At that ti, Grandpa did not agree, but i Erqing was persistent, visiting multiple tis. Plus, the conditions proposed were enticing: the treasures would be divided sixty-forty, with forty percent to i Erqing and sixty percent to Grandpa.
Grandpa was tempted and agreed to his request. Over the next few years, they collaborated to acquire quite a number of treasures, but unexpectedly, Grandpa was discovered and reported to the authorities. As it beca clear that the situation couldn’t be concealed, Grandpa was bound to be convicted. To protect himself, i Erqing shifted all the bla onto Grandpa, not even giving him a chance to explain, directly having him killed in prison.
Turning around, he pretended to be a good person in front of Mom. During those years after Grandpa’s passing, he helped Mom and her daughter quite a bit. Later, Grandma, struck by the sadness of mories, took Mom to live in a different city.
Afterward, they didn’t stay in touch. Grandma and Mom, being two won, had no source of inco, and life was difficult in those years. After Grandma passed away, Mom ended up moving to the Capital City alone for her studies, originally planning to find a temporary job while studying here. Unexpectedly, fate led her to i Erqing’s house; at this ti, Mom did not have much impression of i Erqing, after all, more than ten years had passed. However, i Erqing did recognize Mom, and he probably didn’t want her to stay, but Old Mrs. i insisted on keeping her.
i Erqing didn’t say much, perhaps due to his guilt over Grandpa, he treated Mom quite well in general and didn’t make things difficult for her during work.
It was precisely because of i Erqing’s unusual attitude towards Mom that Old Mrs. i frequently found her displeasing and often made things difficult for her.
Mom endured it to save up money for her studies.
That year, during a sumr day, marked a full year of Mom working at the i Family. By then, she had found a school, taken the exam, and once August was over, she could go to school. Originally, Mom had saved up so money, enough for her studies over these years, planning to tell i Erqing’s family about her resignation.
Unexpectedly, that night, before Mom could speak up, an accident happened. i Erqing, drunk, forcibly violated Mom. At that ti, i Erqing’s two sons were already in their twenties, and i Erqing wasn’t young either.
Mom couldn’t bear such humiliation and was furious, intending to call the police, but was threatened by this beast i Erqing, because it was a crucial period for his promotion; he couldn’t afford any slip-ups, nor could he bear the sha.
Therefore, he gave Mom a sum of money, threatening her and sending her to a distant southern mountain region from the Capital City.
It was said to be a send-off, but in reality, it wasn’t much different from house arrest. Upon arrival, Mom discovered that she was pregnant. At that ti, she felt dead inside.
Trying every possible way to terminate the pregnancy, yet it was resilient, ultimately surviving up to four months. When the pregnancy had progressed, Mom later told him, looking at the increasingly bulging belly, she couldn’t bear it anymore.
After all, it was a living life, so Mom stayed in the small mountain village for two years while pregnant with him. Two years later, she secretly escaped with him, freeing herself from their surveillance.
Perhaps then, knowing Mom was pregnant, i Erqing didn’t act against the belly, intending to bring him back after birth, presenting to the family as an adopted son.
But he miscalculated, never imagining that Mom, a weak woman, could escape surveillance with a one-year-old child.
However, fortunately, he didn’t go to great lengths to find them, allowing them these years of quiet life.
Mom spent those years with a child, evading from place to place, fearing that one inattentive mont would have her caught by i Erqing; those years were extrely hard.
A young woman with no job, no money, not even a place to stay, dragging the child along.
Eventually, with no other option, Mom thought of tomb raiding, picking up the Chen Family’s traditional trade.
No one could imagine that for him, Mom disguised as a man, sneaking out alone at night for tomb raiding. Fearless, living more boldly than n.
Fortunately, heaven favored her, allowing Mom to raid two good tombs, exchanging the goods inside for quite a bit of money. From then on, they settled down.
Since then, Mom stopped tomb raiding and instead engaged in a small-scale fabric business, earning quite a lot.
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