Pain.
Intense pain.
Like being pushed off a high building, her body was in a sudden state of weightlessness.
Reduced to bloody fragments!
Ni Yang jerked to her senses, eyes fluttering open amid splitting headaches.
Her blurry vision slowly cleared.
So did the muffled sounds surrounding her.
Ni Yang squinted her eyes.
Dull yellow light from above flickered, resembling that of an old-fashioned light bulb commonly found in rural areas in the 70s and 80s—enough to make one dizzy.
"Wah wah…" The sudden wail of a newborn broke out in the air.
Where was this?
Why was there a crying child?
Ni Yang suddenly realised that the situation before her eyes was all too familiar.
Before Ni Yang could comprehend it over, a skinny and tall elderly woman burst in from outside, exclaiming excitedly, "It's born! My eldest grandson has been born! Let me see my eldest grandson! My precious eldest grandson, your grandma is here!
The woman on the bed, holding the weeping infant, bore no smiles on her face, only shame in her eyes. "Mother, I'm sorry…"
It was not a boy.
It was a girl.
This was going to disappoint the old lady.
The old Mrs Mu swiftly pulled back the blanket covering the infant, tears streaking down her face as her countenance turned ominous, "My eldest grandson! Where is my eldest grandson? You wicked woman, give me back my eldest grandson!"Like being pushed off a high building, her body was in a sudden state of weightlessness.
Reduced to bloody fragments!
Ni Yang jerked to her senses, eyes fluttering open amid splitting headaches.
Her blurry vision slowly cleared.
So did the muffled sounds surrounding her.
Ni Yang squinted her eyes.
Dull yellow light from above flickered, resembling that of an old-fashioned light bulb commonly found in rural areas in the 70s and 80s—enough to make one dizzy.
"Wah wah…" The sudden wail of a newborn broke out in the air.
Where was this?
Why was there a crying child?
Ni Yang suddenly realised that the situation before her eyes was all too familiar.
Before Ni Yang could comprehend it over, a skinny and tall elderly woman burst in from outside, exclaiming excitedly, "It's born! My eldest grandson has been born! Let me see my eldest grandson! My precious eldest grandson, your grandma is here!
The woman on the bed, holding the weeping infant, bore no smiles on her face, only shame in her eyes. "Mother, I'm sorry…"
It was not a boy.
It was a girl.
This was going to disappoint the old lady.
The old Mrs Mu swiftly pulled back the blanket covering the infant, tears streaking down her face as her countenance turned ominous, "My eldest grandson! Where is my eldest grandson? You wicked woman, give me back my eldest grandson!"