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at a loss...Sis The two of them couldn't help but laugh and feel sad. They couldn’t correct her either. Gu Babu muttered to herself, "I’ll get lost."Ye Wei said with a smile, "You won't get lost. When...The Substitute Ex-Wife of the CEO Finale 240

"Sister Xueru, don't cry. It's okay, it's going to be fine." Warming patted her shoulder and wiped away her tears. "Just explain everything clearly to Brother Shuwen. He is a reasonable person who will listen."

"He doesn't believe me at all. He has always hated me and now he hates me even more, blaming me for ruining his relationship with Zhao Yuning. That day, he truly wanted to kill me. Whatever he does to me is fine; I can bear it. It's just someone else’s hatred that I have to endure. But how could he be so cold towards Xiaonian and call her an unruly child without manners...I can't take it." Tears streamed down Chen Xueru's face as she expressed all the grievances she had swallowed, accepting all of Tang Shuwen's resentment towards her.

But she couldn’t bear to see her child suffer even slightly.

"I gave in to Man Dong’s mother's pleading and brought Xiaonian back. Back then, my thoughts were naive; I believed that with the help of the Tang family, Gu Rui wouldn't be able to take away my child. Man Dong's parents seemed like good people who would never separate a mother from her son even if it was their own child. But what I didn’t anticipate was the pain Xiaonian had to endure due to his father’s actions once he came back. He has always been懂事, like an angel; although he knows he doesn't have a father and envies other children for having one, he never talks about it with me or asks me questions. When he found out that he had a father, a brother, and a grandmother, along with an aunt and many more family members, he was so happy. But Tang Shuwen..."

Chen Xueru choked as she spoke, realizing how hurtful and cruel those words were to an innocent child, especially one who had been sensitive from a young age.

He would never know that deep down his father didn't acknowledge him at all. This child was seen as the perpetrator who ruined his relationship with Zhao Yuning; he despised this child.

"Brother Shuwen is being too harsh." Warming hugged Chen Xueru, continuously trying to comfort her. "Don’t cry anymore, Sister Xueru. Uncle Tang and Aunt Tang are not unreasonable people. If you don't like it here, you can leave with Xiaonian. Gu Rui knows he isn't the child's biological father, so he won't force you."

Chen Xueru painfully bit her lip, not knowing how to explain her situation to Warmth.

"Do you like Brother Shuwen"

Chen Xueru shook her head. How could she talk about liking him when they were completely strangers Besides, from what she saw in magazines, he was a wild player similar to Gu Rui.

To begin with, she didn't have a good impression of him. Moreover, that night several years ago was traumatic for her, akin to rape. Being embraced by an unfamiliar man and fleeing out of fear in the middle of the night were nightmares to her.

Now, what Tang Shuwen did to Xiao Nian made Chen Xueru despise him even more.

She even hated him.

In those days, she was also a victim. She didn't understand anything and was abandoned by Gu Rui before being raped. If it weren't for the child, she feared that she wouldn't have been able to carry on. No matter who the father of this child is, he or she is her child and her little angel.

She had been badly hurt by love and didn't want to touch it again. Only this child was everything to her; she couldn't forgive anyone who harmed her child. If Gu Rui's power wasn't so overwhelming, she would have resisted him alone.

He thought Xiao Nian was his son and had become somewhat extreme. She feared that if Gu Rui found out the child wasn’t his, he would harm the boy. After considering all factors, she decided to rely on the Tang family; no one else could protect her and her child.

But never did she expect that leaving one abyss only meant jumping into another.

"In that case, take Xiao Nian away from the Tang family. Uncle Tang and Auntie won’t be heartless enough to separate you two," Warmth suggested. Even though raising a child would be tough, at least he wouldn't get hurt.

Chen Xueru said, "Man Dong’s parents want me to marry Tang Shuwén. I don’t want to, but Xiao Nian… He says that although his father is unpleasant and difficult to talk to, he loves Grandpa, Grandma, Auntie, and the whole family. Man Dong's parents are selfish too; they hope I’ll stay with my child and so shower him with affection every day. I couldn’t give him a home when he was little, but now that I can, I…"

"Xueru姐, don't do this to yourself. You'll regret it for the rest of your life," Warmth advised her. The child is one thing and she’s another. "What does Shuwén哥 say about all this"

With someone he loves, he wouldn’t agree to marry.

"He proposed marriage himself. He said since his parents love the boy so much, he doesn’t want to disappoint them and thus plans on marrying me. But after we get married, it’ll be a cold marriage—whatever he wants to do is fine as long as I don’t interfere."

“Preposterous!” Warmth said angrily. How could this happen She was furious at the situation. "Isn’t this treating marriage like a game What does he mean Does he plan on keeping Zhao Yuning as his concubine If she has another child, will he kick you and Xiao Nian out immediately then There’s no such thing!"

Chen Xueru苦笑，這件事讓她左右為難。一個唐舒文，一個顧睿，她擺脫了一個就勢必會與另一個糾纏不清。如今她真的好想帶著小念去美國生活。

再也不回來了。

"Do you know what Tang Shuwen said He said he wants Xiao Nian to stay and that he won't see her anymore. He will marry Zhao Yuning, and they will treat Xiao Nian as their own son."

"Nonsense. Brother Shuwen is too unreasonable to say such things," Warming frowned. Chen Xueru smiled bitterly: "He's really set his mind on it. If he does this, I definitely won't agree because if the situation gets exposed, his parents will scold him. As a filial son who doesn’t want to trouble his parents, Tang Shuwen is planning to get married. But I can't interfere with his decision; this outcome is better for me, right I don't have to separate from my son and he still has grandparents and an auntie who loves him. What happens to me isn't important anyway. Anyway, in my life, all I want is to live quietly and peacefully with Xiao Nian without getting married. The marriage now is just a formality which doesn't matter to me at all. I don’t love Tang Shuwen; what he does has nothing to do with me."

"Sis Xueru..." Warming didn't know how to advise her. Was it really okay for them to get married so suddenly

With so much hatred and conflict between them, would they be happy after marriage

If they weren’t happy, how could their child possibly be

"If you were me, what would you do"stepped out of the shadow of killing people, making it hard for him to speak up now that his father asked.Mo Chen unbuckled his seat belt and hugged him. The seven-year-old boy had grown much taller s...