I Bacame the Mother of His Child-Chapter 124: A Basketful of Melodrama

Song Chengguang and Zhao Nan quickly washed their hands and sat down at the table, where Xu Xiuxiu handed each of them a large meat bun. The two little guys ate with gusto, honoring Xu Xiuxiu’s bun-making skills. After devouring one big meat bun each, they even had a smaller vegetarian bun, thankfully Xu Xiuxiu had prepared plenty. The steamed buns that Song Yuanhuan didn’t finish, which was over half, were all polished off by someone else.

After dinner, Xu Xiuxiu began to tidy up the dining table, while Song Yuanhuan rolled up his sleeves and helped out, taking the chance to whisper in the kitchen about whether to send Zhao Nan home or not.

"I can’t bear to send Zhao Nan back. Let’s just let him stay over and sleep with Cheng Guang!" Xu Xiuxiu said softly, her tone was serious; she was actually worried that Zhao Nan would be bullied by Guo Cuiping and Shi Tao when he went back— just the thought made her heart ache, so how could she willingly send Zhao Nan back to that pit of fire?

"Don’t worry, it’s not a wolf’s den. That’s his home, and Zhao Jian Country is his father. I’m sure he loves his son too," Song Yuanhuan said with a laugh as he glanced at Xu Xiuxiu. "I’ll take him back in a bit. Zhao Jian Country is at home now, and I will give him a reminder," Song Yuanhuan promised Xu Xiuxiu.

"Alright then!" Xu Xiuxiu thought about how she had agreed with Guo Cuiping to send Zhao Nan back after dinner and now wanted to keep him, which really wasn’t quite possible, so she reluctantly agreed.

Later in the night, after Xu Xiuxiu had put Song Chen to bed, she rushed back to the bedroom in a fluster. Inside, Song Yuanhuan had already washed up and was lying on the bed, his robust chest exposed. Upon seeing Xu Xiuxiu enter the room, he immediately patted the empty half of the bed and gave her a wicked smile, "Come on over." The shameless man had everything ready, just waiting for Xu Xiuxiu to join him.

"I haven’t applied my face cream yet!" Xu Xiuxiu, who was anxious to ask Song Yuanhuan about Zhao Jian Country, suddenly blushed at the sight of Song Yuanhuan’s lecherous demeanor and coyly walked over to the dressing table in the room to apply her face cream, hoping to put off the inevitable for just a little longer.

"Don’t you want to know about Zhao Jian Country?" Song Yuanhuan called out lazily from behind to the little lady who was trying to avoid him.

"Yes." Xu Xiuxiu blurted out.

"Then why are you wasting time dilly-dallying?" Song Chengguang hooked his lips as he looked at Xu Xiuxiu, his demeanor rascally: "Xu Xiuxiu, feeding me is the key. Otherwise, you’ll regret it!"

"I have nothing to regret," Xu Xiuxiu scoffed, not buying into Song Yuanhuan’s scare tactics; this man was a master at intimidation.

"I’ll show you with my actions," Song Yuanhuan said, ready to pounce as he threw off the quilt. Clad only in thin shorts, he didn’t feel the slightest bit uncomfortable as he stepped closer to Xu Xiuxiu.

Xu Xiuxiu had already seen the man’s movements in the large mirror before her. Her heart gave a slight, stimulating twitch, but just as she lingered for a moment on the proud definition of his abs, the man had already encircled her body. fгeewebnovёl.com

"Wife, it’s cold in early spring. Let me warm you up." The naughty man picked up Xu Xiuxiu horizontally, tossed her on the bed, and after much tossing and turning, leaving Xu Xiuxiu drenched in sweat and having satiated the hungry wolf, she finally learned about Zhao Jian Country’s marriage ordeal.

"You’re saying that Zhao Jian Country caved to a forced marriage because of his parents and also to repay a debt?" Xu Xiuxiu yawned and asked Song Yuanhuan somewhat speechlessly. From what he was saying, it seemed she understood less and less about the whole affair.

In this bizarre world, was everyone’s thinking off-kilter? Repaying a debt? There were so many ways to repay someone; why must one sacrifice their own happiness? And even if Zhao Jian Country was willing to sacrifice himself, did he ever consider how his actions would affect Zhao Nan?

"Zhao Jian Country’s ex-wife gave birth to Zhao Nan at home. They said that, at the time, the family conditions were poor. Zhao Jian Country had originally taken leave to be with her during the birth but was then called away on a sudden military task. Even knowing that his ex-wife’s condition with Zhao Nan was not good, Zhao Jian Country’s father and mother still refused to spend money and insisted on not sending her to the county hospital to give birth. On the day of delivery, Mrs. Zhao herself boiled water to help with the birth, and it was only with great difficulty that the woman gave birth to Zhao Nan. Due to poor sterilization measures, she had a massive hemorrhage right after the birth. By the time Zhao Jian Country returned from his mission, half a month had passed, Zhao Nan was newly born and crying for food, and that woman had already died in the house. Upon her death, Old Zhao and Mrs. Zhao immediately neglected Zhao Nan and had their daughter leave him at the gate of the town government."

"At that time, Shi Tao’s father had won some money gambling, got drunk, and happened to pass by the town government when he heard the weak cries of the child. He sobered up quite a bit after the shock and then saw Zhao Nan abandoned in a corner of the town government entrance, the little guy weakly crying with his mouth open. Perhaps it was because Guo Cuiping had just gotten pregnant, and at that moment, about to become a father himself, he decided to do a good deed. Seeing how pitiful Zhao Nan was, he picked him up and took him home while still drunk."

"Guo Cuiping was just newly pregnant at that time, and she too had a soft spot for the child. Together, the couple decided to keep the child and even bought some milk powder to feed him. Shi Tao’s dad might’ve been a bit of a scoundrel on most days, but somehow, he was quite good to Zhao Nan, raising him to be healthy and chubby. Half a month later, when Zhao Jian Country returned from flood relief efforts in the south, Old Zhao and Mrs. Zhao shirked responsibility, telling him that both mother and child had died in childbirth and were buried. Zhao Jian Country, upon hearing this, was so distraught he almost went mad with a knife to attack people. Frightened, the youngest daughter of the Zhao family spilled the truth, and Zhao Jian Country finally found Zhao Nan. Although he gave them a sum of money as thanks, the fact that Zhao Nan survived really owed a lot to the two of them."

"Shi Tao’s dad owed a huge gambling debt around last October and thought to sneak away. He attempted to cross from the town reservoir to the opposite hillside to hide for a while under the cover of night but accidentally fell into the reservoir. By the time his body was discovered, it was almost decomposed. When the debtors saw that he had died, they began to harass Guo Cuiping for money every few days. She had no way out and, knowing that Zhao Jian Country was advancing in the military, she set her sights on him. She gritted her teeth and gave Old Zhao 200 yuan, and he, seeing money in front of him, didn’t hesitate to threaten Zhao Jian Country."

"Zhao Jian Country wasn’t foolish; he knew Guo Cuiping really couldn’t make it through, so when he came back after the New Year, he borrowed a few hundred dollars from us and sent it home to help her pay off the debt before returning home to deal with the problem. That woman also followed him into the military, and I heard they’ve already gotten married. They say Guo Cuiping brought up the past incident with Zhao Nan to plead her case, and Zhao Jian Country, cornered on both sides, had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree. Originally, Zhao Jian Country thought that since Guo Cuiping had been good to Zhao Nan before, it wouldn’t be too bad now, but it turned out that Guo Cuiping didn’t live up to expectations."