*WARNING NON-CON is mentioned, not described*
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It wasn't just that they hadn't missed him, they were glad he was gone.
Midwife Lee was the youngest of five children—three boys first, one girl, then him—and the most obedient and filial child. This was known by all their neighbors in Han Village and by all their relatives, both on his mother's side of the family, and his father's side.
Xu Feng couldn't help but frown, not because he believed Midwife Lee was tarnished goods, and not only because of the sad way Midwife Lee was treated. These excuses were just that, excuses.
Even in ancient times in Dongmen (the modern world he came from), families would break away from tradition for those they loved. If the love was stronger than their need to fit into society, it would overcome all "shortcomings."