"If Wan Chong’s stepmother is pregnant with a boy, she would definitely protect him like he’s her lifeline. How could she bear to lose the baby in her womb to fra Wan Chong?"
Ye Xingbei frowned and said, "You an, Wan Chong’s stepmother always knew she was pregnant with a girl, but she told others she was having a boy just to use the child to fra Wan Chong?"
"That’s right," Gu Junzhu said. "She already has two daughters. Having another daughter would only bring her ridicule, with no benefit at all. It’s better to use it to ruin Wan Chong’s future."
"If that’s true, then Wan Chong’s stepmother is too cruel, isn’t she? Even harming her own unborn child!" Ye Xingbei asked disdainfully, "Are there any good stepmothers in this world? All the ones I hear about are so evil!"
"Of course, there are, and there are more good ones," Gu Junzhu said. "Evil stepmothers are a minority. But good deeds go unnoticed, while bad deeds spread far and wide. Good stepmothers live well with their stepchildren, but nobody knows."
"When the evil deeds of a wicked stepmother are discovered, they spread like wildfire, making people think all stepmothers are malevolent."
"In reality, this is just a misconception. In any group, the good outweigh the bad. This is true for stepmothers as well. There are more good ones, fewer evil ones."
Ye Xingbei thought for a mont, nodded, and said, "That makes sense."
Gu Junzhu said, "Actually, when Wan Chong was a child, his stepmother treated him quite well, showing him considerable care. The conflict between them began when she had two daughters and could no longer conceive, while Senior Master Wan increasingly favored Wan Chong, ignoring her daughters."
"As Wan Chong and her daughters grew up, Wan Chong beca more outstanding, and Senior Master Wan favored him more and more, causing Wan Chong’s stepmother to beco increasingly wary of him."
"Senior Master Wan made it clear he would never let his granddaughters inherit the Wan family business. If Wan Chong’s stepmother didn’t have a son, the Wan family fortune would all go to Wan Chong."
"As the wife of the Wan family, the wife of Wan Chong’s father, and the mistress of the Wan household, if she didn’t have a son, the vast estate of the Wan family would go entirely to Wan Chong, who has no blood relation to her, leaving her daughters with nothing. She must feel resentful."
"Wan Chong’s stepmother must have placed great hopes on her third pregnancy, thinking that if she had a son, he could share the inheritance with Wan Chong."
"But reality struck her hard again. Wan Chong and I suspect that through an ultrasound, she discovered her third pregnancy was another girl."
"The greater the hope, the greater the disappointnt. In the depths of her disappointnt, she lost her balance and concocted such a vicious sche to fra Wan Chong."
"But will this sche benefit her?" Ye Xingbei said. "Now Wan Chong is only disinherited. Once disinherited, he can go ho and inherit the family estate. Her daughters still can’t share in the Wan family fortune. It doesn’t make sense, does it?"
Gu Junzhu chuckled, rubbed her head, and said, "Silly girl! Wan Chong’s stepmother doesn’t just want him disinherited. She wants to send him to prison!"
"What?" Ye Xingbei furrowed her brow tightly, "What exactly is going on?"
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