Chapter 27

Qiao Baozhu had never noticed that Bai Hongmei was pregnant, and Shen Xiao had not mentioned it the last time he saw her.

Qiao Baozhu thought about it and suspected that some things had changed after her rebirth.

“I’m more than five months pregnant and I’m not showing any signs of pregnancy. No wonder you can’t tell.”

“If she wasn’t pregnant, why would she stay in the family compound?”

“Tsk, he is a relative of Deputy Battalion Commander Hao. Is it your business if he lives in a relative’s house?”

“Relatives? Bullshit relatives. They are not even remotely related. Only she has the nerve to call herself a relative.”

With just a few words, Wu Meili and the others quickly uncovered Bai Hongmei’s true identity.

Lao Hao’s hometown is in the countryside. There is an aunt in the family who married Wei Yanda’s father. However, this aunt was not Wei’s father’s first wife, but his second wife. More than a year after the marriage, she encountered a thunderstorm on the way back to her parents’ home and was electrocuted to death by a power pole, leaving no children.

Wei’s father was an accountant in a food factory. Although he had a reputation for being unlucky in marriage and had four children, he had no trouble finding a wife.

Not long after, Wei Yanda welcomed his third mother. Wei Yanda’s eldest sister got married, and his two brothers had jobs, leaving him alone at home to go to school.

The new stepmother was a powerful one. She gave birth to two children within three years of entering the family. After she was firmly established in the Wei family, she began to dislike the burden she had given birth to earlier. Wei’s father knew that there was a man in the Hao family who had served in the army for many years and was said to have become an official, so he defected to him.

In this way, Wei Yanda went to the unit where Lao Hao was and was assigned to the same squad as Shen Xiao.

Bai Hongmei’s father worked in a newspaper office, and she worked as a telephone operator in a post office after graduating from junior high school. She was good-looking and well-dressed, and her job as a telephone operator added a bit of mystery to Bai Hongmei.

Therefore, Bai Hongmei had many suitors, including her elementary school classmate Wei Yanda. After Wei Yanda joined the army, he also wrote several letters to Bai Hongmei, but all of them fell into the sea without any response.

One year, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper was labeled a rightist, and many people in the newspaper were detained for investigation. Bai Hongmei knew that once she became the child of a rightist, her fate would be out of her control.

When she was most nervous and worried, Wei Yanda came home to visit his family. Bai Hongmei saw Wei Yanda’s military uniform and was like a drowning person grabbing a straw. The two quickly applied for marriage, and Bai Hongmei also moved to Wei’s house.

But Wei Yanda was just an ordinary soldier and could not afford to let Bai Hongmei accompany him. After several years of marriage, the long-term separation of the couple, the conflicts between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the hard work of working and taking care of children, and the lack of material resources had long worn away the couple’s feelings.

“Yanda was finally promoted to company commander, and he was looking forward to bringing them over to reunite.”

“It’s a pity that people look down on our shabby place and think that the countryside is not as good as the city. They don’t want to come!”

“During that mission, Yan Da was shot by a spy in order to save Captain Shen, and died just like that.”

“The organization gave us 550 yuan in pensions, Captain Shen took 800 yuan himself, and several of our families collected 200 yuan. A total of 1,550 yuan was handed over to Bai Hongmei.”

“Within half a month, Bai Hongmei brought her three children to the army. She said her mother-in-law not only cheated them out of their pension, but also kicked them out. She also found out that she was pregnant, so she came to the army to ask the leader whether she should keep the child.”

Qiao Baozhu shook her head helplessly.

That child was the posthumous son of the martyr Wei Yanda. Anyone who dared to say to abort it would be punished immediately.

“She was originally arranged to live in a guesthouse, but Bai Hongmei said it was too expensive. She didn’t want to cause trouble for the organization, so she wanted to find a place to squeeze in in the family compound.”

Having said that, Zhang Cuilian took over the conversation and sighed softly.

“When Yanda was alive, she refused to apply to join the army. Now that Yanda has died, she wants to move in as a family member. Is this possible? Not to mention the housing shortage, even if it wasn’t, she can’t live in with her current status.”

“She couldn’t afford to live in the guesthouse, and the family compound couldn’t give her a room. Lao Hao and Yan Da were both relatives and comrades-in-arms, so Li Yan took them in.”

Qiao Baozhu nodded and said with emotion: “Old Hao’s family is also a warm-hearted and kind person.”

Wu Meili snorted coldly: “Good intentions are not rewarded.”

“After Bai Hongmei moved in, she relied on her belly to ask for something nutritious. The Haos took out all the good things in their home to treat her, but she still felt that was not enough and went to Shen Xiao to ask for things every few days.”

“We are all women. Who can’t see what she is thinking? She just wants to find someone to raise a child for her. Captain Shen is handsome, has a good family background, and is of high rank. Bai Hongmei regards him as a piece of fat meat and doesn’t want to let go.”

“Bah! Don’t you see what kind of person she is? She still wants to get close to Captain Shen. She is just dreaming.”

Wu Meili yelled at the top of her voice, venting her anger for a long time. Ji Hehua, who was standing next to her, pulled her sleeve and winked at her.

“Ah? Lotus, what’s wrong with your eyes?”

Ji Hehua blushed when she saw Qiao Baozhu looking at her, and said embarrassedly: “Baozhu just got married, why are you telling her all this? Aren’t you afraid that she will think too much if she knows this?”

Wu Meili said carelessly: “Bai Hongmei goes to the barracks every day to shake her waist and hips to look for Captain Shen. Who can see this and not think too much?”

“puff……”

Qiao Baozhu had just taken a sip of tea when she was so shocked by these words that she spit it out.

Wu Meili saw Qiao Baozhu spraying water and thought she was upset, so she patted her chest and assured Qiao Baozhu.

“Baozhu, don’t worry. I can guarantee with my life that our Captain Shen is a good man. It was Bai Hongmei who came to him on her own initiative. Captain Shen definitely has no bad intentions towards her.”

Several family members nodded repeatedly, speaking for Shen Xiao.

“Sister Baozhu, now that we’ve come to this, I’m going to be honest with you. Bai Hongmei is not a good person. You have to be careful. If she says something that makes you uncomfortable, or if you hear any bad rumors, don’t believe them.”

“Yes, Bai Hongmei is the best at pretending. Sister Li Yan is such a good person, but because of her crying and being two-faced, she and Deputy Battalion Commander Hao had several quarrels.”

Qiao Baozhu pursed her lips and smiled as she thanked everyone.

She finally understood that the actions of the family members were not just commissioned by Shen Xiao.

Wei Yanda was Shen Xiao’s subordinate and also their husband’s colleague. After Bai Hongmei moved into the family compound, their men must have helped a lot.

Bai Hongmei’s weak behavior aroused the anger of several family members.

In her previous life, Qiao Baozhu had helped Zhao Haiyang deal with many beautiful women, so she looked down upon Bai Hongmei’s methods.

She was thinking of something in her mind.

In the previous life, Shen Xiao came back from a mission, and before he could go back to the bridal chamber to see his new wife, he was kidnapped by Bai Hongmei. Qiao Xifeng rushed to the door in anger and beat Bai Hongmei violently. It is said that the situation was so bad that Shen Xiao was so angry that he almost sent Qiao Xifeng home.

Her uncle brought the second wife and their husband to the staff quarters to apologize to Bai Hongmei and paid her some money to settle the matter.

What on earth could be described as extremely bad?

What kind of injustice did Bai Hongmei suffer that made Shen Xiao angrily break off the engagement and the elders of the Qiao family come to apologize?

When Qiao Baozhu thought of Bai Hongmei’s belly which had not shown any signs of pregnancy, her eyes suddenly lit up.

child!