Ever since Cecilia Cheung announced the arrival of her youngest son Marcus in late 2018, it’s been a seemingly endless guessing game with regards to the child’s father, whose identity has been kept a tightly guarded secret until now.

When an alleged copy of Marcus’ birth certificate — with the “name of father” box left blank, by the way — started making rounds on the internet two years ago, it was reported that Ceci refused to comment on this whole saga as she and her baby daddy had already split up before Marcus was born.

And it looks like the Hongkong actress, 41, will continue to keep mum about all her future relationships moving forward.

In the latest episode of Chinese variety show Life is Beautiful, Ceci opened up about what she’s looking for in a partner, admitting that she can be very picky.

“I don’t like it when someone is too clingy, but I also don’t like it when they’re not clingy enough. Being too good to me won’t do, but not being good to me is unacceptable as well,” she said.

She also told host Sheren Tang that she just hopes to find someone who “truly loves” her. However, when that day comes, Ceci certainly isn’t going to be shouting from the rooftops about it.

In fact, she declared that she will never go public with her relationships ever again.

“Whenever I shared [about my relationships] in the past, I never felt like I received a lot of blessings,” she explained. “The more you share, the more people will find ways to not wish you well.”

Sheren seemed to agree with Ceci’s decision, saying that “many simple things are often made complicated by the public”.

After the episode was aired, Ceci’s claim about “not receiving any blessings” became a trending topic on Weibo, with netizens spouting both positive and negative opinions on the matter.

“We don’t know about her other exes, but when she first went public with Nicholas Tse, he was still Faye Wong’s boyfriend, so what was there to wish her well about?” scoffed one, while others voiced their support for Ceci and praised her for “daring to love and daring to hate”.

Besides Nicholas, whom she was married to from 2006 to 2012 and had sons Lucas and Quintus with, Ceci has been romantically linked to Daniel Chan, Jordan Chan, Edison Chen (remember their notorious sex photos scandal?), and a Caucasian man who was speculated to be Marcus’ father.

Photos: Cecilia Cheung/Weibo, Life is Beautiful/Weibo, Sheren Tang/Weibo