Chapter 342: Advancing Through Retreat
Li Aihua was overjoyed that Pingying was finally willing to move into her house, "When we get back, you can choose whichever room you want to live in. I'll have it cleaned up for you, and from now on, anything you buy for the kid should be sent straight to my house to avoid having to move again."
Seeing Li Aihua so happy, Pingying didn't say much and agreed with a smile.
On Luo Zhiming's and Xu He's end, Xu He was publicly accused by Pingying of ruining someone's family, and many people condemned her. At that time, society wasn't as accepting of these matters as in modern times, and people had a stronger sense of justice. After Pingying left, Xu He was surrounded and scolded on the streets for a long time, which almost left Xu He too embarrassed to show her face.
When Xu He and Luo Zhiyong returned to the guest house, Xu He was fuming, not only had she not hurt Pingying, but she was also pointed at and scolded. Xu He had never endured such humiliation in her life.
Naturally, she vented all her anger on Luo Zhiming, "You are completely useless, you couldn't even handle such a small task, even though you said you'd do anything for me."
Those people didn't just scold Xu He; Luo Zhiming was also included in the scolding.
Luo Zhiming was also in a bad mood. Seeing Xu He constantly criticizing him as useless, he got angry, fixed his eyes on Xu He, and asked displeasedly, "Xu He, let me ask you one thing, do you still like my elder brother even now?"
Xu He, of course, wasn't over Luo Zhiyong in her heart. Feeling a bit guilty under Luo Zhiming's stare, she quickly turned away her eyes, muttering, "What nonsense are you talking about? If I liked Brother Zhiyong, do you think I would still be with you?"
"Brother Zhiyong," Luo Zhiming scoffed, his tone full of disbelief, "Do you need to call him so affectionately? He's not your brother."
"Luo Zhiming, what's wrong with you? I was scolded like that outside today, and now I'm back, are you still going to make me suffer?" Xu Huhua certainly has her ways of dealing with Luo Zhiming.
After saying these words with a face full of grievance, she started to tactically back down and began packing her things, while choking up, "If you really don't trust me, then let's end this. From now on, don't look for me, and I won't look for you. We'll go our separate ways. Even if you, Luo Zhiming, are rich, I won't cling to you."
"Hehua, no, please, I didn't mean that," Luo Zhiming saw Xu He was about to leave and immediately went soft, grabbing Xu He's hands that were packing, and embracing her, "I just love you too much and can't bear the thought of you still thinking about my elder brother."
Taking the opportunity, Xu He stopped packing, leaned against Luo Zhiming's chest, and sobbed a few times, then playfully punched him a few times, "I told you there's nothing, why won't you believe me?"
Luo Zhiming was somewhat skeptical in his heart, but seeing Xu He cry pitifully like a pear blossom bathed in rain, he felt heartbroken and didn't dare to voice his disbelief.
After pausing for a moment, he held Xu He and sat down on the bed, looking at her seriously, "Okay, if there's truly nothing, let's live our life from now on, and don't think of ways to harm my brother and sister-in-law."
"You..." Xu He instinctively furrowed her brows, she wasn't planning to let go of Pingying that easily.
But Luo Zhiming was not fool this time; he looked at Xu He with slightly knitted brows, "Besides you liking my brother, my brother and sister-in-law have no quarrel with you, why must you insist on harming my sister-in-law?"
"Fine, we'll do as you said," Xu He surely couldn't contradict herself, so she agreed for the time being.
Thinking about why she agreed to be with Luo Zhiming, she hesitated for a moment and then asked, "You mentioned buying a house before, when are we going to see the house?"
Luo Zhiming had already prepared his answer, he embraced Xu He and coaxed her, "I have to go on a trip these few days to discuss business, you can check out the houses first, it doesn't matter if it's expensive, as long as you like it."
"Really?" Luo Zhiming spoke as if he didn't care about money at all, coupled with the fact that he had indeed spent a lot of money on her these past few days, Xu He was thoroughly delighted.
Luo Zhiming smiled and playfully scratched her nose, "When have I ever lied to you?"
Xu He nodded, but as soon as she thought about buying a house, she remembered another matter, "Zhiming, have you finalized your situation with Fang Xiu?"
Luo Zhiming remembered that this time when he returned home, he was supposed to get a divorce with Fang Xiu because the Fang Family insisted that the child in Fang Xiu's belly was his. Although Luo Zhiming said Fang Xiu was having an affair, he had no proof, and for the sake of saving face, he didn't mention his own health issues either, so the divorce was still being delayed.
The final decision was to wait until the child was born, conduct a blood test on the child, and see then whether the child was his or not.
Luo Zhiming could only temporarily deal with it this way.
But with Xu He, he naturally could only appease her, and he hesitated slightly before answering, "It's... it's been settled."
Xu He didn't think much, she thought Luo Zhiming and Fang Xiu both agreed to the divorce, as getting a divorce couldn't be that difficult. She was just eager to marry Luo Zhiming soon so she could also have a share when buying the house, "What about our matter?"
"After I finish my business trip and return, we'll look into planning our wedding," Luo Zhiming said and then deliberately shifted the topic, coaxing Xu He, "Don't worry, we will do it just as you said, in the city, and we'll have a grand celebration. We'll even bring your parents over to enjoy a few days in the city."
"Great, I'll wait for you." Xu He was almost dizzy with joy, wrapping one hand around Luo Zhiming's neck and leaned in to kiss him.
Rarely did Xu He offer herself so willingly, Luo Zhiyong certainly would not refuse.
Even though he was carrying so many worries, once he touched Xu He's soft body, Luo Zhiming couldn't care about anything else and pressed her onto the bed…
Fang Pingying and Li Aihua returned to the shop after shopping, just as Luo Zhiyong had finished tidying up the house and was also helping out in the shop. Seeing them carrying so many things, Luo Zhiyong reached out to take them, smiling, "I'll take the stuff back home, you wait for me a bit, then we can all go to eat at mom's together."
"Don't take it back to your mother's place. Let's bring the baby's things back to my place. You and your wife think about when you can move over," Li Aihua said while taking the things back into the shop, planning to sort out the child's things and take them to her own home.
Seeing Li Aihua enter, Luo Zhiyong asked Fang Pingying with a smile, "Do you agree to stay at mom's place?"
Fang Pingying nodded, "Hmm, I'll stay there, so you worry less. Recently, with all the family matters, you've already been delayed a lot at work, I can't delay your work when I give birth." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qi Dian (qidian.com), recommend and give monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)