The babies, that were small, soft and delicate, were asleep with no idea what they had just gone through before coming to this world.
The old woman from the Tian Family didn’t look delighted at all when she looked at them.
There was a flash of viciousness in her eyes. After a while, she tried to cover the baby boy’s face with her dry hands without hesitation.
“Ahem, if you dare to do that, I guarantee you will get killed here right now,” there suddenly came a voice, which seemed to belong to a ghost, from the corner.
The old woman suddenly withdrew her hands as if her hands had been scalded.
Then she glanced at the emaciated girl sitting quietly in the corner and said with a terrified look, “What do you mean by saying that? Can’t I hold my grandson? You are an outsider. Mind your own business!”
Although the old woman managed to maintain her composed look, Lin Mengya, who seemed to have seen through her trick, sat in the corner, stared at her with sharp and cold eyes, and said, “It was you who fed her the safflower.”
Lin Mengya did not mean to question the old woman but said with certainty. Although she could not feel the woman’s pulse with her fingers, she was still as sensitive as before with the Shen Nung system.
“I… I did that for her own good. It is said that babies born in this month will definitely be rich in the future, but babies born next month are destined to be beggars,” the old woman argued irrationally and hysterically.
But Lin Mengya could tell at a glance that she, who acted stealthily, must be trying to hide something.
“Only you know whether what you said is true or not. But I must tell you something. Since I’m here today, I won’t allow you to lay a finger on these two babies,” Lin Mengya said, staring at the old woman with her eyes blazing with anger.
Although she was sitting in a wheelchair now and even could hardly stand up on her own, she had made up her mind to protect the two babies.
Since she had brought them into this world, she must ensure they could grow up safely.
The old woman, who seemed to feel her sore spot was touched, suddenly said with a wicked smile, “What can you, a disabled person, do? I must kill this baby today. If he dies, his parents can have another baby. Fortunately, you’re here. Later I’ll claim that you kill the baby. What can you, an outsider, do about it?”
Lin Mengya had expected her response.
All of a sudden, she showed a mocking smile like a cat playing with its prey.
“Did you hear that? You can come in now. Brother, this is their family matter. Let’s go out,” as soon as Lin Mengya raised her voice to speak, the curtain at the door was lifted by a pair of slender and beautiful hands.
Then, Tian Laosan and his son came in with a sullen look under the old woman’s frightened gaze.
“You… you…” The old woman said, while pointing at the two men of her family.
“Aren’t they supposed to be receiving the others’ congratulation outside? Why did they hide here and eavesdrop on my conversation with that girl?” She thought.
“Even a vicious tiger will not eat its cub. Nevertheless, the tiger probably won’t hesitate to eat another tiger’s cub. I advise you to tell the whole story. In this case, maybe we can spare you,” Qinghu said and gave the old woman a cold look.
After that, he went straight over and pushed Lin Mengya out of the room, leaving their family matter to be handled by them.
Lin Mengya was exhausted, so what she needed most now was a good rest.
The two of them walked through the crowd, that had been waiting outside. Lin Mengya slightly tilted her head, looked at Hou Yuetian, who was a little surprised, and said, “You didn’t expect things to come to this, did you?”
Hou Yuetian pondered for a moment with his head down before he asked slowly, “How did you know there was something wrong with the old woman from the Tian Family?”
At first, everyone thought the old woman came up with the lousy idea as she was eager to get her grandchildren out.
However, after learning that, Lin Mengya secretly told Qinghu to remind Tian Laosan and his son to keep an eye on the old woman as soon as the babies were born.
Unexpectedly, they caught her red-handed.
“The daughter-in-law didn’t have a child in the past ten years, but the parents-in-law and the husband didn’t complain about it. It proves that they are honest, tolerant and considerate. If you think about it, how could such a family recklessly use safflower to induce labor when the daughter-in-law was delivering babies and even curse her and prevent me from saving her when she was on the brink of death? Don’t you think it’s weird?” Lin Mengya said.
Hearing her words, Hou Yuetian immediately realized the crux of the problem.
Indeed, Tian Laosan and his son both seemed to be honest and tolerant. Moreover, everyone in the village came to help when Tian Laosan’s daughter-in-law was in labor, which proved that the Tian Family was respected in the village.
In this case, the actions of the mother-in-law were indeed suspicious.
However, Hou Yuetian could not figure out why the mother-in-law did this.
Lin Mengya was too exhausted to explain this to him. It took her a lot of energy just now, so now she really needed a good rest.
Lin Mengya had to admit that what she had done just now greatly improved her impression on the villagers.
On the way, when they saw her, who slightly closed her eyes, they subconsciously slowed down and quietly stopped beside her.
They did not move until she moved past them.
Qinghu pushed Lin Mengya into the courtyard, where they stayed temporarily, and carried her into the room.
After sleeping for an unknown period of time, Lin Mengya woke up.
She rubbed her swollen and aching forehead. It seemed that as she became increasingly weak, the Shen Nung system was going through a gradual functional degradation.
Just now, in order to save that woman, she struggled to use all the functions of the Shen Nung system, so now she was suffering a severe headache as if her head had been punched.
“Are you feeling better? Let me help you up and feed you some porridge,” there came Qinghu’s voice.
The moment Lin Mengya woke up, Qinghu walked up to her with a bowl of plain congee and a plate of pickled cucumbers, as if he had expected this.
“How do you know that I… I have a headache?” Lin Mengya asked.
Even now, Lin Mengya was still confused why Qinghu was always the first one to notice her problem.
“How come I can’t hide anything from him?” She thought.
“Of course I know. You can’t hide anything from me. Eat it quickly. We’ll hurry on our way tomorrow. I got the news from the Capital City that your husband went crazy and has personally led his guards to chase us,” Qinghu said.
Lin Mengya raised her eyebrows slightly. Although she tried to hide her true feelings, her expression still gave them away.
“How could he come? Is he done with everything in the Capital City?” She asked.
She had to admit that she was expectant when Qinghu said that.
However, she was keenly aware that the situation was turbulent at present. If Long Tianyu really chased after her, the Emperor would consider him absent from his post because of a private affair.
Furthermore, his enemies would be able to find fault with him and defame him easily.
The reason why she chose to leave with Qinghu was that she wanted him to be held back by the business in the Capital City.
“I don’t know whether he’s done with his business. I only know that he somehow got the Emperor’s consent. Nevertheless, according to my understanding of the Emperor, it’s probably not easy to convince him,” Qinghu said with a solemn look.
Ever since Lin Mengya returned from the Nation of Lintian, he had become increasingly wary of the old Emperor.
Qinghu was aware of something, but considering Lin Mengya’s identity, he didn’t mention it before.
“I think so. He is not the kind of person willing to back his son’s wish. We’d better guard against him. I don’t want to fall into his trap again. Let’s shake off Long Tianyu. He may go back after failing to find me,” Lin Mengya said.
After considering twice, she suppressed her strong desire to meet him.
She could not do something at will. Moreover, she had a selfish motive and hoped that she could always maintain her perfect image in Long Tianyu’s heart.
After staying in the village for one night, Lin Mengya and her company were preparing to leave. However, the villagers gathered at the village entrance and begged them to stay for a few more days.
Tian Laosan and his son even knelt and kowtowed to Lin Mengya to thank her for helping them.
Lin Mengya had no choice but to agree to stay for another three days.
Life in the village was so simple that she was a little unaccustomed to it.
Although there were not many villagers, they were quite honest and unspoiled. Therefore, what the old woman from the Tian Family had done spread all over the village the next evening.
Unsurprisingly, Lin Mengya learned the whole story.
It turned out that although the old woman was Tian Laosan’s wife, she was sterile because she had romantic affairs in her youth and suffered metrorrhagia after giving birth to a baby secretly.
Her family, ashamed of her, could only hide her experience and marry her to this remote village.
Tian Laosan, an orphan without a decent family, married her without caring about her past.
Luckily, he picked up a son, who was filial and capable and married a virtuous wife.
Although his son was adopted, Tian Laosan treated his son and daughter-in-law as his children.
Unfortunately, his daughter-in-law didn’t have any children in the past ten years. Now her pregnancy was great news for him.
However, the old woman was jealous of her daughter-in-law, and her son was adopted, so she attempted to kill the baby.
Hearing this, Lin Mengya furrowed her brows.
It was not until everyone left that she summoned Qinghu and asked for a visit to the Tian Family.
“What’s the matter? Is there anything wrong?” Qinghu asked.
He pushed her to the Tian Family as she asked.
However, he was confused why Lin Mengya asked to make this visit since the truth had come to light.
“I’m afraid there’s something else behind this. I don’t think it’s that simple,” Lin Mengya said.
