Mother Mo frowned: "How can what has happened be erased? You overestimate me. Begging me won't help. I've driven my own son to this point, so I won't waver over an unborn embryo. You're still young. Take the money and do something else; you might have a better future. Don't be so stubborn and end up losing both your money and your son."

Li Zhenzhen shook her head, crying, begging her not to pressure her anymore. Mo's mother got up and left, giving her three days to consider.

During those three days, Li Zhenzhen took out the check many times and then put it back. She got up early and went to bed late every day, wanting to see Mo Qing more, wanting to confront him, and hoping that he would not mind her past.

But Mo Qing was very tired. She would just grab the breakfast she made in the morning and leave. When she got home at night, she would work overtime. She would fall asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed, and her brows would be furrowed even when she was asleep.

This Mo Qing is quite different from the Mo Qing they first met, who was relaxed and always had a deep smile on her face.

Three days passed and Li Zhenzhen still hadn't made a decision. Mo's mother called, and Li Zhenzhen asked her for another week, which the other party agreed to.

A week passed, and Li Zhenzhen still hadn't given Mo's mother an answer. Mo's mother was furious and gave Li Zhenzhen an ultimatum.

Li Zhenzhen had actually already planned to leave. Although she fantasized that Mo Qing would not care about her past, she never truly believed in such a fantasy.

She kept delaying, simply because she craved Mo Qing's tenderness.

She wrote a very resolute breakup letter and left it for Mo Qing. Then she went out alone, thinking that if Mo Qing came to find her, she would have to hold on a little longer.

But not long after she left home, she was kidnapped and taken to an abandoned building, where she experienced the darkest moment of her life.

The checks were also stolen by those people. After she tidied herself up, she received a call from Mo's mother: "This is just a small lesson for you. If you appear in front of Mo Qing again, I will show you my true methods."

Li Zhenzhen was filled with pain, hatred, and fear. She ran back to find Mo Qing, only to see Mo Qing get into the car with her mother and drive away, never to return.

She could only find a place to recuperate alone, covered in wounds. Once she was old enough to be seen in public, she returned to her parents with only a backpack and no money.

At first, everything was fine, but then she found out she was pregnant, and she had no idea who the father of the child was. Her family's attitude changed, and everything started to become uglier.

In Li Zhenzhen's words, she of course did not mention the things that Mo's mother found out about her dark history, because Mo's mother was already dead, and she had promised herself that she would not reveal all of this.

When did she agree? It was after Li Zhenzhen gave birth and recovered that she took her child and went to this woman because she needed money; what she had brought from the Li family wasn't enough.

Li Zhenzhen laughed and questioned her, "You're really ruthless! After all, I'm your son's woman, and to separate me from him, you didn't hesitate to have a pregnant woman gang-raped. Look, I gave birth to your granddaughter. Tell me, can your son and you face this little life?"

Mo's mother's face instantly turned pale. Looking at the child in Li Zhenzhen's arms, she explained with a pale face, "I didn't hire anyone to gang rape you. I just had them scare you. Besides, I never told Mo Qing anything about your past. In his heart, you are still a good girl."

Good girl? How ridiculous. He really gave up on her with just a breakup letter. Li Zhenzhen was extremely disappointed in Mo Qing.

Looking at the shocked, regretful, and pained expression on Mo's mother's face, Li Zhenzhen felt a surge of pleasure. The newborn Li Ke was extremely beautiful, and she bet that Mo's mother might be fooled by her. Or perhaps she was being deceived; maybe Li Ke was indeed Mo Qing's child? That was what Li Ke was thinking at the time.

With trembling lips, Mo's mother asked, "What do you want?"

Li Zhenzhen: "Give me and my child a legitimate identity."

Mother Mo's expression hardened: "Impossible. Mo Qing is already engaged. The woman's status is a perfect match for our Mo family. It's impossible for her to break off the engagement. They are also people you can't afford to offend. You've arrived too late. Zhenzhen, what's done is done. My apologies are useless. State your conditions, and I will try my best to meet them."

At the time, Li Zhenzhen felt that Mo's mother was extremely hypocritical, and her refusal was expected: "Fifty million, I want fifty million."

Mother Mo: "I can only give you 20 million of my earnings right now, and that's all I can give you. In addition, you will have to raise this child."

Li Zhenzhen, holding the child, said, "Why should I give her to you? You forced her parents to separate and even let people bully her mother. What face do you have to raise her?"

Faced with such a rebuttal, Mo's mother felt a pang of pain in her chest. The child was indeed adorable, but she was truly ashamed to face him.

Moreover, Mo Qing is about to get married, so even if the child is brought back to the Mo family, he cannot acknowledge the child as his own.

"I can only give you 20 million. It's not easy for you as a woman raising a child alone. Leave her to me, and I will find a way to raise her into an outstanding child."

Li Zhenzhen found it grating: "What kind of child is considered outstanding? Someone who is different from her mother? No need. I want thirty million. Twenty million is what you owe me, and ten million is what you owe this child. And my past, you can never tell Mo Qing. After all, I am the mother of his child, and we must maintain our dignity."

Mo's mother tried again to get the child, but seeing Li Zhenzhen's firm attitude, she finally agreed to a compensation of 30 million yuan and promised not to reveal Li Zhenzhen's past.

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