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"I think I should say that the court will grant you custody, not what I want. I don't have the child custody decision, Miss White." Jiang Lingchen refused to consider her words for even half a second.

She had always known that he was good at debating, but she was no match for him when he used the tactics he used to deal with his opponents in the mall.

"The child is still young and cannot bear the torment. When the time comes, the baby will be afraid." Bai Jinxi was already feeling helpless, but he was still trying to save the situation, "What do you want me to do? "You are the one who will let the child go …"

Jiang Lingchen leaned towards her, "Miss Bai, you don't need to give up so early. You have done a lot of work by yourself these years, if the custody of the child goes to me, I will write a cheque to you, and you can take it as the payment for raising the child for the past few years."

"I don't need money. If you give me the child, I promise I won't ask you for a penny." She was close to tears.

"You really look down on me." Jiang Lingchen's voice had a hint of playfulness in it, "I'm richer than you can imagine, so can I still give you a few million or ten million or do you want more money?"

Bai Jinxi stammered, "I don't want it, not a single cent!" She feebly repeated the question, "I only want children, what do you need in order to let them go?"

"I thought you were prepared to come today and perform a show that was willing to betray your kind mother for the sake of your son, but it's been a full ten minutes," He paused for a moment as he hesitantly reached out a hand to caress her soft hair. She just stood in front of him, her body trembling slowly because of fear. She suddenly raised her head and he subconsciously retracted his hand.

She raised her eyes to look at him, and her eyes seemed to be filled with transparent liquid, something he was very familiar with. He rarely saw women crying in front of him, and he didn't know if crying in other women was the same as how she made him feel, actually a little … Heartache?

What the hell? He had done so many unimaginable things in order to take revenge on her. He only hated her, so how could he fall in love with her? His face suddenly turned cold. "Your actions today have really disappointed me. I thought you could give up your life for your child. Your child is much more important than you, or are you just holding back?"

Bai Jinxi looked at him in shock, and did not know how to answer for a long time. Did he mean what she imagined, and he said it in a reserved way, but she clearly heard his subtext, and she did not know what he was thinking, and asked sternly: "Will you really let the child go if I promise?" She still didn't quite believe him, afraid that he was playing with her, afraid that he was telling the truth.

Jiang Lingchen gave an unfathomable smile, "If you don't try, how would you know if it's real or fake?"

"A toy that you're tired of playing with. I thought you wouldn't have any thoughts towards her." He was even already disgusted.

It wasn't that she hadn't thought of giving herself to him, it might have gone better, but she felt that she had thought too highly of herself. Why would he want her, he had women, even his wife was too beautiful to look at, how could she have said that?

"She has some exceptional qualities to be able to be my plaything." Jiang Lingchen said indifferently, his face no longer showing any traces of a smile.

Her heart was once again frighteningly cold and the smile at the corner of her mouth was stiff. She wanted to make it look like she couldn't do anything, so she couldn't be too delusional, and the lessons she had learned were not enough.

After using a few minutes to digest what he had said, he was surprised to discover that he could take a step back and return the child to her.

"Sixty days." he said.

"What?"

"As long as you are my lover for sixty days, I can give you the custody of the child. In addition, I'll add another five million to your living expenses." This was truly a great gift. If a normal person heard this, they would be so happy to live with such a man. However, she was no longer the little girl from five years ago.

"I don't need your money. I only want the child." She whispered earnestly, "You can reduce the time to a certain range. Five million is not a small amount. I think you can at least reduce it by half?"

"Miss Bai, you have a request for me right now. You can accept the conditions and leave this place immediately."

"I don't want five million. I only want children." she repeated stubbornly.

"Of course, you have another choice. That is, I'll see you at the court tomorrow."

She lowered her eyes, not knowing what to do. Sixty days, was two months of time, if he agreed to spend two months with her, what would happen to his wife who was about to pass by him, to be the third party in their marriage? On the bottom line of morality, she would never get through herself, but for the baby, if she didn't agree, she would really lose the baby.

"However," Jiang Lingchen 'kindly' reminded her, "although I promised you that I could come see your child on the weekend, if my wife doesn't agree and is unwilling to see you in our family, I think I'm powerless to help you. You must be mentally prepared, because tomorrow in court will be your last chance to see your child."

Bai Jinxi looked at him in disbelief: "You want to raise me from behind your wife's back?"

She would never be ashamed to sell herself for something of interest, but there was nothing she could do about it now. She would rather be tormented than imagine that the baby might be hurt, that it was her child, her only family in the world.

"Miss Bai, please find out one thing. I'm still single." Jiang Lingchen denied her words.

"Then you are about to get married. Aren't you afraid that your wife will find out about our relationship?"

Jiang Lingchen looked at her in ridicule, "This is not something you can consider right now."

He didn't know what he was doing now, he was forcing her to be his secret lover, he was using his son's custody powers to force her to give up her son's custody for that so-called sixty days, just for those sixty days, it was really ridiculous, or more than that, there was only one thing he could do, to see her helpless in front of him, to take revenge on her, God knows what he was doing, to take revenge or to take revenge on her, sometimes he wanted to strangle her even more, but every time he touched her, he would turn into endless love.

A complicated emotion flashed through his cold eyes before it disappeared in the blink of an eye. He pursed his lips and whispered softly into her ear, "Be careful, believe it or not. If I just want to get you into bed, there are countless ways."

In a short thirteen minutes, she once again experienced the taste of despair. On the way home, she received a call from Meng Yuqian, which was very rare for him to still remember her. She was also very grateful for his help, "Thank you for the lawyer you invited, I'll be troubling you for the past few days."

"Why are you being so courteous to me? Have you seen Jiang Lingchen yet?" He guessed over the phone.

"I've just seen him."

Her voice was weak, and the moment she heard, she knew that the situation wasn't good. He tactfully did not pursue the matter further. "You must have a child?" However, this question was not as easy as it had been last time.

Bai Jinxi's attitude was very firm, on this matter, she would not retreat, "No matter what method I use, I want the child back." She stroked her forehead and said in a low voice, "If I didn't have children these five years, I definitely wouldn't be able to survive by myself. Perhaps you don't believe that I just want to marry the child into the Wealthy Class. The child is very important to me, and he is my life …"

"What method do you have to compete for children with Jiang Lingchen?"

Bai Jinxi said as he powerlessly looked away, "As long as there's a sliver of hope, I won't give up."

Everyone knew that her actions were just using an egg to hit a rock, no matter how much she did, it would just be in vain. Who was Jiang Lingchen? She had nothing in common with him. The tone of all the jurors was inclined to him, he had the excellent qualifications of a father to raise a child into a dragon, and she had almost nothing but a poverty-stricken backbone. There was no chance of winning the case.

"You are a female, and originally, the chances of competing for custody rights were higher than the male, and judges normally consider things from a female's perspective, but your current conditions are indeed not comparable to Jiang Lingchen's, and you are single, so be careful, or you might think that I am taking advantage of the situation to enter, but have you really thought, if you marry, have a stable family, and the child lives together with you in a secure manner, the outcome of this case is not certain. Who will win and who will lose, at least what percentage of chances do you have then?"

She had even thought of selling herself to Jiang Lingchen, so how could she not have thought of marriage. The painful lesson of their previous marriage was still fresh in her mind, and she couldn't believe in this kind of 'marriage' anymore, let alone knowing Meng Yuqian's family members. She didn't even know the background of his work, so how could she marry a 'stranger' like him?

"If I get married, I want to marry someone from a middle-class family. I don't need a lot of money, I just need a stable job."

"You have a problem with the rich?"

Your living conditions are not inferior to Jiang Lingchen's at all. I understand that you are both from the same generation of rich families, and I also understand that you are not suitable for me, and similarly, I am not suitable for you. I do not have any confidence in our marriage.

The other side quieted down. She could understand the displeasure in his rejection, so she asked softly, "You really like me?"