CHAPTER 569: CHAPTER 564: CAN’T LOSE HER

Liu Fengsheng, having witnessed it with his own eyes, no matter what, Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong remained intricately connected, and just like today, their family was happily together, indistinguishable from a family that hadn’t divorced.

Liu Fengsheng was worried that if this situation continued, Luo Zhiyong and Fang Pingying would eventually reconcile.

Luo Zhiyong had never thought about letting go of Fang Pingying either; he wouldn’t allow another man to take advantage of the situation.

It was actually Yaoyao who, due to seeing Liu Fengsheng often, upon noticing him sweetly called out, "Uncle Liu."

Luo Zhiyong glanced at Liu Fengsheng, then casually greeted him, and only afterwards said to Fang Pingying, "Go have breakfast, everyone is waiting for you."

Fang Pingying immediately nodded, hastily greeted Liu Fengsheng, and left with Luo Zhiyong towards the table where Luo Honglan and the others were seated.

Liu Fengsheng looked up at the figures of Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong walking together—one tall and handsome, the other petite and exquisite—a couple that matched extremely well.

His eyes darkened as he got up and left the breakfast shop.

To get to Chen Jie’s house required a bus ride; with only two seats per row on the bus, Fang Pingying found a seat and sat down, intending to call Yu’er to sit with her, but Yaoyao, who was in Luo Zhiyong’s arms, had already spotted Fang Pingying’s location, quickly yelling out, "Mommy."

Fang Pingying reached out to take her, but the little girl refused to be held by her and stubbornly pulled on Luo Zhiyong, indicating that she wanted Luo Zhiyong to hold her and sit together with Fang Pingying.

Luo Honglan and Chen Jie, holding Ruirui, sat in the row parallel to Fang Pingying’s, with only an aisle separating them.

Seeing Yaoyao’s actions, she immediately said happily, "Big brother, we are all seated. Chen Jie and I have Ruirui; you hold Yaoyao and sit with sister-in-law."

Fang Pingying looked at the eager attitudes of the two young girls, wanting to match her with Luo Zhiyong, and irritably rolled her eyes without saying a word.

Upon seeing this, Luo Zhiyong, not saying a word, sat down holding Yaoyao as well.

Although Chen Jie’s house was in the county surrounding the provincial city, the bus ride was quite long, taking more than two hours.

Because of Zhou Yunmei and their issues, Fang Pingying had not slept well the previous night, and started dozing off from the rocking of the bus.

Her head swayed left and right from the motion of the vehicle; several times, it looked as if her head would hit the glass, causing Luo Zhiyong to hurriedly put his hand up against the glass, and Fang Pingying’s head bumped into his hand.

Even so, Fang Pingying was still uncomfortable, and would get up and move a bit, but quickly, due to the rocking of the bus, she involuntarily fell asleep again.

Not much later, the Yaoyao in Luo Zhiyong’s arms also began to feel drowsy, and Luo Zhiyong, who had to hold Yaoyao and couldn’t keep an eye on her all the time, was worried about her getting hurt and simply put his arm around her to hold her in his embrace.

Smelling the familiar scent, Fang Pingying inexplicably felt an immense comfort and fell into a deep sleep.

Luo Zhiyong looked at the two people, one big and one small, in his arms and felt a sudden softness in his heart. In his life, Luo Zhiyong had never experienced a moment more warming than this.

At the same time, it made him realize even more that he couldn’t lose the woman in his arms, no matter how difficult the problem, and that he needed to resolve it as soon as possible—he absolutely could not lose her.

But the more he thought about the mess at home, the more he suffered from a splitting headache.

Now he wanted to break away from that home, and he had indeed been making efforts to do so, but he still couldn’t leave unilaterally. With Zhou Yunmei’s personality, knowing where Fang Pingying lived, knowing which unit he was in, if she really couldn’t find him, she would cause a scene.

Once she caused a scene, others would definitely not ask what Zhou Yunmei did wrong. In their eyes, they’d believe a son being unfilial was at fault, and they wouldn’t bother to find out why the son was unfilial.

Luo Zhiyong now thought that the best thing would be for their family of four to go to a place where Zhou Yunmei could never find them and stay there for a while. Then, whether she made a fuss or quarreled, she’d have to find them first.

But, how could he approach Fang Pingying with such a request now?

Also, he knew in his heart that if it weren’t for him, Fang Pingying could still handle Zhou Yunmei. After all, the two of them were already divorced and had no connection; to Fang Pingying, Zhou Yunmei was now a stranger, so however she dealt with Zhou Yunmei wouldn’t be over the top.

Perhaps, he just needed to leave for a while to make Zhou Yunmei understand his stance!

Thinking this way, an idea slowly surfaced in his mind.

While they were visiting Chen Jie’s place, Zhou Yunmei and Xu He in the provincial city were not idle either.

Early in the morning, Zhou Yunmei went next door to knock, "Xu He, get up, we’re going to the hospital to see the doctor."

Xu He, although exhausted yesterday, kept thinking about the medical examination today, and she didn’t sleep well all night.

The hospital doctor would definitely be able to determine how many months pregnant she was, and once back home, it would reveal the deceit from Luo Zhiming.

Moreover, because of the incident with Shuanzi yesterday, Xu He even noticed that Zhou Yunmei seemed a bit paranoid and slightly doubted whether the child in her womb was Luo Zhiming’s. Once back home, she would definitely interrogate Luo Zhiming about this privately.

So, no matter what, she couldn’t let the doctor discover that the dates were wrong.

When she heard the sudden knocking of Zhou Yunmei from outside, she trembled in fright and after replying in a soft voice, got up to open the door.

Seeing her still unkempt and not yet up, Zhou Yunmei spoke impatiently, "Hurry and wash up, brush your teeth. We’ll go to the hospital for a check-up and then buy tickets to go home. This guesthouse isn’t cheap, it’s several dollars per night."

Hearing this, Xu He quickly said, "Mom, since we’re in a rush to go back, why don’t we just see a doctor back home? The hospital there is just as capable of giving a clear examination. If we go to the hospital here, I’m afraid we won’t catch the ride home."

Unexpected to Xu He, Zhou Yunmei had already thought this through and said with a frown, "How can the small hospital back home compare to the big hospitals in the provincial city? It’s safer to get checked here."

Hearing this, Xu He became extremely panicky internally and attempted to leverage Zhou Yunmei’s concern about money, "It will cost quite a bit to get checked here, at least several tens of yuan."

Zhou Yunmei shook her head, looking very experienced, "It’s not necessary. We’re just getting checked, not prescribed medicine. Tens of dollars will be enough. Last year, I accompanied Cui Lan to that hospital, and I still remember the doctors there; they seem to be quite familiar with Fang Pingying and the others."

With that, the panic in Xu He’s eyes intensified, feeling she absolutely could not go. She pretended to look for something with her head down to avoid arousing Zhou Yunmei’s suspicion and said, "But if we go back home to see the doctor, it might not even cost several dollars."

"I’ll pay for it, you don’t need to worry. Just follow me there." For Zhou Yunmei, the importance of the matter was clear; even if it cost tens of dollars, she wanted to know as soon as possible whether Xu He was really pregnant and how long the pregnancy had been.

For some reason, whenever Zhou Yunmei thought about Shuanzi and Xu He’s affair, she just couldn’t shake off the feeling of unease.