How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 401 - 403: Fawn_1

"Qiaoqiao, where are you calling from?"

"Home, my internship has ended. I’m back with grandma to escape the summer heat," Li Qiao said.

Jiang Wanqiu thought to herself, it’s not even summer yet, what heat is she escaping? "You haven’t visited us for quite a while, did you have a falling out with Jin? Let me tell you, Professor Xue is your teacher, if this were ancient times, one would regard their teacher as their father for life, and Mrs. Xue is like a mother to you, you two should get along well."

Ah, Ruan Xiangjun is forever the lucky one. In her youth, she married the most promising man in the area. Back then, men could take concubines, yet he only remained devoted to Ruan Xiangjun, almost wishing he could attach other women to himself wherever he went.

After the man died, as did the son and daughter-in-law, she thought Ruan Xiangjun was as good as dead too, or at least that she would never make a comeback in this life.

But lo and behold, when she reappeared, her grandson had married a Top Scholar.

Raising a child for others, only to find out the biological father is a wealthy lord.

Now, it was her turn to eagerly suck up to them.

What a turn of events!

Old Mrs. Qin looked at the telephone with a smile that was not quite a smile, Jiang Wanqiu knew how to shift with the wind.

Li Qiao covered her mouth and giggled, "No conflict, we’re doing well." She was cautious about running about because she was pregnant; Mrs. Xue often came to her house. There might be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law disputes, but she hadn’t told Jiang Wanqiu.

"That’s good, is there anything else?" asked Jiang Wanqiu.

Li Qiao: "Please tell Jin that grandma and I have made it home."

"Okay, Sufen." Jiang Wanqiu hung up the phone and called Xue Sufen to notify Qin Jin that Li Qiao had returned to her hometown.

Xue Sufen: "I won’t go, Qin Jin probably isn’t home right now."

"Tell him later then, and don’t forget, your father’s and brother’s promotions are counting on Li Qiao to put in a good word for them."

Xue Sufen: "...."

....

On Feng Fugui’s side.

After returning home, he mentioned the matter of going to the city to his parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Feng had lived in the city before, but as the weather warmed up and construction on the house could start, they moved back to their hometown with their children and hadn’t visited the city since.

Liu Er’s parents, however, stayed in the city, where Xu Maimiao kept an eye on Hu Zhuyun’s child, longing for her own.

She persuaded him to bring the child to the city. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Mr. and Mrs. Feng, now settled in the new house, enjoyed daily praises from the neighbors.

With no worries about food and drink, they had no desire to live in the city.

"It’s inconvenient to move around in the city, it’s uncomfortable, we’re not used to it."

Feng Fugui: "Liu Er’s parents could get used to it, you should learn to as well."

"Others are others, we are us."

While the family was discussing this, Jin Daxue came to visit with her newly born child and the heavily pregnant Li Jinhua.

Jin Daxue urged Mr. and Mrs. Feng to move to the city: "Maimiao must miss the child. Now that I have my son, I can’t stand to be away from him either. It’s tough for her to hold out for so long."

"But if we don’t live in the house we built, wouldn’t that be a waste?"

Feng Fugui: "Then Dad, you stay here with the house, Mom can come with me. If you refuse to move, I’ll take the child with me, and have Maimiao bring him up."

"You unfilial son! For the sake of a woman, would you separate your parents?"

The family argued as opinions clashed.

Li Jinhua, however, was pondering whether Li Qiao had also returned.

Counting the days.

There was less than a month left until Li Qiao’s due date.

She had inquired about this.

Even if college students were married, if they got pregnant during their studies, they would have to take a leave of absence.

Returning to school after a leave would not only affect their studies but also damage their reputation.

Thus, Li Qiao would never take such a leave, Old Mrs. Qin certainly wouldn’t allow it either.

She would surely find a way to return to her hometown to hide from prying eyes, probably staying in the county town by now.

Feng Fugui most likely knew Li Qiao’s whereabouts, but his lips were recognized as the tightest in the village, and it wouldn’t be easy to get information out of him. She had to visit her mother’s home to find a way to coax Li Qiao’s address out of the police station.

For the future of the child in her belly, she had to ensure the child was sent to be with Li Qiao to live a better life.

....

Two days after staying at home, Li Qiao went outside to throw away the trash and was discovered by a neighbor to be pregnant.

"I noted this morning that your figure seemed a bit clumsy and wondered if you might be pregnant. This must be around six or seven months, right?"

Li Qiao smiled, "My due date is around the 20th of next month."

"Today’s the 26th already. That’s less than a month, has the school persuaded you to withdraw?" The neighbor knew a thing or two as well.

Li Qiao: "No, I came back after my internship ended."

"Your school is really progressive."

Li Qiao smiled again, then heard a familiar voice.

"Li Qiao."

Li Qiao turned her head, it was Ma Ling. She exclaimed in surprise, "How did you know I was back home?"

Ma Ling glanced at the neighbor.

Understanding the hint, Li Qiao exchanged a few cordial words with the neighbor before inviting Ma Ling inside to talk.

Ma Ling said, "Early this morning I saw your stepmother. She was asking around at the door, and she even told a coworker next door that your father was seriously ill, but they couldn’t find you. She specifically came to ask for your address, but no one knew it, and I didn’t say. I took advantage of my lunch break to come and tell you. Do you want to go home and check?"

Li Qiao felt suspicious inside, "It’s impossible for him to be seriously ill; they must want to come and bother me." They’re probably up to some mischief again.

Ma Ling remarked, "Your belly, how did it get so big?"

Li Qiao: "....."

Old Mrs. Qin held her belly, "About to give birth."

Ma Ling held her forehead, "Look at this silly question I asked, about to give birth but how much longer until the birth?"

Li Qiao also laughed along, "In about twenty days."

"That’s soon then, give me a heads-up when the baby’s born, I want to see the kid," Ma Ling said.

"Alright."

"....."

After sitting for a short while, Ma Ling left.

Li Qiao escorted her to the door, and Old Mrs. Qin casually closed it behind her. She wanted to share Qin Jin’s previous suspicions about Li Jinhua with Li Qiao, but after hesitating, she decided not to, thinking that a woman near childbirth must surely be irritable and scared.

Telling her daughter-in-law, what if it frightened her?

It wouldn’t be good for her physical or mental health.

She waited until Li Qiao was asleep before phoning Qin Jin to inform him of Dong Lamei’s actions.

Qin Jin’s eyes turned cold; it seemed the previous lessons had not been enough. "Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this matter."

...

The countryside was especially quiet at midnight.

Dong Lamei was sleeping soundly when a gang burst in, smashing and thrashing without asking any questions, and stormed into the room. They grabbed Dong Lamei and used sticks to break her legs.

Dong Lamei was terrified, crying and screaming.

In pain.

It was Li Shengcai who reacted, shouting for help only to receive two heavy slaps that left him seeing stars. After beating them, the group left.

The neighbors, hearing the commotion, came over to see what had happened.

The couple huddled together, shivering with fear.

Dong Lamei was in so much pain she couldn’t speak.

Li Shengcai, stuttering, recounted the event, "It must have been Qin Jin."

"Qin Jin hasn’t been in the village for ages, how could he do it?"

Li Shengcai: "Who else but him?"

"Could it be someone Jinniu offended?"

Li Jinniu has also been hanging out with a dodgy crowd lately, said to be peddling cigarettes.

He’s made quite a bit of money.

Wasn’t that enough to make others jealous?

"Improbable, my boy Jinniu is honest," Li Shengcai said.

Dong Lamei: "It must have been Qin Jin." No one else could find so many thugs to come and cause trouble at their home.

"You both say it was Qin Jin, but how long has it been since Qin Jin last came to the village? Why would he, out of the blue, have people beat you up?"

Dong Lamei guessed that it might be related to seeking out Li Qiao the day before and that Qin Jin had found out about it.

From what Jinniu said, Qin Jin had struck it rich in Beijing and even appeared on TV. If he couldn’t come in person, he could still make a phone call, couldn’t he? Nowadays, as long as you have a phone installed at home, you can get in touch no matter the distance.

Ouch!

She was in excruciating pain.

Tomorrow, she wouldn’t be able to help Jinhua find Li Qiao.

She clamored to go see a doctor at the health clinic about her leg.

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