章節 483: ...We Have...

Why had Bai Mo given Rui the extra silver? Even though the woman didn't want to care for the baby any longer, she had clearly kept the little girl alive for three months. This would have been difficult in captivity.

Even if it was a friend's child, was it too much to ask her to stand in? This was a question Bai Mo couldn't answer for her or even for himself. He'd never been in such a position. They still didn't know what they would do with the two babies now in their care and carriage.

Maybe his heart was too soft, but both his partners were orphaned like him. They also knew what it was like to live without parents. It must be even harder for a baby to go without a mother or a father.

With the women temporarily dispersed, hiding from their group needles in a haystack, their next course of action was to drop off their load with the Yamen. But first, Xu Hu Zhe needed to make things clear with the three boys and Zhang Hui.