Chapter 66: Those who are pitiful often have something hateful about them.
Jiang Yuzhi flicked a wisp of ghostly power toward the back of the woman's neck, while at the same time, Di Ting deployed a barrier, enveloping the entire courtyard.
The woman collapsed softly to the ground.
"Ah Ting, come and see if she's pregnant?"
Di Ting sniffed from afar, "Nothing."
They're not pregnant... so why are they saying they are?
Considering the harsh environment and her unusual behavior, Jiang Yuzhi thought, "This woman must have gone mad long ago."
It seems impossible to get anything out of her.
Jiang Yuzhi never made things difficult for herself. She'd take any shortcut that was readily available. "A-Ting, let's go!"
"Can you speak normally? At least when you're ordering me around, don't treat me like you're begging for something..." Di Ting complained, but kept walking up to investigate.
As soon as I got closer, I realized something was wrong.
Di Ting: "No, there's something in her belly... Let me see, hmm, it's the souls of several babies, let me count them..."
Jiang Yuzhi: "The baby..."
"Wait a minute!"
"Wait a minute!"
The man and the dog exclaimed in unison.
Di Ting exclaimed, "How can there be the souls of infants inside this woman's belly?! And there are as many as three or four!"
Jiang Yuzhi: "No wonder she said she was pregnant. Ah Ting, take a look at her memories."
Di Ting closed its eyes and lightly placed its claws on the woman's head. "Okay."
A madman's memories are always complex and varied, but Di Ting managed to piece together a rough outline.
This woman was originally a courtesan named Lianrong in a brothel in Wannan. She sold her art but not her body. She could play the zither and sang quite well. She had earned a lot of tips in the brothel and was about to be able to redeem herself and leave.
Lianrong and Deng Laosan were old acquaintances. Deng Laosan loved to have fun and often went to listen to Lianrong sing. He would give her some money from time to time. Over time, the two of them became acquainted.
Lianrong knew she couldn't marry into a wealthy family and would only be a concubine if she went there. So she thought of redeeming herself and marrying Deng Laosan as his legal wife, since his family didn't seem to be very poor.
Deng Laosan's family naturally did not want their son to marry a reformed woman, as that would ruin the family's reputation.
Deng Laosan told Lianrong the truth, and Lianrong was not discouraged; she was confident she could win over the Deng family. However, on the very day she was freed from her servitude, Deng Laosan unexpectedly became the son-in-law of the Xue family.
That was because Lianrong was already two months pregnant.
Feeling lost and helpless.
She stood outside the brothel with her bundle on her back, feeling as if there was no place for her in this vast world.
Unwillingness filled and squeezed Lianrong's heart.
She eventually went to find Deng Laosan and earnestly told him that she was pregnant.
Deng Laosan smiled and said, "Xiao Rong, we are not married yet. It would be bad for you and me if the child were born. Let's not have the child. Let's do what we used to do. I will give you some money, you can get rid of the child, and I will buy you a house to live in. I will visit you often."
Yes, this isn't the first time Lianrong has been pregnant with Deng Laosan's child.
Lianrong didn't know what to do, so she blankly followed Deng Laosan's advice, aborted the child, and moved into the brand-new house.
After all, in Lianrong's heart, Deng Laosan was already the husband she had chosen.
When Lianrong was alone, she often wondered why her husband had to serve another woman and be at someone else's beck and call. Wasn't she now worse off than even a concubine?
She spent several months in a daze, during which Deng Laosan visited her every seven days.
Lianrong is pregnant again.
This time, she ran into a customer who often came to listen to her sing while she was out buying groceries. The customer asked her why she wasn't singing anymore.
Lianrong suddenly felt a little embarrassed to speak.
The guest stared at her for a long time. "Miss Lian, you are three months pregnant. It's really not appropriate for you to perform on stage anymore."
Lianrong froze, then slowly covered her stomach with her hand. Was she pregnant again?
The guest noticed that Lianrong was having difficulties and said, "Tell me what's wrong, and maybe I can help."
The guest is the sorcerer.
For a sorcerer, helping a young woman with a beautiful singing voice solve some harmless little troubles is just a simple matter.
The sorcerer told Lianrong that he had traveled for a long time, and only Lianrong's little tunes pleased him the most. If she wanted to repay his help, she only needed to sing a few more lines when he came.
Lianrong agreed as if by some strange twist of fate.
Soon, under the sorcerer's guidance, Lianrong won over Deng Laosan, who started coming every seven days, then every five days, then every three days, and finally almost every day.
As time went on, the plump woman from the Xue family probably began to have some doubts.
Deng Laosan suggested that Lianrong go to the Xue family to find him, and they could meet late at night.
Lianrong readily accepted; the child in her womb had long since died because of the seductive potion given to her by the sorcerer.
Now that it seems Deng Laosan is about to give up Xue Jia's daughter and marry her, Lianrong is eager to get pregnant again to consolidate her position.
Lianrong has lost three children in a row, but with the help of the sorcerer's prescription, her health seems to be doing quite well.
Di Ting frowned deeply. It could only see from Lian Rong's perspective, but it knew that the sorcerer's prescription was definitely not a normal one.
It unleashed its full power, examining Lianrong from all angles. "That sorcerer is overdrawing Lianrong's lifespan to ensure her temporary health. Lianrong only has a few days left to live."
Jiang Yuzhi didn't know what expression to make, and couldn't say a word.
What happened next was exactly as Xue Yi had described: the two were caught having an affair by Xue Yi, and the sorcerer helped Lian Rong deal with Xue Yi. Lian Rong was able to live with Deng Lao San as she wished, without holding a wedding ceremony.
The two left Wannan with the Xue family's money and skills. Lianrong was even more satisfied. Although they did not get married, after leaving Wannan, everyone would think that she was Deng Laosan's wife.
Good times don't last long.
Since leaving Wannan, Deng Laosan's temper has become increasingly volatile.
Lianrong was pregnant for the fourth and final time.
Deng Laosan, drunk, kept beating and cursing Lianrong. He said that if she hadn't encouraged him to kill Xueyi, Xueyi's ghost wouldn't have haunted him day and night, even after he moved away, she would still come to haunt his dreams.
Lianrong truly didn't know the real reason for their move. She opened her mouth, "But, but wasn't the Xue family's... sealed in a box...?"
Deng Laosan kicked Lianrong violently, "Who knows if that lousy sorcerer you found is reliable or not? Tsk, you don't even know whose child you are!" He grabbed Lianrong's chin, spraying his breath full of alcohol fumes onto her face.
Tears fell silently, and a pool of blood spread beneath Lianrong.
So that's how he saw me.
The excruciating pain in her abdomen jolted Lianrong's nerves. "My child...my child..."
Deng Laosan had already fallen into a deep sleep.
From that day on, Lianrong changed, yet seemed unchanged.
When Teacher Deng went berserk again and tried to beat her, Lianrong could no longer bear it. She took out the medicine powder given to her by the sorcerer and drugged Deng Laosan.
Lianrong took all the family's money and ran away.
Night had just fallen when she changed her mind again—she couldn't just leave like that.
Lianrong hired a few thugs to tie up Deng Laosan, who was still unconscious. To avoid arousing suspicion from the neighbors, she decided to move.
Not sure where to move to, how about Kyoto? She's never been to Kyoto before, haha... the baby in her belly can see it for itself...
At this point, Lianrong was already acting strangely.
After they moved to Kyoto, no one dared to come and disturb them.
Deng Laosan's feet were tied to the foot of the bed. The rope was a magical artifact left to Lianrong by a sorcerer, and ordinary people could not break free from it.
Teacher Deng couldn't stand it, so she smashed everything she could reach.
Lianrong had no choice but to tie his hands up as well, and he was most obedient when he was lying on the bed.
The warlock never appeared again, and no one knows where he went.
Lianrong had no time to consider these things. She hadn't slept well for many days, and every time she closed her eyes, she dreamed of a baby crying, which disturbed her greatly.
At first, Lianrong still had some maternal love for the child, but after she cried so much, she became completely numb.
The abnormality in the mother's body resulted in the spirits of four unborn, or even unformed, fetuses remaining in her womb.
A normal person has a spirit before they have a soul at birth; the spirit is the most essential and purest thing.
The four spirits inside Lianrong's belly were connected to countless filthy actions attracted by evil.
The spirit has been corrupted.
The life of the mother is like flowing water, and the spirit constantly absorbs the energy of the mother, growing stronger day by day.
Now, even ordinary people can hear their cries.
The atmosphere in the two shops was a test of the spirit.
Jiang Yuzhi silently dragged Lianrong to a relatively clean spot outside and leaned her against it.
There's always a reason why someone is pitiful.
"Let's go see Deng Laosan."
The smell of decay permeated every corner of the house.
Deng Laosan stared blankly at the ceiling.
Jiang Yuzhi used the same trick again and knocked Deng Laosan unconscious.
They showed no mercy, nearly smashing a bloody hole in the man's forehead.
Deng Laosan has been motionless for so long; he must have developed bedsores.
Di Ting wanted to take a deep breath, but suddenly stopped, sealing off its sense of smell, its claws hovering in the air over Teacher Deng's face.
Its expression changed drastically. "Pah! What a scumbag!"
This Deng Laosan made a bet with others that he would win over Lianrong, the famous singer in the brothel, within a month.
He proudly boasted to his friends, but unexpectedly, Lianrong became attached to him.
Marrying a woman from a brothel was definitely out of the question, and Deng Laosan used his family's excuses to prevent it, but Lianrong didn't care at all.
Deng Laosan thought that now that he was married, that woman should finally give up.
So he spent some money to ask a matchmaker to introduce him to the Xue family. After meeting the Xue family, he was very satisfied with everything.
The Xue family is wealthy, and Miss Xue is a respectable wife. She is the kind of person Deng Laosan should marry. Even if it's a marriage into the Xue family, so what? The Xue family only has one daughter. Once those two old men are gone, the family fortune will still be his.
After a few peaceful days following their marriage, Lianrong came to Deng Laosan to tell him that she was pregnant. Deng Laosan was momentarily shocked. How could this woman be pregnant again? She was just a courtesan, someone to be played with and that was it.
He paid lip service to Lianrong, keeping her in an outside house and using the Xue family's money to support his mistress.
They were living a very comfortable life.
Later, a sorcerer appeared, and the entire Xue family was tragically killed. Deng Laosan suddenly started acting strangely.
To be honest, he was quite satisfied with Xue Yi as his wife.
She keeps her home in perfect order, is gentle and considerate, and being a little chubby doesn't bother her at all.
What's more, there's a skinny guy waiting for him outside.
With beauties on both sides, wouldn't that be wonderful?
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Author's Note: [Dog head with rose in hand]
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