Reborn As Lucky Star-Chapter 68 - : Obtaining the Truth
Chapter 68: Chapter 68: Obtaining the Truth
Two police officers found her sister-in-law through Pan Xiaoyue, who was the leader of the previously gathered onlookers.
With the sound of determined knocking, a middle-aged woman with her long hair wrapped in a headscarf opened the door.
She was startled to see the policemen at the door.
“What are you doing at my house?”
Pan Xiaoyue squeezed in, “Sister-in-law, the village chief asked me to bring the police to ask about Ma Jinbao’s family situation.”
The midwife’s brows immediately furrowed deeply, stepping aside.
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“Come in and talk.”
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Sitting in the outer room, Fang Ming took out a notebook and got straight to the point, “Were you the midwife who delivered the baby that day?”
“Yes.”
“When did you go there?”
“The evening before last, it was already dark when I went.”
Fang Ming asked again, “When was the childbirth?”
“It had already started by the time I arrived, Ma Zhuzi secretly found me.” The midwife glanced at Pan Xiaoyue.
If it hadn’t been for running into Pan Xiaoyue just as she was leaving, who always had a nosy nature and insisted on delving into everything, probably no one else would have known about this incident.
The two police officers found this odd, and Ma Qiang leaned forward to better observe the midwife’s expression.
“Normally, midwives are asked to stay at the home in advance to avoid any early labor complications. Why would his family wait until the last minute to find a midwife?”
The midwife didn’t speak but looked at the sun outside the window and suddenly stood up.
“Hey, we’re not done with the questions yet, where are you going?” Fang Ming was puzzled as they had not finished their inquiries.
Ma Qiang pressed his arm down, signaling him to remain calm.
A moment later, the midwife returned from the inner room, tossing a package onto the table.
The cloth bundle unfolded a bit, revealing the corner of a stack of banknotes.
“This is the hush money Ma Zhuzi gave me. Please return it to him for me; holding it burns my hands.”
Like a bamboo tube spilling beans, the midwife told them everything in detail.
From her words, combined with their own conclusions, the two police officers quickly pieced together most of the truth.
The reason Ma Zhuzi waited to find a midwife until Yue Xiaofang was in labor was probably to secretly deliver the child without others knowing.
If it was a boy, they would keep him; the fate of a girl was all too clear without saying.
Now that each family could only have one child, many expectant mothers implicitly condoned this practice at home.
But Yue Xiaofang was not one of them.
No matter the gender of the child, Yue Xiaofang was determined to protect her baby.
The Ma Jinbao family was well aware of this, so if the child was a girl, Yue Xiaofang could not stay either.
Killing a baby at that time did not draw much pursuit, but if Yue Xiaofang died, her family would surely not let matters rest.
Not calling a midwife in advance was done for the convenience of committing the deed.
Little did they know, Yue Xiaofang would struggle in her labor, with the baby stubbornly refusing to come out as if foreseeing the impending doom.
Fearing the possibility of a son dying in the womb, the Ma Jinbao family had no choice but to call a midwife in a hurry.
When the midwife saw Yue Xiaofang, she was already hanging on to half a life but still insistently protecting the child in her womb.
However, the birth of the child nearly took the rest of her life as well.
All Yue Xiaofang could do was watch helplessly as the midwife handed her daughter over to Li Zhaodi, who then turned and left the house with the baby.
What happened after that, the midwife did not know, as the Ma Jinbao family gave her a sum of money to keep her quiet and sent her away.
Now aware of the facts, the two police officers decided to leave.
Pan Xiaoyue, who was usually talkative, for once remained silent throughout the whole ordeal.
After being escorted to the door by her sister-in-law, she heard the midwife, who had been in her profession for many years, suddenly talking to herself.
“I will never do this job again.”
The midwife would never forget how Yue Xiaofang had pleaded hoarsely and desperately just to have her child returned to her by Li Zhaodi.
In this world, for a little girl to survive was difficult, but for a woman to live was even harder.
Stepping outside, Ma Qiang waved Fang Ming over.
“Let’s go, it’s time to find the Ma Jinbao family and settle this.”
“Right, and let’s get the Yue Family involved too; they deserve to know the truth.”
