The Depths of Desperation

Cloud Plains Continent.

Within the courtyard of the Gu family estate, there exists a secluded, dimly-lit chamber.

“What are you doing? Let me go!” Gu Qingluan struggled desperately.

“Smack! Smack!” A series of sharp slaps shattered the stillness of the night, startling the birds perched on the trees.

“B * tch! Behave yourself!”

Her belly swelled as several stout elderly women pinned her down onto the bed, binding her limbs with coarse hemp ropes.

Emerging from the shadows, a strikingly beautiful woman approached, her eyes brimming with malevolence, fixated greedily upon the protruding stomach.

“I had intended to wait for your delivery, but alas, time is running out. Eight months… My divine child is on the verge of maturing.”

Gu Qingluan’s expression changed slightly. “What do you mean?”

She wanted to protect her abdomen, but her hands were tied.

looked at her with disdain. “Why do you think I provide you with food and shelter, and

for the fact that the bastard child in your womb contained divine power

“Was it the reason why you coaxed me to keep the

wanted to die along with this child. She did not want to keep it either. It was Gu Lingxue who comforted

who knew that Gu Lingxue had arranged food, accommodation, and servants for her because she wanted

regain her composure for an extended period. Gu Lingxue before her appeared so unrecognizable that it sent shivers

grown attached to it.

soft, pleading voice, she implored, “Second Sister, you must be mistaken. I beg you, release him! If only you

this

and urged her,” What are you waiting for?

midwife held a knife in her

hurt my child!” Gu Qingluan’s eyes were filled with

squeezed out a cold

“Ah!”

a shrill scream pierced through

eyes brimming with hatred. “You… If you dare to harm my child, I won’t spare you, even if I become

could finish her words, her

“Wah! Wah! Wah!”

that very moment, a loud cry of a

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