Upon hearing Guo Zijian's words, Old Master Li knew the old fellow had misunderstood.
"Old Guo, look at you. Where has your mind wandered?" Old Master Li shook his head and chuckled. "How could I possibly cast this child aside? Besides, Dongmei has made a sacrifice for our two families, and I haven't forgotten that. The Wu family may have broken off the engagement for this very reason, but I still can't abandon the child. However, you know how much we need the Wu family's power right now. So, we'll have to ask Dongmei to bear a grievance. We need her to get engaged, or even married, to a reliable man as soon as possible. We'll say the child belongs to someone else, not Gongming."
"This... This..." Mr. Guo breathed a small sigh of relief. He had heard that abortions were very harmful to a woman's body. Besides, he also wanted to have another piece of leverage over the Li family. But if Dongmei admitted the child wasn't a Li, then they would lose any future threat against the family.
