Chapter 1622 Illegitimate Children
Zhao Kai was a heartless person. He did not care about Zhao Liu's life or death. According to Zhao Liu, if not for the fact that there were very few single women in the village, Zhao Kai would probably have had more than 10 mothers in his life!
Zhao Liu did not care about Zhao Kai at all. Ever since Zhao Kun was born, Zhao Liu behaved like a man possessed and gave everything good to Zhao Kun. Zhao Liu even gave Zhao Kun all the nice food and drinks at home first. He would rather feed it to the dogs than give it to Zhao Kai.
At first, Zhao Kai thought that the reason why Zhao Liu was so nice to Zhao Kun was because Zhao Kun was smart and likable. In reality, that was not the case at all!
It was Zhao Liu's third wife who told him about it. This woman was a famous widow in the village and her name was Xiu Lian. The villagers used to say that she killed her previous husband! No one dared to go near Xiu Lian.
Zhao Liu did not believe in such rumors. It was not as if anyone had seen Xiu Lian kill someone with their own eyes. Those rumors were completely untrue. In addition, Xiu Lian was quite a flirtatious woman, so the two of them eventually ended up together.
Zhao Kun was Xiu Lian's child. She was already pregnant before she married Zhao Liu. At that time, Zhao Kai was eight years old. Although he was still young, he could already remember things.
After Xiu Lian and Zhao Liu got married, she did not give up her dirty habits. She remained very close to the other men in the village and kept betraying Zhao Liu behind his back. Later on, the young Zhao Kai discovered Xiu Lian's secret and she asked Zhao Kai to promise to keep her secret.
Among all Zhao Kai's "mothers", Xiu Lian was the one who was nicest to him.
In the end, when Xiu Lian passed away, only Zhao Kai was by her side. She told Zhao Kai everything she knew.
One day, when Zhao Liu was drunk, he accidentally revealed Zhao Kai's background. Zhao Kai was actually an illegitimate child. His mother had him with another man. That was why Zhao Liu always ignored Zhao Kai and did not care even if he was sick.
However, Zhao Liu would never have dreamed that his favorite youngest son, Zhao Kun, was also an illegitimate child! There was no difference between the two children!
"Elder Brother, why don't we get a doctor to come to our house to take a look at him? What if he's seriously injured and can't make it through tonight?" Zhao Kun said fearfully.
"If you want, you can go ahead. I don't have any money. Other people have taken all my money," Zhao Kai said impatiently.
Zhao Kun did not have any money either, so he could only silently stay by Zhao Liu's side and pray that Zhao Liu would survive.
Qiao Mei did not sleep the entire night. She was still worried about Li Gui being in Zhao Family Village. As long as she was still there, Qiao Mei would remain worried about her.
"Mei Mei, you have to eat something," Xu Lan said with heartache.
"Mother, I'm fine. You and Second Aunt-in-law can go and eat," Qiao Mei said weakly.
When Liu Fen's family heard that something had happened at Qiao Mei's house, they drove here overnight. Xia You and Lu Huai both stayed over at Xu Lan's house. They were prepared to go forward and render help as long as they were needed.
"Qiao Mei, you will collapse if you don't eat! Qian'e and I will go to the Zhao Family Village today to negotiate with them. I will make sure that I see Auntie," Xia He said sternly.
"Why don't I go instead!" Qiao Mei said.
Once Qiao Mei reached the edge of the village, she could use her superpower to find out Li Gui's approximate location and also see what Li Gui had experienced during this period of time. She could also check if the villagers of Zhao Family Village had made things difficult for Li Gui and if Zhao Liu had bullied Li Gui. If any of these things had happened, Qiao Mei would definitely make those people pay the price in blood.
She could even use her superpower to save Li Gui, but the price to pay for that action was too high. If her superpower was discovered by other people, she would be treated as a "witch". Moreover, she was pregnant now and did not have enough energy. If she used it forcefully, it would definitely hurt the baby.
She was caught in a dilemma at the moment, her mother on one hand and her child on the other.
"If you don't listen to me, I'll wait for Xia Zhe and Eldest Brother to come back. Last night, Eldest Brother set off for the capital once he received our message. He will reach home tonight. I'm still hiding it from Xia Zhe. I heard from Father that the training is now very intensive and requires Xia Zhe to lead the team at all times. He can't afford to be distracted now," Xia He sighed and said.