Given the temperament of the Huo Family patriarch and the Huo Family’s prestige in G City, how could the police not show face?

Mu Derun might have to clean his backside and squat in jail for quite a while longer.

At this moment, Huo Zhenxuan’s palms were also covered in sweat.

The old scores of Mommy secretly harming the eldest brother were brought up by Mu Derun, and as soon as he returned, he was slapped twice by the old man, who grabbed his hair, hauled him upstairs, and locked him in the room used for confinement.

In his lifetime, the old man valued only two things the most, one was the Huo Group, and the other was the eldest brother.

And Mommy had meddled with both of these.

It seemed that this time the old man was truly angry and would not easily forgive Mommy.

And he, probably wouldn’t escape this disaster either!

He had planned to marry Mu Qingran, relying on the child in her belly to change his image of a prodigal son in the eyes of the old man. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

But who knew Mu Qingran had had such a tainted past!

Now... only if Mu Qingran gave birth to the child, there was a chance the old man might be a bit more lenient...

Perhaps seeing a newly born grandson might lighten the old man’s temper a bit?

Butler Ou had been by the phone the whole time, incessantly inquiring about the progress of Mu Qingran’s labor, ready to notify the Huo Family as soon as Mu Qingran gave birth.

Because Mu Qingran was premature and had been pushed and fallen to the ground by Mu Derun, causing heavy bleeding, she was undergoing a Cesarean section.

Finally, Butler Ou’s footsteps came from beside the phone in the living room, breaking the silence of the room!

"Master——" Butler Ou set down the phone for the last time, his voice shaking with sweat pouring off his head.

"Has she given birth?" Huo Zhenxuan leapt up from the sofa at once. This was their only hope now!

Huo Tianpei also lifted his head, looking at Butler Ou with some nervousness.

Although the old man was extremely hateful towards Yao Zhenru and had no more fondness for Mu Qingran at the moment, he was still expectant of this long-awaited grandson.

Butler Ou’s face was incomprehensibly complex: "Master, eldest young master, second young master, Miss Mu has just given birth to a child, but because the bleeding still won’t stop, it was necessary to remove the womb. She won’t be able to have children anymore..."

"What about the child? Is it a boy or a girl?" Huo Tianpei paused for a moment but was more concerned about the grandchild, his voice becoming excited.

It was a simple question to answer, yet Butler Ou hesitated: "It is... a boy..."

A smile appeared on Huo Tianpei’s face: "It’s a boy?"

Jiayi could see that the old man’s joy was overwhelming, unstoppable. After all, what Mu Qingran had just given birth to was the Huo Family’s own grandson.

Perhaps, due to this child, the old man would soften his heart and spare Yao Zhenru!

Unexpectedly, Butler Ou had not finished speaking, he faltered: "Yes, a boy, but..."

Huo Tianpei’s smile faded, anxiety taking over: "But what?"

Finally, Butler Ou bit the bullet and no longer kept it back: "The infant is— he was born deformed, with disabilities all over, and before he could even be placed in the incubator, he— he had already passed away!"

Everyone present was startled! Deformed?! Died at birth?

The servants initially thought Mu Qingran was fortunate amidst misfortune, since she at least had borne a boy before her uterus was removed. Even if she couldn’t have more children, at least she still had one.

Now, not only was the uterus gone, but the child too?

For a woman, this was nothing short of catastrophic!

Even if an ordinary family had a deformed baby, neighbors would inevitably gossip behind their backs. Not to mention the prestigious Huo Family.

Huo Zhenyang’s face darkened before he finally spoke up and decisively ordered, "Zixun, tell the midwife to conceal the deformity of the infant to prevent the media from finding out and making a fuss over it!"

At the doorway, Lin Zixun immediately nodded and went to handle the matter.

Huo Tianpei’s adam’s apple moved as he looked towards Huo Zhenyang, a flash in his eyes.

It was only at this moment that he realized the true pillar of this family, the one most reliable, was the eldest son.

With this in mind, he glared fiercely once more at the second young master.

Huo Zhenxuan involuntarily drew a breath of cold air, bowing his head guiltily.

Remembering something else, Huo Tianpei’s heart tightened as he looked at the butler, "Why was that child... deformed?"

The butler glanced at Huo Zhenxuan and answered truthfully, "According to the doctor, it might still be because the second young master and Miss Mu are relatives, albeit distant ones. Nonetheless, there’s still a certain degree of blood relation. Normally, if separated by several generations, the blood relations are distant enough that it wouldn’t matter. But it results in a greater chance of birth defects compared to ordinary couples. It just so happened that their genes clashed together this time, leading to the malformed fetus."

"Heh, what a tragedy, a miserable tragedy," Huo Tianpei once again threw a scathing look at Huo Zhenxuan, suddenly feeling a twinge of pain in his chest.

Fearing the old master’s chronic condition was acting up, the butler rushed forward, massaging the old master’s back, which made him feel better, then supported him up the stairs.

————×××————

Under the scorching sun, at the entrance of the top-ranked Cixin Private Hospital in G City.

A few burly guards stood at the entrance, speaking down to a disheveled Mu Qingran at the steps, "The director said you need to leave now!"

Mu Qingran’s face was pale, her thinness and weakness a result of just having given birth. She could not believe it, "I just gave birth a few days ago, on what grounds are you forcing me to leave! I am to be the future second lady of the Huo Family... I am your most esteemed guest, what right do you have to kick me out..."

"Hehe, Miss Mu, do you think your marriage with the Huo Family’s second son will still go on? Even us, who didn’t attend the wedding ceremony, have heard about your past deeds. The Huo Family would rather accept a beggar from the streets as their daughter-in-law than accept you."

"It was the Huo Family who called to inform us that you need to move out immediately. The old master of the Huo Family said they won’t cover your hospitalization costs anymore. You know our Cixin Hospital is a private hospital for the wealthy; you should know how much it costs per day, right? Do you really think you can afford it?"

Mu Qingran was stunned, realizing that her influence had already waned, "...I just gave birth to the child of the Huo Family’s second son... how could the Huo Family be so heartless... no..."

The guards frowned, having seen plenty of women who tried to climb the social ladder through pregnancy.

These kinds of women were mostly met with disdain and loathing by the public.

A guard sneered contemptuously, unable to resist a malicious jab, "Miss Mu, have you forgotten? The child was already problematic at birth, a deformed baby, covered in ailments and disabilities, and died as soon as it was born! Maybe you should go back to the Huo Family’s second son and try to have another, see if you can still marry into wealth by relying on your belly!"

Mu Qingran collapsed to the ground, her hand slipping, her face a picture of misery as she came to a realization!

Yes, that’s right... the child was gone.

Enduring the excruciating pains of childbirth, this infant, who carried Mu Qingran’s shame and her hopes, was born without a chance to cry...

Then, the child was taken away by the midwife...

Afterward, she heard the news that the child was already dead.