Grandma was happy to see Bai Nuo return, and she was also pleased to hear Bai Nuo invite them to stay for a few days. After all, Bai Nuo was a child she had raised since she was a child, and had lived away from home on her own for a few days before. However, living alone and being married are two different concepts. When you live alone, you don't have to worry about other people's opinions, but when you are married, you have to consider your husband's family's feelings. So Grandma subconsciously glanced at Hu Mingmei to see if Hu Mingmei was unhappy about anything.

Hu Mingmei noticed the old woman's gaze and said with a smile, "That's right, Grandma, you should all come and stay with us. Nuonuo is pregnant, so it'll be good for her to have someone to keep her company and prevent her from getting bored."

The old woman was very surprised. Aunt Liu immediately stood up and exclaimed, "The young lady is pregnant?"

Bai Nuo blushed and said "Mmm" shyly, "I just got pregnant not long ago, only a little over a month ago."

The old woman and Aunt Liu exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise and longing in each other's eyes—they were now truly thinking of going to Hu Mingmei's house because they wanted to take care of Bai Nuo.

She took care of Bai Nuo until the child was born.

Bai Yu and Jiang Qiao'er immediately stopped darting near Bai Nuo, and stammered as they looked at her, asking, "Are you pregnant?"

Bai Nuo nodded.

So the two of them moved further away from Bai Nuo.

Bai Nuo found their actions quite amusing and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you? Why are you all acting so evasive?"

Jiang Qiao'er glanced timidly at her brother-in-law, "When Third Sister was pregnant, Brother-in-law said that I shouldn't get too close to her, or it would hurt the baby!"

Bai Nuo glanced at Lu Ying with a half-smile. She thought to herself, "Why is Jiang Qiao'er behaving so strangely after Jiang San Niang got pregnant? I thought it was because Jiang Qiao'er was unhappy about Jiang San Niang's pregnancy. It turns out it was because of Lu Ying."

Seeing Bai Nuo looking over, Lu Ying felt a little embarrassed and touched her nose, saying, "Madam, what I meant was to tell them not to jump on Third Sister so easily, not that they can't touch Third Sister."

Ignoring Lu Ying's embarrassment, Bai Nuo gave Lu Ying a polite smile, then pulled Jiang Qiao'er over, placed her hand on her stomach, and said softly, "It's okay, you can touch it. I'm healthy, and so is the baby. The baby won't disappear just because you touch it!"

Then Bai Nuo said to the old woman, "Grandma, come and stay at my place. I miss you. The house is so big, and it's just Mingmei and me. It feels so empty. I'm not used to it."

Since Bai Nuo had said so, what else could the old woman possibly object to? She wanted to stay by Bai Nuo's side, cook delicious meals for her every day, and let Bai Nuo happily give birth to the child.

She never imagined she would get to see her grandson again before she died.

"Okay, we'll go, we'll stay with you!" The old woman wiped away her tears of joy and said to Aunt Liu, "Go pack your things, take all the local specialties we brought with us, Nuonuo loves them!"

"Why!"

Because she was eager for Bai Nuo to get home and rest, Aunt Liu worked quickly and packed everything up in no time. After Bai Nuo and Hu Mingmei helped the old woman into the carriage, Aunt Liu went to open the front door, which was usually only opened for short periods of time. As soon as she opened it, she saw two people dart out of the door, shouting as they ran, "Their front door is open! It was that big woman who opened it! Quickly call a few more people and go back to tell the master that the young lady is probably running away!"

The person who spoke did not see anyone sitting inside the carriage, and was even less certain whether it was Jiang Qiao'er inside, but he still wanted to say it, for fear that the master would arrive too late and they would miss it.

He was even more afraid that the master would blame him.

Jiang Qiao'er was sitting in the carriage when she heard this, and her face immediately darkened.

Aunt Liu slammed the gate shut immediately, and the carriage was placed against the gate.

The carriage jolted, and Hu Mingmei grabbed Bai Nuo to steady her. Bai Nuo asked Jiang Qiao'er, "Who is that person? How long have they been harassing you? Why didn't you come to my place to tell us?" Even if you wouldn't tell her, you could have told Jiang San Niang.

Jiang Qiao'er pursed her lips and remained silent. The old woman said helplessly, "We also want to go find you, but we don't dare to go out. We've been guarding the door all this time. Feng'er (Aunt Liu) climbs over the wall to buy us food and drink before dawn."

"This is outrageous!" Bai Nuo said angrily, slapping Hu Mingmei. "You tell Aunt Liu to open the door. I want to see which master is so bold as to force a child."

In her eyes, Jiang Qiao'er was just a little child.

Hu Mingmei lifted the curtain and got off the carriage. When Aunt Liu saw Hu Mingmei get off, she immediately said, "Young master, you should go back to the carriage. I can keep watch here. You just need to take care of yourself and the young lady."

It's not that Aunt Liu looks down on Hu Mingmei's physique, but in Aunt Liu's eyes, Hu Mingmei's physique is really too poor; she wouldn't even be able to withstand a push from her.

Hu Mingmei said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm not here to block the door. Open the door, let them in, and see who's so arrogant. If they can resolve this, then resolve it."

Seeing that Aunt Liu was still very skeptical, Hu Mingmei said calmly, "Lu Ying is highly skilled in martial arts. With you by our side, dealing with dozens of people will be no problem!"

Bai Nuo also climbed out of the carriage and said to Aunt Liu, "Auntie, please move aside and open the gate so I can see who it is!"

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