Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 111 - 106: Exposing (Three Updates)

Luo Cuilan didn’t expect Fang Pingying to voice her suspicions in front of so many people, and it was clear that Fang Xiu didn’t believe her either.

Her expression panicked, she pointed at Fang Pingying and Fang Xiu, and her words began to jumble, "The child was not... What do you two sisters mean by this? Are you saying I deliberately miscarried to harm you?"

After saying that, she suddenly burst into tears, shouting to Zhou Yunmei, "Mom, look, these two sisters are trying to kill me today. You must stand up for me."

Zhou Yunmei has always loved to invert the primary and secondary issues; whenever she argues, it seems to be just to win, and ultimately, it often deviates from the main topic.

For instance, right now, she had already forgotten about Luo Cuilan’s abortion, simply feeling that Fang Pingying and her sister were ganging up on Luo Cuilan. Thinking her own daughter was at a disadvantage, she jumped in to quarrel on behalf of Luo Cuilan.

She pointed at Fang Pingying and berated, "Do you two sisters think our Luo family has no one, or what? I’m telling you today, you must give us an explanation, otherwise, I’ll kick you both out. My two sons look good, and our Luo family’s situation is somewhat better than other families; we won’t worry about finding daughters-in-law."

Then, she deliberately pointed at Fang Pingying to scold, "Especially you, don’t think with the little money earned from your petty business that you’re anything special, or that you match up to my Zhiyong. Let me tell you the truth, if I didn’t think Zhiyong’s leg wouldn’t heal back then, do you think I would have agreed to let you marry into our family?"

"That’s right, with your look, and only a few years of schooling, do you think you match up to our eldest brother?" Luo Cuilan, having heard this, also sneered, "Don’t blame me for speaking unpleasantly, if my elder brother’s leg hadn’t suddenly been injured, my mom originally planned to bring Xu He from Aunt Fenghua’s family to be the daughter-in-law. Do you think it would have been your turn?"

"That Xu He is fair-skinned and has a high school education, cultured; any way you look, she’s better than you." After saying this sarcastically, Luo Cuilan deliberately pulled Zhou Yunmei into it, "Mom, isn’t that right?"

Zhou Yunmei, feeling a burst of satisfaction from scolding Fang Pingying, didn’t care about the consequences and immediately echoed Luo Cuilan’s words, "Exactly, it was simply blindness on my part to agree to marry off such catastrophes, and now I have endless troubles at home, and even your unborn child is affected, now I don’t even know how to explain it to Jianguo’s side."

Originally, Fang Pingying was not truly angry, but upon bringing up Xu He, the hatred from past and present surged into her mind, her previous restraint exploding at this moment.

Moreover, Luo Cuilan suddenly mentioning Xu He couldn’t have been because she genuinely recalled Xu He out of goodness; it must have been because Xu He and them had been coming and going more often lately.

She even suspected that Luo Cuilan causing trouble for Fang Xiu today was perhaps Xu He’s idea as well.

If that was the case, then nobody could blame her.

She looked coldly at Luo Cuilan, "Cuilan, why did you have to bring up Xu He?"

Luo Cuilan sneered sarcastically, "What, feeling inferior because someone is better than you?"

Perhaps because Fang Pingying’s complexion was off, Zhou Yunmei also sobered up a bit at this point, returning the topic to the matter at hand, she looked at Fang Pingying and said, "Don’t digress. You just said you want to clear this up, fine, let’s talk about Cuilan’s child now."

Fang Pingying smiled faintly, looking at Luo Cuilan, "Alright, Cuilan, now that you’re in front of the whole family, explain clearly what exactly happened with your pregnancy, how did you miscarry?"

"This..." Luo Cuilan always felt like Fang Pingying saw right through her; she didn’t dare meet Fang Pingying’s eyes when responding, "Didn’t I just say? I felt discomfort in my stomach. I went to the clinic in town. The doctor said the baby couldn’t be saved, and then I had a miscarriage."

Fang Pingying pressed her, "When your stomach was uncomfortable, were there any other symptoms?"

Luo Cuilan hesitated for a while before answering, "No, there weren’t. Just stomach pain."

Fang Pingying scoffed, "Then why didn’t you tell your family? They could have taken you to the hospital sooner, and surely the baby could have been saved."

"I..."

Fang Pingying didn’t wait for Luo Cuilan to respond, turning directly to Zhou Yunmei, "Mom, Cuilan may not know these things, but you’ve had several kids. You should know that if a pregnant woman only has stomach pain and no other symptoms, it’s probably not serious. Going to the clinic should surely be enough for a proper examination."

Fang Pingying’s point was very clear. Luo Cuilan claimed that Fang Xiu caused her miscarriage, but she was clueless about the symptoms before the miscarriage. Anyone with a bit of sense could recognize that Luo Cuilan’s story about the miscarriage was fishy.

At that moment, Fang Xiu thought about this and confronted Luo Cuilan, "Big sister, you wouldn’t have intentionally caused your own miscarriage, then feared you couldn’t explain it and falsely accused me, right?"

Luo Cuilan panicked, not knowing what to say, stammering without being able to speak.

Zhou Yunmei and the others were also stunned, not understanding the situation fully, but seeing Luo Cuilan trembling and speechless under the pressure from Fang Pingying and Fang Xiu, Zhou Yunmei instinctively helped by interjecting, "Cuilan, you forgot, your stomach pain wasn’t the only symptom. Didn’t you tell me you had spotting a few days ago? You just told me, you forgot."

"Yes, yes, I also had spotting." Luo Cuilan had indeed told Zhou Yunmei about this, but she was taught to say that by Zhang Jianguo’s stepmother, Su Yan, and she forgot due to Fang Pingying’s pressing question.

This reminder from Zhou Yunmei jogged her memory, "That’s right, with all this confusion, I forgot such an important detail."

Fang Pingying looked at Zhou Yunmei with a sarcastic smile, thinking that Zhou Yunmei had probably forgotten her original intention and was just trying to help Luo Cuilan win against her and Fang Xiu.

Since she forgot, Fang Pingying decided to refresh her memory by revealing everything about Luo Cuilan’s miscarriage, "Was it forgotten, or was there really no reaction in your stomach before? I think you and the Zhang family didn’t want this child, and you forcefully terminated the pregnancy at the town’s clinic."

Seeing Luo Cuilan trying to counter, she continued, "Otherwise, why did you go to Hong Lan yesterday to borrow money so casually?"

"What are you talking about?" Luo Cuilan’s face changed, her heart in turmoil, as every sentence of Fang Pingying hit the mark.

Yet, she still stubbornly pointed her trembling finger at Fang Pingying, "Fang Pingying, how can you say such things, do you even have a conscience?"

Fang Pingying continued, "Then tell me, if you weren’t planning to have an abortion at the hospital today, why did you go to Hong Lan last night to borrow so much money, ten yuan is not a small sum. Then you secretly discussed it with Zhang Jianguo outside for a long time, yet didn’t dare let the family know."

"You can’t say everything you did was for Fang Xiu’s sake. In my view, you, Luo Cuilan, are not the kind of person who thinks about the family’s welfare." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)