C256 (1/2)

Before he could even react to the joy in his mother's eyes, she had already told him that his father … How could he accept this?

”No, no!” Lin Shuang suddenly covered her ears and screamed. The gazes of the people in the courtyard were all on him, and he felt as if they were ignited wherever he went, burning his skin to the point of boiling.

Lin Shuang looked at Mingruo and hysterically said, ”What nonsense are you spouting? That's not it at all. The child in my stomach is yours, yours, yours!”

She called out to her father, and then said to Mingruo, ”Mother, how can you say that? You were unconscious for the past few days, and it was my, your father, who had always treated you like a pregnant woman. Now that you've awoken, even if I have no merits, I still have to put in a lot of effort, right?

Lin Shuang was crying in her son's arms. Lin Qing did not spare her. ”How can you be so suspicious of Shuang'er? After being together for so many years, you're already so bright. You're really too sick!” After saying that, he lay down beside the county magistrate's feet, loudly asking for his decision.

Mingruo's face was deathly pale as she held onto the pillar by the door, barely able to stand. She didn't expect that these two would be so thick-skinned as to be able to do something like this.

The county magistrate shook his sleeves. She didn't want to interfere in the affairs of her family. She only wanted to know if the bandit was here or not.

”Officer Liu, who reported that a thief appeared?”

”Reporting, milord. It's a commoner.” A clear voice came from the crowd.

The county magistrate looked towards the source of the voice. It was a slender and well-built girl that looked very natural. She was looking at Ye Ci with a neither servile nor overbearing manner.

”Oh?” ”Tell me about it.” The county governor said to Xiaolou.