The next day, in the morning
"What? Chen Meihua, you actually...you actually got pregnant out of wedlock? Ahh...what sins have I committed to give birth to such a disgraceful daughter like you..."
To be so shameless and disrespectful to oneself, doing such immoral things, is truly shameless.
In the past, you would have been directly dragged to be drowned in a pig cage or thrown into a fishpond.
No, we can't let outsiders know.
Go back to Shanghe Village and live in your maternal grandmother's old house. Give birth there and don't leave for a year.
When the child is older, we'll say they were adopted.
No, you should find a family in a remote area and marry them quickly, while no one has found out yet.
"Quick, Chen Lao Er, go to the towns or villages and look for honest men."
Li Yumei woke up early in the morning and was so angry by San Yatou's words, "Father, Mother, I'm pregnant..." that her eyes turned red and she felt like she was going crazy.
She trembled all over, raised her right hand, pointed fiercely at Chen Meihua, and cursed at her daughter.
"Meihua, tell me, who is it? Which bastard? I'm going to settle accounts with him for daring to bully my daughter." Chen Lao Er's eyes also flashed with ferocity.
"Mother, it's too late. My agency should be releasing announcements by now. Also, I'm not getting married," Chen Meihua said weakly, hiding behind Chen Lao Er.
“...You...ah! Why is my life so miserable? I don’t want to live anymore…” Li Yumei cried out.
She had only been happy for a few days because of her eldest daughter's marriage.
Now that her third daughter is in trouble, she'll definitely be unable to hold her head up in front of outsiders.
Those gossipy women have no idea how nasty their words will be used to ridicule the Chen family and her.
This time, the Chen family's reputation was completely trampled on and humiliated.
Li Yumei kept crying and making a scene, saying all sorts of nasty things and constantly cursing.
First he scolded the third daughter, then he started scolding Chen Lao Er.
Finally, he cursed the entire Chen family.
Soon, Chen Lao Er felt a buzzing in his ears.
He was already angry, then became irritable, and now he's even more so.
"Alright, you old woman, stop crying. What's the use of crying now that it's already happened?"
Third Sister, how could you not know? Take him home first, let your father see him and give him his opinion.
"You're so young. Xiao Wu said girls need to protect themselves, you..."
At this moment, a sense of shame welled up in Chen Meihua's heart, and she truly felt that things were not as simple as she had thought.
Now, even at home, the verbal abuse from her parents makes her feel utterly ashamed, let alone outsiders...
The thought of the barrage of insults and profanities that was about to rain down upon them filled them with scorn and derision.
Chen Meihua felt utterly powerless, as if she had fallen to rock bottom. Could she really endure it?
Her eyes instantly reddened as she suddenly recalled being forced by her elementary school classmate, Liang Jiaojiao's older brother.
Xiao Wu was so angry that she even held a family meeting to emphasize that girls should love themselves and know how to protect themselves.
Otherwise, once they are hurt, many people are too ashamed to live, or they shut themselves off and can't get out of it.
She truly regretted it, but there was no going back.
However, she couldn't run away from it; Xiao Wu said she had to get through this hurdle.
Chen Meihua's gaze gradually hardened. She turned her head and glanced at Xiao Wu and the other three girls sitting in a row watching the show.
Why did she do this?
The lessons she learned from her own experience are enough for Chen Meihua to remember for a lifetime.
Indeed, none of Chen Xihua and the others wanted to speak up for Chen San San, just to teach him a lesson.
"Father, Mother, please stop talking. I have indeed disgraced you. Just pretend you don't have a daughter like me." Chen Meihua also cried sadly, looking pitiful with tears streaming down her face.
"I wish I didn't have a daughter like you..." Li Yumei cried and made a scene until she was exhausted. She leaned back in her chair, took deep breaths, and temporarily stopped cursing.
"Oh dear... what are you saying, San Ya? It's all that man's fault. You're pregnant, aren't you? Don't cry..." Chen Lao Er was at his wits' end and tried to comfort his daughter.
He turned his head and found that Xiao Wu was watching with a sneer, while his second daughter, fourth daughter, and Xiao Bao were all watching the show with unmoved expressions.
He glared at her irritably, not thinking he didn't know the sounds coming from his daughter's room last night.
Although Chen Lao Er had already lain down and hadn't heard clearly, he now finally understood that they all already knew.
That brat Xiao Wu, she didn't even try to come up with any ideas.
"Third sister, how are you feeling? Soon the news and newspapers will be all over the place."
First, in the residential area, the older women will point and whisper about you, or even look down on you. Are you prepared for that?
After about half an hour, Chen Xihua felt that it was enough for her third sister to gain a deeper understanding.
"Xiao Wu, I was wrong, but I won't make the same mistake again; besides, the child is innocent, and I won't let it get to me; also, I have a long life ahead of me." Chen Meihua wiped away her tears and looked up earnestly.
"It's a timely stop to the loss!" Chen Xihua said in a nonchalant tone.
Chen San San finally had a moment of clarity and intelligence, but the price she had to pay was not small.
"Father, Mother, there's nothing to say about Third Sister's wrongdoing. She doesn't respect herself and messes around with other people before marriage. She deserves to be beaten and scolded!"
You can scold or beat her however you want, it's all your prerogative. But...isn't she better than your sister-in-law?
At least, the third sister discovered in time that she wasn't with that man.
If the man were even more despicable, feigning affection and concealing the truth initially, and then filing for divorce after more than a decade of marriage, the third sister would suffer even greater losses.
She not only had to give birth to and raise children for others, but also spent her youth and money; in the end, her husband cheated on her and she casually filed for divorce.
Besides, although my third sister is a minor celebrity and doesn't earn much money right now, she still earns a considerable amount.
If you get married, you'll definitely be spending money on your husband's family. But if you still get divorced after more than ten years, wouldn't that be even worse?
Mom, tell me, isn't this a huge loss?
Now, my third sister says she doesn't want to get married, and that she'll only use her earnings for the Chen family, and her children will also belong to the Chen family.
Chen Xihua spouted a bunch of nonsense and bluff.
"Hiccup... But this shouldn't have happened!" Li Yumei's eyes were red, and she was still very angry.
She wasn't so easily swayed, even though it sounded quite reasonable. The money her daughter would earn, and her grandson's, would all belong to the Chen family, but something just didn't feel right.
"Mom, what Xiao Wu means is that your third daughter is hopelessly stupid and will be deceived sooner or later. It's good that it was discovered and treated early." Chen Jinhua couldn't help but explain in a simple and blunt way.
"Pfft..." Chen Baohua covered his mouth tightly, and Chen Xiuhua gently patted him with her hand.
"You're the stupid one..." Chen Meihua muttered softly, her lips slightly pouting.
"Hehe, well, Third Sister, she's not very smart." Chen Lao Er understood and felt a little embarrassed for Mei Hua.
"Yes, yes, they're all my own daughters. Some are stupid, some are overly shrewd... Oh well." Perhaps having vented her frustrations, Li Yumei now seemed to have given up entirely.
Has she been ridiculed little since she married into the Chen family? More than twenty years have passed, haven't they? Let them say what they want!
She didn't want to get involved anymore.
Li Yumei walked slowly back to her room with a blank expression, lifeless eyes, her head tilted to the side, her shoulders drooping, and her whole body feeling weak.
“Mother…” Chen Baohua was heartbroken for his mother. His expression, which was about to turn into a smile, immediately changed, and he glared at his third sister with displeasure.
At noon, a clap of thunder sounded in the residential area, because someone had seen the newspaper.
The fact that Chen Meihua became pregnant out of wedlock is definitely the biggest gossip news in the past ten years.
Those women spread the word like wildfire, one person told ten, ten told a hundred, and in less than half a day, almost everyone in the family compound knew about it.
But this time, something's strange.
The Chen family had only heard Li Yumei crying and making a scene in the morning, and then they hadn't reacted at all.
The Chen family ignored everything outsiders said, acting as if nothing had happened, and continued to run their pastry shop, letting everyone say whatever they wanted.
During this time, someone remarked, "It's better than some women who marry the wrong person, work like slaves in their husband's family for over a decade, and might even be abandoned and divorced in the end."
"Yes, why should women make things difficult for other women?"
Perhaps it was the attitude of the Chen family, or for other reasons, but the rumors in the family quarters only circulated for a few days before the Lunar New Year, and then seemed to gradually subside.
Although some of the younger older women wanted to talk about it, to seek a sense of existence, or simply to have fun with the Chen family's affairs.
But some older women stared at him with disapproving looks, and no one responded. Eventually, he got bored and stopped talking.
——
That noon, in Beijing, at the Fengting Clubhouse
"Seventh Master, did neither Old Jiang nor the other two come out last night?" Bai Feng, whose head was throbbing from drinking last night, slowly opened his eyes.
He looked around the private room and saw that Xie Jinzhou was there; he himself had slept on the sofa all night.
“I called Seventh Master, and he said he was busy and couldn’t come out. He also said, ‘When you’re sober, go home and don’t do anything reckless.’”
Old Jiang said he had just gotten home from work, washed up, and gone to bed. Changxing was in the army and couldn't get out. Xie Jinzhou, who had also just woken up, was listless and very sleepy.
Last night, Bai Xiaosi got drunk and caused a scene.
She was the only one who could keep him company while he drank and acted all sentimental.
In fact, all the brothers knew that Bai Feng was only concerned with his male dignity and face.
"Heh, are we still brothers? I've been hurt so badly, and nobody's showing me any pity?" Bai Feng looked up, cracked his neck, and muttered a curse.
Previously, Bai Feng considered himself dashing and charming. Many girls in the entertainment company had their eyes on him as their boss, but he rejected them all.
This divorce is really making him very upset.
With a fishbone stuck in her throat, the woman, who had someone else in her heart, agreed to marry him because of pressure from both sets of parents.
She even wanted him to be grateful, saying that she hadn't hidden anything from him after marriage and had even borne him children, so it was best to part amicably.
She also knew what kind of person Bai Feng was, and that neither of them had married for love.
Who is Bai Feng? He may be a womanizer, but he's not vulgar.
Yes, that's right. At first, no one had any feelings for each other, but at least he didn't have anyone in his heart.
Moreover, since he agreed to get married, he was prepared to take responsibility for the marriage and family, and he would not do anything to betray his wife.
"Alright, stop pretending to be depressed. You're not even as good as a woman!" Xie Jinzhou couldn't stand it anymore.
"You're upset, not the one who initiated the divorce!"
Also, you didn't have time to pretend that you also had a white moonlight (a romantic ideal).
You're angry with yourself because you feel inferior to a woman.
When Lao Xie exposed him directly, Bai Feng laughed in anger, but felt a chill in his heart.
Even the brothers who drink with me don't give me any face.
——
Beijing, Zhou family
Zhou Qingqing took the college entrance examination half a year ago and was admitted to a humanities university. The Zhou family then decided to move to Beijing. Now, half a year has passed.
Because her fourth brother is a celebrity, Zhou Qingqing has been following entertainment news. She is currently reading the latest issue of the newspaper.
When she saw the headline "Glamorous 18th-tier actress Chen Meihua suspected of being pregnant, work arrangements suspended," she gave a cryptic smile.
Some things have changed, but some things haven't changed, have they?
Serves you right!
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