CHAPTER 544: CHAPTER 539: THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER’S POISONOUS SCHEME (THIRD UPDATE)

The child cannot be attributed to Luo Zhiming, and the original plan to deceive Luo Zhiyong to return had not been implemented either, so the child could not be placed on Luo Zhiyong.

If the Luo family finds out she’s pregnant now, she fears she will not have good days ahead.

Xu He became more and more panicked as she thought, not knowing what to do next.

Desperate, Xu He returned to her parents’ home, taking advantage of Mr. Xu’s absence, she told Duan Fenghua everything about being violated, Luo Zhiming being infertile, and their initial plan to go to Luo Zhiyong.

Duan Fenghua had never expected such a thing to happen to her daughter; she trembled with fear, unable to speak for a long while.

Seeing this, Xu He cried and grabbed Duan Fenghua’s hands, saying, "Mom, what should I do now? If the Luo family learns I am pregnant, I don’t even know how they will treat me in the future."

Duan Fenghua’s lips quivered for a while before she finally found her voice, stammering as she looked at Xu He, "You... are you sure you’re pregnant?"

Xu He shook her head worriedly, "I don’t know, but I haven’t gotten my period in a very long time, and these past few days, I feel acid reflux in my stomach, and I feel like vomiting but can’t, isn’t that how it is when you’re pregnant?"

Hearing Xu He’s symptoms, Duan Fenghua was eighty percent sure Xu He was really pregnant, but hoping for the best, she suggested not to panic yet, "Don’t worry first, let’s have lunch, and then I’ll take you to the pharmacy in town to check your pulse to confirm if you’re pregnant."

"Okay."

In the afternoon, Duan Fenghua took Xu He to a rather remote clinic in town, where the doctor confirmed without any doubt, Xu He was pregnant with the child of that loan shark.

Both mother and daughter walked out of the clinic with pale faces, silently walking the whole way, afraid to go home but also clueless about what to do.

Finally, at a distance from the village, they stopped in the same woods where Xu He was violated, and went near a haystack to discuss what to do.

Seeing the woods again, Xu He involuntarily recalled the image of being pinned down by that man.

Strangely, her body heated up.

But now, she didn’t have the luxury to think about those things, she looked around to make sure no one was around, then lowered her voice to ask Duan Fenghua, "Mom, what should I do about this child?"

Duan Fenghua was also clueless, she held Xu He’s hand and whispered, "Wait, let me think."

Upon hearing this, Xu He urgently said, "Mom, we can’t wait any longer, we must come up with a solution soon, it won’t be long before my belly starts showing."

Duan Fenghua glanced at Xu He’s belly, knowing her words made sense; the doctor had said Xu He was already over a month pregnant, it really wouldn’t be long until her belly showed, it needed to be resolved quickly.

She looked at Xu He, "What do you think you should do?"

Xu He thought for a moment, then whispered, "How about we sneak to the hospital and get an abortion, Luo Cuilan had one before, it was done so quietly."

"Abortion is not a good idea." Duan Fenghua, being older and more understanding of such matters, strongly disagreed, "Think about Luo Cuilan, after her abortion, how difficult it was for her to get pregnant again, abortion really harms the body."

Xu He, having seen Luo Cuilan struggle with her later pregnancy, also feared that an abortion might cause physical issues and did not insist, "Then what should we do?"

Duan Fenghua thought for a while, then suggested, "Why don’t we just say the child is Zhiming’s? Although he has issues, the doctor didn’t outright say he definitely couldn’t have children, isn’t an exception quite normal?"

This could have worked, but due to recent circumstances, Xu He shook her head at Duan Fenghua, whispering, "But recently I haven’t been with Luo Zhiming at all..."

Duan Fenghua understood immediately, but didn’t see it as a big problem, she said, "Then go back home, be intimate with him once, it’s no big deal to just claim the child is a month younger than it is, being born a month early won’t be a problem, it happens a lot in our village."

"Can this really work?" Xu He was doubtful.

Duan Fenghua was very certain, "Yes, with childbirth, who can be sure, haven’t quite a few people in our village had their babies either preterm or past due? One month early won’t matter."

Xu He thought about it and felt it might work, but due to her guilty conscience, she was still uncertain, "But I’m just afraid Zhou Yunmei and the others won’t believe it."

"There’s nothing not to believe, you’ve always been well-behaved at their home, always staying at home, they see you every day, they definitely won’t suspect the child is someone else’s." Duan Fenghua became more convinced of her idea, persuading Xu He more assertively,

"Besides, Luo Zhiming’s family is in need of a son anyway, even if it’s someone else’s son, no one would know, what’s the difference?"

Encouraged by Duan Fenghua’s confidence, Xu He finally eased her mind.

Once Xu He had made up her mind, her mind began to work non-stop, always trying to maximize the benefits of the situation.

Suddenly, an idea struck her, and she said to Duan Fenghua, "Mom, if that’s the case, I don’t want to attribute this child to Luo Zhiming."

"What do you mean?"

Xu He, with a slight smirk, said confidently, "Put it under Luo Zhiyong’s name."

Duan Fenghua instinctively felt this was inappropriate, spoke out to object, "Hehua, Luo Zhiyong he..."

But before she could finish, Xu He said, "Mom, Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying are divorced, he’s now single, even if I really got together with him, it wouldn’t matter, I initially liked him from the start, it was because Luo Zhiyong was too unscrupulous, I had no other choice but to settle for less."

Xu He’s feelings for Luo Zhiyong were always known to Duan Fenghua, who also favored Luo Zhiyong in her heart.

Putting aside whether Xu He truly liked Luo Zhiyong, just considering that Luo Zhiyong has a good job in the city, becoming her son-in-law would ensure their old age was more comfortable compared to that of Luo Zhiming, who couldn’t even support himself, let alone care for them in their old age.

Moreover, seeing her daughter so determined, Duan Fenghua wavered.

She looked at Xu He, "Are you sure Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying are really divorced?"

Xu He immediately nodded, "Definitely, I’ve seen their divorce certificate, Luo Zhiyong showed us the certificate on the day they divorced, it looks exactly like the one between Luo Zhiming and Fang Xiu."