Chapter 21

That’s the meaning, but there’s no need to be too explicit.

Shou Bai’s words made Li Rou feel embarrassed.

Li Rou’s arms were sore from holding her son, but Wang Wanjun didn’t even bother asking her to sit down.

“Aunt, our family and the Zhao family are originally married. If we don’t pay this time, I’m worried that the Zhao family will be unhappy.”

“Wait.” Wang Wanjun raised her hand to interrupt Li Rou and looked up at her in confusion. “Who said the marriage with the Zhao family was an alliance?”

Xu Zhihuan chuckled, “Li Rou, it was clearly you who wanted to marry Zhao Baoshun. The fact that you two got pregnant before marriage has nothing to do with my family.”

How could she remember that Li Rou never paid back a single cent of the money she borrowed in her previous life?

“Aunt, didn’t I marry into the Zhao family for the sake of my family?” Li Rou tried to soften Wang Wanjun’s heart.

“You’re doing this for yourself!” Wang Wanjun said coldly.

“Li Rou, you’ve only ever been thinking about yourself from the beginning to the end. You haven’t even considered me at all.”

“If you really cared about me, you shouldn’t have your cake and eat it too, and ruin Zhihuan’s marriage.”

“I watched you grow up. No one knows your personality better than me.”

Wang Wanjun’s tone became more serious. “I told you before that I won’t interfere in your marriage. I just hope you can find someone you like. Even if his family is poor, as long as he likes you, he will treat you well sincerely. You don’t have to follow your mother’s old path. But you didn’t listen to a word I said. You chose Zhao Baoshun and married him even though you were pregnant before marriage. But have you ever considered that you are not my daughter after all. What good life will you have if you marry into the Zhao family?”

Wang Wanjun looked at Li Rou and said, “I really don’t like your mother-in-law’s mean-spirited attitude. I heard it from others. She plays mahjong with these rich ladies, and at least two out of three sentences she says are bad things about you. You can imagine what kind of life you live.”

When Li Rou’s thoughts were exposed, her first reaction was to hate Wang Wanjun.

Since you treat her as your own daughter, why do you want her to find a poor man?

Why don’t they find any help for Xu Zhihuan?

Although Yuan Qing’an’s family conditions are average, he is a very promising person.

Now he is just a small company commander in a military region, but his future is immeasurable.

When it’s her turn, just do whatever you want?

Li Rou gritted her teeth and played dumb, not daring to really confront Wang Wanjun. “Aunt, in the end, you’re still blaming me for ruining Zhihuan’s marriage.”

“I didn’t mean to do that. I didn’t even know it was his heirloom. I’ve already returned it to Yuan Qing’an.”

“I just want to live a down-to-earth life with Baoshun now, please don’t misunderstand me.”

“You’ve been acting for such a long time, aren’t you tired?” Xu Zhihuan couldn’t bear to watch it anymore. Li Rou’s acting was really good.

Wang Wanjun frowned, “We can put Yuan Qing’an’s matter aside for now, what’s going on with Zhao Fengjiao?”

“How dare you say you didn’t introduce him to Jinnan? Zhao Fengjiao explained everything clearly! It was your idea.”

Li Rou seemed to have not expected that Zhao Fengjiao would sell her out.

Fortunately, she still tried to find a way to rescue him.

Now it seems that it would be better to let Zhao Fengjiao die in there!

Li Rou took a deep breath and still shamelessly denied it. “Aunt, I don’t know why she said that, but I admit that I was the one who introduced them to each other.”

“Just admit it.” Wang Wanjun didn’t want to see her and waved her hand. “I’ve raised you for more than ten years in vain. You don’t have to come back to this house anymore!”

“Just listen to me first.” Li Rou explained anxiously, “I introduced them to each other because I saw that Brother Jinnan liked Fengjiao.”

“I had no idea that Zhao Fengjiao approached Brother Jinnan with a purpose, Auntie. I can swear to you here.”

“Okay, then swear on your son.” Xu Zhihuan raised an eyebrow. “As long as you dare to swear, it means that everything you said just now is true.”

Li Rou swallowed hard. Swear on her son? She hesitated, “I swear on Xiaotuan that everything I just said is true. If there is even a single word that is false, my son and I will be separated.”

“no.”

Xu Zhihuan shook his head, dissatisfied with her oath, “Not vicious enough.”

Li Rou glared at Xu Zhihuan emotionally, “I’m a mother, I won’t swear on my son!”

“If you don’t dare to swear, it means everything you said just now is false.”

Xu Zhihuan spread his hands indifferently, “What are you afraid of? As long as what you say is true, the oath is invalid!”

Wang Wanjun didn’t stop her daughter from speaking, which meant the same thing.

Li Rou opened her mouth hesitantly, unable to utter the words to curse her son.

She knew very well that those words were all false.

“Aunt, you’re also a mother. I’m afraid you can’t be so cruel as to say those words.”

Li Rou’s eyes were red and she was about to cry, but Wang Wanjun raised her hand to interrupt her, “I haven’t done anything wrong, so there’s no need for me to swear.”

Wang Wanjun completely lost her patience. “Li Rou, don’t even think about investing. I don’t have the final say on the family’s money. Go back!”

Li Rou’s legs were numb from standing there holding the child. She couldn’t understand why things had turned out this way.

It was clearly not like this in the previous life.

Which link went wrong?

Li Rou returned to her husband’s house with her son in her arms. As soon as she entered the house, Zhao’s mother glanced at her unhappily, “My grandson is only a few months old? And you’re carrying him outside! How can there be a mother like you in this world!”

“I took the child back to Xu’s house.”

Li Rou didn’t want to argue with her and said calmly.

“Humph, they’re not your biological children, why would you go back? Why don’t they come to see you?” Zhao’s mother curled her lips, “Don’t take my grandson out wandering around in the future. I can’t stop you if you want to go back.”

“I went back to deal with the factory’s capital turnover.”

Li Rou said impatiently at her aggressive attitude.

“Oh, they agreed?”

Mother Zhao’s expression brightened when she heard this.

“No.” Li Rou replied stiffly.

“I guess they didn’t agree.” Mother Zhao’s face changed immediately. “If I had known you were so useless, I would have never married you at all. Now look, you’re of no help to my family’s business.”

“…” Li Rou stood by and listened to the scolding of her mother-in-law, but she would not scold her for too long.

Seeing that she had no reaction at all, Zhao’s mother felt bored and waved her hand, “Why are you still standing here? Hurry up and take my grandson upstairs to rest! If anything happens to my grandson, I will peel off the skin of your body!”

Li Rou carried her son upstairs, not knowing how to explain this matter to Zhao Baoshun.

Although I didn’t borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars in my previous life, I did borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Of course, once this money enters the Zhao family’s account, the Xu family will not get a penny of it.

The father and son of the Zhao family are good-for-nothings.

Li Rou raised her hand and stroked her forehead. There was big trouble waiting for her in the evening. Just thinking about it gave her a headache.

In the evening, Zhao Baoshun came back early and asked about Li Rou’s funds at the dinner table.

“My aunt doesn’t care about the money. Let me talk to my uncle.” Li Rou didn’t directly say that the Xu family didn’t give it.

“Then go find Xu Guoqiang!”

Zhao Baoshun said, “We need the funds as soon as possible. The factory is still waiting for them.”

“You’d better think of another way. My relationship with my uncle is not very good. He won’t agree.”