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,

the bastard child in your womb contained divine power and could be used to refine pills to increase my cultivation,

widened in shock. “Was it the reason why

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

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

Qingluan remained in a daze, unable to regain her composure for an extended period. Gu Lingxue before her appeared so

grown attached to it. She understood that escape was futile today, but

I beg you, release him! If only you would set him free, I would

this

midwife and urged

The midwife held a knife in her hand and

Gu Qingluan’s eyes were filled with despair and

face squeezed

“Ah!”

shrill scream pierced through

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

words, her

“Wah! Wah! Wah!”

moment, a loud cry of

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