Wen Manman was furious. Jiang Ning had just checked out, so how could she say there were no rooms available?

The older woman smiled disdainfully upon hearing this.

"Are you out of your mind? Someone booked the room and didn't say they wanted a refund. How am I supposed to know if they've left or not? Besides, that's the best room we have here. It costs five yuan a night. Can you afford that?"

The sarcastic words made Wen Manman blush, but she could only endure it, since she was all alone and heavily pregnant!

She quickly left the guesthouse to find another one.

This place is nothing like the city center, where the main streets have streetlights. Here, there are only a few streetlights in the busiest areas, and in many sections, you can't even see the road clearly.

She didn't know how much time had passed before she finally saw another store.

Here, the shop assistant asked her how many days she would be staying.

She thought to herself that she should call her mother and ask her to come pick her up, just in case things got complicated.

The call was made to the nightclub, and Jiang Rou answered. She was not surprised to hear that Jiang Ning had followed her so far.

"Find a place to stay and get something to eat right away. I'll talk to your mother and she'll definitely bring you back."

Hearing her say that, Wen Manman felt a mix of emotions and was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes.

Jiang Rou hung up the phone, but instead of going to find Wen's mother immediately, she continued drinking, planning to talk to her when the party was almost over.

Knowing that her mother was coming, Wen Manman felt a sense of anticipation and was less afraid. She quickly told the shop assistant that she would stay at the shop for a day.

Seeing that she was heavily pregnant, the shop assistant arranged a room for her on the first floor.

This is a place frequented by truck drivers; the room rate is only 50 cents a night.

The personnel are quite diverse, including both drivers and hoodlums.

As soon as she unlocked the door, a group of thugs rushed in and took all the money she had on her.

"You...you bunch of piece of shit, give me my money back!"

She knew how important that money was and it absolutely could not be stolen.

The thug spit out his saliva as he counted the money, a wicked smile spreading across his face.

"This woman has a fiery temper!"

"It's a pity she's pregnant, so she can't play! We can only rob her of the money."

The thugs were joking and teasing each other.

Wen Manman was furious. She was pregnant, couldn't they at least show her some respect?

As she spoke, she began to shout loudly:

"Catch the pervert! Everyone come quick!"

Hearing her scream, the thugs were not afraid at all; instead, they deliberately made movements to tear at her clothes.

"Scream! Shout louder, see if anyone comes to save you!"

Wen Manman finally got scared, took out all the remaining money from her pocket, and threw it at them.

"I've given you everything, now get out!"

The thug took the money and left satisfied.

She quickly closed the door, leaned against it, and slowly slid down, bursting into tears.

She's pregnant, why are you treating her like this?

Don't they have any compassion at all?

At this point, she finally became convinced that Jiang Ning had tricked her into coming here and subjecting her to such inhuman torture.

She was so angry! She had clearly seen two figures in her room, but she hadn't managed to take a picture at the crucial moment.

In this state of regret and resentment, her stomach began to rumble.

She hasn't eaten anything since noon, not even a sip of water, and is probably starving by now.

She herself is fine, but the baby in her belly needs to eat!

She opened the door, checked that no one was outside, and then quickly went to the front desk to ask for some food.

"I'm sorry, our guesthouse doesn't provide food. You can go outside and buy some," the receptionist kindly reminded her.

Wen Manman asked for help in a good-natured manner: "Could you do me a favor and leave me some food? I don't have any money on me right now, but my mom will bring some tomorrow."

The receptionist seemed to have heard something funny, and while suppressing a laugh, she still spoke very politely:

"I'm so sorry, I really don't have any food here."

Her cold and aloof expression completely enraged Wen Manman. She picked up an ashtray from the front desk and smashed it on the ground.

"How can you be so heartless! Can't you see I'm heavily pregnant? What's wrong with you buying me some money? It's not like I'm not willing to pay!"

As she spoke, she started making a scene, as if she wanted everyone to know that she had a conflict with the receptionist.

In those days, those who could afford to run a guesthouse were not to be trifled with. Before long, a burly man came in, grabbed her, and threw her outside.

"If you're not comfortable here, then don't stay here. You only paid one dollar and fifty cents, what more could you expect in terms of service!"

Overwhelmed by the man's absolute dominance, she had no choice but to leave the guesthouse.

The receptionist, considering she was heavily pregnant, refunded her 1.5 yuan room fee.

Wen Manman walked in the pitch-black night, clutching the one yuan and fifty cents in her hand, her tears gone.

At least now she has money to buy some food.

However, after walking for a while, all she saw were closed shops; all the shops were shut down.

At this point, Jiang Ning and the others found a place to eat, then returned to their car and prepared to go home.

A bolt of lightning suddenly streaked across the sky, illuminating the village not far away.

This is the suburbs, and you can see vast stretches of farmland.

Soon after, thunder rumbled, and large raindrops pounded on the car.

"Hold on tight, we're off!"

Lin Chen fastened his seatbelt and started the car.

Wang Meizhu was somewhat excited when she saw it was raining.

"That Wen Manman is about to get soaked to the bone."

Jiang Ning: "That can't be right. She must have money on her. She could find a guesthouse to stay in!"

She didn't intend to do anything to Wen Manman; she just wanted to teach her a small lesson.

For a pregnant woman to spend the night outside is already a difficult situation.

Wang Meizhu: "I don't care, I'm going to pray to God right now that a thunderbolt will scare her to death!"

Haven't we taught her a lesson for the paint-throwing incident last time?

They actually dared to have such wicked thoughts. They're courting death, so don't blame others for handing them a knife.

More than an hour later, after dropping Wang Meizhu off at home, Lin Chen parked the car at the entrance of the courtyard house and used his coat as an umbrella to protect Jiang Ning as she walked home.

At this time, Wang Xiufen was still sitting in the living room watching TV, not asleep. When she saw them come back, she hurriedly asked them if they had eaten.

"I was so worried about the heavy rain."

She helped them hang up their coats.

Lin Chen: "Mom, why aren't you asleep yet? We've already eaten and we didn't get wet in the rain. Go to sleep now."

By the way, are the children all doing well?

Wang Xiufen insisted on making them some ginger and brown sugar water, and went to the kitchen to chop ginger.

“They’re doing great. I even bought them a small cake in case they had any complaints.”

Lin Chen smiled knowingly:

"It must be Jiaojiao begging for food again. I know you're soft-hearted, so you'll definitely agree."

Jiang Ning: "They haven't eaten this in a long time, so it's okay for them to have a piece now and then."

In the pitch-black night, with a cold wind and rain, a desolate feeling pervaded the air.

Inside the room, Jiang Ning picked up the steaming ginger tea and began to drink it.

So warm.