Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from the last time, there were traces of wild cats in the ward, and they must have been man-made.

I couldn't leave the children behind no matter what, so I hurried back to look after them myself. Luckily, they all slept well during this trip. My uncle wanted to get to the bottom of it and was about to send Pei Zhen to investigate, but I was quick to react and had someone stop him.

If he has no suspicions about anyone, he can investigate however he wants. But if he points to someone from the second house, and it's not Uncle, Uncle will definitely remember this day for the great humiliation he suffered. If it is really him, and we don't have solid evidence, it will only give him a reason to suppress the first and third houses even more in the future. The Fu family is his world now, and even my brother can't persuade him...

I held the child and pulled Jiang Chulan over: "Go take a look at the surveillance, and tell those confidants left by Lu Zeyun to check a small area. If you can't find him, it's fine, but spread the news to Brother Qingyun secretly, and find a way to get him back."

"Yes." Jiang Chulan nodded and left immediately.

My uncle was even more anxious as he sat beside my bed: "Even if you still trust the second brother, it's fine if you don't check the second room. What if it's someone from outside? We don't even have a target, what if they come again in the future?"

"Everyone, go out." I sighed. Except for Cheng Cheng Zhizhi and my uncle Pei Shu, the rest of my family and the third room bowed slightly and went out. I held my uncle's hand tightly and said, "Uncle, who else do you think it could be? I never argue with others, and I am lenient in the business world. I never do anything to offend others. If they are really outsiders who want to take action for the sake of profit, then they can just come at me and Cheng Cheng and directly harm my children. Isn't this hatred? But where did I get my enemies? William? Uncle, from your point of view, is he a person who does not keep his word? Besides, he doesn't have any confidants now. They are all Liang Sen's people. Would Liang Sen hate them so much?"

My uncle was silent, rubbing his thumb on the back of my hand. I gradually felt the sweat oozing out.

"So if I don't investigate, and it's not my second uncle, at least he has some mercy on me and can forgive me for snatching the eldest daughter of the fourth generation of Mr.'s direct line. If it really turns out to be him, do I have the ability to break up with him? If you protect me, do we have the ability to compete with him together? Uncle, your youngest child is only four years old. Can you control yourself and keep an eye on the children at all times?"

"It's my fault that I can't protect you." My uncle had no choice but to say this in the end. He held me in his arms with a gloomy look and warmed me up.

"It's also my own fault that I don't have the ability. I've been trapped for so many years and I can't even protect my own child. Uncle, I don't blame you. I'm not a child anymore. I shouldn't have been under your wings all my life. Old Fu spoiled me too much when he was here." I squeezed out two tears.

When my uncle heard what old Fu said, he became even more emotional. He said a few more words to me and was about to leave. He asked the people from the third room to take care of the ward for me inside and out, and even sent more staff. He even refused to trust the confinement nanny sent by the second room to take care of the two children's eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. I thought it was too much, but it was not good to keep embarrassing my uncle, so I only kept half of the people from the second room and sent the rest back to my sister-in-law. I thought that this way, the two uncles would not encounter any problems at this time.

After waiting until all the outsiders had left, I pulled Zhizhi and Chengcheng closer. One of us sat on the bed and the other stood beside it. I took the pen that Zhizhi had on him and took out the rice paper that I had prepared to name the children from my bag. After thinking for a moment, I wrote two names on it, one was Fu Jiangling and the other was Fu Jiangyun.

I handed the stick to Zhizhi, who was speechless after taking a look at it. Chengcheng pulled me over and said, "Sister, isn't the fourth generation of our family the Zhou generation?"

"Didn't I also not name myself according to the generational order? Are the rules so important?" I turned around and looked at Zhizhi tiredly and helplessly: "Being spoiled, rebellious, arrogant, everyone sighed, and there is no future. Will you live longer this way?"

Zhizhi remained silent and just patted my head. He probably thought that in addition to the current reason, I was also thinking of Jiang Yinan, so he couldn't persuade me and could only agree.

I still stuffed the stick into his hand and said, "Send this thing to the old house immediately. Before Second Uncle knows about it, let them register the child under the names of Jiang Yinan and me from the Second House. I should have presented a gift first, but it's just a name."

"Okay." Zhizhi nodded.

I suddenly remembered something and pulled him back: "By the way, after this is done, you can take our people to form a small circle around the ward. My uncle and the others can move around, but they must keep the people outside."

Zhizhi was even more confused: "Don't you believe my uncle?"

"I don't trust anyone except you and Chengcheng." I gritted my teeth. Who knows if it was postpartum impatience? I think I should have thought too much, but because I was sad, I was uneasy and wanted to make a fuss, so I was determined. In addition to the wild cat incident, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was not done by my second uncle. The shadow in my heart became clearer and clearer. I covered my chest and took a deep breath: "Where is the cat just now?"

"Auntie Liu is feeding her." Cheng Cheng replied.

"Bring it in so I can see it."

After a while, Li Xi brought the cat in. The baby was held by Zhizhi and fell asleep by the confinement nanny. Only then did I feel relieved to confirm my guess. I held the cat in my arms and stroked its fur. It was very well-behaved, not like an ordinary wild cat, but one that had been raised for a while. It raised its head and just rubbed against people's hands. I pushed its fur aside, revealing a little bit of light pink flesh inside. It was so clean, without any bugs, and it didn't even shed much hair. How did it look like a stray cat?

It's a domestic kitten, so it's too clean for this kitten. Even if it takes ten baths before going out, it won't have this effect. It won't be any problem even if it lies on Jiang Ling and Jiang Yun and eats catnip.

As for Jiang Chulan, he thought it was a wild cat at first sight. There were probably just a few traces of gray on the surface, but when he stretched out his fingers to touch it, the gray could not come down at all. It was simply embedded in the fur. A closer look showed that there was only a thin layer. The "gray" did not fall down and actually stain the skin.

"This is artificial dye." I covered my mouth and coughed lightly.

"Ah?" Zhizhi exclaimed in surprise, and quickly took the cat to look at it. He had learned a lot as the head of the family, and was proficient in almost everything. After taking a look, he was even more certain of what I said, but he was holding the cat in confusion: "Who did this? He didn't want to hurt anyone, but wanted to scare people? Is he crazy?"

"Didn't the surveillance video show anything wrong?" I asked.

Zhizhi still pursed his lips and shook his head: "It was just the patient and the doctor. The doctor went over to check up on the patient, and then the whole family left with their bags. The doctor also left, and that was it. Later, no one knew where this cat came out from."

I became more convinced after hearing this, and reached out to touch the cat's head. "I like this cat very much, so keep it. But I heard that Uncle Hou likes it too. I'll go back in a few days and bring it to him to show him."

"Oh——" Zhizhi was even more speechless when he saw that I seemed to be not doing my job. Fortunately, when he looked back at Chengcheng's expression, there was finally someone who understood.

"Uncle Hou did this. It's not easy to act as a patient, but how can a doctor be a troublesome thing for the Hou family? Uncle Hou can know the blind spots of the surveillance according to their own plan. The cat was released by the doctor." Cheng Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, but was also quite resentful: "It's just that the play was not performed for us to watch, but to warn the second uncle and the young uncle. They were afraid that we wouldn't act well, so they kept us silent and let us express our true feelings."

"When did your brain stop working clearly?" I rolled my eyes.

Cheng Cheng's eyes widened immediately: "When has my brain ever been slower than his?"

Zhizhi: "I am also confused because of my concern."

Cheng Cheng: "Don't I care?!"

The three people were talking at their own pace. The cat couldn't stand it any longer. He broke free from my arms and ran to the corner of the room to rummage through the bag to get my sausage to eat. He was really sociable, just like Uncle Hou. Aunt Wensu and the others were still in Jinhai. I guess he had a good time these days. He scared me today, but tomorrow I can stand up. I really have to think of a way to scare him back. That would be fair.

I waved my hand: "Okay, Zhizhi, go ahead and do your work. It's time to rest after you're done. I'll talk to Chengcheng for a few words and then go to sleep."

"Then you guys chat. I'll call you when my sister-in-law gives birth."

"it is good."

After Zhizhi went out, I lifted the quilt and helped Chengcheng get out of bed. Expelling lochia is not a trivial matter, so I have to walk a few steps. My health is not good, so I can't take care of things outside. So I walked around the ward in circles. The pain in my body was bearable. I took a deep breath and watched Li Xi send me a message on the phone after a while. Finally, at around eleven o'clock the next day, my sister-in-law was ten fingers dilated and said she was giving birth.

I woke up from a nap with better strength restored. Cheng Cheng stayed by my side. Auntie brought me some milk-stimulating soup, and he fed me one spoonful at a time. I really had no appetite, but I still had to eat for the sake of the baby. The confinement nanny also sent me news last night. Jiang Ling was willing to drink milk powder, but Jiang Yun had drunk breast milk, and now she wouldn't eat a sip of milk powder no matter how I coaxed her.

But I wanted to raise a child but I didn't have the ability to do so. I drank a few sips and finally vomited it all while leaning on the bed.

Cheng Cheng hugged me and patted my back gently to help me calm down. Auntie then brought Jiang Yun over to feed her. After I finished feeding her and calmed down, I felt dizzy again as if I had been drained.

"Sister, what do you want to eat? I'll make it. Don't worry about whether it will stimulate lactation or not. You have to eat something to have strength. You have to be well before you can raise a child, right?"

I covered my head and listened to Chengcheng, but finally shook my head. In fact, the physical discomfort was secondary. The main thing was that I couldn't calm down. My sister-in-law was still giving birth, and it seemed that I could hear her screams in the ward. She and my brother have always been very good to me. I wanted to accompany her, but I was also worried that she would really give birth to a daughter like what she said to William in the previous life, and I would be in trouble.

The problem between my second uncle and I is not unsolvable. As long as my sister-in-law gives birth to a son this time, then there will be four generations of children. Even if I give birth to the eldest daughter first, the second room will also have the eldest son. We will be even, and my second uncle will feel more relieved.

As he thought about it, he said these words: "Go ask Xiangyang if my sister-in-law is sure that the baby is a girl. And tell Lu Zeyun to tell me once the gender is confirmed. If my sister-in-law gives birth to a boy, it won't be a big deal."

"But didn't sister-in-law give birth to Zhou Yi as her first child?"

"Who can say for sure? I just gave birth to a daughter, and I don't even know where An An is. If she dies first, Uncle Hou won't have to act out our predicament."

Cheng Cheng was a little annoyed, and even threw the bell he was using to tease the cat down with. "My sister-in-law is still in there in agony. What's wrong with giving birth to a boy or a girl? What's wrong with being the eldest son or daughter? They are all our own children. It's good enough if they can come out safely. Second uncle wants a grandson so much, why doesn't he go in and suffer the pain himself?"

I was laughing and crying because of this, and I pinched his face: "You are so angry that you are talking nonsense."

"That's how it is. What can the eldest son or daughter do? Manage the public accounts? So what? Aren't the public accounts still divided among the households according to the rules? And they can't get much by themselves." Cheng Cheng shook her head and sighed.

I chuckled again, "Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? Your brother and sister didn't embezzle much because they were too lazy to argue. Do you really think the amount is small? There are three heads of the family, and each of them contributes 30% of the annual profit, which adds up to 90%. The eldest son and daughter are idle all day long, and they can catch up with one head of the family for no reason. The third house is the younger uncle, and the age gap between him and the old master and the second uncle is too big to count on. But the first and second houses have always been evenly matched. The money from the public account is divided equally, and checks and balances each other so that no one will benefit too much. If all the money goes to my children in this life, I can find an excuse and say that my family has made some mistakes. What if I don't pay the public account this year and let them reflect on it? What if I say this every year? I just make sure they don't starve to death. According to the rules, who can say anything? All this money will become mine."

"Chengcheng, that's tens of billions, and it's tens of billions every year. Even if you give half to the other party, it's still 5 billion. Who wouldn't be jealous? It took you a long time to earn this money. You just took over the position three years ago. Where do you think I got so much money to run things for you? How much cash did Lao Fu leave for me after using it for your company's account?"

Cheng Cheng nodded, but she still felt uncomfortable: "But didn't the power of the eldest son and daughter in the previous life go to the second house? Dad didn't say anything. It was obviously you who gave birth to An An first, and the power of the eldest son was also given to Zhou Xing. This is enough to show that although the money in the public account can be embezzled, it will cause dissatisfaction in the family if it is too much. It should still be distributed well, and every year, it should be embezzled. How much do you want to break up with your family to take such a risky path? So it's of no use. To put it bluntly, our eldest son and daughter have been born a long time ago, Zhou Zhi and Yuan Yuan, isn't Zhou Zhi a boy? Isn't he also the second uncle's grandson."

"You don't have to use power, but you have to hold it in your own hands to feel at ease." I looked at Chengcheng helplessly and patted his hand on my leg: "Yuanyuan is related to us by blood, but William's lineage was expelled from the Fu family since my grandfather's generation, so it doesn't count. Even if it is, Yuanyuan's surname is Liang, and Zhouzhi's surname is Chen! Chen Yining puts on a good face because Second Uncle is my brother's elder. Why don't you let Second Uncle snatch the child from her? If she doesn't tear the Fu family into ruins, I will take her surname."

"Is it that serious?" Cheng Cheng snickered. Seeing me rolling my eyes at him and coughing, he sat up straight with a wronged look on his face. "What about An An?"

"An An is even more so. An An's surname is Gao, so any benefits will come from the Gao family first. He is an only child and smart. He will definitely be the boss of the Gao family in the future. His status is so high that it makes people breathless. How could the Fu family give him an extra share? Now my two children are the real descendants of the Fu family. They are under the name of your brother-in-law, the son-in-law. The children have my surname and are the legitimate eldest daughters of the Fu family. To be honest, I don't really care. I wish they all had the surname Jiang, but unfortunately my second uncle won't agree."

"So you asked them to let Jiang be the one to name the baby? Then what would An An be called if she were to be born again?" Cheng Cheng poked her head out and said with amusement.

I shrugged. "Just go along with it, Fu... Fu Jiangan."

"It sounds better than Gao Youan..." Cheng Cheng said quietly, and I rolled my eyes at her again soon.

"Are you doubting my naming ability? What happened to Youan? I named Youan too. Gao Xinci cried so hard that he fainted, his condition was even worse than mine right after giving birth. How could he have the energy to get up and think of a name for his son?"

“I don’t dare.” Cheng Cheng bit her lip and said, “Then there is really no possibility that Ling Ling and Yun Yun are Jiang Yinan’s children?”

I sighed, "It doesn't matter who the child belongs to. What matters is who others think he belongs to. For me, my second uncle's trust is the most important."

Chengzi stared with his big watery eyes, crossed his legs and almost grabbed a handful of melon seeds: "I'm just curious."

I pouted: "Do you think kissing can lead to pregnancy?"

Chengzi: “No.”

"That's it." I rolled my eyes again: "Why, you don't accept it?"

"I give in. I just think Jiang Yinan can really hold it in." Cheng Cheng stuck out her tongue and turned her head to the other side.

When I heard this, I felt goose bumps all over my body. The "wind" made me feel a little cold, so I quickly huddled back under the quilt.

But no matter what, the issue between Chengcheng and I can be resolved internally, and it's just a joke right now, so it's not a big deal. It was only when Li Xi came to me in person to report the news that I really felt disappointed.

My sister-in-law gave birth very quickly. She just held the baby in her arms. Like me, it’s a daughter…