Aunt Zhou was away from home, leaving her daughter-in-law, Jiang Lu, in the care of Zhao Guihua and Aunt Wang.
The two older women would visit every day, but Jiang Lu seemed perfectly fine. She knew that her due date wasn't actually close, as the time they thought she was due was nearly a month off from what she had calculated.
This was also why she was happy to let Aunt Zhou leave.
In truth, Aunt Zhou felt a bit uneasy about leaving, especially since Jiang Lu was carrying the Zhou family's only heir. But Jiang Lu had been very careful, and she planned to give birth in the hospital, so Aunt Zhou wasn't too worried. Even if she were there, there wasn't much she could do.
Another reason was that Wang Zhaodi's situation reminded Aunt Zhou of her own past. She wasn't sure if she was helping Wang Zhaodi because of Wang Zhaodi herself or because she saw her younger self in her—a girl who had lived in constant fear that her parents might sell her off to some shady place.
