"You cheap girl, at such a young age, you got involved with a man, and even allowed a video of you to be posted online. Now, everyone is laughing at my daughter for being a loose woman; you’ve completely ruined my reputation."

"Just like mother, like daughter; you, Zheng Ying, are just as cheap as your mother, always stealing other's men."

"Sister, why are you so disappointing? You've been accepted into the prestigious 'A' University in America; so many people envy you because of this. But why would you destroy your promising future like this?"

"I, Zheng Haidong, don't have a shameless daughter like you; get out and never come back."

Having dreamt of the heartless moment when her father Zheng Haidong drove her out of the Zheng family, Zheng Ying suddenly woke up from a severe heartache.

She opened her eyes wide and looked around, only to find herself in the laboratory of 'A' University.

It was a weekend and the lab was empty. She had come back to finish the experiment she hadn’t completed yesterday. Perhaps because her child was growing larger, she felt increasingly exhausted and fell asleep in the midst of her work.

What she had dreamt just now was the incident that happened eight months ago.

Eight months ago, she went to a hotel to meet the man she likes, Gao Chang.

Later, she had no idea who spread her intimate video with Gao Chang online. Because of this, her reputation was ruined and she was driven out by her father...

"Zheng Ying!” Just as Zheng Ying was being pulled back into the memories she couldn't escape, a long-lost familiar voice suddenly echoed in her ear.

Following the direction of the voice, she saw Zheng Xueqi standing at the lab entrance.

They hadn't seen each other for eight months and Zheng Ying was very surprised: "Why are you here?"

Zheng Xueqi gave a sarcastic smirk, and tapping her way towards Zheng Ying in stilettos.

When Zheng Xueqi reached her, she looked down at Zheng Ying’s swollen belly and said contemptuously: "Why do you still hold onto this bastard child?"

Upon hearing the term "bastard", Zheng Ying's face was instantly filled with discontent: "Zheng Xueqi, please mind your manners!"

"Manners?" Zheng Xueqi gave a cold laugh, her words like a sharp knife, "Did your mother think to mind her manners when she stole my mother's man and gave birth to you, an illegitimate child?"

After finishing her sentence, Zheng Xueqi's gaze instantly turned cold, then with a strong push, she knocked over Zheng Ying, who was heavily pregnant.

Taken by surprise, Zheng Ying stumbled and fell.

A sudden intense pain shot through her lower abdomen, causing her to involuntarily scream out: "Ah..."

Zheng Xueqi ignored her pain, looking down at her with a condescending gaze: "Slut, do you know why I call him a bastard? Because his father is definitely not Gao Changlai."

Zheng Xueqi's words were slow and clear. Zheng Ying heard every word, but the pain was too intense, she wanted to stand up to retort but she couldn't.

She could only lay on the ground looking up at Zheng Xueqi, managing to weakly squeak out: "What are you talking about?"

Even though she had been trying to reach Gao Changlai by phone for the last eight months without success, she knew that the child was his.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have kept the baby.

"To be honest, that night eight months ago, it was me who used Gao Changlai's phone to send you a message to meet at the hotel. Gao Changlai had no idea, the man who slept with you was actually a gigolo I paid for!" Zheng Xueqi's eyes were filled with intense hatred, her face twisted with malice.

Zheng Ying couldn't believe it, her face turned even paler: "What are you saying?"

How could the child in her belly not be Gao Changlai's?

"You slut, didn't you get into University A? Weren't you the object of everyone's envy, even dad was impressed by you? I want to destroy your pride, ruin your reputation." After saying these words in excitement, Zheng Xueqi suddenly lifted her foot, wearing high heels, and stamped hard onto Zheng Ying's stomach.

"Ah..." A sharp pain spread from Zheng Ying's stomach, she couldn't help but scream out loud.

Meanwhile, she felt a viscous liquid trickling down her leg. Looking down, she was shocked to discover that her pure white thigh was smeared with fresh blood.

She knew that her child was in danger, so she hastily grabbed Zheng Xueqi's pant leg, pleading in a low voice, "Xueqi, I beg you, please spare me. No matter what, he is a life..."

Zheng Xueqi remained unmoved.

"Why should I? Back then, I nearly didn't graduate because of you, and you were accepted by A University? You stole my thunder and expect me to let you go? Dream on!"

With that, a cruel glint passed through Zheng Xueqi's eyes, and then she raised her high-heeled foot and stomped it hard onto Zheng Ying's belly.

"Ah..." Zheng Ying was so pained that her whole body convulsed. She couldn't help but scream out loud.

There was not a shred of sympathy in Zheng Xueqi's eyes, as she stomped hard again, "You lowlife, my mother was too soft-hearted back then to let a bastard like you be born."

The intense pain finally broke Zheng Ying.

With one last blink, she blacked out.

Seeing this, Zheng Xueqi's mouth curled into a poisonous cold smirk.

...

When Zheng Ying woke up again, she realized that she was in the hospital.

The strong smell of disinfectants entered her nostrils, and she slowly regained consciousness, while also feeling the pain in her body.

"Ying, you're awake?" Her best friend Su Xiao's voice echoed by her ear.

Zheng Ying looked over, saw the sorrowful expression on Su Xiao's face, and it reminded her of something. She then quickly lowered her head to look at her belly.

It was no longer raised as before but rather, became strikingly flat.

"Where is my child?" She asked while anxiously bouncing up from the bed.

Suxiao held her shoulders, speaking sorrowfully to her, "Ying, the child was stillborn. I'm sorry, I’m deeply upset too."

Boom. It felt as if lightning had torn Zheng Ying in two.

Panicked, she stared at Suxiao, "Xiao... are you lying to me?"

At the end of her words, tears welled up in her eyes.

She had devotedly carried him for eight months, every day she could feel his life. How could he possibly be gone just like that?

Seeing her in agony, Suxiao too began to shed tears, "Ying, I have no idea what happened. When I went to the lab to find you, I saw you lying on the ground covered in blood. I immediately dialled 911 to get you to the hospital for rescue, but the doctor missed the optimal time..."

Hearing this, Zheng Ying burst into uncontrollable tears.

"Bang!" She yanked whatever was on the bed and hurled it onto the floor, venting her pain.

"Zheng Xueqi, you wretched woman, you caused the death of my child, I won't let this go. Wait and see, one day, I'll make you pay in blood!"

Her outburst echoed in the entire hospital room, causing Suxiao to break out into a cold sweat.