Chapter 64: What Does Xiaoya Have to Do With This

Hu Yao knew that her situation wasn’t great either. Jiang Han might have some feelings for her, but once he got bored and tired, after she repeatedly caused trouble, who knows if he would kick her out like Li Zhen said, and not even let her see Chaochao!

This last point was the most unbearable for her!

After the incident with Xu Xuzhu, she had the urge to run away, but now, having witnessed his connections, Hu Yao knew it wouldn’t be that easy to run away with Jiang Xiaochao.

No one was more important than Jiang Xiaochao! She had to be with him!

Lin Zhaodi, in essence, was simply treating her like a fool, the kindness she showed was like a pile of chips, it could be real or fake.

“Xiao Yao!” Lin Zhaodi’s voice became sharp, her eyes filled with a mixture of reluctance, panic, and disappointment, upon hearing Hu Yao’s words about severing their connection.

Jiang Han had been giving her money for the past few years, but when did any of that money ever reach her hands? She had helped her so wholeheartedly, and now she was begging for help, yet Hu Yao was abandoning her!

Now that she had her own child, was it wrong for her to plan for herself and her child? Couldn’t she have her own selfish desires? Hu Yao had Jiang Han, this big mountain behind her, wouldn’t it be right for her to help her, for old times’ sake?

Complex shadows flickered in Lin Zhaodi’s eyes. She clenched her fists, suppressing her resentment, and wanted to say something more to Hu Yao.

But before she could speak, the Liu family arrived, each with an angry face, like evil spirits about to devour someone.

It was unknown who had told them she was here.

Lin Zhaodi met their gaze, her scalp tightened, instinctively shielding her belly, she hurriedly hid behind Hu Yao, pleading in a sharp voice, “Xiao Yao, help me!”

The Liu family rushed forward to grab her, cursing loudly, “You shameless slut! You’ve been hiding for so long, you’ve been hiding here!”

Liu Jie, his eyes burning with anger, went forward and slapped her hard, then kicked her, “You broke my heart, the child I’ve waited for all these years! That spineless Li Zhuangzhi couldn’t handle you, I’m going to teach you a lesson today!”

The Liu family tied Lin Zhaodi up, ignoring her screams and struggles as she tried to defend herself, and quickly dragged her away.

Hu Yao stood at the door for a moment, then slowly closed the door and turned around.

That night, Jiang Han didn’t come back, and the village wasn’t peaceful.

The next day, Hu Yao went to the creek to wash clothes with Jiang Xiaochao, and the village aunties were all talking about Lin Zhaodi’s incident.

Last night, not long after the Liu family took Lin Zhaodi away, Xiaoya’s father came back.

It didn’t matter how much of their old love remained, after all, Lin Zhaodi was carrying his child, for the sake of the child, he still had to go to the Liu family to protect Lin Zhaodi, apologizing and offering compensation.

But the Liu family didn’t buy it, everyone knew they were now notorious and poor, they owed Jiang Han money, how could they possibly have money to spare?

Moreover, the Liu family was furious, especially Liu Jie and Li Zhen, they had only had this one child for all these years, and now it was gone, no amount of money could compensate for the child they had cherished so much!

It was an accident, to be sure, the child was gone. Li Zhen and Lin Zhaodi had argued and fought, neither could say they were completely innocent, but Li Zhen lost her child, and everything became Lin Zhaodi’s fault, Lin Zhaodi was speechless.

Xiaoya’s father took out all the savings in the family, a neat stack of almost a thousand yuan.

It was the money he and Xiaoya’s mother had saved up together when she was still alive, some of it was even Xiaoya’s mother’s dowry for her future marriage.

The Liu family took the money, but they still weren’t satisfied, they beat them up badly before letting them go.

Lin Zhaodi had been beaten for so long, although she had been protecting her belly, she had still suffered a miscarriage, and in the end, she was sent to the hospital by Xiaoya’s father, weak and listless.

The drama last night had been a big commotion, and this morning everyone was gossiping, talking about Li Zhen and Lin Zhaodi’s incident, and also sighing about how Xiaoya’s father actually had so much money.

“Lin Zhaodi said she had no money to repay Jiang Han, she probably just saw how much money he had and didn’t want to pay back!”

“What kind of woman is Lin Zhaodi, whoever gets involved with her will have bad luck! She’s a jinx! She’s ruined Li Zhuangzhi and Li Pozi, and now she’s going to harm others.”

“What, all that money, I heard that the money they paid to the Liu family was all left behind by Xiaoya’s mother! If it wasn’t for him getting involved with Lin Zhaodi, how come he didn’t get the job in his brother-in-law’s town? He’s a freeloader, and he’s letting his own wife’s daughter suffer for them!”

“Xiaoya is so pitiful…”

…

Jiang Xiaochao found out today that Xiaoya had been beaten, she was one of his friends after all, and he was their leader, he was unhappy, he went to find Liu Jie angrily, asking him why he hit a child.

Liu Jie was still a little patient with him, explaining angrily that Lin Zhaodi had caused him and Li Zhen to lose their child.

“What does Xiaoya have to do with it?!” No matter how he explained, Jiang Xiaochao didn’t think he was right, he solemnly warned, “You can’t bully her anymore! My mom likes her, if you hit her again, I’ll tell my dad!”

Jiang Xiaochao had liked Lin Zhaodi before, but the rumors in the village, adults never avoided talking about them in front of children, he ran around the village with his friends all day long, he heard everything, plus Jiang Han had mentioned to him that he shouldn’t get too close to Lin Zhaodi, so he listened.

Sometimes, Jiang Xiaochao actually listened to Jiang Han, especially when it came to people, if Jiang Han told him not to get close to someone, he wouldn’t, although he might argue back a few times on the surface, but he would obey in private.

After all, Jiang Han could always make him obey.

Jiang Xiaochao went to find Liu Jie, and then he went to find Xiaoya, he gave her an egg to eat.

This morning, he and Hu Yao had already gone to see her, she was so small, beaten up so badly, although Jiang Xiaochao had been beaten by Jiang Han often, he had never been beaten up like this, with a bruised and swollen face, not to mention Hu Yao felt sorry for her, he also felt sorry for Xiaoya, so now he generously gave her his favorite egg to eat.

Jiang Xiaochao felt that Hu Yao liked Xiaoya, because Hu Yao always gave snacks to her other friends, she’ll favor her with a little more. Now she even wants him to bring Xiaoya back home for soup when he goes to get eggs!

Jiang Xiaochao felt a little out of favor. It’s just that he didn’t want to argue with her because Xiaoya is so pitiful now.

…

Jiang Han didn’t come back all night, and only came home for lunch today.

As soon as he came back, he found a little one sitting at their family’s dinner table.

Xiaoya, who used to be so scared of him that she wouldn’t even look at him, had discovered that he wouldn’t eat people after multiple encounters. She wasn’t as afraid of him as before. Seeing him come back, she tightly grasped her little hands and timidly called him, “Uncle.”