Chapter 1: 001 Fighting Me?

What is going on?

Looking at her protruding belly, Rong Jing, who was usually quick to smile, found herself unable to smile for the first time in her life.

Of all the things to transmigrate into, why did it have to be a pregnant woman, and one who was actually in labor!

*Ahem*, is life really going to skip right over the "circle-and-cross" process?

The faint, occasional pains radiating from her large belly made Rong Jing's heart race even more. Although she had never given birth, as someone well-versed in medical theory, Rong Jing knew very well that these were the signs of a child about to be born! At the earliest, it would be tonight; at the latest, tomorrow.

In truth, Rong Jing could accept transmigrating as a pregnant woman, but what she couldn't accept was that she actually had no idea who the father of the child was.

This was a sorrowful problem: who would pay for the living expenses of mother and child in the future?

She had transmigrated into the body of a woman with the same name as her. This woman was the eldest daughter of the Rong family, the most famous scholarly clan in the Kingdom of Dongjing.

The scholarly Rong family only had two branches. The second branch was flourishing with many descendants, but in the first branch—her branch—her parents had long since died of illness without producing a legitimate heir for the Rong clan, leaving only her, all alone.

After her parents died, the second branch seized everything belonging to the first branch under the pretext that the first branch had no successor. They even bullied her, calling her a jinx who had brought death upon her own parents.

The original Rong Jing had suddenly become pregnant out of wedlock a few months ago. Unable to bear the thought of aborting this little life, she could only hide in the outskirts to prepare for childbirth.

Suddenly, the pain struck again. Rong Jing knit her brows tightly, forced to consider her predicament.

Unexpectedly, at that moment, the door was suddenly kicked open. The newcomer was Lady Xu, arriving with an aggressive air, followed by several servant women.

This Lady Xu was the official wife of the Rong family's second branch. While she appeared generous and dignified on the surface, when she cursed, she was a complete shrew.

"You shameless slut, you little jinx with no parents to raise you! You really made me search hard! Hide, go ahead and hide if you have the guts! You shameless thing, how dare you let your belly get this big? You've brought nothing but shame to the Rong family!"

Lady Xu began cursing the moment she entered. As she drew closer, she immediately realized Rong Jing was about to give birth. She sneered, "It looks like I've arrived at just the right time! You wench, abort this child immediately, otherwise, if this gets out, neither your second uncle nor I will be able to show our faces in public again!"

This was the first person Rong Jing had met since transmigrating, and she had immediately shattered the last remnants of her illusions about her new life!

She furrowed her brows and retorted with impatient sarcasm, "You old hag with no common sense, the child is about to be born, how can I abort it! If you want me to die along with the child, just get to the point! Isn't it a hassle to beat around the bush like this?"

As soon as these words left her mouth, both Lady Xu and the guards present were stunned!

After a long moment, Lady Xu finally regained her senses. She had not expected the once timid and cowardly Rong Jing, who used to hide upon seeing her, to dare to speak to her so loudly—and even dare to call her an old hag!

"Rebellion! This is pure rebellion! Someone, come! Get her! Tear her mouth apart first!" Lady Xu was furious, waving her hand to signal the servant women behind her to attack!

Rong Jing knew she didn't have much time. She had to resolve the trouble before the child in her belly made a major move!

As an excellent female bodyguard and private physician, medical skill was, for her, a form of martial arts.

She knew very clearly which acupoints on the human body could be touched and which could not. Some acupoints, once stimulated with force, would cause immediate injury or even instant death!

Medical skill could, in fact, be used not just to save lives, but also to take them!

Seeing the guards approaching, Rong Jing pretended to be terrified and retreated, taking down her jade hairpin and gripping it tightly in her hand. "Don't come any closer, otherwise... otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" a servant woman asked disdainfully.

"Otherwise I'll scream!" Rong Jing said with utmost seriousness.

"Miss Jing, fighting with the Madam will lead to no good end!"

The servant woman was extremely dismissive of Rong Jing's action of holding the jade hairpin; how could a weak, pregnant woman fight them?

As the servant woman spoke, she suddenly grabbed Rong Jing's left wrist and sneered coldly, "Heh, Miss Jing, I advise you to submit quietly."

"Nooo, I'm so scared!"

Rong Jing feigned a look of terror, begging for mercy with exaggerated movements, while her right hand inconspicuously and lightly grasped the servant woman's arm.

With that grab, the servant woman felt something was wrong, but before she could realize what it was, the timid light in Rong Jing's eyes turned cold, and she suddenly squeezed with great force.

The servant woman felt such intense pain that she couldn't even scream; she soon began to foam at the mouth, her entire body stiffening.

Rong Jing's struggle appeared powerless, but in reality, she had already struck the acupoint on the woman's arm. With a chuckle, she elegantly tapped with a single finger, and the servant woman immediately collapsed.

Seeing this, Lady Xu was terrified into silence. Rong Jing unhurriedly kicked the body a few times to ensure the person was dead, then nodded with satisfaction.

She stepped heavily onto the woman's face, leaning lazily with one hand on her waist and the other stroking her large belly. Looking every bit the pregnant woman, she looked at Lady Xu with a smile. "Second Aunt, it seems fighting me won't lead to any good end either!"