Luo Shu gave a mocking cold laugh, "Do I need to find someone to confirm it?" She turned her head to look at Luo Jianmin beside her, "Big Uncle, you probably know about this too, right?"
Luo Jianmin let out a long sigh and nodded his head, "I know!" He never expected that this matter would ultimately fail to remain a secret.
He still remembered those times, which were the hardest years. Like other aid recipients, Luo Shu’s mother had been sent down from the city to their village, working in the fields with the villagers, sharing communal meals.
She was beautiful and smart, and most of the young men in the village liked her. He had secretly liked her too, but at that time, he was already married, so he could only abandon the thought.
One day, his father called him and Jiansen to his room.
After asking the two brothers to sit down, Luo Gensheng looked at his younger son Luo Jiansen and said, "Jiansen, you will marry Yushuang tomorrow."
"Really?! She agreed?" Jiansen’s eyes lit up, he asked excitedly. Song Yushuang was a goddess unattainable in his heart. How could she possibly agree to marry him, a country bumpkin like him? He truly felt as if he were in a dream.
Luo Gensheng nodded his head with some difficulty and said, "After marrying Yushuang, you must treat her well. It’s not easy for a girl to come to such a place alone. And the child in her belly, you must also treat it as if it were your own."
Jiansen suddenly stood up from his chair, and, in disbelief, stared at Luo Gensheng, "Are you asking me to become a ready-made father? I won’t marry!" He did like Song Yushuang, but he absolutely refused to marry an unfaithful woman; he would be laughed at for the rest of his life.
"Don’t you like Yushuang?" Luo Gensheng knew his younger son’s thoughts. That was the reason why he agreed when Song Yushuang came to seek his help.
"Even if I like her, I will not want an unfaithful woman. You think I’ll marry a ’broken shoe’? Dream on!" Jiansen roared angrily. What he hated most was Song Yushuang’s shamelessness, carrying another man’s child and still hoping he would play the role of a cheap father.
"I have already decided on this matter; whether you want to or not, you will marry her!" Luo Gensheng said staunchly.
"If I must marry, I will make that woman regret it!" Jiansen muttered through clenched teeth, shooting Luo Gensheng a fierce glare before turning and running out.
Luo Jianmin withdrew his gaze with some confusion, looking at Luo Gensheng, "Dad, why do you insist on making Jiansen marry Yushuang?" Reasonably, his father was not a person who could not understand reason, so why force Jiansen to marry a pregnant woman?
Luo Gensheng shook his head with a sigh and waved his hand at Luo Jianmin, "You go out!" He also didn’t wish to have his son marry a pregnant woman, but that woman and her man had once saved his life. He couldn’t just watch as she was dragged off by the villagers to be dunked in the pig cage.
Listening to Luo Jianmin recount the past, disbelief covered the faces of Luo Zheng and Luo Shan. Last time, Luo Erya deliberately spread rumors in town, saying their sister was not their father’s biological child; they thought Luo Erya was just talking nonsense, never expecting there was actually truth to it.
Luo Qianyu looked at Luo Shu, a playful glint in his eyes. His guess was indeed correct; Luo Shu really was his second uncle’s daughter. No wonder the first time he saw her, he had a feeling as if he was seeing a relative; turns out they truly were siblings.
"Do you still say that I am your biological child?" Luo Shu asked with a cold laugh, staring at Luo Jiansen.
The muscles on Luo Jiansen’s face twitched, and after staring at Luo Shu for a long while, he bared his teeth and yelled fiercely, "So what if you’re not biological? Without me, you and your shameless mother would have been dragged to the pig cage long ago. I’ll tell you, if you don’t pay off the debt today, I will expose your mother’s disgraceful affairs. Let’s see how you, carrying the status of an illegitimate daughter, will... Ah!"
Jiansen was sent flying with a kick, crashing hard against the wall.
Luo Qianyu slowly retracted his foot, looking coldly at Luo Jiansen who hadn’t recovered his senses, "Believe me, I can make sure you’ll never speak again!" Threatening his sister – he really was courting death.
Luo Shan took two steps forward, wanting to help Luo Jiansen up. She stopped when she caught Luo Zheng’s disappointed gaze, biting her lip and stepping back to where she started.
Luo Jiansen coughed in pain a few times before regaining his senses, slowly lifting his head to meet Luo Qianyu’s bloodthirsty icy glare, shivering with fear. Who was this man? So terrifying!
Luo Shu turned her head and gave Luo Qianyu a grateful smile, then looked towards Luo Jianmin, "Big Uncle, go and summon those debt collectors, as well as the family of Second Fool, over here." She decided to settle the matter once and for all today, to avoid prolonged troubles.
"Alright!" Luo Jianmin stood up and walked out the door, calling over two young fellows to summon people from both sides to this place.