Chapter 90

  Lin Ruo Lan had just finished listening to her own brother's words and was immediately at a loss for whether to laugh or cry. She had heard of many cases of people frantically seeking medical treatment before, but this was the first time it happened to her.

  "Sister?"

  Lin Ruo Lan's silence made Lin Ru Hai feel a bit uneasy, his face which usually didn't have much expression finally revealed a faint sense of alarm; don't misunderstand, what Lin Ru Hai was worried about wasn't his wife Jia Min, but the fetus in Jia Min's belly.

  He said he was heartless, or that he had no conscience; in short, towards Jia Min, the woman who had schemed against him and even his own family, Lin Ruhai still didn't have a shred of feeling; naturally, he couldn't muster up any good feelings either.

  Hmph... Worried about her? What a joke! If I have time to worry about Jia Min, I'd rather go to the yamen and read more case files, that's more practical.

  Lin Ruhai looked at Lin Ruolan with a worried face because of her silent appearance; the unease in Lin Ruhai's heart gradually spread out, and even Lin Ruhai, who was once appointed as the champion scholar by the emperor, felt a hint of fear.

  "Sister, is there something wrong with the fetus in your sister-in-law's belly?" Lin Ruhai suddenly spoke out like a sharp knife: "Sister, tell the truth; brother is not that weak of a person, even if the fetus can't be kept, brother can bear it."

  The beautiful woman beside her was also worried: "Good daughter, how is the child in your sister-in-law's belly?"

  Lin Ruhai and his wife were both anxious, but compared to them, Old Master Lin seemed much calmer; at least he was able to keep his composure, sitting on the side drinking tea calmly. Hmm... if only his hand holding the teacup didn't reveal any bulging veins, it would be perfect.

  Lin Ruo Lan snapped back to reality and met Lin Ru Hai's anxious gaze, hastily opening her mouth to comfort him: "Brother, don't worry too much; let me take a look at sister-in-law's pulse first? I haven't even examined her yet, how would I know what's going on with her and the child?"

  "Brother, you don't really think your sister is a fairy, do you?" Lin Ruo Lan slightly pursed her lips and said with a hint of reproach to Lin Ru Hai.

  Her face with that seemingly smiling but not quite smiling expression finally reminded Lin Ruhai that he was indeed a bit anxious; as the saying goes, "concern leads to confusion", this sentence is really not false at all.

  At this time, Lin Ruolan also discovered that from beginning to end, neither Lin Ruhai, Old Master Lin nor Madame Lin had mentioned the child's mother - Jia Min!

  Everyone in the house is wondering if the child in Jia Min's belly is okay. It can be seen that Jia Min is really not well-received in the Lin household, and Lin Ruo Lan even feels a little relieved; fortunately, when she returned, she saw that Jia Min's complexion was not good, so she cast a soothing spell on her; now Jia Min is sleeping soundly.

  If Jia Min were to hear Lin Ruhai and Madam Lin's conversation, who knows what kind of trouble would arise? No woman would be indifferent if her husband or family members treated her as if she didn't exist; especially someone like Jia Min, who is proud and arrogant, couldn't accept such a thing.

  Lin Ruolan thought about it and suddenly felt a bit of sympathy for Jia Min in her heart; these ancient women were not worth it, one by one, they all regarded their husbands as heaven; without children, they simply had no way to live, this situation was especially common in large families.

  This is also the sorrow of being a woman in this era. At this time, Lin Ruolan couldn't help but feel a little grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Lin; if she hadn't been weak herself back then, Mr. and Mrs. Lin wouldn't have let her be taken away by Qingwei Zi's old Daoist master. In that case, she was actually fortunate in misfortune.

  It's all thanks to Qing Wei Zi Lao Daoshi as her master and Yunhe Mountain as her sect that she can live so freely now; at least, Lin Ruolan thinks so. Compared to those women in this world who are confined to the backyard from birth till death, she is really too happy.

  After comforting her own brother and beautiful mother, Lin Ruolan stretched out her hand and gently placed it on Jia Min's pulse; Jia Min's pulse was still stable, although the pulse was a bit weak; however, it was steady and powerful, and there should be no major problem.

  What about Jia Min's unborn child?

  To put her brother and beautiful mother at ease, Lin Ruolan used her inner sight to take a look; she saw that Jia Min's belly had a shadow emitting soft and pale white light, only one eye was visible; it almost made Lin Ruolan jump up.

  Good boy!

  It's really incredible, as expected of the renowned Xianzhu Xianzi descending into the world; this is just a fetus of only a few months, and yet the spiritual energy on its body is so dense it's almost palpable, this divine body is truly beyond mortal comprehension; ordinary mortal fetuses are simply not in the same league.

  "Sister, how is the child?"

  Lin Ruhai saw Lin Ruolan put down her hand and almost lost the usual calmness; with a few points of impatience, she opened her mouth.

  Alas... this man! Lin Ruolan silently sighed in her heart and didn't take her brother Lin Ruhai's side just because he was her own flesh and blood.

  Although Lin Ruo Lan herself didn't get along with Jia Min, they were both women after all; seeing how Lin Ru Hai treated Jia Min as if she was invisible, Lin Ruo Lan couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy and sorrow for someone of the same sex; overall, she felt a strange discomfort in her heart.

  "Brother, don't worry; the fetus is fine!" Lin Ruolan nodded and smiled: "It's just that the mother's body is a bit weak, but this doesn't matter either. I'll write two nourishing prescriptions for you later, and when the time comes, brother, you can tell the kitchen staff to make them for your sister to tonify her body."

  Hehe... what a joke? The fetus is not bad, but very good, it's simply too good; thinking about the dense spiritual energy and grassy aura surrounding the fetus, Lin Ruolan couldn't help but feel secretly jealous.

  "Sister, you've worked hard!"

  As soon as they heard that Jia Min and the fetus in her belly were fine, Lin Ruhai, Mrs. Lin, and Old Master Lin all let out a sigh of relief; their hanging hearts finally returned to their stomachs.

  "Brother!"

  Lin Ruo Lan gave her own brother a displeased glance, and intentionally said in an unhappy tone: "We're all one family, so if you say that, aren't you deliberately making your sister feel inferior?"

  After finishing speaking, Lin Ruolan didn't wait for Lin Ruhai to open his mouth; she immediately turned around and threw herself into the arms of Mrs. Lin, turning into a spoiled child who was coquettishly acting cute in front of her beautiful mother.

  "Mother, look, brother is bullying me..." The voice trailed off, and even Lin Ruolan herself couldn't bear it; she felt goosebumps all over her arm.

  Waaahhh... Rarely wanting to be a good girl myself, but why is it so hard?

  Lin Ruo Lan suppressed the discomfort that rose up in her heart, "You think it's easy for yourself? Isn't it just to show off your presence? Why would you even drag yourself into feeling unwell?"

  "Good girl, don't be angry; when we get back, your mother will let your father properly discipline your brother." Mrs. Lin clearly knew that Lin Ruo Lan and Lin Ru Hai were just playing around, but she still smiled indulgently as she stroked Lin Ruo Lan's head.

  "Hmm!"

  Lin Ruo Lan nodded, looking at Lin Ru Hai's helpless expression; suddenly she had a mischievous thought in her heart, and with a smile on her face, she said to Old Master Lin: "Dad, brother is bullying me; Dad, you help me take revenge, huh... later, you'll spank brother's butt for me."

  As soon as she said this, Lin Ruolan herself was a bit unbearable with the chill; indeed, the 'old woman' in her bones who was about to turn 40 was really unbearable when playing naive and pretending to be innocent.

  Not to mention that Lin Ruolan was chilled herself, nor what Old Master Lin said in response; it's just that Lin Ruhai is fine.

  Spank?

  Hearing the three words that came out of her own precious little sister's mouth, Lin Ruhai suddenly felt a sense of being caught off guard; her own fairy-like precious little sister actually said something so chilling; was it just an auditory hallucination?

  Apart from this, Lin Ruhai also had a subtle feeling that his own sister was not close to him; for a while, Lin Ruhai's mood became somewhat depressed, but soon he couldn't care about his depressed mood anymore.

  Jia Min, who had been drowsy all along, suddenly woke up, breaking the warm and harmonious atmosphere in the room.

  Jia Min slowly opened her eyes, feeling a bit dizzy. What was wrong with her? How did she end up lying in bed? Hadn't she been admiring the flowers in the backyard just now?

  Jia Min, who had just come to her senses, was still in a daze, but Lin Ruolan, Lin Ruhai, Mrs. Lin and Old Master Lin were chatting; no one noticed Jia Min lying on the bed, who had already opened her eyes at this moment.

  Just then, the maid Qingmei walked in from outside with a bowl of medicine to calm the fetus, and her cry of surprise woke up Lin Rulan, Lin Ruhai, Old Master Lin, and Madame Lin, who were all sleeping. Only then did they discover that Jia Min, who had been dozing off, was now wide awake.

  "Thank goodness! Granny, you've finally woken up; slave...slave..." Qingmei rushed to Jia Min's side in a few steps, and she was so overjoyed that she became stuttering.

  Qingmei would be overjoyed to tears when she saw Jiamin wake up, and there was a reason for this. To know that Qingmei, such a maid-in-waiting, was generally born into the family; that is, from her grandfather or even earlier ancestors, they had been servants of the Jia family, also known as Rongguo Mansion, since then.

  Such a servant is generally more loyal than one bought from outside, but there is also a point; generally, the family-born slaves in the mansion who have committed an error, because the life and death of their parents and siblings are all controlled by the master. In this way, it's easy to implicate their own father, mother, brothers and sisters.

  Qingmei, as a house-born slave of the Rongguo Mansion, was naturally worried; if something unexpected happened to the young lady of their own household, it would be unlucky for them, the slaves. No wonder Qingmei was overjoyed when she saw Jiamin wake up, with tears and snot all over her face.

  But with Jia Min's awakening, the Lin family also began to fall into a long period of chaos; this was probably beyond the expectations of Lin Ruhai, Mrs. Lin, Old Master Lin, and even Lin Ruolan herself!