May They Never Have Children Again

Whether it's the enemy or not, the most important thing now is to find the child.

Xiao Zetian sent his own secret guards to search for the child, and everyone at the banquet heard the child was missing and eagerly helped search around the village.

Hundreds of people marched out anxiously, all as worried as if their own child was lost. Zhang Mu rode his horse searching nearby; everyone knew the child was taken by the woman with the crescent bun at the banquet, so they focused on finding her.

Meanwhile, at the Su family.

Liu Ru held the child at home, tightly closing the door, watching the little one in her arms.

The baby was still asleep, chubby and adorable. But Liu Ru was filled with fear inside.

She didn’t know if anyone would discover she had swapped the child.

What if she got caught? Su Li would definitely not let her off.

Liu Ru suddenly felt scared, losing all the determination she had before swapping the child.

Outside, Mrs. Zhao saw Liu Ru lock the door and hurriedly knocked: "Liu Ru, why are you locking the door? The baby needs a diaper change."

Liu Ru flustered, replied, "I can change it myself. I'll let the baby sleep a bit, please don’t disturb me."

Mrs. Zhao was surprised, thinking Liu Ru usually barely looked at the baby. Could it be maternal instincts kicking in?

As Mrs. Zhao turned to leave, she heard urgent knocking and saw Sister Zhu from next door.

Hearing the knock, Liu Ru’s face turned pale with fear, thinking someone had already discovered her swapped child and come to deal with her.

Liu Ru clutched the child anxiously, not knowing what to do.

Sister Zhu, looking anxious, burst into the courtyard shouting loudly: "Old Su family, please help find the child! A kidnapper sneaked into Zhang Mu’s son’s full-moon banquet and stole the child!"

"What?" Mrs. Zhao was stunned. Old Su and Su Daqi came out, while Su Meixiang stood at the door, half-hidden, coldly watching Sister Zhu.

"Oh yes, Zhang Mu’s son is missing, and the whole village is helping to look for him! The kidnapper is a woman in her twenties with a crescent bun hairstyle. We’re all neighbors, so please hurry and help us search!" Sister Zhu said anxiously.

Mrs. Zhao’s face suddenly lit up with a smile as she said, "Sister Zhu, are you saying Wu Caiwei’s son is missing?"

Sister Zhu thought Mrs. Zhao hadn’t heard clearly and repeated, "Remember, it’s a woman in her twenties with a crescent bun! Her face is unfamiliar, so if you see her, you’ll definitely recognize her. I heard it’s probably Zhang Mu’s family’s enemy taking revenge by stealing the baby. Such a little one taken by enemies, oh, what suffering that poor child will endure!"

Sister Zhu looked heartbroken and didn’t continue, but everyone knew a one-month-old baby taken by enemies in such cold weather wouldn’t be cared for properly, likely freezing or starving to death soon, their little life doomed.

"Ah, wonderful, just great!" Mrs. Zhao suddenly grinned widely and jumped up about a foot high. "Those two bastards Zhang Mu and Wu Caiwei, I’ve never liked them. What can they do? They only know how to suck up to Su Li like lapdogs. It’s good that their child was stolen by enemies—serves them right!"

Su Meixiang, usually quiet, added softly, "Tsk, who knows if it was enemies who took the child, or Wu Caiwei’s ex-lover Liu Huijia. Maybe the Liu family wants to take their own child back. With Wu Caiwei’s wild ways, who knows if the kid’s surname is Zhang or Liu."