the seventh bride

Chapter 100 A Little Too Ruthless

"Grandma, it's too ruthless of you to do this."

"Chen, what's the matter with you?" The old lady looked at the grandson again, as if he was someone she just met. "Ruthless? You've never said this before, and sympathy has never emerged from you. What's the matter with you? Why do you seem to be a different person recently?"

In the past, when she wanted to make arrangements and deal with someone, did he ever say anything more?Except for the girl surnamed Zhu that he refused to listen to her, other things were decided by her alone.

Since he married the daughter of the Bai family, he seemed to be a different person, and he even developed sympathy.

Not only the old lady, but even Nan Gongchen himself didn't understand how he became what he is now, probably because of the influence of this woman, he thought.

If it hadn't changed, how could he have violated the principle and agreed to her giving birth to the child, and how could he have worried about her end at that time?

"Are you going to agree or not?" the old lady urged.

"Okay, I promise." Nangong Chen nodded: "Don't worry, grandma, I will try my best to find that girl."

"It's best like this." The old lady said: "But just to be on the safe side, I will help you find it together."

Nangong Chen was silent for a few seconds, and finally could only nod in agreement.

*****
When Nangong Chen returned to the second floor, Bai Muqing was standing barefoot by the door waiting for him.

She had just finished taking a shower, she was wearing a loose nightgown, her hair was hanging wet on her shoulders, and she looked very charming.

Just now she had been standing upright listening to the movement at the door, and when she heard Nangong Chen's footsteps, she didn't even have time to put on her shoes, so she opened the door and walked out.

Nangong Chen knew what she wanted to do without asking.

"What conditions did grandma ask you to promise her?" She looked at him with a hint of worry on her face.

"It's nothing." Nangong Chen replied briefly, thinking that there was no need to tell her.

Although Bai Muqing really wanted to know, she could tell that Nangong Chen didn't want to tell her, so in order not to annoy him, she had no choice but to give up asking.

Nangong Chen raised his hand and opened the door, then turned around and stared at Bai Muqing who was still standing there looking at him, and asked: "If the status of the young wife of the Nangong family is the same as that of the child, what would you choose?"

Bai Muqing was startled, and then said after a while: "Is this the grandma's condition?"

"You just answer me."

"I... choose the child." Bai Muqing almost didn't think about it.

Nangong Chen would ask such a question, there must be such a multiple-choice question in front of him, she even guessed that the old lady might have given her such a choice: If you have to give birth to a child, then get out of Nangong's house!
If it was really like this, she would choose to get out of Nangong's house!
Leaving aside the grievances between her and Nangong Chen, even if it was for the sake of her child, she would not sacrifice her child for the sake of a lifetime of prosperity, otherwise she would regret and feel restless for the rest of her life.

However, her answer made Nangong Chen's complexion change, with a feeling of being underestimated.

He took a step forward, habitually pinched her chin with his index finger and thumb and lifted it up: "Is the child more important than me in your heart?"

The answer is obvious. Of course, she values ​​this child more. Although he helped her today and gave this child a way out, it doesn't mean that he can completely erase the fact that he killed her grandmother.

She struggled a little, but did not break free from his fingers, and was still forced to face him.She said solemnly: "If I choose you, then my child will die, but on the other hand, if I choose my child, you can live well."

She thought the answer was good and reasonable, and he couldn't find anything wrong with it.

"You chose it yourself, don't regret it then." Nan Gongchen finally let her go, turned and walked into his bedroom.

With a bang, she was shut at the door.

Staring blankly at the carved wooden door in front of her, it took Bai Muqing a while to recover and take a deep breath, then turned and returned to her bedroom.

It seems that the old lady really didn't want this child, so she gave such a cruel choice. She didn't even know what to do next, how to explain to the mother and daughter of the Bai family.

If they knew the attitude of the old lady, they would definitely force her to abort the child.

*****
After a tragic toss, life finally calmed down.

It's just that when facing the old lady, Bai Muqing could clearly feel that her attitude had changed. Although she wouldn't abuse her, it was indeed a lot colder than the previous hush and warmth.

But such an old lady made Bai Muqing feel more at ease, after all, this is her old nature, serious and indifferent.

She doubted that Nangong Chen's high-ranking, cold and indifferent personality originated from the old lady. After all, what kind of environment raises what kind of person.

During breakfast, the old lady said to Bai Muqing with a flat face: "Since you insist on giving birth to this child, no matter whether he is good or not, you have to treat him well. Anyway, I have worked hard for Chen for most of my life, and I am already old." I don't have the energy to protect him anymore."

"Grandma, I will protect him with my life." Bai Muqing said.

"Use your own life?" The old lady smiled wryly, things are impermanent, and she doesn't know how long she will be able to accompany this child.

Bai Muqing didn't understand what she meant, and didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

She turned her head to look at Nangong Chen, and found that his face was also flat.

She recalled the scene where Nangongchen asked her to choose that night. The old lady had this expression because she was sure that she would not be able to live in Nangong's family, right?
But right now, she can't control the long-term, so she can only take one step at a time.

After breakfast, Nan Gongchen suddenly said to Bai Muqing when he went out, "I'll have dinner outside tonight, and I'll ask the driver to pick you up."

"With whom?" She asked stupidly.

Nangong Chen glanced at her: "Who else do you want to be with besides me?"

Shen Ke on the side burst out laughing: "Sister-in-law is really stupid and cute."

Bai Muqing glanced at him, she was still thinking about how to refuse.

"My cousin was bullied like this by my cousin." Pu Lianyao looked at the two of them, and then smiled.

"Really, then I'll try to bully you and see if I can become as cute as my cousin." Shen Ke held Pu Lianyao's shoulders, and leaned over to kiss her cheek while speaking.

Pu Lianyao glared deliberately: "How dare you? I'm not as easy to bully as my cousin."

"I know you're not that easy to bully." Shen Ke pushed her to his car: "Let's go, I'll take you to the hospital, and we'll eat outside at night."

"Okay, I want to eat hot pot."

"Okay, spicy."

The two got into the car talking and laughing, waved at Nangong Chen and Bai Muqing, and then drove to the gate of Nangong's house.

After watching them walk away, Nangong Chen looked at Bai Muqing and raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong? Don't want to go?"

Although he had already agreed with her to give birth to the child, he could feel that, except after expressing her gratitude to him at that time, she deliberately alienated him and avoided him at other times.

He didn't understand why she was like this, the only thing he could think of was that maybe she was afraid that he would force her to kill the child again.Pu Lianyao was right, he almost scared her into an idiot.

Although he was unfriendly to her before, she basically wouldn't alienate him like she is now, and even contradicted him deliberately, harassed him, and played a bit of temper with him.

Maybe it was really because I was too cruel and scared her into a little white rabbit.

This feeling of being alienated made him uncomfortable. He felt that since he had agreed to her giving birth to a child, there should be no more hatred between the two, nor should the cold war continue, so he proposed to pick her up at night Go out to eat together.

However, his compromise and his good intentions seem to be trampled on by others.

"Sorry, I made an appointment to have dinner with Xiaomei and the others today." She said.

Sure enough, he rejected him!very good!
Nangong Chen gritted his teeth and nodded: "Then I wish you a pleasant meal."

After speaking, he walked towards the direction of the car, and soon disappeared in front of her.

Bai Muqing didn't stay at the door for too long, turned around and went back to the bedroom, and found a set of loose clothes to change into.

Because they were all hidden and tucked before, she had never dared to buy those clothes for pregnant women, and almost none of them were comfortable to wear.What she can wear now are the babydolls that Nangong Chen forced her to buy last time.

Although she really didn't want to go out, the Bai family had to give someone an explanation, and Xu Yarong had urged her several times in the past few days.

After changing her clothes, Bai Muqing went out.

It's still a coffee shop, and she booked a private room by herself, because she doesn't trust their mother and daughter at all.

Bai Muqing pushed open the glass door of the cafe, and just as she stepped in, a familiar figure walked towards her.She turned her body slightly to one side, trying to avoid the sight of people coming.

"Miss Bai, what a coincidence." Although she was deliberately avoiding it, she still couldn't avoid Assistant Yan's sight.Facing her polite greeting, Bai Muqing had no choice but to turn around and smile at her: "Coincidental."

"I'm here to meet a client." Assistant Yan held the folder and looked at her hesitant to speak.

Bai Muqing guessed that she might want to explain what happened last time, but she wasn't interested in listening, so she smiled at her again: "I have an appointment with a friend, so I went in first."

"Well... goodbye." Assistant Yan nodded tactfully and left the coffee shop.

When Bai Muqing walked into the private room, Bai Yingan immediately looked at her unhappily and taunted her: "You're still quite airy, we have to wait for you every time."

Bai Muqing raised her wristwatch to glance at the time, and mocked back blankly: "It's not that I'm late, it's that you guys are rushing to be early."

That's right, they must be very anxious now, right?I'm afraid that she will tear herself apart and follow them to death, or stay at Nangong's house regardless of the life and death of her relatives.

"Okay, let's sit down." Xu Yarong had already seen the scene where she went crazy and died, and knew that she was not so easy to mess with, and her attitude towards her improved a little.

Bai Muqing did not sit down, but glanced at them and said solemnly: "I don't know what your plans are going to be, but I have to remind you that you don't need to waste your time trying to force me to kill the child. Even Nangong Chen You don’t need to try anything you can’t even force.”

Xu Yarong was also aware of this, that's why she reminded Bai Yingan not to force her to have an abortion when she came here, be careful to push her into a hurry.

"Oh, a deformity, let me see what tricks you can play." Bai Ying'an snorted coldly with disdain.

Bai Muqing became angry: "This is my child, please show some respect."

"Your child will not be raised by me sooner or later? Is it possible that you still expect me to raise a waste as your own son? Let me remind you, you'd better take him now, lest he will not only be rejected by the world after birth Be abused by my adoptive mother!"

"You...!" Bai Muqing was too angry to speak.

Yes, why didn't she think of this question?How could Bai Ying'an treat her child well?If she puts the child up in Nangong's family in the future, she might be tortured to death by her stepmother someday.

Seeing that Bai Muqing was provoked, Xu Yarong quickly reached out and tugged Bai Yingan's sleeve, "Okay, don't scare him."

After speaking, she gave her an annoyed look, and then said to Bai Muqing: "Don't listen to Ying'an's nonsense, after all, she is the flesh and blood of the Nangong family. Under the old lady's nose, would she dare not treat the child well?"

Bai Muqing closed her eyes, took a deep breath and said, "Let's get to the point, what are you going to do next."

"Since you are so determined to give birth to this child, you can only change it after the child is born, that is, according to the original plan." Xu Yarong looked at her and said: "But Mu Qing, I hope there will be no more this time. Make any mistakes, otherwise... I really don't want to scare you, do people have a bottom line?"

Bai Muqing remained silent, Xu Yarong continued: "You said you wanted to keep this child, I've made concessions for you, but don't push yourself too hard, you have to have a degree in everything."

After a while, Bai Muqing finally said, "Don't worry, there will be no mistakes this time."

"Also, Nangong Chen will be aware of the sudden change of person, so you have to find an excuse to leave Nangong's house a month or two in advance, and notify them after the child is born."

"Okay." Bai Muqing nodded mechanically.

She didn't even dare to think about that scene, she secretly gave birth to the child, and then gave the child to Bai Ying'an, a vicious woman, and Bai Ying'an took her back to Nangong's house to raise it.When you are in a good mood, maybe it will be better for the child, but when you are in a bad mood...

And her?He could only hide in secret with the pain of being separated from his own flesh and blood.

Can she really live a life like that?
She shivered unconsciously, tightened her clothes and said indifferently: "If there is nothing else, I'll go back first."

"One more thing." Xu Yarong glanced at her right hand with her chin: "It's best to find a way to get the ring off during this time."

Although she had paid a high price to find someone to order an identical gold inlaid jade ring, and it was almost impossible to tell the authenticity from the fake with the naked eye, but it would be the best if she could really get it.

Bai Muqing still nodded: "I will try my best."

Before leaving, Bai Muqing thought about it, and finally reminded them: "Madam Nangong is a difficult person to deal with, and Miss Bai may not live as smoothly as imagined if she enters..."

"Don't scare me here!" Bai Ying'an interrupted her politely without waiting for her to finish speaking.

She couldn't believe it anymore, Bai Muqing, a Cinderella who grew up in a slum, could do well in Nangong's family and get Nangong Chen's sincerity, why couldn't her imposing daughter of the Bai family be able to do well?

The scene of Nangong Chen kissing Bai Muqing on the airport flyover that day is still unforgettable to her.

After being reprimanded by her like this, Bai Muqing didn't bother to talk to her any more, and left the private room.

Bai Muqing did not leave the coffee shop directly, but came to the door of another private room, knocked on the door and walked in.

In the private room, Yao Mei and Su Xi were chatting and laughing. Seeing her come in, Su Xi quickly looked away, and the smile on her face faded at the same time.

Yao Mei sized up the door and came in. Bai Muqing asked, "Didn't you say there are friends coming with you? Where are they?"

"They've already gone back." Bai Muqing walked to Yao Mei and sat down, glanced at Su Xi and said, "Xiao Xi, I didn't thank you well last time."

Su Xi lowered her head and stirred the juice in the glass with a straw, and said calmly: "You thanked me last time, so let's get to the point."

She raised her eyelids: "What do you want me to do for you this time?"

"Oh, Xiaoxi, Mu Qing made it very clear on the phone just now, she came here today to thank you and teach me a lesson, not to ask for your help."

"Really?" Su Xi lifted the corners of her lips mockingly.

Bai Muqing looked at her, took a light breath and said: "It seems to be true, every time I look for you, I come here for a purpose, but this time I really just want to thank you, there is no other meaning."

"Forget it, anyway, I'm used to being asked for help by you, so I don't care this time." Su Xi shrugged indifferently.

Bai Muqing smiled and remained silent.

Yao Mei glanced at the two, pulled Bai Muqing's arm and turned her body around: "Okay, it's my turn, Mu Qing, scold me, hit me, I'm not human, I betrayed you, you If you don't hit me, I really feel bad for my conscience."

"If hitting you is useful, I really want to punch you unconscious." Bai Muqing said bitterly.

"what?"

"Ah what? Shouldn't it be?"

"I'm sorry, Mu Qing." Yao Mei continued to shake her arm flatteringly: "It's that Assistant Yan, she not only threatened me but also told me a lot of good things about Nan Gongchen, saying how much he cares about you , so nervous about you, and said that I drove to the riverside alone that night to find you."

"Fart!" It wasn't Bai Muqing who blurted out these two words, but Su Xi who was opposite.

The two people here were startled by her and looked over in surprise.

Su Xi put the juice glass in her hand on the table: "If he is really that good, will he not be able to accommodate a child? Will he use such a bad method to force Mu Qing to kill the child?"

Yao Mei opened her mouth and retorted quietly after a while: "Isn't she already accepted it now? Otherwise, why would Mu Qing want to drink coffee with us?"

"What did you say?" Su Xi was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at Bai Muqing: "Have you decided to give birth to this child?"

Bai Muqing nodded: "That's right, Nangong Chen has already agreed."

"Are you crazy?" Su Xi didn't pat down the cup, but stood up from the sofa. Bai Muqing and Yao Mei were startled by her again.

Su Xi ignored the speechlessness on their faces, looked at Bai Muqing and said angrily: "You still give birth to a son for this kind of man? Do you still have any self-esteem and bottom line? Do you know what he did to you? If it wasn't for him Tampering..." Su Xi suddenly stopped, gritted her teeth and changed her words: "Do you think she will really like a woman, and you really care about others because of him? If he is really that good, I would have married him long ago... ...!"

Su Xi paused again, glanced at the stunned expressions of the two, cleared her throat and sat back on the sofa.

Bai Muqing and Yao Mei were indeed shocked by her last words. After a while, Yao Mei asked in a daze: "Xiao Xi, I can understand why you are fighting for Mu Qing, but... if he is so kind to you What does it mean to marry him early? Between you and Nangong Chen...?"

She chuckled and didn't speak too bluntly.

Su Xi gave her an angry look: "I just know him better than you."

After the scene was quiet again, Bai Muqing said: "I didn't live for him, but for myself."

Su Xi sneered: "I thought you would kill him if you knew you were pregnant with a problem child. I didn't expect you to be so persistent and stupid."

After she finished speaking, she took a sip from the water glass on the table, then put the glass back heavily on the table, and said, "I feel it is a shame to have a friend like you!"

Turning her footsteps, she walked out of the private room with big strides.

After a few seconds of silence in the private room, the two looked at each other and withdrew their gazes.

"What's the matter with her?" Bai Muqing asked first, how could she become like this after not getting along for half a year?
"Secretly in love with your husband?" Yao Mei murmured quietly, and after Bai Muqing bumped her arm with her elbow, she said dissatisfied: "What's wrong? Isn't it common for girlfriends to snatch husbands now? How normal."

"Isn't she already married to Qiao Shao? It is said that she is very handsome." No matter what, Bai Muqing would not believe that Su Xi and Nangong Chen would have anything to do with each other.

"Listen to what I said?" Yao Mei said contemptuously: "Then have you heard me say that that Young Master Qiao is simply Jia Baoyu in the real world, who hangs around flowers every day, and has so many women that he can open a girls' school. How about this?" Can Su Xi, the man you love, like? From my point of view, they should leave after a few days."

With Su Xi's personality, she should leave sooner or later.

Think about Nangong Chen, how much better than De Qiao Shao?Su Xi was right, she just had no bottom line and no self-esteem, that's why she had a crush on this kind of man before.

Bai Muqing smiled: "Okay, no matter what, they are still husband and wife, so you should accumulate some virtue."

"It's just in name only. They have always slept in separate rooms. It is really a headache to meet such a marriage." After Yao Mei finished speaking, she took Bai Muqing's arm and said with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about them, let's go shopping go."

(End of this chapter)