Utterly Depraved Scoundrel

"Alright, then just toss it!" Hope nodded. "Miss, it's getting late. Let's head back to the camp!"

"Let's go." Grace pretended to be casual and walked off with Hope.

Kevin Zhuo walked over, picked up the knee guard, and saw the intricate pattern on it. He snorted coldly, "Useless! Wretch! I'll make sure she gives birth to the eldest son. By then, whether you like it or not, you'll have to pay attention to me!"

......

Once Kevin Zhuo walked farther away, Grace and Hope poked their heads out from behind a tree and exchanged a grin.

"Miss Grace, I think you've changed!" Hope said on the way back.

"Changed how?"

"Hmm..." Hope thought for a moment, then said, "You've gotten smarter."

Grace didn't say anything.

Smarter?

Smarter? Really?

Those were lessons learned through blood and tears.

It was the destruction of the whole Zhu family that brought her this sudden enlightenment.

It was only after surviving a raging inferno that she truly understood...

She really couldn't be considered a smart person.

Only after experiencing such bone-deep pain could she see people and things clearly.

She wondered if there was anyone else in this world as foolish as her...

"Prince Cheng, how many children do you think we'll have in the future?" Just as she was pondering if anyone else was as foolish as her, she suddenly heard her aunt Maya Summers' voice.

The voice came from behind a huge patch of swordgrass that towered over two people.

"Whatever you want." a man's voice replied.

That voice, if Grace wasn't mistaken, belonged to Prince Cheng, Maya Summers' fiancé.

Their wedding was scheduled for early next spring.

Maya said sweetly, "Then let's have... four! Do you prefer boys or girls?"

"As long as they're yours, I'll love them all."

"Then two boys and two girls, hehe..."

Listening to this, Grace felt stifled and dragged Hope away.

That Prince Cheng was no good.

You could say he was an utterly shameless scoundrel.

In her past life, he'd taken a mistress at a brothel, and that mistress bore him a son.

He was royalty, bound by ancestral rules and family law. There was no way he'd ever bring a prostitute into the family.

So, he simply drugged Maya Summers, making her infertile.

Maya spent two or three years in the Gu family without conceiving, so Prince Cheng pretended to be considerate and brought the child home, claiming he'd adopted a son for Maya.

Later, they adopted another boy and a girl.

Prince Cheng never took a concubine and always acted as if he cared for her. Maya was deeply moved and devoted herself to raising the children.

Later, Maya had business in the Vermilion Kingdom and stopped by to see Grace.

Grace diagnosed her infertility from her pulse.

Maya was shocked and heartbroken. After investigating, she finally learned the truth.

All these years, she’d been raising the prostitute’s children.

She gave the prostitute’s children noble status and raised them to be respectable.

Prince Cheng never took a concubine because he was deeply in love with that prostitute...

How touching, such true love!

But he toyed with Maya Summers her entire life, trampling her into the dust!

Maya, strong-willed as she was, killed Prince Cheng and that woman, then took her own life...

Yet now, she was discussing how many children to have with Prince Cheng.

Grace really didn’t want to hear another word, so she hurried past them and headed back to her own tent.

Unexpectedly, as she reached her tent, she heard a man's voice coming from inside.