System: The Path of a Mortal Being Stronger Through Being a Mother

At this time every day, the youngest son would have already returned home.

Zhang Qingqing and Zhang Qinqin both took care of the children quietly. They were as worried as their mother.

Bai Lingxi said to them: "You are worrying about nothing!"

What will happen to Zhang Jinyan? Of course nothing will happen to him. No one knows better than her that he will pass the imperial examination smoothly.

Lin Miao couldn't sit still anymore. Zhang Jinyan was a well-behaved and punctual person. Something must have happened. She couldn't wait any longer.

Lin Miao searched for the corresponding technique in her mind and finally found it.

She took out a piece of yellow paper she had prepared and folded a paper crane while reciting the spell in her mind.

She cruelly used a needle to prick Baozhu's body, drawing a little blood, and smeared the blood on the paper crane's forehead.

A faint light flashed, and the paper crane flew up precariously.

Lin Miao shook his head at himself. Well, let’s just use it this way for now. His spiritual power is still too low.

The blood of blood relatives is the best medium for finding people.

Lin Miao's weak spiritual power was attached to the paper crane, and she shouted, "Go find Zhang Jinyan."

The paper crane flew out.

Lin Miao followed it and walked out.

The two daughters, especially daughter-in-law Bai Lingxi, were stunned.

Zhang Qingqing and Zhang Qinqin were just surprised that their mother had such ability, which made them regret having misunderstood their mother before.

Because of what my mother did, I always felt ashamed.

Bai Lingxi was the most shocked: What's going on?

Why is my mother-in-law different from what I read in the books?

Is she really a practicing Taoist priest? And not a Taoist nun who cheats people everywhere?

Her heart was pounding and she felt like everything was beyond her comprehension.

Lin Miao didn't have time to care about what they thought. She followed the paper crane and floated out of the village like the wind.

After running for about five miles, the paper crane stopped and circled over a dry well in a village.

Lin Miao ran over quickly.

She could already hear faint breathing.

This dry well is some distance away from the edge of the village, and generally no one passes by it.

Even if they pass by, ordinary people cannot hear such a slight sound.

Lin Miao no longer hesitated. She took out the flashlight she had prepared in the space and shone it inside. At this glance, her eyes were bloodshot.

I saw a figure with his hands tied behind his back, thrown into the depths.

Lin Miao took out a rope, wrapped one end around a thick tree trunk, tied the other end around her waist, and slowly lowered herself down.

It was indeed Zhang Jinyan. His eyes were closed and his breathing was weak.

Lin Miao held him in her arms and felt a pain spreading out.

Such a sensible, filial and outstanding young man.

How dare they!

She held him and climbed out of the well.

He took out the dirty cloth from Zhang Jinyan's mouth little by little, and cut the rope on his body with a dagger.

Although Zhang Jinyan was not awake, he still felt a foul smell in his mouth after the dirty cloth was pulled out of it, and he kept dry heaving.

Lin Miao took out a bottle of water and fed it to him.

Zhang Jinyan vomited for a while and finally calmed down. He slowly opened his eyes and called out vaguely: "Mom..."

Lin Miao could no longer hold back her sadness; this was also her son.

She crushed a small piece of ginseng and soaked it in water, gave Zhang Jinyan two sips, and kept rubbing his hands and feet.

Zhang Jinyan's hands and feet had been tied for a long time, and being rubbed like this felt as uncomfortable as being bitten by ants, but he slowly woke up.

When he saw that it was really his mother, the young man couldn't help but shed tears.

If mother had come a little later, he would not know whether he would die or not, but his hand would probably be crippled. How could he pass the imperial examination and earn a phoenix coronet and bridal robe for mother then?

Seeing that he was awake and more energetic, Lin Miao felt a little relieved from her worries.

Taking advantage of the night, she collected the rope, picked up Zhang Jinyan and walked home.

Zhang Jinyan blushed. He was so old, yet he still let his mother hold him horizontally like this.

He struggled to get down and walk on his own. Lin Miao held him with one hand and patted his butt with the other hand: "Be obedient, mother is still strong. We'll talk after we get home."

Zhang Jinyan:...This is not a question of whether or not you have the strength. It's so embarrassing.

But he still blushed, closed his eyes, and let his mother carry him back.

There was the sound of wind whistling in his ears, and he could not help but sigh at how strong his mother was.

There is a sense of happiness growing, as if I have returned to my childhood.

Before he knew it, he was about to fall asleep, having put aside a night of tension and worry.

Lin Miao entered the room, put Zhang Jinyan on his bed, and patted him: "Boy, we're home."

Zhang Jinyan suddenly woke up from his half-sleep state.

Lin Miao sat on the edge of the bed: "Tell me, what happened?"

Zhang Qingqing, Zhang Qinqin, and Bai Lingxi were all surrounding them.

Zhang Jinyan drank two more sips of the water that Lin Miao poured for him, his eyes full of hatred: "Mom, it's Zhang Laiyin."

"Today, I was going home from school, and I was following my daily routine while reciting my lessons. Suddenly, Zhang Laiyin caught up with me."

"Mother knows that we have never gotten along with the Second Branch and have no contact with each other. But today Zhang Laiyin insisted on going with me. I thought that the road was wide and I couldn't control him, so I ignored him and hurried back, leaving him behind."

"I never thought that halfway through the journey, near this dry well, I suddenly felt a pain in the back of my head and lost consciousness."

"When I came to, I was in that dry well. My mouth was stuffed with dirty cloth, my hands and feet were tied, and I couldn't even ask for help."

"Oh, mother, I heard Zhang Laiyin sitting by the well saying that he hated me and my elder brother and that he wanted both of us to die a miserable death, but there was nothing I could do."

"Later, when someone from that village passed by here, Zhang Laiyin left. I clearly heard someone from that village passing by and tried my best to ask for help, but the person just stopped for a moment and then left. I was so scared that I almost died, mother..."

Lin Miao's blood boiled and her eyes turned red when she heard this.

She said coldly: "Son, what are you going to do about this?"

Zhang Jinyan said, "Mom, we need to report this to the police. We don't have any evidence, and it's hard to convict him based on my words alone. Even if he is convicted, he won't die or have any serious injuries, so the sentence won't be too severe. I won't accept that he gets such an easy sentence."

Lin Miao thought about Zhang Laiyin's words, and combined them with what she had heard from Zhang Erzhuang, there was still something she didn't understand.

The disappearance of the eldest son must have been the result of a conspiracy by the second wife's family.

She was going to speed up.

Zhang Qingqing was so angry that she went to her second uncle's house to settle the score with Zhang Laiyin.

Although Zhang Qinqin was a little weak, her eyes were blazing with anger and she showed no sign of weakness.

Bai Lingxi, as Zhang Jinyan's wife, looked as if she was in a trance. When Zhang Jinyan saw this, his eyes were cold.

Lin Miao asked Qian Gui to hold Zhang Qingqing back and shouted, "Be quiet. What if you go and settle the score? They won't admit it."

Zhang Qingqing was angry: "Well, you can't just let it go like this. How long will you keep bullying our family?"

Lin Miao sneered: "How can I let it go after hurting someone in my family? Just watch."

After saying that, she shouted at Bai Lingxi, who was in a trance, "Why don't you help your man change his clothes? And get him some food? How can you be a virtuous woman if you keep doing this all the time?"

Bai Lingxi woke up with a start, although the plot was completely different from the novel she had read.

But, Zhang Jinyan is her man. In this era, he is her support, and she has to take good care of him.

She hurried to find clean clothes for Zhang Jinyan.

Lin Miao winked at Zhang Qinqin and Zhang Qingqing, asking them to take care of this side, and then left.

Zhang Baozhu is now completely under the care of Zhang Qinqin, so Lin Miao doesn't have to worry about her safety for the time being.

She returned to her room and searched through the jade slips for useful spells while sorting out her thoughts.

In the middle of the night, Lin Miao sneaked into Zhang's house, knocked Zhang Laiyin unconscious, and carried him to the dry well where he was today.

She crushed the boy's arms and legs. Since he used this thing to do bad things, he should not use it again in the future.

Then he was given an anti-inflammatory solution to ensure that he would not die from infection.

I stuffed his mouth with his own torn socks to let him experience what it feels like to have no one to turn to for help.

She returned to Zhang's house.

He took out a piece of paper, cut a paper figure while chanting a spell, and used a pen to draw Zhang Lai Jin's face based on the child in his memory.

He pricked his fingertip and a drop of blood dripped onto the paper man's forehead.

Lin Miao put the paper man in her sleeve and floated towards the Zhang family's old house like a wisp of green smoke.

The Zhang family has fallen into a deep sleep.

Zhang Erzhuang couldn't sleep well either. These days, not only did he have bad luck, but he also had nightmares constantly.

Lin Miao shouted at the paper man, "Go, claim my life."

The paper man slipped through the crack in the door and entered Zhang Erzhuang and Qiu's house, and suddenly grew into the appearance of a child of a few years old.

He let out a sobbing cry and floated towards Zhang Erzhuang and Qiu's house: "Second uncle, second aunt, help me, I'm so cold..."

Zhang Erzhuang and Qiu were sleeping soundly. Too many bad things had happened that day and they were exhausted.

In the blur, a figure stood above his head.

Zhang Erzhuang woke up with a scream. He looked around, but it was pitch black and there was nothing there.

He thought he had a nightmare and was about to go back to sleep, but when he turned around, he saw a pale face. This face was that of his eight-year-old nephew Zhang Lai Jin!!!

He will never forget it for the rest of his life.

That day, the man gagged the child and tied him up and took him away. The child's eyes changed from begging to hatred.

Zhang Erzhuang┗|｀O′|┛ let out a cry and jumped up.

The child slowly rolled his eyes towards him and grinned, "Uncle, I'm so cold, please take me home."