Chapter 165: The Old Lady Wants to Kill the Young Lady

Xia Shiying glanced at her husband. "You were young and impulsive at that time, I was afraid you wouldn't be able to contend with Song Zhengming."

"I suspect that my dismissal from the ballet and even my mother's death were related to him," Xia Shiying's eyes reddened. "He wanted to corner me into submission."

"If it weren't for Zhendong, I might have died a long time ago. He gave my mother a proper burial, stayed with me during the hardest times, and even married me knowing that I was pregnant with another man's child, despite tearing his relationship with his mother apart."

"He loved me wholeheartedly, loved my child, and always treated Xiao Mu as his own son, so, Ling Yongan, what right do you have now to come forward and acknowledge your son?"

"I'm sorry," Ling Yongan said, his arms hanging weakly by his sides as he sighed. "My father threatened me with your life, that's why I married someone else. By the time I was free and came looking for you, you had already left."