After these past few days of recuperation, Yaoniang's milk supply gradually increased again. Her milk for the day had accumulated and she couldn’t wait to feed her son. So as soon as Xiaobao rubbed his cheeks against her breasts, she bundled up her son and returned to her room to feed him.
Xiaobao seemed to recognize her as his mother, and didn’t resist her but suckled her breasts. The age of six months old is when babies’ appetites become bigger. Yaoniang watched as her son drank her milk and she felt sweet inside.
Suddenly, Yaoniang realized some similarities between her baby’s small face and that man’s.
She looked closer and found that Xiaobao's eye shape was very similar to Jin Wang's. They both had narrow but long eyes. But since Xiaobao was still young, so it wasn’t as obvious. But if someone took a closer look, they could see the resemblance.
Yaoniang’s eyes were shaped differently. She had apricot eyes, which were round with slightly curved edges, and gave her a gentle and charming look.
In other words, did Xiaobao look like his father?
When she thought of this, Yaoniang couldn’t help but feel disgusted in her heart
She was reluctant to recall her humiliating past. To be honest, Yaoniang hadn’t even seen the face of the evil man who had raped her.
Yaoniang refused to think about it any longer. She changed the side that Xiaobao ate from, and he soon fell asleep after he ate his fill.
She caressed her son's small head with melancholy. No matter how long she spent gazing at him, it wasn’t enough. Xiaobao had grown older and his appearance had slightly changed, but their blood ties could never be erased.
A knock sounded from the door, followed by Huiniang’s voice. "Yaoyao."
Yaoniang hurriedly put Xiaobao on the bed and got up to open the door.
She saw that Yao Cheng was also standing outside, and she quickly invited the two of them to come in.
Yaoniang had thoughts on her mind and so did Yao Cheng.
Yao Cheng and Huiniang both opened their mouths to ask about how Jin Wang Mansion had sent someone to inquire about the details of Yaoniang’s background.
After a while, Yao Cheng added, "Yaoniang, there’s no need to be scared. From my knowledge, if the master wanted to hire you, they would definitely send someone to conduct a background check. After all, the little princess is different from us and is a very important person. Naturally, the process of hiring the nannies around her couldn’t be taken lightly. "
If it weren't for what had happened, Yao Cheng’s analysis would make sense. But because of the ambiguous relationship that Yaoniang had with Jin Wang, she had a feeling that it wasn’t so simple.
But if someone asked her to explain how complicated it was, she wouldn’t be able to say it. She could only set the matter aside for the time being.
"Brother-in-law, would people believe the backstory that you fabricated? Will Jin Wang Manor send someone to investigate whether I had a child out of wedlock?"
Yao Cheng looked at her with a puzzled expression on his face. "Why would Jin Wang Manor send someone down to inquire about such trivial matters? Isn’t it just a background check to see if you are clean? Your father is a *Xiucai and your brother-in-law works in the local government office. If a daughter of such a family is considered to have an unclean background, then I honestly don’t know what kind of people would be clean. ”
"It’s not…" Yaoniang immediately wanted to add something, but then she stopped herself. If she said too much, she may end up saying something she shouldn’t. She didn't want her sister and brother-in-law to know that despite signing up to be a wet nurse, she ended up getting involved with the child's father. If people found out, she would be too embarrassed to go out. After all, she was a daughter raised in an upright family.
In her previous life, her sister and brother-in-law had found out, but what was done couldn’t be undone.
Huiniang noticed her sister’s hesitation and was amused. "Okay, okay, I just knew you would be worried about this. Did you think that your sister and brother-in-law would remain idle while you were gone?"
Yaoniang cast her a doubtful look. Huiniang continued with a smile: "After you had left, I went back home and told Father, Mother and Brother Zhu to say to the outsiders that you got married. Your husband is a street vendor but because his family wasn’t from the local area, you guys got married in a hurry. ”
"But it’s impossible for the neighbours to be unaware that a marriage took place."
Huiniang grinned. "I asked them to say that you got married from the Yao family." After all, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Su family always picked on Yaoniang, and the neighbours of the Su family all knew. Before Huiniang had gone home to pick up Yaoniang to live with her at the Yao family, there was a huge commotion. Only after the disturbance was resolved did Yaoniang leave with her.
Yaoniang was stupefied.
Huiniang continued, "As for the neighbours on the Yao family side, I went out and gave them some wedding candies a while ago. Think of it as amassing a good fortune for you. Naturally, I told them that the wedding was held at the Su family. Hehe. No need to thank me."
Huiniang was very clever. No one would bother to inquire more. The neighbours of the Yao family wouldn’t go to the neighbours of the Su family to discuss Yaoniang’s marriage. Especially since the two families lived quite far away from each other, almost on opposite sides of the county.
As she looked at her slightly haggard sister under the dim light, Yaoniang’s eyes couldn't help but turn red. She took a hold of Huiniang’s hand. "Sister–"
"That’s enough. You are already a mother, but you still have the temper of a little girl." Huiniang stroked Yaoniang’s cheek as she said so. Despite her words, her eyes couldn’t help but redden.
This was all that she could do for her misfortunate sister. At least when Yaoniang returns home, she wouldn’t be forced to leave with Xiaobao, but would still be presentable in front of the masses.
Yaoniang sniffed and went to the cabinet to take out her luggage.
"The masters of the house bestowed some clothes, fabric and jewelry …" Yaoniang took the things out of her bag one by one. "The clothes and jewelry are for you. The fabric should be kept to make clothes for Ming’er, Hong’er and brother-in-law. "
"What’s the point of giving all this to us? You keep it. Since they had bestowed it to you, you should keep it. You can keep it for Xiaobao to wear in the future, or you can sell it for some money."
"Sister, if you and brother-in-law do this, I would be too ashamed to face you. I have caused you so much trouble, and you guys are also taking care of Xiaobao …"
Once these words were said, it was pointless to continue to protest. Continuing would only cause more pain. Huiniang could only interrupt her siser, console her, and accept the things that Yaoniang brought back.