Translator: RandomAlex
Editor: Makoto
Since it was a vacation world, the memory received by Wei Mingyan this time was a little vague. He was only shown a general picture of the world.
As usual, this world was a novel world.
The heroine, Wei Qi, was destined with misfortune from birth.
She was born on the 15th day of 7th lunar month, which is the day of the Ghost Festival. In theory, this was now an era of science and technology, and she didn’t engage in feudal superstition, but who made her grandfather a mystical charlatan?
On the day this little granddaughter was born, as her own grandfather, the original owner, made it clear that he didn’t like her because she was born on the Ghost Festival. He even refused to visit the hospital and help his son and daughter-in-law look after this little granddaughter.
Unfortunately, this alone wasn’t enough. Although the original owner didn’t like this granddaughter, his son and daughter-in-law loved this lovely daughter deeply. Although the absence of an elder’s care would be a bit hard, they also calmly accepted his decision.
After all, it wasn’t the first time the original owner made trouble. They have long been used to it.
However, unfortunately, on the third day after Wei Qi was born, a wanted criminal actually hid in the hospital. On the same day, a police officer who came to take care of his pregnant wife at the hospital recognized him. It was a mess. In retaliation, the police officer’s wife died with one corpse and two lives, and even Wei Qi’s parents were caught up in it and killed, leaving Wei Qi, an infant, with the original owner, who thought of her as a broom star.
(TNote: broom star = means they will bring you bad luck/ one who others perceive as a jinx.)
Even the name Wei Qi was one he gave randomly according to the month.
Raised by a grandfather who didn’t like her, Wei Qi’s life can be imagined. The original owner was obsessed with metaphysics all his life, and every day he wandered around fooling people. Wei Qi was practically almost brought up by her neighbors when she was a child. Later, when she grew up a little, the original owner, who considered himself ‘self-taught’, said directly that she had to leave home at the age of 16, otherwise she would be the death of her grandfather.
Wei Qi was simply thrown out of the house with grievances. At the very least, she has always been raised free spirited, and survived the ups and downs despite being alone.
She didn’t have the money to pay tuition fees, so she had to work as a black worker everywhere. While she worked a part-time job, one day, she was taken home by a rich second generation and became a golden canary.
(TNote: — black worker = illegal/ usually because they have no ID or underage, they are paid outside of the books; and underpaid. — golden canary = a luxuriously supported girlfriend.)
Unfortunately, she was deeply abused both physically and emotionally, and she even suffered through a miscarriage caused by a mistress. After enduring the following heart wrenching drama and family chaos, the rich second generation came to his senses. In the end, this prodigal son returned to her, and they lived happily ever after.
Wei Mingyan now understood why Wei Qi appeared in the vacation world after reading it.
She suffered so miserably in the early part, but was favored in the later part. This book also describes in detail how Wei Qi fell in love with the rich second generation and was even willing to die for him.
In Wei Mingyan’s view, this wasn’t love. It was nothing more than being confined for life, either suffering for the rest of your life or fooling yourself to accept it.
He closed the book and looked at the mess in the room.
There were Daoism, Buddhism, and some messy props from the Internet cluttered around. It perfectly represents all the accomplishments of a mystical charlatan, with a few cards short of a full deck.
Most of the reason why this family was poor was because the original owner spent all his money on buying these ‘magic tools’.
In truth, he lived a normal life. As he grew older, he married his childhood sweetheart and struggled to live together. Later, when his childhood sweetheart died unexpectedly, he almost went crazy. At first, he just wanted to find a way to communicate between yin and yang, and see his wife. Later, he was completely immersed in it and could no longer extricate himself.
Having witnessed his wife’s death, the original owner began to fear death, searching for immortality like a madman.
Son? The concept of family to him now was akin to something external and separate. This was because since he wanted to cultivate like a Daoist, he couldn’t have worldly attachments. Thus, he resorted to ignoring his son’s existence. However, his son is his only bloodline in this world, and he had raised him well, so it was not possible for him to cut his son out of his life entirely.
Of course, there are some advantages to him searching for immortality in such a bewitched manner.
To stay on the same page as the legendary immortals, the original owner insisted on not contacting electronic products. He would then go out to collect Qi at 6 o’clock every morning, because the best place for him to gather Qi for meditation and cultivation was a little more than 1 kilometer away from home. He was also unwilling to be in contact with the muddy world and people, so it was impossible for him to take the bus.
(TNote: Qi = aura/ spiritual energy.)
Thus, he got up at 6 o’clock every day and walked for 1 kilometer and back on foot. It would be strange if his health wasn’t good.
In the evening, he would absorb the evening Qi early. Unfortunately, because of the serious pollution in early China, there were too few stars in the sky. Thus, he could only absorb for a little while and wash up before sleeping.
He was early to bed and early to rise everyday, he hardly eats meat, and he wasn’t exposed to electronic products that had radiation. At the age of 45, he looked as if he was 35, and he always wore a Daoist robe. In addition, he had a handsome face, fair skin, and a profound expression. There was really a sense of an ethereal immortal emanating from his figure.
Furthermore, the original owner was really convincing when he put his all into it. Unlike ordinary charlatans, he sincerely believed that he could catch ghosts and calculate fate. He also regarded money as dirt. Despite being only a half-baked guy, he firmly believed that he was a real master. The word ‘tragic’ wasn’t even enough to sum it up.
To make things worse, he wasn’t as good as a charlatan. Charlatans who knew their worth understood their limits, and they would always leave themselves a way out. Their line of business was mainly giving people peace of mind and getting paid for it.
As for the original owner, he didn’t want money. He simply told fortunes.
There was a normal couple, for whom he calculated the fortunes of the mother in-law, about her children and grandchildren. He flipped through his notebook and made a random calculation, later saying that the wife was born to be a calamity for her husband, which made the whole family fight and separate.
Another time, there was a family living in harmony, but he calculated that the man
Translator: RandomAlex
Editor: Makoto
The husband and wife were purely dragged down by the bad luck brought back from the original owner.
Wei Mingyan rummaged through the drawer and pulled out a book of scriptures.
It took less than half a page of reading before the room full of dark Qi was cleared out.
The understanding of Yin and Yang still worked so well.
He pulled out a turtle shell from the drawer and was about to divinate, but he then glanced at the calendar hanging on the wall.
It was the middle of July ah…
Wei Mingyan silently tucked the turtle shell in his pocket.
Qian Miao was a nurse. She was supposed to be off work today. She was also pregnant and should have gone to bed early. However, her friend happened to have something at home today and asked her to help with the night shift until 10 o’clock.
10 o’clock wasn’t very late, and her friend usually helps her a lot, so Qian Miao agreed without hesitation.
Carefully holding her belly as she checked the room, Qian Miao sat in the nurse station and started knitting. Although it was only July now, she was already planning to knit out her winter sweater early.Once she washes and dries it properly, how nice would it be for her husband to wear?
She thought about the baby in her belly, who would be born in a month, and she can’t help but fantasize about what the baby would look like. She was fine with a boy or a girl, who looks like her father or mother. They would be well behaved when they grow up, and they would study well.
This mother-to-be couldn’t help but be happy from the bottom of her heart when she thought about it. Although her baby hasn’t been born yet, the wonderful motherly love from Qian Miao was already smothering it.
While she was immersed in her thoughts, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly noticed a figure walking towards the nurse station. Qian Miao hurriedly put down the sweater. “What can I do for…”
Her polite greeting came to an abrupt stop after seeing the man standing outside the glass of the nurse’s station.
There was a pause before she stood up somewhat stiffly, “Why did you come over?”
Although she didn’t like her father-in-law, she still had to maintain the appearance of decency for the sake of her husband.
The handsome looking man in a Daoist robe looked young, unlike the appearance of a 45-year-old man, who was about to become a grandfather. He spoke indifferently.
“My granddaughter would be born at 10:15. I came to have a look.”
“Ah?”
Qian Miao was stunned. She reacted after only feeling irritable and helpless, “Dad, I’m still a month away from my due date.”
Even if some old men and women around still believed Wei Mingyan’s words, Qian Miao absolutely wouldn’t believe them. If nothing else, he didn’t even ask her eight characters at the beginning. He only shook his tortoise shell, and said that she and her husband wouldn’t end well, which was enough to make Qian Miao’s affection for this father-in-law to be in the negatives.
(TNote: eight characters = birthdate characters/numbers and letters, used in fortune-telling.)
Later, he even drove her husband out of the house, and took away all his savings disgracefully. He rightfully demanded a pension every month, and wandered around the city without working every day, and reported his son’s name whenever he made a mistake. Last time, her husband nearly lost his job.
Such a high maintenance father-in-law, it would be strange for Qian Miao to believe his words.
Seeing how his daughter-in-law wouldn’t believe him, Wei Mingyan eyelids drooped. “Has the child’s name been chosen yet?”
He refused to leave, and Qian Miao couldn’t drive him away. So, she could only stiffly respond.
“Not yet, Ah Jin said he would decide after the child was born. We still don’t know if the child is a boy or girl.”
“It’s a daughter.”
Here we go again!
The corners of Qian Miao’s mouth twitched. At this moment, she looked forward to having a boy in her belly, and slapping her father-in-law’s face thoroughly.
“Dad, why don’t you go home first. I’m on duty.”
Wei Mingyan’s face was the same expressionless face that Qian Miao was familiar with, as if all the people in the world were worms in his eyes. His eyes moved and landed on his daughter-in-law’s bulging belly.
He opened his mouth, cold without emotion, and even a little mockingly.
“Today is a day when the Ghost Gate is wide open, and bad luck is in full swing. You picked this day to have a baby, so how can I leave?”
Qian Miao’s mouth twitched even more.
She only thought that her father-in-law was suffering from brain damage, not to mention that her due date was still over a month away. But what’s all this about a Ghost Gate? What era is this? He still believed in feudal superstition?
But, who made this man her father-in-law? Even if he was lying without even blinking, she could only perfunctorily say, “Why don’t you sit in our nurse station for a while? I’ll be off work in an hour.”
Wei Mingyan pulled the corners of his mouth, the shallow smile fully expressed his dissatisfaction with this daughter-in-law, “Can’t you get off work? You will have a baby in 50 minutes.”
Qian Miao rolled her eyes, “Make yourself at home.”
After watching the middle-aged man in the Daoist robe sitting on the opposite bench of the nurse’s station, his palms facing the sky on his knees, closing his eyes as if in meditation and emitting an imperturbable aura, she can’t help but cringe internally.
It so happened that her husband called, and Qian Miao breathed a sigh of relief and answered.
“Miaomiao, I’ll pick you up after I’m done with overtime. It happens to be until 10 o’clock for me tonight. It’s so late, and it’s not safe to take a taxi.”
“You’re just in time. Hurry over and take Dad away. I don’t know what’s going on with him, but he said I would give birth today. He also said that today, the Ghost Gate is open, so he had to be here and wouldn’t leave. He is sitting outside right now. You hurry over and pick him up.”
After the phone call, knowing that her husband would come over in a few minutes, Qian Miao’s heart smoothed out a bit.
She tried to ignore her father-in-law, who was still as steady as an old pine tree, and made rounds to change some medicine. The alarm clock hanging on the wall passed by bit by bit, and soon it was 9:45.
The elevator door opened and her colleague/best friend rushed in while putting on a nurse’s uniform as she thanked her, “Thank you, Miaomiao. You should hurry up and go, it’s so late.”
“I’ll wait for my husband. He’s coming to pick me up at 10:00.”
“That’s good. You should change your clothes first. I brought you a midnight snack, I would have said that you should take it back to eat, but let’s eat it here.”
As her friend finished putting on the nurse uniform and sat down at the counter, she saw the man sitting in front of the nurse station. After noticing how good he looked, her eyes suddenly lit up. “Damn!!! So handsome, so stylish! When did such a handsome man come to our hospital?”
Qian Miao raised her eyes and saw that this was another one who was fooled by her father-in-law’s appearance.
“He looks like he’s around 30 years old. Does he have a girlfriend? He looks so handsome, and his clothes are so special, rustling gracefully like an immortal. Say, Miaomiao, do you know which family he’s from? He is exactly my type. My heart is itching to tease him.”
“Don’t think about it.” Qian Miao relentlessly broke her friend’s fantasy. “That’s my father-in-law. He’s 45 this year.”
“Ah??!!”
The person beside her simply had to drop her jaw, “Your father-in-law? You’re kidding me. How does he look… He doesn’t even look like he’s past forty ah!!”
“Why would I lie to you? He just looks really young. Don’t you think he looks like my husband?”
“…True, but if your husband stood side by side with him, I would say they look similar, more like brothers. But father and son??? Oh my god, such a handsome man, incredible…”
“Say, what’s your father-in-law doing here? Picking you up?”
“How could he ever!?” Speaking of this, Qian Miao was full of anger. “My father-in-law likes fortune telling. Today, he came to say that I’m going to give birth. He also said that today is the Ghost Festival. My due date is still a month away, okay? He usually fools around, it’s okay, but now he’s fooling around with my baby.”
“He said I was going to go into labor at 9:50. And the baby girl would be born at 10:15. This time I have to expose him, I…”
“Miaomiao???” Her friend, who was listening with a confused face, saw Qian Miao clutching her stomach and falling back on the chair in pain. She threw her chopsticks and rushed over. “What’s the matter with you?”
“My stomach, my stomach hurts… It hurts…”
Qian Miao spoke while her face turned pale. She suddenly thought of something, trying to lift her body, but couldn’t muster the strength.
She was tormented by the pain and weakness, her hand grabbed the chair for dear life as she asked, “Yunyun, what… time… is it?”
Fu Yun subconsciously looked up at the wall clock on, where the second hand had just struck 12.
“Now… it’s 9:50???”
was unsuitable for his current job. As a result, the man quit his good job. He lost the watermelons and didn’t even have a sesame seed to pick up. The man then lived his whole life in poverty.
(TNote: lost the watermelon and picked up a sesame seed = foolishly throwing away a treasure, for something small.)
Most of the older people around the area believe in the original owner, while the younger ones thought him a fraud. These young people also included the original owner’s daughter-in-law.
At first, she and her husband loved each other, the original owner said that they were incompatible, like water and fire, and that there was absolutely no good end. He ordered his son to break up with his daughter-in-law. Fortunately, his son was firm, and he didn’t let go. He went to get a marriage certificate without telling the original owner.
Translator: RandomAlex
Editor: Makoto
Since it was a vacation world, the memory received by Wei Mingyan this time was a little vague. He was only shown a general picture of the world.
As usual, this world was a novel world.
The heroine, Wei Qi, was destined with misfortune from birth.
She was born on the 15th day of 7th lunar month, which is the day of the Ghost Festival. In theory, this was now an era of science and technology, and she didn’t engage in feudal superstition, but who made her grandfather a mystical charlatan?
On the day this little granddaughter was born, as her own grandfather, the original owner, made it clear that he didn’t like her because she was born on the Ghost Festival. He even refused to visit the hospital and help his son and daughter-in-law look after this little granddaughter.
Unfortunately, this alone wasn’t enough. Although the original owner didn’t like this granddaughter, his son and daughter-in-law loved this lovely daughter deeply. Although the absence of an elder’s care would be a bit hard, they also calmly accepted his decision.
After all, it wasn’t the first time the original owner made trouble. They have long been used to it.
However, unfortunately, on the third day after Wei Qi was born, a wanted criminal actually hid in the hospital. On the same day, a police officer who came to take care of his pregnant wife at the hospital recognized him. It was a mess. In retaliation, the police officer’s wife died with one corpse and two lives, and even Wei Qi’s parents were caught up in it and killed, leaving Wei Qi, an infant, with the original owner, who thought of her as a broom star.
(TNote: broom star = means they will bring you bad luck/ one who others perceive as a jinx.)
Even the name Wei Qi was one he gave randomly according to the month.
Raised by a grandfather who didn’t like her, Wei Qi’s life can be imagined. The original owner was obsessed with metaphysics all his life, and every day he wandered around fooling people. Wei Qi was practically almost brought up by her neighbors when she was a child. Later, when she grew up a little, the original owner, who considered himself ‘self-taught’, said directly that she had to leave home at the age of 16, otherwise she would be the death of her grandfather.
Wei Qi was simply thrown out of the house with grievances. At the very least, she has always been raised free spirited, and survived the ups and downs despite being alone.
She didn’t have the money to pay tuition fees, so she had to work as a black worker everywhere. While she worked a part-time job, one day, she was taken home by a rich second generation and became a golden canary.
(TNote: — black worker = illegal/ usually because they have no ID or underage, they are paid outside of the books; and underpaid. — golden canary = a luxuriously supported girlfriend.)
Unfortunately, she was deeply abused both physically and emotionally, and she even suffered through a miscarriage caused by a mistress. After enduring the following heart wrenching drama and family chaos, the rich second generation came to his senses. In the end, this prodigal son returned to her, and they lived happily ever after.
Wei Mingyan now understood why Wei Qi appeared in the vacation world after reading it.
She suffered so miserably in the early part, but was favored in the later part. This book also describes in detail how Wei Qi fell in love with the rich second generation and was even willing to die for him.
In Wei Mingyan’s view, this wasn’t love. It was nothing more than being confined for life, either suffering for the rest of your life or fooling yourself to accept it.
He closed the book and looked at the mess in the room.
There were Daoism, Buddhism, and some messy props from the Internet cluttered around. It perfectly represents all the accomplishments of a mystical charlatan, with a few cards short of a full deck.
Most of the reason why this family was poor was because the original owner spent all his money on buying these ‘magic tools’.
In truth, he lived a normal life. As he grew older, he married his childhood sweetheart and struggled to live together. Later, when his childhood sweetheart died unexpectedly, he almost went crazy. At first, he just wanted to find a way to communicate between yin and yang, and see his wife. Later, he was completely immersed in it and could no longer extricate himself.
Having witnessed his wife’s death, the original owner began to fear death, searching for immortality like a madman.
Son? The concept of family to him now was akin to something external and separate. This was because since he wanted to cultivate like a Daoist, he couldn’t have worldly attachments. Thus, he resorted to ignoring his son’s existence. However, his son is his only bloodline in this world, and he had raised him well, so it was not possible for him to cut his son out of his life entirely.
Of course, there are some advantages to him searching for immortality in such a bewitched manner.
To stay on the same page as the legendary immortals, the original owner insisted on not contacting electronic products. He would then go out to collect Qi at 6 o’clock every morning, because the best place for him to gather Qi for meditation and cultivation was a little more than 1 kilometer away from home. He was also unwilling to be in contact with the muddy world and people, so it was impossible for him to take the bus.
(TNote: Qi = aura/ spiritual energy.)
Thus, he got up at 6 o’clock every day and walked for 1 kilometer and back on foot. It would be strange if his health wasn’t good.
In the evening, he would absorb the evening Qi early. Unfortunately, because of the serious pollution in early China, there were too few stars in the sky. Thus, he could only absorb for a little while and wash up before sleeping.
He was early to bed and early to rise everyday, he hardly eats meat, and he wasn’t exposed to electronic products that had radiation. At the age of 45, he looked as if he was 35, and he always wore a Daoist robe. In addition, he had a handsome face, fair skin, and a profound expression. There was really a sense of an ethereal immortal emanating from his figure.
Furthermore, the original owner was really convincing when he put his all into it. Unlike ordinary charlatans, he sincerely believed that he could catch ghosts and calculate fate. He also regarded money as dirt. Despite being only a half-baked guy, he firmly believed that he was a real master. The word ‘tragic’ wasn’t even enough to sum it up.
To make things worse, he wasn’t as good as a charlatan. Charlatans who knew their worth understood their limits, and they would always leave themselves a way out. Their line of business was mainly giving people peace of mind and getting paid for it.
As for the original owner, he didn’t want money. He simply told fortunes.
There was a normal couple, for whom he calculated the fortunes of the mother in-law, about her children and grandchildren. He flipped through his notebook and made a random calculation, later saying that the wife was born to be a calamity for her husband, which made the whole family fight and separate.
Another time, there was a family living in harmony, but he calculated that the man
Translator: RandomAlex
Editor: Makoto
The husband and wife were purely dragged down by the bad luck brought back from the original owner.
Wei Mingyan rummaged through the drawer and pulled out a book of scriptures.
It took less than half a page of reading before the room full of dark Qi was cleared out.
The understanding of Yin and Yang still worked so well.
He pulled out a turtle shell from the drawer and was about to divinate, but he then glanced at the calendar hanging on the wall.
It was the middle of July ah…
Wei Mingyan silently tucked the turtle shell in his pocket.
Qian Miao was a nurse. She was supposed to be off work today. She was also pregnant and should have gone to bed early. However, her friend happened to have something at home today and asked her to help with the night shift until 10 o’clock.
10 o’clock wasn’t very late, and her friend usually helps her a lot, so Qian Miao agreed without hesitation.
Carefully holding her belly as she checked the room, Qian Miao sat in the nurse station and started knitting. Although it was only July now, she was already planning to knit out her winter sweater early.Once she washes and dries it properly, how nice would it be for her husband to wear?
She thought about the baby in her belly, who would be born in a month, and she can’t help but fantasize about what the baby would look like. She was fine with a boy or a girl, who looks like her father or mother. They would be well behaved when they grow up, and they would study well.
This mother-to-be couldn’t help but be happy from the bottom of her heart when she thought about it. Although her baby hasn’t been born yet, the wonderful motherly love from Qian Miao was already smothering it.
While she was immersed in her thoughts, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly noticed a figure walking towards the nurse station. Qian Miao hurriedly put down the sweater. “What can I do for…”
Her polite greeting came to an abrupt stop after seeing the man standing outside the glass of the nurse’s station.
There was a pause before she stood up somewhat stiffly, “Why did you come over?”
Although she didn’t like her father-in-law, she still had to maintain the appearance of decency for the sake of her husband.
The handsome looking man in a Daoist robe looked young, unlike the appearance of a 45-year-old man, who was about to become a grandfather. He spoke indifferently.
“My granddaughter would be born at 10:15. I came to have a look.”
“Ah?”
Qian Miao was stunned. She reacted after only feeling irritable and helpless, “Dad, I’m still a month away from my due date.”
Even if some old men and women around still believed Wei Mingyan’s words, Qian Miao absolutely wouldn’t believe them. If nothing else, he didn’t even ask her eight characters at the beginning. He only shook his tortoise shell, and said that she and her husband wouldn’t end well, which was enough to make Qian Miao’s affection for this father-in-law to be in the negatives.
(TNote: eight characters = birthdate characters/numbers and letters, used in fortune-telling.)
Later, he even drove her husband out of the house, and took away all his savings disgracefully. He rightfully demanded a pension every month, and wandered around the city without working every day, and reported his son’s name whenever he made a mistake. Last time, her husband nearly lost his job.
Such a high maintenance father-in-law, it would be strange for Qian Miao to believe his words.
Seeing how his daughter-in-law wouldn’t believe him, Wei Mingyan eyelids drooped. “Has the child’s name been chosen yet?”
He refused to leave, and Qian Miao couldn’t drive him away. So, she could only stiffly respond.
“Not yet, Ah Jin said he would decide after the child was born. We still don’t know if the child is a boy or girl.”
“It’s a daughter.”
Here we go again!
The corners of Qian Miao’s mouth twitched. At this moment, she looked forward to having a boy in her belly, and slapping her father-in-law’s face thoroughly.
“Dad, why don’t you go home first. I’m on duty.”
Wei Mingyan’s face was the same expressionless face that Qian Miao was familiar with, as if all the people in the world were worms in his eyes. His eyes moved and landed on his daughter-in-law’s bulging belly.
He opened his mouth, cold without emotion, and even a little mockingly.
“Today is a day when the Ghost Gate is wide open, and bad luck is in full swing. You picked this day to have a baby, so how can I leave?”
Qian Miao’s mouth twitched even more.
She only thought that her father-in-law was suffering from brain damage, not to mention that her due date was still over a month away. But what’s all this about a Ghost Gate? What era is this? He still believed in feudal superstition?
But, who made this man her father-in-law? Even if he was lying without even blinking, she could only perfunctorily say, “Why don’t you sit in our nurse station for a while? I’ll be off work in an hour.”
Wei Mingyan pulled the corners of his mouth, the shallow smile fully expressed his dissatisfaction with this daughter-in-law, “Can’t you get off work? You will have a baby in 50 minutes.”
Qian Miao rolled her eyes, “Make yourself at home.”
After watching the middle-aged man in the Daoist robe sitting on the opposite bench of the nurse’s station, his palms facing the sky on his knees, closing his eyes as if in meditation and emitting an imperturbable aura, she can’t help but cringe internally.
It so happened that her husband called, and Qian Miao breathed a sigh of relief and answered.
“Miaomiao, I’ll pick you up after I’m done with overtime. It happens to be until 10 o’clock for me tonight. It’s so late, and it’s not safe to take a taxi.”
“You’re just in time. Hurry over and take Dad away. I don’t know what’s going on with him, but he said I would give birth today. He also said that today, the Ghost Gate is open, so he had to be here and wouldn’t leave. He is sitting outside right now. You hurry over and pick him up.”
After the phone call, knowing that her husband would come over in a few minutes, Qian Miao’s heart smoothed out a bit.
She tried to ignore her father-in-law, who was still as steady as an old pine tree, and made rounds to change some medicine. The alarm clock hanging on the wall passed by bit by bit, and soon it was 9:45.
The elevator door opened and her colleague/best friend rushed in while putting on a nurse’s uniform as she thanked her, “Thank you, Miaomiao. You should hurry up and go, it’s so late.”
“I’ll wait for my husband. He’s coming to pick me up at 10:00.”
“That’s good. You should change your clothes first. I brought you a midnight snack, I would have said that you should take it back to eat, but let’s eat it here.”
As her friend finished putting on the nurse uniform and sat down at the counter, she saw the man sitting in front of the nurse station. After noticing how good he looked, her eyes suddenly lit up. “Damn!!! So handsome, so stylish! When did such a handsome man come to our hospital?”
Qian Miao raised her eyes and saw that this was another one who was fooled by her father-in-law’s appearance.
“He looks like he’s around 30 years old. Does he have a girlfriend? He looks so handsome, and his clothes are so special, rustling gracefully like an immortal. Say, Miaomiao, do you know which family he’s from? He is exactly my type. My heart is itching to tease him.”
“Don’t think about it.” Qian Miao relentlessly broke her friend’s fantasy. “That’s my father-in-law. He’s 45 this year.”
“Ah??!!”
The person beside her simply had to drop her jaw, “Your father-in-law? You’re kidding me. How does he look… He doesn’t even look like he’s past forty ah!!”
“Why would I lie to you? He just looks really young. Don’t you think he looks like my husband?”
“…True, but if your husband stood side by side with him, I would say they look similar, more like brothers. But father and son??? Oh my god, such a handsome man, incredible…”
“Say, what’s your father-in-law doing here? Picking you up?”
“How could he ever!?” Speaking of this, Qian Miao was full of anger. “My father-in-law likes fortune telling. Today, he came to say that I’m going to give birth. He also said that today is the Ghost Festival. My due date is still a month away, okay? He usually fools around, it’s okay, but now he’s fooling around with my baby.”
“He said I was going to go into labor at 9:50. And the baby girl would be born at 10:15. This time I have to expose him, I…”
“Miaomiao???” Her friend, who was listening with a confused face, saw Qian Miao clutching her stomach and falling back on the chair in pain. She threw her chopsticks and rushed over. “What’s the matter with you?”
“My stomach, my stomach hurts… It hurts…”
Qian Miao spoke while her face turned pale. She suddenly thought of something, trying to lift her body, but couldn’t muster the strength.
She was tormented by the pain and weakness, her hand grabbed the chair for dear life as she asked, “Yunyun, what… time… is it?”
Fu Yun subconsciously looked up at the wall clock on, where the second hand had just struck 12.
“Now… it’s 9:50???”
was unsuitable for his current job. As a result, the man quit his good job. He lost the watermelons and didn’t even have a sesame seed to pick up. The man then lived his whole life in poverty.
(TNote: lost the watermelon and picked up a sesame seed = foolishly throwing away a treasure, for something small.)
Most of the older people around the area believe in the original owner, while the younger ones thought him a fraud. These young people also included the original owner’s daughter-in-law.
At first, she and her husband loved each other, the original owner said that they were incompatible, like water and fire, and that there was absolutely no good end. He ordered his son to break up with his daughter-in-law. Fortunately, his son was firm, and he didn’t let go. He went to get a marriage certificate without telling the original owner.
