Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Pregnant? Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Pregnant? …
“Bro, how’s the situation at Manghuang Mountain?” After dinner and upon Ya Molian’s departure, Lin Caisang led Lin Changhong to her room, planning to interrogate him thoroughly.
Lin Changhong took a glance at her and secretly rolled his eyes.
“Sangsang, aren’t you a bit too impatient? It’s only been three days, what could have possibly happened, besides…”
“What do you mean by ‘besides’? Did something happen?” Lin Caisang asked.
“Nothing happened on the mountain, but… there was an incident at Second Uncle’s house.” Lin Changhong lowered his voice and said.
Lin Caisang arched her eyebrows, observing the hint of schadenfreude on her elder brother’s face.
“Liu Yushui… is pregnant.” Lin Changhong barely whispered.
“What? What?! What did you say?!” Lin Caisang’s mouth flew open in disbelief.
She’s pregnant? Did she hear that correctly? Liu Yushui and Zhou Liang had been reckless enough to create a life together? Wasn’t that outrageous?
“Is it true, or is it just a rumor spread by Liu Rumei?”
Given Liu Rumei’s character, she could certainly be audacious enough to fabricate such a scandal, in order to get Zhou Liang to marry her daughter, consequently becoming the mother-in-law of a successful candidate in the imperial examination.
Lin Changhong nodded.
“Madam Zhou even came over to make a scene yesterday.”
“That woman had the audacity to make a scene at our house?” Lin Caisang glowered, incensed.
Her son couldn’t keep his pants zipped and caused such a scandal but she still dared to make a scene at their house. Didn’t she know that they were not pushovers who could easily be bullied?
“So what happened afterward? Grandma didn’t mention anything about it.”
“Grandma didn’t say anything. It was Grandpa who directly told Madam Zhou that Liu Yushui is a Liu, not a Lin, so they should deal with their own family’s mess. Then Elder Mr. Zhou came to take away his troublemaking daughter-in-law himself.”
Lin Caisang let out a soft chuckle.
How vain Elder Madam Zhou was! Despite calling off their engagement first, the Zhou family had made it seem as if they were the ones to reject her. At least, it brought a few benefits to Lin Caisang without putting her into much trouble.
Now, before people had even cooled down from previous rumors, another one about Liu Yushui carrying Zhou Liang’s child had surfaced.
What an unsettling matter.
“According to Madam Zhou, Zhou Liang seems to be hiding at a relative’s house to avoid the Liu family. He hasn’t returned home since.” Lin Changhong relayed.
“Yeah, with such a massive scandal happening to him, he must be afraid of getting drowned in spit. He’d have no choice but to hide somewhere where no one can find him. Sangsang, do you think Zhou Liang would still be able to go to the city to take the autumn imperial examination?”
On this point, Lin Caisang didn’t even need to think.
“Don’t you think it impossible? If this matter is spread to the city, wouldn’t Zhou Liang…”
Lin Caisang interrupted Lin Changhong with a sharp glance.
“Who said the child that Liu Yushui is carrying is definitely Zhou Liang’s?”
Lin Changhong looked at his sister with a puzzled expression; not understanding what she was implying. The fact that Liu Yushui was carrying Zhou Liang’s child was seemingly indisputable. Could the Zhou family deny it?
Then again, Liu Yushui and Zhou Liang weren’t officially anything to each other. If she indeed got pregnant, who knew whose child it could be?
What could the Liu family do if the Zhou family insisted on not acknowledging the child?
“You don’t suppose Elder Mr. Zhou would refuse to acknowledge his own great-grandson, do you? That’s his own flesh and blood!”