Third Aunt seemed to be thinking about something. She looked at Chen Susu, whose face was pale, and couldn't help but worry.
Chen Susu is as stubborn as a donkey. If she gets angry, she won't be able to protect the child...
Thinking of this, Auntie San suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, you young people can chat. Mom will go out and make you something delicious. Wait."
After Third Aunt left, Su Man dismissed Li Fuan with a few words. After they were gone, she said to Chen Susu, "Are you okay?"
Chen Susu sneered, "You're really amazing. You've manipulated them all into submission. Same with me. You persuaded me with just a few words to leave the baby behind and rest in peace in this cage."
Su Man paused. She had been busy with the affairs of her second aunt and Zhao Chunhua's family recently and had not been here for almost a month. It was no wonder that Chen Susu was angry.
Chen Susu had always suspected that she was just like Xiaofeng, both of them were Third Aunt's lobbyists. Since she hadn't come yet, Chen Susu must have thought that she had said that on purpose last time in order to give her hope and trick her into giving birth to the child.
Seeing Chen Susu's cold face, Su Man could only coax her, "I'm sorry I haven't been here during this period. But you also know that I was deceived just like you. It's not convenient for me to do anything. I have to gain the trust of my family first before I can do more things."
"Really?"
Chen Susu still had a stern face. "You said before that you wanted my child to be Li Fuan's last child. What's the solution?"
"I've figured out a way..."
Su Man leaned over and whispered something in Chen Susu's ear. Chen Susu's pupils widened. "Isn't this too risky?"
"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child. If it happens, he will never be able to have children again. Then Third Aunt's family will be at your mercy."
"Then I..."
"Squeak-"
As he was speaking, there was a sound of someone pushing the door open outside. "Come, Susu, my mom just made some egg water for you, come and drink it."
Chen Susu felt sick as soon as she saw the brown sugar in the bowl. There was no supermarket in the village and food was scarce. Since she became pregnant, except for the old hen she ate once a week, she had been eating egg and brown sugar water every day. Now she felt nauseous just by looking at it.
"I'm not hungry." Chen Susu covered her nose.
"You have to be hungry. You're already over four months old. Mom said you haven't gained any weight. How can you be nutritious?"
Li Fuan sat next to Chen Susu with the egg water in his hand and said, "Drink it quickly."
Chen Susu was about to explode, but after thinking about what Su Man had just said, she took the bowl of egg water that smelled of animal oil and swallowed it while holding her breath.
Watching her drink, Li Fuan kept muttering, "Look at how good my mom and I are to you. Whose pregnant mother gets eggs every day? I'm an old man taking care of you. If you tell others about it, those girls and wives will be so envious."
Chen Susu didn't say anything, but looking at the twitching corners of her eyes, you could tell that she was enduring it.
"Oh, by the way, my mom said you're four months pregnant now, so you can ask Old Madam Zhou to come and take your pulse."
Li Fuan took the empty bowl from Chen Susu's hand and said, "Mrs. Zhou is very accurate in judging the gender of a child. Mom and I feel relieved after having her help."
As soon as the words fell, the expressions of Su Man and Chen Susu changed at the same time.
Although they had already planned it, the premise of all this was that Chen Susu was pregnant with a boy.
What if the old lady said she was pregnant with a girl...
Li Fuan didn't notice Chen Susu's stiff expression and continued to talk to himself, "My mother asked her to check her pulse at that time, as did Second Aunt and Fifth Aunt. She also checked her pulse and never made a mistake. It's a good opportunity for her to check your pulse again."
The air was too quiet. Li Fuan noticed the unusual atmosphere. He looked at Chen Susu and asked inexplicably, "What's wrong with you?"
"I...it's nothing, I just feel a little uncomfortable."
"You feel uncomfortable? Is your stomach upset? Tell me now, don't scare me."
Seeing Li Fuan jumping up and down, Su Man hurriedly said, "Women are not very comfortable when they are pregnant. Brother Fuan, don't worry."
Li Fuan was worried and asked Chen Susu several times, "Are you really okay?"
Chen Susu forced a smile and said, "It's okay, you go out and do your work, I'll talk to my sister-in-law."
"Okay, then call me if you need anything."
"Um."
As soon as Li Fuan left, Chen Susu's face fell, "What should I do? What if I'm not pregnant with a boy?"
Su Man was also caught off guard by this sudden change, "This..."
"If the plan fails, I'll never be able to escape this cage and be trapped here for the rest of my life. There's no hope for me, right? I..."
"Shhh."
Seeing that Chen Susu couldn't control her voice because of her emotional breakdown, Su Man quickly reminded her to speak softly. After Chen Susu calmed down, she said, "Don't worry, there must be a way to solve the problem. You should have a good rest first. I will think of a solution."
"Is there a way?"
Chen Susu was worried and grabbed her sleeve and refused to let go. Having been disappointed so many times, she really couldn't stand any disturbance.
Su Man comforted him, "There will be a way, believe me."
Su Man waited until she had persuaded Chen Susu and was sure that she would not reveal the truth before leaving.
Before leaving, Third Aunt packed a few freshly baked vegetable buns for Su Man and sent her out, still gossiping about Chen Susu.
Su Man did not go home immediately after leaving her third aunt's house, but went to Old Lady Zhou's house as Chen Susu had said.
At this point, Chen Susu must be pregnant with a boy.
Su Man was not familiar with the village roads and had to go around twice before she found Old Lady Zhou's house.
Old Mrs. Zhou's house only has a tiled house surrounded by a fence, and some herbs are drying in the yard.
Su Man stood outside the fence and called out, "Is Grandma Zhou home?"
She called out several times, but no one answered.
Is he not at home?
Just when Su Man was thinking of coming back later, she suddenly heard a crisp sound from inside.
She realized something, pulled open the fence and ran in.
Inside the house, an old lady with silver hair was lying on the ground, her face flushed red. Next to her was a bowl broken into two pieces, and a few large dates were rolling on the ground.
Seeing Suman, the old lady covered her throat and desperately asked Suman for help.
Is this, choking?
Su Man suddenly remembered that when Jia Man was trapped in Li Xiang's house, there was a funeral in the village. It was said that an elderly person had passed away, and it was probably Mrs. Zhou.
If she died, no one would expose Chen Susu.
But seeing her eyes rolling back and she was about to die, Su Man still couldn't bear to stand by and watch her die.
She threw the basket aside, put her hands under Mrs. Zhou's arms, picked her up, and squeezed her fists.
Again and again.
Until with a "puff" sound, a date pit shot out of Old Mrs. Zhou's mouth.
“Cough cough cough…”
Old Mrs. Zhou coughed for a long time and couldn't speak.
Su Man saw a kettle on the table, poured her a glass of water, and patted her back to help her breathe. "Take your breath slowly, drink some water."
After a while, Mrs. Zhou finally regained her breath.
"Thank God."
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