The guests had all left, and A Feng came to call them for dinner.
Li Zhengguo first escorted his wife to the dining room before bringing the children over.
No one went to the East Wing to invite Xiao Wei, nor did anyone wish to remember her, including her own father.
After the meal, Li Zhengguo took the car keys and left with the gold bars.
Tian Jing called out to Xiao Shuyuan, "Uncle Xiao, go to the pharmacy and get some abortion medicine."
"Young miss?"
"Don't ask, just get it when I tell you to."
"Yes."
"Don't do it stealthily."
"Does the young miss mean for people with intentions to know?"
"Yes."
"This subordinate understands."
Once the medicine was back, Tian Jing told A Feng to boil it, "Make sure the smell of the medicine spreads outside the courtyard."
"Yes."
...
Xiao Wei woke up groggily and was handed a bowl of medicine.
"What is this?"
"Abortion medicine."
Xiao Wei swatted the bowl away with her hand, "I won't, I won't. Xu Ma~ Xu Ma~ Come and save me."
Tian Jing bent down to pick up the broken bowl pieces. "Xu Ma has gone back to reunite with her son."
"It was you, you deliberately made her leave."
Facing Xiao Wei's accusation, Tian Jing nodded, "Yes, I did it deliberately. She wanted to leave, so I gave her a push. Where do you want to go? I can help you achieve that too."
"I'm not leaving, I'm not going anywhere."
"Here, you can only stay for three days. After three days, you'll have to leave even if you don't want to. Then, I'll take my broad path, and you'll cross your single-plank bridge."
"Get out! Get out of here!"
Tian Jing, holding the shards, turned and left.
Upon reaching the kitchen, she instructed A Feng to prepare food suitable for pregnant women and send it to the East Wing.
"You can provoke her into eating, but don't coax her. And don't speculate about my attitude towards her."
"Yes."
...
Li Zhengguo didn't return until dark. Upon his return, he told his wife that he had bought a nearly new two-courtyard house on Qianmen Xihuiyan Street.
"How much?"
"Eighteen thousand. The owner had just acquired the courtyard and renovated every room for sale. It's very suitable for you to put these old furniture pieces in, as the courtyard is completely unfurnished."
"The place you wanted to buy, it wasn't this one, was it?"
"Hmm, the one I wanted to buy, I've already arranged to see it tomorrow."
"After you buy it, see if you can buy train tickets in advance."
"How many tickets?"
Tian Jing also found herself in a difficult position. With Xiao Wei in her current state, she didn't know if her maternal grandfather would let go.
She certainly didn't want to bring such a mother back with her.
"Let's eat, we can discuss it after dinner."
After dinner, Tian Jing asked Xiao Shuyuan and A Guang, "We'll be leaving in a couple of days. What are your plans?"
"I'll follow the master."
"I'll follow my godfather."
"We're going to the mountains, and it will be difficult to get out once we're there. We'll have to raise our own meat and grow our own vegetables."
Xiao Shuyuan nodded, "I know, I'll follow the master."
A Guang also nodded, "I'll follow my godfather."
Only then did Tian Jing look at Xiao Wei, who was looking down silently, "And you?"
Xiao Wei looked at her father.
Grandpa Xiao quickly waved his hand, "Don't look at me. I intend to spend my twilight years with Tian Tian. Wherever she goes, I go."
Xiao Wei looked wronged, "Dad~ Are you really not going to look after me anymore?"
Grandpa Xiao shook his head, "When I had the energy to look after you, you caused trouble relentlessly. Now, I'm tired. Even if you beg me, I won't. You've messed up your own life so badly that no one can fix it for you."
"If, if I have an abortion, will you look after me then?"
Grandpa Xiao still shook his head, "I said, I won't look after you, and I won't. I don't care what your situation is, I just want to live out my old age in peace."
"Fine if you won't, fine!" Xiao Wei suddenly stood up, "I'll move out tomorrow."
Watching his daughter storm out, Grandpa Xiao sighed. He was truly incapable.
If his daughter had truly changed, he might have shamelessly asked Tian Tian for help.
But he knew his daughter too well; she was just a troublemaker. She would act meek when helpless, but as soon as there was a way out, she'd start causing trouble. Who could always clean up her messes? He, as her father, had had enough. No one else owed her anything.
Tian Jing comforted Grandpa Xiao, "Let her suffer a little. Tomorrow, I'll leave her an address."
Grandpa Xiao was pleased, "Mmm, leave her an address."
...
Tian Jing, who thought everything was settled, had her face darken immediately upon seeing the people who came to pick up Xiao Wei.
"A Guang, throw them out."
"Wait."
Chen Yao Shi offered his niece a gentle smile, "Jing Jing, are you willing to take your mother back to your husband's family?"
"I am willing."
Tian Jing nodded, "The bastard in her belly has been dealt with by me. Therefore, I am willing to take her back."
"I don't believe it."
Chen Yao Shi shook his head, "With Xiao Wei's temperament, she would surely create a huge scene."
Tian Jing narrowed her eyes, "You know her very well?"
Chen Yao Shi admitted, "Yes, I've studied her specifically."
"So, you deliberately approached her? You deliberately slept with her for your master?"
"Don't put it so crudely. Love between a man and a woman is normal."
"Heh." Tian Jing sneered, "Love between a man and a woman is normal, but is your relationship normal?"
Chen Yao Shi shrugged indifferently, "She wasn't formally married to my cousin."
"And you? Are you single?"
"Yes, I've always been."
"Fine."
Tian Jing didn't care what Chen Guang Fu and his son's intentions were. If it came to it, they could fight. She really didn't want to take care of a pregnant Xiao Wei, especially not when the baby was a bastard.
"I'll ask Xiao Wei for you. If she agrees, you can take her away. But you are not allowed to say a single word. You know my martial prowess."
"Alright."
"A Guang, keep an eye on him."
"Yes."
Tian Jing kicked open the door to the East Wing, startling Xiao Wei, who had hidden in her bedroom after breakfast.
"What are you doing?"
Tian Jing flashed to the bedside and looked down at her, "Tsk, tsk, tsk. With such an old face, even someone who lives off others couldn't stomach it. What kind of mentality did he have to go through with it?"
Xiao Wei was shamed and angered, "Chen Jing, I am your mother."
"I wish I didn't have one."
Tian Jing reached out and felt her face, "If I closed my eyes, I could still feel the wrinkles. Who is he after? You, or me?"
Xiao Wei was terrified by the cold fingers on her face. In the hot summer, her fingers were cold?
"You, who are you talking about?"
Tian Jing's voice was colder than her fingers, "Chen Yao Ming's cousin, Chen Yao Shi, has come to pick you up. The moment I saw him, I knew that this child in your belly was entirely a conspiracy."
"Your three marriages didn't result in pregnancy, but the moment he volunteered to replace Qiao En, you got pregnant. I don't believe you weren't using contraception."
"Why did you get pregnant after only a few months with him? You might have been drugged, and you wouldn't even know it."
"Heh, you don't even know who slept with you, you don't even know you're pregnant. What else can you possibly know?"
"I told him I'm willing to take care of you. Because I don't want you to be used in a conspiracy, and I don't want us mother and daughter to become stepping stones for others in the end."
"He didn't believe me. He told me to come and ask if you want to go with him."
"Last night, when I asked you about your plans, and you helplessly begged Grandpa, that felt terrible, didn't it?"
"But if you go with him, I believe that feeling from last night will appear a hundred or a thousand times over."
"I'm really not trying to scare you. Now I'm giving you a choice. I'm willing to take you, and I'm willing to raise the child in your belly with you."
"What are your intentions? I won't allow him to speak, nor will I allow you to make plans after seeing him."
"I just need one word from you now. After you say this word, your remaining life will truly be your own to decide."
"I don't dare tell Grandpa. I'm worried he'll be angered to death by you."