Chapter 63: Getting Up at Midnight to Beat Someone Up

“Dead? Crippled?”

Lu Huaishen sneered. “Isn’t that a good thing?”

He spoke indifferently. “This is good. The villagers won’t target that girl, nor will they try to introduce her to anyone.”

Yun Xingjun nodded. “Yeah, this is good.”

“But there’s something else…” Yun Xingjun hesitated before saying, “That girl almost got harassed by some village thugs on her way home from work.”

Lu Huaishen’s grip on his bowl tightened abruptly.

Yun Xingjun recounted everything he had heard. “From what they said, it went like this…”

After listening, Lu Huaishen didn’t speak. A dangerous aura radiated from him.

Yun Xingjun sighed. “Lu Huaishen, apart from fetching water, chopping wood, and working, we’re not allowed to roam around the village freely.”

“There’s no way for us to teach that Li Hongjun a lesson…”

“Mm.” Lu Huaishen set his bowl down and stood up. “Old Master, Uncle Yun, you don’t need to worry about this. I’ll handle it.”

He glanced at Old Master Yun and Yun Xingjun. “It’s late. You two should rest early.”

Old Master Yun nodded.

Yun Xingjun responded, “Alright.”

Lu Huaishen walked to the door, then paused and turned back to Old Master Yun. “By the way, have you been drinking your medicine on time?”

Old Master Yun replied, “I have.”

Lu Huaishen nodded. “Good.”

Old Master Yun frowned and warned, “Be careful. Don’t let them catch you.”

“Mm.”

Lu Huaishen left.

Yun Xingjun watched as Lu Huaishen returned to his room before closing the door.

He turned to Old Master Yun. “Dad, I don’t think this is right. Lu Huaishen is already exhausted from working all day, and now we’re making him deal with these things too…”

“Not right?” Old Master Yun glared at him. “I’ve already given him my precious granddaughter, and you say it’s not right?”

“Besides, that’s his future wife. If he doesn’t handle it, who will?”

“If he can’t handle it well, then I’ll just find another husband for Yueyue.”

Yun Xingjun: “…”

…

Lu Huaishen returned to his room.

Zhou Ye, who was already washed up and lying on his bed, heard the movement and glanced over. The moment he saw Lu Huaishen’s cold, murderous aura, his heart skipped a beat.

He sat up. “Boss, what happened?”

“Nothing. Go to sleep.”

Zhou Ye shut his mouth, not daring to ask more, and hurriedly lay back down.

He wasn’t sure how much time had passed when, just as he was about to drift off…

He heard Lu Huaishen say, “Wake up at midnight.”

Zhou Ye snapped awake. “Huh?”

“We’re getting up at midnight to beat someone up.”

“Oh.” Zhou Ye instinctively responded.

Then it hit him—

“!!!”

Zhou Ye shot up from his bed, staring at Lu Huaishen. “Wait, what? Who are we beating up, Boss?”

Lu Huaishen’s voice was indifferent. “You’ll know when you wake up.”

With that, he got into bed and went to sleep.

Lu Huaishen slept soundly, but Zhou Ye couldn’t.

His mind kept racing—who the hell was worth getting up in the middle of the night to beat up?

While Zhou Ye lay wide awake, unable to sleep…

The Chen family was also in for a sleepless night.

After dropping off Yang Chunhua at home, Chen Guoqiang rushed to the brigade to find a midwife.

There was a midwife in the brigade, but she didn’t live in their village. It took half an hour on foot to get to her place.

But when he arrived, he was told she was out delivering a baby.

The midwife’s family gave him two options—either leave an address or find someone else.

Chen Guoqiang refused both and insisted on waiting for her to return.

He waited over an hour.

Finally, the midwife came back. Before she could even drink a full glass of water, Chen Guoqiang dragged her off to his house.

The midwife, already exhausted, arrived at the Chen home, only to find that Yang Chunhua wasn’t even in labor yet.

Her eyes widened in anger as she glared at Chen Guoqiang. “What the hell is this? You said it was urgent! I barely got one sip of water before rushing over here!”

“And in the middle of the night, too!”

“Where do you people—”

Chen Guoqiang’s mother came out, carrying a stool and a bowl of sweetened water.

“Oh dear, don’t be mad, don’t be mad! Have some water, sit down for a bit.”

The midwife, though still annoyed, took the bowl and sipped the water.

It was sweet.

They had put sugar in it.

Chen Guoqiang’s mother even stuffed a few pieces of candy into her pocket. “Here, have some sweets.”

Seeing the candy, most of the midwife’s anger dissipated.

After finishing her water, she examined Yang Chunhua’s belly.

At first, she only frowned slightly as she pressed around.

Then, her expression darkened. “This…”

Chen Guoqiang grew uneasy. “What’s wrong?”

The midwife double-checked before turning to him and his mother. “Go find your brigade leader and borrow a tractor. You need to get her to a hospital!”

“The baby’s in the wrong position.”

Yang Chunhua, Chen Guoqiang’s mother, and his two sisters-in-law were all stunned.

Chen Guoqiang panicked. “How could that be?”

“Ask the baby in her belly!” the midwife snapped. “Quit talking and go get the tractor!”

Chen Guoqiang hurriedly agreed and turned to leave.

Just as he stepped away—

“Guoqiang… I…” Yang Chunhua’s voice, tinged with sobs, trembled. “My belly feels strange… like I’m about to give birth…”

Midwife: “…”

Chen family: “!!!!”

The midwife quickly checked.

Sure enough—

It was happening!

The worst-case scenario had come true!

The midwife barked orders at the panicked family. “One of you, go to the brigade leader and get that tractor! Another, go to the educated youth spot and fetch that young woman you mentioned!”

“If she could diagnose the baby’s position just by taking a pulse, she might be useful! Bring her here!”

“Alright, alright!”

Chen Guoqiang ran off to find the brigade leader.

Chen Guoqiang’s mother hurried to the educated youth dormitory to find Song Yue.

One of the sisters-in-law went to boil water, while the other stayed with the midwife to watch over Yang Chunhua.

…

At the educated youth dormitory.

“Beep—”

“Beep—”

“The system has detected a patient in need of treatment!”

“The system has detected a patient in need of treatment!”

Song Yue was jolted awake by the system’s alerts.

She opened her eyes.

Darkness surrounded her.

She: …

Can she curse at the system?

Where the hell was she supposed to find a patient to treat in the middle of the night?!