Jennifer Johnson
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" I know," Old Master Tong sneered as he raised his hand and then planted it on his belly before saying, " But tell me what am I supposed to do with this? You were the one who planted this seed in my belly, how come you are not helping me? You are even thinking of marrying someone else now that you have gotten bored of me?" Lin Tianhui rolled her eyes, she did not have any special feelings towards Old Master Tong. She was just used to sleeping around with married and widowed mer, after all, as…-
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Yu Dong also followed Magistrate Li's gaze but did not find anyone. But when she thought about all sorts of troubles which were brewing in the capital, she decided to turn a blind eye to everything, there was no need for her to look around and find something that might bring chaos to her life. It was not that she was afraid of trouble but only a fool would rush ahead and smash their leg on the sharp edge of an axe despite knowing the consequences. On the other hand, Magistrate Li…
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" I will go too!" Yu Tong who was standing beside Yu Dong also nodded as she raised her hand and volunteered to give her testimony. Usually, she would have stayed in the shadows and would not have stepped out but this time the Big Stone Villagers truly stepped on her bottom line they were the ones who kicked Li Hanjing in the stomach and made it difficult for him to get pregnant with a child ever again. Because of them, even Li Hanjing had brought up the matter of breaking up with her, more…
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But the result of her investigation was considerably similar to what Yu Dong had told her in her office. The people of the Big Stone Village ate the children of their own village. Later on, when, the children of their own village ended up running out, they turned around and started stealing the children from other villagers. To make things worse the chief of that village even implemented her own grain tax, saying that she will not eat the children of those families who pay a desirable amount of…
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But she did not say anything and simply listened to what Magistrate Li had to say. Though she did not know much about Magistrate Li, she still had a good impression of her given that she cared about her people. " There are two things that I want to tell you all, the first thing is that you all do not have to submit grains as taxes this year," Magistrate Li spoke word by word causing quite a stir in the hearts of the villagers as they all looked at her with surprise in their eyes. …
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905 Punishment Old Master Tong was really anxious, he did not know what to do anymore. A part of him wanted to give up on this child but at the same time he knew that it was going to be impossible, after all, he was already so old if he was to abort a child at his age, he might not only lose a lot of blood but he might even lose his life. If that happens he was sure that his daughter who cared more about her pride and reputation will surely ignore him, no human wanted to die and Old Master Tong who…
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904 pregnant and panicked —-2 ------------------------ " Do you really have to do this?" Old Master Tong looked at the women who were leaving his house after drinking and eating with his daughter while happily carrying the couplets which his daughter had written with a smile on their faces and disdainfully snorted. His daughter was so much better than those village women who could not even string two words together much less write a couplet and yet now his daughter who had always been proud…
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" What are you doing, wife?" After a very long time, Chen Mi could not help but ask as he looked at Yu Dong who was straightening up her spine after the groundhogs were done smelling the piece of cloth which held the scent of his mother. He thought that Yu Dong was going to use those three puppies which she brought with the children but he did not expect her to instead hand these pieces of fabric to the groundhogs, what were they going to do after smelling the scent? When Yu Dong saw…
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Years passed by but his sisters did not even stop to see what kind of life he was living, whether he was dead or alive. As long as he did not affect them, they did not care about anything, the world was selfish and cruel this was something that he knew but he never thought that even his family was this cruel. Shi Xi was the same, even though his family was not as ruthless as Ning Yu. Her mother did not allow him to take a divorce, she simply told him that she did not have the money or the…
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His expression couldn't help but turn gloomy when he thought that nothing he did was going to change the future which was in front of him, seeing this Yu Dong calmly picked up a spatula and scooped off the foam which was floating on the top of the soup and threw it away before turning to look at Ning Yu and continued speaking, " If you trust me then you can stay with my family. Naturally, I will hire you as workers and give you decent pay—— I am not trying to boast but I do not discriminate against…
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