Chapter 978 - 976: Shopkeeper Tian’s Reputation Can’t Be Cleared Even by Jumping into the River
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the government officials were about to escort Shopkeeper Tian and Tian Sihai away.
Shopkeeper Tian took a few steps before barely regaining his senses, "Honorable officers, honorable officers, the County Magistrate gave the order, and I dare not disobey. But I have a request for you esteemed officers to show mercy. My daughter-in-law is pregnant, and today, due to a few quarreling words with my wife, she has disturbed her fetus. I was just about to let my son go fetch a doctor."
"I dare not delay on behalf of the County Magistrate, but I beg you officers, could you please invite a doctor from the Peace Clinic to see my daughter-in-law, to preserve this lineage?"
Since the Dragon Boat Festival that day, when he inserted the incense into the dragon boat, Shopkeeper Tian’s eyelids had been incessantly twitching, and his heart had been uneasy, always feeling that something was about to happen.
When these government officials came today, he felt a sense of reality settle in.
He estimated that there was no escaping this fate for his family, and perhaps the second son would also get involved.
The Eldest Brother was not reliable; the child that Lady Fang was carrying was their only hope, the last trace of the Tian family’s lineage, and it had to be preserved at all costs.
If there was a chance, he had a few bits of family fortune unknown to others; when the time comes, he’d give them to the Eldest Brother and his wife, so they could raise that child and continue the Tian family lineage. That would be a blessing.
While Shopkeeper Tian was painstakingly planning, Tian Sihai’s heart had turned cold.
At this point, the whole family was about to be imprisoned, and he wasn’t worried about this son of his, not worried about himself, nor his own mother. The only concern was Lady Fang and the child in her belly.
Fine, fine, fine! Since the father is unjust, don’t blame the son for being unfilial.
Tian Sihai sneered, "Dad, stop worrying about that illegitimate child in Lady Fang’s belly, don’t worry, that kid won’t make it!"