"So, you're so eager to get into my bed? Hmm? Since you're so keen, I'll oblige you."

His deep and dangerous voice echoed in her ears. The man's large figure bore down on her, his searing body felt as if it would scorch her the next second.

No! It wasn't like that, I didn't...

Lu Bei tried her best to shout out these words, but she couldn't make a sound. She was like a boiled noodle, the more she struggled, the weaker she became.

Her clothes were roughly torn apart. His kiss descended violently and domineering as if he intended to devour her bones and all.

Lu Bei's breath hitched, and she abruptly opened her eyes, still haunted by the aggressive intrusion and possession of the man.

It was only then that she realized she was in her room.

Why did she have this dream again?!

She just turned 18, still a high school student not yet having taken the college entrance exams, why was she having such messed-up dreams?

Moreover, if she were to have such a dream, it should be with her boyfriend. How could she dream of such a domineering and violent stranger?

Lu Bei fiercely knocked her own head, trying to expel this absurd dream from her mind.

She had already received the acceptance letter from the Imperial Capital University.

She could go to the same university as Lin Feng, studying the major she loved the most. They had even planned to get married after graduation...

Her life was destined to be promising and bright.

Two months later.

"Congratulations, ma'am, your eight-week-old fetus is very healthy!"

She's pregnant.

The moment she found out, she was shocked beyond belief, even doubting if she had heard correctly.

How could she be pregnant?

She and Lin Feng had always been respectful in their relationship, only progressing to holding hands and hugging.

She's not the Virgin Mary; she couldn't possibly conceive by herself.

Unfortunately, no one gave her the chance to explain. Ignoring her pleas, Lin Feng pushed her away and walked out.

Her father slapped her in his rage, wishing he could kill her on the spot.

Still reeling from shock, several women she had never met before barged into her room, roughly dragged her downstairs, and shoved her into a car.

No matter how much she begged or screamed, it was to no avail. No one paid her any attention.

For the following seven months, she was confined in a small house on the outskirts.

She tried everything to miscarry the baby, to escape, but all in vain.

It wasn't until she gave birth to the child, with all her might, that her stepmother He Fen and stepsister Lu Wan, dressed in their opulent gear, showed up in front of her.

He Fen, in her little lambskin high heels, entered the cramped sickroom, followed by a nurse carrying a crying, hungry baby.

That was her child.

Even when still in the womb, the child suffered from under-nourishment, coupled with premature birth, it was not much bigger than a baby chick, and its cry was even quieter than a kitten's.

Even so, Lu Bei, who was lying on the hospital bed as if death itself, heard it. She was numbed from pain and exhausted to the limit. Suddenly, a sharp pain arose in her body, making her fingers move involuntarily.

She turned her head, trying her best to look, murmuring, "My child, my child."

All she saw was He Fen nodding at the nurse, and the nurse turning her back to walk away.

"Child! Give me back my child! Give it back to me!" As she saw her child being taken away, she abruptly sat up on the bed like a sudden burst of light, and quickly got down. With a tearing voice, she shouted out loud.

Lu Wan felt disturbed, frowning and covering her ears.

Looking at all this, He Fen laughed.

Tsk tsk, she was the top socialite of the empire, wasn't she? Not only was she a child prodigy, but she was also stunningly beautiful and won the favor of the eldest son of the Lin family. She was virtually God's favorite.

Because of her, Lu Guozheng had been avoiding divorce for so long!

That damned woman should have died long ago due to her sickness. But she refused to die, dragging He Fen into being the "other woman", and He Fen's child into a bastard.

Just like her mother, they were both despicable people, cheap people!

Thinking of this, He Fen harshly pushed Lu Bei, watching her fall to the ground.

She approached, brutally grabbing her hair and lifting her head.

"You want the child. Simple, give me the 10% share in Lu's business you hold."

"Who is that man? Who is the father of the child?" demanded Lu Bei angrily.

She had known all along, this was all a premeditated scheme by the mother and daughter.

She had guessed that the dream was quite likely real.

However, she tried her hardest but could not remember the face of that man.

Her hatred was intense-not just for him, but for He Fen and Lu Wan as well. She wished she could devour them alive.

Sadly, they held the knife and she was just a helpless fish on the cutting board.