"You... what did you say? A miscarriage?"
It had to be said that the moment Wu Hua heard Ding Shuigen say the words "Ding Dayang had a miscarriage," she was utterly stunned, as if her mind had suddenly exploded.
It was more than just a collapse of her worldview; her soul felt like it was shattering.
Her man was pregnant! And then had a miscarriage?
Whose child was it?
Of course, at this moment, Ding Yun's head was also buzzing. She never would have imagined that the original body's father, after drinking the transformation spring water, would have gotten involved with another man within three months of transforming, gotten pregnant, and then miscarried.
How utterly absurd and insane was this!
Besides that, everyone else present, except perhaps for Zhao Di who was vaguely confused, their faces mostly showed worry and fear. The other adults were largely at a loss for words, unsure what to say.
Especially Ding Dayang's group of scoundrels.
Their panicked expressions almost seemed to scream that they might be involved in Ding Dayang's pregnancy.
"How could this happen? How can such an absurd thing exist in this world? My man is pregnant! Even if he's a woman now, he used to be a man.
I can't understand it, it's too preposterous..."
Perhaps the shock was too great. After a few moments of near-hysterical screaming, Wu Hua immediately fainted. Fortunately, Ding Yun had been keeping an eye on her.
She quickly helped her,
allowing her to fall slowly, preventing her from getting hurt.
There were no other adults in the house at the time, so Ding Yun had no choice but to quickly tell her elder sister, Zhao Di, to fetch their grandparents. Ding Yun herself stated that this matter was too big and she didn't know what to do, so they should wait for their grandparents to arrive. She then went inside to pour cups of hot water for the people who had brought the patient back.
Fortunately, the two families were not far apart, so within fifteen minutes, Xu Huaihua and her husband had arrived. After understanding the situation, they too could barely stand and collapsed to the ground, feeling quite bewildered and completely unsure how to handle it, as they truly had no experience with such a thing.
"What sins did I commit in my past life!"
"Whose child was the one Ding Dayang lost?"
"Could it be one of you beasts? He was your brother, are you even human!"
"Wu Hua..."
Xu Huaihua wanted to scold her daughter-in-law, but for a moment she didn't know where to start. Moreover, Wu Hua had fainted and looked unconscious, so she could only hold back her words.
Seeing the situation becoming increasingly awkward and the atmosphere growing stranger, Ding Shuigen briefly instructed them to care for Ding Dayang as they would for a woman recovering from a miscarriage and quickly left. The other scoundrels who had brought Ding Dayang back dared not utter a word.
They quickly followed Ding Shuigen and fled in a hurry.
Xu Huaihua couldn't even catch up.
At this point, her daughter-in-law had fainted and was of no help, and her two granddaughters were also unreliable. Therefore, the care for the miscarried Ding Dayang could only fall to Xu Huaihua alone.
After about two to three hours, Wu Hua finally woke up in a daze and sat alone by the door, staring blankly. Xu Huaihua wanted to scold her but dared not, fearing that her daughter-in-law would divorce her son, who had now become a woman, had been violated, and had miscarried.
Another hour passed, and Ding Dayang finally woke up. The moment he woke up, he was met with his mother's incessant questioning, asking him what had happened and whose child he had miscarried.
Ding Yun, as she listened, felt increasingly regretful.
Look at what a mess this had become.
If she had known, she should have just let him drown in the cesspool. At least then he would have died quickly, and there wouldn't be all these troubles.
Now, the entire family would likely become objects of scorn.
Ding Dayang's miscarriage was simple. Although his body had become female, his mind was still male. Initially, he was unwilling to go out or drink because he felt self-conscious and ashamed of his physical changes. But as time passed, he couldn't resist his craving for alcohol and naturally went out to drink with his scoundrels again.
His scoundrels were the same regardless of who they drank with. Now that he had become a woman, they felt even happier to be drinking together, so they naturally wouldn't refuse. Not only would they not refuse, but they were even more hospitable than before.
He basically never had to pay for drinks or food.
When he got drunk, some would take liberties with him, treating him as a woman. He, on the other hand, still thought of himself as a man and didn't care. He was even quite bold and would sleep in the same bed.
After drinking and eating their fill and having no inhibitions,
it was only natural that something would happen.
As for why he miscarried, he didn't even consider himself a woman and never thought of the possibility of being pregnant. In his daily life, he smoked and drank constantly, sometimes having three meals of alcohol and two packs of cigarettes a day. Even the healthiest embryo couldn't withstand that, let alone the fact that he sometimes rolled into bed drunk. It would be more strange if he hadn't miscarried.
After listening to his vague and evasive explanation, even his own mother couldn't help but slap him twice, disgusted that he had shamed their family. Then, she broke down crying.
She didn't know what to do next.
He had truly disgraced his ancestors and his entire lineage. How would the villagers look at their family now?
Wu Hua, who had clearly heard the conversation between the two,
was also silently weeping by the door.
After a long while, she seemed to have made up her mind. She resolutely stood up, rushed into the house, closed her eyes, and roared:
"Ding Dayang, I want a divorce!"
She had thought it through clearly. With a relative who had an affair with an outsider, miscarried, and was now neither father nor mother, her two daughters' future marriages would inevitably be difficult. They might even be pointed at if they continued to stay here.
As things stood, the best option for her and her two daughters was to divorce immediately, and then she would take her two daughters to work elsewhere. Even if it was harder, as long as they weren't trafficked, it would be better than staying in their hometown.
She truly couldn't continue living like this.
"I disagree..."
"Let's just divorce then!"
The one who disagreed was Ding Dayang, while the one who said "let's just divorce" was Xu Huaihua. A fierce argument ensued. Ding Yun also chimed in at the right moment, stating that the Public Security Bureau did not recognize the legality of marriage certificates between two women.
Meanwhile, the news of Ding Dayang's miscarriage could not be kept secret. Before long, some villagers who were concerned, curious, or eager for gossip rushed over.
The village head and the women's committee director also came specifically.
Arguments and discussions filled the house.
Even the wives of Ding Dayang's scoundrels came to tear at Ding Dayang, believing that he had seduced their husbands.
All sorts of unspeakable words were uttered.
Most of them were content that cannot be displayed, and if it were in a video, it would be filled with bleeps.
Finally, the incident ended with Wu Hua and Ding Dayang successfully divorcing, the child going to Wu Hua, and Wu Hua taking whatever remaining assets she wanted from the house. Xu Huaihua also immediately announced that she was severing ties with Ding Dayang.
At the same time...
Ding Dayang's reputation was completely ruined.
No woman was willing to be with someone who was originally a man, and no man dared to associate with Ding Dayang, ignoring the judgmental eyes of others.
To say that everyone was calling for his head might be an exaggeration,
but to say that everyone avoided him like the plague was not an exaggeration at all.
However, the night before Wu Hua completed all the procedures and prepared to take her two daughters to work elsewhere, Ding Yun specifically placed a cup of transformation spring water by Ding Dayang's bedside, as he had been drinking heavily every day for the past few days. It wasn't out of pity for him, but rather out of concern that if he continued to cause such trouble, he might tarnish the reputation of all the women in their village.
That would be a true sin.