Mu Jingzhe’s mind was about to explode. She instantly felt that she had thought through it a lot, but she still couldn’t figure some things out. The plot of this novel couldn’t have become any more crooked. The male and female leads had long parted ways and had each found their own true love. In Mu Xue’s case, the male supporting character, Shao Qiyang, had already been promoted to the lead and married her. The plot had completely changed. How could she still be affected?

  Mu Jingzhe felt that this shouldn’t be happening since things had changed so much, but her body really couldn’t take it anymore. If it wasn’t because of the plot, why was her body in such a state?

  In the end, would she still have to die? But that wasn’t right either. Wasn’t Shao Qihai, who should have died, still alive and well?

  Mu Jingzhe felt that she had thought it through, but then again, there were still things that puzzled her. Her mind was a mess, and she felt agitated. Aside from that, she had no idea if it was because she had discovered the truth, but she started feeling a familiar pain again.

  Mu Jingzhe’s heart kept sinking. She hoped that the pain was fake, but when the pain got worse each time, she knew that it was coming again. She bent down, and her face was instantly covered in cold sweat.

  Shao Dong was still very angry after chasing away those people. He took a deep breath to calm down and forced a smile. When he turned around, he realized that something was wrong.

  “Mom!” Shao Dong ran over. “Mom, you… What’s wrong with you?”

  It was just a short sentence, but Shao Dong stuttered and almost couldn’t speak.

  “I’m fine…” When Mu Jingzhe heard Shao Dong’s terrified voice and realized that she had frightened him, she wanted to comfort him. However, just as the words left her mouth, a familiar fishy taste rose in her throat. Not wanting to scare him, Mu Jingzhe tried to push Shao Dong away. However, she had neither the time nor the strength to do so. Her vision darkened and she lost consciousness.

  “Mom!” Shao Dong’s voice had never been so sharp before. He had asked Ji Buwang about Mu Jingzhe’s condition and heard that she had vomited blood.

  Shao Dong had always known the real situation, but only when he faced it in person did he realize how shocking vomiting blood was.

  He had always felt that the scenes of people vomiting blood on television and movies were exaggerated. Now that he saw it himself, it was really dramatic. It had happened in real life, so it was even more terrifying.

  How could a normal person vomit blood? How could she vomit blood?

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  Shao Dong’s mind was blank as he caught Mu Jingzhe. Fortunately, he had grown taller and stronger, and Mu Jingzhe, who had been thin to begin with, had become even thinner.

  “Mom, Mom!” As Shao Dong hugged Mu Jingzhe, he felt unprecedented panic and fear.

  Xiao Wu ran over from the alley and immediately saw Mu Jingzhe vomiting blood and collapsing.

  Hearing Shao Dong’s frightened shout, Xiao Wu wanted to run over. However, after two steps, his legs went limp and he knelt on the ground.

  The tranquility of the evening was completely gone.

  They were taken to the hospital for a checkup, but it was the same procedure and they got the same answer. “She lost too much blood. It’s very dangerous. Her condition has stabilized for the time being, but we can’t determine the exact reason for it yet.”

  Li Zhaodi fainted from crying too much outside the emergency room. Shao Dong, Shao Xi, Shao Nan, Little Bei, and Xiao Wu looked at the emergency room, unable to say a word of comfort.

  Shao Qihai came, but because Li Zhaodi was crying, he avoided her. He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to hold himself back and he would faint from crying in the hospital with her.

  When Mu Jingzhe woke up again, it was already the next day. As soon as she woke up, she saw several pairs of red eyes. Shao Dong was no exception. Little Bei and Xiao Wu’s eyes were swollen from crying and were no longer simply red.

  “Mommy!” Seeing that Mu Jingzhe had woken up, they couldn’t help but cry tears of delight. They had been really afraid that Mu Jingzhe wouldn’t open her eyes again.

  “Hush, hush, stop crying. I’m fine. I’m much better now.” At least it didn’t hurt as much anymore.

  When Mu Jingzhe comforted them, Xiao Wu cried even harder. “Alright, Xiao Wu, stop crying. Didn’t you say you were a man previously? Stop crying.”

  However, Xiao Wu kept sobbing uncontrollably.

  Coaxing the five kids was already enough of a headache for Mu Jingzhe. When she saw Li Zhaodi being helped in, Mu Jingzhe only had three words in her heart: What a sin.

  After vomiting another mouthful of blood and feeling her body become increasingly weak, Mu Jingzhe felt that she might really die.

  She didn’t know if it was because the original Mu Jingzhe was supposed to die, but things weren’t looking good.

  She was terrified of death to begin with. When she saw everything in front of the hospital bed, she realized a cruel fact: Apart from being terrified of death, she was also afraid of what would happen to the children, Ji Buwang, and Li Zhaodi after she died.

  Ever since they’d met, Ji Buwang’s personality had been quite nice, but this time, Ji Buwang couldn’t smile anymore. By looking at his dark eye circles, one could tell that he was also suffering.

  She couldn’t bear to look at Li Zhaodi and Mu Teng. Mu Teng’s expression was still calm, but she couldn’t look him in the eye at all. She also had to ignore his trembling hands.

  She had been joking in her heart that Li Zhaodi resembled a bandit and did not look much like a good person. However, at the moment, she no longer looked like a bandit. She was just a pitiful woman.

  If she really died, in the end, the original novel’s plot would be repeated all over again. She wondered if Li Zhaodi would survive this time.

  Her only relief was that Li Zhaodi and Mu Teng’s situation had changed. At least they wouldn’t starve anymore. Mu Han had also become successful. She wasn’t an only child. Even if she was gone, they’d still have Mu Han.

  Besides, even if she died, she would die in front of Li Zhaodi and Mu Teng. If she died in front of them, they wouldn’t have to go around searching for her like in the original book. At least this time, her parents wouldn’t have to die in a foreign land, unable to rest in peace.

  At the thought of this, Mu Jingzhe wanted to cry. “Mom, stop crying. Dad, Mom, you have to live well and care for your grandchildren no matter what.”

  She accidentally blurted out what was on her mind. After she said that, Mu Jingzhe’s heart skipped a beat when she saw Li Zhaodi’s expression. “Mommy, don’t be agitated. I’ll do my very best to stay alive. Don’t be afraid.”

  Although she had said that, after a lot of effort to persuade Li Zhaodi to go back and calm her down, Mu Jingzhe couldn’t help looking at Mu Han and saying, “Xiao Han, it’s about time you settled down. If you meet someone suitable, just get married and have children as soon as possible. Give Dad and Mom grandchildren.”

  If they had grandchildren, they might divert some of Li Zhaodi and Mu Teng’s attention and they might not be so sad. Since grandparents typically adored their grandchildren, perhaps it might work.

  Mu Han’s eyes were bloodshot. “Sister, you’re being silly. You’re the eldest child. If anything, you should be the one getting married first.”

  He actually understood what Mu Jingzhe meant, but it was precisely because he understood her words that he felt even more awful. In order to cover up his choked voice, he spoke in a rough tone.

  “I’ve already gotten married.” Mu Jingzhe snapped. “Anyway, just get married as soon as possible.”

  Previously, she had hated urging people to get married. Now, she had become one of the people who urged others to get married. She hoped that Mu Han would understand and she also hoped that she wouldn’t die.

  Mu Han felt terrible hearing this. He simply said that he wouldn’t get married and ran out by making up an excuse.

  Li Zhaodi used to be a joke in Great Eastern Village, and so did Mu Jingzhe. On the other hand, Mu Han was a little better and wasn’t ridiculed. Although everyone mocked Li Zhaodi and Mu Jingzhe, they were the best mother and sister to Mu Han.

  Not wanting Mu Han to turn out as heartless as her own younger brother, since he was young, Li Zhaodi had taught him that his biological older sister was the person closest to him. Therefore, regardless of whether their family treated Mu Xue well or not, he was only close to his biological sister.