Shen Qianshu sneered. “Not a single one of the doctors, nurses, or assistants in the labor ward back then could be found. If you all want to play tricks, you can also naturally play tricks.”
“Qianshu, I swear on Tong Hua’s life that the child’s death was really due to natural causes.” Yang Lihua was exhausted. “Qianshu, take it as I’m begging you. For Tong Hua’s sake, don’t go and pursue the matter back then, alright?”
“It was not your child who died. Of course you would say it so lightly. I could obviously feel my child moving in my womb, but he died when he was born. Back then, there were so many conspiracies surrounding me. Why didn’t I clear things up? Why was I so muddle-headed?” Shen Qianshu asked.
“What good would it do if he had lived?” Yang Lihua’s voice had also raised by a few decibels. “Would the Black Rose let him off if he had lived? For so many years, the Black Rose did not have any suitable candidate as the gatekeeper. If the child had lived, it was also fated that you would be separated from him since young. You would not be able to protect him.”
“That is different!” Shen Qianshu said in a low voice. “Do you mean that I would have to strangle him to death if I had known he would be in danger if he lived? Even if the Black Rose was covetous and even if he was in danger, Ye Ling and I would give our all to protect him. This is the meaning of family. I cannot have the thinking that my son would be better off dead as he was in danger the moment he was born. There is a phrase which is called ‘a bad life is better than a good death.’”
“Then you would rather have him taken away by the Black Rose the moment he was born, go through suffering, and die?”
“How do you know he will die?” Shen Qianshu’s eyes were shining brilliantly. Her face was bright and moving due to her anger. “Did anyone give him a chance to choose? Did he make the choice on time? You all f*cking say that the Black Rose would bring him away and he would die. Have you all given us a chance to choose?”
Yang Lihua’s mouth opened. She looked like she had lost all her energy, and her face was ghastly pale. She leaned on the chair lightly, and her face filled with tears. “Yes, no one had given him a chance to choose.”
Because we had made a choice for you all.
At least you all were alive.
Wasn’t it?
Yang Lihua’s grief spread endlessly. Shen Qianshu’s fury was also extinguished. The woman in front of her was also a pitiful person. She lost her husband, and her child was also not by her side. She was more pitiful than her. At least Shen Qianshu had the company of Tong Hua and Xiaojuan for these few years. Furthermore, now, she had the company of Master.
However, Yang Lihua did not have anything.
“I believe you!” Shen Qianshu said softly. “Because you are Tong Hua’s mom.”
Yang Lihua covered her mouth and cried bitterly.
“I’m sorry.”
“You are not an executioner. Why are you sorry?”
“Qianshu, you will understand eventually one day,” Yang Lihua said calmly. “I should have paid back my life to Master long ago. I have already earned, considering that I am still living for all these years.”
“This is not your fault,” Shen Qianshu said. “The Black Rose is good at making use of resources. Without you all, if she wants someone to die, he or she will not be able to escape. Is there no way to ward off the Black Rose?”
“There is!” Yang Lihua looked at Shen Qianshu fixedly.
Shen Qianshu asked, “What way?”
Yang Lihua took a deep breath. “You may not like it.”
“Say!”
“You make your real identity public and take part in the election for the Black Rose’s gatekeeper. You are Fang Hongxiu’s daughter, and you are naturally at an advantage,” Yang Lihua said. “From what I know, the Black Rose holds an election once every four years, and no one can pass it. But if it is the successor to the gatekeeper, she only needs to pass a test of life and death. The present gatekeeper is only a representative of the gatekeeper. There are many people within the Black Rose who do not listen to commands. This is a mysterious and strong organization. The only best way to deal with her is for you to inherit the Black Rose.”