CHAPTER 365: CHAPTER 365: IT’S TIME TO GIVE BIRTH!

Yunyang City, Sheng Family Villa next to the Yuan Family.

Sheng Xueyi has returned here.

Having returned from the Wei family’s estate at West Ridge Mountain with the ladies of the Wei family to escape the summer heat, Sheng Xueyi was not in a good mood.

Because she had just received some very bad news upon her return.

The matter of her having people take away all the villagers of Sanfu Village from Yuan Bao’s fiefdom has been exposed!

Although her involvement as the mastermind hasn’t been uncovered yet, one of her top experts has fallen into the hands of the Sound Listening Bureau.

"Miss, under the current circumstances, we can only abandon the pawn to save the king!"

Mrs. Wu stood beside Sheng Xueyi and quietly offered her advice.

The operation of taking away the villagers of Sanfu Village was orchestrated by Mrs. Wu.

Now that the matter has caught the attention of the Sound Listening Bureau and their people have also fallen into the hands of the bureau, any mistake might expose their existence.

"Mrs. Wu, how do we abandon the pawn to save the king?"

Sheng Xueyi understood the concept of sacrificing the pawn to save the king, but what she didn’t understand was, who was the pawn.

"Miss, the Sound Listening Bureau has taken over, and Jing Ni has fallen into their hands. We can’t be sure if Jing Ni will betray us, but either way, we either save Jing Ni or make sure she keeps her mouth shut!"

The so-called pawn in Mrs. Wu’s strategy is Jing Ni.

And Jing Ni is the mysterious person who Yuan Bao and others captured.

"Mrs. Wu, do you have a way to infiltrate the Sound Listening Bureau?"

Sheng Xueyi’s eyes widened instantly, fully alert.

In her view, Mrs. Wu’s so-called strategy of abandoning the pawn to save the king was more like silencing the witness.

"Someone in the Sound Listening Bureau owes me a favor. I can ask him to send Jing Ni on her way!"

"Can’t we rescue her?"

Sheng Xueyi’s expression turned slightly grim.

To make herself stronger and control her own destiny, Sheng Xueyi leveraged her advantages as a transmigrator to secretly build a powerful organization called Luo Net.

Luo Net was a secret spy organization from an anime called "Qin Time" before she transmigrated.

Sheng Xueyi was too lazy to think much and directly copied Luo Net from the anime.

Although Luo Net hasn’t been established for long, the massive accumulation of Silver Coin has led to its rapid development.

Jing Ni was a top expert recruited by Luo Net, and her martial skills were genuinely high, not much inferior to Mrs. Wu.

But now, Jing Ni has unexpectedly been captured.

This made Sheng Xueyi feel a pang of heartache.

The Luo Net she created was far from matching the strength of the Luo Net in the anime storyline.

Experts like Jing Ni could be counted on one hand.

Sheng Xueyi originally wanted to invest heavily to recruit talent.

But now, this talent hasn’t even shown its worth and is about to be buried, leaving Sheng Xueyi troubled.

"Miss, you underestimate the Sound Listening Bureau of Daxia too much!"

"Sound Listening Bureau, as a secret spy organization directly responsible to Emperor Xia, possesses countless experts. Don’t mention one Jing Ni, even ten like me, when thrown into the Sound Listening Bureau’s prison, wouldn’t make the slightest ripple!"

"Mrs. Wu, then let’s do as you suggest!"

Since a rescue was not feasible, it won’t be attempted.

Though investing heavily to recruit talent is good, it’s not worth exposing themselves—let it be buried then!

...

Though Sheng Xueyi has made her decision, in the Yuan family’s mansion, Old Yuan and Mrs. Zeng were also quite unsettled at this moment.

Because Mrs. Xiao Li was about to give birth!

Even though Mrs. Xiao Li was the first to become pregnant, Mrs. Song and Mrs. Peng were also in the advanced stages of pregnancy, with their due dates approaching.

"Old man, when do you think Jiaojiao will come back?"

Looking at Mrs. Xiao Li who was about to give birth, Mrs. Zeng thought of Yuan Bao.

If Yuan Bao comes back and sees that Mrs. Xiao Li has given birth to another child, what would he think?

"How should I know?"

Old Yuan sighed, "Though that girl isn’t very old, she’s very set in her ways. I reckon as long as the Fourth household member is here, she probably won’t return!"

"What?!"

Mrs. Zeng was instantly dumbfounded by Old Yuan’s words.

"Old woman, you’d better believe it!"

Old Yuan smacked his lips, "That girl didn’t want to be with that Miss Sheng. She even dodged an agreed summer retreat with her godmother; how could she not avoid the Fourth household member?"

"How can that be?"

Mrs. Zeng was urgent, "Jiaojiao was passed to Xiao Wu; this house belongs to Xiao Wu. If Jiaojiao doesn’t return to avoid the Fourth household member, it’s not right!"

"What can you do about it?"

Old Yuan glanced at his old wife, "Can you send the Fourth household member back home at this time?"

"Old Fourth is following Old First, busy with that cheap food shop business, going out early and returning late every day."

"Now, considering Old Fourth’s wife is about to give birth, even if we’re split as a family, you’re still her mother-in-law, aren’t you?"

"Sending her home at this time is not something a mother-in-law should do!"

Old Yuan had a clear understanding.

Some things they could do, but some things they shouldn’t.

To be precise, the moment Mrs. Zeng decided to keep Mrs. Xiao Li in the house, the mistake was already made. But at that time, no one realized it.

Now, they were in a difficult position with no easy resolution.

"Then, what if Jiaojiao never returns? Won’t Xiao Wu blame us?"

Mrs. Zeng felt a bit regretful.

But even if time rewound to that exact moment, she would likely still make the same choice.

On one hand, there was her granddaughter; on the other, her son and daughter-in-law. She couldn’t possibly let her son’s small family fall apart for the sake of her granddaughter. After all, the daughter-in-law bore children for the Yuan Family.

"Xiao Wu is easy enough to talk to, but what if Xiao Wu’s future wife thinks too much?"

Old Yuan wore a bitter expression.

This house belongs to Yuan Yindi.

They, as Yuan Yindi’s parents, living here was perfectly reasonable.

But Mrs. Song, Mrs. Peng, and Mrs. Xiao Li, as Yuan Yindi’s sisters-in-law, living here was somewhat inappropriate.

"Xiao Wu’s wife..."

Mrs. Zeng’s face grew even more worried.

Ruan Wan’s background was quite extraordinary.

To put it bluntly, if not for Ruan Wan, with Yuan Yindi’s situation at the time, Wei Wushang wouldn’t have sold this house to him, especially on credit.

"Old man, you’re right!"

Mrs. Zeng looked towards Old Yuan, "Why don’t we go and check on Jiaojiao?"

"Ma’am, ma’am, the Fourth Madam is going into labor!"

At this moment, a little maid shouted urgently from outside.

Upon hearing the maid’s cry, Mrs. Zeng forgot everything and hurriedly rushed towards the courtyard where Mrs. Xiao Li was temporarily staying.

Old Yuan also quickly followed along.