Chapter 96 Get Pregnant First
"Father! Mother! Huaiyuan! I'm back!"
As soon as Lu Xiaohui entered the courtyard, she forced a joyful shout.
However, she was met with Li Xuemei's resentful gaze.
"You brat! You finally decided to come back? Your own brother's wedding is such a big event, where were you?!"
This question instantly shattered Lu Xiaohui's pretense.
Her eyes reddened, and she burst into tears: "Mom! Gousheng hit me!"
She suddenly pulled open her sleeve, revealing shocking, bruised and purple wounds!
Li Xuemei had originally wanted to scold her for being pretentious, but when she saw the injury, her expression changed.
"That beast! How dare he use such a cruel method!"
"Mom!" Lu Xiaohui cried her heart out, "I don't want to go back! That family is all inhuman! Whenever he gets drunk, he beats me to death! Last time I couldn't come back, it was because I was beaten so badly I couldn't get out of bed!"
She grabbed Li Xuemei's hand as if it were a lifeline: "Mom! I want a divorce! Dad is the brigade leader, he can definitely help me, right?"
"Shut up!"
Li Xuemei's mind went blank for a moment. She covered her daughter's mouth, hurriedly dragged her into the bedroom, and locked the door behind her.
"You absolutely mustn't let your father know about this!" she warned in a low voice, her face contorted with grief.
"Why, Mother!" Lu Xiaohui exclaimed in shock. "I'm your own daughter! I've been beaten like this, shouldn't Father stand up for me?"
"Fairness?" Li Xuemei's eyes were filled with panic and fear. "Your father was against you marrying Li Gousheng in the first place, and I forced this marriage! Now, because of Huaiyuan's matter, your father already hates our Li family! If he finds out how Li Gousheng treated you, he will not only not help you, but he will also take all his anger out on me!"
She gripped Lu Xiaohui's hand tightly, her nails digging into her flesh, her voice filled with selfish pleading:
"My dear daughter, your mother is barely able to protect herself now! If you cause any more trouble for the Li family, your father might really divorce me in a fit of rage!"
Lu Xiaohui coldly shook off her mother's hand, her eyes icy: "Is it that serious? Is Dad having an affair?"
Upon hearing this, Li Xuemei burst into tears, slapping her thigh: "It's all because of that wretched woman Huaiyuan married! Her family background is bad, which not only tarnishes the family's reputation, but she also torments me every day! Now the whole family has become her slaves, and I, as her mother-in-law, have to serve her!"
"Dad is willing too?" Lu Xiaohui asked incredulously.
"That brat said she has a powerful relative in the city!" Li Xuemei wiped away her tears. "Your father is now dreaming that her relative will get him a leadership position in the police station!"
"Pshaw!" Lu Xiaohui laughed out loud. "Dad should take a good look at himself in the mirror! Someone like him wants to be a leader? It's one thing to bully others in the village, but if he went to the police station, he'd probably be investigated on his very first day!"
“No matter what,” Li Xuemei said with a grim face, “your father and your brother are both bewitched by that slut. I had no choice but to call you back! As long as we join forces to drive that slut away, I promise your father will immediately force Li Gousheng to divorce you!”
"Really?!" Hope ignited in Lu Xiaohui's eyes.
"Of course! My father still calls the shots in the Li family! Would Li Gousheng dare to disobey?"
Having received the assurance, Lu Xiaohui revealed a sinister smile: "Mother, you're so useless! A rich girl from the city has managed to fool you like this?"
Li Xuemei sighed: "She's rich and powerful, and your father and brother both listen to her. What can I do?"
A venomous glint flashed in Lu Xiaohui's eyes as she lowered her voice: "The most important thing about marrying into our family is to carry on the family line. First, get her pregnant, then... you can give her some medicine so she can't have children! After a few miscarriages, just say her body is ruined and she was promiscuous before! Then, even if Dad and Huaiyuan still want to curry favor with her, who would want a slut who can't have children?"
Li Xuemei shuddered upon hearing this, looking at her daughter's ferocious face with fear: "But... that's still your brother's flesh and blood!"
"As long as there are women, why worry about not having a son?" Lu Xiaohui glared at her and said matter-of-factly, "Does our Lu family's offspring have to be born by her? Hasn't Liu Zhixia always liked Huaiyuan? When the time comes, let Huaiyuan go and coax her, let her have a baby outside and bring one back, isn't that enough?"
Mentioning Liu Zhixia, Li Xuemei sighed again: "Too late! That brat is already married! And to a military officer no less! Your brother regrets breaking off the engagement with her and has asked to marry her several times, but she's too arrogant now and won't listen to him at all!"
"What?! A military officer?!" Lu Xiaohui's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "She doesn't deserve it!!"
"Absolutely! Three turns and one ring, all that glory! Now the whole brigade is laughing at us, saying we're blind to our good fortune and are letting a golden phoenix slip away!"
Lu Xiaohui gritted her teeth in anger: "Was that bicycle hers too? I thought she was so honest, but it turns out she's just a vain and shameless slut! She just got a bicycle, and she can't wait to show it off to the whole village?"
She crossed her arms and said angrily, "If you ask me, all this mess at home is her fault! If she had obediently married Huaiyuan back then, would we be suffering like this?"
“Who says otherwise!” Li Xuemei chimed in. “Your grandma was driven crazy by that damn bracelet! But we can’t afford to offend her now. Her husband is even more powerful than Lu Kai, and I heard he’s going to be a regimental commander!”
Lu Xiaohui's eyes darted around, and she suddenly smiled sinisterly: "Mother, what if we let Huaiyuan sleep with her, get her pregnant with our Lu family's child, and then let her military officer husband raise her as his own son... wouldn't our family prosper if this child became successful in the future?"
Li Xuemei was stunned, then overjoyed: "It has to be my daughter! This is brilliant! We'll use them to raise our son!"
But she soon had another worry: "But Liu Zhixia is very wary now. Last time your brother tried to drug her, but it didn't work, and Gu Mansheng took advantage of the situation..."
"That's because you're stupid!" Lu Xiaohui scoffed. "We're not the only ones who dislike Liu Zhixia! Why don't we just target someone she trusts?"
Li Xuemei's eyes lit up: "That's right! The Liu family just split up, and the eldest son's wife was kicked out! Shen Hongmei is so petty, she can't stand seeing others do well! Didn't you two get along quite well before? Go find her!"
"See, you still have to rely on me, right?" Lu Xiaohui raised her eyebrows triumphantly. "Mom, you have to help me get a divorce! After I get divorced, have Lu Kai set me up with someone, I want to marry a military officer!"
Li Xuemei gently touched her daughter's hand: "You know what, every time Lu Kai comes back, he brings those two boys with him. One is Liu Zhixia's man, and I heard the other boy's family is also quite wealthy. Once you get a divorce, I'll go and find out for you! They've both gone back to the army now and don't have much contact with women, so this position has been vacant for you!"
Thinking of the good days to come, Lu Xiaohui couldn't help but laugh out loud, as if she could already see herself as the glamorous wife of an official.
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