Inside a two-story villa on the outskirts of town.
A woman crouched in a corner of the room, her face gaunt, her eyes swollen red, and her body so thin she was all bones. She wore a white nightgown, but looked like a skeleton.
Her hands were constantly on her abdomen, caressing it gently, her expression a little dazed.
"Be good, baby, be good. When you're born, Mommy can enter the Jin family."
"You, you'll be an heir to the Jin family too."
"Hehe..."
She spoke while smiling, her voice weak, tinged with a bit of grievance and intoxication. She looked like a pitiful madwoman.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, lightly lifting a corner of the curtains.
A sliver of outside light shone in.
The woman trembled as if burned by the light, shaking her head incessantly, muttering something.
"No, don't..."
"Don't hurt my baby... Su Ding... Don't!"
Her voice weakened, then softened, gradually turning into screams, into roars. Her hands tore at her nightgown, satisfying her violent urges.
The woman panted violently, dragging her tired, heavy body, and ran to the window.
She pressed down hard on the corner of the curtain that had been lifted by the wind.
But the moment she stood there, she suddenly saw a figure outside the villa getting out of a car.
That face!
That person!
The woman's pupils dilated in shock, her heart pounding violently, her entire body trembling. Goosebumps erupted all over her skin. She opened her mouth wide, letting out a hoarse gasp.
"Su Ding!"
As if seeing the harbinger of death, she stumbled back two steps in terror.
In her panic, she bumped into the leg of the bed, instantly getting a bruise on her leg. But she didn't care, like a trapped beast, she searched for her hiding place.
Finally, she squeezed into the gap between the wardrobe and the wall.
Holding her breath, she stared intently at the bedroom door, her bloodshot eyes filled with fear and unease.
On the other side.
Su Ding greeted the person watching Shao Lin, and a maid led her towards the second floor.
"Miss Su, Shao Lin's condition is very bad."
"The fetus is in danger of miscarriage at any moment. The doctor's medicine, she takes it sometimes, and sometimes she doesn't."
The maid whispered, feeling some sympathy and pity for Shao Lin.
A young girl, whose stomach was made big by the young master of the Jin family, without any status, living here numbly as if in prison.
The maid felt heartache just watching her. If it were her own daughter, she would bring her home no matter what.
Sigh.
These past few months, Shao Lin's mental state had become increasingly tense, almost to the brink of collapse.
Every time the maid went in to deliver food, it was as if someone was trying to harm her. The last time, she had gotten too close and Shao Lin had almost bitten her.
But she didn't blame her, this girl had been through too much, sigh.
However, as a maid hired by the Jin family, she had to be responsible for the Jin family's orders. The Miss Su Ding before her was the young master of the Jin family's official wife.
She did look much prettier than Shao Lin. She didn't know why the young master of the Jin family still got involved with Shao Lin...
What a sin.
Su Ding, of course, did not know the maid's inner thoughts. She simply said, "Take me to see her."
Her voice held no sympathy, even a hint of coldness.
Even sensitive people could detect a hint of malice in that sentence.
"Yes, Miss Su Ding."
The maid nodded respectfully and led the way.
Upon reaching a room on the second floor, the maid took a key from her pocket, inserted it into the lock, and turned it gently.
The sound almost made Shao Lin's heart leap out of her chest!
It was as if a devil was approaching!
She clutched her chest, staring intently at the door.
Creak—
The door opened.
Into the dark, enclosed room, a figure walked in.