William Brooks felt a stir in his heart. Madam? Subordinate? Hmm, it seems the family I’ve been born into isn’t bad at all, and I probably have a certain status; looks like life after my birth won’t be too hard. William Brooks couldn’t help but feel a bit pleased. Hearing that slightly aged voice mention medicine, William Brooks immediately realized that it was probably a dose of labor-inducing medicine! Otherwise, why say ‘mother and child safe, smooth delivery’?

If William Brooks were outside right now, he would definitely shout: Using medicine to induce labor isn’t good! Letting nature take its course is the way to go!

His body trembled slightly—most likely his mother had personally taken the medicine. Then a gentle voice said, “Many thanks, Mr. Foster. Someone, serve tea to Mr. Foster.”

“Madam, you are too kind. If there’s nothing else, this subordinate will take his leave.” That aged voice again.

“Safe travels, Mr. Foster. Someone, see Mr. Foster out.” The voice faded into the distance.

William Brooks sighed. It seemed he had no choice but to take this medicine.

A few more hours passed. While meditating and cultivating, William Brooks suddenly felt a strange medicinal energy slowly flowing into his body through the umbilical cord. For a moment, he sensed something was wrong. His whole body felt uncomfortable... William Brooks was startled. Oh my god, could this be poison?

Circulating his true qi, William Brooks carefully examined the medicinal energy he had absorbed, and nearly cursed out loud: How is this labor-inducing medicine? It’s even less a medicine to protect the fetus! The only effect of this medicine seems to be to stimulate the fetus in the womb to move more! If an ordinary baby took this, they would surely be unable to withstand the medicinal force and toss and turn. If this happened after birth, it might be fine, but in the womb, don’t forget, there’s still a life-critical umbilical cord! A few flips and turns, and it would almost certainly get tangled around something... In that case, the mother would have a difficult labor, and a tragedy of both mother and child dying would be unavoidable!

This Foster medical officer clearly harbors ill intentions! William Brooks gritted his teeth and memorized the sound of this man’s voice! Luckily, it’s your young master in my mother’s belly—otherwise, I’d have died a senseless death, and dragged my mother down with me! This is intolerable!

Without showing any sign, William Brooks dissolved the medicinal energy that had entered his body, but his heart was filled with suspicion: There’s no way that medical officer would harm my mother for no reason. Besides, as a professional medical officer, he shouldn’t have any major conflict with my mother’s family! Unless he doesn’t want his head and is tired of living. But from his voice, that old man is already quite advanced in age—having survived this long, he doesn’t seem like someone seeking death.

Aside from these reasons, one thing is certain: there must be someone behind this old Foster pulling the strings! For the first time, William Brooks realized that the family he was about to be born into was not so simple! There was actually an enemy targeting a pregnant woman about to give birth and her unborn child—their malice was evident! William Brooks couldn’t help but feel a bit anxious. What kind of environment would he have to face?

In William Brooks’s memory, it seemed that in ancient times, as long as someone held the title of medical officer, without exception, they served the ruling royal family—commonly known as ‘imperial physicians.’

If his guess was correct, then the family he was in now was definitely not ordinary! This could be inferred from the respectful tone the Foster medical officer used with his mother! As an imperial physician, his position was enough to ignore ninety-nine percent of people in the world! Yet he was so respectful to his mother! This clearly showed that the family he was in—more precisely, the clan—held a position of great importance in this world, or at least in the empire where this clan resided!

All this indicated that his mother and father must have high status within the clan! They were most likely direct descendants of the family’s ruling line! After all, the hidden enemy had even mobilized an imperial physician to deal with an unborn baby!

Now William Brooks could be sure: the real purpose of the hidden enemy instructing the imperial physician to administer the drug was to erase him, the soon-to-be-born baby, from this world!

But why would someone target a fetus with no power to threaten anyone? Could his existence pose a threat to someone? After thinking it over, William Brooks could only come up with this explanation for the hidden enemy’s true motive!

Since his existence threatened someone’s interests, as a baby, whose interests could he possibly threaten? His greatest role would be to become an heir to the clan. But following this line of thought, William Brooks helplessly realized that his initial assumption was wrong!