Hospital.
When Shang Jue arrived, his face, with sharp features and unmatched handsomeness, was frighteningly dark.
He wore a perfectly tailored black suit. The silver cufflinks on his wrists caught the light, but they weren't as cold as the look in his light brown eyes.
His long legs moved quickly, and his low voice carried no emotion.
"How's the person?"
Li, his assistant, thought about the update from five minutes ago and replied truthfully,
"The child couldn't be saved."
Shang Jue paused.
Outside the ward, Qin Cha sat quietly. Her face was pale and colorless.
When she heard the sound of footsteps, she looked up and met his cold gaze.
His shirt was wrinkled and one of the buttons was undone, clearly, he had rushed over.
Seeing Shen Mingyue had gotten hurt made him really anxious.
"What happened?"
Shang Jue stood in front of Qin Cha, looking down at her. But his eyes showed no concern at all.
Qin Cha met his gaze, tugged the corner of her lips into a slight smile, and said carefully,
"If I said I didn't push her, would you believe me?"
Shang Jue didn't answer right away. His light brown eyes stayed fixed on her.
Qin Cha felt her heart sink deeper and deeper.
She hadn't done anything wrong, so she didn't feel guilty.
Shen Mingyue fell on her own. She didn't even want the child. It had nothing to do with her.
What really mattered to her was what Shang Jue thought.
"Qin Cha."
After a long pause, Shang Jue finally spoke.
"There's surveillance."
In other words, everything was caught on camera. She couldn't explain anything away.
He only believed what he saw, not her words.
Qin Cha's throat tightened. Her head started to pound and her chest felt like it was being crushed.
"So… you don't believe me," she whispered. Even though she already knew the answer, she still needed to hear it.
Just then, Zhang Ma came out of the ward and gave Qin Cha a sharp glare.
The ward door was slightly open, and the weak, sobbing voice of Shen Mingyue could be heard.
Zhang Ma couldn't hold it in and told Shang Jue,
"Mr. Shang, Miss Shen wants to see you."
Shang Jue looked back at Qin Cha. His tone was cold and calm.
"Come, apologize with me."
Qin Cha's eyes showed a flash of sarcasm, and her voice was firm.
"I'm not going. I didn't do anything wrong, so I won't apologize."
Shang Jue frowned. His expression was cold and full of irritation.
"Qin Cha! She lost her child because of you."
Because of her, they lost the baby.
He grabbed her wrist and dragged her into the ward.
Qin Cha nearly tripped from the force.
Shen Mingyue looked up at Shang Jue and burst into tears again, choking on her words.
"Jue… we lost our child."
When Qin Cha heard her say "our child," her chest hurt even more.
She instinctively looked at Shang Jue, hoping to hear him correct Shen Mingyue's words.
But he didn't.
All she heard was Shang Jue saying, word by word, "I will hold you responsible."
Qin Cha's face turned pale, suddenly feeling like a complete joke.
After three years of marriage, she knew he didn't love her, but she never expected Shang Jue to get involved with Shen Mingyue again. If he really wanted to be with Shen Mingyue, why did he marry her?
But now, he already had a child with Shen Mingyue.
On the day she found out she was pregnant,
"Qin Cha, apologize to Mingyue," Shang Jue said, his cold and deep eyes staring at her.
Qin Cha's breathing felt painful, her nails digging into her palms as she tried to calm herself down.
She lifted her head and looked directly at him. "What if I say no?"
Shen Mingyue's tearful eyes trembled slightly, and she quickly said, "Jue, don't misunderstand, it's not Qin Cha's fault. She just pushed me, and I didn't stand firm…"
Before she could finish, Qin Cha, who had always spoken gently, suddenly turned cold eyes toward her. "Shut up!"
That one strong sentence shocked everyone in the ward. Her voice was icy and full of pressure.
Qin Cha had always been gentle and had never raised her voice.
No one expected her to be this scary when she got serious.
Her narrow phoenix eyes were icy cold, sending chills down everyone's spine.
"Shang Jue, do you believe her or me?" Qin Cha looked straight into his eyes.
This was her last chance for him, and also for herself.
At that moment, the door to the ward opened, and Old Lady Shang came in, looking pained and worried while leaning on her crutch. "How is the child? Is the child safe?"
Shen Mingyue bit her lip, cried, and shook her head. "I'm sorry, grandmother… I couldn't protect the bloodline of the Shang family."
Old Lady Shang's face turned red with anger. She glared hard at Qin Cha. "It's all your fault, you jinx! You can't even lay an egg yourself, and now you're trying to ruin the Shang family's bloodline!"
She was so furious that she hit Qin Cha in the stomach with her crutch.
Qin Cha couldn't dodge, and the blow to her stomach hurt badly. A warm flow suddenly spilled from beneath her.
Even though her face turned pale, she stayed calm.
If she said now that she was pregnant, she wondered what kind of face Lady Shang would make.
Shang Jue reached out and held Lady Shang's crutch, then motioned for Zhang Ma to help Qin Cha sit down.
His brown eyes looked cold and misty as he spoke. "Qin Cha, stop making a scene and apologize."
Making a scene? Who was actually the one making a scene?
Qin Cha let out a soft laugh.
Whether he believed her or Shen Mingyue.
"Qin Cha, stop making a scene and apologize."
That was his answer.
At that moment, a nurse who came in to remind everyone to quiet down suddenly shouted, "Oh! Why are you bleeding?"
Everyone turned to look and saw blood dripping down from Qin Cha's skirt and running along her legs.
Shang Jue's pupils shrank. His whole body gave off a cold, terrifying aura. He ordered his assistant, Li, in a freezing tone, "Call the doctor!"
Qin Cha touched her stomach. Her face was pale but still stunning. She spoke lightly, "It's nothing. Just a miscarriage."
She smiled brightly at Lady Shang.
"Congratulations. You've poked out the Shang family's bloodline from the belly of a jinx like me."
"What… what did you say?" Lady Shang was shocked. Her cane fell to the floor with a loud clatter.
Shang Jue's face turned dark like ink. He picked Qin Cha up and walked out quickly.
Qin Cha looked up at his sharp, perfect features.
She had loved and obsessed over this face so many times before, but now...
That love and obsession were completely gone.
"Shang Jue."
Her voice was still soft, but there was no turning back in her tone. "Let's get divorced."