Chapter 8 Observing with a Cold Eye

The more Xia Baijiao thought about it, the more convinced she became that this was indeed the case.

It's not that easy to get pregnant on the first try. It must be that Xia Fanxing didn't want her to be with Song Hechao, so she deliberately lied about being pregnant in order to take the opportunity to climb the social ladder.

Xia Baijiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Since Xia Fanxing wasn't pregnant, the space couldn't have been opened, and she certainly wasn't the one who emptied the Song family's assets.

But the space requires her blood after she became pregnant to open...

Xia Baijiao narrowed her eyes, and started plotting something mischievous again.

The comments section said that Xia Fanxing is the female lead of this world, with the female lead's halo, and she can be reborn from the brink of death as long as there is any chance.

That night was an accident; she didn't know who the person Xia Fanxing slept with was.

This time, she was personally selecting the worst of the worst, so she naturally had to choose the worst of the worst and not give Xia Fanxing even the slightest chance to turn the tables.

As Xia Baijiao thought about it, she couldn't help but smile.

At this moment, the female doctor came to treat and bandage her.

"Where are my parents?" Xia Baijiao stretched out her arm to look outside.

"They went out on business." The female doctor first disinfected the wound with iodine.

Xia Baijiao cried out in pain as the female doctor gripped her arm and said coldly, "Don't move!"

Xia Baijiao frowned deeply: "Why does it hurt so much?"

"Disinfecting the wound will definitely hurt."

Xia Baijiao could only endure it.

While the medicine was being applied, Xia Baijiao felt dizzy and her vision blurred repeatedly from the pain. She couldn't help but ask, "Did you prescribe the wrong medicine? It hurts so much!"

The female doctor said, "A scissor cut can cause tetanus, and treating tetanus is more painful than a regular wound. I've chosen the best medications; if you don't believe me, I'll seek help from someone else."

After saying that, the female doctor got up, packed her things, and prepared to leave.

The medicine had only just been applied when Xia Baijiao could only swallow her anger and apologize, asking her to continue.

As a result, after the medicine was applied, Xia Baijiao also fainted from the pain and lost consciousness.

·

In the afternoon, Xia Fanxing arrived at the recruitment office.

"Hello comrade, I have a distant relative who is serving in the army in the border region. The elderly in my family want to know the army's phone number so they can call their son. Could you give it to me?"

However, things were not as simple as Xia Fanxing had imagined.

The landline numbers of each military unit are kept in a special logbook, which can only be accessed by designated personnel.

The clerk at the conscription office asked her to register her personal information and come back in a couple of days.

Although she didn't get the number immediately, at least she had something to look forward to, and Xia Fanxing was already very satisfied.

After leaving the recruitment office, she rode her modified bicycle toward the department store.

After the Haicheng incident is over, she will go to live in the border region.

She had heard that the border regions were harsh and cold with scarce resources, and since money was the last thing she needed, she was determined to make ample preparations for her future life on the frontier.

She didn't want to suffer, and she especially didn't want her child to suffer.

So she went on a shopping spree at the department store, wanting everything that looked good.

After buying a batch, I quietly put them in my storage space, then turned around and went to buy more.

Thankfully, salespeople in those days were paid a fixed salary with no commission, and they didn't care who the customers were; they only cared about whether they had enough money and coupons.

Otherwise, with her buying habits, she would definitely attract attention.

Xia Fanxing reluctantly left the department store just as it was about to close.

She didn't feel hungry while she was shopping inside, but as soon as she came out, her stomach started growling loudly.

Fortunately, the state-run restaurant was still open. She bought a bowl of braised beef noodles, sat down, added noodles and beef, and the bowl was so full it was almost overflowing. It was delicious and tasty.

Just as she was enjoying her meal, a group of people came in to buy wine and meat and sat down at the table behind her.

They were the last table the restaurant served. The head chef had already finished get off work, and the waiters had gone to the kitchen to wash dishes and clean up.

So they were very noisy and smoked without restraint.

Xia Fanxing heard Xia Yu's voice among them, and turned her head slightly to look. She saw a young man with dark circles under his eyes grinning mischievously as he offered Xia Yu a cigarette.

Xia Fanxing didn't recognize the man with the dark circles under his eyes, but she knew he secretly smoked opium.

She had witnessed a similar scene in her past life.

When she saw Dark Circles offering a cigarette to Xia Yu, she rushed over, grabbed Xia Yu's ear without saying a word, and dragged him away while cursing him.

Afterwards, she told Xia Yu that he had dark circles under his eyes and was addicted to opium. She warned him not to associate with such people and to never get involved with opium, otherwise no one could save him.

Xia Yu outwardly expressed his gratitude to her, saying that without her supervision, he would have gone astray.

He only revealed his true thoughts before boarding the ship.

He hated that she pulled his ear and scolded him in front of all his friends, showing him no respect whatsoever.

He said he was a smart adult and of course knew he shouldn't touch opium, so he didn't need her presumptuous reminders.

He hated her for meddling and for being too controlling.

It turns out that all the kindness she showed him not only failed to earn his gratitude, but instead became the source of his resentment towards her.

Therefore, Xia Fanxing will never care about Xia Yu again in this lifetime.

She wanted to see what kind of path Xia Yu, a smart adult, would take without her guidance.

·

Xia Yu was feeling agitated when a cigarette suddenly appeared in front of him, looking quite different from the cigarettes they usually smoked.

"What kind of cigarette is this?" he asked the young man with dark circles under his eyes.

Chang Xiang smiled mysteriously and said, "Why don't you try it and you'll see?"

Xia Yu's curiosity was piqued, and he was about to reach out to take it when he inadvertently saw the person opposite him.

That silhouette...

He instinctively withdrew his hand as if he were doing something wrong.

"What's wrong?" Chang Xiang turned his head and saw only an ordinary woman eating noodles.

Xia Yu looked away. "It's nothing."

He misread it.

Xia Fanxing was bleeding and weak today, how could she possibly be here eating noodles like nothing was wrong?

Moreover, the figure only looks somewhat similar at first glance; upon closer inspection, it is completely different.

Xia Yu was annoyed that she could just randomly look at someone and associate them with Xia Fanxing, and even get scared!

Xia Yu had no idea that, in order to avoid trouble, Xia Fanxing had disguised herself before going out, and no one would guess who she was unless they saw her face.

Chang Xiang urged, "Are you going to try this or not? If you don't, don't say your brother didn't think of you when he had good stuff."

"Try it! Why not try it?" Xia Yu immediately took it.

Even if the person opposite him wasn't Xia Fanxing, he would still draw the card even if Xia Fanxing herself were there!

Xia Fanxing isn't his biological sister, and didn't she say she wouldn't care about him anymore? What does he have to be afraid of?

"I, Yu Shao, am a real man!" Chang Xiang said, lighting a cigarette for Xia Yu while praising him.

Xia Fanxing quickly finished her noodles, got up, and left.

She wasn't sure if the cigarette contained opium; if it did, even just smelling the smoke could be addictive.

She didn't dare to gamble.

After leaving the state-run restaurant, she looked back once.

Xia Yu was already high on drugs, his face full of a dizzy, silly grin. Chang Xiang was leaning in with a wicked grin and whispering something in his ear.

Xia Fanxing sneered, got on her bicycle, and rode away without looking back.

Inside the restaurant, Chang Xiang whispered in Xia Yu's ear, "Bring your older sister Xia Baijiao along next time, we haven't officially met yet."

Xia Yu slurred, "You, you can't even think about hitting on my sister. If you want, you can bring Xia Fanxing over."

Chang Xiang recalled Xia Fanxing's appearance, licked his lips and said, "Anything is fine. I'll get a few more cigarettes later, brothers, smoking first before playing will make it more exciting and fun."