Lu Yuqing actually knew the pregnant woman. She was Lu Yuqing's assistant.
Zhao Zhuangzong was the father of the child! They had probably been in an affair for about two or three years by now.
After Zhao Zhuangzong had a child out of wedlock, he didn't divorce Lu Yuqing to marry the child's mother. Instead, he lied to Lu Yuqing and convinced her to adopt a child to stop his mother's nagging and whining.
Lu Yuqing was moved by Zhao Zhuangzong's consideration. They adopted a baby boy. Sure enough, Zhao Zhuangzong's mother stopped nagging at them anymore. Lu Yuqing felt weird about her in-law's peculiar behavior, but at the same time, she could be rest assured that her mother-in-law would stop her nagging.
Speaking of which, it wasn't that Lu Yuqing didn't want children, but they couldn't seem to have a child after they got married.
Lu Yuqing shifted her attention from work to his family and the child after the adoption. When the child was only a few months old, she discovered that he suffered from congenital heart disease. In order to take good care of the boy, Lu Yuqing quit her job and devoted herself to the boy's welfare. The Lu family spent a hefty amount of money on the boy's treatment and hospitalizations.
When the boy was five years old, his biological mother came to their door and revealed the entire truth, which caused an uproar in the Lu family. Lu Yuqing was devastated and in a wreck due to the truth. She finally realized the main reason why her selfish mother-in-law had been so generous about the adoption. She had known it all along. The boy was her golden grandson birthed by another woman.
Poor Lu Yuqing was kept in the dark along the way. She visited hospitals across the country for the boy's treatment in an effort to ensure the boy grew up healthy. The Lu family even considered sending the boy abroad for better treatment once he was older.
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