pain."

Hollie glared at Jessa and said, "You're just jealous that I found such a good man. You. As a single woman from your childhood, you may even have irregular periods. You may not be able to have children in the future. Unlike me, I'm careful, but I still got pregnant."

Jessa laughed loudly a few times and started browsing her cell phone, ignoring Hollie.

Aleah gestured at me. I continued to pretend to be ignorant, saying nothing.

A notification rang out. The screen of the cell phone lit up. It was a reminder of a WhatsApp message.

I glanced at my cell phone. Aleah created a group chat for the three of us, asking us what to do.

Aleah said, [Why don't you guys try to persuade her? If Hollie decides to keep the baby, her life will be ruined forever.]

Jessa said, [She loves him very much. Let's respect and bless her decision.]

Aleah said, [Should we tell her parents?]

Jessa said, [Sure. You go and tell them.]

Aleah said, [Lily Shawn, why don't you go and inform them? Don't you have her mom's WhatsApp account?]

I responded, [I'm not going.]

Aleah said, [Why are you so heartless? Do you want to watch a young girl go astray? ]

I asked, [Then why don't you go?]

Aleah said, [Jessa, it's up to you to inform her parents.]

Jessa said, [I'm socially anxious. I can't speak up.]

Aleah said, [I'll edit the content. You only have to send it.]

Jessa said, [I have message phobia.]

I said, [Whoever has the idea should be the one to speak.]

Aleah said, [No wonder people say that the post-gen generation is heartless. It's true.]

Seeing that I and Jessa couldn't be persuaded, Aleah cursed a few words and gave up.

In the previous life, Aleah kept urging me to talk to Hollie's parents.

I thought to myself, "After all, it's my roommate's affair. I should let her parents know."

Hollie's dad was a high school teacher plus the headmaster. He liked to preach to others.

After I told him about this, the first thing he did was blame me for being a negligent roommate, which led to Hollie getting pregnant at such a young age.

Blood was thicker than water. I would never be a villain in this lifetime.

I knew Aleah would never go talk to Hollie's parents. She was that kind of fake saint, always taking advantage of others.

Others did the deeds, but she got all the credit.

When something happened, she ran faster than anyone else.

Pedro was waiting for us at the campus gate. When Aleah saw the knife, her first reaction was to push me towards the knife and put all the blame on me.

She even added fuel to the fire, saying, "I told them it was a life anyway. Lily insisted on telling Hollie's parents. She even said your inferior genes were not worthy of having children."

After hearing this, Pedro became even more furious. He didn't give me a chance to speak.

After the incident, Aleah said, "It is normal for Pedro to kill me. After all, the child is gone. He is sad." She advised my parents to issue a letter of understanding.

For this kind of person like her, she would only feel pain when she was hurt.

The next day, Hollie applied for off-campus accommodation on the grounds of taking the postgraduate entrance examination. She moved in with Pedro.

I went to study in the classroom specifically designed for the postgraduate entrance examination every day. Jessa went out to do part-time work every day. The three of us could only meet each other when we went to bed at night.

We occasionally met Hollie during class. Neither Jessa nor I wanted to sit with her.

She, who had gotten pregnant, talked about the child and the child's father all the time, which was annoying.

Aleah was enthusiastic. She cared about Hollie's baby.

She frequently reminded Hollie to go through the prenatal examination and be in a good mood.

Pedro's mother came from the countryside to take care of Hollie after knowing that she was pregnant.

But there was no mention of a marriage.

Hollie occasionally shares the specific meal made for pregnant women cooked by her mother-in-law on Instagram. The dishes were nothing more than pasta and soup with little nutrition.

Others commented that it was too bland and unappetizing.

She replied, [Per my mother-in-law, during pregnancy, the diet should be light, so that the baby will be small and easy to deliver. Eating too much meat will only make the adults gain weight. The baby can't absorb it.]

Others asked her about the time of getting married and having a wedding.

She replied, [Per my husband, there is no rush to get married. Many people in his hometown only get married after having a child. Now that I am pregnant, I naturally can't have a wedding.]

I secretly laughed in my heart, thinking, "Getting married after having a child means having a son before getting married."

"It's okay. Those who are willing to endure hardships will have endless hardships to endure."

Hollie often shared her daily life in our group chat.

On the surface, they were a loving couple, and she got along with her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. She emphasized that she had a peaceful life.

But privately, she often messaged me to complain about her husband and mother-in-law.

In the previous life, right after Pedro hit Hollie, she complained to me.

I advised her that she couldn't be with a man who hit a woman. After all, it was a matter of principle.

But she said and smiled sweetly, [It's normal for couples to have a playful fight. You wouldn't understand us if you weren't in a relationship. I hit him too. Every time he hits me, he kneels and apologizes to me.]

In this life, she complained to me again that Pedro hit her. I replied, [No couple doesn't fight in this world. Fighting at the beginning and making up at the end is a common thing. It shows that there is passion between you.]

She complained to me that Pedro didn't come home every day.

Her mother-in-law said that all men were like this. After all, they were all busy with work to earn money and support the family.

I replied, [Your mother-in-law is right.]

She complained again, saying that she was pregnant, and her mother-in-law made her do housework, laundry, and cooking every day.

When she asked Pedro to do housework, her mother-in-law got angry, saying that these were women's chores. Men doing these things were useless and would be laughed at.

I gave her a thumbs up.

Gradually, she complained more. I would reply to her every two or three days.

I answered her in a perfunctory manner. Then she didn't chat with me much anymore.

"In this life, she can't gain any emotional value from me again."

I kept my distance from Aleah deliberately, fearing that I would be implicated once an accident happened.

I vaguely noticed that Jessa seemed to be distancing herself from Aleah as well.

Normally, she didn't reply to any of Aleah's messages from the group chat.

"It's good for her to stay away from these people who tend to play like saints and who are obsessed with love."

In my previous life, when I was murdered, she was the only one shouting for security, calling the police, and calling 911.

In this life, I just hoped that when these people, who tended to play like saints and who were obsessed with love, died, Jessa and I wouldn't be implicated.