How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 394 - 396: See Through_1

Li Qiao couldn’t help but argue once again, "When a woman marries a man, or is it the man marrying the woman? In our place, children born to men who marry into the woman’s family take the woman’s surname. You can’t enjoy the honor and abundant material life brought by a man, and yet expect the child to also take your surname, right? Wouldn’t that make men the biggest victims? Besides, as a mother, raising children is also your own responsibility and duty. Has your partner, Zhuang Shu, fulfilled his duties as a father and husband?"

Suddenly, Zhuang Shu saw things clearly, as if her mind, which had been stuck in a dead end for years, believed that all her sacrifices were for men.

As a result, she was often gloomy.

Now seeing things from a new perspective, she realized she was being stubborn. She smiled and said, "He’s very good to me, even when he’s busy, he always finds time to accompany me and the children."

Li Qiao said, "See, there you go, having a loving husband and four lovely children, everything you’ve sacrificed is worthwhile. Why be melancholic all day long?"

Everything is for men, similar to Dong Lamei’s phrase "I’m doing this for your own good."

Zhong Qiongsui, seeing Zhuang Shu’s mood lighten, quickly added, "But all this was traded for career. Getting married and having children is a wrong choice for women. Shu’s talents are all wasted; I feel it’s such a pity for her."

Li Qiao didn’t plan to continue discussing this topic with Zhong Qiongsui, it was too complicated. She changed the subject and said, "Suddenly I remember I have a friend, her younger sister kept saying bad things about her partner in front of her, and eventually they got divorced. Soon after, I found out that my friend’s younger sister married her freshly divorced partner."

She was relating something she had seen in the news, Zhong Qiongsui’s behavior was really quite similar. She hadn’t said a bad word about Shangguan Qingfeng, but she was constant in bringing him up.

If she had a friend like that, hearing such words over and over, her resentment towards men would probably be heavier than that of a female ghost.

Zhong Qiongsui felt as if she was being called out and her face flushed red.

Li Qiao led the conversation back again, "Sister Shu, may I ask if your partner is home?"

"He went out this morning, but Qingyuan is here, you can tell him if you have anything to say."

"Let me tell you, wait for Mr. Shangguan to come back and pass a message to him," Li Qiao paused momentarily to choose her words and said, "Last night, when school was over...." She didn’t mention seeing Zhong Qiongsui but implied that her friend Nan Chuyi may have suffered in her stead and took out a portrait, "Just give this portrait to him, please ask him to help find the person in it."

Zhuang Shu’s eyes suddenly widened.

This person! They rode the same train and sat opposite her.

She was in a soft-sleeper car, and there weren’t many people in the carriage.

At the time, this person came to talk to her, asking about the children, and whenever the topic of children came up, she would unconsciously talk more. She also chatted with the person for a while, and when asked about her travel plans, she mentioned going to Nanhe city, the capital of South Province.

The person also said they were headed there.

But in the middle of the night, she woke to find her child gone, her mind in a total daze.

Now that she thought about it, after her child disappeared, that man was also gone. There was still a long distance from the train’s final destination, and the conductors had helped her look for her child everywhere.

As a result, the train was delayed for several hours.

If the person was headed to the same destination, why didn’t he show up when the train was delayed?

Thinking about it now, it must have been this person who took the child!

She grabbed Li Qiao’s wrist tightly, "Can I meet your friend who was attacked?"

Li Qiao hissed in pain.

Zhuang Shu then realized her outburst, "I, I, I’ll help you investigate this person." She couldn’t wait to run upstairs calling for Shangguan Qingyuan.

A cold sweat crept up Zhong Qiongsui’s back.

She had been uneasy since she saw Li Qiao today, thinking that Li Qiao had been at the school all of yesterday, and those two people hadn’t intercepted her, so their threat hadn’t been successful. It turned out they got the wrong person.

Li Qiao’s face was so distinctive; how could those two people have made a mistake?

Stupid.

The child was, too. She had firmly instructed the other party to dump the baby into the river to drown, yet here the child was, still alive. She even told her that every time she wanted to throw it away, there was always someone watching.

She ran all the way to a remote county town, but the river there was dry, so in the end, she found a wasteland to dump the baby. However, just halfway through the month, the dead child not only safely returned but had also gained weight.

At this time, the child cried.

The auntie checked the diaper, which was clean and dry; the baby must be hungry.

She went to prepare some formula.

Li Qiao picked up the baby to soothe it.

Zhong Qiongsui was startled back to reality by the baby’s crying and said calmly, "Li Qiao, did your friend say anything else?"

"I’ve told you all there is to say. Right, I saw you at the school gate after school yesterday, driving a black sedan. Who were you waiting for?" Li Qiao asked, tilting her head.

Zhong Qiongsui felt as if Li Qiao saw right through her, barely concealing her panic, "I—I was waiting for a school alumnus who’s a professor. I graduated from your neighboring Southwest University before."

Li Qiao expressed with an ’oh’: "I thought those of you who become translators graduated from specialized translation institutes. But the entrance to Southwest University isn’t on the same road as our school. Why would you wait there for someone at our school?"

Zhong Qiongsui stammered an excuse, "....The road by the entrance to Beijing University is smoother, and since the car I drive belongs to the unit, they would complain about wear and tear."

Li Qiao snorted coldly but said no more.

Shangguan Qingyuan, from upstairs, watched the conversation between the two from beginning to end.

Li Qiao was always calm while Zhong Qiongsui was fumbling and clearly guilty.

He had seen too many people, and his understanding of human nature far exceeded that of the average person. Zhong Qiongsui definitely had something to hide. It was unfortunate that his sister-in-law was completely deceived by her and fully trusted her. She was now less discerning than Li Qiao, a young girl who had only met Zhong Qiongsui twice.

He walked away with the portrait.

Zhong Qiongsui took the opportunity to leave as well.

Zhuang Shu’s heart raced, wanting to speak further with Zhong Qiongsui, but once she left, Zhuang Shu could only speak with Li Qiao. "That portrait..." After losing the child, she had repeatedly gone over the story of how the child went missing. Each time she talked about it, she felt so overwhelmed she could collapse. Now that the child had been found, she had no desire to bring it up again. At this moment, she couldn’t help but want to discuss the incident with Li Qiao.

Li Qiao understood everything in her heart. Her earlier speculations must have been right.

Zhong Qiongsui was jealous of Zhuang Shu and wanted to ruin her family and turn husband against wife. She even stooped to the disgraceful tactic of hiring someone to steal the child. She said, "Once we find the person, everything should become clear."

Zhuang Shu nodded. "Right, you mentioned that you ran into Qiongsui yesterday?"

"Yeah, you heard. She said she was waiting for someone. I wonder who. Does she have classmates teaching at the university next door?"

"There is one," Zhuang Shu replied.

Li Qiao didn’t say anything.

After the baby finished the bottle and fell asleep, Zhuang Shu added, "I breastfed the first three children myself, but Jiayue, because she was lost once, missed out."

Li Qiao said, "Feeding formula is just as smart. Plus, you have time to do many things. The two books on the table are ones I translated in my spare time. If you like this kind of work, you could ask your partner to help arrange it. If it weren’t for not wanting to take advantage of your partner’s position, I could have introduced you to a publisher myself." novelbuddy.cσ๓

On Wednesday, Director Wei had also approached her for translation work.

She had been so inclined to sleep during her pregnancy that studying was just about all she could manage. She couldn’t cope with any extra tasks.