Chapter 172
Change of Love
Wu Lanfeng Lumo: "If the Lin family knew about this child before the reunion, I would have to take it away. But this will inevitably break up. For those who are engaged in business, this is not a good thing.
"If they don't know about this child, then our dock is in Dagu anyway, and my mother and I have planned to move there. I have been raising it in the inner house for a few months. After the child is born, we will tell the public that it is just adoption. Dagu is hundreds of miles away from Cangzhou, so there will be no problem."
"The child thought he was adopted. Will he have some thoughts he shouldn't have when he grows up?"
Thanks to the development of modern Internet, Zhao Su has heard many tragic stories about adopting families. "The key is that you may have to remarry and have a child in the future. Will this child feel uncomfortable when he sees you give birth to his own child?"
Wu Lanfeng's expression gradually became heavier when she said it. She sighed after a long time: "With a child, why do I still have to remarry unhappy? If I just want to ask for a child, and then go from familiarity to becoming a couple, and give birth to a child, wouldn't that be too much trouble?"
Seeing her like this, Zhao Su knew that she couldn't get it in a while. So she changed the topic: "Why did the relationship change between you and Lin Xie?"
Wu Lanfeng was silent for a while outside the window, and then took a deep breath: "Do you remember, I once told you that when I was a child, I often walked out with my parents? After my younger brother was born, my mother took me to settle down in Cangzhou. There were fewer people going out, and more interactions with some local wealthy families. My marriage with him was decided by both parents during such social engagements.
"Although he and I are not childhood sweethearts, I have met from afar during social events. Maybe because he and I were both merchants, I talked a lot and had a tacit understanding of each other's ideas. Therefore, I married him at the age of seventeen and married him for eight years, and it was still very good in the first four years.
"He has also studied and became a scholar, but he is not a rough person. Because our family backgrounds are similar, he has been caring about me in those years, and he is considerate in every situation. He has discussed all kinds of things at home with me. I don't think it is fake.
"Not long after the marriage, my brother disappeared. My father was traveling outside all year round, and he was in poor health and had difficulty in his children. At that time, Lin Xie was doing things in my mother's family, and I was heartbroken, but our affection also deepened rapidly during this period.
"He promised me that when we have children, we will adopt the Wu family first, so as my brother's incense so that the Wu family will not be cut off.
"I became pregnant in the third year after marriage. He treated meticulously. Since I was pregnant, he never left Cangzhou. And he did not break his promise and explained to others from the beginning that when he gave birth to another child, the child would definitely be adopted by the Wu family.
"According to the heart, I am content with such a husband who is very wise and righteous. But who would have thought that when I was seven months pregnant, I collided with a running carriage on my way to my parents' home, and the fetus that was almost seven months old in my belly was gone.
"The carriage opposite is from the son of another rich family in the city. Speaking of which, our Wu family and the Zhang family have some relatives. Lin Xie went to the Zhang family to make a big fuss to make them pay their lives.
"He also stayed with me during that time. Seeing that I was sad, I would feed me the medicine whenever I had time. He was so considerate that I thought I would soon have a second child, and I quickly cheered up.
"After I recovered, I often went back to Wu's house to help my mother dock. It seemed that life was the same as before, but soon I noticed some differences. He gradually stopped staying at night, and after he came back, he didn't ask anyone to ask, just meddling in other people's business, saying that I was all focused on my parents' home, so why did he care about him?
"I thought he just blamed me for neglecting him and couldn't help but comfort him. But the situation did not improve. My distancing and indifference to me were like a flood that opened the gate and could no longer be stopped.
"I waited for him until the early morning that night. He came back in a scent of powder and alcohol. I couldn't bear it and asked him what he wanted. He told me not to worry about it. But I am his wife, why can't I? Besides, he has made a vow to me.
"He then got angry at me and said that I was not a good wife and mother, and my methods were vicious, but I pretended to be like how I defended the Lin family. I never thought he would criticize me like this, so I asked him to make it clear, and he said..."
The carriage had stopped at some point, and the scenery outside the window prompted that they had returned to the inn.
Wu Lanfeng looked out the window and didn't move, and Zhao Su didn't move either: "What did he say?"
"He said, I deliberately took away the child in my belly."
"Why did he say that? You are obviously the mother of a child who is pregnant for seven months!"
"Because the doctor diagnosed that it was a girl, it was obvious that adopting the child of the Wu family must be a boy to be effective. He thought I was not satisfied with his promise and thought I wanted to wait until a boy was born and adopted. The reason I did this was because I didn't trust the Lin family to treat me well. He thought I was guarding against the Lin family, for fear that the Lin family would swallow up the property of my Wu family."
Zhao Su was shocked: "He said that you killed the child without any evidence?"
"It's not without evidence. The children of the Zhang family called my mother and said to me as cousin. They are also my distant cousin. A few days before the accident, Zhang Er happened to visit the Wu family, and I happened to be there. This is a very ordinary coincidence, but in his eyes it became one of the evidence.
"He didn't know. I had a plan. Even if a girl was adopted, I would ask her to hire a husband in the Wu family. You know, my daughter is different from me and Li when she goes back. She at least has me and the Lin family support. The son-in-law who comes to the door dares to play tricks. But I am different. If I hire a husband in the future, no one can support me."
"So there is a misunderstanding between you." Zhao Su frowned, "Did you even believe it even if you said it?"
"Even Zhang Er admits that it was my commander, how could he believe it?" Wu Lanfeng looked at her and smiled bitterly. "This is the second evidence, even the murderer is accusing me."
"How could Zhang Er be like this?"
"I don't know. Maybe Lin Xie's reputation for coming to collect debts was too strong. In order to calm down, the Zhang family thought about it and felt that they could not take the opportunity, so they pushed it to me, or for other reasons. Anyway, that night, Lin Xie said that Zhang Er had found him and pointed it out. And I didn't seem to be deliberately deducting me."
"Have you ever found the Zhang family?"
"Half a year has passed by the matter at that time. The Zhang family offended the Lin Wu family and the two families. The business was no longer possible and had moved away."
"...In other words, you can't find him even if you confront him."
Chapter completed!