“Little girl, come here, let me take your pulse…” the old man said, his back hunched as he walked towards the outer room first.

Ye Yun quickly followed.

Qin Zheng wanted to join in, but Qin Xiang'e held him down and comforted him, "Given your current condition, you should rest quietly for now. I'll let you know if I hear anything."

Qin Zheng had no choice but to listen to Qin Xiang'e's comforting words and obediently sit back on the kang.

But he didn't give up. He pricked up his ears to listen to the sounds outside, not wanting to miss a single word from Ye Yun and the old man.

Outside, Grandpa Wang asked Ye Yun to sit opposite him and extend her wrist.

Ye Yun did as instructed.

She placed her outstretched wrist on the cotton pad, and the old man's withered fingers, like tree bark, touched her wrist. Perhaps due to his age, after placing his fingers on her wrist, the old man looked into the distance and squinted his cloudy eyes intently.

A few seconds later, he changed his position.

Ye Yun couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. "Grandpa, could it be that I have some kind of terminal illness?"

"..."

The old man did not reply.

This made Ye Yun even more confused.

Qin Xiang'e was also extremely anxious, looking at Old Master Wang with a worried expression, thinking, "Could my newlywed wife be going to die like this?"

Seeing Qin Xiang'e's expression, Ye Yun wasn't so anxious anymore.

It doesn't matter.

Anyway, she was already dead, so the time she spent with Qin Zheng was already a bonus for her.

It's just a pity for Qin Xiang'e and Qin Zheng, who have to grieve for her in vain.

"Hmm... little girl, you're pregnant."

Suddenly, the old man stroked his goatee, turned around and calmly spoke to Ye Yun.

Ye Yun opened her mouth slightly.

What?

"What! What's done!" Qin Xiang'e's face lit up with joy, but she was even more bewildered than Qin Xiang'e when she confirmed it.

The old man had already withdrawn his hand from Ye Yun's wrist, stroking his goatee and saying, "If you're pregnant, you're pregnant. What else could it be? Zhengzi's aunt, you've been through this before."

Qin Xiang'e paused for two seconds, then suddenly clapped her hands excitedly: "Oh my!"

"Good news! Zhengzi's wife is pregnant!" Seeing Qin Xiang'e so happy, Aunt Tian clapped her hands and patted Qin Xiang'e's shoulder, saying, "Xiang'e, I told you you'd be a grandmother soon! Look how capable your Zhengzi's wife is, she's only been married a short time!"

Qin Xiang'e was so excited she couldn't close her mouth and said, "This, this..."

Her face was flushed, and she was so excited that she didn't know what to say for a moment. She clutched the hem of her clothes helplessly, and suddenly ran towards the old lady's house with tears in her eyes.

"My elder brother! The Qin family has an heir!"

From afar, one could still hear Qin Xiang'e speaking to the memorial tablet of Qin Zheng's father in that room.

Amid the lively atmosphere, Ye Yun sat somewhat bewildered on a bench, unconsciously touching her lower abdomen. At this moment, she was still in a daze; how could she be pregnant?

If you count the days, it can only be the night before Qin Zheng went on his mission.

After Qin Zheng left, he was gone for nine days. When he returned, he helped her sell mung bean cakes outside. Almost ten days have passed since then, and her period still hasn't come...

Thinking about it that way, that makes sense.

Ye Yun couldn't help but touch her lower abdomen. She hadn't expected the accident to happen so quickly. She had planned to have a child with Qin Zheng and settle down, but this was too fast!

A burning gaze fixed on her, causing her to look up.

Looking up, she saw the man standing motionless at the doorway of the inner room, staring intently at her with a fervent look in his eyes.

"young married woman……"

Qin Zheng limped toward Ye Yun and suddenly pulled her into his arms.

His strong, warm forearms wrapped tightly around her, her head pressed against his firm chest, their skin touching, and she could clearly feel his rhythmic heartbeat.

"Zhengzi, if you want to be affectionate, go inside!"

Some people started to jeer.

Upon hearing this, Aunt Tian immediately said, "That won't do! Zhengzi's wife's body can't be touched right now!"

Ye Yun blushed deeply after being told off.

Qin Zheng suddenly smiled foolishly, picked Ye Yun up horizontally, and carried her into the inner room next door.

A burst of laughter immediately followed.

Once inside the room, the noise from the outer room was shut out. Qin Zheng gently placed Ye Yun on the kang (a heated brick bed), and couldn't help but give her a light kiss on the outside. "Wife, from now on, you should rest well on the kang!"

Pfft... Ye Yun couldn't help but laugh.

She gently grasped Qin Zheng's hand and whispered, "I'm just pregnant, not crippled. You're the one who should be resting on the kang (heated brick bed)."

As she spoke, she gave Qin Zheng's unbandaged leg a fierce look.

Qin Zheng chuckled, shifted his leg slightly to the side to avoid being seen by Ye Yun, and lowered his voice, saying, "I'm just waiting for Grandpa to get my medicine. Once the medicine is ready, Grandpa will bandage me up."

"Okay, don't forget to disinfect, that's the most important thing," Ye Yun instructed.

Qin Zheng nodded obediently.

Outside, the old man had prescribed medicine for Qin Zheng and some medicine to prevent miscarriage for Ye Yun. He said that he was afraid Ye Yun would be frightened today, so he gave it all to Qin Xiang'e and told her to ride her old bicycle back to his house to get it.

The old man has someone at home who can get medicine.

He writes prescriptions, and his wife is responsible for preparing the medicine. She also helps him with tasks such as grinding the medicine. This lifestyle is exceptionally harmonious.

After finishing the task, Qin Zheng suddenly had a cold expression and asked someone to bring Lü Guohua over.

Lu Guohua had already sent the villagers home, but when she heard that Qin Zheng was looking for her, she followed Tian Xiaohui to Old Qin's house without saying a word.

When he heard that Ye Yun was pregnant, he specially brought some eggs as a token of his concern.

This was something Ye Yun hadn't expected.

Ye Yun asked Qin Xiang'e to accept the eggs. Before she could even exchange pleasantries with Lü Guohua, Qin Zheng had already gotten off the kang (a heated brick bed) and, with Erdanzi's help, sat down in a chair in the main room.

He asked Lü Guohua to sit down on the other side and got straight to the point: "Uncle Lü, I invited you here today because there are still some things that need to be taken care of."

Lu Guohua quickly smiled and said, "I know, you mean Guo Youcai, right?"

"right."

Upon hearing this name, Qin Zheng's expression darkened instantly.

Seeing Qin Zheng's pale face, Ye Yun also spoke up: "Uncle Lü, I heard from the others that when I encountered the murderer, someone hid me in a cave?"

She remembered hearing Ma Dalong say that he was lucky to have found her when she first regained consciousness.

Now Qin Zheng has mentioned Guo Youcai...

She wasn't stupid; she naturally saw through the meaning behind all these things.

Lu Guohua thought for two seconds, then didn't hide anything from Guo Youcai and told Ye Yun frankly, "Qin Zheng's wife, it's like this, the youngest son of the Guo family wanted you and Qin Zheng to help find jobs, so he pretended to kidnap you to create the illusion of rescuing you. He just didn't expect that you would run into a real murderer."

Qin Zheng's face was cold as he said in a deep voice, "Uncle Lü, wouldn't you say this counts as murder?"

"Forehead……"

Lu Guohua fell into deep thought. If it was considered murder, then the reputation of their entire village would be ruined.