Chapter 1 Have Nothing

"Adam, please let my father go. The company and the money are all yours, just let him go, please!"

Bella Mu's knees rubbed against the tiled floors as her small hands clutched the man's sleeves tightly. Tears ran down her cheeks as her voice trembled.

A bony middle-aged man was lying on the bed behind her. The heart monitor beeped through the chaotic silence, and she couldn't help but clutch his sleeves even tighter.

Adam Qin snorted. "Let him go? And my family? Did he let them go then?"

Shaking off Bella Mu's grip, he stomped up to the middle-aged man and grabbed a hold of his collar. Regardless of the man's weak figure, he shook him. "Darren Mu, have you ever thought about what had happened?

Do you remember the day you took away our company and then forced my parents into debt? Their blood is in your hands! You're the one who pushed my father to jump off the building."

Darren Mu was so weak that his chest heaved violently from the harsh grip. He wheezed out, "You! Who are you?"

A hint of sadness flashed in Adam Qin's eyes, and his smile grew even crueler. "Do you remember the Qin Family? Your good old friend?"

Darren Mu's eyes widened in shock, and the past rushed back to him. The machine must've detected the sudden emotional fluctuation from the patient's heart and gave out a warning beep. Just then, a band of doctors and nurses quickly hurried over.

However, as they pushed the door open, they heard a reverberating voice from the inside of the room, "Get out!" Suddenly, they all went to a halt, unsure of what to do.

Seeing this, Bella Mu quickly scrambled to her feet and raced towards them. "Doctors, nurses, please," she stuttered out. "Please help him. My father..."

The doctors could only stare at her awkwardly. However, one look at Adam Qin's frightening gaze, they could only grit their teeth and leave. The hospital had been receiving countless sponsorships from the Qin Group every year. At this point, they couldn't afford to offend him.

When the door closed, Bella Mu cried out desperately. Knowing that she had no other choice, she returned back to Adam Qin and knelt down. "Please, please let my Dad go. He has cancer." She hiccupped. "He doesn't have that much time left."

Adam Qin approached the old man indifferently, whispering into his ear, "See? Do you see your own daughter begging me like a dog? Are you happy?

Darren, you'd better live longer to see how much I can torture her." He snarled, "Go on. Open your eyes and look at her! In four months, she will birth my child. Would you like to guess what would happen to them?"

Darren Mu couldn't say another word. Instead, he struggled to open his eyes and stare at his beautiful daughter. He remembered spoiling her so much ever since she was a little girl. Now, everything was ruined.

Although he deserved this, there was no need for his daughter to lose all her dignity at the sight of this beast.

"Stand... Up..."

he stuttered out, before going into a series of coughs, but that went completely unnoticed by Bella Mu. She was too busy trying to convince the man to let her father go.

Staring at their desperate reaction, Adam Qin resisted the urge to laugh radically. "Oh, this is just the beginning," he cooed.

All of a sudden, the noisy instruments attached Darren Mu's body gave out multiple cries. Finally, the old man managed to sit up as he glowered at his daughter, despising himself more for seeing such a piteous sight.

"Stand up!" he cried.

"Dad!" Suddenly, the young woman collapsed onto the tiled floorings. Translucent liquid pooled beneath her.

Suddenly, it seemed as if hundreds of things had happened in one go. She could hear faint shouts of, "Mr. Adam, Miss Bella's amniotic fluid has broken. She's about to give birth!"

A wave of pain coursed through her abdomen as she yelled out, clutching the sides of her bed. "Congratulations, Sir. It's a boy," one of the nurses announced.

"A woman like you will never be qualified to stay by Adam's side. You'd better get out of here as fast as you can."

At the voice, Bella Mu quickly snapped out of her memories as a baby's cry echoed in her ears. Struggling to sit up, she quickly lifted the quilt from her frail body and got out of bed.

As soon as she got up, her legs trembled from the sudden weight, and she found herself falling back onto the cushions. At this time, a woman came walking in. Upon seeing what had become of her, she quickly rushed over and helped Bella Mu back onto the bed.

"What are you doing? You still haven't recovered yet!" she snapped. "Get back to bed."

"Sally, I heard the baby crying," Bella Mu said faintly, grabbing her friend's wrist. She refused to lie back. "I–I have to find him. I'm going to find him..."

"Even if you do want to find your baby, you can't now. You still need to recover." Seeing her friend's desperation, Sally Lin could feel a lump rising to her throat. She turned away, not wanting to see the piteous state her best friend was in. "How can you find him if you're still so weak? Get some rest first, please."

What else could she do?

The woman's words was like a slap in the face. Bella stiffened under her grip as continuous tears rolled down her cheeks.

The moment she had given birth to her baby, the Qin Family quickly drove her out. The only reason why she was living now was because of Sally Lin's kindness, yet more than a month had past, and she still hadn't recovered. If she went there to the mansion and asked for her son, she would receive nothing but humiliation and insincerity. What else could she do?

Staring at her torn expression, Sally Lin sighed in frustration. She hated how ruthless the Qin Family was, and she couldn't help but feel sorry for what her friend had to go through.

However, no matter how much she wanted to rip the man's face off, she steadied her anger and moved closer. Right now, Bella would need all the comfort she could find. "Have a good rest," Sally Lin suggested. "Once you recover, we can go find them together. Is that okay?"

Bella didn't answer. Instead, she leaned against the edge of the bed and bit on her wrists. Hatred was poured out of her heart, washing her bones and body with the vengeance in her soul.

After crying for a while, the woman gradually fell asleep. Sally Lin tucked her in and left a note by the bedside table, preparing to go out. She still had to deal with numerous company issues from the amount of contracts she needed to look over.

When the door closed, Bella suddenly opened her eyes.

After waiting for a while, she slowly got up and crept up to the window. Once the coast was clear, she began to put on her clothes.

She was going to find Adam and take her son back! She would see her son over her dead body!

She didn't even wait for a single minute before she rushed down the stairs. Once she had hailed a taxi from the roadside, she quickly requested that the driver take her to the Qin Family's villa as fast as he could.

When they arrived, she could see the villa from across the street. Just as she was about to rush in, she froze. If she casually went in like this, she would most likely be driven out. If she wanted to get close to her child, then she had no other choice but to sneak in.

A bitter smile slithered into her lips. Fortunately, she had lived here for many years and knew the place like the back of her hand. Sneaking in wouldn't be difficult.

Thinking of this, she tiptoed to the back of the villa. After months of living with the man, she knew for a fact that he didn't like having many people in his home, so he usually kept a nanny. It was around noon now, so the nanny must've been in the kitchen.

As she gingerly entered from the back door, Bella cautiously looked around her, trying to figure out her next move. However, before she could even take a step forward, voices rang out from the living room.

"Adam, I'll be going shopping tomorrow. Will you be coming with me?"

"Tomorrow afternoon."

"Great! I'll set it up now."

Bella knew very well who the man was, but she was unfamiliar with the woman's voice. Not being able to help herself, she took a step towards the living room. Sure enough, she could make out a figure of the coquettish woman leaning intimately against Adam's arms.

She staggered backwards, only to hit the wall heavily. The vase by the corner was knocked down by her hands, and the sound of the crashing porcelain attracted their attention.

"What happened?" He looked back.

Widening her eyes, Bella hurried to hide inside one of the rooms by the right. Adam had assumed that the noise must've been made by the nanny, but seeing as she didn't answer, he grew even more suspicious.

When he caught sight of the broken fragments all over the tiles, his face grew unnaturally dark. "Come out!" he shouted coldly, facing the storage room in front of him.

Hearing the noise, Bella had to cover her mouth to keep herself from gasping out. A few seconds had passed, and Adam still didn't hear any response. Out of anger, he kicked the door open, only to see the exposed bottom half of Bella's figure.

"What are you doing here?"

Seeing as she had been discovered, she figured that there was no use in hiding her purpose anymore. "I want to see the baby."

A mocking smile threaded across the man's lips as he squinted. "Baby? Whose baby?"

"Mine!" She took a step forward.

Adam reeled back in disgust, as if the person in front of him had a virus. "Don't pretend to be so piteous," he sneered. "How about this? I'll give you one minute to leave. Otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless."

Bella's heart ached at the sight of the man's face. She blinked back the unshed tears, and she tried her best to steady her unstable footing. Her poor recovery from giving birth only caused her to collapse onto the ground.

"Adam..."

"You dare call his name? Don't be so shameless!" The woman approached the pair as she snorted in disdain.