Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

But Fang Xiu insisted on trusting Xu He, "Hehua would definitely not divulge this matter. If she really wanted to, she would have already spoken up by now."

She touched her belly and said with conviction, "The child can’t be aborted. The days when I didn’t conceive were almost unbearable under the pressure from my mother-in-law. Now that I’m finally pregnant, the whole family treasures me like a gem. If the baby is lost, my mother-in-law will be the first to blame me, and I’ll have no good days to live at home."

Fang Ping’an looked at her with an innocent expression and felt so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. He yelled at her, "But it only works if the child in your belly is truly Luo Family’s offspring. If your mother-in-law finds out about this, you’ll see how she treats you."

Fang Xiu paused, probably feeling that Fang Ping’an made sense, and changed her tone, "Anyway, even if we really have to abort the baby, we need to think of something. We can’t push all the responsibility onto me. We need to shift the blame onto the Luo Family, so my mother-in-law won’t reproach me."

Li Yuchun chimed in hastily, "Xiu’er is right. Zhou Yunmei is crazy for a grandson. These past few days in the village, she’s been bragging to everyone that her family is so blessed to have not just one, but two grandsons. If Xiu’er’s baby is really gone, I don’t think she’ll let it rest."

Fang Ping’an gave Li Yuchun a stern look and shouted, "If it’s gone, it’s gone. What can she do? She’ll just scold you for it. Let her talk. You were the one who made the mistake in the first place. What’s the harm in being scolded? It won’t kill you."

"I don’t care. If you don’t help me figure out a good solution, I won’t abort the child. I will give birth to it. After all, no one from the Luo Family is going to find out," Fang Xiu declared, then pointed at Fang Pingying fiercely and said, "Unless she goes and snitches, that’s all."

"Fang Xiu, if I really wanted to snitch, would I have waited until today?" Fang Pingying sneered, "Anyway, as I’ve said, I’m not getting involved in your mess. I’ll act as if I don’t know anything. And if something happens later, don’t come to me, that’s that."

After saying that, Fang Pingying, too tired to deal with Fang Xiu any longer, went back to the room where she had lived before getting married.

Because it was the Chinese New Year, and there were guests at home, Li Yuchun had cleaned everything up nicely, and the kang bed also had bedding. Fang Pingying, having not slept well the night before, decided to take off her coat and rest on the kang for a while.