The cold moonlight poured through the window onto the table. Mu Changqing lit the candles on the wall. The faint candlelight flickered, illuminating the entire room, making it look warm and mysterious.
Mu Changqing personally brewed a pot of tea and brought it to the table. The tea exuded a faint fragrance, making people feel peaceful and relaxed.
Mu Changqing and his father sat at the table, sipping tea and playing chess, enjoying this rare quiet time.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, accompanied by Mu Feng's voice, "Dad, my child and grandma are here."
The four of them sat around the table, and Mu Changqing poured a cup of tea for each of them.
"Dad, Mom, Feng'er, what I am about to say may be unbelievable, but please don't be afraid, and you must keep it a secret." Mu Changqing said with a serious face.
"What's the matter? We've seen all kinds of storms, just tell me directly." Old Madam Mu said after taking a sip of tea.
"Dad, Mom, A Yue had a difficult delivery last night and almost died..." Mu Changqing choked up again as he spoke.
"What?" The other three stood up in shock.
"Dad and Mom, don't get excited. Sit down and listen to me tell you in detail." Mu Changqing calmed himself down and comforted them.
"Tell me quickly, what's going on?" Old Madam Mu was the daughter of a general and had an impatient temper. When she heard what her son said, she became extremely anxious.
The head of the Mu family and Mu Feng also looked at Mu Changqing anxiously.
"Mom and Dad, do you know how hard it was for A Yue to carry this baby?" Mu Changqing's eyes instantly turned red when he thought of the hardships his wife went through during her pregnancy.
"Ever since Ah Yue married me, she has wanted to have a daughter to break the curse because of the Mu family's curse. She knew that my second brother was young and playful and didn't want to get married and have children, so she took this responsibility on her shoulders. Otherwise, how could she have given birth to five children in ten years of our marriage?" Mu Changqing had tears in his eyes, feeling sorry for his wife.
"Mom has worked so hard!" Mu Feng's eyes also turned red.
"Yes, my daughter-in-law is a great contributor to our family and a great benefactor..." the head of the Mu family sighed.
"Whoever dares to bully my daughter-in-law, I will chop him into pieces!" Mrs. Mu was even more domineering.
"Over the past ten years, A Yue's health has not been as good as before. During this pregnancy, she had spotting several times. The baby's pulse is often weak, and sometimes even cannot be felt... So A Yue can only lie in bed and rest most of the time. If it weren't for her own cultivation, understanding of pharmacology, and using spiritual power to nourish the fetus every day, the child might not have made it to birth..." Mu Changqing's voice choked.
"What? Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" Patriarch Mu and Madam Mu were shocked.
"No wonder mother looks so bad every time I visit her. No wonder dad always says that mother needs to rest and not let us brothers disturb her..." Mu Feng was already in tears.
"Then what? How did she get pregnant last night?" Mrs. Mu asked with red eyes.
"Yesterday, Ah Yue was restless after getting up. There was no obvious fetal movement in her abdomen, and neither was her pulse. She had a nightmare at night. She dreamed that the baby said she wanted to drink Meng Po soup, and then she woke up in shock. After waking up, she could not feel the baby's movement, and her pulse was gone. I was so anxious that I moved the fetus..."
Mu Feng cried out "wow".
Old Madam Mu's tears fell like pearls from a broken string, and even the head of the Mu family could not hide his tears.
"Then...what happened next?" Madam Mu's voice trembled.
"Later, A Yue kept pumping spiritual power into her belly, saying that she didn't believe her child would be gone like that. Every time she ran out of spiritual power or was tired, she would take pills to replenish her spiritual power and physical strength, and all I could do was stay with her..." Mu Changqing said dejectedly.
"There has never been a moment when I felt so useless..." Mu Changqing covered his face and cried softly.
"Daddy, what happened next?" Mu Feng asked crying.
"A Yue worked hard all night long until she finished all the pills, was physically exhausted, and had no spiritual power... At that moment, I saw despair and a hint of death in her eyes... I knew that if she lost this child, she would not be able to survive! I... feel the same..." Mu Changqing said softly.
"Wuwuwu...you bastard!" Old Madam Mu could no longer hold back and punched Mu Changqing a few times while crying.
Mu Feng was crying out of breath, and the head of the Mu family was also in tears.
"What happened next?" asked the head of the Mu family, trying hard to hold back his tears.
"Later, the doctor and the midwife told us that the baby was stillborn. They asked us to make a decision quickly and find a way to remove the dead baby from A Yue's belly! Otherwise, the adult wouldn't survive if the pregnancy took too long."
"Just when we were about to give up, a golden light shone directly on Ah Yue's belly, and then we heard a voice saying, 'Oh my goodness, we made it in time! Daddy and Mommy, don't worry, Ah Li is here...'"
"Then not long after, Ali was born, and A Yue fell into a coma... You all know what happened next." Mu Changqing said.
"What about the midwives in the delivery room? Didn't they find anything unusual?" asked the head of the Mu family with a frown.
"It's strange, but when the golden light appeared, the other people in the delivery room seemed to be under a spell, as if time had stopped... When the golden light disappeared and Ali was born, they seemed to come back to life. Even more bizarre is that their memories seemed to have been altered. They couldn't remember anything that had happened before, and they didn't have the slightest doubt about Ali's birth."
Whenever Mu Changqing thought of that bizarre scene, he still felt like he was dreaming.
"It turned out to be little Ali..."
"No wonder we can hear her inner voice. She must be from an extraordinary family!"
"My sister must be a fairy from heaven, who came down to our house to save us."
The head of the Mu family, Old Madam Mu, and Mu Feng all felt grateful for having survived the disaster.
"This matter must not be known to others, lest someone with ulterior motives hurt Xiao Li'er!" said the head of the Mu family seriously.
"Yes, we must protect our little fairy well. Let her grow up safely and happily." said Mrs. Mu.
The others also nodded solemnly.
"Okay, it's getting late. Changqing, you should go back and accompany your wife. If Xiaoli'er is not well, bring her to our yard and we will help take care of her for you." The head of the Mu family rolled his eyes and said with a wishful thinking in his mind.
"That's fine. I'll take him there early tomorrow morning." Madam Mu said excitedly.
"This way I can always cultivate my relationship with the fairy Ali." Mrs. Mu thought to herself.
"Dad, Mom, I'm afraid this won't work. Xiao Li'er is very picky. She won't drink anyone's milk except A Yue. Today, A Yue was in a coma for several hours, and she was hungry for those same hours. So we should just raise her ourselves." Mu Changqing said with a smile.
With that, Mu Changqing turned around and left triumphantly.
"Dad, wait for me, let's go back together. Good night, Grandpa and Grandma." Mu Feng hurriedly chased after him.
The night was slightly chilly, but Patriarch Mu and Old Madam Mu were still unable to calm down for a long time...
"Madam, little Ali is truly a great opportunity bestowed upon us by God. She is our blessed treasure."
"Well, we must love and pamper her even more from now on..."
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