“Look at you, you’re still so young, only nineteen, right? I heard you’re still in high school and haven’t graduated yet. You can take the college entrance exam this year. If you want to take the exam after you have your baby, I can help you take care of the baby. You won’t have to be distracted by running between home and school. It’s too tiring.”
These words really struck a chord with Bai Lu.
The college entrance examination will naturally be held during the White Dew season, but it will have to wait until the false pregnancy is exposed and everything is settled.
Now, she didn't want any unexpected complications to disrupt her plans before she had even settled things with the big boss.
We need to find a solution that will solve the problem once and for all.
"Someone has come to your house."
Before Bai Lu could react, a childish voice, accompanied by footsteps, came from afar.
Xiao Wei, carrying his schoolbag, stood in front of Wang Cuihua and said expressionlessly, "Aren't you going home to entertain them?"
"You mean, we have guests at my house?" Wang Cuihua pointed to herself, clearly surprised.
Her relatives all live in the countryside, and Abiao is an orphan with no parents. Who would come looking for her?
Xiao Wei didn't care whether she believed him or not. He replied with "your home" and then turned around coolly to go back to his room to do his homework.
Wang Cuihua went home with some doubt.
Bai Lu went back to the kitchen to cook. She washed the rice and put it in the pot, lit the firewood, stuffed some firewood into the stove, and then began to chop chicken pieces and cut mushrooms.
While chopping the pork, Xiao Wei came in, sat down in front of the stove without saying a word, and started a fire.
Bai Lu thought he was a quiet, reserved person who only showed emotion in front of Xiao Cheng.
But the little guy just helped her out of the blue, so he deserves a big chicken leg as a reward.
The other one was left to Xiao Cheng, a meritorious official who had worked hard.
When Xiao Cheng returned from work, the house was filled with the aroma of food. The girl was carrying soup toward the main house. She greeted him with a smile, her eyes sparkling with joy. It was a scene of everyday life, with someone waiting for him and food left for him. He thought, this must be what it means to be happy to come home.
A warm ripple appeared in Xiao Cheng's deep eyes. He took the cigarette out of his mouth and threw it on the ground, crushing it.
After washing my hands and going to the dining table, I found my bowl already filled with rice and a large chicken leg on top.
He picked up his chopsticks and put the food into Bailu's bowl.
Seeing this, Xiao Wei also put the untouched chicken leg from his bowl into Bai Lu's bowl.
Bai Lu looked at the two large chicken legs in the bowl: "..."
"Actually, I still think the wings taste better." She tried to sell the chicken legs back.
But before they could even make a move...
Two more chicken wings appeared in the bowl, chicken mid-wings, piled up on top of the chicken legs, forming a small mountain.
Bai Lu: "..."
Should she say she likes watercress?
Or perhaps eggplant with minced meat?
Wouldn't Xiao Cheng think that she wanted to raise his child to be malnourished?
Finally, Bailu finished the two large chicken legs with tears in her eyes and decided that she would never save chicken legs again.
It must be chopped up, and everyone must eat it together.
After lunch
Xiao Wei went to the backyard to check on the old hen, and Bai Lu went too. "It seems she didn't lay any eggs today."
I checked it once in the morning, and it wasn't there. I checked it again when I came back from grocery shopping, and it still wasn't there.
The chicken coop was empty, but the old hen would cluck every morning.
Xiao Wei searched the chicken coop thoroughly, but found no trace of eggs inside or outside.
"Was it eaten?" He frowned.
Bai Lu asked in confusion, "What ate it?"
As soon as I finished speaking, a cool sensation suddenly brushed against my foot, and it seemed... to have stopped.
Because her shoes got wet while washing vegetables, Bai Lu changed into slippers, leaving part of her instep exposed.
The cold touch reminded her of something, sending chills down her spine and making her hold her breath.
The constricted pupils slowly droop downwards.
In an instant, I was terrified!
Bai Lu suddenly kicked her foot, turned and ran, still grabbing Xiao Wei beside her. The next second, she crashed into a wall of flesh as hard as steel.
"Snake...there's a snake!"
Bai Lu almost fainted from running too fast, but fortunately Xiao Cheng caught her waist in time.
Xiao Wei was a bit luckier; he didn't run into Xiao Cheng head-on and stopped in time when Bai Lu bumped into him.
The little hand was also knocked away.
Bailu is not afraid of anything except snakes, those cold, soft-bodied creatures that hide in the dark.
How scared was she? So scared that when Xiao Cheng didn't move aside, she simply hid in his chest.
Her feet were still on his shoes.
Xiao Cheng could feel the girl's nervous heartbeat in his arms. Her small body, which had huddled into his embrace, trembled slightly and stiffly, making his chest feel warm. He patted her back lightly with his large hand, his movements clumsy and awkward.
"Xiao Wei has been arrested."
"What?" A muffled voice came from inside her arms.
Bai Lu had just raised her face when she immediately hid back down: "Xiao Wei is only seven years old, how could he catch a snake? You must be lying to me. Go catch it, hurry up."
Xiao Cheng touched his nose, his voice light and casual: "How am I supposed to catch you like this?"
Bai Lu's mind was still blank; she didn't realize something was wrong and blurted out, "Use your hands to grab it!"
Xiao Cheng: "..."
His hand was still patting her back; was he grabbing at her out of thin air?
Xiao Wei held the snake by the neck, wondering whether he should hand it over to his older brother.
Bai Lu kept asking her older brother to catch snakes. Once her older brother caught the snakes with his hands, she wouldn't be afraid anymore, right?
Unfortunately, this perfect solution was nipped in the bud by a single glance from Xiao Cheng.
Noticing that the person in his arms was slightly unsteady and sliding down, Xiao Cheng bent down and picked her up.
Bai Lu's legs were indeed weak. Being picked up by the big boss made her feel incredibly safe. She finally dared to lift her face and cautiously asked, "Did you catch the snake?"
Her words made Xiao Cheng wonder if he didn't have hands. "No," he replied.
Upon hearing this, Bai Lu immediately looked up and hid her face again, grabbing Xiao Cheng's arm and urging him, "Then why don't you go catch it? Hurry up and catch the snake!"
Xiao Cheng: "..."
“Here it is, caught.” Xiao Wei pinched the snake’s neck and swung the nearly one-meter-long snake around.
He tried to fling the snake into Bai Lu's line of sight to prove that he had really caught it and wasn't joking.
Bai Lu seemed to sense something, raised her head, and slowly turned around, where a horrifying scene suddenly came into view.
I was so shocked my jaw almost dropped.
The long, dark brown snake that had just slid across her foot and remained there was now being held in the hand of a seven-year-old boy, who was gripping its neck. The snake's tail twisted and turned, constantly coiling up and down, trying to struggle and escape.
But there's no way to escape...
Before I could take another look, my gaze suddenly shifted, and I was lifted away from where I stood.
Bai Lu didn't know what happened to the snake afterward, because Xiao Cheng carried her back to bed and then left.
When she calmed down and went out, Xiao Cheng and Xiao Wei were no longer home.
She was the only one left in the empty house.
After eating a large tangerine to calm her nerves, Bailu went to the well and pumped three large buckets of water. She carefully and meticulously scrubbed the backs of her feet repeatedly until they turned red and the skin peeled off before she stopped.
Then I dried my feet, put on a pair of thick, fully covered cotton shoes, grabbed a small shopping basket, and went out to buy groceries.
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