Chapter 40: The Battle for the Child
There were beads of sweat between Gu Yuanniang's brows and her teeth were chattering, but she never cried out.
Xu Miaomiao couldn't help but admire the woman in front of her, who could remain calm even in such pain.
Only after the wound was sewn did Xu Miaomiao heave a sigh of relief. Looking at the woman, she couldn't help but ask, "What happened? How could the lady be injured so badly?"
"It's still that young lady Chunhe." The old woman at the side was the first to speak up for the woman, but then shut up when Gu Yuanniang stopped her.
"There's nothing much to say. It's just the norm for an unloved woman."
Xu Miaomiao felt a pang of bitterness in her heart. Looking at the woman in front of her, she felt very uncomfortable.
Gu Yuanniang stared ahead and said blankly, "I know Cui Yuan doesn't like me. I was forced to be with him by my parents. I never thought that he would love me so much. I even knew that he liked Chun He, and he agreed to let that woman into the mansion on the wedding day."
As she spoke, Gu Yuanniang sneered, "I originally wanted to live a leisurely life, but Chunhe was unwilling to let me go. She relied on Cui Yuan's love for her and was insidious and cunning. When I was pregnant with Ling'er, she put drugs in my food. After I found out, Cui Yuan still protected her. I couldn't hit or scold her, but why did she touch my Ling'er!"
As she spoke, Gu Yuanniang's eyes turned red with excitement, causing the wound on her hand to split open again.
"Doctor Xu, just now that Chun and that little bitch said that our Madam was not feeling well, so they forcibly took the young master away. The Madam was so anxious that she cut her hand."
The old woman standing by spoke only after seeing how grief-stricken Gu Yuanniang was.
Xu Miaomiao was also a mother, so she naturally knew how important a child was to a woman. Looking at the sad woman in front of her, she couldn't help but ask, "Sixth Mother, have you ever thought about divorce?"
Hearing this, Gu Yuanniang excitedly clenched Xu Miaomiao's hand and said, "I want to do this, but Cui Yuan is obsessed with my family's winemaking business and won't let me go. He said he can only divorce me but not divorce."
"My poor Ling'er." The woman lowered her eyebrows and pondered in her heart. She turned to look at Xu Miaomiao solemnly and said, "Miaomiao, do you think I should get Ling'er back?"
"That's your child, he should have grown up under your lap, not to mention you are the legitimate wife of this manor!"
Xu Miaomiao's voice was powerful and resounding. Gu Yuanniang blamed herself for being cowardly just now and immediately decided to get Ling'er back.
"I'll go with you." Xu Miaomiao said.
Gu Yuanniang's eyebrows flashed with joy, but then turned into a little worry: "Miao Miao, I'm afraid this matter will implicate you."
"If you consider me a friend, don't think so."
Gu Yuanniang nodded firmly and walked towards Chunhe's yard with Xu Miaomiao.
She stood up for Gu Yuan's mother today, firstly for the sake of their sisterhood, and secondly because the affairs of the clinic had been interfered by this Madam Chunhe, so she had to seek justice no matter what.
For both public and private reasons, Xu Miaomiao should go.
"Why are you crying? It's so annoying!"
As soon as I entered the room, I heard a woman's dissatisfied voice. When I got closer, I saw that the woman was shaking the child violently, with annoyance in her eyes.
"Ling'er!"
When Gu Yuan's mother saw this scene, her eyes suddenly turned red. She anxiously stepped forward to take the child from the woman's hands, held him in her arms and looked at him carefully, tears of heartache streaming down her cheeks.
"Oh, who was it? It turns out to be my sister."
Chun He on the side glanced at Gu Yuanniang with dissatisfaction, and saw Xu Miaomiao's mouth and sneered: "Isn't this Doctor Xu? What's wrong? Is the clinic's business not doing well?" The woman laughed and covered her mouth with a handkerchief: "Hahahaha, I forgot that your clinic closed down a long time ago, hahaha."
Xu Miaomiao didn't indulge her either. She immediately took out the itching powder from the space and sprinkled it in front of the woman. The itching powder gradually floated into the woman's nose through the air. Chunyuan couldn't help but sneeze.
"Chunyuan, this is what you said, you will take good care of my Ling'er." Gu Yuan's mother's eyes were red, as if she wanted to stare a hole at the woman in front of her.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" The woman waved her handkerchief nonchalantly. "Isn't your child here fine? Don't yell at me right away."
"Miao Miao, let's go!"
Gu Yuan's mother glared at her fiercely and said to Xu Miaomiao, but Chunyuan gave a look and the old woman beside her stood in front of the two of them.
"What does this mean?"
Xu Miaomiao spoke with dissatisfaction.
"Sister, please take care. I won't see you off." Chun He spoke slowly from behind: "But Ling'er must stay."
Hearing this, Xu Miaomiao could no longer hold back her anger and said to the woman in front of her: "This is the eldest lady's child. What qualifications do you, a concubine, have to raise it? First, Yuan Niang gave in to you because she has a good temper. I, Xu Miaomiao, will not give in to you!"
"you!"
Chunhe was so angry that he couldn't speak for a moment and could only stare at Xu Miaomiao angrily.
"What happened?"
A male voice broke the strange atmosphere. Looking in the direction of the voice, the man was dressed in black, with ordinary looks and thick beard. When he saw the person coming, Chunhe changed his appearance and lay tenderly in Cui Yuan's arms: "Master, you are finally back."
As he spoke, he squeezed out two tears and looked extremely pitiful: "As soon as the lady came in, she brought this Doctor Xu to find fault with me. Chunhe really didn't know what to do."
As he spoke, tears began to flow.
Fortunately, Xu Miaomiao had seen her domineering look just now, otherwise she would have really believed her trick.
"Oh, my dear, let me see."
Hearing this, Xu Miaomiao immediately wanted to retract her previous thoughts. This man suddenly became wretched.
The man looked Xu Miaomiao up and down and said dissatisfiedly: "You are a doctor, why do you want to meddle in our family affairs?"
"Xu Miaomiao is my close friend, why can't she get involved?" Gu Yuan's mother spoke for Xu Miaomiao while holding the child.
Xu Miaomiao was touched and gave Gu Yuanniang a comforting look.
"Master, you don't know. Originally, the Madam had promised to let me raise Ling'er, but now that Xu Miaomiao is here, she has changed her mind and wants to take Ling'er back."
Cui Yuan frowned and looked at Xu Miaomiao with an even more unfriendly look: "Oh? Really?"
"You are shameless!" Gu Yuanniang suddenly spoke up, staring at Chunhe: "What do you mean by promised to give it to you? You just snatched it away by relying on your numbers!"
"It's just a child, why do you care so much!" Cui Yuan shook his hands and looked at Gu Niangyuan dissatisfiedly: "It's just a child, so what if I give it to Chunhe."
Chunhe looked at Gu Niangyuan proudly, as if to say, I won.
Gu Niangyuan was unable to stand and had to rely on Xu Miaomiao's support to recover.
"Cui Yuan, that's your child too!"
The hoarse roar echoed throughout the whole house. Gu Yuanniang lost her former appearance as a daughter from a noble family and became arrogant and rude.
(End of this chapter)
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