Chapter 139 - 39: Nothing More Than Outsiders
"I promised your father that as long as you bear Shiheng’s child, the position of Li Family Patriarch will belong to your child," Li Tingmo spoke slowly. "With such a great benefit, your father knows how to choose."
Zhuang Jie Ning couldn’t help but smirk at Li Tingmo, clinging to a sliver of hope, she said, "Uncle, did you discuss these plans with Li Sihe? His life is hanging by a thread, and you actually think he’d agree to conceive a child with me? Even if he’s willing, how can you guarantee that I’ll definitely get pregnant?"
"He doesn’t need to cooperate," Li Tingmo said, his voice calm.
Zhuang Jie Ning felt colder inside. She understood that in the face of absolute interests, all familial affection becomes fragile and easily shattered. Her father had made his decision, just as Li Tingmo had said.
She is now merely a lamb awaiting slaughter on the board, her life and death out of her own control.
Zhuang Jie Ning tightly closed her eyes, suppressing the ripples in her heart. With a desolate smile, she whispered, "So, I’m to bear someone else’s child?"
She had guessed as much.
"The Li Family has many capable young men. I don’t care who you choose, as long as the child is nominally Shiheng’s," Li Tingmo’s face, immersed in the dim, gloomy light, was unbearable to look directly at.
Zhuang Jie Ning thought she was crazy enough, but clearly, it was Li Tingmo who was the real madman.
He could actually say such things.