Chapter 13: Bai Zhi Awakens

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Hua Jiujiu’s face was filled with gratification. She stroked their hair and said gently, “You guys eat first. I’ll go and see if Mother is awake.”

Just as she was about to leave the table, she turned around and said, “Eat more. If you don’t eat till you’re full, I won’t cook anything delicious for you tomorrow.”

The two little girls scrambled to eat.

They still wanted to eat delicious food!

Hua Jiujiu smiled and brought over a bowl of radish soup. There was a little minced meat in the soup. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to give her mother better food, but mainly because her mother still had a lot of gas in her after the surgery and couldn’t eat much.

The radish soup was helpful for the gas, but even after that, she would not be able to eat a feast immediately. She could only eat less solid food.

Before she entered, Hua Jiujiu heard a sound from the bed and knew that Bai Zhi had woken up. She hurriedly walked over.

“Mother, you’re awake.”

She looked at Hua Jiujiu in a daze, clearly not expecting to still be alive.

She moved her body, but there was pain in her lower abdomen. She let out a soft cry. “Eldest… What’s wrong with me?”

“Mother, you were pregnant with two children. The second child’s fetal position was not right…” Hua Jiujiu was thinking about how to explain the C-section.

“What? Where’s my child? Where’s my child?” Bai Zhi shouted in horror.

Then, she lowered her eyes dispiritedly and tears fell from the corners of her eyes. Since she was still alive, that child must be…

“Mother, calm down. Brother is fine.” Hua Jiujiu didn’t expect Bai Zhi’s tears to come so easily. Crying after pregnancy would hurt her eyes.

Bai Zhi looked at Hua Jiujiu in disbelief. How was this possible? She had a difficult labor!

“Mother, it’s true. If you don’t believe me, I’ll carry my younger siblings in.” Hua Jiujiu placed the radish soup on the table and went out to carry her sleeping younger siblings, each in one hand. However, it was a little strenuous to carry them in.

As expected, her body was still too useless.

Bai Zhi looked at the two children and her tears suddenly fell.

Her tear-stained appearance was unbearable.

It had to be said that Bai Zhi was really good-looking, so even though she was sallow and thin, she still didn’t lose much of her elegance.

Her father was really amazing to have been able to protect her mother for so many years.

Hua Jiujiu hurriedly advised, “Mother, don’t cry. Crying too much will hurt your eyes. Aren’t the babies fine?”

Bai Zhi finally stopped crying. Just as she was about to ask Hua Jiujiu to bring the children over, the two children suddenly burst into tears.

“Baby, don’t cry. Mommy is here.” Bai Zhi was about to get up and carry the children when she felt a pain in her lower abdomen. She looked down and saw blood overflowing, dyeing her clothes red.

She looked at it in a daze for a while before looking at Hua Jiujiu in confusion. “Eldest, is Mother going to die?”

Otherwise, why would her stomach hurt so much? And there was so much blood!

Hua Jiujiu knew that Bai Zhi would ask, so she had already thought of an excuse.

“Mother, it’s like this. It was difficult for you to give birth to little brother. Coincidentally, a female miracle doctor happened to pass by, so I begged her to save you. She asked me if I wanted her to save you or the baby. I obviously said that I wanted to save both you and the baby.”

“After that, the female miracle doctor thought of a way. She cut open your stomach and took the child out. Then, she sewed up the wound so that both you and the baby could live.”

The reason why Hua Jiujiu said that she was a female miracle doctor was because she was afraid of the feudal thinking of ancient times. It would not be good if she caused her mother to be ostracized.