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Lu Jingchuan was still asleep, while Lu Yunqi was so frightened that his face turned deathly pale.

Thick blood kept flowing from beneath Bai's body, staining the river crimson...

"Sister-in-law!"

Lu Yunqi's voice trembled, and his body trembled as well. Seeing this, Madam Wang quickly cried out:

"This...this is going into labor! Quick, get her ashore!"

She then pushed her son directly to her mother-in-law, jumped in herself, and, together with Lu Yunqi, helped Bai Shi ashore.

Soon, the people in the river were also rescued. They received emergency treatment and were all fine, except for Xiao Yu'er, who was coughing uncontrollably.

The old lady said anxiously, "What should we do if she gives birth? We...we don't have a midwife yet..."

Madam Wang said, "In the old lady's condition, it doesn't matter whether there's a midwife or not, let's have Qiangsheng!"

"I...I don't know how..."

The old lady was extremely flustered. Although she had given birth to several children, it was always the other people in the household who were busy taking care of things, and she didn't know anything about it.

Ms. Wang was taken aback: "Although I've never delivered a baby for anyone else, I have given birth myself. All you have to do is push!"

Song Qingqian grabbed the bewildered Wang Beimu and said, "Brother Wang, please have my second brother and me bring our carriage over here. My sister-in-law can't stand on the ground; it's too cold! Please!"

Lu Yunqi was completely stunned. He had never encountered such a situation before and was already flustered. It was only after Song Qingqian patted him that he came to his senses.

Huo Chong then joined in to help, and soon the three of them pulled the carriage over. Lu Yunqi then carried Bai Shi onto the carriage.

Go boil some water!

Song Qingqian gave instructions to Lu Yunqi. At this moment, Lu Jingchuan had already woken up. He hurriedly took the pot and started adding firewood to start the fire.

Because of the arrow to his thigh, Lu Jingchuan walked with a limp, but this did not surprise anyone, since his physical recovery ability had exceeded most people's understanding.

After finishing their work, Wang Beimu and Huo Chong hurriedly returned to their own homes, while Wang Shi stayed in the carriage to help.

After seeing this, Lu Jingchuan patted Lu Yunqi and said, "Second brother, I'll take care of things here. You go and help the Wang family. They already have few people, and now that Madam is staying here to help with the delivery, they have too much stuff over there for one person to handle."

"Row!"

As Lu Yunqi nodded and left, he turned back to look at the two sisters and their child, who were soaking wet and huddled together in fear.

Sun Wuyin had already crossed the river and sat to the side, watching coldly. He was secretly annoyed. Even this couldn't kill Lu Jingchuan. His life was unusually tough.

As Li Cong led the carriage across the river, he discovered Yu Ke'er lying inside. He was furious and immediately pulled her out and threw her aside.

He cursed angrily, "What do you think you are, you worthless wretch? I have to walk across the river, and you actually want to ride in a carriage? You have no idea how much you're worth."

Yu Ke'er's palm was broken from the fall, and she felt extremely wronged. Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. Facing the pointing and whispering of the crowd, she felt utterly ashamed and indignant.

Aunt Xue quickly pushed through the crowd and rushed in, draping an outer robe over her thin body.

"mother…"

"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!"

Aunt Xue comforted her and helped her up, and they returned to the Yu family amidst the pointing and whispering of the crowd.

When Lu Yunqi's eyes met Yu Ke'er's, his heart tightened and he felt a numb pain. Although he had let go, some things are not as simple as just letting go.

At this moment, several soldiers pointed at Lu Yunqi and mocked, "Have you heard? This second son of the Lu family looks respectable, but he's actually... useless..."

"No way? This guy can be called a man? He should have just gone to the palace as a eunuch back then. With the imperial concubine around, he could have avoided that knife."

"You tell me, even in his condition, he still eloped with that illegitimate daughter of the Yu family. What does that illegitimate daughter of the Yu family want from him? Does she want him because he can't stand up and they can't be sisters...?"

"Haha..."

Several officers and soldiers discussed the matter with great interest, bursting into laughter...

Lu Yunqi clenched his fists tightly. He glanced back at the carriage. The Lu family was already in complete chaos, and he couldn't afford to cause any more trouble.

It didn't matter if he was said a few words; it was nothing to him. Lu Yunqi patiently comforted himself, ignoring the soldiers' mockery.

Seeing Lu Yunqi approach, Song Weilan gave a disdainful snort and muttered to her mother:

"Luckily I had the foresight not to marry this good-for-nothing, otherwise I would have become the subject of gossip among the exiles."

Madam Song quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, my daughter is lucky. You were the one who had the foresight to escape this calamity."

At this point, Madam Song still felt a little regretful. If she had known that Lu Jingchuan had his eye on her, it wouldn't have been a bad idea for her daughter to marry him.

Lu Yunqi glanced at Song Weilan and, seeing the fine scars on her face, said with disdain, "Ugly people really do a lot of weird things."

"Lu Yunqi, you're not a man..."

Song Weilan said angrily that she hated it most when others exposed her shortcomings.

Whether I'm a man or not is none of your business!

After saying that, Lu Yunqi walked past her and went to Wang Beimu's side, putting their things on the flatbed cart.

Wang Beimu had already paid the money and told his mother to take her son by boat to cross first. The two of them pushed a cart into the water.

After paying the money, Madam Yu pushed Aunt Xue and Yu Ke'er off the boat, saying with disdain:

"We don't have enough silver. You'll have to figure it out yourselves."

"Don't you like serving men? Just sleep with any one of them, and they'll definitely pay you and your daughter for it."

With tears welling in her eyes, Yu Ke'er looked at her mother and whispered, "Mom, I...I can't go into the water, my stomach hurts..."

Aunt Xue nodded and reassured them, "Don't worry, they won't go into the water. I have money. We'll go over after they've all crossed over."

Aunt Xue touched the only two taels of silver she had in her clothes. The road ahead was long, and she could no longer rely on the Yu family. She had to think of a way!

After the exiles crossed the river, Sun Wuyin had Li Cong drive them on their way. Meanwhile, Bai Shi was bleeding profusely, and the baby had not yet been born.

The group was so anxious they were practically pacing around like ants on a hot pan. Wang patted Bai's cheek, urgently reminding her:

"Wake up! You can't sleep anymore. You need to push harder. The baby's head is already visible. If you don't give birth soon, the baby will suffocate..."

Song Qingqian had already given her a pill to restore her strength, but it had been too short a time, so she dared not give her another one. She could only patiently persuade her:

"Sister-in-law, don't be discouraged. Think about your brother. If he were still alive, how much he would look forward to the birth of this child..."

"What if... what if your older brother is still alive? Don't you want to be able to safely take the children to see him? Think about your family reunion in the future..."

Bai's tears had dried up, and her whole body was sticky. As soon as Song Qingqian finished speaking, she seemed to really see Lu Jin'an in a daze.

Seeing him walk towards her, seeing him gently pull her into his arms to comfort her, hearing him whisper in her ear, urging her to be strong, urging her to live on…

"Sister-in-law, push! We can see the baby's head..."

Wang urged anxiously, "Push harder! My God, it's just one more push away..."