Chapter 8: Su Mama is indeed formidable

  I also heard these words and was immediately stunned. This means that Su Haicheng actually had a girlfriend before, and it's very likely that they had already been in a relationship.

  I don't know why, but I just feel uncomfortable in my heart. Why do I have such a fate? I like the old version, but the old version likes someone else. A man who has nothing to do with me now appears, and he's still someone else's. What if that woman comes looking for me later?

  My heart was still in a mess when I heard the old man say: "This child must stay. This is our family's only bloodline."

  "Dad!" Su's mom raised her voice. "Leave this child alone, how can others look at Hai Cheng? You are an old general, what's inside..."

  "Just because I'm an old general, that's why I want to keep this child even more!" The old man almost shouted out these words, and then his eyes turned red. He stamped his cane and said, "I've given my whole life to the army, when our country was still young, I couldn't even hold him in my arms. Finally, you gave birth to a grandson for me. Haicheng never wanted to be a soldier, it was me who forced him to join the army back then. Now... I've given my whole life to the army, and my grandson has also been taken by the army. Before I die, let me leave some descendants for the Su family. Otherwise, I'll really become a sinner of the Su family."

  The old man cried, and the little soldier got nervous, hurriedly supporting the old man to go inside while comforting him. The old man, while walking upstairs, turned back to Su's mother and said: "Su Yun, you handle this matter, I want to keep Haicheng's reputation and also keep this child."

  Su's mother also cried, silently wiping away her tears. Then she took out a lighter from the basket on the small tea table and lit up the documents I brought with me in the ashtray on the table.

  I'm getting anxious and don't know what she means by this. But now I also dare not ask her.

  Su Mama slowly watched those turn into dust, then wiped her eyes and said to me: "What's your name?"

  "Chen Siyi."

  "What a strange name. Are you studying or working now?"

  "Is this D's student?" She asked, meaning to keep the child? My hand unconsciously covered my belly. No! I don't have a child! I'm getting into character! I'm just a scammer who comes to swindle money.

  Su's mother looked at my belly for a while before saying, "This is the first and last time we'll meet in this lifetime. I'll give you Haicheng's credit card soon, and all your expenses from now until the child is full moon will be paid by us. You can continue studying on your side, just consider this child as one you had from a one-night stand outside."

  "I...". What is she talking about? I was just about to speak, but she continued, "Listen to me. The money we gave you is enough for you to take care of yourself. After the child is a month old, call me. I'll arrange for you to leave the child at a designated location, and then I'll go pick up the child, as if we found this child on the street and brought him back home to raise. The fact that he's Su Haicheng's bloodline, I don't allow anyone else in this world to know. Take care of your mouth. After I pick up the child, I'll do a DNA test to confirm he's my grandson, and then I'll transfer one million dollars to that card once. After that, forget about this matter, go get married if you should."

  Su's mom is indeed formidable, and in such a short time, she came up with such an intricate plan. This way, they can get the child back without implicating me in any way. I slowly let out a sigh, these things have nothing to do with me, I'm not her daughter-in-law, I'm just a scammer who swindled money and a package.

  I nodded, "Auntie, a few days ago, I sent a parcel to Su Haicheng. There was a small gift for him inside. Can I take it back?"

  Su's mother got up and walked upstairs. I didn't quite understand what she meant, but she turned around and came back down, holding a small package in her hand. She said: "What else do you want? Say it all at once, we won't have another chance to meet again."

  I received the small package, which was just a box about 20 cm long and 10 cm wide, with the express delivery note still on it. The place where the express was sent from is Shallow Water Town, which is the town to which that village belongs, and also the nearest town to the village where the death occurred. The things inside came from that village!

  When I realized this in my heart, my hand couldn't even hold the small box. The strange scene in that village appeared again.

  "No, I don't want anything anymore," I said as I stood up and walked out.

  But just then, Su's mother called out behind me: "Wait a minute, Chen Siyi."

  I stopped in my tracks, worried that she would ask me what was in the package. But instead, she walked around to the front of me and handed me a credit card: "This is a card that I've been keeping since Hai Cheng High School. Once we get our child back and pay you the money, this card will be cancelled. Take it, ah, take care of my grandson."

  I stretched out my hand, only to find that my hands were shaking. I thought I was a good girl, but I was nervous about cheating someone out of so much money. But she seemed to have misunderstood my trembling and said: "If you want to cry, just cry, Haicheng is already dead, he died gloriously, it's our family's pride. All that can be said is that you two are not destined for this life."

  She thought I was trembling with grief over Su Haicheng's death. I bit my lip, biting down hard, it hurt so much that tears welled up in my eyes. Now I can only drop a couple of tears to make it look more convincing.

  I took the card and walked out of Su's house. As soon as I left their gate, I almost ran out of the military compound. I kept running and running, until I didn't even know why I was running anymore. My heart was a mess, but I just kept running forward, until I was exhausted and my stomach hurt from running. Finally, I squatted down, clutching my stomach, panting heavily.

  My mind was a complete blank, and I didn't even notice when those military boots appeared in front of me. It wasn't until I slowly raised my head that I realized Su Haicheng was standing right in front of me. He crouched down, his face hidden behind a pair of black-framed sunglasses, and said, "Are you really acting or is your stomach hurting? Do you want to go to the hospital?"

  "Water!" I managed to spit out the word, I had run dry. Here he could see me, I reckon I'd been running for at least over half an hour now.

  He bought me water from a small shop nearby, opened the cap and handed it to me. I gulped down a few mouthfuls of water before regaining some energy. He pulled me to sit on a stone bench by the road, and while I was drinking water, he had already unwrapped the package. However, he only took a quick glance, didn't say anything, and even when I leaned over to take a look, he closed the lid without letting me see what's inside.

  "Let's go back."

  "What's inside?"

  "You don't need to know."

  As I listened to his words, my heart didn't feel right. It turned out that after all the effort I put in and being wronged by his mother, what was it that he finally managed to cheat out of me? Can't even let me know?

  I turned my face away. Irritated, I said: "Alright, use me and then throw me aside. What's this called?" For a moment, I couldn't think of what to call it either, I was speechless. Suddenly, a sentence from the magazine Kaka read earlier popped into my head and slipped out: "Don't recognize people once they put on clothes?"

  Actually, I didn't speak very loudly, but a middle-aged woman who was playing mahjong nearby happened to get up and walk past us, and she heard our conversation. Her true nature as a busybody was revealed. "Young man, are you bullying this girl? If you've done something, you should take responsibility for it."

  Su Haicheng was a bit inexplicable, I was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "That's right, auntie, he's a bad guy! I'm already pregnant with his child, but when he received a package sent by another woman, he didn't even let me take a look."

  Su Haicheng's face changed, and he suddenly turned black. The old aunt was still very enthusiastic about helping me educate him: "Young man, looking at you like this, you're also a scholar. How can you have an affair?"

  Okay, this is getting more and more absurd. Su Haicheng pulled my hand, yanking me up from the stone chair, didn't say a word, just walked forward, after a few steps, a taxi came over, stuffed me into the car, directly gave the address to go to the bus station.