"Huaisheng, how could you say such a thing?" Ruan Wanyi shivered uncontrollably. "You used to be such a gentle and approachable person, especially Jiang Cheng. He grew up with you and always helped you. How could you say something like killing him..."

"But thinking about it, it makes sense. You're capable of taking your grandson's life, what else wouldn't you do? You're no longer the Zhan Huaisheng I knew. Now, you're so selfish that you'll use and sacrifice anything..."

“Wanyi, I don’t deny that I’ve changed, so no matter how you humiliate me, I will accept it calmly.”

"I didn't mean to humiliate you. No matter what you become, you're still my husband and Jingting's father," Ruan Wanyi said sadly. "I just want to know what made you become like this!"

“Wanyi, ever since I can remember, I’ve lived in the nightmare of dying at thirty. I’m constantly thinking about how to keep myself alive,” Zhan Huaisheng sighed. “I took over the Zhan Group when I was eighteen. I had the money to research my illness. I spared no expense, searching the world for all sorts of folk remedies. As long as it could keep me alive, I would do anything!”

"But fate was unkind to me, and there was no progress until I was twenty-eight years old. My medical team took a risky approach and decided to use high-tech equipment to cleanse my bone marrow in an attempt to prolong my life. But this was very risky. I would not only have to endure unbearable pain, but there was also no guarantee of success."

“I hesitated and didn’t do it immediately. It wasn’t until the following year, when I could no longer bear the pain caused by the genetic disease and felt like I was living a life worse than death, that I finally made up my mind.”

Ruan Wanyi was in tears. "The following year, the year you passed away."

"Yes, I went to have my bone marrow cleansed without telling you. During the first cleansing, I couldn't take it and almost died in the ward. I barely survived, but I found that my skin had aged at least ten years!"

"The medical team said that this is one of the unpredictable long-term consequences, and the condition could very well worsen if treatment continues."

"Wanyi, I don't want you to see me aging rapidly. I don't want to one day look like your father, or even your grandfather!"

"So I thought of faking my death. I arranged a car accident, found someone with a similar build to me, bribed the forensic doctor, and the accident disfigured that person's face. The forensic doctor identified me, so in everyone's eyes, I just had a breakdown while driving and then crashed and died. I went abroad, found a place to hide and get treatment, and lived a life of barely surviving, all so that one day I could be cured of this damn disease and return to you and Jingting's side!"

Ruan Wanyi was crying so hard she couldn't speak.

Qiao Wanwan held Eleven in her arms, lost in thought.

Suddenly, a deep, cold voice slowly rang out, "But you've already become paranoid."

Everyone turned to look at Zhan Jingting.

The man looked at Zhan Huaisheng expressionlessly, "You've been watching me in the dark, and you knew I found the Ghost Hand Doctor, so you kidnapped him. The affair between me and Wanwan was also your doing."

“Jing Ting, did you say it? I’ve been watching you all along.” Zhan Huaisheng frankly admitted, “I did take the Ghost Hand Doctor away, but what happened between you and Qiao Wanwan was an accident.”

"The medical team proposed the concept of blood transfusion for rebirth, using the blood of someone related to me to give me a new life. But the premise is that it must be the blood of a newborn child, because even if a newborn child has a genetic disease, it is not that serious, and it may be possible to suppress it."

"So I secretly found Wen Ru. Because of your second uncle, she hated the Wen family and her heart had become twisted. I persuaded her a little, and she became determined to take revenge. I helped her take revenge, and she was willing to do things for me."

"That night, Wen Ru secretly arranged for you to have a relationship with Wen Xue, so that Wen Xue would get pregnant. Once the child was born, Wen Ru would immediately bring it to me."

"I just didn't expect that everything would get out of control. You had a relationship with Qiao Wanwan, and Wen Xue had a relationship with the man that Qiao Yuqi arranged for Qiao Wanwan."

"Qiao Wanwan became pregnant soon and was kept in a suburban villa by the Qiao family to await childbirth. The midwife who took care of her was my person. After she gave birth, she used a dead child to steal the baby and successfully switched the baby out."

"What I didn't expect was that Jiang Cheng actually lied to me. Qiao Wanwan clearly gave birth to twins, but he only gave me one child!"

Qiao Wanwan frowned. "The child you're giving him is Eleven?"

"Yes, after Eleven was brought here, his blood was tested immediately. Unfortunately, his blood was unusable. At this time, Wen Xue also gave birth. She always thought she was carrying Jing Ting's child, but the baby was stillborn. So Wen Ru suggested that Eleven be raised by Wen Xue. If he recovered one day, he could donate blood to me. I agreed."

Qiao Wanwan suddenly realized, "So that's how Eleven got to Wen Xue's side, so Wen Xue actually had no idea that she had given birth to a stillborn child."

“Exactly. Wen Xue is simple-minded and completely controlled by Wen Ru, so it’s impossible for her to know the truth.” Zhan Huaisheng looked at Qiao Wanwan. “I must say, you are a very remarkable girl. You actually managed to cure Eleven’s illness.”

Qiao Wanwan said coldly, "He is my son, and I am willing to give my life for him. But you, as his grandfather, actually want to use his life to save your own. Don't you think you are being too selfish?"

“Young man, you have no right to criticize me if you haven’t tasted my suffering.” Zhan Huaisheng smiled faintly and said, “When I endure pain every day but cannot control the aging of my skin, when I can only hide in the darkness and have no name, what do I have to worry about?”

"I'll just pretend I'm dead. I have no friends, no family. As long as I can live, I'm willing to sacrifice anything and use anything!"

“You’re terrifying…” Qiao Wanwan said, “I believe that Mom and Jingting also want you to live, but it’s definitely not based on hurting your loved ones. Your life is precious, and so is Eleven’s life. He’s so young, his life has just begun, and I will never let anyone hurt him!”

Zhan Huaisheng looked at Zhan Jingting, "Jingting, do you also choose your son over your father, just like your mother?"

“You’re so smart, how come you don’t understand? You can have more sons, one or two, you can keep having them, but you only have me as your father!”

“Jingting, you were not even ten years old when I left. I know you didn’t have deep feelings for me, but I was still your father!” “And did I cling to life for so many years just for myself? I did it for you too! As long as your father can live, you can live in the same way! Both of us can escape the nightmare of hereditary diseases!”