Countdown to Awakening

Ge Aidi's words aroused empathy from some of the villagers present.

They knew everything about Yingdi and Chen Jiade. After all, they knew exactly what happened back then.

"I say, Old Chen's wife, how can your family be like this? Bullying your own daughter-in-law, how can you do this? Yingdi is such a good girl. Isn't it too much for you to treat her badly like this? She has given birth to three children for your family, and you actually do this?" said the lady.

Mother Chen was naturally unhappy when she heard others talk about her son like this.

"What are you talking about? Yingdi's wife gave birth to three children for my family, two girls, but what's the point? She had an affair with Jiang Wen before we got married, and she still thinks about Jiang Wen all the time after we got married. Would you be happy if your daughter-in-law thought about other men all the time? We just wanted her to have a son first, but who knew that after getting married, the two children she gave birth to were not sons? If she didn't think about Jiang Wen all the time, would my son beat her? No one wants to be cuckolded!"

"Everything you said is a lie! You know best why my sister would marry him! You instigated your son to get my sister pregnant before the marriage, and even beat her after the marriage! Do you dare to say that none of this happened? You gave birth to a son and named him the same as me. Aren't you doing this on purpose? Who would have a child with the same name as their uncle? You're just looking down on me and our family!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Chen Jiade's son had the same name as his brother-in-law. No one would dare to name him that way, right? Wouldn't that be offensive to the elders? Unless the family didn't want their child to recognize this uncle.

"This is all a misunderstanding! When I named the child, I didn't even think about my in-laws' son having the same name. I just thought it sounded nice. I didn't mean anything else, and I'm not looking down on anyone."

Mother Chen regretted very much that she had thought carefully about whether there were any duplicates when she was naming the child. Now the Liu family had caught her in the act... It was such a coincidence.

"That doesn't make sense! How can you name your son like that? A nephew and an uncle have the same name? Only my son is called Tianci. How can your grandson be called Tianci? Change his name immediately!"

Zhang Mei was also in the crowd. She held her son and watched the two families quarrel quietly.

Haha, the Chen family is only now explaining this? Why didn't they think of this outcome when they treated Yingdi so badly? Those two little girls are destined to spend their entire lives in the Chen family.

Such a good girl, after her mother passed away, she had no status at home. I am afraid that she will be married off in exchange for a betrothal gift.

Yingdi's family wasn't exactly good people either. It's been so long since Yingdi gave birth, and normally they'd have lost their way, yet now they're trying to seek justice for their daughter? It's obvious they're after money.

If she really valued Yingdi, how could she not have remembered after so long that she had a daughter who had just given birth at her husband's house?

She remembered that Yingdi went back to her parents' home to seek help because Chen Jiade beat her, but at that time all four people in her parents' home had the same expression.

Now that they know they can extort money, they're talking about so-called justice? Isn't that too fake?

She didn't speak up for anyone this time. If she had said a word, the two families who were originally arguing would have tried every possible way to unite the villagers and shift the blame to her.

Then we will scold her together.

The Chen and Liu families each insisted on their own opinions and were both very angry. At this time, the village chief came again.

I don’t know who called.

When Chen's mother saw the village chief, she felt like she saw hope.

"Village chief, please come and judge for us. My in-laws are so unreasonable. Although my daughter-in-law left because of giving birth, they can't ask us for compensation... Everyone knows the situation of our family..." Mother Chen cried and talked about her difficulties.

"You're the only one who can talk nonsense! My daughter died giving birth to your son, and not only did you not let her rest in peace, you even hid her body! Do you have any humanity left? Poor daughter of mine who's only in her twenties... at such a prime age..."

As he spoke, a few tears flowed from Ge Aidi's eyes.

The village chief breathed a sigh of relief. As a village chief, he really had to take care of everything.

"Where is your daughter-in-law now? I heard about it too. Did you hide her?" asked the village chief.

Mother Chen shook her head.

"We dare not do that. Why would we hide a corpse? If we don't hide it, how dare we do that?" Chen's mother's tone was firm.

She certainly didn't hide it, didn't she? Jiang Wen, her old lover, would definitely be willing to handle her funeral.

"Then tell me, where is my daughter?" Ge Aidi asked her angrily.

"...A while ago, Grandma Qian said that my daughter-in-law's presence at home would affect my grandson. Now it's up to Jiang Wen... He's already had her cremated. How can we lie about something like this? We can't say we're hiding her..."

Ge Aidi added, "That won't do. My daughter died of a difficult labor. If she hadn't wanted to give birth to a grandson for your family, would she have lost her life? This is all your fault. If you hadn't intervened, would she have given birth prematurely? If she hadn't given birth prematurely, my daughter would be alive and well now! And their eldest grandson even bears my son's name!"

Chen Jiade denied it, saying, "I didn't do anything. My wife is pregnant, how could I bear to hit her? She really got pregnant on her own."

The village chief then said, "This is a difficult matter. How about this, Jiade, your family pays her some compensation and changes your child's name. You can take the girl from the Liu family who will be welcoming your brother. This matter will be settled then."

Both families were stunned. Ge Aidi was the first to object, "No, Village Chief! Who will raise that little girl if we take her away? My son will have children in the future, and if Chen Jiade's granddaughter is left to us to raise, wouldn't that be a burden? Who knows what others will say about us in the future!"

Ge Aidi had miscalculated. Why would he take a little girl with him? Wasn't this embarrassing for her?

It's ridiculous that you have to take away a burden just for paying a little money!

If it were a boy, it would be fine. He could change his surname and continue the family line. But who would want a girl if he took her away? Who would raise her? Sooner or later, she would be someone else's wife... It's better not to have her!

Chen Jiade didn't say anything either.

Not only do they want to pay compensation, but they're also taking someone away? How can this be allowed? They're taking advantage of everything! They want both money and a person?

Lin Yun felt uncomfortable when she thought about raising her elder sister-in-law's daughter.

"Village Chief, we can't do this. That's the bloodline of the Chen family. What's the big deal if we take her to raise? She's just a girl. She'll get married when she grows up. It's not like I can't have children myself. Why should I raise someone else's child?"