The old housekeeper explained the situation; it wasn't about summoning the midwife for a childbirth, but to inquire about an event from over thirty years ago.
"Over thirty years ago? I don't remember!"
No sooner had the midwife finished speaking than she attempted to shut the door, her conscience guilty. She recalled accepting money from someone back then and had since taken money from that person again, all to keep the secret undisclosed.
"Wait a moment, sister!"
With a glance, the old housekeeper signaled the guard to stop the midwife.
"What do you want to do? The old woman already said she doesn't remember!"
The midwife's panicked expression made it clear that she found these two burly men beside her—a fellow elder—intimidating!
Again out of guilt, having accepted money years ago and agreed not to divulge the secret to anyone, she had kept it for over thirty years.
She thought she would take the secret to her grave since no one had investigated it for so many decades.
