Finally, he arrived before her. She reached out her hand eagerly, but he didn't stop when he reached her side. Instead, he smiled and continued to walk forward.
He stopped in front of another woman also wearing a wedding dress. She recognized that woman; it was Lin Qiutong...
No, impossible!
Shen Chiyan, your bride is here. How can you hold Lin Qiutong's hand?
Shen Chiyan, holding Lin Qiutong's hand, strode past her and towards the center of the stage. Lin Qiutong turned her head to look at her and said to her provocatively and triumphantly, "Song Qinian, you lost. You're a loser."
She wished she could tear Lin Qiutong's face apart. She wanted to rush forward and separate them, to tell Shen Chiyan that he had the wrong person, that she was his wife, his bride.
But her feet felt bound by something, and she couldn't move at all.
She wanted to shout, but her mouth couldn't utter a sound.
Yes, she was mute. No matter how wide she opened her mouth, no matter how hysterical she was, she couldn't speak.
"Niannian, don't be sad. Daddy will always be with you."
Daddy's voice suddenly reached her ears. She suddenly realized, yes, she still had family.
She turned to look at her father. Suddenly, she saw blood flowing from her smiling father's eyes, mouth, and nostrils. "Niannian, you must be happy."
...
Song Qinian suddenly woke up and realized that everything that had just happened was a nightmare.
She was drenched in sweat, with dense beads of perspiration on her forehead and the tip of her nose.
Subconsciously, she reached out to wipe it away when her wrist was suddenly grabbed with great force. She saw Li Junshen's gloomy and fearful handsome face.
His eyes seemed as if they wanted to devour her. She was startled and instinctively tried to pull her hand away, but Li Junshen held on tightly, not letting go.
The next second, she heard him grit out through clenched teeth, "Do you know you're pregnant?"
Li Junshen's words made Song Qinian's mind go blank.
Pregnant?
She was pregnant?
She was carrying Shen Chiyan's child?
Before she could react, Li Junshen's sinister voice sounded again, "Very good. It seems you don't know. Drink this bowl of medicine!"
Li Junshen brought a bowl to Song Qinian. Song Qinian looked at the dark medicine juice in the bowl and suddenly came back to her senses. She retreated backward violently, but Li Junshen pulled her arm, not letting her escape at all.
"This child is not opportune. I will not allow you to give birth to Shen Chiyan's child. Drink this bowl of medicine, and it will be as if this child never existed."
No!
Song Qinian shook her head in terror, trying desperately to dodge backward.
Li Junshen, while still possessing a shred of patience, gently persuaded Song Qinian, "If you want a child, we can have as many as you want in the future. But this child cannot stay!"
When Song Qinian heard Li Junshen talking about aborting the child, her first thought wasn't about Shen Chiyan, but that she had to keep this child.
It had nothing to do with Shen Chiyan. This was her child. She would absolutely not let her child disappear before it could even see the world.
Seeing Song Qinian's resistance, Li Junshen's expression became even more unpleasant. "I had Zhou Luot trace prepare this medicine without harming your body. If you don't cooperate, I will have him perform surgery to remove this child."
Li Junshen was determined to kill this child. Song Qinian had no choice and kicked him fiercely. This kick completely enraged Li Junshen.
"Sophia, hold her down for me!"
Sophia obeyed Li Junshen very well. She immediately walked around the foot of the bed and held Song Qinian down on the bed.
Sophia held down Song Qinian's hands, and Li Junshen's legs pressed down on Song Qinian's legs. He brought the medicine to Song Qinian's lips.
Song Qinian shook her head in terror, looking at the medicine in the bowl as if it were a deadly poison. Her tears fell like broken pearls.
Her tear-filled eyes were full of pleading. She hoped Li Junshen would spare her child.
But Li Junshen's words extinguished her last shred of hope. "Be good. As long as you drink it, we'll start over."
Song Qinian's pleading expression instantly turned into intense hatred. She glared fiercely at Li Junshen, her eyes seeming to say that if he killed her child, she would find any means to kill him!
He should never expect her to forgive him in this lifetime.
However, Li Junshen showed no hesitation. He seemed determined to kill Shen Chiyan's child and directly poured the medicine towards Song Qinian's mouth.
Song Qinian kept her lips tightly shut, refusing to open them. The medicine juice spilled onto Song Qinian's clothes and the pillow. Li Junshen grabbed Song Qinian's chin and forced her mouth open.
Song Qinian struggled constantly, her eyes filled with despair and tears.
No...
Don't...
Why are they doing this to her? What did she do wrong to encounter this lunatic!
The child is innocent!
Just as Li Junshen was about to pour the medicine into Song Qinian's mouth, her body seemed to erupt with a surge of immense energy. She opened her mouth and shouted, "NO!!!"
Li Junshen suddenly stopped, looking at Song Qinian in disbelief. "Niannian... you... did you just speak?"
Song Qinian seized the opportunity while Li Junshen was stunned and Sophia was also surprised. She violently broke free from Sophia's grasp and pushed Li Junshen away.
She jumped off the bed and ran towards the door without regard for anything else. Her room was on the second floor, and she ran down the stairs...
However, due to unstable footing and her panicked fear, she didn't notice and tumbled down the stairs.
"Niannian!!!"
Behind her was Li Junshen's heart-wrenching cry. After rolling to the first floor, Song Qinian couldn't move at all. She felt something flowing from her lower body and desperately touched her abdomen.
Baby, Mom can't keep you, can she!?
When Li Junshen rushed downstairs and picked up Song Qinian, he discovered she was bleeding. He roared at Sophia, "Go quickly! Call that coward Zhou Luot over here!"
Zhou Luot had followed Li Junshen and Song Qinian to Moon Island long ago, but he felt guilty towards Song Qinian and had therefore not dared to appear before her.
Zhou Luot saw Song Qinian's pale face, looking as if she could meet the King of Hell at any moment, and frowning, he said to Li Junshen, "Didn't you say you were going to use the gentlest method to make her miscarry? How did it end up like this?"
"Stop the nonsense! Quickly check how she is!"
Zhou Luot took out his instruments and quickly examined her. Then, wiping the sweat from his forehead, he breathed a sigh of relief. "She's fine, just showing signs of miscarriage, but the child is still there..."
Song Qinian was unconscious. At this moment, aborting the child in her womb would be as easy as flipping a hand.
Zhou Luot glanced at Li Junshen. "Seeing how fiercely Song Qinian resisted, if you really aborted her child, she would probably fight you to the death. But if I were you, I wouldn't keep this child either. So, this difficult task is yours!"