"I..." Duan Fenghua was left speechless for a long ti by Mr. Xu’s questioning, and finally helplessly slumped into the chair, saying, "I only found out later, but Hehua insisted on doing it, and I really had no choice."
"You..." Mr. Xu suddenly rembered sothing, "Where did Hehua’s child co from now?"
At this point of the confrontation, Duan Fenghua dared not deceive Mr. Xu any further, and had to relay everything truthfully.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Xu’s face turned pale with anger. He pointed at Duan Fenghua for a while, then suddenly his eyes rolled back, and he fainted on the spot.
This completely terrified Duan Fenghua. She no longer cared about keeping up appearances and imdiately ran out, calling out to the neighbors to rush Mr. Xu to the hospital.
In just that short mont, the matter about Xu He had already spread to every corner of the village. Everyone in the village who loved to gossip knew about it by then.
While the villagers were sending Mr. Xu to the hospital, although they didn’t directly ntion anything about Xu He, they all tried to console Duan Fenghua, "Aunt Xu, if the girl doesn’t listen, there’s nothing you can do. Try to teach her if you can, let her be if you can’t, it’s co to this point anyway."
The villagers spoke bluntly without any tact, and eventually, their words turned harsh, talking about how Xu He was reckless with n and won outside, indecent, and had morally degenerated.
Duan Fenghua was left speechless by these comnts, she couldn’t even deny it. Her own daughter was indeed married but had an affair with another man and gave birth to a child, then sold that child; each fact proving their comnts right.
Yet, since these people had helped send Mr. Xu to the hospital, she couldn’t really bla them and could only sit tight-lipped, listening to them disparaging Xu He.
But as a mother, how could she endure hearing her daughter being spoken about like this? After the villagers brought Mr. Xu to the hospital, she sent them away and stayed there alone to take care of him.
Mr. Xu only regained consciousness after ergency treatnt in the hospital later that evening.
Upon waking up, he was still furious and refused to speak with Duan Fenghua. She tried to feed him, but he wouldn’t eat or talk, simply lying silently in bed.
Seeing Mr. Xu like this, Duan Fenghua beca extrely anxious. She knelt in front of his bed with a "thump," crying out, "Old man, you can hit or scold as you wish, but please don’t torture yourself like this. Our daughter has already beco like this, what will I do if sothing happens to you?"
Mr. Xu looked at Duan Fenghua, his heart softened a bit, but he still stubbornly remained silent.
Although he was not considered highly respected in the village, he believed his family was better off and morally upright than others; however, such a disgraceful incident being uncovered was hard for him to accept.
Seeing his reaction, Duan Fenghua continued to apologize, "Although it was wrong this ti, I really had no other option. I tried to advise Hehua, but you know her temperant; I couldn’t stop her. After all, she is my daughter, and as a mother, I can’t simply watch her die, right?"
"Moreover, the reason I didn’t tell you was that I feared it would upset you. I had no ulterior motives; there’s nothing for to gain from this situation, I did it for you and our daughter."
Having been married for a lifeti, and knowing that Duan Fenghua certainly wasn’t the one at fault, Mr. Xu’s heart softened after fully regaining his senses. Without saying much, he just instructed Duan Fenghua, "Make a call and have Xu He co back tomorrow; I want to ask her myself if she still has any sha left."
Duan Fenghua found it slightly awkward, "I don’t know where she is now, even Shuanzi can’t find her, so she definitely doesn’t live at the previous place anymore."
Mr. Xu knew she was right, so he considered a mont, then said, "Then call your brother, and ask him to look for her. The provincial city isn’t too big or too small; if you really put your heart into finding soone, with your brother’s capabilities, he will definitely be able to find her."
Though Duan Fenghua was also worried about Xu He’s current situation, she agreed, "Alright, I’ll call my brother now to have him bring Xu He back."
Duan Fenghua made a call to the city, and her brother agreed to help find her.
In fact, in any era, as long as you have money, things can be handled easily. Even though Xu He had been hiding mainly because she was afraid of Shuanzi and also afraid that Fang Pingying would expose the matter of her child, she took Luo Family and moved to a very remote place in the provincial city; yet, ultimately, they were still located by people hired by her uncle.
Her uncle didn’t know what Xu He had done, just told her that her father had been hospitalized and asked her to return.
Upon hearing this, Xu He agreed to her uncle, saying she would return.
Although Xu He was not good, she was still filial at heart; the mont she knew about her father’s hospitalization, without another thought, she imdiately packed up her things and said she was going back ho.
However, when Zhou Yuni heard Xu He was returning, she also insisted on taking her child back with her, even saying that the child hadn’t had a proper full-month celebration since birth and that they should organize one this ti back ho.
Of course, to Zhou Yuni, talking about organizing a full-month celebration was just an excuse; in reality, she wanted to show off back ho that she had a grandson.
This was because Luo Zhiming had also been suspected of fertility issues while he was at ho, and this was her chance to lift her head high.
Plus, the place they were residing in was extrely remote, nearly outside the city, in the suburbs.
When Xu He moved there, she told them it was to save on rent, so they chose that place.
Since the house they rented was quite similar to those in the countryside, Zhou Yuni didn’t want to stay anymore, feeling it would be better to take the children back to the countryside.
After all, now in the city, including Zhuzi and the children, there were five mouths to feed, and the expenses, including rent, were becoming a burden.
She thought about taking the two children back, letting Xu He and Luo Zhiming stay in the city to work and earn money.
But Xu He would surely not agree to let Zhou Yuni and others return, mainly because she wanted to cut off any contact with both Shuanzi and Fang Pingying. She wasn’t particularly worried about Shuanzi, but by living in this isolated place, even if Fang Pingying wanted to, they couldn’t be contacted.
To put it harshly, Xu He was essentially isolating Luo Zhiming and Zhou Yuni, preventing them from contacting other mbers of the Luo and Fang families.
But now, if they returned, Zhou Yuni would surely make calls there, reestablishing connections, which would destabilize everything.
Because of this selfish concern, Xu He even started to feel less urgent about her own father’s illness than before.
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