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."