Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from the last episode, Cheng Cheng was competing with each other and messing up a bunch of things. I was thinking that Gao Xinci was really "merciful" and repaid evil with kindness, and his only condition was me, and I was quite moved, but suddenly another question came to my mind.

"So why didn't you tell me earlier about this? It must have caused quite a stir, so why didn't I hear any news about it?" I asked in confusion.

Chen Yining frowned, feeling quite helpless. "I wanted to, too, but your Xiao Gao called us over right away. When Zuo Qiao and Zhu Wenqing came to hire someone, it was like kidnapping. If I dared to say 'no', they would have killed me on the spot. I thought he didn't want you to worry, so I accepted it. It was only after the incident happened a few days ago that I figured it out."

"Figured out what?"

"He just wants to buy time. If you had known earlier and dealt with Wei Defu in advance, wouldn't the game be broken? Shipping business is not only done by the Gao family. It takes enough time to transfer a ship from Jinhai. You definitely don't have to pay the penalty for breach of contract, right? This is the first reason. Secondly, General Nata can only use you now that he has chocolate as a chess piece. If you do business with the Mawu government, you can earn back the 6 billion and you can also do a favor. There are no disadvantages but only advantages! But only if you don't know, Xiao Gao can find something against you and force you to return to Linjiang, don't you think?" Chen Yining said while cracking melon seeds and trying to hold back his laughter.

I almost choked again, holding my chest and feeling confused, thinking, what a dishonest businessman! How could he be so dishonest! I cheated on him, so he wants to kill me? That's too bad! He acted so nice when he slept with me the other day, it seems he was still thinking about the big move!

When Cheng Cheng found out about this, her reaction was even more exciting. She took a deep breath and said "what" with a long drag.

Lu Zeyun snorted in disdain: "What else? They sold you out and you're still helping them count the money. You've fought with Gao Xinci for so many years but you still haven't learned your lesson. He's a born profiteer, how can he be a good person? You provoke him? Then you'd better prepare to give your sister a dowry."

Cheng Cheng hugged my arm with a sad face: "No——"

I also wanted to cry but had no tears: "I don't want to go either——"

"I think, if you really don't want to, forget it. The penalty is cheaper than the dowry!" Chen Yining saw that we were completely exhausted and laughed with his head tilted back. It took a while for him to relax and patted my hand: "Forget it, I won't tease you anymore. Otherwise, I'll go to Ma Da and see if I can mediate for you. My old man still has some say there."

I thought about it for a moment, then quickly shook my head: "Come on, the government is keeping an eye on you, where are you? If you go back and act like a gangster's daughter to back me up, you'll cause trouble the next day. If something goes wrong, it'll be terrible. I don't want to be captured by Dean Lu for live research."

"With your spirit, I'm afraid you'll be scared to death before I even start the operation. It's better for you to directly become a cadaver teacher. At least it will be guaranteed to be fresh for the first two years." Lu Zeyun shrugged.

I pointed at him and shouted exaggeratedly: "Look! Is this guy reasonable? He only talks about you!"

Chen Yining thought for a moment and nodded: "Well, actually I was just being polite just now."

I'm speechless.

Cheng Cheng rolled his eyes and said, "Then why did you come so early? It will take another two hours to get up the mountain. Is it so urgent that you come to my house in the middle of the night just to pick up the kids?"

Lu Zeyun waved his hand and said, "We just want to eat and stay for free. We arrived last night and even slept in the guest room for a while. Your food is so delicious, so we'll enjoy more meals."

"Hmph, that's great, we made it in time and can still have the feast today." Cheng Cheng pursed his lips.

Chen Yining just remembered, and there was a little more helplessness in her eyes. She winked and the people below went out. She came closer: "Does this matter have anything to do with you?" I nodded truthfully, and Chen Yining sighed: "Forget it, I can understand, I just care that my family is on your side, after all, the child grew up under your care, I don't care about Fu Shuchen, he was originally in an advantageous position."

"Whatever I do has nothing to do with my brother. As long as my second uncle doesn't let him get involved, I will stay away." I lowered my head.

Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere was too awkward, Lu Zeyun slowly leaned over and said, "Actually, it's okay to attack him occasionally."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was pushed away by Chen Yining and I.

The clock struck seven and the sound of banging and hammering at the funeral outside was heard. Someone from the second house happened to come over to report the news and was brought in by Li Shirong. He said that they only needed to take half of the money from the few people I sent over to help. My second uncle had arranged the funeral for the second wife and it would be a small one. I was sick, so I shouldn't go to avoid bad luck. Chengcheng would stay to take care of me and she wouldn't have to go through all the trouble. Zhou Zhi would be sent back to Chen Yining after the funeral was over.

I smiled bitterly. He really didn't hide it. Who in this world would say that their mother was unlucky? I really helped him. The only thing that was difficult to explain was probably Third Grandma, but I just didn't go to see her.

Cheng Cheng didn't care at all. He just felt relieved when he heard these things. When he just returned home, he was set up and fell off his horse, and almost broke his leg. After so many years, his revenge was finally taken. I patted him lightly without saying anything, thinking about Linjiang in my heart.

My brother brought Zhou Zhi here after breakfast. My sister-in-law and brother Qingyun also followed with Zhou Yi. Their "worry" was probably the same as Lu Zeyun's. The meeting between the two families was very awkward, but my brother didn't care. He was still immersed in the sadness of the funeral. I wanted to hide and go out for some fresh air, but I don't know when he followed me. He didn't look at me or speak behind me, so I just thought he was "suffering from the same pain", but he spoke again when we passed by.

"Are you happy?" he asked me in a low voice.

I was stunned, and turned around to laugh: "Is this question funny?"

"It's not fun." My brother didn't look at me, but just lowered his head and shook his head: "In the past, no matter what grievances you suffered, you would tell me. Why didn't you tell me this time?"

"Brother, I have relied on you." I laughed, shook my head and was about to leave, but was left behind again.

He was very stubborn: "So you really feel relieved?"

"Yes! So what!"

I don't know where the inexplicable anger came from. I didn't want to do this. I regretted it after I said it, but there is no such thing as regret medicine in the world. My brother is innocent, but on second thought, I am innocent too.

I wanted to leave again, but my brother stopped me, put his arm around my shoulders and held me in his arms, gently. Everything was so gentle. Only the moment he held me in his arms felt heavy, but not the heaviness of anger.

My brother seemed to be crying, and his hot tears fell on my shoulders and burned me.

"That's it, then. I don't blame you, nor do I expect you to forgive me. I know you got nothing when you relied on me..." My brother whispered, choking up for the first time: "But in the future, can you tell me? I'm really embarrassed sometimes... I don't know what you are fighting about, what happened in private, and how to solve it. I thought everything was harmonious, but in the end I suddenly lost someone, and I really couldn't do anything... Why did you hide it from me? He is my father and you are my sister. No matter who wins or loses, does the result have nothing to do with me? I really don't understand..."

My heart softened at once. I should never have any complaints against my brother. After all, he really loved me. My mind was too confused. I shook it hard to get rid of the strange thoughts. I reached out slowly to hug him, took a deep breath to calm down, and smiled again.

"Brother, I never thought you did anything wrong, so how can I forgive you? I just... I just think that in this world, if you lean on a mountain, the mountain will fall, and if you lean on water, the water will flow. If you lean on someone, you must also be prepared to leave him. I don't have that much confidence and firmly believe that the other person will always be my big tree. I think this way, I'm just grown up, right..."

"I'm sorry..." he said to me.

I was drowsy and didn't understand the meaning of these three words.

I seem to be sick again after leaving that embrace.

Back in the tea room, Zhou Zhi was naturally happy to see his parents, but Chen Yining covered his mouth because everyone had to be very sad during the funeral and they were not allowed to shout. Zhou Zhi didn't understand. He had never met the second wife and was not sad at all. He didn't even know what death meant. Even if Chen Yining told him that death means a person completely leaves this world and never comes back, he wouldn't be sad.

Zhouyi kept asking me to hold her, buried her little face in my shoulder and told me that she saw everything when she went up the mountain. Only grandpa and third grandma were unhappy. The adults didn't care and some were even laughing. So she wanted to laugh too, but was slapped on the palm of her hand. She felt wronged.

Really? I smiled and told her that everyone should be beaten.

Time passed quickly. After I settled the children, the Guiyan Courtyard banquet started. I arrived a little late. It had been seven or eight days before I finally saw my second uncle at the same table again. It was like a lifetime ago. He had lost a lot of weight, his hair was pale, and his eye sockets were deeply sunken. He didn't say much, but only weakly asked me to sit down. I thought he would be very happy that Second Grandma had died, and it turned out to be the case. My brother picked at the things on the table and asked him to eat something, but he kept shaking his head and finally put down his chopsticks.

"Shishi, you should eat more lotus seeds to replenish your energy and blood. I don't see much energy in you." My second uncle suddenly said to me.

I then noticed that I had been staring at him for a long time, and now I slowly picked up the chopsticks. But I didn't have much appetite, so I just picked at the food twice and left it alone.

Seeing this, my brother poked my sister-in-law with his elbow. My sister-in-law smiled awkwardly, pulled my second uncle's sleeve and pointed at her belly: "Dad, I haven't told you yet, I'm pregnant again, three months now. The situation was not very good before, and Shuchen and I went to the hospital to get a pregnancy-preserving injection, but we were afraid that we would not be able to keep the baby and that it would be a false alarm, so we didn't tell you. But a few days ago, when we went to the hospital, the doctor suddenly said that it was fine, and there is no problem now. I wonder if grandma is blessing us..."

The second uncle finally pulled himself together and looked back at his sister-in-law, feeling helpless. "How can you hide such a big thing? Only when you are healthy can the child be healthy. You just followed me up the mountain. Don't go to the sacrifice ceremony later. It will be too tiring. Shuchen will stay to take care of you."

My sister-in-law held her belly and waved her hands quickly: "No, I can do it myself. Shuchen is grandma's only grandson, how can he not go? I'll stay with Shishi, and it's a good opportunity for me to spend more time with Zhouyi, so that she won't be jealous of the little brother in her belly." After saying that, she looked at me with a smile and winked at me desperately.

Of course I stood up to express my opinion. My second uncle looked at me and nodded, then waved his hand for me to sit down. Just when he was feeling a little better, the steward brought a new dish of Dongpo pork, the greasy taste went straight to my stomach. It was not like this usually, but today it went wrong. I tilted my head, covered my mouth and vomited twice, and my throat was so sore.

Zhizhi was startled and quickly patted my back: "What's wrong?"

I was in so much pain that I couldn't straighten my back. I had to force myself to open my eyes. I looked around with tears in my eyes. Chengcheng and my brother also came over to ask, "Everything is fine. The only thing that worried me is those eyes, a pair of eyes that went from sadness to joy and then immediately fell into depression again."

I wanted to calm down quickly and find a reasonable excuse so that my second uncle would not hate me and suspect that I was pregnant with my sister-in-law again and had a chance to compete with her to give birth to the eldest son. Even though I had only slept with Gao Xinci once a week ago, there was no guarantee that my second uncle would not suspect that there was something else. The most important thing was that Jiang Yinan was dead, and if I was pregnant again, the clue would be too obvious.

Unfortunately, my body’s reaction was too severe. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t hold on. I rushed into the bathroom and vomited for a long time while holding onto the counter. Only after Zhizhi came over to help me did I feel better.

There was no way I could get pregnant. I took medicine, but I knew that even if I explained the result to him in person, he might not believe it. The seeds of doubt had already been planted in my heart. The story continued, and today's funeral was no longer the ending. But I still wanted to struggle, so I clung tightly to the life-saving straw beside me.

"hug me."

"what?"

I covered my chest and took a long time to breathe slowly. I glanced at Zhizhi who was eager to do something and confirmed the answer.

"hug me."

He pounced on me without any reason, and I watched from the gap between the hugs. Those eyes were always there, from the moment of defeat to the moment of setting sail again, constantly trapping people in the rage of hatred.