Chapter 721 - Encounter a Lying-in Woman on the Way (1/2)

It was reasonable for Qinghu to get mad. After all, they had gotten into some sticky situations before. If this man was really a troublemaker, they certainly could not ignore him.

“Let’s send someone to find out about the situation. It’s inadvisable for us to confront them too early,” after pondering for a while, Lin Mengya stopped Qinghu from taking action.

She had seen how ruthless Qinghu was. Although the man was shrewd, he didn’t seem to be the kind of cunning and shameless people they had met before.

“Okay, have a good rest here. I’ll go and have a talk with them,” Qinghu said, pronouncing the two simple words “a talk” in a ghastly and bloodcurdling tone.

Nevertheless, she did not mind Qinghu’s going to threaten them if he could make them beat a retreat in the face of difficulties.

Going back to the carriage and sitting down, Lin Mengya quietly read the book in her hands. But after a while, Qinghu showed up in front of her again with his face darkening.

Lin Mengya raised her eyebrows and thought, “The man could make Qinghu return without accomplishing anything. He seems to be a tough nut to crack.”

“What happened? It seems that they pissed you off?” Lin Mengya asked with a faint smile as she stared at Qinghu in front of her.

To her surprise, Qinghu just looked back indignantly and then mounted his horse without saying a word.

Lin Mengya couldn’t help feeling astonished and looked back curiously, wondering what had happened.

Although Qinghu soon returned to normal, Lin Mengya could obviously sense that he became much more reticent after coming back from there.

He just looked back occasionally with an aggrieved and horrible look in his eyes, while keeping moving forward reluctantly.

Lin Mengya rested her chin on her hands as she cast glances at Qinghu and the group of people stalking them at a certain distance.

She became increasingly curious about what made Qinghu resign himself to this.

However, no matter how hard she tried to find out about it, Qinghu just kept quiet and refused to say a word.

As such, Lin Mengya could only let it be. Anyway, since Qinghu tacitly consented to this, those people probably would not do any harm to her.

After spending seven days on the way, they finally arrived at a place to stay temporarily.

Compared with a big town where plenty of people came and went and news spread fast, a secluded small village was a more reliable choice.

However, the moment Lin Mengya alighted from the carriage, she saw that those people stalking them all the time had also arrived here to stay temporarily. Moreover, Qinghu did not voice any objections. She could not help looking towards the horizon, wondering if the sun were to rise in the west tomorrow.

Qinghu had arranged all their temporary accommodations along the way.

However, as soon as they entered the village, Lin Mengya saw that the village, which was supposed to be quiet, was now bustling with people coming and going.

It was almost time for dinner. Could it be that they were so lucky to arrive here while a wedding banquet was being held?

“Go and find out what’s going on,” Qinghu gave an order.

Lin Mengya didn’t intend to meddle in this, but Qinghu, who had been in a bad mood along the way, found these people nuisances.

He had paid a large sum of money for reserving the whole village, so that the villagers could stay at home quietly and not come out to disturb them during their stay here.

What was going on now? What made the villagers think they could trick him at will?

Perhaps the villagers had sensed Qinghu’s chilling aura, so they consciously made a detour to avoid meeting him.

All of them looked anxious. Did something serious happen in the village?

Not long after, those Qinghu sent to inquire about the situation returned.

It was only then that Lin Mengya learned that the reason why all villagers, that were not many in number, came out in droves was that the daughter-in-law of a family in the village was in labor.

Coincidentally, the woman, who had never been pregnant in the past ten years, now was pregnant with twins.

However, these two babies, with whom the woman was pregnant after all this time, were now striving to be the first to come to this world, which gave the woman, who was fortunate and unfortunate at the same time, a hard time.

Several midwives had gone to help, but none of them could find a solution.

Seeing that the woman and her babies were about to die, her parents-in-law’s family and her parents’ family started quarreling, which alarmed the villagers so that they all rushed to that family.

“A woman in labor?” Qinghu said.

His expression softened a little when he heard his subordinates’ report.

At least, the villagers did not exactly turn a deaf ear to his words.

Nevertheless, he, who had always been aloof, had no sympathy even when he heard of the woman’s dangerous situation.

He tried to push Lin Mengya to the courtyard he had rented for a rest, but she dragged his sleeve.