The legendary colonel of the MUR Vodopyanov solved many crimes during his long life as a detective. It seemed that nothing could surprise him anymore. However, this was his first time encountering sophisticated crime in the field of medical reproductive technologies. Two childless families, each at one time, turned to doctors for help. They were successfully helped to give birth to children. But how was this done? Was it possible to foresee the problems that confronted them later? Why do questions of birth and murder, ethics and business in artificial insemination sometimes become intractable? Perhaps everything is happening because the law of the flower bed is being violated...