In a state of utter panic, Ye Lu could only desperately cling to the iron railing on the corner of the stairs.

She turned her head to see Shang Jingchen’s ferocious face, her heart gripped by utter terror.

"Let go." Shang Jingchen forcefully tried to pry her hand loose, ruthlessly wrenching her fingers.

But Ye Lu clung on for dear life, despite his efforts scraping her palms bloody, she held on with every ounce of strength she had.

"You lunatic, Shang Jingchen, let me go! Have you lost all humanity? How could you be so cruel?" Ye Lu sobbed uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face, her despair at its peak.

He was actually trying to kill her child. Why were all the men she encountered so heartless and callous, hurting her relentlessly, pushing her to the brink?

She hated them, she hated them to death!

With savage cruelty, Shang Jingchen forced her fingers open. The brutal force dislocated one of her fingers, but ignoring the pain, she clawed back onto the railing, her efforts causing drops of blood to ooze from her palm.

"Help, help, someone save me!" she screamed hopelessly. But this place was too far from the conference hall. No one usually came to this secluded stairwell.

Only her voice, filled with absolute agony, echoed throughout the stairwell, the height of helplessness and despair.

"Who do you think will come to your rescue? Gu Yan? He’s already discarded you. Third Young Master Jun? He despises you now. Heh, weren’t you supposed to be so incredibly charming? You’ve seduced one man after another. Yet, not one of them has come to protect you," sneered Shang Jingchen.

"Because you are lowly, having done so many evil things, it’s only fitting that you face your comeuppance today. Tell me, was it you who harmed my grandfather?"

With tears streaming down her face, Ye Lu glowered at him, sneering with hatred.

"You deserve to be manipulated by a woman for your entire life. One day when you’re dead and in the underworld, your grandfather will personally tell you the truth!"

Shang Jingchen’s face darkened: "Already on death’s door, and still as defiant."

He tried to pull her shoulders, but she was immovable as a rock, her delicate hands clinging onto the railing, bloody but unyielding.

"You think that by doing this, you’ll be able to protect your child? If you keep this up, your hands will be useless," Shang Jingchen suddenly let go of her.

"Even if my hands break, I won’t let go. You people will never understand what true love is. It’s unconditional love and protection. You’re right, no man is willing to protect me because no one truly loves and cares for me. But I’m willing to protect my child at all costs because I love them. Even to the last, I want to be with them."

She cried heartily, even if everyone was out to harm her, at this moment, she still had her child. Perhaps the next moment they would be taken away from her, but for now, she still had this moment.

"You think you can gain sympathy by playing the victim?" Shang Jingchen became even angrier, "I don’t even need to push you down, a single kick can kill your child."

He lifted his foot.

Ye Lu shuddered, her heart filling with nothing but despair and rage.

"You would even attack a pregnant woman, I didn’t think you had it in you!" A cold gun barrel pressed against Shang Jingchen’s temple. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"How can I compete with your ruthlessness? She wouldn’t be in this situation if you hadn’t outed her pregnancy. Third Young Master Jun, you cause harm only to play the savior. Being a messiah isn’t so easy."

Today’s update ends here, the storm needs to come even more fiercely before everything can take a drastic turn!