Although Lianyi woke up, she did not open her eyes but was dozing off. However, her ears were sensitive to all kinds of sounds in the yard.

The first one to get up was the old lady with bound feet. She must have gone to make breakfast. She heard the sound of spatulas colliding and the other party cursing:

"Everyone is waiting for me to serve them. If a woman doesn't serve me, an old lady, she still wants me to cook the pots and cook the dishes."

Half an hour later, the old lady called out her little daughter in a shrill voice:

"Little sister, hurry up and get up, are you still waiting for me to serve you?"

Then there was the sound of doors opening and closing, followed by a girl's voice:

"Mom, can't you let me sleep a little longer!"

"Just sleep till you die. You do nothing all day long but eat and sleep. Sleep and eat."

"It's not my turn to go out to work this month, so of course I have to have a good rest. If I hadn't helped, would my second brother have been able to find such a beautiful wife? And she was the one he picked out."

The girl's voice sounded somewhat dissatisfied.

"Okay, okay. I know you are a great contributor to the Qiao family, but after so long, only that female college student is pregnant. Why is there no movement in the belly of the woman in front of you?"

The old lady asked with some confusion.

"You should ask my brother about this. How would I know?"

"Bring the food in and ask your second brother to eat."

The old lady said.

"Okay, got it!"

The girl yawned and stomped into the house. After a while, a dull sound of footsteps was heard, followed by Qiao Laoer's voice:

"Mom, go and give Jingjing some food first. She's still pregnant with my son!"

"Got it. I'll go right away."

The old lady spoke something and muttered a few words under her breath, then she walked towards the utility room where Lianyi was.

Lianyi's breathing gradually slowed down, and when the old lady put the food on the ground, she didn't react at all.

"Get up and eat!"

The old lady screamed in a shrill voice.

There was still no reaction from Lian Yi.

The old lady looked at the woman who usually came when she was called to eat, but today she had no reaction at all. Her heart skipped a beat and she walked over with her little feet, kicking the ripples.

Lianyi still held back and did not move, then she felt a hand reaching under her nose, and she immediately held her breath.

"Ouch! Why are you out of breath?"

The old lady was startled and immediately started shouting:

"Second brother, youngest sister, come quickly, this woman seems to be dead."

After hearing this, Qiao Laoer and Yaomei in the room put down their bowls and chopsticks and ran to the utility room.

Lianyi took advantage of the old lady's hand leaving her nostrils to exhale slowly, and inhale even more slowly, without allowing her chest to rise and fall, just like a person who had died.

When Qiao Laoer ran into the utility room, he saw his mother sitting on the ground and the woman whose chest had stopped moving. He immediately reached out to feel Lianyi's breath. His face looked extremely ugly, but looking at the woman's bulging belly, he still felt the woman's pulse without giving up. This time he felt a weak pulse, and then he directly began to pinch Lianyi's philtrum.

About half a minute later, Lianyi took a long breath.

"Second brother, what happened? Is he dead?"

The youngest sister asked directly.

"Go and ask the village doctor."

Qiao Lao Er said with a dark face.

"oh!"

The youngest sister noticed that her second brother looked unhappy, and immediately turned around and ran out of the yard.

Qiao Lao Er asked the old lady with a dark face:

"Mom, didn't you give her anything to eat these two days?"

"I gave it to her, but she didn't want to eat it. Can she blame me?"

The old lady said with some guilt.

But Qiao Lao Er knew his mother's character and said viciously:

"Open the lock. If anything happens to my son, I'll beat you to death, old man!"

After hearing what her son said, the old lady immediately took out a key from her neck tremblingly, and then opened the iron ring that locked Lianyi's ankle.

Lianyi felt someone picked her up and put her on the bed, but she still didn't open her eyes and her breathing was still very slow, as if she would die at any time.

About a quarter of an hour later, two footsteps were heard entering the house.

Then came Qiao Laoer's polite voice:

"Uncle Wu, please take a look. I'm pregnant! Don't let anything happen to my child."

"Yes, I understand."

The man called Uncle Five walked over, opened Lianyi's eyelids and took a look, then touched Lianyi's carotid artery, and finally took her pulse in a pretentious manner before saying:

"Nephew, your wife is starving. She is too weak now, so the baby is also weak. If she doesn't have enough food, the baby won't grow in her belly. You have to take good care of it, otherwise you won't be able to keep the baby."

"Uncle Wu, don't you need to prescribe medicine?"

"No, just let her eat well, drink well and sleep well. Medicine is poisonous to the child. Drinking medicine will hurt the child."

"Uncle Wu, I understand, but why hasn't he woken up yet?"

"Make some chicken soup for her, and she'll open her eyes when she has enough strength."

"Okay, I understand."

The man called Fifth Uncle then turned around and left, still muttering "What a sin!"

After the people left, Lianyi felt a strong wind, followed by the old woman's screams.

"You old fool, how dare you starve my son? I brought back so many supplements, but they all went into your stomach. If anything happens to my son, I will kill you!"

Qiao Lao Er kicked and hit the old lady. The youngest sister wanted to stop him, but she was slapped twice as well. She had no choice but to hide back in her house.

The screams of "Ouch! Ouch!" reached Lianyi's ears, making her feel wonderful.

"Why are you howling? Go make some chicken soup. If my son dies, you will be buried with him."

Qiao Lao Er said viciously.

He doesn't care about the life or death of this woman, what he cares about is the child in her belly. You know, he has found so many women, but only this one is pregnant.

"Little sister, come out! Wipe her body and change her clothes. Be careful not to hurt my son."

When the youngest sister who was hiding heard her second brother's shouting, she responded reluctantly and left the house.

Then Lianyi was served with her eyes closed. However, because she had not been cleaned for a long time, the youngest sister was sweating all over. She pinched Lianyi's chest with some dissatisfaction, and Lianyi opened her eyes.

When the youngest sister met those clear eyes, she was startled and deliberately said loudly:

"You finally stopped pretending! Second brother! This woman is awake!"

Lianyi glanced at the other person and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, her eyes were full of panic and fear. She said weakly:

"Don't. Don't hit me. In the stomach! Please. I don't take those supplements."

These words happened to be heard by Qiao Laoer who walked in. He quickly walked to the bed. Lianyi pretended to be frightened and immediately held her stomach and shrank inward.

"You just said my sister hit you in the stomach?"

Qiao Laoer narrowed his eyes.

Lianyi nodded a little nervously, then shook her head.

Qiao Laoer took action and ripped off the thin blanket on Lianyi's body, exposing her belly. (End of this chapter)