Hemei, Henuan, and Shi Jiayu didn’t understand why Yun Jinnian, who was usually indifferent, was so good to the four sisters, but they didn’t get jealous. Instead, they enthusiastically chatted with the sisters.
It relaxed them gradually.
Suddenly, a commotion came from the outside, followed by a young girl’s voice, both soft and loud at the same time, calling out, "Nuandong, you better go back quickly, something’s happened to your mom!"
Nuandong sprang to her feet as soon as she heard this.
Her mother was pregnant.
"Miss, this servant, this servant..." Nuandong stammered, too anxious to speak properly.
After a moment of thought, Yun Jinnian said, "Hemei, Sister Jiayu, accompany Nuandong and see what’s going on!"
At the servant quarters.
Mrs. Xia lay on the kang, blood flowing continuously from her lower body. Her husband, Fen San, stood aside, watching with a heavy gaze, neither approaching to ask how she was doing nor calling for a doctor, leaving her to suffer in extreme pain.
Granny Fen Chen rushed in hurriedly. Seeing Mrs. Xia’s endless screams of agony, she cursed, "What’s with all the noise? You’re summoning spirits? You won’t die just yet. And even if you do, don’t die today; you need to hold on, you barren hen, what’s the use of keeping you!"
Two women followed behind Granny Fen Chen. "Mom, I told you there’s nothing wrong with our sister-in-law, but you insisted on coming to see for yourself. There’s still work to do in the kitchen; I need to go and see to it!"
The other woman chimed in quickly, "We have guests at the estate today, and everyone is busy. I’m going to get back to it!"
Both women glanced at Mrs. Xia, reassured she wasn’t dead, and left with peace of mind.
The current situation didn’t concern them or their daughters.
Mrs. Xia almost fainted from anger.
She had been doing laundry when Fen Zhiqiu and Fen Zhidong sneaked up behind her and pushed her, causing her to fall. They ran away as soon as she hit the ground, thinking she hadn’t seen clearly, but she had.
The children were vicious at such a young age.
Mrs. Xia knew she couldn’t make a scene now. If she did, her mother-in-law would dare to kill her.
After a glance at her husband, who stood there like a wooden block, Mrs. Xia’s heart turned cold as ice, and she felt utterly unwell. However, thinking of her daughters, she forced herself to rally, "Mother, please call a doctor for me. My stomach hurts so much!"
"Why call a doctor? Doesn’t calling a doctor require silver?" scoffed Granny Fen Chen, then turned to her son, "Take your wife’s trousers off!"
Only upon hearing this did Fen San approach and remove Mrs. Xia’s trousers, baring her pale legs.
Fen San, a heartless man, didn’t even pull a quilt over Mrs. Xia, just letting her lie there.
He was deaf to her cries of pain.
"Grandmother!" Nuandong burst into the room and saw this scene.
Her grandmother sat unbothered on the side; her father was equally indifferent.
Her mother lay on the kang with her lower body exposed and bloodied.
Nuanchun, Nuanqiu, and Nuanqiu ran in, all stunned.
"A bunch of burdens, what are you doing rushing in here? Get out, shameless good-for-nothings, scat..." Granny Fen Chen suddenly fell silent.
That was because she saw Shi Jiayu walk in with Hemei and Henuan.
Granny Fen Chen had only glimpsed them from afar before; they were attendants who followed the young miss closely.
Shi Jiayu glanced at Granny Fen Chen, then at Fen San standing aside, and snorted coldly, "Hemei, go find the third master, have someone call for a doctor and a midwife. Also, let the miss know I won’t be able to return for a while!"
She pulled a thin quilt over Mrs. Xia and comforted her, "Don’t be afraid, the doctor and midwife will be here soon!"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Xia nodded vigorously, crying non-stop.
This time, she was determined to leave Fen San and the Fen Family with her children and the baby, even if it meant death. She had to take her four children away from this den of wolves...