"You cheap girl, at such a young age, you got involved with a man, and even allowed a video of you to be posted online. Now, everyone is laughing at my daughter for being a loose woman; you’ve completely ruined my reputation."

"Just like mother, like daughter; you, Becky, are just as cheap as your mother, always stealing other's men."

"Sister, why are you so disappointing? You've been accepted into the prestigious 'A' University in America; so many people envy you because of this. But why would you destroy your promising future like this?"

"I, Reginald, don't have a shameless daughter like you; get out and never come back."

Having dreamt of the heartless moment when her father Reginald drove her out of the Smith family, Becky suddenly woke up from a severe heartache.

She opened her eyes wide and looked around, only to find herself in the laboratory of 'A' University.

It was a weekend and the lab was empty. She had come back to finish the experiment she hadn’t completed yesterday. Perhaps because her child was growing larger, she felt increasingly exhausted and fell asleep in the midst of her work.

What she had dreamt just now was the incident that happened eight months ago.

Eight months ago, she went to a hotel to meet the man she likes, Asher.

Later, she had no idea who spread her intimate video with Asher online. Because of this, her reputation was ruined and she was driven out by her father...

"Becky!” Just as Becky was being pulled back into the memories she couldn't escape, a long-lost familiar voice suddenly echoed in her ear.

Following the direction of the voice, she saw Ivy Smith standing at the lab entrance.

They hadn't seen each other for eight months and Becky was very surprised: "Why are you here?"

Ivy gave a sarcastic smirk, and tapping her way towards Becky in stilettos.

When Ivy reached her, she looked down at Becky’s swollen belly and said contemptuously: "Why do you still hold onto this bastard child?"

Upon hearing the term "bastard", Becky's face was instantly filled with discontent: " Ivy, please mind your manners!"

"Manners?" Ivy gave a cold laugh, her words like a sharp knife, "Did your mother think to mind her manners when she stole my mother's man and gave birth to you, an illegitimate child?"

After finishing her sentence, Ivy's gaze instantly turned cold, then with a strong push, she knocked over Becky, who was heavily pregnant.

Taken by surprise, Becky stumbled and fell.

A sudden intense pain shot through her lower abdomen, causing her to involuntarily scream out: "Ah..."

Ivy ignored her pain, looking down at her with a condescending gaze.

"Slut, do you know why I call him a bastard? Because his father is definitely not Asher."

Ivy's words were slow and clear. Becky heard every word, but the pain was too intense, she wanted to stand up to retort but she couldn't.

She could only lay on the ground looking up at Ivy, managing to weakly squeak out: "What are you talking about?"

Even though she had been trying to reach Asher by phone for the last eight months without success, she knew that the child was his.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have kept the baby.

"To be honest, that night eight months ago, it was me who used Asher's phone to send you a message to meet at the hotel. Asher had no idea, the man who slept with you was actually a gigolo I paid for!" Ivy's eyes were filled with intense hatred, her face twisted with malice.

Becky couldn't believe it, her face turned even paler: "What are you saying?"

How could the child in her belly not be Asher's?

"You slut, didn't you get into University A? Weren't you the object of everyone's envy, even dad was impressed by you? I want to destroy your pride, ruin your reputation." After saying these words in excitement, Ivy suddenly lifted her foot, wearing high heels, and stamped hard onto Becky's stomach.

"Ah..." A sharp pain spread from Becky's stomach, she couldn't help but scream out loud.

Meanwhile, she felt a viscous liquid trickling down her leg. Looking down, she was shocked to discover that her pure white thigh was smeared with fresh blood.

She knew that her child was in danger, so she hastily grabbed Ivy's pant leg, pleading in a low voice, "Ivy, I beg you, please spare me. No matter what, he is a life..."

Ivy remained unmoved.

"Why should I? Back then, I nearly didn't graduate because of you, and you were accepted by A University? You stole my thunder and expect me to let you go? Dream on!"

With that, a cruel glint passed through Ivy's eyes, and then she raised her high-heeled foot and stomped it hard onto Becky's belly.

"Ah..." Becky was so pained that her whole body convulsed. She couldn't help but scream out loud.

There was not a shred of sympathy in Ivy's eyes, as she stomped hard again, "You lowlife, my mother was too soft-hearted back then to let a bastard like you be born."

The intense pain finally broke Becky.

With one last blink, she blacked out.

Seeing this, Ivy's mouth curled into a poisonous cold smirk.

...

When Becky woke up again, she realized that she was in the hospital.

The strong smell of disinfectants entered her nostrils, and she slowly regained consciousness, while also feeling the pain in her body.

"Becky, you're awake?" Her best friend, Hazel's voice echoed in her ear.

Becky looked over, saw the sorrowful expression on Su Hazel's face, and it reminded her of something. She then quickly lowered her head to look at her belly.

It was no longer raised as before but rather, became strikingly flat.

"Where is my child?" She asked while anxiously bouncing up from the bed.

Hazel held her shoulders, speaking sorrowfully to her, "Becky, the child was stillborn. I'm sorry, I’m deeply upset too."

Boom. It felt as if lightning had torn Becky in two.

Panicked, she stared at Hazel, "Hazel... are you lying to me?"

At the end of her words, tears welled up in her eyes.

She had devotedly carried him for eight months, every day she could feel his life. How he possibly be gone just like that?

Seeing her in agony, Hazel too began to shed tears, "Becky, I have no idea what happened. When I went to the lab to find you, I saw you lying on the ground covered in blood. I immediately dialled 911 to get you to the hospital for rescue, but the doctor missed the optimal time..."

Hearing this, Becky burst into uncontrollable tears.

"Bang!" She yanked whatever was on the bed and hurled it onto the floor, venting her pain.

" Ivy, you wretched woman, you caused the death of my child, I won't let this go. Wait and see, one day, I'll make you pay in blood!"

Her outburst echoed in the entire hospital room, causing Hazel to break out into a cold sweat.