Chapter 12: Successors?

When night fell, Hana’s bedroom door was forcibly opened from the outside using a spare key.

The three middle-aged women entered while carrying Hana’s babies, who had already been cleaned and changed into fresh clothes.

Their eyes scanned Hana’s completely empty room. There was only a single sofa where Hana was currently lying down.

"Ha! Look at this poor girl," Jexy said after a moment.

"She wants to take care of all three of her babies by herself when she can’t even take care of herself. Does she intend to let all three babies sleep on the floor?" she asked, shaking her head.

Jexy walked toward Hana, then used her free hand to slap Hana on the cheek, waking her up.

"Hmm?" Hana murmured as she opened her eyes.

"Your child is hungry. Feed him. After you breastfeed him tonight, we’ll take him back to our room," she said, holding out Hana’s second son, who had been squirming restlessly from hunger.

Hana took him and immediately began breastfeeding without thinking twice. She had not even fully opened her eyes yet.

Once all three of her babies were full, Hana looked up at the three women.

"Why are you still here?"

Jexy snorted and took Hana’s eldest son from her.

"Go back to sleep. We’ll take care of the babies again. We also brought you some bird’s nest soup. It’s on the table. You can eat it if you’re hungry."

"Didn’t you say you would only take care of my babies until noon?" Hana protested, reaching out to take her eldest son back.

"Where do you want to put him? On the floor? Or in that filthy food cart of yours?"

"Find some money and buy them beds. Once you can afford them, we’ll let you sleep with all three of them at night."

Hana scratched her head, her hair already somewhat greasy and flat. Then she looked around the room, which contained absolutely nothing.

"Then I’ll let you take care of them tonight. I’ll work hard to find a job tomorrow and buy beds for my sons," Hana said after a moment.

"That’s good. I’m glad you’re thinking that way," Jexy said. "Finish the bird’s nest soup. There are also a few bottles of herbal tonic that I made myself. They’ll help you recover after giving birth."

Hana smiled and nodded at them.

"Okay... thank you."

The three women left without changing their expressions. As soon as Hana heard the sound of her bedroom door closing, she immediately sat down on the chair beside the door.

And just as the middle-aged woman had said, there was indeed bird’s nest soup, several pieces of fruit, and a bottle of tonic.

Hana ate them without a second thought.

After entering her home earlier, she had found many bottles of similar tonics under the table.

It was obvious that the people who had been feeding the original owner of this body throughout her pregnancy were these three women. Because of that, Hana no longer suspected them.

After finishing her meal, Hana tidied up her rather messy room. She put the discarded tissues and empty bottles behind the sofa into a garbage bag.

"Damn. Was the original owner of this body really so filthy that she threw tissues everywhere behind the sofa?" she muttered.

That night, Hana spent her time cleaning the dirty room and putting everything back in order. She finally went to sleep at three in the morning, only to sleep for two hours before waking up again because her babies were crying from hunger.

Hana sighed when she saw that the sun had already risen.

"Auntie, I’ll leave my three children with you for now. I’ll go look for a job after this," Hana said. She slowly stretched her body before walking away from their bedroom door.

"Eat first before you go looking for a job," Jexy ordered.

Hana turned around and looked at the three women with sparkling eyes. She had actually been waiting for them to call her over for breakfast.

"Since Auntie is forcing me, I won’t be polite anymore," Hana said.

Jexy said nothing, simply letting Hana sit down and eat several pieces of steamed bread and a bowl of hot noodles.

"I heard the shop in front of the inn is hiring. You can try applying there if you want. The salary isn’t high, but it should be enough to support your three sons," Jexy said.

Hana looked up at the middle-aged woman in front of her, who was busy peeling peanuts.

"You don’t have any special skills, your identity card is fake, and all your diplomas are gone. You can only work somewhere like that. Especially with your children still being babies, you can’t work somewhere too far away," Jexy added.

Jezy approached after putting Hana’s third son to sleep.

"She’s right. With your miserable circumstances, don’t expect to work at a large company wearing neat clothes."

Hana’s face immediately crumpled. She wanted to cry. She really wanted to cry.

In her previous life, although she had never been the smartest student, she had always ranked well in class. She had always dreamed big, too. Hana had never imagined that she would end up in a situation like this.

Jesy entered from outside the room and walked into the dining area where the others had gathered.

"Wear this," she said, handing Hana a plastic bag filled with clothes.

"If you want to apply for a job, you need to improve your appearance. Just throw away those clothes of yours that are practically falling apart. Do you want to seduce a man looking that miserable?"

Hana accepted the bag and slowly opened it. Inside were four new outfits for her.

"Why are you willing to be so kind to me?" Hana finally asked.

"For your children."

"My children? What about them?" Hana asked, furrowing her brows.

"We’re going to make them our successors. They have extraordinary talents. So, of course, if we want to win their favor, we have to make their mother comfortable first," Jexy replied.

"Successors? What do you mean?"

"This isn’t what I imagined, is it?"