Su Ruan instinctively took a step back, her body tense, spiritual power tightly wound, ready to retreat and defend at any mont.
Lu Shinian stepped forward, shielding her behind him, blocking those intrusive gazes. His face was icy, and even his words were sharp.
"Is this how your hospital treats pregnant won?"
The hospital director never expected there to be soone broadcasting live in the hospital, and at this late hour, there were actually so many people watching! They really have too much free ti!
The main issue was, they had followed the trail of the broadcast to co here.
When the director saw so many people gathered at the hospital entrance, he was scared sothing had happened.
As the director, he naturally stood out without hesitation.
"What are all of you doing here?"
The person at the front shouted back, "We saw the broadcast, saying soone here is pregnant. Is it this young lady?"
"Broadcast?" The director questioned in confusion.
Just at this mont, Rong San hobbled up from the back and quickly replied, "It was broadcasting."
"Apologies, apologies." Rong San knew it was wrong to leak soone else’s privacy. Normally, a broadcast would just be a broadcast, but this ti was different because she was the first pregnant person in the entire Empire in ten years!
Coming to the hospital for a check-up only after two months of pregnancy, they clearly didn’t want others to know, but he had accidentally broadcast it.
Rong San quickly explained the situation about the broadcast succinctly.
Su Ruan never expected just coming for a check-up would result in such a broadcast farce.
Looking at so many people outside the hospital, it seed many had seen the broadcast.
Su Ruan’s long eyelashes lightly quivered as she gently lowered her gaze and softly said, "Brother Lu, I want to go ho."
They couldn’t stay any longer.
If this continued, they would inevitably be exposed sooner or later.
Lu Shinian responded with a low hum and then looked at the director, "Could I trouble the director to clear a path?"
The director cheerfully replied, "No problem, no problem."
At this mont, a hovercar made a high-profile stop at the hospital entrance.
The Empire has a regulation that hovercars cannot stop at hospital entrances.
But this car blatantly violated Imperial law, infuriating many. After all, there was a pregnant woman here!
The next second, a voice ca from the hovercar.
"The Star Lord invites you."
Everyone was taken aback, the Star Lord? Could it be the Star Lord they imagined?
Why would the Star Lord co here?
No, no, it makes sense for the Star Lord to co!
After all, this was the first pregnant person in the Empire in ten years!
People quickly moved aside, watching the hovercar with eyes full of admiration and envy.
The Empire’s attention to pregnant won exceeded Su Ruan’s expectations. She realized that leaving quietly today was unlikely.
She lowered her gaze, her long lashes casting a shallow shadow, unclear what she was thinking.
Lu Shinian would not let Su Ruan et this so-called Star Lord.
He raised his gaze slightly and said solemnly, "It’s late, my wife should rest."
As he spoke, the door of the hovercar slowly opened.
The first thing they saw was a gentle face, smiling with eyes full of warmth, as if warmth emanated from her very bones.
Her brows and eyes softened, and upon closer look, she bore so resemblance to Lu Shinian.
Su Ruan was startled, instinctively looking at Lu Shinian.
Lu Shinian’s expression was calm, but the sudden force in his grip on her hand revealed his inner turmoil.
The Star Lord softly said, "Shall we chat?"
Under everyone’s gaze, Lu Shinian slowly nodded.
Su Ruan looked at him with so worry.
"Brother Lu."
Lu Shinian pulled her into his arms, his body faintly trembling.
"I’ll talk with her."
He lowered his voice, trying hard to conceal the trembling in it, but Su Ruan still noticed.
Eventually, Lu Shinian and Su Ruan got into the hovercar.
After they left, the crowd that had gathered outside the hospital also dispersed, still discussing the pregnancy issue and widely spreading the news.
The news of the first pregnancy in ten years on Wanling Star was definitely sothing to boast about to other planets.
The public discussion spread quickly, and in just two hours, the news of soone being pregnant was almost known across the whole Empire.
But at this mont, Su Ruan and Lu Shinian had no mood to pay attention to the Imperial Star Network.
They arrived at the Star Lord of Wanling Star’s estate, a vast place surrounded by pavilions, towers, and artificial hills. Stepping in here felt less like entering a technologically advanced empire and more like returning to an ancient kingdom that only existed in textbooks.
The Star Lord served them tea, her smile still gentle.
Not a feigned gentleness, but an innate warmth.
Such a person easily garnered others’ goodwill.
If she didn’t sowhat resemble Lu Shinian, Su Ruan would surely have found it hard to resist warming up to her.
Lu Shinian held her hand tightly, his palm burning, even sweating.
He pressed his lips together, his dark eyes fixed on the Star Lord opposite.
Silence spread in the garden, carrying a faint fragrance.
No one spoke first, as if secretly competing.
Su Ruan looked at the Star Lord opposite, then at Lu Shinian, realizing they couldn’t continue this way. She took the initiative to speak, "Hello, Star Lord, may I ask why you wanted to see us?"
Lu Zhiya looked at her daughter-in-law’s obedient deanor and chuckled softly.
"No need for formalities with ."
She put down her teacup, letting the steam rise and be blown away by the wind.
Her words broke the original silence and prompted Lu Shinian to finally speak.
"You’re still alive."
Just those four words seed to unleash all his years of hatred and fear.
"It’s no wonder you disappeared back then."
And not left behind a cold corpse.
With the eerie blood moon, her body vanished beneath the scarlet.
A young him, frightened and helpless, unable to comprehend death, believed that vanishing ant dying.
He always thought she was dead.
Later, as he grew older and revisited those events, he noticed so clues.
But he refused to speculate about her intentions. He couldn’t imagine what could make a mother disappear in such a cruel way before her young son.
The terrifying blood moon beca the stepping stone of his obsessive nature as he stepped further into it, mad and stubborn. That’s why, after eting Su Ruan, after eting his love, he imprisoned and bound, even hard, using the wrong thods.
"It would have been better if you had truly died."
Lu Shinian’s voice sounded cold and indifferent.
Lu Zhiya didn’t seem surprised by Lu Shinian’s reaction; she sighed softly, a hint of sorrow in her eyes.
"I wronged you back then."
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