I felt a chill down my spine and pretended to be calm as I asked, "Mother-in-law, aren't you afraid I'll tell others about this?"

She smiled, more relaxed and cheerful than I'd ever seen her before.

"Ling Su, you and I are both people who have been betrayed by the entire world, and now we love the same person. You have no reason to oppose me. You need me. We are the same kind."

Do people like us really need our kind?

Even until her last breath, she couldn't understand why I had to kill her.

Actually, it's a very simple reason.

I was afraid that one day she might harm me to take my son away.

With her personality, there would surely come a day when she couldn't stand the fact that the child she had raised loved his mother more than his grandmother, and she could only ever be second in his heart.

Unless the mother was no longer around, only then could the grandmother become the first.

Besides, she had leverage over me.

The mystery of my parents' disappearance would truly remain a secret only if she was dead.

Back then, when we were doing IVF, we had some embryos left over.

I encouraged my parents to secure a double assurance and have another child using my mother's womb.

Both of them, determined to climb higher, astonishingly agreed and spent a great deal of money bribing the medical staff at the hospital...

They secretly went into hiding to have the baby.

After Gu Qingyu died, my mother-in-law revealed this to me.

"Ling Su, I apologize to you. Before, I misjudged you. Actually, you're much stronger than your sister."

My sister's way of rebelling against the world was to end her own life. But I, after the upheaval, took control. Of course, I am stronger than my sister!