1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

After hearing Qin Huairu's assurance, the second uncle Liu Haizhong and the third uncle Yan Bugui warned her sternly and then turned and left.

In the empty yard, only Xu Damao was left standing there, motionless.

As the two figures gradually went away and disappeared from his sight.

Xu Damao suddenly moved closer to Qin Huairu. The distance was so close that Qin Huairu could even smell the smell of alcohol coming from him.

Xu Damao lowered his voice, but could not hide his resentment and unwillingness: "Qin Huairu, do you know why I want to be this boss?"

Qin Huairu looked at Xu Damao with her innocent big eyes. She didn't answer because she knew Xu Damao would tell her the reason himself.

Sure enough, the next second Xu Damao continued to speak.

"Because I don't accept it. You and Yi Zhonghai teamed up to plot against me. I've always remembered this. No matter what, I'm better than that scoundrel Yi Zhonghai! You'd rather choose him than me!"

"At this point, Qin Huairu, you still want to get close to Yang Dongsheng? I tell you, as long as I'm here, you can't do that!"

Xu Damao's eyes were slightly red due to the effect of alcohol, and the muscles on his face were twitching slightly. It was the resentment that had been suppressed for many days that was at work.

When Qin Huairu heard Xu Damao's words, her body trembled violently, like a fallen leaf shivering in the autumn wind.

She had long expected that Xu Damao would come to her house one day to demand accountability.

From the moment Xu Damao was successfully elected as the eldest uncle, she had silently prepared herself in her heart.

She is like a vigilant rabbit, always on guard against the arrival of hunters.

At this moment, she quietly placed her hand on her slightly bulging belly. Fortunately, she had a plan to deal with it.

Qin Huairu raised her head slightly, and stared at Xu Damao's eyes with eyes that were so sad that they seemed to be able to drip water, her voice trembling with a hint of grievance.

"You are so heartless. Do you think I was willing to do that? You were torturing me in the room that day, and Yi Zhonghai was listening outside. Later, he threatened me with our affair. What could I do? I listened to him to protect you. Who knew that you not only didn't understand my good intentions, but also wanted to target me. Do you know how difficult it is for me to be alone?"

Qin Huairu paused, took a deep breath, and continued with that weak and innocent look: "And I was pregnant with your child. At that time, in order to cover up our relationship, I could only deceive Yi Zhonghai and say that the child was his."

She bit her lower lip slightly, a layer of mist appeared in her eyes, and she looked so pitiful, like a white lotus ravaged by wind and rain.

When Xu Damao looked at Qin Huairu like this, ripples arose in his heart, an itchy and indescribable feeling.

Perhaps it was because of the alcohol flowing freely in his body, a flash of impulse flashed through his mind, and he wanted to hug the weak woman in front of him.

However, the bombshell news that Qin Huairu suddenly dropped that the child was his was like a bolt from the blue, instantly shattering his thoughts and leaving his brain blank.

As if that wasn't enough, Qin Huairu dropped another bomb that was enough to shock Xu Damao to the core: "You may not believe it, but there is one thing you may not know. When Yi Zhonghai was young, he drank the sterilization medicine given to him by the deaf old lady. It is impossible for him to have children. I went to see Yi Zhonghai before he died, and Yi Zhonghai told me this himself."

Qin Huairu lied without batting an eyelid. In fact, she found out about it because she overheard the conversation between Li Weiguo and Yi Zhonghai outside the meeting room.

But at this moment, in order to achieve her goal, she could only tell this lie with great determination.

She knew that the baby in her belly was either Xu Damao's or Jia Dongxu's.

But at this moment, in order to survive better in the hospital, this child must be Xu Damao's.

Xu Damao stood there in a daze, not yet able to react.

But his eyes were fixed on Qin Huairu's belly, as if he wanted to penetrate the slightly bulging abdomen with his gaze and find the truth inside.

His heart was like a turmoil, with mixed emotions.

Is the baby in Qin Huairu's belly hers?

His mind was still struggling desperately, trying to find a glimmer of clarity in this chaotic situation.

Xu Damao frowned and questioned, "Impossible, if it's not Yi Zhonghai's, then maybe it's Jia Dongxu's."

When Jia Dongxu was mentioned, a hint of barely perceptible hatred flashed across Qin Huairu's eyes, but she quickly concealed it.

She suppressed her resentment and explained, "I don't know what happened to Jia Dongxu at the beginning. He didn't touch me for more than a month until the night he died. That was the first time. If you count by time, I'm sure this child is yours."

Her voice was soft, but every word was like a needle, piercing Xu Damao's already troubled heart.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and Xu Damao shuddered all over. The drunkenness dissipated a little, and he became a little more sober.

At that time, he did use words to provoke Jia Dongxu, but Xu Damao didn't know that Jia Dongxu hadn't touched Qin Huairu for more than a month.

Thinking back to the time when he was with Qin Huairu and how sensitive Qin Huairu was in bed, he suddenly understood.

He looked at Qin Huairu deeply, his eyes full of suspicion and warning: "Qin Huairu, you'd better not lie to me. If I find out that you are lying to me, I will not let you go."

After saying that, Xu Damao turned around and walked towards the backyard with slightly heavy steps.

That night, Xu Damao lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

In the darkness, his eyes were wide open as he stared at the roof, Qin Huairu's face and what she said constantly appearing in his mind.

In the following days, the courtyard seemed to have returned to its former tranquility, at least on the surface.

Qin Huairu really did as she promised and never appeared on Yang Dongsheng's way to work again, for fear that if she was not careful, she would be blamed by the three masters in the hospital again.

Xu Damao's heart was in unprecedented entanglement and complex emotions.

Whenever he happened to catch a glimpse of Qin Huairu in the yard, his eyes would always unconsciously linger on her slightly bulging belly for a moment, and his mind was a mess.

On the one hand, he did not completely believe what Qin Huairu said. He had long experienced the woman's scheming, so how could he be easily swayed by a few words?

But on the other hand, his reason kept reminding him that there had indeed been an incident between them that he could not bear to recall. The information he secretly found out in the infirmary also confirmed that Qin Huairu's pregnancy date did coincide with those days, which made him waver again.

But now he is married to Lou Xiao'e, and his life seems to be on the right track.

He knew very well that even if the child in Qin Huairu's belly was really his, he would never admit it.

He weighed the pros and cons in his mind and finally decided that as long as Qin Huairu stopped making trouble, he would no longer make things difficult for her.

As for whether there would be any emotional entanglement or other connection between him and Qin Huairu, Xu Damao didn't even dare to think about it.

Even if there was a ripple in his heart occasionally, he would immediately suppress it.

After all, Qin Huairu is pregnant now. Although he sometimes does things unscrupulously, he has not lost his basic humanity and done such despicable and beastly things.