Fall in love with your enemy

Continuing from the last time, it was already a very sad thing that I was kidnapped and taken home by Gao Xinci in the middle of the night. Unexpectedly, I was taken to the hospital again the next day. Within half an hour, I saw Lao Hou again. He was still smiling beside the bed. Gao Xinci didn't understand why and was unmoved. I wanted to cry but had no tears. Until Aunt Wen Su couldn't bear it anymore and slapped Lao Hou on the back of the head.

"Did you bully Shishi again?"

Old Hou was startled by his wife's sudden anger. His domineering temperament disappeared without a trace in an instant. He covered his head and said in grievance, "I didn't do that! Why would I bully a little girl? Besides, Shishi is your adopted daughter, so she is also my adopted daughter. How could I bully her?"

Aunt Wen Su put her hands on her hips and clearly didn't believe it: "Then why does she dislike you so much!"

Old Hou smiled shyly, approached Aunt Wen Su and hugged her arm: "Wife, you didn't care about me at that time. Uh... it's my fault. I didn't set a good example for the children. I was always doing all kinds of things. But you can never doubt that my fatherly love for the children comes from the bottom of my heart! Especially since she almost became my daughter-in-law at that time, if it weren't for Old Fu's blindness..."

"Cough!" Gao Xinci gritted his teeth and made a little noise, but was immediately driven out by the annoyed Old Hou, who pressed his head down.

"Why are you coughing? Didn't my family rob you before? Are you still fussing about it? Can't you see that Shishi and I still have something to say? Get out now!"

"Eh……"

Gao Xinci looked back at me, and I thought, there is always something to confirm with Lao Hou, and it would be no good for me to be stubborn, so I nodded. He didn't go far, but stayed in the corridor with the door closed. Lao Hou also quickly coaxed Aunt Wen Su, and Aunt Wen Su was too busy during the flu outbreak to pay attention to him, so he left after giving him a few instructions. There were only the two of us left in the ward.

Old Hou seemed to be gloating over other people's misfortune. He glanced at me proudly, touched my forehead with his finger, and then sat down in an exaggerated "Brushing Clothes". "Look, haven't you figured it out? My dear. As soon as I saw the medical record, I understood that you took the new medicine, but you and Gao Xinci stayed up all night and your blood clots got blocked. It's okay, it's inflammation at most, and it's a normal detoxification process. You can spit out the blood clots and it won't affect your newlywed life. What do you think? Can I help you pat the blood out?"

I turned my head away and ignored him, but Lao Hou felt humiliated but had a thick skin, so he immediately poked his head out to provoke me.

"Are you still angry with me? Why are you so angry? Normally, Xiangyang should have calmed down and scolded me, but you don't even scold me? No, how about I take you to see your dad directly, and you scold him? He is the real bad guy..."

"I'm still nursing my child, who has time to take care of him? If he wants to stay with you, just stay there. As long as he's alive, that's enough." I turned sideways and closed my eyes, pretending to sleep. I thought that I'd said something in anger, and that Old Hou would be fed up with it? He would talk to me about business, but he turned out to be quite energetic! I pointed at Gao Xinci who was peeping through the window at the door.

"Lingling Yunyun is so old and doesn't need breast milk. You don't have to worry so much. Don't you have the child's father? He has taken his daughter away for several days."

I spun around and almost turned myself into a spinning top, my eyes widened: "What did you say? He took my child away?"

"hold head high."

"You are threatening me..." I paused, patted my forehead, and seemed to have to accept my fate. I sighed helplessly: "Uncle, do you know what the logistics department does?"

Lao Hou was stunned for a moment before he slowly spoke: "Usually... just take care of meals, cleaning, security dispatch, warehouse management, and if there's more, I'll help the transportation department move goods. That's all, right? Why are you asking this?"

I was speechless and shook my head, but in fact I was yelling in my heart: I don't want to do that either! Who knew Gao Xinci had a back-up plan for this matter? To catch the thief first, Xiao Wang held the girl hostage to his mother! It's simply outrageous!

I took a deep breath, and the next second I saw Lao Hou jumping over, sitting on the edge of the bed and poking my arm: "Shishi, uncle, think carefully about what you mean by asking this question. Are you not angry now? Otherwise, whose child would ask such a weird question?"

I glanced at him. It was always creepy to look at him at this moment. I was afraid that his concern was only out of pity for me and not for Lao Fu. I was even more afraid that his current concern might be sent by Lao Fu and it was just a show. In order not to ruin my plan, he wiped away two tears unconsciously. Lao Hou saw it and cried "Ouch" and "Ouch", and he had to poke my face with two fingers to wipe off the marks, which looked more like a provocation.

"Why are you crying again? What did your uncle say wrong... Don't cry, girl. If your aunt comes in, she will twist my ears off. Just tell me what you want. I will do anything except marrying my son to you." As Lao Hou spoke, his accent came out. It was the first time I heard him speak Linjiang dialect. It was quite weird.

I quietly wiped my face clean, then heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Lao Hou: "Are you so afraid of Aunt Wen Su?"

Lao Hou nodded heavily: "Isn't it?"

"Then why aren't you afraid that I will complain to her, saying that you, out of her motherly love, put a deadly poison in the medicine that she tried so hard to save me?"

"Well, Shishi, although your aunt has a bad temper, she is a person who sees the big picture. Even if she makes a scene with me, so what? We have been married for many years and have a son and a daughter. Do you think you are more important or Xiangyang and Xiangyan are more important? Be good." Lao Hou patted my head, with a sinister look on his face again: "Besides, even if she really knew, the first thing she would do is to make trouble for your father. What loss can I have?"

I endured it and bit my lip: "Then why did you come to me? Are you afraid that I will do something bad? I didn't say anything..."

"Of course, I understand that you are also a person who sees the big picture." Old Hou Te rubbed my shoulders with relief: "I just feel sorry for you carrying so many burdens alone, so I have to compensate you a little. Don't you have any questions you want to ask?"

I raised my eyes: "Then I ask you now, are you telling me the truth?"

The old Hou paused and gave a lukewarm smile: "It's up to you to decide."

I calmed down and said, "Okay, the first question is, where is Lao Fu and what is the current situation."

Lao Hou replied: "It's in my basement. I'm paralyzed and can't stand up. There's nothing else wrong with me. I'm well supervised and I'm in good health."

I then asked, "Second, what about Shu Yi?"

Old Hou was a bit disappointed with his friend. He put down his crossed legs and straightened his back: "It's okay - he will complete the operation well."

I thought about it and said, "You told me before that you would give Uncle Er a big gift, but now it seems that the deal has not been reached. You were the one who did the Jiaxing Shipping Company thing, right? Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

"He... didn't disagree, but his ambiguous attitude made me very dissatisfied. I had to teach him a lesson and calm him down. But I really didn't do it, and he couldn't have found out." Old Hou finally got interested and came closer to me, staring at me. "My silly girl, isn't it normal for something to happen on the vast ocean? Yes, it's a bit of a coincidence. It's all your family's fault, but you can only blame yourself for your bad luck. Pirates come and go without a trace, and all the evidence sank to the bottom of the sea with the cargo ship. Who can verify it?"

I was silent for a while, thinking that Old Hou didn't have this ability. The Hou family didn't care about matters on the water, and this matter had to be planned with precision. It would be difficult to do it without a channel background, so Gao Xinci would definitely be the most suitable candidate.

But how could Gao Xinci attack the second branch for no reason? Unless the old marquis had already told him about my affairs, but according to Gao Xinci's temper, if he really knew, he would not just blow up a few ships...

After thinking about it, I was afraid that Lao Hou had gone to trouble Liang Sen. Liang Sen told me a few days ago that he was very busy and asked me not to cause trouble for him. Now, the result of my silence is that he blew up one of my ships in return. Perhaps it was to cover up his second uncle's tracks and eliminate my suspicion. Unfortunately, this trick probably didn't work.

I lowered my head, and couldn't help but think about what might happen next, and how I would live. I am no longer capable now, as the housekeeper power has fallen into the hands of Brother Qingyun, who is more or less biased towards Second Uncle. The property was taken away by Chengcheng, and he is busy going to Yudu and getting married, so he probably can't take care of me. What about Liang Sen? He also has a family, and he even has some grudges against me based on blood. I don't expect him to help me wholeheartedly, and Old Fu and Old Hou... they just cheated me and didn't do me any good!

I had no choice but to look for a new ally, or to be frank, someone I could rely on, someone I could exploit and use. The most suitable person was Gao Xinci. Even though this sounded heartless and shameless, I could only choose another way to repay him. So I took a deep breath and said, "Third, can I still get pregnant in the short term?"

Old Hou retracted his bared teeth, followed by a deathly silence. For a long time, goose bumps appeared all over his body. "You won't kill first and ask for permission later, will you?"

I helplessly raised the IV tube in my hand: "Do I dare? If I give birth to a deformed baby, you will raise it for me?"

"Oh..." Old Hou said with a long pause, and then he looked up and thought about the question carefully: "Wait two years, Lingling and the others are less than three years old, and your postpartum condition is not very good, plus you are detoxifying now... My suggestion is at least two years later. If you want a more detailed timeline, go to the gynecology department and ask."

I nodded. It was a bit crazy to ask a pediatrician such a question. I might as well ask him something he could really answer so that I could earn some money! So I decisively handed him a pile of densely written papers on the table and said, "Uncle, did you graduate from the Department of Finance? You should have taken business administration classes, right? Can you help me look at my graduation thesis? My supervisor said that what I wrote was as difficult as Hua Tuo's! But I believe you are better than Hua Tuo."

Old Hou frowned and quickly put his hand back into his sleeve: "It is illegal to write a paper for someone else!"

I was startled, and almost jumped up from the bed in a moment of "last breath". "I've finished writing! I just want you to help me revise it! Don't worry, you won't suffer any loss. I will definitely write your name first in the acknowledgments. I have no choice. Among all the academic masters I know, you are the one who looks the most idle. I also want you to take this thing back to my dad, but I'm afraid he will think I'm a loser and harm me even more. Can you bear it..."

Old Hou was speechless. He accepted my "moral kidnapping" while being disgusted. As expected, he really revised it until he was sick. When I got my precious paper back, there was almost no trace of my work on it. The most important thing is why did he have to write it in red pen? Couldn't he just stick a piece of paper on it or type it into a document for me? How could I see it clearly...

Should I slack off and revise my thesis or listen to Gao Xin's resignation and attend the meeting...

Oh okay, now it’s Zhizhi who is speaking.

Anyway, this was my first meeting after joining Kexinzaochan, so I at least... took a quick look at the bosses present today and took note of them. They were all good, and they were all acquaintances, so there was no need to waste my personal time on "socializing". Apart from Gao Xinci and me, there were only Song Fei, Zuo Qiao, Zhu Wenqing, my brother and brother Qingyun, and Zhizhi, Li Yiyi and her sister-in-law. These were the only members of the leadership team. Those sitting in the back were either technical staff or department directors, who were also familiar faces. I felt much more at ease with this group of people focusing on their work, and even though revising the thesis gave me a headache, I would continue to choose to slack off.

But I can't guarantee what the specific content is. As the saying goes, people still need to find opportunities to relax themselves occasionally...

It wasn't until Gao Xinci said "dismiss" that I came to my senses. I was about to walk out with my bag, but was punished by Xiao Gao. Maybe he was dissatisfied with my attitude, so he walked up behind me and pushed me down, then laid on top of me, opened my notebook and read several pages, his breath on my cheek, and then he sneered after a while.

"You guys go back. I have some plans to discuss with Mr. Fu. Please close the door when you leave."

I felt guilty for being caught by the teacher, but I squinted my eyes to signal to my brother and Zhizhi that it was okay. It was normal for him to come to me. After all, the planning proposal that Zhizhi talked about for a long time today was also written by me! We are both responsible and good bosses, and our conversation will definitely be based on the concept of harmony and friendship.

The brothers were too lazy to care. Zhizhi rolled his eyes as usual to show his disbelief before leaving. The others slowly left as well. Gao Xinci then let himself go and pressed my face and took a sip!

"You didn't listen to my meeting. What are you thinking about here? What is this?" Gao Xinci squinted at my paper for a long time: "Red and black, you want to draw a mask?!"

I was speechless for a moment, and turned back in disbelief: "This is my graduation thesis."

Gao Xinci was even more shocked: "You haven't graduated yet?"

I was even more speechless: "Brother, when you were working hard, I was giving birth to a child. I also had to undergo surgery to recuperate. How could I catch up with you after taking two years off from school?"

After saying this, I couldn't help cursing in my heart: I don't know who is being unethical. If it wasn't for Gao Xinci, how could I have suffered this! He got me pregnant when I should have been spending my best years, and the key is that he still doesn't know it! He was also angry with me for being my stepfather. Isn't it infuriating? I worked so hard in vain. This kind of thing is like writing a paper. I handed the results of my hard work for half a year to my supervisor, but the supervisor's eyes turned black and said that I made him lose face in the education industry.

I am helpless too!