Chapter 6 — Eight Months Pregnant, I Realized My Baby Was Not Mine

Lam Thanh Nghien's name was also dug up. The photos, friends' posts, and allusive status lines that she once posted were pieced together by netizens into a timeline. She always said she was pitiful, but on the day I was admitted to the hospital vomiting, she showed off the cake Luc Van Canh bought for her. The night I had to lie in bed to stay pregnant, she posted his back with her watching the sea. After I discovered the truth, she continued to use the phrase "the baby needs its mother" to stimulate me. Public opinion exploded. Luc Thi's stock price continuously hit the floor for two days. Luc Van Canh was suspended from his position by the board of directors, and several doctors were sent for investigation. The day the ethics hearing took place, I sat in the conference room. Opposite is Luc Van Canh, the person in charge of the Luc family's hospital, and Lam Thanh Nghien. She was wearing a white dress, her face was pale, her eyes were red as if she had suffered great self-pity. The investigator asked me:

“Miss Khuong, do you know the origin of the embryo?”

I shook my head.

“Did you ever sign a fully informed consent document?”

“No.”

“Do you know about the declaration of relinquishment of custody rights after birth?”

I looked towards Luc Van Canh.

“Before they brought it out and forced me into the ambulance, I didn't know.”

The meeting room was silent. Luc Van Canh's voice became hoarse:

“That document has not yet taken effect.”

Khuong Viet smiled coldly:

“So if you don't have time to do harm successfully, it doesn't count as harm?”

The lawyer opened the projector and a video appeared on the screen. In the baby's room, Lam Thanh Nghien sat on the sofa, flipping through the month-long party list. She said to the nanny:

“Once Khuong Chi is born, he will definitely cause chaos.”

“At that time, the doctor will give her a certificate of postpartum depression, and the baby will be picked up smoothly.”

The nanny asked in a low voice:

“Does General Luc know?”

Lam Thanh Nghien laughed.

"Van Canh is soft-hearted and won't say it too clearly."

“But he will choose me.”

After the video played, Lam Thanh Nghien's face lost all color. Luc Van Canh suddenly turned his head to look at her, as if realizing for the first time that in this matter, she was not just passively waiting.

“I thought you just wanted to have children.”

His voice was hoarse.

"Lam Thanh Nghien, is it also your suggestion to prove mental abnormality?"

Lam Thanh Nghien panicked.

“Van Canh, I'm just so afraid of losing the baby.”

"I don't want to harm Ms. Khuong."

Khuong Viet threw out a series of chat history. Lam Thanh Nghien sent to the hospital director: 【Can the sedative be increased a little? She's been so sensitive lately.】 【Don't let her look up the documents first.】 【After giving birth, it's best not to let her see the baby, lest she suffer.】 Luc Van Canh stared at the screen, his eyes gradually changing, like the first time he really saw Lam Thanh Nghien clearly. But I didn't care anymore. After the hearing ended, Lam Thanh Nghien chased her into the hallway. She grabbed my wrist, her voice trembling:

“Miss Khuong, can you forgive me?”

“I just want to be a mom so bad.”

I looked at her.

“You want to be a mother, so I deserve to be drugged, have my signature forged, and be arranged to be mentally abnormal?”

She cried and shook her head.

“But your health is good, you can still have children in the future.”

“I don't.”

This sentence Just like Luc Van Canh once said. My health is good, I can still do it in the future, she can't.

“So is my pain worth giving up?”

I withdrew my hand.

“Protect.”

Lam Thanh Nghien suddenly fell backwards.

“Ah!”

At the other end of the hallway, Luc Van Canh just walked out. She cried and called:

"Van Canh, Ms. Khuong pushed me..."

Before the words were finished, she stiffened. Because on the ceiling of the hallway, the surveillance camera was flashing a red light. Khuong Viet stood behind me, holding up the phone.

“Miss Lam, before acting, look at the camera first.”