Chapter 177 Whose bastard is this?
Gu Qingshi kept her word and meant it no matter what. Bai Zhen wanted to force her outside the store, but there were shops next to Gu's, so she couldn't tolerate Bai Zhen all the time and had to drive her away.
Seeing that Gu Qingshi still ignored her after all this, Bai Zhen knew that she had made up her mind to ignore her. Her heart was filled with despair. What should she do? There was no way to survive if she went back, and Duan Gang was going to beat her to death.
Duan Gang was already weak due to his age, and he was exhausted by Duan Lingling and Bai Zhen, and Bai Zhen's face was ruined, so he was even less in the mood. So he hadn't really touched Bai Zhen for a long time. Occasionally, when he was in a bad mood, he would vent his anger by tormenting Bai Zhen while calling her a slut.
In this case, although the date of pregnancy cannot be accurately determined, it is possible that the baby was conceived before. However, Duan Gang had a hunch that it was not his child, and he would not believe it no matter what Bai Zhen said.
Bai Zhen swore firmly that the child was from the Duan family, but Duan Gang still started beating her and almost aborted the baby in her belly.
The incident became a big deal, and everyone nearby knew that Bai Zhen was pregnant with a bastard. The good reputation that Bai Zhen had worked hard to build for more than ten years was now completely ruined.
Although Bai Zhen was beaten and kept begging for help, no one tried to persuade her or interfere in their family affairs. After all, the Duan family's current reputation could only be described as disgusting.
They have a daughter who got pregnant before marriage and committed a crime, and a stepmother who gave birth to a bastard. No one wants to have anything to do with them.
Bai Zhen tried her best to protect the baby in her belly because she wanted to give birth to it.
In the end, Bai Zhen was rescued by Duan Renjie. After listening to Duan Renjie, she came to Gu Qingshi for help. She originally thought that she would just be scolded, but who would have thought that Gu Qingshi would just ignore her.
When Bai Zhen was filled with despair and didn't know what to do, a kind-hearted boss hired her to work.
It was a restaurant nearby. The person who had previously helped with washing dishes quit and they were worried about who would help. So they finally hired Bai Zhen to help wash dishes. They provided Bai Zhen with food and accommodation, but did not increase his salary.
Bai Zhen had done a lot of washing dishes and housework at home, so she was quite capable of doing it. When she heard that she would be provided with food and accommodation, she immediately agreed.
She thought she had met a kind-hearted person, but unexpectedly she had fallen into a trap and started washing dishes day and night.
What's more, what the boss said was very exaggerated. When he said providing food, he actually meant letting her eat some of the leftovers from the customers, and not even think about any other new food. But at that time, the customers were reluctant to leave much of the food, and basically finished it all.
Bai Zhen had no choice but to grit her teeth and eat the cold leftovers for the sake of the baby in her belly.
As for where she lived, she was given a small bed in a small warehouse behind the store. Not only could she not even stretch her legs straight, but the warehouse was also filled with vegetables, stinky tofu and the like, the smell of which was indescribable.
The so-called provision of food and shelter and kind shelter did not exist at all. The boss was just trying to exploit her.
Bai Zhen has grown up and finally experienced the suffering of others. He also experienced the same life that Gu Qingshi had experienced.
Bai Zhen didn't eat well and didn't rest well, and her morning sickness became worse, causing her boss to scold her for a long time. Bai Zhen thought about quitting, but she had no choice but to hold on because she had nowhere else to go.
When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Bai Zhen couldn't help but think of her first pregnancy, when she was pregnant with Gu Qingshi. It was her first child at that time and she had severe morning sickness, but she lived a good life.
There was not much money at that time, but Gu Feng was very considerate. She didn't have to do anything, including washing clothes, and the meals were always prepared. Whatever she wanted to eat, he would find it for her even if he had to climb the whole mountain all night.
More than ten years later, because of her pregnancy, Bai Zhen remembered Gu Feng's kindness again, but that person was no longer around.
Although Bai Zhen suffered a lot, she did not forget to apply scar removing cream. The scar removing cream really took effect slowly and her scar became much smaller. Bai Zhen also gradually got used to such hard days and was no longer as miserable as before.
The boss then realized that Bai Zhen was actually quite good-looking. If you ignored the scar, the other half of her face was actually quite nice.
He asked Bai Zhen to cover the other side of her face, and when they had no business and free time, he would either tease her with words or touch her, just to relax.
The boss was already in his fifties or sixties and was fat, which made Bai Zhen feel sick. She really felt she couldn't stand it any longer under such torture and could only threaten the boss that Gu Qingshi was her daughter and asked him not to go too far.
"She is your daughter, then why are you washing dishes here?" The boss didn't believe it.
"We have had a conflict, but we are still mother and daughter. She doesn't care about me now, but if I die, she will definitely hold me accountable. Don't think too highly of yourself!"
Bai Zhen's threat was quite effective. The boss was half-believing and half-doubting, but he finally restrained himself and didn't do anything anymore.
Bai Zhen saw that such threats were effective, so she had to look for Gu Qingshi again. Gu Qingshi still ignored her. Fortunately, she had waited for another life-saving straw.
"Renjie? It's really you. I thought I was seeing things. You really came to see me. I thought you were lying to me."
"How could I lie to you?" Duan Renjie saw that the scar on Bai Zhen's face had healed a lot, and his own complexion also improved a little. "Are you okay? I see that you don't look well."
Bai Zhen hugged Duan Renjie and said, "I'm not okay, Renjie, I'm not okay at all. Please take me away, I can't stand it any longer."
Duan Renjie looked around and coaxed her to the corner of the alley for fear of being seen. "Dad still doesn't believe this is his child. I can't take you home yet."
"We are all descendants of the Duan family anyway, why is he so stubborn?" Bai Zhen gritted his teeth, "Renjie, why don't you just tell him directly? I don't want to suffer outside anymore."
It was indeed Duan Renjie who forced Bai Zhen to be together in the beginning, but Bai Zhen was half-hearted and didn't resist much. She didn't dare to resist, and she couldn't resist. She would feel lonely at her age, so Duan Renjie was naturally more to her liking than Duan Gang.
This was the first time she had ever experienced such excitement, and it made her sink into it.
But unexpectedly, she was pregnant. Bai Zhen couldn't tell whose child she was between the father and the son. Anyway, she was the blood of the Duan family. But based on Duan Gang's reaction and Bai Zhen's own feeling, she was Duan Renjie's.
Bai Zhen's obsession with giving birth to a son made her want to give birth to the child no matter whose son it was, and she also wanted Duan Renjie to be responsible.
Duan Renjie's eyes flashed with impatience. He knew this would happen. "Mom, didn't we agree before that we can't talk about this?"
Duan Renjie coaxed Bai Zhen, "Don't you want your child to have a legitimate identity? Do you want people to call your child a bastard after he's born? If you don't want to, you must not say that. Not only your child, but my reputation will also be affected. Who would dare to hire me to work? How would I make money?"
"I have to make money to raise the children, and we can't be together, otherwise people will talk about you. You know those gossipers, they don't know what true love is, they just talk and talk, their saliva can drown people, I feel sorry for you."
(End of this chapter)
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