179 DRAMA & WEDDING PART 9 (1/2)

Xue Lin warned him in a serious manner not to touch any food if someone pressed him to eat.

Ge Chen gazed at her with surprise. ”And why is that?”

Naturally, Chinese families care about the groom and groom's family members. They treat the groom like a king.

Since Ge Chen is from the Ge Family, he will be valued more and everyone will try to build rapport with him. They will offer him drinks and food as a form of flattery.

That's why Xue Lin's sudden warning completely threw him off guard, but he believed that there must be an explanation.

Xue Lin had no interest in hiding anything from her husband. She asked him, ”Do you remember those black magicians who kidnapped me?”

”I can never forget them,” Ge Chen answered.

Those people nearly ended his wife's life. He didn't know how they died yet but he sought to hunt them down.

Xue Lin described, ”My first and second aunties used to visit a famous black magician. That person was Balthazar's father. My aunties don't like me or my family for some reason. My mother was very caring when I was young and she kept reminding me to stay away from them.”

She added, ”There was a reason behind her warning. When I was one year old, my first aunt poisoned me and I almost died. My mother told me that if I hadn't cried in pain back then, no one would've found out that I was poisoned. They took me to the hospital but the doctors couldn't do anything. They didn't have a clue what was bothering me.

”My mother took me to the temple and asked the priests to do something about it. One of the priests felt bad for me or maybe he couldn't stand my screaming. He took me to the High Priest. My mother had no idea what they did to me and I certainly had no memory of it. When I came back, I had recovered.

”Later the priest said that I was under a dark spell. My mother is still haunted by that incident. She herself suffered as well. When she was pregnant with my elder sister, she was poisoned too. My mother almost had a miscarriage. Can you imagine how scary this can be for a woman who has no one to support her?”

”She had her husband,” Ge Chen commented.

Xue Lin instantly frowned. ”Ah! That good for nothing jerk! Don't even remind me of that useless guy. He can't even protect his wife! He is no man!”

Ge Chen immediately nodded in agreement to keep her calm. ”Okay, I understand. But, why would your aunties do such things?”

Xue Lin described, ”That's a long story. My first auntie lost her baby because of malnutrition and when my second auntie was pregnant, the first aunty got jealous and tried to kill my second auntie's child with black magic. And, she did succeed.

Ge Chen questioned her, ”And how do you know that they were doing black magic? Was there any proof? Did anyone see them doing anything?”