"It's already this late, how can I still blame Xiaoling? As long as the adults are fine, we still have Niuniu, right?" Old Mrs. Zhu was very open-minded. "It's also because this child is not meant to be with our family. Xiaoling didn't dare to tell her family because she was afraid that we would blame her."

Thinking back to what my daughter-in-law said about stewing soup, "No wonder you asked Weidong to come home to get the soup this morning. So this is what happened."

"No, you go to the hospital. The children are young and don't know the severity of the disease. Tell Xiaoling that the family doesn't blame her. Tell her to take good care of herself and not to be too sad."

"Mom, I got it." Kong Siya smiled, "Originally I was thinking of going there in the afternoon."

Now the Ji family called and they started blaming Xiaoling, and even she, as the mother-in-law, couldn't stand it anymore.

She has known Xiaoling for more than a year. How can she not know what kind of person she is as a biological mother? She always blames her daughter when something goes wrong. She doesn't care whether her daughter will be sad in her husband's family. She calls her directly to question her. How can she take her daughter seriously?

Kong Siya felt that this was not her biological daughter. Who could treat their own daughter like this?

Before hanging up the phone, Mrs. Zhu remembered what happened in the morning. "Didn't the birth control office come this morning? Didn't they want to investigate? Let them investigate now, and then we'll settle the score with them after they're done."

The children at home are fine, but the birth control office still comes to cause trouble.

Kong Siya understood that her mother-in-law was unhappy and took her anger out on them.

She agreed with a smile.

After hanging up the phone, Kong Siya went to see the patient. When noon came, she took off her white coat and went to another hospital without even eating lunch.

Ji Ling had eaten late in the morning and had no appetite at noon, but Zhu Heping and the others brought soup from home, and five people including Zhu Weidong stared at her. Even though she had no appetite, she forced herself to drink two large bowls.

"Eat another chicken leg." Zhu Weidong advised.

"Eat later." She really couldn't eat any more.

Wang Sanmei took advantage of the situation and drank two bowls of soup and ate a chicken leg.

Seeing that his wife couldn't eat, Zhu Weidong sent Zhu Yaowu and the other three back to eat. "You guys go and get busy. I'll bring the soup over tomorrow at noon."

Seeing that Zhu Weidong was taking care of them, the four of them left.

At the hospital gate, I met Kong Siya.

After chatting for a while and knowing that Xiaoling had drunk two bowls of soup, Kong Siya said, "I told you that you don't know how to take care of people. How can you keep drinking soup? Eat something dry first, then drink soup. Forget it, you guys go back, I'll go over now."

Zhu Heping wanted to go to Wei Kun's place in the morning, but he didn't go because he had to get soup at noon. Now he finally had the chance, so he called the other two, and the four of them went to look for Wei Kun.

In the hospital, when Kong Siya pushed the door open, the three people in the room were stunned. Ji Ling and Wang Sanmei, who were lying on the bed, also hurried to sit up.

Kong Siya said, "Hurry up and lie down."

But they both sat up anyway.

Wang Sanmei called her auntie with a pale face, full of guilt, "I'm sorry, Xiaoling, this happened because of me, you blame me."

Kong Siya was stunned for a moment, but felt relieved the next moment.

She knew it wasn't Xiaoling's fault.

"Sanmei, this is not your fault." Ji Ling didn't know how to persuade her.

Kong Siya said, "You two should get in good shape first, and we can talk about anything after you are discharged from the hospital."

"Don't blame Weidong. It wasn't him who said that. I heard Heping and Weiming talking this morning. I know what you're worried about." Kong Siya looked at the little man who lowered his head and didn't dare to look at her. His shoulders were shaking slightly, and she felt uncomfortable. "It's not your fault. No woman would want something like this to happen. Some things can't be avoided. Grandma told me to tell you to take care of yourself. We are not destined to have children."

At this point, Kong Siya asked, "Weidong didn't tell you what happened when he returned home this morning, right?"

Ji Ling looked up, her eyes red and tears in them, "What happened at home?"

"Someone from the birth control office came to our house early in the morning and said someone had reported our family for having an excessive number of children. They also said they were going to investigate us. Maybe this was God's will."

She suddenly became pregnant and wanted the child, so Kong Siya naturally would not mention the troubles involved and could only make a small matter disappear. Now that the child is gone, she wanted to comfort the good people, so Kong Siya also talked about the seriousness of having more children than allowed.

"The first person to be affected is Weidong's job. Maybe the higher-ups won't fire him, but they will definitely demote him or put him on ice. He won't be considered for any selection in the unit."

"Then it's the family. Grandpa has always been a respected person. If there is a problem in our family that can be caught by others, he will always be ready to bite us."

"But for the family, none of these are as important as a life. But now the child is gone, which shows that this is God's will."

Ji Ling, "Mom, I'm sorry. I always let you take care of me and then let you down."

Since she got married, her husband's family has always put her feelings first. Even after she gave birth, the whole family helped to take care of the child.

If she were to ask herself, meeting such a family of in-laws was a blessing she had earned in two lifetimes.

She is so ordinary, how could she deserve such love from her husband's family?

"Okay, I've said so much to make you feel better, otherwise it would be in vain." Kong Siya smiled, "It's just right that we're at Zhu Weidong's house, so you can take care of yourself for the next few days. When he leaves, you can go back to school."

Ji Ling nodded, and her mother-in-law didn't mention it anymore, but only asked about what happened last night.

Zhu Weidong then learned everything that happened last night.

Kong Siya said, "Your sister-in-law knows about this too, right?"

Zhu Weidong didn't understand why his mother asked this.

Ji Ling was stunned for a moment, then took over the conversation, "She came this morning, but I sent her away. She didn't know the details of what happened."

Kong Siya nodded, "That's it, otherwise your family wouldn't have misunderstood that you caused your sister-in-law to have a miscarriage."

"My family called?" Ji Ling understood immediately.

"I heard grandma said she was very anxious. She couldn't find you, so she told grandma and asked her to pass a message to you, asking if you were worthy of your eldest brother by causing your sister-in-law to have a miscarriage." Kong Siya said calmly, "Since it's a misunderstanding, I'll call and explain it when I get home."

"Mom, I can call. There is a public phone in the hospital." Ji Ling said while biting her back teeth.

Kong Siya said, "It's okay for you to call. You know what happened. Explain it to your mother. Otherwise, she will misunderstand, and she will feel embarrassed if I call her again."

Kong Siya didn't have much time to rest at noon as she had to rush back to the hospital, so she sat for a while and then left.

Zhu Weidong went out to see someone off.

The dazed Wang Sanmei asked blankly, "Xiaoling, this matter has become a big deal."

(End of this chapter)