Chapter 12
Chaotic night
Jiang Xia felt a sharp pain in her philtrum but dare not open her eyes. With her eyes closed, she felt the village chief push the main door twice but still did not manage to open it. With a bang, the door was kicked open.
She didn’t know if it was because it was so chaotic inside that they didn’t hear it or if they didn’t want to leave.
“Jiang Chuan, where is your room?”
At this time, Jiang Chuan’s eyes were no longer red like before.
Of course, Jiang Chuan was worried about his wife and daughter, but when his wife blinked in his arms, he knew that she was pretending.
When they entered Jiang Chuan’s room, the village chief frowned unconsciously, and the rest of the villagers who came to watch also covered their noses. The smell was unpleasant. The village chief couldn’t care less. He placed Jiang Xia on the bed and felt her pulse.
Jiang Xia’s breathing gradually stabilized, but Dan Bin still stared at Jiang Xia with concern.
“How’s Zhou Lan?” The village chief asked.
“I don’t know,” Jiang Chuan’s voice was weak and he sounded like he was about to cry. At this moment, the doctor finally arrived.
In order not to be discovered, Jiang Xia woke up the moment the physician checked her pulse. She pretended to be confused and looked around and even subconsciously touched her acupoint.
“Her body is too weak, she needs to start eating and improve her body condition!” The doctor said. Although he said this knowing what had happened in the past two years. He could only sigh and shake his head as he spoke. He then took Zhou Lan’s pulse and got the same result.
At this moment, two of the people standing outside the window had strange expressions on their faces. The two of them were the ones who went out looking for the doctor after the chief had left with Jiang Xia.
After making sure that the three of them were fine, the village head called for someone to send the doctor back. He followed them to the gate of the Jiang family’s house and asked about old lady Jiang’s condition. But after hearing the answer, he had the same strange expression on his face.
As soon as the village chief stepped into the Jiang family house, he heard a soft cry. He followed the sound and found a little girl who looked to be only six or seven years old squatting in the corner and crying.
“Jiang Gu?” The village chief asked.
“Chief, Grandpa chief.” Jiang Gu cried and hiccuped, calling out for help while sobbing.
The village chief picked the girl up and asked, “Why are you here? Why don’t you go to your room?”
“I, I’m afraid I’ll cause trouble for father and mother. Jiang Xia and mother both fainted.”
Seeing that Jiang Gu was out of breath from all the crying, the village chief hurriedly tried to calm her down, afraid that she would faint from all the crying like Jiang Xia.
“It’s fine, it’s fine. Your mother and sister are awake. Grandpa chief will bring you to them.” The village chief said while carrying Jiang Gu into the house.
Jiang Xia and Zhou Lan were both lying on the bed. Jiang Xia was holding Jiang Chuan’s hand and asking him a series of questions all in regard to how her grandmother was feeling.
The series of questions made the village chief’s heartache. Needless to say, just looking at the place where Jiang Chuan lived, it was obvious how miserable his family was. No wonder he was able to make that speech previously. He had thought that Jiang Chuan was only putting on a show to leave the family, but now it seemed that he was telling the truth.
It seemed that Jiang Chuan had been thinking about separating from his family for a long time! He only did it this time because the situation was really getting from bad to worse.
When the village chief placed Jiang Gu next to Zhou Lan, the three of them were stunned for a second.
“Mother, sister, how are you?” Jiang Gu asked while crying. Jiang Gu was Jiang Chuan’s youngest daughter in this world, which makes her Jiang Xia’s younger sister.
This daughter was not well-liked by the original Zhou Lan. However, at this moment, Zhou Lan did not know if it was because of the lingering feelings she had for her daughter, or because she felt that the hearts of mother and daughter were connected. Looking at Jiang Gu crying, Zhou Lan’s tears started falling uncontrollably.
Zhou Lan stood up and hugged Jiang Gu in her arms. She consoled her softly, “Xiao Gu, don’t cry. Mommy’s here. Don’t be scared, don’t be scared.”
Unexpectedly, Jiang Gu cried even louder after hearing Zhou Lan’s comforting words. She clutched Zhou Lan’s clothes tightly, and her soft sobs turned into loud wails.
Jiang Xia’s eyes welled up with tears as she listened to their conversation. She stood up and hugged the two of them.
Jiang Chuan turned around, his eyes red.
The village chief discreetly dispersed the crowd and left the Jiang family’s residence with the rest of the crowd.
Who knew how many people were going to lose sleep on this chaotic night?