Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

chapter 70

Liu Sisi’s body trembled while she struggled countless times to gather her clothes with her weak hands. Then, she picked up her underwear and looked for her dress around the room.

“Sisi, go to the other room and rest for a while, I will go outside to see what is going on.”

After that, Di Yelei strode towards the hall and turned to walk out of the room.

“Wait a moment!”

Liu Sisi screamed.

He immediately turned his head and raised his eyebrows at her.

She quickly took two steps forward, her face red and ears burning, grabbing her “missing” dress from behind Di Yelei’s belt, and holding it in her arms as she ran back into the bedroom.

The dress almost came out of the room with Yelei… so embarrassing!

Di Yelei’s iron-gray face eased slightly, his deep gaze like fire staring at the direction of the bedroom for a moment, before striding out of the room.

In the bedroom, Liu Sisi shivered and finally put on her dress, tidying herself up.

Picking up the small bronze mirror, she saw her reflection with misty eyes, watery and bright, blushing cheeks – it was the appearance of one who had been subject to loving indulgence and torment.

She whimpered twice, burying her head in her arms, the burning heat on her cheeks never dying down.

Reluctantly returning to bed, she shivered as she pulled up the thin quilt, her sensitive body still agitated.

Even a slight movement caused an irritating sticky liquid to seep out from the embarrassing area, making her unconsciously twist her body, trying to relieve the emptiness inside her.

This kind of thing was not only uncomfortable for him alone!

Outside, Di Yelei coldly opened the door, his face gray and staring angrily at Di Cheng in front of him.

Di Cheng shivered under his gaze but couldn’t help but stiffly say, “Third Uncle, it’s… it’s Grandfather. He’s vomiting blood and unconscious, and barely alive. My dad asked me to come to you.”

Di Yelei raised his eyebrows in surprise, “Wasn’t he fine this afternoon? What happened?”

…

Shortly after, Di Yelei went back into the house and quickly roused Di Xuan and Di Ying as well.

He re-entered the bedroom and called out to Liu Sisi, “Quickly get dressed, we’re going to the old house; my dad is sick.”

“Sick? Is it… my father-in-law?” Liu Sisi hesitated.

It wasn’t surprising, as anyone would have a hard time imagining that Elderly Mr. Di, who had been in high spirits in the afternoon, would suddenly be on his deathbed.

“Don’t ask so many questions, just hurry up. I’ll go see if the two children are awake yet.”

Having said that, Di Yelei didn’t linger any further and turned to leave the room.

Liu Sisi, of course, didn’t dare to delay and quickly got up to change clothes.

After tidying up, Liu Sisi led the way with a torch, while Di Yelei carried Di Xuan and held Di Ying, walking slowly behind her.

After a while, Di Yelei spoke softly, “It’s because of what happened this afternoon. After leaving our place and returning to the old house, my mom and Second Sister-in-law started arguing again. They called back the Land Officer. Mr. Land Officer scolded my dad a few times…”

To be precise, he had scolded Elderly Mr. Di!

When the Land Officer left, Elderly Mr. Di naturally exploded with anger, cursing everyone in the courtyard.

Though Di Cheng couldn’t articulate the whole story correctly, Di Yelei could infer most of it from those details: Ms. Zhang and Ms. Wang quarreled bitterly, while Little Di Ah-bao made matters worse, adding fuel to the fire. Elderly Mr. Di’s reprimands failed to suppress the unruly crowd, which led to a fit of rage, reaching for a broom to hit someone.

But Di Ah-bao snatched the broom away and hit his dad several times with it…

Elderly Mr. Di, overwhelmed with anger, spit out fresh blood and fell unconscious.

Di Ah-bao was still angry, scolding his father for faking his death and kicked him again, which was when everyone realized the gravity of the situation…

Unable to wake him, they hurriedly sent Di Cheng to call for help.

Di Yelei naturally couldn’t tell Liu Sisi all the embarrassing details.

Even though she had only heard half of it, Liu Sisi understood what Di Yelei’s words implied. The two of them silently headed straight for the old house.