She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

The three entered the ward, and Chen Xiangnan immediately exploded, "Dong Chunmiao, what did you promise me before? And what are you doing now?"

Dong Chunmiao's eyes darted around. "I promised you, I didn't go to help. I just went to see my parents and accidentally tripped and fell. I didn't help them."

"Didn't you help? Are you a mute doctor? Couldn't you tell me? Did you miscarry from a fall?"

Dong Chunmiao: "I...I really didn't help..."

Dong Chunmiao's mother stood awkwardly to the side, "Son-in-law, this... I just missed her and asked her to go back and stay for a few days. I really didn't help her. I have things to do at home, so I'll be leaving now."

She turned and ran away, afraid of being beaten.

Even if Chen Xiangnan is angry, he won't hit his mother-in-law.

"You didn't do any work? How did you get this huge gash on your hand?"

Dong Chunmiao: "I bumped into them by accident. I... I swore that I would never help them again. You know I'm most afraid of having no descendants."

"You know you had a miscarriage? You're only afraid your Dong family will die out, but not me, is that it?"

Dong Chunmiao: "No, you know I dream of having a son."

Chen Xiangnan: "What about the son?"

Dong Chunmiao lowered her head: ...How did she know she was going to miscarry?

Chen Xiangnan felt annoyed just thinking about his father-in-law's family. As soon as they took him in, something bad happened. They didn't pay a single penny, but they were quick to run away.

On the way there, his mother, fearing he might act impulsively, repeatedly warned him not to cause trouble in the hospital with so many people watching. He agreed and kept reminding himself of this. Even if he really made a scene, he wouldn't get anything good out of it, but he just couldn't swallow his anger.

He had already decided that Dong Chunmiao would need to be hospitalized and recover after childbirth, and her family would have to come and stay with her. Since they didn't want to come voluntarily, he would make sure they had no choice but to.

"Second brother, how's your wife?" Chen Xiangdong came in, panting, carrying lunchboxes for everyone in the family.

"Your sister-in-law asked me to bring this over." He handed the things over. "Dad, Mom, you should eat too. I brought everything."

Grandma Xia took the box and first handed it to Chen Xianghong, who was feeding Dong Chunmiao water. She then took another box for herself, nodded to Chen Xiangdong, and suddenly remembered, "Chummiao, where's Lingling?"

Chen Xiangnan put down the chopsticks he had just picked up. Right, so much time has passed, where is his daughter?

Dong Chunmiao was also stunned; she...she didn't know.

"I was taken to the hospital and I didn't notice her. Maybe...maybe she's at my parents' house?" Dong Chunmiao was extremely panicked. Although she didn't care much about Chen Lingling, she had just lost a child at her parents' house, and Chen Xiangnan was already angry. If Chen Lingling were to go missing as well, she didn't dare to think about what would happen.

So at this moment, she really did resemble a worried mother, almost crying with anxiety.

"I'll go find her." Although Dong Chunmiao said she was at her parents' house, Chen Xiangnan was worried. What he was most worried about was Chen Lingling staying at her maternal grandmother's house. Who knew what might happen? Her family didn't treat girls like human beings at all.

Chen Xianghong also stood up, "Second Brother, let me go with you to look for it."

She returned the lunchbox to Grandma Xia and hurriedly followed her away.

Grandma Xia stared at Dong Chunmiao with an inscrutable expression, making her hide back under the covers.

Old Mrs. Xia was very unhappy. After all these years, she still couldn't see that her family was a bloodsucker, and she still insisted on sticking to them.

She didn't even offer a penny after the miscarriage, which is bad enough, but she wouldn't even buy herself a meal, just waiting for them to bring it to her. She's incredibly stingy. I don't know what that stupid Dong Chunmiao is after in them.

Although the preference for sons over daughters is more severe in the village than in their area, it's not like this. They relentlessly exploit their daughters, completely disregarding whether she will be looked down upon in her husband's family, whether she will face difficulties, or whether her marriage will be in jeopardy.

He not only hoped for help from his daughter, but also from his niece.

Dong Chunmiao miscarried this time, and they might actually be quite happy about it. In a family like this, Dong Chunmiao is deeply fixated on having a son. If she hadn't miscarried and had actually given birth to a son, perhaps her focus would have shifted entirely to him, and she wouldn't have devoted herself to her family anymore.