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My son and I are the darlings of the boss's heart.

After marriage, my husband wrapped his arm around my waist and said I was the woman he loved the most.

After our child was born, he announced to everyone that Chenchen would be his only heir.

I thought he treated me and our son like precious jewels.

Until after I blocked the 18th assassination attempt for him, I lost a leg and my son became blind in one eye.

I overheard his conversation with the butler: "I'm involved in both the underworld and legitimate business, with so many enemies. If I don't make her and Chenchen my weaknesses, how could Qingqing and her daughter be safe?"

"What if Madam and the Young Master find out?"

Zhou Xuan was silent, subconsciously stroking the wedding ring on his finger, his tone calm.

"Then never let them find out. Don't they just want a home? I will do my best to compensate them."

It was only at this moment that I realized, all the deep love was just an act.

And my son and I were merely used as living shields to block bullets for him...

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"Boss, Madam and the Young Master became permanently disabled to save you. Haven't you been touched by all they have done for you?"

Upon waking from unconsciousness, I heard Zhou Xuan and the butler conversing in French.

He responded in fluent French: "No matter how much they sacrifice for me, Qingqing and her daughter are all that's in my heart."

"What if Madam and the Young Master find out?"

Zhou Xuan was silent, subconsciously stroking the wedding ring on his finger.

"I've hidden it well, they will never know."

"I will let Chen Tian and Chenchen be Mrs. Zhou and Young Master Zhou for life."

I lay on the hospital bed, struggling to hold back tears, not letting them fall.

A biting chill made me shiver uncontrollably.

Zhou Xuan didn't know that Chenchen and I had learned French to understand him more.

Zhou Xuan is a decisive leader, so he has many enemies.

In seven years of marriage, Chenchen and I blocked 17 assassination attempts for him.

During the 18th time protecting Zhou Xuan, I lost a leg in an explosion, and Chenchen lost an eye.

Before I fell into a coma, Chenchen and I both thought, thankfully Zhou Xuan was unharmed.

We always believed he was the best husband and father in the world, but now it seems it was all a lie...

The tearing pain at the wound was nothing compared to the pain in my heart.

Blood tears ran from the corner of my son's closed eye on the nearby hospital bed.

Apparently, he had also heard the conversation just now.

I tried to move, but it caught Zhou Xuan's attention.

"Tiantian, when did you wake up?"

A trace of barely noticeable panic flashed in his eyes.

"Just woke up."

Hearing this, he visibly sighed in relief, gently stroking my face, his voice filled with post-crisis guilt.

"I'm sorry, once again you got hurt..."

The deep affection on his face didn't seem fake, and I couldn't see any flaws in every detail.

Before, when he said this, my son and I would have been moved to tears by his deep affection.

But this time, I just looked at him calmly.

Seeing my indifference, his gaze froze, seemingly unable to understand my sudden detachment.

I moved my body, and the stitches on my thigh opened up, instantly staining my clothes with blood.

"Tiantian, your injury hurts me more than my own."

He was fully focused on changing my bandages.

After changing my dressing, Zhou Xuan hurriedly left the room.

He left so urgently, he even forgot his phone.

Soon, a report came from the TV.

The top boss on the southern border, Zhou Xuan, was making a statement to the world.

"I, Zhou Xuan, will not allow anyone to bully my wife and children! No matter who the murderer is, I will hunt him down to the ends of the earth!"

His passionate speech defending his wife made me feel it was hypocritical, so I turned off the TV.

After collecting myself, I told Chenchen.

I want to take him away, as far from this home as possible.

Chenchen stared at me blankly, and tears suddenly flowed from his only remaining eye.

"Mom, has Dad never loved us?"

He hugged me tightly, letting the blood tears fall silently.

"Mom, I don't want to lose my other eye, and I don't want you to lose your other leg."

"Let's go, leave this place."