Chapter 24: A Different Kind of Shadow Maiden - Hong Yu's Pregnancy and Qing Dou

  Thank you YuYu for specially coming to support Doudou's PK and finding a book subscription to vote for Hong, I won't say the touching words of gratitude, I will do my best to write this book well, absolutely no bad ending or TJ.

  The moment she saw the person coming, Shen Huan was not shocked, after all, she had only interacted with her that one time, and after fainting and waking up, she hadn't seen her again. In fact, it could be said that there had been no direct interaction between them at all. In Shen Huan's memory, apart from the shock of the childbirth event, she really hadn't thought about Ying Yue Xue... at least not in this period of time.

  Yingyue Xue was still the same as before, nodding at her before entering. Li Shi, on the other hand, showed a rare enthusiasm, probably because she also understood the situation with the Yuan family and that this expressionless female doctor had indeed helped a lot. Moreover, after the abortion, she even helped speak up for them, which allowed the Yuan family to save face and agree to compensate.

  "Quickly go inside and have a cup of tea to quench your thirst."

  Shen Huan had an inexplicable feeling towards Ying Yue Xue, although her own personality was the type that would open up once familiar with someone, just like how she now got along well with both her husband's and her own family, speaking and behaving more naturally and relaxed than before; as for Ying Yue Xue, Shen Huan had a very strange intuition about her, it was as if she could see them becoming good friends in the future.

  Her intuition told her that the two people actually had a lot in common deep down!

  Yingyue Xue walked into the house, nodded slightly to everyone as a greeting, and then looked at Shen Huan. Although she didn't say anything, there was a hint of urgency in her eyes. Shen Huan saw this and didn't ask for a reason, but simply nodded.

  Yingyue Xue turned around and walked towards the door. Shen Huan said to Li Shi and her elder brother, "Mother, I'll go take a look at what's going on. Elder brother, you..."

  "You go ahead, I'll wait for you to come back."

  Shen Huan spoke as Ying Yue Xue had already walked to the door, Shen Huan immediately followed her, and when they went out of the house, she didn't ask what was wrong because in Shen Huan's heart, there were already some biased answers that couldn't be spoken. However, just as they stepped out of the house, Ying Yue Xue suddenly said: "I hope I'm not disturbing you."

  At first, Shen Huan stumbled and almost fell, but Ying Yue Xue didn't stop because of her loss of composure. After steadying herself, Shen Huan immediately followed Ying Yue Xue's pace, saying somewhat awkwardly: "It's nothing, is there something I can help Shadow Lady with?"

  Shen Han directly asked the question in her mind, previously thinking that she couldn't speak, so she planned to follow her to their destination, and it would naturally become clear. But now she suddenly spoke up, her voice a bit husky and low, matching the feeling she gave off, somewhat neutral and cold, yet very much to Shen Han's taste. In her heart, Shen Han became even more certain that she and Ying Yue Xue could definitely become good friends.

  "I was really curious, how did you determine the movement of that child that day? The pregnant woman had been dead for a period of time, and even your mother-in-law couldn't be sure if the fetus in her belly was still alive. You not only dared to have me assist you in performing a cesarean section, but you also accurately predicted it, whether the child was head up feet down or leaning towards the right side..."

  What Shen Huan was worried about finally happened, and she believed that her mother-in-law would also ask herself, but due to the recent events being too many, and being pressured by the twenty-two silver coins, now that the pressure is relieved, she can't avoid being asked by her mother-in-law. However, she never thought that before she could think of an excuse, the first person to come and get to the bottom of things would be Ying Yue Xue.

  Shen Huan still had some concerns and was thinking about how to explain it to her, but then she heard Ying Yue Xue's voice again: "Actually, I didn't mean anything else. After doing this job for so many years and coming into contact with so many corpses, it's the first time I've managed to rescue a new life from a dead body. And...the corpses sent by the government are usually not categorized, I just wanted to know if you have any way to judge, maybe in the future I can also save new lives."

  She had no resistance to her words, a young woman in her prime, facing cold corpses every day. In Shen Huan's previous understanding, people who did this kind of work were all cold-blooded and emotionless, but she...

  She couldn't quite put her finger on why, but perhaps it was the intuition she had been harboring deep down that made her choose to believe in Xue Yue and follow her footsteps to a small cottage. Xue Yue walked ahead, opened the door, turned around and smiled at Shen Han: "Please come in!"

  At the moment when Yue Xue raised an eyebrow and curved her lip, Shen Huan was stunned on the spot. She looked at the girl in front of her, the arc that appeared on her face, which was usually cold, although it was still faint, did not affect her beauty. Her long black hair was also casually standing up, and the bundle of hair that was loosely tied up was now casually draped over her right chest and shoulder, a simple yet elegant beauty.

  At this moment, Shen Huan suddenly felt that perhaps the lifestyle she had chosen was indeed suitable for herself. Otherwise...she wouldn't be living so carefree and at ease. Or maybe if another woman were to do her job, she definitely wouldn't be able to bear it.

  After being stunned, Shen Huan hesitated for a moment without any intention, and walked directly into the door she opened. As he passed by Ying Yue Xue's side, she said with a rare playful tone: "Aren't you afraid I'll sell you?"

  "I'm not a naive and tender little girl of seventeen or eighteen, who wants me?"

  "You look like you're just eighteen or nineteen years old, what's the difference?"

  As they spoke, the two had already entered the house where Yue Xue lived. At this moment, Shen Han was no longer in a hurry. Anyway, his mother-in-law and younger brother-in-law were fine, and Hu Youxuan's side had his older brother Zhang to take care of things. He himself was happy to be idle. Seeing Hu Youxuan was just like seeing his sister, making Shen Han feel uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart. This was what they meant by "out of sight, out of mind"!

  "To be honest, the thing you're curious about isn't a big deal, I don't even know why it happened myself. That day, I accidentally touched Sister Yuan's belly and it scared me to death!"

  Taking the teacup from Yue Xue's hand, Shen Han took a sip and continued: "At that time, I felt a very strong impact, how to say it was like a heartbeat. You said you usually touch people's bellies, do you feel heartbeats? Let alone a dead person!"

  Here is the translation:

  From here on, Yingyue Xue also stopped pretending in front of Shen Han, and instead showed a very curious expression. After Shen Han finished explaining the entire process, she was still in a state of shock. Shen Han wasn't in a hurry, waiting for her to slowly come back to herself. Anyway, this thing, if you use modern words to describe it, is called an "alien ability". She was quite curious about how Yingyue Xue would view her own strange alien ability.

  "So you're saying your hand can feel the fetus?"

  "Hmm... probably, maybe, possibly it means something like that, or perhaps it's just a coincidence!"

  Upon hearing this, Xue also believed what she said. In fact, Shen Huan herself wasn't even clear about this ability - whether it was temporary or would continue later on, she had no way of knowing. Was she supposed to go find a pregnant woman and start touching her belly? That's just ridiculous!

  "Maybe I have a way!"

  "Huh?"

  Shen Huan didn't even have time to ask the question, and was pulled by Yue Xue into a corner of the courtyard. Only then did she see a small wooden hut made of wooden blocks, not very big at all. She saw Yue Xue squat down and softly call out: "Mao Mao... Mao Mao come out and eat."

  "Mao Mao is..."

  "My dog, I don't know when it was seduced by another dog and is about to give birth."

  "Hmph!!!"

  The more she was with Yue Xue, the more Shen Han felt her cuteness, even the domineering feeling when speaking suited her taste. She couldn't help but laugh: "Actually, you came to find me just for this, right?"

  When her secret was exposed, a momentary stunned expression appeared on Yingyue Xue's face, but she quickly recovered. She hugged Mao Mao and stood up, and only then did Shen Han see clearly that Mao Mao was actually just an ordinary rural dog, and might even be a mixed breed. However, the affection in Yingyue Xue's eyes didn't decrease one bit because of whether Mao Mao was a beautiful purebred dog or not.

  "Come on, hurry up and feel it again to see if there's that strange feeling you mentioned earlier. This way we can tell if it was just a coincidence last time."

  Shen Han thought about it and felt that it was indeed possible. Since this ability allowed her to sense the dynamics of small lives, trying it out wouldn't hurt. Last time she fainted because she didn't know how to use it properly, which led to exhaustion. Now, she didn't need to force herself so much, and there was nothing to be afraid of.

  Thinking of this, she slowly stretched out her hand and approached the little guy's fluffy belly...