Su Yun’s gaze was ice-cold.
"What, can’t I even dote on my own son? He’s staying with me tonight. No one is taking him away."
Su’s mother was infuriated.
"Fine, fine, fine! So you had a son, big deal! Since you want to hold him so badly, then hold him to your heart’s content."
Having said her piece, she turned and stormed out.
The midwife: ...?
’What’s going on?’
’Are this mother and daughter about to start fighting?’
Su Yun paid her mother no mind.
In this life, she felt no mother-daughter bond with the woman whatsoever.
After all, in her past life, it was her own mother who had swapped the babies, then stood by and watched as Su Tong abused her child.
"Could you please pour me some warm water?"
The midwife snapped out of it. "Oh, of course."
The warm water was already sitting nearby.
"Then let me take the baby—"
This time, Su Yun didn’t refuse.
She knew she was lucid, and with the midwife still present, they couldn’t possibly make a move so quickly.
’Perhaps late tonight.’
’I need to recover my strength as quickly as possible.’
The midwife took the baby, cleaned him, and wrapped him in the swaddling blanket that had been prepared beforehand.
"Alright, give the baby a little water for now. Once your milk comes in, you can let him nurse. I’ll be taking my leave."
She did pour a little water before she left, though.
"Thank you!" Su Yun took her baby back and gave him a little water.
The midwife left.
Seeing that the baby was still crying, Su Yun simply lifted her shirt and let him nurse—perhaps it was heaven’s way of compensating this poor child.
He hadn’t been nursing for long before her milk actually started to flow.
Su Yun gazed down at her baby, her eyes filled with nothing but adoration.
"My precious, Mommy won’t lose you again."
As for Su Tong and the rest of the Su Family—a cold glint flashed in her eyes. She would not let them get away with it.
’But not now.’
「Meanwhile.」
When Su Tong saw her mother return empty-handed, she asked anxiously, "Mom, where’s the baby?"
Su’s mother’s expression was foul.
"That little bitch won’t give him up."
Hearing this, Su Tong couldn’t stop her voice from rising. "What? She’s awake? Didn’t we drug her? How is she still awake? How are we supposed to swap the babies now?"
Seeing how loud she was, Su’s mother shushed her.
"Keep your voice down! Are you trying to make sure that little bitch hears you?"
Su Tong immediately lowered her voice. "If she’s awake, how are we going to swap the babies?"
"What’s the rush? It’s not like she can run away. I’ll just wait until she’s fast asleep tonight and swap the babies then."
Her mother’s words put Su Tong’s mind at ease.
"Then we have to do it tonight. If we wait too long, it’ll be harder to make the switch. That Su Yun is sharp as a tack; she’ll definitely notice the babies look different."
The original plan was to drug Su Yun, and then swap the babies right after she passed out from childbirth.
That way, no one would be the wiser.
’Of course, it would be even better if Su Yun died in childbirth—then I might even be able to marry that man.’
’I can’t believe that bitch Su Yun didn’t even pass out from the drug.’
"Alright, don’t you worry. I’ll bring her a bowl of porridge in a little while and put some more of the drug in it. I guarantee she’ll be dead to the world tonight."
"Mom, make it a strong dose, then."
Su’s mother agreed and then walked out.
She went to the kitchen, ladled out a bowl of the prepared porridge, sprinkled the drug inside, and gave it a few stirs.
Only then did she carry it to the room where Su Yun was resting.
When she saw that Su Yun was already able to breastfeed the baby, she couldn’t help but seethe. ’Just as I thought. This damn girl was born just to steal my Su Tong’s good fortune.’
’Su Tong’s milk still hasn’t come in, but this damn girl has milk right after giving birth.’
But then she remembered that this milk would only end up feeding her precious grandson, and her anger instantly vanished.
"Su Yun, I brought you some porridge. Go on, have some."