Chapter 590
Chapter 590
However, Li Zhiwei’s condition gave everyone quite a fright.
Li Zhiwei had fainted!
“What are we going to do? How could she faint all of a sudden?” Lady Yao paced anxiously nearby.
“Old Man, you didn’t give Weiwei something strange to eat, did you?” Li Tingzhou demanded angrily, turning to Jun Mowen.
“What could I have given her?” Jun Mowen replied helplessly. He had no idea why Li Zhiwei had suddenly fainted either.
“What are you waiting for? Aren’t you a physician? Hurry up and examine Weiwei!” Madam Jin urged impatiently.
“Brother Jun, hurry and take a look at Weiwei. Could she have been poisoned?” Li Tianyou asked worriedly, remembering the poisoning at the Lucheng County Office.
Everyone’s eyes turned toward Jun Mowen.
“At least make some room for me,” Jun Mowen said irritably. He wanted to examine Li Zhiwei, but where was he supposed to go? Her bedside was packed with people. Even if he wanted to squeeze in, it would take quite an effort.
Now they remembered him, did they?
Only then did everyone quickly make way for Jun Mowen.
Jun Mowen sat down proudly beside Li Zhiwei’s bed.
“Everyone, move aside. What does it look like, having so many people crowded around her?”
Jun Mowen looked at them unhappily.
Though the others were displeased, they still stood to either side. Their eyes, however, remained fixed on Jun Mowen.
Jun Mowen paid them no attention and began carefully checking Li Zhiwei’s pulse.
But…
The furrows between his brows grew deeper and deeper.
“What exactly is wrong with Weiwei?” Li Zhiwei’s family asked anxiously when they saw his expression.
Could Weiwei have some serious illness?
“Old Man, speak up already. Why are you putting on airs?” Madam Jin asked impatiently.
“Can’t I examine her properly first?” Jun Mowen shot back.
“Elder Brother Jun, what exactly is wrong with my daughter?” Li Tianyou asked nervously.
“She’s fine. There’s just something growing in her belly,” Jun Mowen said casually.
At his words, everyone felt as though the sky had collapsed.
Something was growing in her belly. Could she still be saved?
“Elder Brother Jun, you have to treat my daughter properly! Even if I have to sell everything I own, I’ll find a way to save her!” Li Tianyou cried as he rushed forward and seized Jun Mowen’s hand, his face full of pleading.
“Old Man, my sister can still be saved, right?” Li Tingzhou asked, staring at Jun Mowen in disbelief.
Lady Yao felt her body sway and nearly collapsed.
Why was her daughter’s life so full of misery?
Madam Jin, however, frowned as she looked at her own husband, who appeared completely unconcerned. She couldn’t shake the feeling that she had overlooked something.
Nearby, Wen Xiu covered her mouth with a handkerchief, unable to believe it.
Li Zhiwei was such a good person. How could something possibly be growing in her belly?
Xu Mu, Cuiyue, and Cuihua were all at a loss.
The entire room was filled with grief.
Jun Mowen could no longer pretend not to notice.
“What is wrong with all of you? This is a happy occasion!” Jun Mowen said, looking at them unhappily.
“What nonsense are you spouting, Old Man?” Xu Mu said angrily, pointing at Jun Mowen’s nose.
Something was growing in their princess consort’s belly. How could that possibly be a happy occasion?
“Your princess consort is pregnant. If that isn’t cause for celebration, then what is? Why do you all look so gloomy? Aren’t you happy for her?” Jun Mowen retorted bluntly.
Everyone was stunned.
Pregnant?
“What does ‘pregnant’ mean?” Li Tingzhou asked, utterly confused.
“It means you’re going to be an uncle,” Li Tianyou explained with a smile. Only after he finished speaking did he realize what those words truly meant.
“Wife… Wife, did Elder Brother Jun just say that Weiwei is pregnant?” Li Tianyou walked carefully over to Lady Yao and asked in disbelief.
“Yes, Weiwei is pregnant. You’re going to be a grandfather,” Lady Yao replied, and then she began crying again.
“Oh, Sister Yao, this is a good thing—a joyous thing! Don’t cry. You old fool, if she’s pregnant, just say she’s pregnant. Why say there’s something growing in her belly? You nearly scared everyone to death!” Madam Jin scolded Jun Mowen irritably.
“This is certainly a happy occasion!” Yao Qisheng said with a smile and a nod.
“Elder Brother Jun, but why did Weiwei faint?” After calming down from his excitement, Li Tianyou looked at his still-unconscious daughter and asked worriedly.
“It’s nothing. She probably stood up too quickly and her body didn’t adjust in time. She’ll be fine once she wakes up,” Jun Mowen said.
“What about the child?” Li Tianyou asked.
“Don’t worry. The child is perfectly fine,” Jun Mowen replied with a smile after a brief silence.
When he had checked Li Zhiwei’s pulse earlier, he had simply been somewhat uncertain, which was why the examination had taken so long.
But Li Zhiwei truly was fine.
Meanwhile, in her unconscious state, Li Zhiwei found herself back in that dilapidated room at the Ruan Marquis Residence.
She saw herself lying motionless on the floor.
The two old women were still outside, happily cracking sunflower seeds.
Li Zhiwei felt as though something had seized her heart, squeezing it until it hurt terribly.
Suddenly, she noticed a spark carried in from somewhere by the wind.
The spark happened to land on the roof of the woodshed where she lay.
In an instant, flames soared into the sky and engulfed the woodshed.
The fire spread rapidly. Choking on the smoke, Li Zhiwei—the woman lying on the floor—was jolted awake. She tried to struggle to her feet, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not move.
She wanted to rush forward and embrace the woman lying on the ground, but she found that she could not reach her, no matter how hard she tried.
“Mother…”
“Mother…”
Two faint voices seemed to come from somewhere.
Li Zhiwei turned around, only to find nothing but darkness behind her.
Yet the two voices entered her ears with perfect clarity.
“Mother!”
“Mother!”
This time, the voices were even more distinct.
Were they calling her?
She had no children!
Zhou Yutang’s mocking words still echoed in her ears:
“Did you really think the man who spent your wedding night with you was your cousin? He was nothing more than a stable boy.”
Her cousin?
Whose cousin?
Li Zhiwei shook her head.
Why did she remember that she had married Prince An?
She didn’t know the woman before her.
Then was the cousin she mentioned Prince An?
Li Zhiwei felt increasingly confused.
She wanted to rush over and save the woman on the ground.
“Mother, come back quickly!”
The two childish voices rang out again.
Li Zhiwei turned around and this time saw two little children standing before her.
“Are you calling me?” Li Zhiwei asked, bewildered.
But when the children saw her, they merely smiled and ran off.
Li Zhiwei turned back, intending to save the woman, only to discover that there was no sea of flames behind her. The room had vanished as well.
“Weiwei!”
Li Zhiwei seemed to hear a familiar call again. The voice sounded somewhat familiar.
And yet, she also felt as though she had never heard it before.
“Didn’t you say she was fine? Why hasn’t she woken up yet?”