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"Despicable!" she squeezed out two words through clenched teeth.

Tang Shuwen's face remained expressionless. His usual good temper had no effect in front of Chen Xueru. As long as he achieved his goals, that's all that mattered.

How he did it, the process—he didn't care.

He was well aware of where Chen Xueru's Achilles' heel lay.

It was the child.

Even if it meant her death, she would not leave her child.

Chen Xueru broke free from him, and it was only now that she realized the Tang Shuwen, who had been cruel to her, was not the devil. It was he who forced her to separate from her child that was truly cruel. How could she ever part from her child?

Absolutely not.