Chapter 40

“Bai Hongmei, you are such a fool.”

“Captain Shen just got married, and he will have his own son to take care of him in his old age. Why would he need Wei Hong from your family?”

“Aren’t you trying to seduce the couple?”

Qiao Baozhu didn’t even need to say anything, Chen Jinhua made Bai Hongmei blush with just a few words.

But Bai Hongmei was very thick-skinned, and acted as if she didn’t hear what Chen Jinhua said.

He smiled at the embarrassed Shen Xiao and said, “Brother Shen, you spent a lot of money, didn’t you? I was in a hurry to leave and didn’t have any money on me. Let’s go home later and I’ll give you the money.”

Let’s go home?

Shen Xiao’s face darkened instantly. What Sister Wei said was too ambiguous.

“The total medical bill is 1.6 yuan. Registration is free. I was prescribed a box of cod liver oil. Just give the money to my wife.”

Shen Xiao handed a box of cod liver oil to Qiao Baozhu and said with a smile: “The doctor also asked me to buy some milk powder. I saw you had already given it to my sister-in-law, so I didn’t go out to buy it.”

Qiao Baozhu smiled and took the cod liver oil from Shen Xiao’s hand, saying angrily, “It’s just a box of cod liver oil, and you’re asking my sister-in-law for money? Is our family still short of this box of cod liver oil?”

As he spoke, Qiao Baozhu looked at Bai Hongmei and smiled like her adoptive father, “Sister-in-law, please don’t be polite to us.”

Bai Hongmei looked at the intimate behavior of Shen Xiao and Qiao Baozhu, her eyes were burning and she felt extremely wronged.

But she couldn’t turn hostile on the spot, so she forced a smile that was uglier than crying: “Okay, I won’t be polite to you.”

Chen Jinhua had seen enough of the excitement and knew it was inappropriate for him to stay any longer. He left with the excuse of going home to cook. The old ladies did the same and left without saying an excuse.

Wei Hong woke up and complained that she was hungry. Qiao Baozhu took out a candy from her pocket. Wei Hong ate the candy and ran to the staff quarters without stopping.

Seeing this, Bai Hongmei was too embarrassed to pester Shen Xiao to send her off. She took the net bag and cod liver oil from Qiao Baozhu, glanced at Shen Xiao with resentment, turned around and walked away with a twist of her waist.

At this time, only Shen Xiao and Qiao Baozhu were left at the hospital entrance…

The two of them walked home in silence. No one spoke along the way. They were left alone with just the two of them. The atmosphere seemed awkward and embarrassing.

“Forehead……”

“that……”

Qiao Baozhu and Shen Xiao spoke at the same time.

When they heard that the other party had something to say to them, they all spoke politely and modestly.

“You go first…”

“Go ahead…”

After saying this, the two of them were stunned and burst out laughing.

After laughing, the two fell silent again. The awkward atmosphere was much lessened by the inexplicable laughter. Both of them understood that they wanted to say the same thing.

Shen Xiao was the first to apologize to Qiao Baozhu: “I’m sorry, I made things difficult for you these past two days.”

In addition to the incident caused by Bai Hongmei, he was not able to personally welcome the bride on the wedding day. As a bride, she must have felt bad facing so many comments from relatives and friends.

“It’s okay. Didn’t you tell me before? And you even specially invited a few family members to accompany me. I’m not unhappy.”

Shen Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. Since Qiao Baozhu was not angry about this matter, what about Bai Hongmei? Although he had explained to Qiao Baozhu before that there was no such relationship between them, how should he explain Bai Hongmei’s behavior today?

“By the way, how long has Sister Wei been in this state?”

Qiao Baozhu saw that Shen Xiao had something to say but didn’t know how to start, so she just said it directly.

“Ah? What’s going on?”

Shen Xiao was stunned and didn’t understand what Qiao Baozhu meant.

“Well, I can’t really explain it. Some people, after experiencing a major trauma, become very extreme in character. Their emotions, words, and actions are all different from those of normal people.”

“She is pregnant and her mood swings are already very high. Add to that a big incident at home and she has to take care of three children. With so much pressure, she will definitely become abnormal.”

Shen Xiao was deeply shocked when he heard what Qiao Baozhu said.

“You think so?”

Shen Xiao looked at Qiao Baozhu in surprise, and Qiao Baozhu looked at Shen Xiao in confusion, as if she didn’t understand why he was so excited.

“Well, what’s wrong?”

Shen Xiao suddenly grinned, and the huge rock pressing on his heart suddenly loosened a lot.

“Nothing. I know you’ve heard a lot of rumors about me and her, and you’ve seen with your own eyes how Sister Wei doesn’t know what to do. I thought you’d feel uncomfortable and believe those rumors. I’m worried that you’d be unhappy.”

“I am really unhappy.”

Qiao Baozhu admitted calmly that she was unhappy, leaving Shen Xiao at a loss for words.

He was not good at speaking, and he was even worse at dealing with women’s affairs. When Qiao Baozhu said that she was unhappy, Shen Xiao’s face showed some anxiety.

“you……”

Before Shen Xiao could finish his sentence, “What do you want me to do?”, he was interrupted by Qiao Baozhu.

“Shen Xiao, since you know about those rumors, you should pay attention to your own behavior. We can’t control other people’s mouths, but we can always control ourselves, right?”

Shen Xiao pursed his lips and lowered his head, listening to his wife’s scolding with a submissive look on his face.

“No matter what the reason was for us to get married, we are husband and wife now. Husband and wife are one. Your business is my business, and my family is your family.”

“From now on, no matter what problems Sister Wei has, I will come forward to solve them. I will give them money and handle the problems. After a long time, the rumors will naturally disappear.”

“Can you accept what I said?”

Of course Shen Xiao could accept it, he was even more eager for it.

“I accept it. I accept it completely.”

Shen Xiao looked at Qiao Baozhu with surprise, and was glad that God was kind to him and finally allowed him to marry Baozhu.

He really found a treasure to have such a good daughter-in-law.

“Baozhu, I actually wanted to tell you this just now. I want you to communicate with Sister Wei. You are both lesbians, so it will be easier for you to talk.”

Originally Shen Xiao was thinking that Qiao Baozhu might not agree.

I didn’t expect that Qiao Baozhu had the same idea as me.

Qiao Baozhu didn’t expect that it would be so easy to convince Shen Xiao. She thought she would have to spend some time to persuade him. It seemed that she trusted Qiao Xifeng’s words too much.

“There’s one more thing I want to discuss with you.”

The couple solved the biggest problem and were in a good mood with happy smiles on their faces.

Handsome men and beautiful women walked side by side in the family compound, and anyone who saw them felt like it was a painting.

“I heard that Sister Wei is staying in the family compound to take care of her baby. Will she be returning to the city after giving birth?”

“Have you been supporting her these past few months?”

Shen Xiao looked at Qiao Baozhu in surprise. He subsidized Bai Hongmei 20 yuan every month. He had never mentioned this to anyone else. How did Qiao Baozhu know about it?

Could it be that Bai Hongmei said this herself?