The man's mother stood to the side, her face full of dissatisfaction and disdain, her mouth constantly opening and closing slightly.
Although it was impossible to hear what she was muttering, it wasn't hard to guess her attitude from her occasional upturned lips and disdainful look.
She would occasionally glance at her son out of the corner of her eye, her eyes filled with helplessness and indulgence.
Lin Yuze stepped steadily into the house, and a pungent smell hit him.
It was the smell of blood after childbirth, mixed with the stale odor of the room that hadn't been ventilated for a long time, making it hard to breathe.
He frowned subconsciously, but didn't stop walking, and soon arrived at the woman's side.
He crouched down gently, his movements careful not to disturb the fragile mother before him, and he spoke as softly as possible.
He said gently, "Don't be afraid, tell me slowly, what exactly happened?"
The woman's face was streaked with tears, which streamed down her cheeks like broken beads, and she was sobbing uncontrollably.
She spoke through sobs, her words filled with pain and despair.
It turns out that she had gone through countless hardships and struggled in excruciating pain for a long time before finally welcoming the arrival of a new life.
But she was still so weak that she was almost exhausted and didn't even have the strength to drink water. She watched helplessly as her mother-in-law and husband's faces turned ashen after they found out the child was a girl.
Under her mother-in-law's instigation, Liangren did not hesitate to pick up the child and rush outside.
She was frantic with worry. Despite her extreme weakness, she mustered her last bit of strength to chase after him, only to see her husband about to drown their child in a water vat.
Fear and despair overwhelmed her instantly, and she cried out for help desperately, which led to the heart-wrenching, desperate screams that Lin Yuze had just heard.
Lin Yuze watched as the woman gently rocked the baby in her arms, humming a tuneless melody in an attempt to soothe the child.
The baby's cries gradually subsided, its little face still bearing traces of wet tears, making it look very pitiful.
Seeing this, Lin Yuze sighed softly and instructed a female guard to carefully help the woman onto the bed.
The female guard carefully covered her with the blanket and tucked it in, her actions full of care.
Seeing the female guard's actions, Lin Yuze nodded slightly, and then slowly turned around.
His back was ramrod straight, every muscle was taut, and he exuded a chilling aura.
His gaze was like a knife, coldly shooting at the man and the old woman. His voice was low and icy, as if carrying the bone-chilling frost of winter.
"Do you know that you are breaking the law?" The voice was not loud, but it seemed to carry immense power.
A chill ran through the room, and for a moment, the air seemed to freeze. The man and the old woman felt cold all over and couldn't help but shiver.
Upon hearing Lin Yuze's stern question, the man's mind went blank for a moment, as if he had been struck by a thunderbolt, leaving him completely disoriented.
His legs felt as if they had been stripped of their tendons and bones, instantly becoming weak and powerless. His knees buckled uncontrollably, and he slammed heavily to the ground with a "thud," kicking up a small cloud of murky dust.
His face turned deathly pale in an instant, devoid of any color, like the last snowflakes of winter, untouched and about to melt away.
Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, leaving several disheveled marks on his dirty, terrified face.
His eyes were filled with fear and panic, and his gaze darted left and right uncontrollably.
Panicked, like a caged beast desperately searching for a lifeline, or perhaps trying to escape an unbearable punishment that was about to befall it.
The old woman was so frightened by this sudden turn of events that she trembled violently, as if an invisible hand had gripped her heart tightly.
His legs trembled like leaves, shaking uncontrollably, like a flickering candle in the wind, about to go out at any moment. In a panic, he slowly knelt down.
She was lying extremely low, her hands gripping the ground tightly, her fingertips white from the excessive force, and the veins on the back of her hands bulging like twisted earthworms.
Even so, she was still muttering to herself, her voice low but carrying a stubbornness that refused to yield.
“This is my own child. I’m just trying to drown her. How is that breaking the law?” she said, raising her head slightly.
Her neck was slightly red from the exertion, and her eyes held a stubborn incomprehension and resentment as she stared straight at Lin Yuze.
In those eyes, it seemed she was still waiting for an explanation that would convince her willingly.
In her stagnant mind, bound by outdated ideas, disposing of her own daughter was nothing more than a trivial and insignificant matter.
They didn't realize they had committed an unforgivable mistake.
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