The comrades from the Revolutionary Committee were focused solely on persuading Lu Yuanxing and Li Susu.
One of the committee cadres even said directly, “Comrade Lu, since you and Comrade Li have already been intimate and she is carrying your child, for the sake of the baby, let bygones be bygones. Pick a date and get married!”
Wang Yanan’s face had already darkened to the extreme.
Lu Yuanxing’s expression was equally grim.
Seeing that the situation was beginning to turn in her favor, Li Susu immediately switched into full-on damsel-in-distress mode. She placed one hand over her lower abdomen, wiped her tears with the other, and looked at everyone with a fragile expression.
“Although Comrade Lu and I have already done what only a husband and wife should do, he doesn’t like me at all. Please don’t force him into anything. What happened before was all my fault. I only ask that he let me go so that I can raise the child on my own.”
As soon as she finished speaking, tears began streaming down her cheeks, and her voice became choked with sobs.
People in this era were generally warmhearted and simple.
Seeing Li Susu like this, the members of the Revolutionary Committee couldn’t help feeling sorry for her.
They all began persuading Lu Yuanxing.
“Comrade Lu, Comrade Li is pitiful enough. Since you’re a man and you’ve already been intimate with her, I think you should take responsibility.”
“That’s right. Although Comrade Li was in the wrong, if you make her raise the child alone, that would bring shame on all of us men!”
One of the female cadres spoke even more sharply. “Comrade Lu, I’m not trying to lecture you, but if you claim you don’t like her, then why did you take advantage of her? Comrade Li didn’t even report you for having an improper relationship with a woman. She’s already being kind enough!”
“Exactly. You must get married. Otherwise, our Revolutionary Committee will not stand by and do nothing about this!”
The moment Wang Yanan heard this, she panicked.
She had liked Lu Yuanxing since she was little. She had even fallen out with her family because she wanted to marry him.
If Lu Yuanxing married Li Susu, what would happen to her?
But Lu Yuanxing had actually slept with Li Susu…
How could this have happened?
Her Brother Yuanxing had never been that kind of careless man. Li Susu must have used some underhanded trick.
Wang Yanan pointed at Li Susu angrily.
“Brother Yuanxing cannot marry her! It must be this woman. She must have used some dirty trick! My Brother Yuanxing would never do something like this!”
After hearing Wang Yanan, everyone looked at Li Susu suspiciously.
Li Susu’s reputation really wasn’t very good.
But would a young woman really joke around with her own chastity?
Li Susu wiped her tears and cried bitterly, “Fine, I admit it. I was the one who seduced Lu Yuanxing, so I don’t want him to take responsibility for me either. I only ask that he stop holding my past mistakes against me and let me raise the child by myself…”
Wang Yanan was completely thrown off by Li Susu’s tactic of retreating in order to advance.
For a moment, she didn’t know what to say.
The issue was no longer simply that the two of them had slept together.
The real problem was that Li Susu was carrying Lu Yuanxing’s child!
And now that Li Susu had a child as leverage, she wasn’t even crying and demanding that Lu Yuanxing marry her!
Lu Yuanxing stared intently at Li Susu.
“You said you’re carrying my child? What proof do you have?”
The moment Lu Yuanxing said this, Wang Yanan immediately saw an opening and chimed in.
“Exactly! What proof do you have? Just because you say you’re pregnant doesn’t mean you actually are!”
Li Susu gave a bitter smile.
“My period hasn’t come this month. If you don’t believe me, we can go to the health clinic and have me examined.”
The reason Li Susu was so confident was entirely because of the miraculous pills stored in her space.
Among them was a fake-pregnancy pill. Once taken, blood tests, urine tests, and even pulse examinations would all show the normal signs of pregnancy.
The only thing it couldn’t fool was an ultrasound.
However, ultrasound machines had not yet become widespread in hospitals during this era.
So she had nothing to worry about.
Seeing how firm Li Susu’s expression and tone were, Lu Yuanxing’s suspicions were already dispelled by half.
Seeing this, the Revolutionary Committee members hurriedly said, “Comrade Lu, Comrade Li is an unmarried young woman, after all. Since she has already been with you and is carrying your child, you two should get married.”
Lu Yuanxing’s heart wavered.
He had a strange feeling that today’s Li Susu was particularly different.
Somehow… she didn’t seem as annoying as she used to be.
Since she was carrying his child, he naturally had to take responsibility for the baby.
After thinking for a while, he nodded.
“Li Susu, I’m only marrying you for the sake of the child! If I find out that you’ve lied to me, I will personally send you to the Northwest for reeducation!”
Li Susu immediately nodded.
“Fine. If it’s fake, you can deal with me however you want.”
Originally, Li Susu had only intended to use the fake pregnancy to get herself out of her current predicament.
But this era was rather special. People were extremely conservative. Even hugging someone in public could be enough to warrant marriage, let alone actually having an intimate relationship.
Now that the tense atmosphere had eased, Li Susu finally had a chance to take a proper look at Lu Yuanxing.
Judging by his appearance, he was about 185 centimeters tall. His skin was a healthy wheat color, and his features were deep and well-defined. There was an air of righteousness between his brows and eyes.
He had quite an imposing presence.
Compared with the ruthless superpowered individuals she had encountered in the apocalypse, Lu Yuanxing looked more like their leader.
The kind of leader who meant what he said and expected everyone to obey.
He was good-looking, and since she was going to marry him, she wasn’t losing out either.
As for Wang Yanan, the female lead of the original novel, she was also quite pretty, with delicate features and fair skin.
She was petite, though. Standing beside Lu Yuanxing, she looked almost like a little figurine. The two of them didn’t look particularly well-matched.
The original novel described the female lead as gentle and kind, but the Wang Yanan Li Susu saw in reality seemed to have quite a spoiled, temperamental side, along with a touch of arrogance.
Li Susu had been too busy dealing with Lu Yuanxing and the others immediately after transmigrating to find a mirror and look at herself.
However, she had noticed that everyone else had to tilt their heads up to look at Lu Yuanxing.
She only needed to raise her head slightly.
That meant she was definitely not short, which was just like her in her previous life.
At this moment, Wang Yanan exploded the instant she heard that Lu Yuanxing was going to marry Li Susu.
“Brother Yuanxing, you’re going to marry that slut Li Susu? Then what am I supposed to do?”
Lu Yuanxing rubbed his temples and looked at Wang Yanan helplessly.
“I already made myself clear before. I’ve always regarded you as a younger sister. Besides, I can’t return to the city right now. Don’t waste your time on me.”
Hearing this, Wang Yanan burst into loud sobs.
“Lu Yuanxing, how could you betray me? Your parents said that I would become their daughter-in-law someday, yet you’re actually marrying this slut who ruined your entire family! How can you face Uncle and Auntie?”
Lu Yuanxing became even more helpless. He gave a bitter smile.
“That was just something we said when we were children. My family and yours are already living in two completely different worlds. You should stop clinging to me.”
Wang Yanan was furious beyond words.