Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 456: Arrest

Hearing that it was something from the palace, Liu Huaer took it as if she was facing a great enemy. Then she looked at Song Chunlin with some fear and asked him, "Can we ordinary people really use this thing?"

Liu Huaer's husband's family was a declining noble family. When she was at her husband's house, she often heard her husband and mother-in-law talk about their former glory. She also knew that royal things were not for common people to use. If someone found out, it would be a serious crime punishable by beheading.

As a modern man, Song Chunlin certainly would not avoid these things. Moreover, this was not a royal thing, but the essence of the spiritual spring water in his space. He had to find an excuse to appease Liu Huaer.

"Just take it. If the emperor gave it to me, it's mine. Besides, I was going to use it anyway. He won't check who used it. If you don't tell me and I don't tell anyone, no one will know."

Upon hearing this, Liu Huaer nodded quickly, indicating that she would definitely not tell anyone.

On the way back, Song Chunlin took motion sickness medicine in advance. He didn't want to make another trip, but Liu Huaer had a criminal record. Even if she was with the child, he didn't want her to be alone with his brother. If someone saw them on their way back, wouldn't the rumors spread everywhere?

Although Zhou Ning wouldn't say anything, which husband would be happy if he kept hearing about his husband's romantic scandals?

So Song Chunlin forced himself to get into the car, swallowed the medicine, and drank the Lingquan water as milk tea. Liu Huaer's child was also holding a bamboo tube cup. Liu Huaer didn't dare let the child drink too much, for fear that he would feel uncomfortable and vomit, so she only let him take a sip from time to time.

Perhaps it was the dual blessing of the spiritual spring water and motion sickness medicine that made Song Chunlin feel better. He looked at Liu Huaer's child and chatted with her casually.

"You've been married for quite a while, right? How come you only have one child?"

If anyone else in the village had asked this question, Liu Huaer would have just evaded the question. But now it was Song Chunlin, someone who had done her a great favor, so Liu Huaer hesitated for a moment before slowly speaking.

"My husband is the only son in five generations. When I first got married, my mother-in-law comforted me and said that there was no need to rush about having children. So he was quite nice to me at the beginning." When Liu Huaer said this, a dazed look appeared on her face, as if she was lost in the memories of the past, but then she changed the subject.

"But the good times didn't last long. After three years of marriage, I had no children. My mother-in-law and father-in-law were a little worried. They found many folk remedies for me. After three years of drinking bitter medicine, I finally got pregnant with Xiaoman."

Hearing this, Song Chunlin showed a look of disgust on his face.

"You really drank the medicine for three years? You drank it yourself, didn't your man drink it?"

Liu Huaer nodded, then shook her head.

"I'll drink it. Mother-in-law said he's in good health and doesn't need to drink."

Song Chunlin thought about the Chinese medicine he had taken before. He couldn't stand it after drinking it only once. But Liu Huaer had been drinking it for three years. Tsk tsk, when she was at her parents' home, she didn't listen to her elders so much.

"The medicine soup is so bitter, why are you the only one who can drink it? Giving birth is not just your business, and..." Song Chunlin frowned when he said this, and the contempt in his eyes became even more intense.

"Besides, their family has only had one child for five generations. This shows that their family is too weak from the root. Their genes are not good, so they can't have children. Why are they only looking for the reason in you? Why don't they ask their ancestors? Is it because they don't want to have only one child? If you can give birth, there must be no problem with you. Their family has only had one child for five generations, so there must be something wrong with their family's seeds."

It was the first time that Liu Huaer heard someone tell her from this perspective that her inability to have children might not be her problem.

"But since ancient times, bearing children has been the responsibility of women and men."

"Screw the father's responsibility. Having children is your right, but it's definitely not your responsibility. They can't have children themselves, so they forcibly fabricate some unfounded responsibility and put it on you. When you put these so-called responsibilities aside, you'll realize how guilty they are when they say these things."

Liu Huaer was terribly shocked. She had never thought that there would be someone who would say these words to her, telling her that women were not born to bear children, and that it was not a so-called responsibility but their right.

In particular, the man in front of her should hate her, after all, she had used all means to marry his brother.

"Why are you telling me this?"

Song Chunlin had just spoken a lot of passionate words and was a little out of energy at the moment. In response to Liu Huaer's question, he just waved his hand to indicate that he didn't care.

"It's been so many years, and my brother already has two children. Why bother with that? You were young back then, so it's normal for you to do stupid things."

It was the first time that Liu Huaer was called stupid in person, but she didn't feel embarrassed. Now that she thinks about it, wasn't she extremely stupid back then?

The carriage was moving slowly. Song Chunlin drank two sips of the spiritual spring water and came back to his senses. He started to tease the child.

"By the way, speaking of your husband's family, did you two get divorced?"

However, Liu Huaer's answer was unexpected.

"No, I wanted to divorce, but he disagreed, saying that Xiaoman was their only child and had to go back. I didn't agree, so the matter has been dragging on."

That's true. The other party has been a single-son family for generations, so it's naturally impossible for them to let their only child be stranded outside. But the child has been ill for so long, and from what Liu Huaer said, the man doesn't seem willing to pay for his treatment. So why does he want the child? He can't just take the child back and let him fend for himself.

When it was completely dark, the carriage slowly stopped at the entrance of the village. Liu Huaer asked her to get off early, fearing that the villagers would see her and misunderstand her.

Because they were at the entrance of the village, Song Chunsheng and his brother were not worried about her safety, so they let her get off the carriage with the child. The two brothers watched Liu Huaer slowly walk into the village with the child, and then drove home again.

Just when they drove the carriage to the door of their house, Song Chunlin raised his eyebrows, and then without even entering the house, he took his brother's hand and said something had happened.

"What happened?"

"Big news! It seems Liu Hua'er's child has been kidnapped. Brother, go tell Mom and Dad quickly, and go find Brother Zhao and the others. Call more people and tell them that a beggar is trying to steal the child. Hurry, Liu Hua'er can't hold on any longer. I'll go over and take a look."

Song Chunsheng nodded repeatedly and rushed to find Song Qinshi and others without even unloading the carriage. When Song Dazhuang heard that someone dared to enter the village to snatch the child, he was immediately furious. He and Song Qinshi split up into two groups. Song Qinshi took her eldest daughter-in-law to find Song Dahao's family next door. Chen Yuer handed the child to Song Amao who followed them, and several people ran into the village.

Song Dazhuang brought Song Chunsheng into the village from the other end, knocking on doors along the way, saying that beggars were coming to steal the child. When the villagers heard that it was a child-stealing gang, they were as angry as Song Dazhuang. They picked up their weapons and rushed to the Song family with Song Dazhuang, cursing.

On this side, Song Chunlin did not show up directly. He urged the mutant vines to constantly block those people and prevent them from escaping. The man holding the child covered the child's mouth tightly, and the child could not even cry. Liu Huaer was pressed to the ground by the other two people, her mouth and nose were also covered, and she watched her child being snatched away.

With Song Chunlin's intervention, none of these people could escape. So when the villagers rushed over in a mighty force, they caught those people in the act.

Aunt Liu and her family were startled by the noise outside and came out to watch the fun, but it turned out that the fun was related to their own family.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Hey, sister, what happened to you?" Aunt Liu saw Liu Huaer sitting on the ground. Didn't she say at the beginning that she would take the child to the city to see a doctor? Why is she so embarrassed now?

Children, what about other children?

Aunt Liu looked around and found the child lying flat on the ground. Doctor Wang was giving the child acupuncture treatment.

"What a sin this is! Sister Liu, go and inform your mother-in-law and the others! These people are here to snatch the child away."

When she heard about the child being snatched, Aunt Liu looked closely at the people who were pinned to the ground. In the light of the torch, she found that one of them actually looked familiar.

Liu Huaer had already recognized the man. She stared at him intently and said in a hoarse voice, "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Xiaoman is your son. Why are you trying to harm him?"

At this time, the old couple of the Liu family were also invited out by Aunt Liu. At first, the old couple did not believe it, but after hearing what their daughter said, they were convinced that these people were actually hired by the son-in-law to snatch the child.

Everyone originally thought that the beggar was so bold as to steal the child, but when they heard it, they found out that there was a hidden story behind it.

The village head and the clan leader were there at the moment, and they immediately interrogated the men. Under everyone's questioning, these men saw that things had gone wrong, so they decided to go all out and told Zhao Yong how he found them and the benefits he promised to give them after the matter was done.

It turned out that Zhao Yong saw that Liu Huaer refused to come back and was unwilling to give him the child, so he came up with this trick in a moment of desperation. He thought that as long as he took the child back, Liu Huaer would definitely go back with him. As for whether the child would become ill because of this, it was not within his consideration.

Doctor Wang gave the child an injection, and his breathing became much steadier, but he still didn't wake up. Doctor Wang shook his head and asked the Liu family to take the child back first because the ground was too cold.

Aunt Liu picked up the child from the ground, but she felt that the child was so light and fluttery that she couldn't help but feel distressed. She looked at Zhao Yong with a bad face.

Not to mention Aunt Liu's family, other villagers also showed contempt for Zhao Yong and others.

"This is his biological child. He was already in poor health, and after being frightened by his biological father, I'm afraid he will be ill for some time."

"That's right. He knew the child was in poor health, but he still resorted to such shady and despicable means to snatch her away. Tsk tsk, I heard he was a scholar in the past. Is this the moral character of a scholar?"

"He's still a scholar, but please don't tarnish the reputation of a scholar. I think he's just a scoundrel. This kind of person is always two-faced. Who knows if he really wants to take Liu Huaer and her son back? With this method, I'm afraid he wants them both dead."

Although what this person said was rather outrageous, it was not impossible if one thought about it carefully. If Zhao Yong really wanted to take Liu Huaer and her son back, he could just come and persuade them in the daytime. If that didn't work, he could just stay at Yue's house for a few days. If Liu Huaer was a soft-hearted person, she would naturally go back with him out of consideration for their relationship as husband and wife, or for the sake of the child. Why would he sneak in in the middle of the night and kidnap them?

After thinking about it carefully, everyone felt that something was not right and began to clamor for the village head and the clan leader to escort these people to the government office.

When they heard that they had to report to the police, several people panicked. The people who followed Zhao Yong were all idle people in the village. Zhao Yong promised them benefits and asked them to help bring back his wife and children. He thought it was a very simple matter, but it turned out to be such a mess, and they even had to report to the police?

These people kept shouting that they were innocent, but Zhao Yong remained silent. Song Chunlin stood outside the crowd, but he could clearly see the unwillingness on Zhao Yong's face.

It's really strange. His expression doesn't look like a man who only wants his wife and children to return home. Instead, just like what the villagers said, he wishes Liu Huaer and her son would die together.

"Interesting, brother. What do you think Zhao Yong's reason is that he went to such lengths to snatch people away?"

Song Chunsheng frowned. He also realized that something was wrong, but this was someone else's family affair after all, and the village head and clan leader were present, so he did not express any opinion on it. He just said that the outcome would be clear after the case was sent to the authorities.

Several men knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, saying that they knew they were wrong and begged the village head not to report to the police.

The village head and the clan leader looked at each other, and then asked Zhao Yong who was lying on the ground, but Zhao Yong looked indifferent.

"I still say the same thing. My wife and child are mine, so why can't I take them away? Liu Huaer, you are mine in life and a ghost of the Zhao family in death. You want to take my children and marry someone else? You're dreaming!"

"You're talking nonsense. I dare not say anything else. Since I married you, Liu Huaer, I have never had any second thoughts. But you, Zhao Yong, have been leaving early and returning late every day since the doctor said Xiaoman was not feeling well. Where have you been? Do you really think I can't smell the scent of makeup on you?"

The villagers immediately realized that the man was trying to turn the tables.

Zhao Yong saw that his true face was exposed by Liu Huaer, but he still insisted that he was a chaste man. It was Liu Huaer who was fickle and wanted to take his son to her adulterer. She even brought up Song Chunsheng's name.

"Ask the people in this village. Everyone knows how crazy you, Liu Huaer, were back then, crying and shouting about marrying the eldest son of the Song family. Otherwise, why would you stay at your parents' house with your child for so long? I'm afraid you and that man have been secretly having an affair for a long time."

"Damn you, you bastard who's spewing shit. How dare you slander my son? I'll beat you to death." When Song Qin heard that he was going to involve her son, she didn't care about maintaining her dignified image anymore. She kicked him in the heart and knocked him to the ground. Zhou Ning and Chen Yuer beside her didn't have time to hold her back.