Mother Su and Su Qianli exchanged a glance, their silent understanding passing between them without a word.
Back in her room, Su Mengcheng felt as if every ounce of strength had been drained from her body. She collapsed, rigid and limp, onto her bed. Staring blankly at the ceiling, she watched a montage of her recent encounter with Jiang Kai play out in her mind. They had gone as far as they possibly could; only a final shred of willpower had prevented Jiang Kai from fully possessing her.
Su Mengcheng let out a long sigh, her thoughts drifting back to her past life. Back then, things had been entirely different. Jiang Kai had been nothing more than a pawn in her hands, a man who would fawn over her at the slightest word. He had operated under the delusion that he was the first man she had ever been with, never suspecting that she had already been involved with his superior long before they met. She had only slept with Jiang Kai later, telling him it was an act of desperation to convince him that their love was true, all while framing it as a way to cope with her "forced" marriage to his boss. Thanks to these manipulations, the boy had remained convinced he was the only man she had ever truly loved—he even blindly believed her fabrication that her child was his. That was how she had kept him subservient, using him to clear away any obstacles in her path.
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