"Really bring him back?" Ms. Wang still didnāt believe it.
"Yes, just rest assured, wouldnāt I care about my own son?"
Alas, her darling son, who had grown up by her side from a little bundle, had never left her side till now, and these past few nights she had barely slept a wink.
She was constantly worried that he might not be doing well outside, whether he had enough to eat, if he was warm, or what to do if he fell ill. She was almost desperate to bring him back right now.
"Heh," Ms. Wang snorted with cold laughter, "With the way you two are, I really canāt see how much you love the child. Who was it that poked the babies to make them cry when Lele and Yangyang had just fallen asleep?"
Tsk tsk, speaking of dark history, Yang Chuxia also felt embarrassed.
When Yangyang who had come with her heard this, he was shocked, "Dad, mom, how could you be so silly?"
"Pfft... Yangyang, come to grandma," Ms. Wang laughed, "Let grandma tell you, your parents are just that silly, and your mom even said you look prettier when you cry than when you smile."
So Yang Chuxia felt a very resentful gaze sweeping over her.
She was so startled that she didnāt dare to look up.
"Madam, someone from the Cao Family is here!" Yang Chuxia had just come over from the Yang Family with Ye Ziāan when Sister-in-law Li reported it.
"The Cao Family?" Yang Chuxia couldnāt remember which Cao Family it was for a moment.
"Madam, itās the one that claims to be the granduncle," Sister-in-law Li reminded her when she saw that she couldnāt recall.
Upon this reminder, she remembered, "Them? What do they want?" Ever since Cao Lingling had been exiled with the Zhou Family, her brother, who also lived in Mianyang, left overnight.
She had not yet sent people after him when he disappeared, what were they doing here now?
"Madam, probably here to make trouble," Sister-in-law Li glanced nervously at Ye Ziāan and added, "I saw their faces did not look good, and that old lady of theirs was cursing and fussing."
"If thatās the case, then thereās no need to welcome them inside; just drive them away," Ye Ziāan said with a dismissive wave of his hand, looking uninterested.
Before Sister-in-law Li could pass on the message, another report came that the Cao Family people were making a scene outside, and some of them had even run into the village to shout about it, attracting the attention of the villagers who crowded at the Ye Family gate.
"What are those villagers cramming in for?" Ye Ziāan grew even less pleased when he heard this, "Have all the years of taking care of them been in vain? If this keeps up, we wonāt even need to harvest their sugarcane this year."
"What are you so anxious about? The villagers are not there to back them up; nobodyās that foolish. Itās just rare for the village to have a commotion, theyāre simply bored and came to watch," she replied.
As she spoke, Yang Chuxia stood up, "Since itās like this, letās go out and have a look."
"You better not go; donāt get hurt again by accident," he warned as he noticed her belly growing larger and her movements becoming more cumbersome.
"Itās fine; we can take Ye Si and the others with us, dealing with those people from the Cao Family is better left to me." Along the way, she said, "If it can be resolved once and for all this time, it would be best; otherwise, if we come back and they come each time, itās really annoying."
Upon reaching the entrance, they indeed saw Old Master Cao and Old Lady Cao at the front, with Cao Linglingās parents and brother standing behind them, as well as some others who seemed to be related to the Cao Family.
Perhaps itās a womanās nature to notice other women first, but as soon as Yang Chuxia and Ye Ziāan emerged, Cao Linglingās mother saw her belly and a heavy look of envy and malice flashed in her eyes; her own daughterās life and death were unknown, yet this woman was expecting another child.