Chapter 313: Chapter 313: Definitely a Conspiracy_1
The reporters’ eyes lit up with excitement as they feverishly snapped pictures of her, "Big news, big news! A wealthy wife has two illegitimate children! This is absolutely front-page material!"
"What did you say? Say that again?" Shang Jingchen, struck like a bolt out of the blue, ignored the press all around him, keeping his gaze fixed intently on the woman who just spoke, his mind reeling with shock.
The woman scoffed, "Crown Prince Shang, you’ve been deceived. This woman has two illegitimate children and has purposely concealed everything from you. I heard she even enjoyed seducing wealthy men before marrying you. Would there be any shameless act this kind of woman wouldn’t commit?"
Reeling, Shang Jingchen stepped back. The pain in his chest made it feel as if he was suffocating.
He thought her being unfaithful was already unbearable.
But to think she even had two illicit children! Suddenly, he remembered a moment when he saw her with a little girl at a hotel, and thought the girl looked somewhat like her.
It must be her daughter. No wonder she looked so familiar to him.
"Oh, my God, it seems Crown Prince Shang didn’t know he was cuckolded! This woman really plays hardball." The reporters grew more frenzied taking notes.
Shang Jingchen’s pain was unbearable. Publicly humiliated, being made a cuckold, he felt utterly disgraced. His heart filled rapidly with an intense hatred.
How could she do this to him? How shameless could she be?
"Are her words true?" He glared at her, teeth gritted, hands clenched so hard that it was as if he was digging into his bones.
Ye Lu’s heart skipped a beat, and she turned her face away.
"You truly have no shame." Furious beyond words, Shang Jingchen slapped her across the face, bellowing, "Speak up! Whose children are they?"
Ye Lu covered her face that was burning stingingly with pain, trembling with rage.
The crowd’s disdainful stares and the flashes from the press’s cameras only added to her humiliation. She felt as if she was being stripped naked and examined closely by everyone present.
"It’s none of your business who the father is, Shang Jingchen. Remember, this is the second slap you’ve given me."
Pushing away the people in front of her, all she wanted was to leave this place filled with traps and humiliation.
"Stay where you are! Who said you could leave?" Shang Jingchen shouted angrily, reaching out to grab her.
Ye Lu swiftly dodged him.
But Yuan Jiayin rushed forward to block her path.
Ye Lu was thrown off balance by Yuan Jiayin’s sudden intervention. She had barely steadied herself when Yuan Jiayin screamed in pain, collapsing to the ground clutching her stomach.
Aghast, Shang Jingchen immediately rushed over to help her up, "Jiayin, are you alright?"
"Jingchen, it hurts so much. I just had a miscarriage and my wounds haven’t healed. How could she push me like this? It hurts so much..." Yuan Jiayin wept uncontrollably.
The journalists were once again in an uproar: "Crown Prince Shang’s mistress was pregnant and even had a miscarriage. There’s definitely more to this story."
Incensed, Shang Jingchen glared furiously at Ye Lu: "How can you be so cruel? Want her to be doubly injured?"
She had already caused Jiayin to miscarry once before. Because he cared for her, he could not bring himself to take revenge for Jiayin. But now, her maliciousness had become unbearable.
"She can still jump around after having a miscarriage, and play these tricks. If I didn’t know better, I’d think she’s wonder woman. Don’t even know if her miscarriage is real or fake." Ye Lu sneered sarcastically.
The more she thought of it, the more plausible it seemed. How could a woman be so heartless as to give up her own child just to frame her.
A sudden realization hit her. Perhaps there was never a child to begin with!
In response, Yuan Jiayin burst into tears: "How can you throw such slander at me? I know you’ve always hated me, thinking that I stole your husband. But Jingchen and I knew each other from eight years ago. We’re in love. No matter what schemes you use to marry into the family, you can’t win his heart."
