After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 190 Midnight Terror
"Okay, okay, I'm the best at climbing over walls, I can do this!" Niu Peng perked up again, clearly having done his fair share of sneaking in, picking locks, and climbing over walls.

Xiong Kai knew his abilities and didn't compete with him. Anyway, Niu Peng would have to take him along if he went up, and he would definitely get all the good stuff.

After the two finished speaking, Niu Peng began to feel around the courtyard wall, while teaching Xiong Kai his experience in stealing. "The highest wall in our farmhouse is no more than ten feet. Most people use wood and firewood to build a circle around it, which is very easy to climb over. Some people use adobe bricks. You just need to chisel a few small holes in the adobe bricks to use as footholds."

"Shen Yi, the fact that this courtyard wall is made of stone is like a godsend! I can climb up without digging a hole for leverage. I'll show you right now!"

Xiong Kai stared wide-eyed as he watched Niu Peng climb up the rock with the agility of a spider, his movements as nimble as a monkey's, leaving Xiong Kai speechless.

Watching Niu Peng disappear from his limited field of vision, Xiong Kai rubbed his hands together, waiting for him to pull him up. But after waiting quite a while, there was still no movement from above, and he couldn't hear Niu Peng jump into the yard. He grew anxious and asked in a suppressed voice, "Cousin, cousin."

He called out several times but received no response. Just as he was thinking about climbing up himself, he heard Niu Peng's mournful cry from above, followed by a heavy object falling to the ground.

At that moment, Xiong Kai felt as if all the blood in his body had frozen, and his mind went completely blank.

"Who? Who's outside?" a loud shout rang out.

Xiong Kai finally reacted.

When Shen Yi and Shen Dagou rushed out of the courtyard with lanterns in hand, they saw nothing.

Shen Dagou frowned. "It seems there's nothing there."

Shen Yi shook his head solemnly, "No, I clearly heard screams. You stay here and watch over them, I'll go look for them. Let's make sure nothing bad happens."

Shen Yi searched around with a lantern and finally found Niu Peng, whose fate was unknown, under the wall of his own yard. He shouted in panic, "Big Dog, quick! Go find the village chief!"

In the middle of the night, several households in Shenjiazhuang were woken up by the noise.

When Shen Ying rushed over, she was only wearing a haphazardly thrown-on coat and her shoes were on backwards. Before she even entered the room, her voice rang out, "Where is she? Where is she? Where is she?"

Shen Zhuang and Xu Shi hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

"I don't know which village thug climbed over Shen Yi's wall, but he fell and seems to be almost dead." Xu's face was a little pale.

Anyone would panic in this situation.

Shen Ying stepped forward and looked at Niu Peng, who was lying on the ground with his face covered in blood. She made a quick decision, "Send him to the town clinic, quick! Send him there first, and I'll go find the town magistrate."

This person doesn't look good. I hope he doesn't die, otherwise it will be hard for him to explain.

Shen Zhuang consciously got into the donkey cart.

The village chief and a few others boarded another donkey cart, and the group headed in a grand procession toward the town's clinic.

Su Tai was heavily pregnant and a light sleeper. The noisy commotion next door woke her up. She slowly sat up, glanced at her sleeping daughter on the inside of the bed, and a loving smile unconsciously appeared on her face. She tucked her in and then got up to go outside.

Three little black dogs came over when they heard the noise and sniffed at her feet for a while.

At this moment, the voices from next door became increasingly clear.

Su Tai vaguely heard something about death, and panicked, so she quickly opened the door.

The moment the door opened, a dark figure rushed towards her with lightning speed.

"Ah!" Su Tai screamed in surprise, instinctively protecting her stomach and moving towards the door.

Just then, three black dogs leaped from the ground and pounced on the other side. The other side howled in pain, frantically shooing the three dogs away, yelling, "Get away! Get away, you beasts! You dare bite me? I'll kill you all!"

Shen Xiang, Xu Shi, Shen Wen, and others who were working next door rushed over, brandishing sticks, brooms, and big clubs.

"Sister Su Tai, are you alright?" Shen Xiang stepped forward worriedly to check on Su Tai's condition.

Su Tai was still in shock and instinctively clung to Shen Xiang, her face filled with terror. "Quick, go check on the child! My child is still inside!"

"What a terrible thing!" Xu cursed, threw down the stick, and rushed to the backyard in a hurry.

A moment later she rushed out again, saying with relief, "The child is fine, sleeping soundly!"

Su Tai let out a long sigh, released Shen Xiang's hand, and slowly slid down the door frame.

Suddenly her stomach tightened, and a warm flow came out from below.

Su Tai panicked again, "Second Aunt...Second Aunt, I think I'm going into labor!"

The courtyard was thrown into chaos once again.

Shen Wen hurriedly ran to find Cao Shi, while Xu Shi was in charge of boiling water and keeping an eye on the backyard to prevent any fools from barging in and harming the children. Shen Xiang stayed by Su Tai's side, running errands for her.

When Cao came over, her three daughters-in-law also came to help.

With them there, Madam Xu immediately breathed a sigh of relief and sat down in the courtyard to oversee things.

Wei Daya came over from next door and whispered in Xu's ear, "Mother, that scoundrel has been tied up by several uncles in the village, but they said that my cousin's three dogs scared him to death. The man had a large chunk of flesh bitten off his thigh and the dogs ate it. The situation is not good."

Mrs. Xu felt extremely relieved. "Serves him right! Why didn't you bite him to death!"

Wei Daya thought the same thing, "Mother, should we just leave him in the woodshed now?"

After hesitating for a moment, Xu went into the delivery room and told Su Tai about the situation.

Su Tai's brows furrowed in pain, but her mind was clearer than ever before.

"Second Aunt, please ask some of your uncles to take him to the town clinic, and then tell the village chief and town officials about the situation, so as to save his life as much as possible."

Xu didn't understand. "It's better for this kind of person to die. Keeping him around is just a disaster."

Su Tai groaned softly in pain, but forced herself to explain, "He certainly deserves to die, but he can't die in my house. Besides, I can't suffer in vain. Only if he's alive can I seek justice. If he dies, it would be too good for him!"

Seeing the intense anger flashing in her eyes, Madam Xu sighed helplessly, "Fine! I'll do whatever you say. You focus on having the baby, I'll come over and talk to you."

Madam Cao quickly reassured her, "Don't think about anything else for now. Your water has broken, so the most important thing is to give birth to the baby. Luckily, the due date is almost here. It's okay if the baby comes out ten or fifteen days earlier, but we'll have to take even better care of the baby."

Su Tai dared not be distracted any longer and focused all her attention on her stomach.

Less than an hour later, the sound of a baby crying came from the delivery room.

Xu, who was sitting in the courtyard, suddenly stood up and rushed in, asking, "How is it?"

Mrs. Cao was tidying up the baby, smiling happily. "Mother and baby are both safe and sound. It's a beautiful baby boy weighing six and a half pounds. I was worried that the baby would be underweight due to being born early, but it seems that it's just right."

Madam Xu hurried over to take a look, and when she saw that it was indeed a boy, her eyes reddened with excitement. "Thank God, thank God, our Shen Yi finally has an heir! When my husband and I go to the afterlife, we can finally give an account to our elder brother and sister-in-law."