Xu He was imdiately skeptical upon hearing the Village Branch Secretary’s words, asking in disbelief, "Wasn’t it soone from Fang Pingying’s family who said it?"
"No, it was soone nad Shuanzi..." The Village Branch Secretary explained the entire sequence of events, and of course, because he too was unaware of the actual situation, so of his account was based on conjecture.
However, it was quite clear that Xu He had caught the gist of the situation.
Shuanzi had co to her demanding money and had spilled all the beans. Now, whether it was her family or the villagers, everyone knew what Xu He was up to outside. And it was precisely because of this her reputation-loving father had fallen ill and been hospitalized.
Since the villagers had only heard bits and pieces, no one knew why Shuanzi had suddenly shown up to demand money. Thus, Xu He was still in the dark about the reason for Shuanzi’s visit, let alone the trouble with the child.
She simply thought that Shuanzi was being shalessly greedy, having had second thoughts about the money now that he had the child in his care.
She had anticipated such a ploy, which was precisely why she had deliberately moved to this location.
But knowing this much was plenty. Xu He definitely wouldn’t return to Luojia Village now.
To put it bluntly, even if her father passed away, she likely wouldn’t go back.
With that, she casually brushed off the Village Branch Secretary with a few words and hung up the phone.
After the call, Xu He started to ponder. Since Shuanzi could find her in the rural area to ask for money, it was very likely he’d soon co to look for her in the provincial city. And if her uncle could find her so easily, there was no guarantee Shuanzi couldn’t.
If she was found, not only would she lose the little savings she had, but all her secrets would be exposed as well. Then what would have been the point of all her hard work and scheming?
No, that wouldn’t do. For the sake of safety, it was clear she could no longer stay in the provincial city; she had to move away from here.
After all, for Xu He, with a substantial amount of money in her hands, life could be comfortable anywhere as long as she spent it prudently.
Previously, the reason she had co to the provincial city was that she hoped to benefit from Luo Zhiyong’s influence. But now that she wanted to keep her distance from them, there was no point in staying here.
Worried that Shuanzi would soon be on her trail, Xu He beca anxious.
As soon as she got ho, she hurriedly said to Zhou Yuni, "Quick, pack up, we’re leaving this place."
Zhou Yuni looked at Xu He as if she were insane. They had just discussed not leaving that morning, and now all of a sudden, she was in such a rush. Annoyed, Zhou Yuni asked, "Leaving here, to where?"
Xu He’s eyes darted around as she thought she couldn’t tell Zhou Yuni the truth, fearing she might let slip.
Seeing her silent, Zhou Yuni guessed wildly, "Are you thinking of going back to the rural area?"
"Right, back to the rural area. Haven’t you always wanted to go back?" Xu He imdiately agreed, thinking to herself that Zhou Yuni couldn’t read anyway, so she’d just follow along. Zhou Yuni wouldn’t know anything, and they’d deal with it once they were elsewhere.
"Okay then, I’ll get going," Zhou Yuni said joyfully. Then, as if she rembered sothing, she addressed Xu He, "But I want to go out this afternoon. Can you look after the kid for ?"
Xu He asked cautiously, "Why would you go out all of a sudden?"
Zhou Yuni didn’t hide it from Xu He and said directly, "I’m going to see Zhiming’s father. After all, we were husband and wife. I’m about to leave, and who knows when I’ll be able to see him again."
"You..." Xu He initially wanted to oppose outright, but she was afraid Zhou Yuni would beco suspicious and refuse to leave with her, causing trouble. Her expression changed and, to her surprise, she agreed, "If you want to see him, go ahead."
Seeing Xu He agree so readily, Zhou Yuni naturally did not suspect she had any other intentions and imdiately accepted, "Okay."
However, Xu He certainly wouldn’t give Zhou Yuni the chance to see Fang Pingying at this critical juncture. Therefore, in the afternoon, she started thinking of ways to keep Zhou Yuni at ho.
Originally, she thought about devising a sche to make it look like her own child had an accident since Zhou Yuni now cared most about her grandson. If anything happened to her grandson, she would definitely drop everything.
But though the child wasn’t her own flesh and blood, she was the one he followed every day, and he grew up drinking her milk. She felt so affection for him after all and couldn’t bear the thought.
Later, Xu He turned her attention to Zhuzhu. She saw Zhuzhu playing not far away and deliberately lured him to climb high. Sure enough, Zhuzhu fell from a high place as she teased him, injuring his forehead badly and bleeding a lot.
Xu He then pretended to be very anxious and urged Zhou Yuni to take Zhuzhu to see a doctor.
Although Zhou Yuni sotis complained about being reprimanded by Xu He for not receiving the living expenses from Luo Cuilan, Zhuzhu was still the child she had raised. She was heartbroken to see him hurt and imdiately took him to see a doctor in a flurry.
In the end, with all the fuss, the entire afternoon passed, and naturally, Zhou Yuni no longer had the chance to visit Luo Dashan.
That evening, when Luo Zhiming returned, Xu He told him about wanting to move to another place to live.
She lied to Luo Zhiming, saying that her uncle gave her so money. Although it was not enough to buy a house in the provincial city, it could suffice to purchase a house in a smaller place like an ordinary county.
Later, seeing that Luo Zhiming seed not quite convinced, she simply showed him the money and pointed out a specific location—a small county so distance from the provincial city—saying that her uncle had business there. If Luo Zhiming relocated, he could work in an office and wouldn’t have to haul bricks anymore.
Honestly, Luo Zhiming had spent more than half a year hauling bricks, not only was he exhaustingly tired every day, but he also saw the work as undignified. According to his nature, he had long wanted to quit. It was only Xu He’s insistence and the motivation that ca with having a child that forced him to continue.
Upon hearing Xu He’s proposal, he imdiately agreed.
In any case, for Luo Zhiming, he felt that he had already left his hotown, and it was all the sa wherever he went.
However, Luo Zhiming disagreed with leaving early the next morning, saying that there was still so money to be settled from the brick-hauling, and at the very least, he wanted to get his wages before they talked.
So, Xu He gave him the morning to settle his wages and then they would imdiately catch the train at noon.
Xu He originally thought it was only a matter of the morning and nothing would go wrong, but what she didn’t expect was that while she guarded against Zhou Yuni, she didn’t anticipate Luo Zhiming.
Luo Zhiming thought that since he was leaving, he might never see his family again, such as his father and Haohao. He thought he must go see them.
So, after settling his accounts on the construction site, he bought so things and went to Luo Dashan’s place.
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