Chapter 344 - 344: Maternal Sentiment (1/2)

”It'll take us for a while before we get the result. In the meantime, why don't you two lovebirds go, I don't know, somewhere interesting in the headquarters?” Cyra suggested.

”I would say the Blazing Purgatory. But I presume you two don't find staying there, watching our prisoners, an enjoyable past-time like Cyra and I do.” Cyrus chuckled beside his twin, who also has a similar, sketchy smile on her face.

”I'm sure we'll find some place else.” Lillie adjusted her sleeve back to cover the cotton ball and stood up.

She picked her mask on the table and meticulously put it on again.

She and Ethan were about to leave the clinic when Cyra's voice stopped them from their tracks. ”Oh, wait! You remember that woman you brought before? What's her name again? You know, She Gu's daughter?”

”I forgot her name too.” Cyrus shrugged at his twin when she looked at him for answers.

”You're useless.”

”Hey!”

”She Xilan, yes. What about her?” Lillie replied. An unimportant background character such as her wouldn't have had the privilege to be remembered.

She was that woman who stormed at Hong Long Corporation's building, making a scandalous scene and proclaiming that the baby she has in her w.o.m.b was fathered by Ethan.

The woman would've been kicked out and slapped with legitimate proofs that her claims were wrong if she was a normal civilian, or it was only Ethan who was in the scene.

Unfortunately for her, she just had to be She Gu's daughter, who happens to cross paths with the one and only White Bird—her father's nemesis—and seek doom.

What bad luck for her.

Initially, Lillie had She Xilan brought in the headquarters to use her in the future as a hostage. To lure She Gu, or squeeze out whatever information she has about her father and his plans.

But because she was pregnant, they couldn't do the usual interrogation method that comes in various forms—torture.

She was treated nicely than anyone among the prisoners. She was fed well, checked up frequently, has a clean cell, and even given her own TV to keep her occupied.

Lillie isn't a complete monster. Even if they were an enemy, she wouldn't torment a pregnant woman, and risk an innocent baby in her w.o.m.b.

She Gu, until now, has no idea that her daughter was in White Bird's grasp. Lillie wouldn't let him know yet, as She Xilan's usefulness is still being analyzed.

”She finally gave birth, err...two days ago? Whatever. The baby's a boy, by the way.” Cyra uncaringly said, flicking her wrist as if she was swatting a fly. ”So, what should we do with her, now that her 'shield' is gone?”

”Leave her alone for now. The baby still needs his mother.”

”Wow, really?” Cyrus looked at his boss, a bit taken aback. ”That's...unusually kind of you.”

Pregnant prisoners like She Xilan were rare. But when they had one, they would usually do what they did to her.

Take care of them until the baby's out.

And as soon as the baby's out, depending on what the woman did, they are either killed, kept in Blazing Purgatory, or released without their memories to live a normal life with their baby.