Chapter 96&97: The reborn of paranoid boss cannon fodder wife
Chapter 96 & 97: After Honesty...
He struggled to recall, glancing around to see who was beside him, dragging his heavy limbs and managing to sit up.
But before he could clearly see the person, he vomited.
Vomiting continuously, he lost consciousness and fell to the side.
Later, after an unknown period, it seemed someone was changing his clothes...
Memory terminated.
The next morning, waking up, he saw Bailu, dressed in a bathrobe, sleeping beside him.
Just as he changed clothes and prepared to leave, Li Xuelan arrived with people...
Xiao Cheng's memory inexplicably shifted to the previous night, a pair of soft and warm hands changing his clothes.
Lifting his deep gaze, he quietly looked at the girl in front of him.
Bailu felt a bit uneasy under his gaze and continued to explain, "That night, you vomited, and all the alcohol ended up on the bed. When I woke up, half-drunk and half-dazed, I changed all the bedsheets and covers. After changing, I left."
"That night was a gathering at the brick factory. The boss invited all the factory employees to the city for dinner and singing. I... my parents took me there. After leaving your room, I found my parents had already left, and I had no money on me. I couldn't take a car home."
"The city is far from the town, and there are long stretches without streetlights. I couldn't go home in the dark, so I had to return to your room."
At this point, Bailu paused.
She continued, "When I got back, I saw that your clothes were stained with a lot of alcohol. You were asleep, and I called you several times, but you didn't respond. So, I helped you change clothes. My clothes were also stained with alcohol, so I changed into a bathrobe. Nothing happened that night between us."
So, there was no possibility of pregnancy.
In fact, Bailu twisted the truth a bit. After Xiao Cheng vomited alcohol, the room was filled with the smell of strong liquor, waking up the original person. Still half asleep, she got up.
Without turning on the lights, the room was very dark. The original person saw an unfamiliar dark figure on the bed and left directly.
After going out, she found that Li Xuelan and her father had already left. The original person had no money and couldn't take a car home. The city was far from the town, and she didn't dare to walk back in the dark, so she had no choice but to return.
She took out new bedsheets and covers from the wardrobe, changed the alcohol-soaked ones on the bed, changed Xiao Cheng's clothes, and also changed into a bathrobe before lying down to sleep.
Nothing happened that night.
"The next morning when I woke up, I had a headache and couldn't remember anything." Bailu remained silent when Li Xuelan forced her to go find Xiao Cheng to take responsibility, making an explanation that the original person also couldn't remember.
Xiao Cheng frowned slightly when he heard her say, "Nothing happened that night between us."
He didn't have much memory. When he woke up the next morning, he didn't feel much.
It was the pregnancy test that caught him off guard.
Regarding the pregnancy test, Bailu knew Xiao Cheng must have doubts and explained, "The pregnancy test is real. One morning, I vomited, and my mom took me to the hospital for a check-up. After the doctor received the report, he personally confirmed the pregnancy."
"At that time, the person who had a check-up before me was also named Bailu, so there must have been a mistaken identity."
Xiao Cheng looked at her, his eyes deep and unreadable, his face calm and indifferent, remaining silent.
Bailu also knew that this kind of thing was too absurd and had a low credibility, but the fact was like this.
Unexpected disasters are unpredictable and unstoppable, especially the not-so-small probability of a mistaken identity.
The original person lacked intelligence, was timid and insecure, and had been bullied in school from childhood. The girls only threatened her to clean, copy homework, and no one was a true friend to her. They never discussed the small topics between girls with her.
Li Xuelan's feudal thoughts were deeply ingrained, and she would not popularize knowledge about gender with the original person.
Therefore, the original person didn't know how pregnancy was formed.
She thought it happened when two people slept together, like what she overheard while using the restroom. She didn't know that pregnancy wouldn't come during the menstrual cycle.
After moving into Xiao Cheng's house, the original person often went to find Li Shuixian and gave money to Li Shuixian, who chatted with her a few more words about such matters.
So, when Li Xuelan forced her to bring a pregnancy test and negotiate with Xiao Cheng, she agreed.
If it weren't for the pregnancy test and Li Xuelan threatening to get rid of the child, Xiao Cheng wouldn't have compromised.
He wouldn't have agreed to Li Xuelan's 30,000 yuan dowry.
After all, on the second morning after the drunken night, when Li Xuelan took the original person to find Xiao Cheng, trying to force him to take responsibility, Xiao Cheng's exact words were, "If you want money, I don't have any. If you want my life, take it if you can."
He was strong and unyielding, looking down on Li Xuelan.
Being taken advantage of and still being blackmailed into silence was not Xiao Cheng's style. Bailu entered Xiao Cheng's memory and knew his character, knowing his disdainful thoughts at the time.
Once again, handing over the notebook and money, she handed them to him: "Here is 6,080 yuan, plus the current chestnut stock in the woodshed, as well as the unpaid bills for Wang Cuihua, Wen Xiuyun, and Yu Fugui, which amounts to at least over 8,700 yuan."
"I know it's far from 30,000, and if you don't mind, I can use the candied chestnut method to offset the remaining debt. If you mind, please allow me to temporarily stay in your house, use your woodshed and kitchen, borrow the existing chestnuts. You can decide the rent, and when I earn enough to repay the debt, I will leave immediately."
Her tone was neither humble nor overbearing, polite and distant, without flattery or any hint of submissiveness.
Even if she stayed, it would be a negotiation of pride and choice. If she couldn't borrow, she wouldn't lower her head to beg.
Xiao Cheng had seen her pride, and he knew that her pride was deeply hidden, never leaking a trace during ordinary interactions, never making anyone uncomfortable.
The only time was when the police came to search the house. She confronted Liu Tiezhu in public, showing no signs of fear.
The unbowed pride that couldn't be defeated by any malicious force, the sharpness only showed a hint, suppressing the powerful aura of the whole scene.
At that time, she was stunning, upright, and even the group of people in uniforms were inferior to her.
At that time, he knew she was different from everyone, different from the town, different from the city, and different from the market.
He knew that she didn't belong here...
Bailu saw that Xiao Cheng didn't respond to the notebook and money for a long time, thinking he was still angry, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
She spoke, presenting the second plan: "If you don't want to see me, please lend me a hundred yuan, and I'll go find a place outside to stay. I'll wait for you to leave before coming over to make candied chestnuts. I'll make sure to accumulate 30,000 yuan as soon as possible and repay you. I won't appear in front of you again."
This was the last plan.
If Xiao Cheng didn't agree, she would take back all the money and be driven out. She wouldn't even borrow a hundred yuan.
Bailu didn't know what to do then.
Going home was too far away, and she couldn't go back.
She couldn't go to Li Xuelan's house; Li Xuelan had long said that a married daughter is like spilled water.
Having trouble and going back to find her was of no use; she couldn't help.
Xiao Cheng lowered his eyes slightly, looking at the yellowed notebook, the colorful money, and the delicate jade-like hands that didn't move.
Then he raised his gaze, fixedly looking at the girl in front of him.
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