The badly-battered Shao Qihai had almost retired from the army because of this. In the end, he had stayed behind. It was also because Zhao Lan had been like this that he'd had no choice but to hand the children over to her.
At the time, he had known that Zhao Lan and Bai Lu didn't get along, but he hadn't expected Zhao Lan to actually have any intention of killing Bai Lu. Now that he thought about it, after his return, the way those women had looked at him had been a little different. They'd seemed to be discussing something behind his back.
However, before these discussions could reach him, when he'd regained his senses, they had already been gone.
Now that he thought about it, perhaps they had been talking about Zhao Lan and Bai Lu's difficult labor and death at the time. However, Zhao Lan had appeared to be taking care of the children subsequently, and because the Bai Family had gone overboard, no one had said anything about Zhao Lan.
