Chapter 35: My butt hurts

Zhao Xiaoning wasn’t afraid of Song Shengsheng, but she was genuinely a bit afraid of Fu Cheng.

Her brother-in-law was sharp-eyed and astute. His eyes seemed to be able to see through everything.

Zhao Xiaoning was a bit flustered at the moment. She said with a sob, “Sister, I really didn’t mean to. I was afraid that you would be bullied in Ningcheng, all alone, with no relatives or friends.”

“We’re all from the countryside, and those city people will look down on us to some extent. You said before that brother-in-law couldn’t live with you anymore, and he was yelling at you and beating you, so of course I hoped you could find someone better.”

This explanation was reasonable and logical.

Song Shengsheng nodded after listening, her eyes full of trust. “Of course I know you’re thinking of me. I’ve never doubted your sincerity towards me.”

Zhao Xiaoning breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, she felt even more that Song Shengsheng and Fu Cheng were not a good match.

She was truly stupid.

It was a good thing she was a fool. If Song Shengsheng was as scheming as Fu Cheng, her bad intentions would have been exposed long ago.

After this incident, Zhao Xiaoning didn’t dare to mention waiting for her here again. “Since brother-in-law has a misunderstanding about me, I’ll just leave without seeing him.”

Song Shengsheng smiled sweetly at her. “Go back quickly. The factory can’t do without you.”

Zhao Xiaoning felt something was wrong with those words. Did it feel like Song Shengsheng was mocking her?

She endured it for now. It was normal for someone with no social intelligence to speak rudely.

Zhao Xiaoning left the supply and marketing cooperative and felt angry when she saw the pastries in her hand. She ate them as she walked.

She took a bite of the pastry and found that it was surprisingly delicious.

She became even angrier.

Zhao Xiaoning had designs on her brother-in-law, and she didn’t think it was anything shameful.

She just wanted to change her class.

No one would dislike overwhelming power.

No one wouldn’t want to live a life of power and influence.

As the saying goes, money is not as good as power.

Even the richest people have to bow to power.

Moreover, she had already taken the initiative, there was no reason not to fight for it.

Zhao Xiaoning was determined to make her brother-in-law her husband.

Song Shengsheng felt good after fooling Zhao Xiaoning.

Before getting off work, she went to Sister Wang and got several pieces of high-quality cotton fabric, navy blue, not too flashy.

It could be used to make a shirt or trousers.

Song Shengsheng was a protective person. Before, she didn’t care much about her uncle who was being reformed in the farm, but after she found out he was her biological uncle.

Her uncle was considered family in her heart.

She was also very good to her family.

Even though she used to dislike her favored brother and sister, and sometimes she would secretly bully them when she couldn’t take it anymore, she was like a protective mother hen outside, treating them like chicks and letting them hide behind her.

Even towards her parents, she complained about their partiality and favoritism towards boys, and she complained that they always made her do all the dirty and hard work in the house.

But she also remembered their kindness.

Country people, no money, no tickets.

They were still willing to support her through high school, they didn’t beat her much, and they remembered her birthday, knowing to cook her a bowl of longevity noodles.

Her parents were stingy, but they didn’t abuse her, their daughter who wasn’t biologically theirs.

As soon as Song Shengsheng bought the cotton fabric, Fu Cheng arrived.

Fu Cheng saw that she had bought fabric again, and he looked at it for a moment, but he didn’t ask any questions.

He thought she bought it to make clothes for herself again. Fu Cheng often saw Auntie Liu’s son next door, and he felt annoyed every time he saw him wearing that shirt.

He couldn’t stand the sight of it.

Fu Cheng wouldn’t be happy if his things were taken by someone else.

Fu Cheng took the things from her hand and held her hand openly with his other hand. “Are you getting used to it?”

He paused for a moment and pursed his lips. “If it’s too tiring, don’t do it.”

Song Shengsheng was still a bit uncomfortable with Fu Cheng holding her hand in public. She said, “It’s not tiring. The master chef really likes me, he wants to take me as his apprentice.”

Fu Cheng hummed in response. He didn’t expect her to be so spirited at this moment.

Thinking about it, there was nothing strange about it. Her vitality seemed to always be so strong, a rare brilliance in this gray era.

Fu Cheng held her hand as they went home, and they met a cadre from above. When he first arrived in Ningcheng, he said he wanted to introduce him to a girl.

He was a bit angry when Fu Cheng didn’t accept.

Now that he had seen Fu Cheng’s wife with his own eyes, he could understand why he didn’t accept the introduction back then. With such high standards and such a striking woman, he really couldn’t introduce anyone.

“Political commissar.”

“What a coincidence, I just came back from the province and I ran into you. Is this your family member?”

Fu Cheng nodded. “Yes.”

The political commissar patted him on the shoulder. “You little rascal, you’re hiding your talents.”

Fu Cheng smiled faintly.

The political commissar casually asked, “Didn’t you hold a wedding banquet when you got married?”

Fu Cheng said, “We didn’t have time, we’ll definitely invite you to a wedding banquet later.”

Everything was very rushed back then.

They had just submitted their marriage report to the organization, and the approval hadn’t come through yet when she got pregnant.

Pregnant before marriage, it wouldn’t be good if people found out.

After they got their marriage certificate, they kept it a secret for another two months before Fu Cheng told anyone.

She didn’t feel well when she was pregnant.

She vomited everything she ate. When the morning sickness wasn’t so bad.

Her belly was also big, she cried a lot, and after crying for a while, she said she didn’t want to hold a wedding banquet with a big belly.

It was embarrassing, people would laugh at her.

So they only invited some relatives from Song’s family to have a meal when they got married.

As for Fu Cheng’s family, they were still in trouble at the time, so it was naturally inconvenient for them to come.

When they got home, Fu Cheng didn’t rush to ask her to eat. After a period of silence, he suddenly said, “We’ll go back to the capital in a while.”

Song Shengsheng was stunned, what were they going back to the capital for so suddenly?

Fu Cheng’s family wouldn’t be happy with her.

Why would she go and invite trouble?

Song Shengsheng said, “I just started working, it’s not convenient for me to take time off.”

Fu Cheng squeezed her soft hand and said softly, “Don’t worry about that, I’ll talk to them for you.”

Song Shengsheng was still a bit reluctant. She lowered her head and mumbled, “It’s too sudden. And the train ride takes a whole day and night, my butt can’t take it.”

Fu Cheng stared at her, as if he wanted to see through her entire being. He said, “Buy a sleeper car, you can just lie down.”

He suspected her reluctance, and he asked directly, “You don’t want to see my parents?”

Song Shengsheng felt that the sweet words she usually said were enough to fool Fu Cheng, but in front of his parents, she was really afraid of being seen through.

She had been pretending so hard.

If she was exposed, she wouldn’t know how to explain it.

Song Shengsheng used the same trick, she blinked her eyes innocently and looked at him sweetly, saying in a soft voice, “Husband, the sleeper car beds are very hard, my butt will still hurt if I lie down.”

The corners of Fu Cheng’s lips curled up slightly. He said, “You can sleep on me, then your butt won’t hurt.”