Only after the old monk had treated Jiang Yue's leg injury did Shen Huaiyuan hurriedly ask, "Master, is my niece's injury serious?"

Is the baby in her belly alright?

Shen Huaiyuan felt that if Old Man Chen could tell that Jiang Yue was pregnant, then this old monk certainly could too.

The old monk put the remaining medicine aside. Hearing Shen Huaiyuan's question, he looked at her and sighed, his voice tinged with pity. "The child in Benefactor Jiang's womb is protected and will be fine. As for the external injury on her knee, after using my medicine, she will be able to get out of bed after a few days of rest. However, the cold air in the snow mountain is too strong. She has been kneeling for so long, and the cold air has already entered her body. Even after the external injury heals, it will leave a lingering ailment. Whenever the weather gets cold, her knee will ache unbearably, and it may even affect her walking."

Shen Huaiyuan was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that Jiang Yue's baby was alright, but then he heard the master say that Jiang Yue would suffer from a chronic illness in the future, and he immediately became anxious.

"Master, is there any way to completely cure my niece's knee injury? She's only in her twenties, and she's already suffering from a chronic condition at such a young age, which might even affect her walking. How can she accept this?"

The old monk looked at Jiang Yue and shook his head. "There are gains and losses in everything. This is Jiang Yue's own choice."

Upon hearing this, Shen Huaiyuan swayed slightly.

"You mean, if she wants her unborn child and her husband to be safe, she has to trade her own health for it, is that right?"

The master put his hands together in prayer and uttered, "Amitabha."

Then he said to Shen Huaiyuan, "Heaven is fair. Since Benefactor Jiang has obtained what he wanted, he must make sacrifices."

Since she chose to come here, she already knew what she would face.

"Ms. Jiang should wake up soon. I need to arrange prayers for the person she loves. Ms. Shen, please take good care of Ms. Jiang. If you need anything, you can have one of the monks outside call me."

The old monk left soon after.

Shen Huaiyuan sat in the chair, looking at Jiang Yue, whose expression was very bad.

When Jiang Yue came, she kept assuring him that nothing would happen, nothing would happen...

So nothing will happen if it's like this?

Shen Huaiyuan was very angry, angry at Jiang Yue, but even angrier at Lu Jingnian. Why did Jiang Yue come to pray for blessings and insist on giving birth to the child in her womb? It was all because of him.

Even though Jiang Yue didn't say it, Shen Huaiyuan could guess that Lu Jingnian was going on a mission for such a long time, and this mission must have been extremely dangerous. Jiang Yue was taking such a risk to leave these two children behind because she was afraid that Lu Jingnian would never come back, and she wanted to leave behind his bloodline.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Shen Huaiyuan suddenly got up and went out to call his assistant in. "You watch over Yueyue for me. I'm going out for a bit. I'll be back in five minutes."

He could understand Lu Jingnian going on a mission; after all, Lu Jingnian was a soldier and had to obey orders.

But Shen Huaiyuan couldn't accept that Jiang Yue had to bear all of this alone. Lu Jingnian was gone, but he had a family now. Jiang Yue had sacrificed so much for Lu Jingnian, surely his family knew?

Shen Huaiyuan found a young monk and asked him if Pudu Temple had a telephone number.

The young monk led him to a meditation room near the entrance of the courtyard. There were two telephones there, which were provided for worshippers who came to offer incense.

Shen Huaiyuan picked up the phone and dialed the number of the Lu family in Kyoto.

The Lu family's phone number was given to him by Lu Jingnian before he left. Shen Huaiyuan had thought he wouldn't need it, but he didn't expect to need it so soon.

Soon, the Lu family's phone line went through.