Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Chapter 616 - 611: Sister-in-Law Showdown

"You..." Zhou Yunmei certainly wouldn’t send Xu He to the Police Station, as she couldn’t bear to make her own grandson suffer.

But just like that, she couldn’t get over it. She raised her hand wanting to hit Xu He, but Xu He wasn’t at all intimidated, deliberately sticking out her belly towards Zhou Yunmei. Seeing this, Zhou Yunmei had to retract her hand poised to strike, and in the end, she could only point at Xu He and curse, "Xu He, you heartless wretch, you are truly devoid of conscience."

Xu He didn’t care at all about Zhou Yunmei’s curses. Pointing at her belly, she sneered, "If I’m doomed, your grandson won’t have a good life either."

"You..." Zhou Yunmei trembled with anger at her brazenness, and finally clenched her teeth and bellowed at Xu He, "Get lost! From now on, when I’m not at home, I’ll lock the door. I’d like to see how you’ll sneak in then."

Xu He chuckled and sauntered towards the door, saying provocatively, "Humph, if you don’t hand over the money you have, sooner or later I’ll find a way to get it from you."

At the door, Luo Cuilan held her son with one hand and blocked Xu He’s way with the other, frowning as she questioned Xu He, "Xu He, by what right?"

Originally, Luo Cuilan hadn’t planned to chime in. Since she had some grudges with Fang Xiu before, she had supported Luo Zhiming marrying Xu He. Moreover, because Xu He used to fancy Zhiyong and always tried to ingratiate herself with the Luo Family members, Luo Cuilan had some interactions with her and their relationship wasn’t too bad.

However, ever since Xu He married into the Luo Family, the things she did there made Luo Cuilan lose any good feelings towards her. But after all, Xu He hadn’t directly harmed her interests, so their relationship just remained as it was.

Generally, they hadn’t really argued directly, and any occasional bickering over some matters was quickly forgotten.

But this time, Luo Cuilan really couldn’t stand to see Xu He acting so arrogantly and couldn’t help but speak up.

Deep down, Xu He actually looked down on Luo Cuilan, considering her as dumb as a pig. First, she got pregnant before marriage, causing her condition to be known by everyone in the village. Then, after going to her husband’s family, she was bullied to the extent that she hardly dared to speak up and would only come back home to lord it over others. Luo Cuilan had married out, and since she didn’t spend much time at her parents’ place, Xu He was too lazy to bother with her matters.

Now that she saw Luo Cuilan targeting her, Xu He’s face darkened, and pointing at her belly, she said arrogantly, "By what right, you ask? Because the child in my belly is a Luo, and it certainly isn’t a child conceived out of wedlock. The Luo Family cherishes it."

Xu He’s words were indeed sharp, mocking several aspects of Luo Cuilan’s past in one go.

First mocking Luo Cuilan for getting pregnant before marriage, and then reminding her that her in-laws didn’t care about her child at the time and even forced her to have an abortion.

Luo Cuilan of course picked up on the mocking, and with a cold laugh, she looked at Xu He, making Xu He’s skin crawl. Then, lowering her voice so that Zhou Yunmei, who was cleaning up on the side, couldn’t hear, Luo Cuilan whispered threateningly, "Hmph, it’d better be a Luo by birth indeed, but let’s hope nothing goes wrong by then."

Being guilty conscious, Xu He’s face fell upon hearing Luo Cuilan’s words, her heart pounding wildly as she forced herself to calm down. She asked, "Luo Cuilan, what do you mean by that?"

Luo Cuilan gave another cold laugh, "Xu He, Zhiming and the others don’t know your true colors, allowing you to be arrogant at home, but I, Luo Cuilan, am different. You’d best not provoke me, or I’ll make you regret it."

These words immediately caused Xu He to break out in a cold sweat, and she questioned Luo Cuilan, "What do you really mean?"

Luo Cuilan shook her head and pointed towards the door, "Just remember what I said. Keep your place. It’s very easy for me to deal with you if I have to. Now get out."

Xu He bit her lip, feeling indignant about being controlled by Luo Cuilan in this way, but she was also scared that Luo Cuilan might actually know something, so in the end, she returned to her room.

Seeing Xu He obediently leave, Luo Cuilan’s lips curled with satisfaction. She carried her son over and sat on Zhou Yunmei’s kang bed, placing her son down, and with a frown asked the busy Zhou Yunmei, "Mom, what’s come over you? Xu He treats you like this, where did your old fiery personality go? She had the gall to openly search your room for money, how could you tolerate it and not deal with her?"

Zhou Yunmei, having her pride pointed out by Luo Cuilan, felt a bit humiliated and complained irritably, "Forget it, forget it, right now we’re considering the fact she’s pregnant. After she gives birth, I’ll deal with her properly."

Speaking of Xu He’s pregnancy, Luo Cuilan’s eyes flickered, and she suddenly asked Zhou Yunmei, "Mom, how many months along is Xu He’s child exactly?"

"Four months and a bit," Zhou Yunmei glanced at her. "Weren’t you at home when we found out she was pregnant? At that time, when she came back from the provincial city, it had been just over two months."

At that time, indeed, Luo Cuilan was at home, but because she was in a hurry to go to the provincial city and because of the chaotic situation surrounding the family division, Luo Cuilan hadn’t asked further.

Now, Luo Cuilan felt something was increasingly off and couldn’t help but ask Zhou Yunmei again, "Mom, are you sure? Did you hear it from the doctor yourself or is it something you heard from her?"

Zhou Yunmei also sensed something strange about Luo Cuilan’s questioning. She looked at her bewildered, "What are you suspecting?"

Luo Cuilan thought for a moment, but eventually swallowed the words she was going to say. She shook her head and said, "Nothing much, I just find it a bit too coincidental. Right when you guys went to the provincial city, she has that incident and ends up pregnant, but she didn’t get pregnant for so long after getting married."

"Actually, I doubted it myself at the time, but I heard the doctor and saw it with my own eyes. The doctor from the provincial city is a stranger to her, so she certainly wouldn’t lie," Zhou Yunmei recalled, feeling that it was indeed too coincidental, but she believed that there shouldn’t be a problem and didn’t wish for any issues. To emphasize her point, she immediately added,

"Besides, after that Zhiming and she went to the clinic in the town and saw another doctor. Both doctors said the same thing, so I believe there’s no mistake."

"Ah, I always feel there’s something..." Luo Cuilan stopped mid-sentence, and told Zhou Yunmei, "Anyway, just be careful. Xu He is not a good one, capable of doing anything. She’s been involved with other men, who knows what may happen later."

Zhou Yunmei, thinking about the recent events at home, also felt that what Luo Cuilan said was very true. She nodded with a few flickers of anger in her eyes, "Mhm, let’s wait for the child to be born. If she dares to make trouble again, I will definitely deal with her."

Luo Cuilan glanced at Zhou Yunmei, her lips twitched a few times, but in the end, said nothing. She stayed a while longer with her son, then went back home.