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Chapter 228 - Chapter 228 - Targeted

Li Wang clutched the phone tightly, the edge of it digging into his palm as his uncle's words echoed in his mind like cracks in glass. He adopted Jian because he was her son. Not because he cared. Not because of kindness. It had all been a calculated move.

He took a trembling breath, his throat dry. His lips parted, voice uneven and shaking.

"Then why…" he whispered, his voice barely audible, "Why did you ask me to be nice to him? Why treat him well if you just wanted him for that?"

There was a pause on the other end of the line. Long, heavy, suffocating.

"Because I wanted to use him for another purpose."

Li Wang's breath stopped. He could hear his own heartbeat pounding in his ears.

"…For what, Uncle?" he asked, his voice cracked, barely holding together.

"To breed," came the cold, emotionless answer.

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