Chapter 126

Su Qianqian's words successfully swayed Chen Lianzhen.

She only returned home after watching Chen Lianzhen and Pei Fugui carry the child to Su Qingyue's house.

"Where have you been? You were gone for the whole morning! The child was crying and making a fuss, and you weren't home. Don't you know Yuanbao needs to be fed?"

As soon as Su Qianqian entered the door, she was met with a barrage of scolding from Qiao Wang.

"I don't even know how you act as a mother, running around all day! If we had known about the child's fever earlier, would it have ended up like this?!"

Su Qianqian was trembling with rage, "Shen Xunbao! Do you think you're any better? Where were you, the father, when this was happening?"

Qiao Wang cast a cold glance at Su Qianqian, put on his coat, and walked out the door.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to work!" The main door was slammed shut, leaving Su Qianqian's figure in the courtyard looking desolate and lonely.

The child was still crying loudly in the bedroom. She walked quickly to the bed to pick up the child and feed him. But she had just fed Gaogao, and now she didn't have enough milk.

Yuanbao couldn't get any milk and kept opening his mouth, crying incessantly.

He cried with heart-wrenching sobs.

Regret and a sense of powerlessness eventually turned into anger that surged into Su Qianqian's heart.

At this moment, she directed all her hatred toward Su Qingyue!

If it weren't for her taking her place for sixteen years, the one who was smart and capable now would be Su Qianqian! The one who became the factory director would be Su Qianqian! The one supported and praised by everyone would be Su Qianqian!

She wouldn't have been reduced to relying on being an Educated Youth to gain her family's sympathy!

She wouldn't have had to fall out with her father over competing for favor!

She suffered in the countryside, and her child got bronchial pneumonia! Her own life was miserable, and the culprit behind all of this was Su Qingyue!

She must make Su Qingyue pay the price!

Knock, knock, knock!

"Pei Huaimei, open the door!"

Pei Fugui and Chen Lianzhen pounded on the door vigorously, "Pei Huaimei, open the door quickly!"

As soon as Pei Huaimei heard Pei Fugui's voice, she immediately shouted for the dogs, and Xiaohei and Xiaobai rushed out from the backyard, barking incessantly!

The pounding at the door stopped immediately.

Chen Lianzhen's voice came through, "Pei Huaimei, your little nephew is about to starve to death. Can you really be so heartless and not care?"

Pei Huaimei's heart tightened, "Didn't you hire someone to feed Gaogao? How could he still be starving?"

Chen Lianzhen's expression darkened, and she raised her voice, "Gaogao is sick! Give us some money so we can take the child to the Health Center to get checked out!"

Pei Fugui hardened his heart and pinched the base of Gaogao's thigh.

The child immediately screamed and cried, the sound loud enough to wake Su Qingyue.

She got up slowly and put on her clothes.

Hearing Gaogao crying so miserably, Pei Huaimei panicked. She opened the main door, only to see Chen Lianzhen and Pei Fugui standing at the entrance without coming in, while Gaogao, thin and tiny, was crying in gasps.

"Why is Gaogao even thinner than before?"

The child was being fed sporadically, so he certainly looked sallow and emaciated.

"What's going on?"

Su Qingyue came out, supporting her belly.

Chen Lianzhen looked at her large belly, thinking of the rumors in the village that Su Qingyue was pregnant out of wedlock, which was why the child was so big.

Her expression suddenly became somewhat awkward.

"Gaogao cries from hunger every day. We found someone to feed him, but now we have no money!"

Chen Lianzhen's tone was certainly not pleasant; she couldn't bring herself to speak softly whenever she saw Su Qingyue.

Su Qingyue looked at Gaogao, who was indeed pitifully thin and weak.

Her thoughts turned; if she gave them money, this couple might not even spend it on the child.

"So you've come to borrow money?"

Pei Fugui's eyes turned cold, "What kind of talk is that? As his aunt-in-law, and her as his aunt, shouldn't you help the child get through this difficult time?"

His voice was loud, and he spoke as if it were only natural.

Su Qingyue's face darkened instantly.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Pei Fugui roared, "Are you two even women? Su Qingyue, are you even a mother? You're about to be a mother yourself, and you don't even have this little bit of kindness?"

Chen Lianzhen even sat down on the ground holding the child, "If you don't give us money, I'm not leaving today!"

The two of them were speaking so loudly that the commotion soon startled the neighbors.

People gathered around in twos and threes.

They began to point and whisper.

"Qingyue, just give them some money. You are Gaogao's aunt-in-law."

"That's right, Huaimei is his aunt; she should also give the child some money."

"It's a pity Zhang Dongmei died so early; who knows what kind of life the child is living."

Su Qingyue suppressed her displeasure and said in a neither cold nor hot tone, "I can give money, but only five yuan at a time. Tell us where you are taking the child to be fed, and we will settle the bill directly. That is the only way."

She was not willing to give the money to this couple; who knew if they would spend it on Gaogao.

But wouldn't this be a slap in the face to Chen Lianzhen and her husband?!

Chen Lianzhen had aged a lot in the past six months, her face full of wrinkles. She cried out, "If you won't give it, then forget it! Why must you humiliate us two old people like this?!"

"In the last six months, my daughter-in-law passed away, Huaigang got sick, and we really spent all our money raising our grandson, which is why we came to you."

"You live in a big house! You run a factory and make so much money every day! You're not even willing to pay for Gaogao's milk. I don't have a daughter-in-law like you!"

"And, nobody even knows whose child is in your belly! It might not even be my Huaiye's!"

A thunderclap struck the ground.

The crowd whispered and pointed.

"Mother, what nonsense are you spouting! This is my sister-in-law, the child in her belly is my eldest brother's!"

Pei Huaimei was so angry she pushed Chen Lianzhen, her eyes red with fury, and she stood firmly in front of Su Qingyue.

Chen Lianzhen's eyes were filled with rage as she pointed at Pei Huaimei, "You unfilial daughter! I was wondering why the eldest gives you thirty yuan a month—did he bribe you? Did he make you hide this matter?!"

The crowd erupted again, and the discussions grew even louder.

Previously, there were rumors in the village that Su Qingyue's belly was big because she was pregnant out of wedlock. Now that her mother-in-law had said this, more filth was being splashed onto Su Qingyue.

The onlookers didn't say anything to her face, but the way they looked at Su Qingyue had clearly changed, filled with disgust and contempt.

"You rotten thing with a mouth full of dung! Do you think our Su family has no one left? Two shameless, stinking things coming to bully my sister!"

Before Li Zilan even arrived, her scolding voice could be heard.

Su Qingwu pushed through the crowd and grabbed Pei Fugui by the collar, "Pei Fugui, I'll ask you one thing: is Pei Huaiye your own son or not?"

He was so angry his voice trembled, "Is there anyone who slanders their own son and daughter-in-law like this? The living expenses Qingyue and Huaiye give you every month were truly wasted on you!"

"He's not here now, so you bully my sister?! You really are not a human being!" Su Qingwu threw Pei Fugui hard onto the ground!

"I'll say it again today: my sister and Pei Huaiye are in love, and she only got pregnant after they were married. If anyone listens to the words of villains and gossips, I will beat every single one of them!"

His gaze was sharp, and his voice was fierce, carrying an aura that made everyone present afraid to make a sound.

Yet in their hearts, they were thinking that Su Qingwu had truly changed.

After making money following Su Qingyue, he had also started putting on airs.

Su Mingqiang called Xiang Jianming over to disperse the crowd.

Su Qingyue finally gave Chen Lianzhen five yuan, "I'll say it again: every time the child is fed, I will settle the bill."

Chen Lianzhen said with a sneer, "Fine, give this money to Su Qianqian; she is the one feeding the child this week."