Chapter 71 [VIP]
Just as Mi Yao nodded at Xiao Liang's smeared face, Xiao Shan squeezed in. Because he was in such a hurry, Xiao Shan didn't even have time to open his mouth to speak, but instead pouted and faced Mi Yao.
Mi Yao: ...
Liang Xiaolang was still wailing in the courtyard, while the others were kissing endlessly.
Instead of constantly dealing with the two younger ones, Mi Yao looked at Xiao Yi and said, "Big Brother is really amazing. He can protect his younger siblings and me too."
Xiao Yi was surprised to receive praise from Mi Yao, and blushed slightly: "I am the eldest son, this is what I should do."
“There is no obligation. It’s just that Dalang is a good person by nature and is willing to take on the responsibility of being the eldest brother.”
Mi Yao patted Xiao Yi on the shoulder, then pointed at Xiao Liang and said, "Help your second brother, don't let him keep crying."
It was Xiao Liang's first time fighting, and he was still emotionally agitated afterward, his body twitching. When Mi Yao hugged him, he went limp and lay in her arms. She couldn't hold him anymore, so she comforted him for a couple of minutes and then handed him over to Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi was good at coaxing his younger siblings; even on the way back, the two chubby little buns stopped pouting and asking Mi Yao for kisses.
Now that her hands were free, Mi Yao could give instructions for what to do next.
"I never expected my sister-in-law to have such a good relationship with the children."
Back at their lodgings, Xiao Rou prepared hot water for Cao Xiaohua to bathe while speaking to Qi Niang.
Even now, she still thinks about how Xiao Shan and the others surrounded Mi Yao.
She originally thought that since Xiao Shan and the others weren't Mi Yao's children, Mi Yao wouldn't care about them, and that the three children wouldn't treat Mi Yao well if they knew she wasn't their biological mother.
Who knew that everyone would rush forward to protect Mi Yao?
"Do you think everyone is like those people from the Dong family, unable to tell good from bad? The young men and women are from the Xiao family, inheriting the bloodline of the Xiao family, so naturally they are all good children. If the madam treats them well, they will naturally treat her well in return."
"You're right."
Feeling a little embarrassed that Qi Niang had praised her as well, Xiao Rou responded and focused even more intently on bathing Cao Xiaohua. As she focused, she noticed that the little girl had tears in her eyes and was biting her lip, secretly crying.
"What's wrong? Is the water too hot?"
Xiao Rou hurriedly wiped away the child's tears, "Why are you crying?"
As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.
Seeing this, Qi Niang silently moved her feet away. She still preferred to talk to the madam, where she could speak freely and not start crying before even saying a word.
She can slap a man who's crying and sobbing, but with women and children, it's best for her to avoid them.
"Auntie, are you going to wash me clean and cook me to eat?"
Xiao Rou bathed her very gently, and didn't mind that she was dirty along the way, holding her hand and leading her here.
She had never been to such a nice house before, nor had she met such a kind adult as Xiao Rou. At first, she felt like she was dreaming and dared not speak, but now that she had calmed down, she began to feel scared.
She feared that Xiao Rou's kindness towards her was a ploy to devour her.
"How could that be? Don't be afraid. Your auntie is here and won't let anyone bully you anymore. Your stepmother has already gotten her comeuppance..."
Thinking about what this little girl had gone through, Xiao Rou's eyes welled up with tears, and she burst into tears while holding the child.
Hearing the loud wailing inside, Qi Niang ran even faster, only breathing a sigh of relief when she reached Mi Yao's room.
"Madam, what should we do now? We can't keep him locked up forever."
She was asking about the Qiu family mother and son, as well as Cao Xiaohua's biological father.
“We can only keep her locked up. Qiu has seen Hu Hu. If we release her, it will be the same as telling everyone that we are here.”
Zhen Jing never expected that so many things would happen during her lunch break.
Mi Yao led a group of people to rescue a little girl and bring her home.
The ones who harmed the little girl so badly were Qiu and her son.
After hearing the whole story, she was disgusted by Qiu's wickedness and speechless at the lingering ghosts of Qiu and her son.
"What about the little girl? Even if Qiu Shi was never a good person to begin with, it was still my husband and I who brought her here. Since the little girl's biological father is such a scoundrel, we shouldn't send the girl back. We should keep her and raise her ourselves."
"It might not be so easy for my aunt to raise the baby. My sister-in-law is crying while holding the girl. It seems like she wants to raise the little girl."
Hearing that the poor girl was being offered a care, Zhen Jing looked at Mi Yao.
"Why are you looking at me like that? You can't have any of these three," Mi Yao teased.
After she finished speaking, Xiao Liang and Xiao Shan moved even closer to her.
“Aunt, you’re about to have your own child. If you like me, I can talk to you often in the future, but I am my mother’s child.”
"It's Mother's!"
His younger siblings had already expressed their opinions, and although he knew Mi Yao was joking, Xiao Yi hesitated for a moment before saying, "...Mm."
Zhen Jing:......
Who said she wanted the Xiao family's three children?
Seeing the child being intimate with Mi Yao, Zhen Jing was speechless for a moment, then chuckled and said, "Okay, okay, I know you both belong to your mother, I wouldn't dare to take you away."
After saying that, she returned to the topic of Cao Yatou, "Originally, if Madam Xiao and that little girl got along well, it would be a blessing for the little girl to keep her by her side."
Knowing this, Zhen Jing felt sorry for Xiao Rou, and these past few days she would go to talk to her whenever she had free time. Naturally, she could tell that although Xiao Rou said she could live a good life,
Now that I have a child by my side,
With the little girl's whereabouts known, Zhen Jing thought of Cao's eldest son, who had been sold by Qiu Shi. "I wonder where Qiu Shi sold that child. If it's not too much trouble, Hu Hu, could you send someone to inquire about him?"
"And that human flesh seller, have Pu Qing investigate that too. If it's true, cook him alive."
Knowing what everyone was worried about, Mi Yao directly explained the solution.
This is one of the good things about chaotic times: killing someone isn't so troublesome. Instead of sending them to the authorities and waiting for news, it's better to just use private torture.
"As for those three, we'll keep them locked up for now. Once this is over and we're ready to head back, we'll decide whether to sell them or what."
Selling them was the best solution she could come up with. Beating them up and throwing them out wouldn't be enough to vent her anger, and it was obvious that these people would have the chance to do the same bad things again in the future.
But taking their lives directly, especially young Liang Xiaolang, was too cruel for her, and she would have nightmares about it in the middle of the night afterward.
After sending all the children out to play, Mi Yao couldn't help but say to Zhen Jing, "If Xiao Chuan were here, he would kill people, whether they were adults or children, and regardless of how serious the crime was, he would still do it."
Zhen Jing was stunned by these words.
“Huhu, if you miss your brother-in-law, just say so. Why do you make him sound so scary? How did he become a death-reaping king in your heart?”
"Who misses him?"
Mi Yao frowned with disgust. It hadn't even been six hours since she last saw Xiao Chuan, and just mentioning him made her feel like she could still smell his scent.
It's likely that in her mind, Xiao Chuan was truly a vengeful devil, so whenever she encountered someone difficult to deal with, she would casually mention him.
"Okay, okay, I don't want to. Your brother-in-law has only been away from you for a short time. If you start missing him now, then you are indeed being too clingy."
Zhen Jing chuckled as she spoke, but stopped teasing Mi Yao with a reproachful look in her bright, watery eyes. "My brother-in-law is soft-hearted. If he weren't, why would he have taken Xiao Yi as his adopted son?"
Zhen Jing had heard many rumors before and thought that her brother-in-law, Xiao Chua, was a brute who drank blood and ate raw meat. But when she actually met him, apart from his frightening physique and colder personality than the average person, she thought he was quite nice.
Especially when Xiao Chuan stood next to Mi Yao, she originally thought Xiao Chuan looked rugged, but with Mi Yao as a bright pearl in comparison, he became handsome.
"Okay, let's not talk about him. It's so rare that I don't have to see him every day, but I still hear his name all the time. It's so sickening that I can't even eat."
Hearing Mi Yao's coquettish tone, Zhen Jing wanted to laugh but dared not, and didn't even dare to remind Mi Yao who had brought up Xiao Chua first.
Having decided where Qiu and her son would go, Zhen Jing originally didn't plan to see them.
But when she heard that Liang Xiaolang was still using Yu Shaoyang's name to get Yu Shaoyang to kill them all to avenge him, she idly touched her stomach and went to the place where they were being held to take a look at them.
She didn't say a word; just the sight of her doing well was enough to drive the Qiu family mother and son into a frenzy of screaming.
Knowing that she had made a difference, Zhen Jing ignored their insults and left the woodshed, supporting her pregnant belly.
Not long after she left, she heard from the servants that Qiu had miscarried.
Qiu's miscarriage was not only caused by her anger, but also by her newlywed husband's anger. Knowing that her imprisonment was caused by Qiu and her child, he became irritated upon hearing them cursing loudly and attacked Qiu.
Upon hearing this, Zhen Jing felt that the child deserved it, but she also felt somewhat uncomfortable, since the child was innocent.
"I'd rather go to a nearby temple and donate some money for incense and oil, otherwise I'll never be able to get over it."
After hearing Mi Yao's comforting words that it was just a pool of blood and that it was far from becoming a child, Zhen Jing was still somewhat dazed.
Seeing her expression, Mi Yao felt that she would not feel at ease if she did not go to the temple: "If you want to go, I will ask Qi Niang to inquire about it and have her accompany you."
“I told Rou Niang, and she will come with us.”
Mi Yao paused for a moment before realizing that the Rou Niang Zhen Jing was referring to was Xiao Rou. She nodded and said, "While you're at it, ask Xiao Yi and the others if they're going. If they are, you can all go out and get some fresh air together."
As for her, she naturally enjoyed the quiet courtyard all by herself, lying and sprawling everywhere.
"Beauty is wonderful; even when she's being lazy, she has such charm that you can't bear to scold her."
Zhen Jing couldn't help but reach out and stroke Mi Yao's delicate arm a few times. Looking at her charming and languid expression, she even pinched and touched her face.
After she finished everything, she quickly touched her belly with her hand, saying, "My dear girl, remember this skin, remember this appearance, and grow up to look like your aunt."
Mi Yao found it amusing and ignored Zhen Jing, continuing to read her book.
When the group returned from the temple, Mi Yao realized she had laughed too soon.
She got sleepy while reading and closed her eyes halfway through. When she woke up again, she felt someone touching her.
Her first thought in the dream was that Xiao Suo had suddenly turned around and attacked. When she opened her eyes, she realized it was a false alarm. It was Xiao Liang and Xiao Shan holding up a porcelain statue of Guanyin and touching her stomach.
"What are you doing?"
"Mother, this is the Guanyin statue we invited for you, you're going to have a baby!"
"I'll have five children: three older sisters and two younger brothers!"
Xiao Shan had a red mole dotted between her eyebrows, and as she held the Guanyin statue, her childish voice was strong and clear, as if she had some kind of magical power.
Mi Yao extinguished the incense emitting white smoke in the room and kicked the golden boy and jade girl under Guanyin out of the room. Even if she did have children, let alone not having them, she would have five babies in one pregnancy. Did they think she was a pig?
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