Foreigner Of Time [Book II]

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Lisa returned to the inn, but she paced around outside for the inn's entrance for a long time. 

It was only when a store clerk noticed her and came out to ask her what she needed that Lisa finally braced herself and entered the inn.

Outside of the inn room, Lisa raised and put down her hand many times until she could finally knock on the door.

Inside the room, Jennie had just finished the book she was reading. 

Feeling very satisfied, she went to open the door for Lisa with a smile.

Seeing Jennie, Lisa's face twitched a little. 

She did not know what expression she should have. 

She could only brush past Jennie's shoulders as she entered the room.

Jennie closed the door, then she came to Lisa's side, "What's the matter? Why did you come back with such a terrible expression?"

"You, sit down... Sit down first, then we'll talk."

"Alright." Jennie sat down next to Lisa, and her expression turned serious too.

Lisa swept a look at Jennie, then she cast her gaze down and said quietly, "Sister-in-law is gone."

In Lisa's view, Jennie's fair fingers twitched twice involuntarily, then her hands began to clutch the fabric on her lap tightly...

Lisa felt as if her heart had been pricked by something too. 

It began to hurt alongside Jennie's sorrow.

"...Where did you hear that, is that information accurate? Could you have gone to the wrong place...? How could sister have...?"

Jennie's voice trembled terribly. 

Even though she spoke in a questioning tone, there was already a crying tone at the end of her sentence...

Actually, she knew very clearly in her heart that Lisa wouldn't get such a major issue wrong.

Lisa held Jennie's hand, then she decided to hold it with both hands near her chest instead, "During mom's birthday celebration this year... she didn't come back because of her poor health, and second brother-in-law came back by himself. The butler had just mentioned it off-hand at the time, and big sister even told me that this is the worst sort of news to hear during a senior's birthday celebration. You didn't go back, and she didn't go back either, both reasons being 'illness'. Mom might worry if she learned about it, and that could make her fall sick too... That would be our mistake as sons and daughters. At that time, I had coaxed mom before... and I had asked second brother-in-law, who said that it wasn't major. I didn't expect that she was actually in such a serious situation, I'm sorry... If I had paid more attention at that time, I might have been able to save her with the medicine in my inventory."

Jennie's tears spilled out all at once. 

She lowered her head, biting her lower lip to death as big teardrops fell one after the other.

Lisa sniffed, then she continued, "I was really afraid that I got it wrong, and I hoped that I got it wrong, so I deliberately walked a few rounds near the Bobber residence. I asked all of the neighbours I could ask... and I gave a few aunties some silver to ask around for some things that other people didn't say. Do you want to hear it?"

"...Tell me."

"She had a miscarriage in the first half of the year. Apparently, the Bobber family brought plenty of physicians and midwives into the residence, but the child still couldn't be kept... she lost a lot of vitality because of this too. The auntie who told me this is coincidentally the sister-in-law of one of the midwives who had a look at sister. She said that there was something strange about her condition. Her miscarriage might not be due to her own body, but an external cause. That's why the damage to her body was very heavy. Judging from what the auntie described, her symptoms were probably excessive or consistent bleeding... Sometime after that, the Bobber family probably didn't have that much money to employ physicians so frequently anymore. The people outside mostly thought that it was because she had gotten better, but that auntie said that... With her situation at that time, recovering in a year and a half would be a great fortune. It had only been a few days since then; recovery isn't possible in that amount of time. She passed away last month. The seven sevens aren't done yet, so white cloth is still hanging from the Bobber family's doors. I have already found out where her resting place is, we can go and pray to her at any time. This information... is what I heard after spending five liangs of silver, so there is a possibility that that auntie had embellished things for the silver. If you want... I can accompany you to the Bobber family at any time."

Jennie cried in Lisa's arms for an afternoon.