Chapter 266: What if She Died?

At first, she was also resistant to continuing her engagement with the Gu Family, feeling it was unfair to them. But she couldn't withstand her mother's pleading, her mother saying that breaking off an engagement halfway would also damage the Gu Family's reputation. It would be better to marry into the family first and then find an opportunity to get rid of the child—no one would know she had ever carried a bastard.

She couldn't bear to see her life ruined like this and, moved by selfish desires, she agreed to continue the marriage negotiations.

Indeed, the Lei Family was eager to marry her off because she was pregnant, fearing her belly would become too obvious to hide.

After speaking, Lei Qianqian looked at Old Madame Huang with tears streaming down her face, waiting for her decision.

"Grandmother, I never intended to trick the Gu Family. If I had known I was pregnant before the marriage negotiations, I would have never agreed to engage with the Gu Family!"