Chapter 1140

Nanluoguxiang

Red Star Sihe Academy

Song Yulan sat on the bed knitting a sweater while talking about the incident between Xu Damao and Qin Huairu.

A man and a woman found in the cellar in the middle of the night—even if nothing happened, rumors would spread.

Especially with Shazhu, that reckless fool who acted like he'd been cuckolded, making such a scene; once this got out, Xu Damao and Qin Huairu wouldn't be able to clear their names even with a hundred mouths.

Song Yulan: "Do you think what Shazhu said is true? Was Xu Damao really doing that to Qin Huairu in the cellar?"

Cao Weiguo: "Who knows! Shazhu and Xu Damao have never gotten along!"

Song Yulan: "I feel like what Shazhu said doesn't sound fake! But it might not be true either! Think about it, in the pitch black! It's one thing for Qin Huairu to go get cabbage, but how is it such a coincidence that Xu Damao went to get radishes? I think there's a nine-in-ten chance those two are up to something!"

Cao Weiguo smiled, got into bed, and hugged Song Yulan: "Alright! Stop thinking about those messy things! Anyway, whether it's Shazhu, Xu Damao, or Qin Huairu, none of those three are innocent. Let's just close our door and live our own little life. You focus on your pregnancy and give me a big, fat boy."

Song Yulan snuggled into Cao Weiguo's arms: "Mm! I'll listen to you! Oh! Your hand..."

Cao Weiguo whispered in Song Yulan's ear: "Tonight let's do it like this... you..."

Song Yulan's pretty face turned as red as a ripe apple: "Oh! Why are you like this, always bullying me."

Cao Weiguo blew into Song Yulan's ear: "You're my wife, if I don't bully you, who do I bully?"

"Oh! You shameless thing! Turn off the light!"

"No! I like watching you..."

"Shameless!"

"Hahaha... I am shameless... My lady... I'm coming!"

"Oh... be careful... my belly..."

The Cao house was brightly lit, and shameful sounds rang out from time to time.

The first three months had passed, and both Cao Weiguo and Song Yulan were famished.

Every night, whether it was gentle or rough, they wouldn't stop until they had sparred a bit.

Even though Song Yulan had humbly sought advice from Li Xue, the wife of Lu Jin Peng, she could hardly handle the energetic Cao Weiguo.

The daily sparring made Song Yulan feel both love and fear.

But her own man couldn't always be left hungry!

Should she let him go out and find wild food?

Better to just endure the hardship!

Can't let the women outside benefit!

Middle Courtyard

Jia Zhangshi pointed at Qin Huairu's nose and roared: "Qin Huairu, do you still want any face? First it was Yi Zhonghai, now it's Xu Damao. What is it? Do you really think everyone in the courtyard is blind? The cellar is underground, but it's not the underworld!"

Qin Huairu wiped her tears: "Mom! I've already sworn to heaven! Xu Damao and I are innocent! We didn't do anything!"

Jia Zhangshi sneered: "You didn't do anything! I think! You just didn't have time to do it! If Shazhu hadn't ruined your fun, you probably would have collapsed the cellar!"

Qin Huairu's pretty face turned red: "That's too harsh! Can't you believe me! Am I that unbearable in your eyes?"

Jia Zhangshi poked Qin Huairu's forehead hard with her finger: "Believe you! If I believed you, I'd have to sleep on the street! When I was a widow, you were still a little girl! Trying to play tricks on me? You're still too young! I'm telling you! Be careful from now on! If you cause another scandal like this, I'll skin you alive!"

Qin Huairu wiped her tears: "Believe it or not! Anyway, I haven't done anything to let down the Jia family!"

Jia Zhangshi sneered: "Keep being stubborn! Did those five white flour steamed buns at noon come for free? Did Xu Damao give them to you? Tell me! How could you be so cheap! Five buns and he took you down? You're shameful!"

Qin Huairu said angrily: "I'm shameful? I am shameful! Didn't you eat those buns? You ate three of the five buns yourself! If you think I'm shameful, don't eat the buns I bring back in the future!"

Jia Zhangshi slapped the table and shouted: "Good for you, Qin Huairu! You're getting tough! I ate the buns because I should! A daughter-in-law should respect her mother-in-law! If I don't eat my fill, how can I look after the children! If I don't eat my fill, how can I look after the Jia family! Without me, this family would have fallen apart long ago! Without me, this old woman, you and the three children would have been eaten to the bone by those beasts!"

Qin Huairu: "You think it's easy for me! If it wasn't for this family, would I have to flirt with those stinky men! You think I want to show my face outside! You think I want to be shameful! I also want to eat and drink well like Song Yulan! But can your Jia family give me that kind of life? I haven't enjoyed a single day of happiness since I married into the Jia family! I've worked like a horse and ox for this family! And you're still not satisfied! If you're not satisfied, then all the food, drink, and chores of this family will be left to you!"

Jia Zhangshi said with a gloomy face: "Good! Good! So you've finally said what's on your mind! I know it's hard for you! I was young once too! I can see through your little thoughts! Are you trying to find a man to bring into the house! Or are you trying to remarry! I'm telling you! No way!"

Qin Huairu: "When did I say that! Did I say I wanted to find a man! Did I say I wanted to remarry!"

Jia Zhangshi: "You didn't say it, but that's what you've been thinking. I won't waste any more breath on you. I'll just tell you this: as long as I'm alive, this family must bear the name Jia. As long as you stay in this family, there can only be one man in this house, and that's Banggeng. If you want to remarry, you can, but you leave your job and the children behind, and you can go wherever you want."

Qin Huairu ran out of the room wiping her tears: "Just force me to death then!"

Jia Zhangshi spat on the ground: "Pah! You shameless bitch, acting like the victim!"

Qin Huairu ran into the courtyard and squatted by the pool, crying her eyes out.

Jia Zhangshi's words were like a rope, tightening around her neck and making it hard to breathe.

Can't bring a man into the house, can't take the children and remarry... then what hope does she have in this life?

Just relying on herself to hold on like this. Just living out the rest of her life in misery.

She's only in her thirties!

She's still young!

She still has plenty of time!

She also wants to be cared for, cherished, and loved!

"Wuwuwu..."

Qin Huairu cried sadly, and Shazhu felt as if his heart were being cut by a knife.

Unable to resist the impulse in his heart, Shazhu stepped out of his house step by step.

"Sister Qin, it's cold outside, go back inside."

"Zhuzi!"

Qin Huairu looked up at Shazhu, her tear-stained face making people feel pity.

At this moment, Shazhu really wanted to hold the pitiful woman in front of him in his arms and use his hot blood to warm and protect her.