novellhall Chapter 70 Sleeping in the same bed with Huo Yanchuan
Chapter 70 Sleeping in the same bed with Huo Yanchuan
Since Li Xiuying caused a scene in the family compound over Zhou Dayong's matter and left, she has not received any messages from home.
She knew her family was still blaming her for bringing shame to the whole family in the village because of her, so she tried her best not to contact them.
Upon seeing Li Xiuying, Wenrou's expression became somewhat complicated.
"Xiao Rou, why are you only coming back now?" Upon seeing Wen Rou, Li Xiuying changed her previous attitude and warmly stepped forward to take her hand.
Wenrou was slightly taken aback and subconsciously tried to pull her hand away, but Li Xiuying held it tightly, so she had no choice but to give up.
"Why are you here?" she asked Li Xiuying, puzzled.
"Xiaorou, Mom was wrong about what happened before. Xiao Huo has investigated everything and found out that the Zhou family was heartless and plotted against you. It's good that you broke up with Zhou Dayong. I just came to check on you because I was worried about you."
Li Xiuying held Wenrou's hand, her tone carrying a hint of self-blame and heartache, but also a trace of selfishness and calculation.
Wenrou understands her mother's personality. She used to love taking advantage of others in the village. She also inherited her maternal grandmother's family's preference for sons over daughters. Most importantly, she is a "brother-supporting demon".
Over the years, her father and two older brothers have given her all the money they earned, and she has given almost half of the family's money to her maternal grandmother's family.
She even treated her uncle's two children better than she treated her, and often bought them new clothes for the New Year.
She could only watch her cousins from her uncle's family wearing new clothes, secretly envying them from the sidelines.
In her past life, after she severed ties with her family, Li Xiuying forbade her father and two brothers from visiting her.
Later, she forced her elder brother to marry Liu Yan, and their lives became a mess. Liu Yan and her family exploited him to the point of exhaustion. When he went hunting in the mountains, he accidentally fell and broke his leg. Liu Yan then divorced him and found an older, wealthy man.
My second brother also cut off contact with his family because she pressured him to get married.
My father got sick and went to my maternal grandmother's house to borrow money. Not only did they refuse to give it to him, they also kicked him out. He passed away when he was just over fifty years old.
She was busy driving a truck to earn money at the time, and by the time she heard the news, it was too late.
Wenrou frowned slightly as she recalled these things.
Although she knew in her heart that Li Xiuying was biased, she was still her daughter in her heart. Her love for her daughter was genuine, but it was also mixed with other selfish intentions.
She probably came looking for Huo Yanchuan because of his status.
Liu Yan caught up at this moment, smiling and greeting Wenrou: "Xiaorou, I'm your sister-in-law. You weren't here when your brother and I got married, and I was worried about you, so I came with Mom to see you."
"As you can see now, I'm fine. I don't need your help. You should go back." The gentle tone was indifferent, carrying a hint of coldness, without any extra enthusiasm.
"What do you mean 'go back'? Do you know how long we've been traveling to get here? You won't even let us stay one night, and you want to send us back? Am I still your mother?" Li Xiuying said with some dissatisfaction upon hearing Wenrou's words.
As she spoke, she went straight into the family compound without waiting for Wenrou's agreement.
Liu Yan glanced at her and followed Li Xiuying in.
Upon seeing this, Wenrou's face immediately darkened.
These two are a pair of "brother-supporting demons," and their father and older brother suffered greatly because of them in their past lives.
Putting Li Xiuying aside, this Liu Yan, she must make my brother divorce her, we can't let her continue to harm my brother.
As Wenrou followed behind them, preparing to go in, Huo Yanchuan grabbed her wrist.
Wenrou was taken aback, turned to look at him, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Huo Yanchuan noticed that Wenrou was acting strangely when Li Xiuying and the others arrived. However, since Li Xiuying was her mother, he didn't understand what had happened to make Wenrou so cold towards him.
However, I can help her if she needs it.
"If you don't want them to stay here, I can help arrange somewhere else for them to stay."
Wenrou hadn't expected Huo Yanchuan to be so considerate of her, but she still shook her head and declined his offer.
Since they want to stay, then let them stay.
The environment in the Gobi Desert is so harsh, let's see how long they can hold on.
They want to take advantage of her? Let them see how ridiculously wrong their plan is.
Seeing that Wenrou said this, Huo Yanchuan knew that she must have her own ideas, so he didn't ask any more questions.
Upon arriving home, Liu Yan couldn't help but complain as soon as she entered, "What kind of awful place is this? I thought the military family compound would be nicer! How can you live in such a terrible environment?"
Although Li Xiuying had made preparations, there was still a hint of disdain in her eyes.
But when she thought about how Wenrou married a man from Beijing who was a regimental commander, which would be equivalent to a division commander in the army, she realized that he must have received a lot of benefits and allowances, at least much better than Zhou Dayong.
She came here this time to get some money to take back home. Her nephew from her maternal family still doesn't have the money to get married, and the family is very worried.
Just then, Liu Yan spotted the television and her eyes widened in surprise.
"Xiaorou, you even have a TV at home? That must have been expensive!"
Even if you have a ticket, you can't buy this TV now, not to mention that one costs several hundred yuan. Even if the whole family didn't eat or drink for a year, they wouldn't earn a fraction of that.
"Little Huo is so good to you. He even bought you a TV. I knew you didn't choose the wrong person." Li Xiuying's eyes lit up when she saw the TV.
Wenrou saw their expressions but didn't say anything. Then she heard Li Xiuying say, "I wonder when I'll be able to watch TV? Only the village secretary has a TV in our village. Every time I go to their house to watch TV, I have to put up with their attitude."
Liu Yan chimed in, "Yeah, if we had a TV at home, we wouldn't have to watch other people's TVs."
Wenrou knew that Li Xiuying's words were actually directed at her, and the meaning was quite clear: she wanted Huo Yanchuan to get her a television as well.
Or rather, they want to take the TV from her place back home.
Wenrou didn't respond to them, letting the two of them put on their act.
Without a doubt, they each had their own agenda.
Li Xiuying wanted to take the television to her parents' home, and Liu Yan knew how much Li Xiuying valued the grandson in her belly. She was confident that as long as Li Xiuying used her pregnancy as an excuse, she wouldn't refuse to let her take the television back to her parents' home.
After talking for a while, seeing that Wenrou didn't respond, Li Xiuying felt slightly dissatisfied.
This girl is really something. Now that she's living a good life, she's forgotten about her. What a waste of raising her all these years!
However, she wasn't in a hurry. She was going to stay here for a few more days anyway, and she was sure she would find a way by then.
"Is there anything to eat? I'm starving," Liu Yan asked at this moment.
Reminded by her words, Li Xiuying also clutched her stomach and looked at Wenrou.
They changed vehicles many times along the way, and ate all the food they had along the way.
Things outside are very expensive, and they are reluctant to spend money to buy them. They thought that when they got to Wenrou's place, she would cook something delicious for them.
"We've already eaten out, so you can decide what you want to eat yourself," Wenrou said, looking at them gently.
She and Huo Yanchuan had indeed eaten at Professor Peng's house earlier. They had asked to stay there, so they had to figure out their own meals.
Upon hearing Wenrou's words, Liu Yan's expression changed, and she said with some dissatisfaction, "No matter what, we are guests. You have to find a way to entertain us. How can you expect us to do it ourselves?"
After she finished speaking, she reached out and tugged at Li Xiuying.
Although Li Xiuying was also very dissatisfied, she did not show it on her face.
She looked at Wenrou and hesitated before saying, "Well, you can do anything, we're not picky."
Wenrou looked at them expectantly and sneered, "You came here without saying hello. I'm pregnant, and you expect me to cook for you and entertain you? Sorry, I can't."
Wenrou didn't give them any face either; after she finished speaking, it was obvious that both of them were a little unhappy.
"You were the ones who said you were worried about me and wanted to come and take care of me. What, now you want a pregnant woman like me to serve you? Otherwise, you should just go back now."
Upon hearing this, Li Xiuying quickly stepped forward and said, "How could that be? You're just going to leave it to us; we can do it ourselves."
Seeing this, Liu Yan had no choice but to say, "Yes, yes, I was just joking. You should go and rest. We can do it ourselves, so don't bother."
She endured it for the sake of the television.
Seeing that they had already said that, Wenrou let them be.
After they went into the kitchen, she asked Huo Yanchuan to help carry the TV to the master bedroom. She leaned against the bed, eating sunflower seeds and watching TV.
After Li Xiuying and Liu Yan entered the kitchen, they originally thought that since Wenrou's family could afford a TV, there would at least be some meat and eggs. However, after searching around, they found nothing except a bar of pickled vegetables and a small half bag of cornmeal.
She was unwilling to accept this, so she went to ask Wenrou.
"Xiaorou, why is there no food at home? Did you hide it somewhere and forget to eat it?"
Wenrou glanced at her and said in a cold tone, "That's all the food we have at home. If you think it's not enough, you can go buy some yourself."
At noon, she and Huo Yanchuan went to Professor Peng's house and took the remaining meat and eggs with them.
These days she goes to the military base for classes, and like Huo Yanchuan, she eats all three meals a day there. She rarely cooks at home anymore.
It's really bad timing that Li Xiuying and Liu Yan arrived. They had just finished eating all the good food at her house, including snacks, and now all that was left was a bag of sunflower seeds and a bag of rice crackers.
She didn't even have enough to eat herself, so Li Xiuying and Liu Yan shouldn't even think about it.
She had originally planned to take some time to go to town tomorrow to buy some food, but now she doesn't need to for the time being.
With Li Xiuying and Liu Yan around, she can eat whatever they cook, which saves her a lot of trouble.
Finally, Li Xiuying and Liu Yan had no other choice but to make some cornbread and eat it with some pickled vegetables.
Liu Yan had planned to watch TV after dinner, but unexpectedly, the TV was gently moved into the master bedroom, and not only that, she also closed the door.
She was furious; that bitch Wenrou was clearly treating them like thieves.
"Mom, look at her. It's one thing for her to treat me badly, but how could she treat you like this? No matter what, you're still her mother!" Liu Yan tugged at Li Xiuying's sleeve, complaining with a face full of dissatisfaction.
Li Xiuying, provoked by Liu Yan, felt even more that she had raised her daughter in vain.
However, since they're already here, there's nothing we can do but endure it for now.
That evening, Wenrou also faced a dilemma.
If the small house is for the two of them, then she will have to squeeze into a room with Huo Yanchuan, and there will only be one bed.
After Huo Yanchuan returned, he also realized the problem.
"Or, I can sleep in the barracks," he said, putting on his clothes and preparing to go out.
Seeing this, Wenrou reached out and grabbed Huo Yanchuan's arm.
"No need. If you go out now and people see you, they'll gossip. Besides, didn't you say all the military dormitories have been allocated? Where are you going to sleep?"
Wenrou wasn't worried about what Huo Yanchuan might do to her, after all, he...
For the sake of his self-esteem, she couldn't openly show that she disliked him, could she?
Since they had slept together before, she didn't think it was a big deal.
After all, to outsiders, they are a married couple. Who would believe that they haven't slept together yet?
Most importantly, if Li Xiuying and Liu Yan find out that she and Huo Yanchuan are sleeping in separate rooms, who knows what kind of trouble they might cause.
Huo Yanchuan has already gone to their house. When they go back and talk about it in the village, what will people think of Huo Yanchuan and what will they think of her?
Seeing that Wenrou had said so, Huo Yanchuan was naturally happy to agree.
Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Li Xiuying's voice came from outside.
"Xiaorou, do you have any thicker blankets? This blanket is too thin, it's so cold."
The blankets in Huo Yanchuan's room were issued by the army and were very thin.
I tried it when Wenrou first arrived, but it didn't work at night at all.
Huo Yanchuan, a grown man with a fiery temper, could manage sleeping under such a thin blanket, but Li Xiuying and Liu Yan, both women, were sharing a blanket—no wonder they were cold.
She smiled gently, then called out towards the door, "There aren't any other blankets, so you'll have to make do with these."
There weren't any extra blankets at home for them to use, and even if there were, Wenrou didn't intend to give them any.
They insisted on staying there themselves, and she couldn't stop them, so she just let them suffer.
Wenrou had finished washing up and was just about to take off her clothes to sleep when she looked up and saw Huo Yanchuan looking down at her. She was stunned for a moment, then stopped taking off her clothes.
When the two of them were squeezed onto one bed, Wenrou realized that the bed, which was usually so big, had become so cramped.
She was now pressed tightly against Huo Yanchuan's body, with no gap between them.