Since Swedum Is Born

"Who is she?" "She is an old midwife and is very kind. She helped Miss Ceres give birth to her baby. But after that, she returned to her hometown. I don’t know why." Johny and Ceres asked the servant many questions. But they didn’t get useful information. The old midwife had only helped Ceres in childbirth and might not know about Swedum. Johny and Ceres were at a loss again. Johny and Ceres sat together, both of them frowning. Johny was worried about Ceres’ health. After all, Ceres was still in confinement. "Ceres, you should go home for a rest. You’ve lost a lot of weight." In just a few days, Ceres had lost a lot of weight. The loss of appetite made her thinner. Before Ceres refused, Johny added, "You are both Swedum’s and also Kody’s mother! Kody isn’t a month old and he can’t leave you!" Johny’s words shocked Ceres. Ceres had another son named Kody, who was born half a month ago. He was a premature baby and weak. He needed Ceres to accompany him. "But..." "You can’t help me even if you stay here. Be good and go home now. Kody needs you, and Swedum is sick. If you are ill..." Johny did not finish his words. He believed that Ceres was sensible and could understand what he meant. Ceres immediately nodded. She thought she should be strong. For the sake of Swedum, Kody, and Johny, Ceres couldn’t be upset and fall ill! "Leave everything to me." Ceres said, "I think we should look for the old midwife. I feel she is very strange. Why did she come back to her hometown after helping me give birth to my baby?" "Okay, I’ll go find that old midwife. If necessary, I’ll go to the prison to meet Kirs." "Alright." Johny asked someone to send Ceres home. Then Johny started to find the old midwife. Because she had left the Fell’s house for a long time, it took a lot of effort to find her. But fortunately, Johny managed to find her. The old midwife dared not to look up at Johny. Johny glared at her and snorted, "Tell me what you have done. Maybe I can spare your life!" "I promise I didn’t do anything harmful to Ms. Ceres!" The old midwife swore seriously. "Why are you so afraid of me?" Johny smacked his hand down onto the table, which made the old midwife tremble with fear. She knelt on the ground with a thud. "Please forgive me. I didn’t hurt Ms. Ceres. I’m old. It doesn’t matter if I die. But there are over ten people in my family. They are still young!" "Then tell me the truth. What exactly happened?" The old midwife became nervous again and shook her head. "I will die if I tell you the truth." The old midwife raised her hand, and one of her fingers had been cut off. "If I say it, my whole family will be tortured and killed! Please let me off!" "Did someone threaten you?" The old midwife lowered her head and fell silent. "Were you threatened by Kirs?" Hearing Kirs’ name, the old midwife shivered with fright again. Johny persuaded the old midwife, "Don’t worry. Kirs has been imprisoned and sentenced to ten years in prison. He can’t hurt you anymore." "Really?" The old midwife jerked her head up and was overjoyed. Johny kept a straight face. "Yes, I won’t lie to you. You can ask anyone in the Fell family." The old midwife pondered for a moment. She thought Johny enjoyed a high social status and disdained lying. "Kirs wants to kill Ceres’ son!" The old midwife shouted hurriedly. "What happened when Ceres gave birth to her baby?" "When Miss Ceres was sent over, she had suffered from labor pains for a long time. She had a difficult delivery. Fortunately, she is young and healthy. She managed to give birth to her child. At that time, I was a midwife. I thought that Mr. Kirs was the child’s father. So I immediately showed him the child, but..." The old midwife was unwilling to recall that terrible moment. "But what? Hurry up and tell me!" "Mr. Kirs wanted to strangle that child to death! The poor child was just born. I rushed forward and desperately tried to take the child away. Later on, I bit Mr. Kirs on the hand, and then he loosened his grip!" The old midwife still shuddered at the thought of Kirs’ frightening face. "And then?" The old midwife shook her head. "At that time, I didn’t know if Mr. Kirs had changed his mind. But he didn’t try to kill that child anymore. He asked me to leave the Fell’s house immediately and didn’t allow me to go back. He also asked me to keep what he had done a secret." The old midwife sighed deeply. "At that time, I still had a hungry family to feed. He threatened to kill my family. He promised to give me money if I kept a secret. I repeatedly asked him if he would kill the child after I died. He denied it firmly, so I left." Johny frowned. Kirs was always ruthless, so Johny also wondered why Kirs would accept Swedum. Now it turned out that Kirs tried to strangle Swedum since Swedum was born. Johny should be grateful to this old midwife who had stopped Kirs. But despite the old midwife’s persuasion, Kirs would never give up killing Swedum. Johny thought about what Kirs would do after that. Johny’s guess made him shudder. "Since I had left, I didn’t know what had happened after that. But I heard that the child lived a good life and Mr. Kirs treated him very well." Johny sneered. Johny thought, ’How cunning Kirs is.’ Johny was almost certain that Kirs had doped Swedum since Swedum was just born. This kind of chronic poison began to show its effect after a few years and would cause Swedum to die. Kirs pretended to be good to Swedum, which made Ceres have a good impression of him. But he had stealthily promoted Swedum’s death. Once Swedum died, Kirs could happily make Ceres pregnant and give birth to his child. "I’ve told you all I know. Can I leave now?" The old midwife wanted to leave immediately because she worried about her family. "Thank you for saving my son. You can tell me if you need anything." Johny ordered his servants to give the old midwife some money and sent her home. Johny thought, ’Kirs, how ruthless you are!’