Li Shufen was resting in the room when she smelled a strong smell of smoke, so she immediately rushed out.
Upon seeing that her kitchen had been burned down, she immediately slapped her thigh and shouted.
"Oh my god, what kind of mess have I made!"
Ding Haowen splashed water on the fire again and again until he finally extinguished it, but at the same time, the water in the water tank at home also ran out.
He sat down on the stone bench, exhausted. Seeing Li Yuzhu sitting on the ground looking uncomfortable, Ding Haowen realized a beat late that she seemed to have fallen.
Li Shufang was still cursing and swearing on the side, while Li Yuzhu was too upset to speak.
Ding Haowen quickly helped Li Yuzhu up, "Are you alright?"
Seeing that Ding Haowen was only now noticing her, Li Yuzhu felt wronged and burst into tears.
"Haowen, my stomach hurts so much. Is the baby...?"
"Shut up, don't say such unlucky things." Ding Haowen growled, picked up Li Yuzhu, and carried her back to his room.
Li Shufang watched their departing figures with a gloomy look in her eyes, cursing under her breath.
"You good-for-nothing! You just got home and burned down my kitchen! Oh my god!"
The thought of the pots and pans in the kitchen breaks her heart!
Hearing Li Shufang cursing outside, Li Yuzhu complained with displeasure.
"Haowen, could you please ask your mom to stop talking? I'm already feeling unwell, and hearing this is making me even more upset."
Ding Haowen, however, didn't care and said, "Let her say what she wants, it won't hurt you."
Li Yuzhu felt a lump in her throat, and her stomach started to hurt again.
Her face was pale. "Haowen, my stomach hurts so much. Shall we go to the hospital to get it checked out?"
"No, going to the hospital is too expensive! Are you bleeding? If you're not bleeding, just lie in bed and rest for a while. Maybe you'll feel better after lying down for a bit."
Li Yuzhu felt increasingly uncomfortable. She closed her eyes, not wanting to look at Ding Haowen any longer.
She thought, it's better this child is lost...
She now feels that Ding Haowen is completely unreliable. He used to feel sorry for her, but after he got her, he changed.
Li Yuzhu hesitated...
After a while, Li Yuzhu felt that her stomach pain had subsided, but she was a little hungry.
She looked at Ding Haowen, who was standing guard beside her, and her expression softened a little.
"Haowen, I'm hungry."
Ding Haowen was also hungry, but he didn't want to cook, and just then, the kitchen burned down.
He hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'll go buy some food."
Li Yuzhu nodded quickly, relieved that they lived in town and could buy food not far away.
She was looking forward to the food Ding Haowen would bring back, and even when she overheard him whispering to his mother outside, she didn't really care.
Li Yuzhu was starving. She waited patiently for Ding Haowen to return, but he only brought two steamed buns with him.
Li Yuzhu felt a sudden tightness in her chest; she was extremely dissatisfied, but managed an awkward smile...
"Haowen, why are they all steamed buns?"
At least buy one meat bun!
Ding Haowen looked apologetic. "Yuzhu, I'm sorry, Old Lin's meat buns are sold out."
The Lin family is the one whose son was lost and brought back home, and who became mentally disabled.
Li Yuzhu smelled the leek odor emanating from Ding Haowen's mouth and remained silent.
"By the way, you can sleep with my mom tonight! Our blankets were stolen, and we don't have enough ration coupons to buy a new one, so we'll have to squeeze in."
Upon hearing this, Li Yuzhu immediately wanted to go home.
But she was also afraid that Ding Haowen would disagree and think she was too picky about her environment...
At night, Li Yuzhu couldn't help but sit up when she heard Li Shufang snoring louder than a donkey.
She glared angrily at Li Shufang, but seeing that Li Shufang was sleeping soundly, Li Yuzhu became even more furious.
She simply got up, put on her clothes, and prepared to go home!
Li Yuzhu returned home in the dark late at night, only to find a strange man and woman in her house.
She saw a familiar man embracing a strange woman, and her face turned pale with anger. She shouted.
"Chen Jiahua!"
Chen Jiahua was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly startled. He jumped out of bed in shock and rolled his eyes speechlessly when he saw Li Yuzhu.
"Li Yuzhu, are you crazy? What are you yelling about in the middle of the night?"
Li Yuzhu was furious and pointed at him and the strange woman, cursing loudly.
"Get out of my house, all of you!"
Chen Jiahua patted the woman next to him, signaling her to leave quickly.
The woman standing nearby was also quite sensible; she took the money and left.
Li Yuzhu realized that the other party might be a prostitute, and her face turned extremely ugly with anger.
If it weren't for the fact that it was late at night and she was worried about making too much noise and alerting everyone around... Li Yuzhu would definitely have given them a good scolding.
Chen Jiahua lit a cigarette, raised an eyebrow at Li Yuzhu, and patted the spot next to him to signal Li Yuzhu.
Li Yuzhu rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Get lost, you're disgusting!"
Chen Jiahua scoffed and took out two stacks of money from under his pillow.
The moment Li Yuzhu saw so many bills, her eyes lit up!
She immediately went to Chen Jiahua's side, lay down, and took the money from his hand, beaming with delight.
Ever since Chen Jiahua struck up a conversation with her, the two of them have gotten along well.
It has to be said that Chen Jiahua is not only handsome but also generous, far superior to Ding Haowen.
If Chen Jiahua's job hadn't been so dangerous, Li Yuzhu would have wanted to marry him.
Seeing Li Yuzhu happily counting the money, Chen Jiahua scoffed.
"You're so happy about such a small amount of money."
Li Yuzhu hummed softly, feeling quite pleased.
She didn't dare go directly home because she was afraid Chen Jiahua would be there.
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