Chapter 104

The person and the system reached an agreement, and Du Ruo tried to carry Qin Shi to the bed. Although Qin Shi was thin, she had just undergone surgery, and the wound was still fresh, so she absolutely could not be pulled.

She tried several times without success and was exhausted and sweating, so Du Ruo had no choice but to call Jiang Li in to help.

Jiang Li wrapped a thick layer of cloth around his arms to prevent touching Qin Shi's body, and only then did he steadily move Qin Shi to the bed, placing her side-by-side with her child.

The mother and child actually looked quite alike.

Du Ruo turned around and set her gaze on the operating table.

"Little Tong, you can put it away."

As soon as she finished speaking, *whoosh*, the operating table that had occupied half the room instantly disappeared.

Jiang Li, who witnessed all this: "........."

His handsome face was wooden, his eyes were dull, but inside, a storm of dozens of zhang was raging!

What kind of sacred being was his wife?

"Husband?" Du Ruo nudged Jiang Li. "You go wait outside for a moment, I have a few words to say to Cousin-in-law."

There were some things that were inconvenient to say with a man present.

Jiang Li went out, his body stiff.

On the bed, Qin Shi's eyelids trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Du Ruo sat by the bed and asked with a smile, "Cousin-in-law, how do you feel?"

Qin Shi was dazed, seemingly not knowing where she was. After a long while, her eyes gradually focused and fell on Du Ruo's face.

Then she struggled to pull the corners of her mouth, her voice extremely hoarse. "Thank you."

Although she couldn't move her body, couldn't speak, and her consciousness was a bit blurry, she still had external perception.

Originally, she hadn't wanted to live for a long time, only thinking of the innocent child in her belly, thinking she would die after the child was born.

Who knew this child was reluctant to part with his mother and actually wanted to go to the Yellow Springs with her...

Qin Shi's hand gently touched the child's little face, and her eyes, which had been like stagnant water, were now filled with maternal love. "I had long guessed that you were not an ordinary person, but I didn't expect your medical skills to be so good, that you could even save someone who was on the verge of death."

Du Ruo rolled her eyes and tentatively asked, "Then do you know how I saved you?"

"I know. Don't worry, without your permission, I will never tell anyone about you cutting open my belly to take out the child."

Such a bizarre thing as cutting open a belly to take out a child, if it were spread, would surely cause an uproar.

Du Ruo was the savior of her and her child's lives; how could she harm her?

Du Ruo understood.

It seemed Qin Shi didn't know about the operating table, only simply thinking that she had cut open her belly and sewn it back up.

That was fine then.

She then asked about Qin Shi's plans. "Cousin-in-law, are you going back to the old residence?"

Go back to the old residence? Qin Shi sneered. "I'd rather die!"

Her smile carried determination and deep hatred, which was chilling to look at.

Du Ruo was stunned and asked curiously, "Is it because Jiang Zongbao is always fooling around with women outside?"

"Even if Jiang Zongbao fooled around with a thousand women, it would have nothing to do with me." Qin Shi gritted her teeth. "I hate him only because he is a beast!"

That beast had ruined her happiness for a lifetime!

Four years ago, Qin Shi was sixteen and the most outstanding girl in Lihua Village; the people who came to propose marriage had worn out her threshold.

She hadn't agreed to any of them because she already had someone in her heart.

That person was Shi Qing, Qin Shi's distant cousin. Because his parents had both died, he had lived with the Qin family since he was young, and the two had grown up together, childhood sweethearts with deep feelings.

The Qin parents had originally agreed to marry their daughter to Shi Qing, but who knew that by chance, Qin Shi had met that bastard Jiang Zongbao, and from then on, she had embarked on a path of no return.

Jiang Zongbao had seen her, his eyes had gone straight, and he had soon invited a matchmaker to her home.

Qin Shi naturally refused, but Jiang Zongbao pestered her relentlessly, and his mother Cao Shi made a scene and acted unreasonably. Soon, all kinds of ugly rumors spread in Lihua Village, saying that Qin Shi and Jiang Zongbao were flirting and had conceived a child out of wedlock.

Immediately after, Shi Qing suddenly disappeared for no reason.

The next day, someone found his shoes by the river, the very pair Qin Shi had made with her own hands.

Shi Qing had jumped into the river...

"It was Jiang Zongbao who killed him!" Qin Shi's eyes were blood-red. "You don't know how much I hate him; I wish he were dead! Every time he touches me, my stomach can't help but churn and vomit until I can't vomit anything else!"

She had thought about killing Jiang Zongbao more than once, but she never had the courage, and she was even more afraid of implicating her own parents and having them spat at by people pointing at their spines.

So that was it.

Du Ruo finally knew why Qin Shi was so thin; vomiting so violently, it would be a wonder if she could gain weight.

Qin Shi was right; Jiang Zongbao was indeed a beast.

It was easy to guess who had manufactured those rumors; Jiang Zongbao and Cao Shi, in order to force Qin Shi to marry into the Jiang family, had first ruined Qin Shi's reputation, and then, using some unknown means, had gotten rid of Qin Shi's lover.

That way, Qin Shi had no other path to take except to marry Jiang Zongbao.

It was truly despicable.

"Then what do you plan to do now?" Du Ruo asked.

Qin Shi was silent for a long while. "As long as I don't go back to the Jiang family, anything is fine."

Du Ruo nodded. "Okay, I understand."

She comforted Qin Shi a few more times and then walked out of the room.

Outside, Jiang Li had recovered from his dazed state, a faint smile on his handsome, clear face. "Finished talking?"

Du Ruo said "Mm." "Husband, Cousin-in-law doesn't want to go back to the old residence, we have to find another place to settle her."

She actually didn't approve of Qin Shi going back either; in the eyes of the villagers, Qin Shi and the child were already dead people. If they suddenly appeared, it would likely bring not a surprise, but a shock.

They might even be burned to death as ghosts.

Jiang Li had also thought of this point. After pondering for a moment, he said, "How about this, I'll take her to the county and find a place to settle her first. Once Cousin-in-law's body has recovered, we'll find her some work, enough to support her and her child is fine."

Du Ruo agreed; that was all they could do.

The time was set for tomorrow. Jiang Li was a big man, and it was inconvenient for him to take a woman who had just given birth and a child, so Du Ruo would definitely have to go along.

After discussing it, Du Ruo went to the kitchen to get some food to feed Qin Shi. Strange to say, the child seemed to know his situation was difficult; except for crying a few times when he was born, he hadn't cried once since, and when he was hungry, he just hummed and nudged, which was incredibly well-behaved.

It was fortunate he was so well-behaved, saving a lot of trouble.

That night, when they went to bed, Du Ruo rolled into Jiang Li's arms, hugged his neck, and asked, "Husband, were you scared by me?"

Jiang Li admitted, "A little."

He endured it, but still asked, "Wife, are you a fairy or a monster?"

Du Ruo couldn't help but laugh, laughing until her whole body shook. "What if I really am a monster? Would you kill me for the sake of heaven?"