Lu Jingchuan returned to the hospital.

His Song Wanwan lay on the bed, looking thin and pale.

His heart ached as he quickly approached and embraced her. "Wanwan, are you okay? Don't worry. I'll find Zhou Nan soon and have her donate the bone marrow for you!"

A faint smile flickered in Song Wanwan's eyes, but her face showed guilt. "But Nan Nan is still pregnant. How can we ask her to undergo surgery for me?"

"That child would bring more trouble than it's worth, " Lu Jingchuan said coldly, his handsome face hardened.

Song Wanwan hesitated, then softly said, "Once I'm better, I will repay Nan Nan for sure."

"Why would you repay such a spiteful and naive person?" Lu Jingchuan gritted his teeth at the mention of me. "If it weren't for her bullying back then, I would have been with you already!"

"In my hardest times, you gave me the money to continue my studies. My heart has only ever had room for you! People who use their family's influence to push others around should taste their own medicine!"

I almost laughed coldly.

Lu Jingchuan claimed I forced him with my family's power, yet it was he who pursued me, sweetly saying, "Nan Nan, I really like you."

He said Song Wanwan was there for him during his toughest times, but I was the one who anonymously donated to him when his parents passed away.

Song Wanwan was merely an imposter, taking credit for my actions.

Song Wanwan lowered her head shyly, hiding the guilt flashing across her eyes.

At that moment, a doctor in a white coat burst in.

Seeing Song Wanwan and Lu Jingchuan together, his eyes blazed with anger. "Lu Jingchuan, how could you?!"

"Nan Nan's mother is dying, and here you are, cozying up with another woman!"

This was Shen Jin'an, my best friend.

On the day I married Lu Jingchuan, he asked me with teary eyes, "Are you sure you won't regret this?"

After I nodded, he left and went abroad for years to further his studies.

I never expected that after my death, he would return to take care of my mother until now.

Upon recognizing his face, Lu Jingchuan sneered, "And who are you? Oh, just Zhou Nan's devoted follower."

"The Zhou family has fallen. Why are you still protecting that foolish, shallow waste?"

"If Zhou Nan's mother is dying, go find Zhou Nan! As long as she comes out, aborts the child, and donates the marrow, I'll save that elderly woman!"

Shen Jin'an was stunned. "But Nan Nan... she's already dead."

Back then, as a doctor, he was the one who handled my body.

Lu Jingchuan's face changed drastically.

He stood up, marched over to Shen Jin'an, and punched him in the eye. "Did Zhou Nan send you to put on this act?"

"I've heard enough of these pathetic lies!"

"Wanwan is barely holding on. If Zhou Nan continues to hide, I can't guarantee what I'll do!"

Covering his injured eye, Shen Jin'an's voice turned hoarse. "Lu Jingchuan, you've been married to Nan Nan for three years. Do you really intend to treat her like this?"

"Look at the watch on your wrist! Nan Nan gave it to you!"

"Do you really have no regard for your past together?"

Lu Jingchuan froze, his gaze falling on his wrist.

It was a crude watch, starkly contrasting his expensive attire.

I had given it to him when I was eighteen.

I personally placed it on his wrist, telling him, "This is from the money I earned working part-time. Promise me you'll cherish it."

Lu Jingchuan had smiled, patting my head, and solemnly promised, "Don't worry. I'll always wear it."

In those youthful days, he was vibrant and sincere with me.

Later, after my father's suicide, he took control of the Zhou family.

His personality changed drastically, and he burned everything I had given him, except for this watch. Perhaps out of habit, he kept it until now.

Now, with Shen Jin'an's words piercing like a blade, Lu Jingchuan felt a brief discomfort, quickly shattered by Song Wanwan's sobbing.

Song Wanwan cried, "Jingchuan, you still like Nan Nan, don't you? I knew it; she's your true wife!"

"If that's the case, just leave me alone! Let me die!"

Lu Jingchuan panicked. "How could that be? Zhou Nan is malicious and ignorant. Why would I like such a wretch?"

"I haven't divorced her only to find marrow to save you! Once you're well, we'll have our wedding immediately!"

"As for this watch... how could such an old trinket be worthy of my wrist?"

With that, he unclasped the watch and tossed it into the trash.

Years of memories tossed aside so easily, just like that night when I was in labor.

Shen Jin'an stumbled to find Lu Jingchuan, but he left the Zhou home without hesitation because Song Wanwan called, saying she was afraid of the dark.

An indescribable pain spread through my heart.

A twisted anticipation arose within me, eager to see Lu Jingchuan's reaction upon learning of my death.

Would he dismiss it with a sneer, or would he break down in tears?

Three days flew by.

Song Wanwan's condition worsened, and Lu Jingchuan grew increasingly anxious because I hadn't shown up.

That day, as Song Wanwan wept, she said to Lu Jingchuan, "Jingchuan, I'm pregnant too.

Is this child going to be okay?"

After soothing her with all his might, Lu Jingchuan spent the entire night in his study.

The next day, he stormed into his mother's hospital room, only to find someone had beaten him to it.

Song Wanwan was kneeling on the floor, tears streaming down her face. "You've known me since I was a child. How can you just watch me die?"

"Please, for the sake of my pregnancy, help me... "

His mother was visibly upset. "You're a liar! You're not sick, and you're not pregnant either... "

Watching this scene, I suddenly recalled events from six months ago.

Having spent many years with Lu Jingchuan, he had grown accustomed to my presence.

Our relationship wasn't always so fraught.

But countless times, Lu Jingchuan found Song Wanwan kneeling at my feet, pleading, "I really love Jingchuan, please let us be together!"

I became the villainous mistress, while Song Wanwan appeared as the victim.

Back then, Lu Jingchuan had slapped me without hesitation, calling me malicious and shameless.

Now, without a second thought, Lu Jingchuan barged in and shoved his mother aside.

"What are you doing, you old woman?!"

"No wonder you're that woman's mother; you're two of a kind!"

"Looks like stopping your medical support didn't teach you a lesson!"

His mother fell hard against the table, her forehead hitting the edge, blood flowing freely.

My heart ached terribly, tears streaming as I tried to help her.

But the living and the dead are worlds apart, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't touch her.

His mother looked at Lu Jingchuan with hatred. "For what you've done to me and my daughter, even in death, we won't forgive you!"

"Is that so?" Lu Jingchuan sneered, signaling his bodyguards who brought in a man bound and struggling.

The man was Shen Jin'an!

The bodyguards threw Shen Jin'an to the ground.

Lu Jingchuan placed his foot on Shen Jin'an's head.

Listening to Shen Jin'an's cries, Lu Jingchuan spoke slowly, "Isn't this man a lackey of the Zhou family?"

"You've upset me today. Maybe I should stew this dog first?"

His mother's expression changed instantly.

This was Shen Jin'an, as dear as a son to her!

"He's a doctor, right?" Lu Jingchuan's eyes shifted to Shen Jin'an's hands.

In the next moment, he picked up a dagger and stabbed it into Shen Jin'an's wrist.

Shen Jin'an screamed in agony!

"Remember, everything you're suffering today is because you helped Zhou Nan bully Wanwan. If Zhou Nan had shown up, you wouldn't have to endure this!"

Lu Jingchuan laughed triumphantly.

His mother, trembling, crawled towards him. "No!"

Her eyes reddened as she bit her lip and knelt down.

She was a traditional aristocratic lady, having lived a life of comfort, never having suffered like this.

When Lu Jingchuan came to the Zhou family, she treated him with utmost care.

But because of Lu Jingchuan, her family was ruined, her life turned upside down.

And now, she bent her proud back, trembling as she begged, "Lu Jingchuan, please, let us go. Let Nan Nan go!"

My tears had almost run dry.

Over and over, I cried out, "I'm sorry, Mom, I was wrong!"

I shouldn't have married Lu Jingchuan; I shouldn't have fallen in love with him!

But nothing could be undone. I could only watch as my mother wept and begged Lu Jingchuan for mercy.

Lu Jingchuan seemed taken aback but quickly sneered, "I'll spare you, but only if you meet my simple condition—just have Zhou Nan come out and donate bone marrow."

From the beginning, Song Wanwan had been hiding in the back, watching. Now, she sniffled and said, "Yes, Auntie, all I want is for Nan Nan to donate bone marrow for me. Although her child couldn't be saved, mine can be born safely."

"I'll even have my child recognize her as their honorary aunt!"

Before my wife was born, I had such high hopes.

I never expected everyone to think this child could be discarded so easily.

Alas, both I and my child have left this world!

That child won't have to see this ugliness!

Suddenly, Shen Jin'an began to laugh while lying on the ground: "Lu Jingchuan, even in the afterlife, Nan Nan can't find peace because of you!"

"You never believed she was dead, did you? I've been searching for proof these past few days."

"Now, open my phone. My colleague should have sent her electronic death certificate!"

Lu Jingchuan halted, suspiciously eyeing Shen Jin'an.

Seeing Shen Jin'an's confident demeanor, he scoffed, picked up Shen Jin'an's phone, unlocked it, and glanced at it.

With just one look, the cold and disdain on Lu Jingchuan's face vanished, replaced by shock and doubt.

The color drained from his lips, leaving them pale, and his body trembled slightly, as if he had seen something terrifying.

In the end, his hand shook, and the phone fell, shattering into pieces.

Lu Jingchuan's voice was filled with disbelief: "Impossible! How could this be—"

The death certificate on the phone screen was glaringly obvious.

Lu Jingchuan's eyes turned red, and he grabbed Shen Jin'an by the throat carelessly: "You forged this, didn't you? You're lying to me, aren't you?"

Shen Jin'an's breath was weak, but his face carried a mocking expression: "The seal on a death certificate can't be faked. Face the reality!"

"Nan Nan really is dead! She died during childbirth to bring your child into the world!"

Lu Jingchuan knew that forgery was impossible.

He just didn't want to believe it, didn't want to accept that the person who had always been by his side without complaint would never appear again.

"And the child... "

"My child, where is it?"

Lu Jingchuan took a few steps back, then, as if remembering something, suddenly raised his head and stared at Shen Jin'an.

Shen Jin'an's hand was still bleeding, but he didn't care to stand up and bandage it.

"That child is dead too! I buried the body myself!" Shen Jin'an cried and laughed, as if in a frenzy, "The child's body was so small, so cold... "

"He probably never expected his father to be such a cold and heartless person!"

I also remembered the child.

When I was just pregnant, Lu Jingchuan had gently stroked my belly, saying, "This child is destined for happiness."

But later, this eagerly anticipated child became tragically lost!

Lu Jingchuan seemed struck by lightning and couldn't help but step back a few paces.

Seeing the situation turn dire, Song Wanwan quickly grabbed Lu Jingchuan's sleeve, "Jingchuan, I'm also saddened by Nan Nan and her child's death. But don't forget, I'm pregnant too... "

Lu Jingchuan paused, his expression softened.

"Lu Jingchuan, this woman is a liar!"

"Everything she said is a deception! Whether it's about supporting you after your parents died or about being ill and pregnant!"

Shen Jin'an directed his fury towards Song Wanwan, his eyes blazing with anger.

Song Wanwan felt wronged and shed tears, "Jingchuan, don't you want to believe me?"

It had always been like this; whenever she cried, Jingchuan would stand by her unconditionally.

But this time, Lu Jingchuan's expression was uncertain.

He said, "We'll find out who is lying soon enough."