Chapter 174: Unraveling the Cocoon

　　When Bai Yanlan said this, she knew something was wrong. She quickly looked up at Su Zhiyuan, whose expression became even more indifferent: "So, what do you want to do?"

　　Su Zhiyuan's voice was very gentle, not much different from usual, but it gave Bai Yanlan a chill. She pursed her lips and forced out a bitter and flattering smile: "What can I think? I don't have any ideas. It's just that my family has no money, and I'm panicking. You know, our family can only rely on you. I have no ability, my mother is old, and my sister is like that."

　　Bai Yanlan gave her usual long speeches and explanations.

　　Su Zhiyuan was impatient to hear this. He had heard this too many times in his previous life. Now he felt like vomiting when he heard this: "Go back. I don't have any money. I have already given you enough money. Enough is enough, Bai Yanlan."

　　Most people these days are reserved. Some couples have never called each other by their names in their entire lives. When they chat with each other, they usually use "hey" instead.

　　Su Zhiyuan was different. Influenced by his family, he called Bai Yanlan "Miss Bai" before marriage, and called her by her name, Yanlan, after marriage. The only time he called her by her full name was when he fished her out of the river and asked her if she was willing to marry him.

　　Bai Yanlan was completely panicked. She opened her mouth to explain, but found that Su Zhiyuan had already returned to the dormitory.

　　Bai Yanlan took a few steps forward, and the corner of Su Zhiyuan's clothes disappeared at the stairs. Bai Yanlan did not dare to go forward and went back in despair.

　　Jiang Youtao and Fu Shaohua had no classes in the afternoon, so Han Yanqing asked them to help him decorate his wedding room. Now they were not in a hurry to go to Han's house, and they went to Jiang Youtao's house together.

　　The two of them looked at each other from time to time, and then looked at Bai Yanlan in front of them, and everything was said without words.

　　Jiang Youtao felt that she was particularly perverted. She and Fu Shaohua now acted like stalkers.

　　Old Mrs. Bai knew that Bai Yanlan was willing to ask Su Zhiyuan for money.

　　Old Mrs. Bai is so stingy that she wants every fly passing by her door to poop in her dry toilet to fertilize her private plot.

　　As for her son-in-law Su Zhiyuan, Old Lady Bai both valued and looked down on him. Sometimes, just thinking of him, Old Lady Bai couldn't help feeling proud.

　　How could she not be happy? She gave up a daughter she didn't like and got a son-in-law who could provide food and drink for the family and even make oil. Who wouldn't be happy?

　　Old Mrs. Bai rarely went to Bai Yanlan and asked, "Yan'er, how much money did Zhiyuan give?"

　　Today they went to the shopping mall. As expected of a shopping mall in the capital, it was really grand. It had five floors and sold everything. They were so busy that they couldn't take their eyes off it.

　　After using the money to buy toys for Bai Yaozu and Wang Yurong, she also bought a red silk scarf for Bai Yulan. Although there is still a lot of money left, she still felt that she's short of money.

　　Old Mrs. Bai wanted Su Zhiyuan to reimburse every penny spent by the family. But she was not a fool, she was Su Zhiyuan's mother-in-law, and no matter how much money their family spent, it was not her son-in-law's turn to reimburse.

　　But it would be different if Bai Yanlan asked for it. As a grown man, how could Su Zhiyuan not give money to his wife? Wasn't he afraid of being criticized if it got out?

　　Bai Yanlan looked at her mother's expectant eyes and shook her head: "Mom, Zhiyuan said he has no money and he didn't give it to me." Bai Yanlan closed her eyes.

　　The next second, a slap landed on Bai Yanlan's shoulder: "What? What did you say? He didn't give you a penny? Oh, what sin did I commit to give birth to such a stupid person like you!"

　　Bai Yanlan groaned when she was slapped, but she didn't dare to scream. Then her forehead was poked hard, and the old lady Bai's curses became more and more unpleasant.

　　Jiang Youtao, who was secretly watching the show from behind, felt her ears irritated by what she heard. She took a few steps forward and said, "Make way, make way."

　　Fu Shaohua hurriedly pushed the cart to catch up. Mrs. Bai was interrupted while teaching her daughter a lesson, so she had to stop.

　　Jiang Youtao opened the door of her house, and Fu Shaohua pushed the bicycle in, then turned around, closed the door and bolted it.

　　He parked the bike next to the courtyard wall and walked over to Jiang Youtao: "The family next door is not a good person."

　　Jiang Youtao poured a glass of water and drank half of it, then handed the remaining half to Fu Shaohua very naturally: "It doesn't matter whether she is a good person or not, just don't offend me. If she offends me, I will chop off her claws."

　　After Jiang Youtao finished speaking, she asked Fu Shaohua: "Now that we are back, let's have dinner and then go to Han Yanqing's house."

　　Fu Shaohua said, "I think it's OK."

　　The two went to the kitchen together.

　　The weather is hot and hot food makes you lose your appetite. At this time, only cold food is the most appealing.

　　Jiang Youtao is preparing to make cold fish.

　　Stir the noodles into a paste and pour it into the boiling water pot with a colander. The paste will quickly solidify under the high temperature and become tadpole-shaped with small tails. When it is slightly transparent, pour it out and put it in cold water to cool it down.

　　Jiang Youtao went to the backyard and picked two cucumbers and two citrus fruits, sliced the tomatoes and put them aside, shredded the cucumbers and put them together with the cold fish, added chopped green onions, coriander, chili peppers and fried crispy peanuts, and seasoned with salt, MSG, vinegar and soy sauce. The cold fish dish was ready.

　　Jiang Youtao even reserved some of it and used brown sugar to make some brown sugar water to make a bowl of sweet food.

　　The hot and sour taste of the cold dish is appetizing, and the sweet taste just neutralizes the hot and sour taste of the cold dish. The two of them were particularly satisfied with this simple meal.

　　After eating, they didn't rest but went to Han's house.

　　The door next door was closed.

　　When Jiang Youtao and the others arrived at the Han family, Shao Qing was also there.

　　The children of the two families knew each other. Fu Shaohua was taken care of by the Han family during the college entrance examination. After the Han family arrived in the capital, they had a lot of contact with the Fu family. Now they live next door to each other, and basically whenever one family cooks something delicious, they will serve a bowl to the other family.

　　Han Yanqing's marriage is such a big thing, Shao Qing will definitely help.

　　When the two of them arrived at Han's house, Shao Qing was pasting red double happiness window decorations on Han Yanqing's new house. When she saw them coming, the first thing Shao Qing asked was whether they had eaten: "If not, I made steamed cakes and cooked porridge. You can have some."

　　Shao Qing is also good at making steamed cakes. She dyes the flour light brown with brown sugar and then adds yeast powder to make it twice as big. When steaming, she brushes oil in the soup bowl, puts the steamed cake in, and sprinkles a layer of soaked red dates on it. The steamed cake is sweet and soft. It is also very refreshing to eat it with cold porridge in summer.

　　Even though they were full, they turned around together and said, "We haven't eaten yet, we haven't eaten yet, let's go eat something."

　　Shao Qing and Old Lady Han looked at their backs and said, "They must have eaten. If they hadn't, they would have looked for food as soon as they came in. Why would they wait for me to call them?"

　　No one knows a child better than his mother, and Shao Qing knows Fu Shaohua very well.

　　Old Mrs. Han smiled and said, "Children are all like that, aren't they? My Yanqing is so old, if there is good food at home, even if he is full, he can still eat a few more bites."

　　The two chatted about their children and grandchildren while they worked. Old Man Han in the house used a broom to sweep every corner of the house meticulously, and he pulled out all the weeds growing in the cracks between the bricks in the yard.

　　Jiang Youtao and Fu Shaohua came back from eating steamed cakes, stretched colorful ribbons all over the ceiling of the new house, and began to blow balloons resignedly. When they had dinner in the evening, they felt their cheeks were sore.

　　When they got home, it was not yet dark, but the sun had already set. The afterglow of the sunset filled the entire sky, dyeing the clouds in the sky a brilliant orange-red color.

　　Bai Yulan was deeply fascinated by Fu Shaohua's face after she saw him yesterday, and she had been listening to the noise next door. She hid behind the door of her house, listening to Fu Shaohua sending Jiang Youtao home, and waited for a long time, swatting several flies, and finally Fu Shaohua arrived.

　　She immediately came out of the house, pretending to go out as well, and bumped into Fu Shaohua. Ever since she was fifteen, she had used this trick to seduce men. Even if the men knew she did it on purpose, no one would expose her, after all, no man would refuse a romantic encounter.

　　Therefore, Bai Yulan's acting skills were particularly poor, and her ambition to hook up with Fu Shaohua was written on her face: "Comrade, do you still remember me? I just moved next door to your girlfriend's house. My name is Bai Yulan."

　　When Bai Yulan talks to men, she likes to pinch her throat. Her words sound delicate and gentle, and there is no man who doesn't like it.

　　Bai Yulan's revealing eyes made Fu Shaohua shudder. Goose bumps appeared all over his arms. He rubbed his arms and said, "I don't know you. Don't try to get close to me."

　　Fu Shaohua ran away like the wind.

　　Fu Shaohua left a book at Jiang Youtao's place. Jiang Youtao was just about to give it to him, but when she opened the door, she saw such a wonderful scene.

　　Jiang Youtao was very satisfied with Fu Shaohua's performance. Bai Yulan was still standing there, watching Fu Shaohua's back as he walked away. The summer evening breeze brought the scent of Fu Shaohua's body. It was a very clean and pleasant fragrance. None of the men Bai Yulan had met in the past had ever smelled so good.

　　Bai Yulan's heart was deeply moved.

　　Jiang Youtao closed the door and passed by Bai Yulan. She turned her head and looked at Bai Yulan indifferently. The two looked at each other. Bai Yulan was the first to look away and turned back to the house.

　　Bai Yulan didn't think it was a big deal to hook up with a man and be caught by his woman. She had hooked up with at least 80 men, most of whom were married. After all, a young man with a flat head didn't have money, right? Bai Yulan was not afraid of being caught naked in bed, so what was this?

　　Bai Yulan was aroused by Fu Shaohua. She went to Bai Yanlan's room, where Bai Yanlan was making clothes for Wang Yurong.

　　Bai Yulan walked to the bed and sat down, crossed her legs and leaned against the headboard, looking at Bai Yanlan: "Yan'er, I heard from mom that you went to ask Zhiyuan for money, but Zhiyuan didn't give it to you?"

　　"If you ask me, you are really screwed. You can't even handle Su Zhiyuan. Tell me, how great would it be if I had met Su Zhiyuan in the first place?"

　　Bai Yulan's words sounded particularly frivolous, and Bai Yanlan suddenly looked up at Bai Yulan.

　　Bai Yulan smiled softly: "What? Are you angry? Look, we are sisters, what is there to be angry about? Besides, I let you sleep with my man, so what's wrong with your man sleeping with me?"

　　Bai Yulan's words brought Bai Yanlan's thoughts back to that night five years ago. Bai Yanlan's hands were shaking. "Get out, get out."

　　Bai Yulan is not afraid of Bai Yanlan at all: "My home is right here, where can I go? Yan'er, come on, why can't you be teased? I was just joking, but he is my brother-in-law, how can I still flirt with him?"

　　Bai Yulan didn't even believe what she said, so she stopped talking: "Yan'er, tell me, is Zhiyuan particularly strong in that aspect? How does he compare to Wang Linqiang?"

　　Wang Linqiang is Bai Yulan's ex-husband and Wang Yurong's biological father.

　　Wang Linqiang used to be a big shot too, and was very popular in their town. Bai Yulan met him in a gang. At that time, both of them had their own companions. Just one glance at each other in the crowd, and they were ready to make a move. When Bai Yulan went to the toilet, Wang Linqiang followed her. The two had their first sexual encounter in a dark corner behind the toilet.

　　From then on, the two of them dumped their previous companions and started dating each other.

　　Wang Linqiang was rich and powerful, so no one dared to say anything. Bai Yulan followed him and lived a good life for a long time. Until Wang Linqiang wanted to get married and have children.

　　Bai Yulan is not a good choice. Wang Linqiang feels that Bai Yulan has had too many men, and her place has been penetrated by who knows how many people. The child she gives birth to might contain other people's seeds. He wants a clean woman to give birth to offspring.

　　Bai Yulan didn't want to let such good days slip away, so she made a suggestion: she would marry Wang Linqiang and let Bai Yanlan give birth to his child.

　　In order to get Wang Linqiang to agree to this matter, she specially brought Wang Linqiang back home. After seeing Bai Yulan, Wang Linqiang got the marriage certificate with Bai Yulan the next day, and the wedding banquet was held at Bai Yulan's home on the same day.

　　Wang Linqiang spent the first half of the night with Bai Yulan, and in the second half, Wang Linqiang sneaked into Bai Yanlan's room. Bai Yulan took the money Wang Linqiang gave her and went to Old Lady Bai's room.

　　Old Mrs. Bai only cares about money. As long as she is given money, she doesn't care where the money comes from or whether it is clean or dirty.

　　Bai Yulan had a hard life when she was a child. It was only after she followed her first man and brought back some money that old lady Bai treated her well.

　　As long as there is enough money, Old Lade Bai would be willing to let Bai Yanlan give birth to a child for Wang Linqiang, or even let Bai Yanlan accompany several men.

　　After all, compared to Bai Yulan, Old Lady Bai really hates Bai Yanlan.

　　Bai Yanlan pushed Bai Yulan out of the door, then leaned against the door and covered her face, crying.

　　Jiang Youtao was shocked when she learned about Bai Yanlan's experience from the melon-eating system.

　　[ Tongzi, the world is truly filled with myriad possibilities. ] Jiang Youtao sighed.

　　After living long enough, she can really see everything. Her friends who surfed the internet in her previous life were not deceiving her.

　　Jiang Youtao ate the rice crust and chatted with the melon-eating system: [ In other words, Wang Yurong is actually the child of Bai Yanlan and her brother-in-law? Then the question is, considering the profit-seeking nature of Old Lady Bai and Bai Yulan, how did they agree to raise Wang Yurong for so many years? ]

　　Is it because of love?

　　Anyone who hears this will burst out laughing. Is there any such thing as love between Bai Yulan and Wang Linqiang?

　　The melon-eating system has already prepared the answer to this question: [ Wang Linqiang is a gangster. Before divorcing Bai Yulan, he got news that the higher-ups would conduct a strict investigation on them. In order to ensure the safety of his offspring, Wang Linqiang gave the Bai family a sum of money and divorced Bai Yulan. ]

　　[ Wang Linqiang has been arrested and is still in prison in Shandong Province. He still has ten years left in his sentence. ]

　　Small World No. 19 is a little stupid, but everything that happened to it is still archived. If you just flip through it, you can reveal many hidden things from it's previous life.

　　Jiang Youtao thought thoughtfully: [ In that book, when did Bai Yulan and Wang Linqiang remarry? ]

　　[ It is ten years later, host. ] The melon-eating system is very formal.

　　Jiang Youtao recalled the story in the breakdown report where Su Zhiyuan loved Bai Yanlan and only found out after he was old and hospitalized that Bai Yanlan have given birth to one child and had two miscarriages.

　　[ Tongzi, check when Bai Yanlan had her two miscarriages. ]

　　The melon-eating system quickly gave Jiang Youtao feedback: [ One was when Wang Yurong was fifteen, and the other was when she was eighteen. Host, I also checked and found that Su Zhiyuan was on a business trip at the time. ]

　　After graduating from university, Su Zhiyuan went to work in a state-owned enterprise. He wanted to go further in his career, so business trips were a common occurrence. The longest he was away was half a year, and the shortest was two or three months.

　　Bai Yanlan was pregnant at that time. Jiang Youtao knew that the two aborted children must be Wang Linqiang's, without the melon-eating system telling her.

　　If the timing wasn't wrong, Jiang Youtao guessed that the Bai family would dare to put those two children over Su Zhiyuan's head.

　　When Jiang Youtao saw Su Zhiyuan again the next day, she felt that there was a green light coming out of his head.

　　There is green grassland above his head.

　　It's so miserable.

　　Su Zhiyuan was extremely sensitive to people's gazes. Jiang Youtao's gaze had been lingering over his head. Su Zhiyuan thought of the two children miscarriage by Bai Yanlan, and his face suddenly darkened.

　　He had been investigating the matter of the child that was miscarriage by Bai Yanlan. He was sure that after they got married, Bai Yanlan had never been out of his sight for a long time.

　　It takes at least eight months of pregnancy to have a child, and the pregnancy starts to show after three months. He is not a fool, and he can't tell that his wife is pregnant. Bai Yanlan has always had an excellent figure.

　　Then the child must have been conceived before the marriage. Bai Yanlan was one year older than him. When they got married, Bai Yanlan was also 20 years old. It was normal for a 20-year-old woman to have given birth to a child.

　　Not long after he went to the countryside, he had an accident. He was 19 years old at that time, and it was his first time getting married. He didn't know that there were differences among women.

　　And because it had been so long, he had forgotten what happened on his wedding night. He vaguely remembered that he was forced to drink a lot of alcohol on the wedding day and was dazed when he went to the room. When he woke up the next day, it was already daybreak. He and Bai Yanlan slept in each other's arms. Both of them were wearing autumn clothes, and there was a pool of blood on the bed sheet.

　　Su Zhiyuan doesn't take this seriously. He doesn't have that kind of virginity complex, but not caring doesn't mean he will be fooled.

　　No one wants to be treated as a fool. If he finds out that Bai Yanlan's child was indeed born before marriage, and she did not confess when she married him, then Bai Yanlan would be sentenced to death in his eyes.

　　After the divorce, they won't contact each other anymore.

　　Su Zhiyuan called his educated youth friend who was still staying in the local area. On the day before National Day, Su Zhiyuan received a call from his friend.