Zou Lengyan was naturally feeling guilty.
Ever since she bumped into Lin Yuxi at the library, she was exposed on the spot, her chin was broken and she still has a scar. Feeling guilty, she couldn't help but feel resentful.
But what can be done about resentment?
In the end, he had no choice but to leave in a hurry.
After Lin Yuxi got off work and went home, she went to He Cuiping's house and told her about it.
“I saw that she was very pregnant, probably three or four months along. I guess she was having a hard time at home, so she came back.”
He Cuiping exclaimed in surprise, "Pregnant again? Does that mean she has four children now?"
"ah?"
Lin Yuxi was shocked. She looked at Zou Lengyan, who was only a few years older than her, and she already had four children.
He Cuiping explained, "I can tell you don't like listening to gossip in the family compound. Zou Lengyan was married before, but her husband died early. A widow with three children, approaching Company Commander Zhang who has no worries about food, clothing, shelter, and a high salary—isn't everyone aware of her intentions?"
"I originally thought it was her first marriage, but I didn't expect it to be her second. Her husband supports their three children, and now she's pregnant again, so that's four children in total. Besides, the first three weren't even his biological children."
During this time, she frequented the family compound and heard a lot of gossip.
"How did Company Commander Zhang get married?" Lin Yuxi couldn't help but ask, her eyes shining. In just a few months, He Cuiping had actually found out about these things.
“She’s getting old, she’s too old. Her husband is already over thirty, and there’s a difference of more than ten years between them. He couldn’t find a wife, and Zou Lengyan ruined his marriage several times, so he had no choice but to marry her,” He Cuiping said.
Lin Yuxi gasped.
As a woman herself, she couldn't help but gasp in astonishment; what was the difference between this and eating someone's entire fortune?
"Now that she's pregnant, their house is definitely going to be very lively."
With four children, not to mention the elderly on both sides, the apartment, though a three-bedroom, one-living-room unit, would be too small to accommodate so many people if they were to move in.
"She's unemployed. I heard she was hoping to get a job from the military for her family during last year's event, but she didn't get one and was sent back home. She deserves it," He Cuiping couldn't help but complain.
Back then, when they were ridiculed in front of so many people, she chose to let it go, but they wouldn't let it go.
Zou Lengyan's family is indeed struggling. Her current husband is the stepfather of her three children, whose biological father died long ago. She has no job and is raising her three children alone. She has found a small job to make ends meet, but it is barely enough to feed her.
They only plotted against him in the end.
"She certainly deserved it."
After listening to the gossip, Lin Yuxi finally slipped home.
The child spends more and more time playing during the day, but thankfully doesn't cry or fuss and is quite easy to take care of. Jiang Shufen is very good at taking care of the child, which allows her to go to work with peace of mind.
The baby is over two months old and has started babbling.
“Why do you get off work so early every day? You never liked going to work before. I feel like you’re not going to work, but rather to slack off.” Jiang Shufen held the child in her arms. The child was fair-skinned and clean, and sometimes he would even reach out his little hand to interact with her.
Lin Yuxi interacted with him for a moment and explained, "We only work behind the scenes. We can't control anything else. We can come back once we complete the tasks assigned by our superiors."
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