Chapter 899: Chapter 897: The Transmigrated Woman Bound to the Good Pregnancy System at Age 40
Cui Ying couldn’t help but shake her head. She was already over forty and long past the mindset of a young girl, with no illusions about love, so there was no need to insist on remarrying.
As long as Cui Ying understood, Ah Chen had always respected her wishes in this regard.
During these years of traveling, a lot had happened in the Capital City, things that couldn’t be written in letters. Now that she was back, Cui Ying mentioned those matters to Ah Chen.
“Liu Hehua is gone,” Cui Ying started with this, “Not long after you and Jiang Xun left the Capital City, she planned to take Qin Shanlin’s only child back to the village to live. As for Qin Yunshu and Qin Shanjie, she had given up on them. For so many years, neither could be brought back. She had no choice.”
“But no one expected Qin Shanjie to lose his mind, becoming so addicted to gambling that he secretly sold Qin Shanlin’s son.”
Ah Chen was slightly surprised, but for a gambling addict, doing such a thing wasn’t shocking. Selling children, selling a wife, that was all common.
“Qin Shanlin cherished his son dearly. After finding out, he fought with Qin Shanjie. Used to doing hard labor, Qin Shanlin was not someone Qin Shanjie could handle, and Qin Shanlin ended up killing him.”
“With the grandson gone and the younger son killed by the elder, the old lady fell ill. She insisted on returning to Meihua Village and wanted the entire Qin Family to go back, but the family was already in chaos, and no one was willing to take her back; no one wanted to return. It was the third daughter, Qin Dan, whom she had married off to a cripple, who happened to be in the Capital City with her husband doing business, who heard about it by chance and took her back. She passed away just two days after returning.”
“What was it all for?” Cui Ying sighed.
She looked down on her daughter, drained her daughter’s value, but in the end, it was the daughter she married off early who managed her funeral.
In her view, it was because Liu Hehua spoiled the male family members too much, treating them as the most important, which led to today’s outcome.
Whether male or female, one should not be overly indulgent or harsh; first and foremost, one must be taught to be a decent person.
Liu Hehua scrimped and saved, placing her hopes on her younger son and elder grandson, hoping they would bring glory to the family, but she forgot to teach them morality.
Which led to such a downfall.
“And one more thing,” Cui Ying remembered, “Ji Qing divorced Qin Shan.”
Ah Chen was curious, “What happened?”
How did Qin Shan end up with Ji Qing? It wasn’t that Ji Qing had that intention; it was Qin Shan who, seeing no other way out, thought that even though Ji Qing was in trouble, the other person had talent and looks, which she saw as an opportunity.
She had also figured out Ji’s mother’s personality and found a chance to get close to Ji’s mother.
Once, Ji’s mother encountered trouble outside, and Qin Shan seized the opportunity, earning Ji’s mother’s favor.
After the incident, it was hard for Ji Qing to find a match, and Ji Qing himself wasn’t in a rush, seemingly not wanting to marry. Ji’s mother was anxious, and coincidentally, there was Qin Shan, who matched her temperament and appeared docile, so she matched Qin Shan and Ji Qing.
Ji Qing’s official career wasn’t going smoothly, but Pei Ling didn’t overly target him; he just wouldn’t notice him for his talent anymore.
Ji Qing wasn’t popular, so if he didn’t achieve something, he had no hope for promotion.
However, he did have some skills. Without achieving outstanding results, he learned from past lessons and worked very diligently, and those who disliked him couldn’t find fault.
Pei Ling was undoubtedly a wise ruler. Although he wouldn’t cultivate Ji Qing into a trusted minister, he would reward based on merit, and over the years, Ji Qing was promoted because of his achievements.
After being promoted, life naturally got better.
Qin Shan felt she had bet correctly and started to feel complacent and had her own little schemes, and she developed a sense of arrogance.
As long as she didn’t act recklessly, even if Ji Qing didn’t like her, he wouldn’t divorce her, and they could live their lives. There was a chance she could live a prosperous life.
But Qin Shan actually accepted other people’s tributes without consulting Ji Qing, and Ji’s mother was also involved. The two feared that Ji Qing would disagree, so they quietly accepted them without planning to tell him.
For the first ten years, Qin Shan was very disciplined, managing everything in an orderly fashion, and she got along well with Ji’s mother. Ji Qing was satisfied with her, and Qin Shan could sweet-talk, developing some feelings and trust for her, never expecting she’d do such things without a word.
Once the truth came out, he finally understood what was happening.
After ten years of effort, it was back to square one; it would be even harder to get promoted in the future, and Ji Qing was almost furious to the point of vomiting blood.
So, Ji Qing divorced her and sent Ji’s mother back to their hometown.
Ji’s mother knew she had done wrong and didn’t dare say anything, obediently returning to their hometown.
Ah Chen was also a bit speechless, given Ji’s mother’s character, it’s surprising Ji Qing hadn’t learned his lesson.
To be honest, Ji’s mother being able to precisely pick Qin Shan as her daughter-in-law was quite something. With Ji’s mother as his mother, Ji Qing’s career was bound to be difficult.
“We encountered Yun Feng’er outside.” Ah Chen shared their journey with Cui Ying. If Cui Ying didn’t dislike traveling, she would have brought Cui Ying to have a look. But transportation in the ancient world was indeed a problem, and traveling was very hard.
It wasn’t much for her, and Jiang Xun was also strong and skilled in martial arts, accustomed to traveling, making it easy for them.
But Cui Ying was different, traveling was very tiring for her, and since she wasn’t interested, they didn’t take her out for a journey.
In the first year they left the Capital City, she and Jiang Xun encountered Yun Feng’er.
As Cui Ying had guessed, the merchant’s family had wives and concubines, never intending to take Yun Feng’er, a married woman, back as a concubine.
It was merely a pastime for leisure, and once he grew tired, he sold her off.
Yun Feng’er was married, but she ran off with him without hesitation, and the merchant feared Yun Feng’er might betray him later.
Yun Feng’er was very regretful, and when she saw Ah Chen, she hoped Ah Chen would send a message to Qin Shanlin to save her, as she was sold by that merchant to a fool as a wife.
It’s hard to understand what she was thinking; if Qin Shanlin were a compassionate and faithful man, he wouldn’t have done those things because Cui Ying couldn’t bear sons.
Ah Chen actually helped deliver the message, but there was no response.
She didn’t know what happened to Yun Feng’er afterward.
Cui Ying shook her head, unsure of what to say.
When Yun Feng’er ran off, she had her suspicions, and sure enough, what kind of good person would abduct another’s wife? Of course, Yun Feng’er wasn’t a good person either.
Afterward, Ah Chen stayed in the Capital City, believing that once the restrictions were lifted, the entity behind the Good Pregnancy System would quickly come to bother her, but that didn’t happen.
It was certain that the Good Pregnancy System was still around.
Until she lived out her life in this world and her body died, the Good Pregnancy System suddenly drifted outside the world, and her soul chased after it without hesitation.
Her intuition told her answers would soon be found.
Before long, Ah Chen actually returned to the world before the Commissioner’s journey.
In a daze, her soul entered a hospital room.