The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 271 - 275 - Struggle in the Back House (Part 1)

Chapter 271: Chapter 275 - Struggle in the Back House (Part 1)

Having detached from the world, she returned to Chaos.

After tirelessly passing through several advanced worlds possessing energy bodies, Su Li finally settled her mind and slightly sensed exhaustion.

She originally planned to rest well, but the small cluster of golden light slowly forming in front of her made her abandon that thought.

Based on the brightness of this golden light, calling her a favorite of Heavenly Dao wasn’t an exaggeration.

Those endowed with such rich Merit Golden Light were Great Fortunes; if she wished, she could reincarnate with memories intact or start anew.

Clearly, the girl timidly standing in front of Su Li didn’t think so.

"I don’t want to. Being human is too bitter, I don’t want to go through it again."

The girl shook her head like a bobble-head, "The only thing I’m concerned about is my mother. If you could go through this life for me, I’d gladly give you all my Merit."

Having said, the girl quickly disappeared without waiting for Su Li to respond, afraid Su Li might refuse and she would be forced to return to the human world again.

Su Li: "....."

Considering such substantial Merit, Su Li wouldn’t normally refuse, but this feeling of being coerced into winning left her feeling rather annoyed.

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In the deep winter of December with snow drifting, the gates of Duke Ying Mansion were wide open, with the Duke Mansion’s housekeeper impatiently pushing the Madam out.

She could no longer be referred to as Madam; she should be termed ex-Madam.

Just an hour ago, Duke Ying had written a divorce paper and thrown it at her.

"Don’t pester anymore. The old master won’t see you. We’ve prepared one thousand taels in your bag. Take your daughter and go. Otherwise, if the old master gets annoyed, you might not even get these one thousand taels."

The housekeeper grabbed the bag held by a servant next to him, stuffed it in the arms of the ex-Madam, shoved her fiercely, not caring whether she would fall, and then ordered the gates to be swiftly closed.

Gai Yinyin stumbled from the push of the housekeeper, the bag fell to the ground, but she didn’t have the energy to pick it up, only caring about checking on her tightly held daughter.

The three-month-old child had her eyes tightly closed, her face red and apple-like, profoundly beautiful.

Outside the warmth-heating room, the cold wind howled, chilling to the bones.

Afraid that her baby would catch a cold, Gai Yinyin hastily tightened the bundle more.

After sorting this out, she sniffed her nose and moved forward again to knock on the gates of Duke Ying Mansion.

"I want to see the old master. You can let me go, but Lier is always his own flesh and blood; let her stay in the mansion."

Gai Yinyin’s hands turned red from knocking, yet the door remained closed.

She had no choice but to pick up the bag from the ground and quickly leave with her child.

The usually timid Gai Yinyin steeled herself and wiped away her tears, settling in a large inn.

The housekeeper hadn’t been discreet with his words at the gate; the one thousand taels of Silver she carried likely attracted the attention of some ill-intended people.

In just a short while, she noticed several men trailing behind her from a distance.

Had she not reached the lively main street just after leaving the corner alley, they probably would have rushed at her directly.

Gai Yinyin’s heart was pounding as she asked the manager for a room known as the "Heavenly Room".

She had heard about this inn before when she went out with her mother-in-law; it was owned by Prince Rong, the Holy Emperor’s younger uncle. Surely, those reckless ruffians wouldn’t dare to make trouble here.

Gai Yinyin glanced back and could still see several burly men lingering at the door, unwilling to give up, which scared her so much that her tears retreated.

Upon entering the room, Gai Yinyin quickly asked the servant to send up hot water and heat up the room, fearing her frail daughter might catch a chill.

However, it was already too late. That night, the child with a weak constitution developed a high fever.

In this era, the mortality rate among children was high, and a slight cold could potentially be fatal.

Feeling the increasing heat on her child’s forehead, Gai Yinyin was both panicked and frightened, and tears uncontrollably streamed down her face.

Su Li felt utterly confused, her whole body burning hot as if she were in a blazing furnace.

Whimpers continuously rang in her ears, making her headache even worse.

"Shut up," Su Li couldn’t help but yell loudly, but what came out was the wailing of a baby.

Fortunately, Gai Yinyin was not entirely helpless; she at least knew to spend silver to send the waiter in the middle of the night to fetch the doctor from the clinic.

Groggily, Su Li didn’t know how much time had passed, but she felt much better; her body was automatically absorbing the free-floating Spiritual Energy in the air.

It was then that she realized she was only a three-to-four-month-old infant who hadn’t been weaned.

Her body was in poor condition, and it took Su Li continuously using her Spiritual Power and nearly half a month to slowly recuperate.

Without her presence, such a small baby encountering a cold might have survived, but likely with lasting health issues.

No wonder the original owner she saw in the Chaos Sea looked so frail.

"Baby, you are awake." Gai Yinyin said joyfully, her eyes red and swollen, "Are you hungry? Shall we have some milk?"

Fortunately, what was brought was a bowl of goat’s milk, spoon-fed to Su Li, and not the unbearable human milk.

Gai Yinyin’s wan appearance didn’t lessen her beauty; on the contrary, her concern and tension for her daughter added a unique charm.

Su Li couldn’t understand, how such a beautiful mother of the original owner was not loved and was discarded in her prime.

The original owner was the legitimate Miss of Duke Ying Mansion, yet lived a life less valued than even the servants.

The original owner’s mother was General Gu’s only daughter. After General Gu died on the battlefield, her mother also committed suicide, and Gai Yinyin, due to a marital arrangement with Duke Ying Mansion and her parents’ deaths, was taken in by the Old Madam of Duke Ying Mansion, who was a close friend of her mother.

Under the Old Madam’s arrangement, she married Su Shi, but he was indifferent toward her.

Gai Yinyin had a daughter with great difficulty, but just a few days after the Old Madam left to visit a temple, Su Shi kicked both her and the newborn daughter out.

Gai Yinyin lived a simple life with a straightforward mind, but even she knew well the consequences for a woman being discarded by her husband’s family.

Later she discovered that the current Duke Ying had agreed to the marriage under pressure from the Old Madam.

In fact, he was already in love with someone else, whose status was particularly awkward.

Not only had the woman fallen to selling herself in Chu Building, but she also had a daughter and had written divorce papers to her own husband.

Duke Ying was totally smitten by her, not minding at all that she was remarried and had a child, even preparing to welcome her as his main wife.

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