Wang Yanan continued to stare at Lu Yuanxing with a resentful expression, occasionally glaring at Li Susu as well while eating her steamed bun without much appetite.
After breakfast, Lu Yuanxing and Li Susu headed toward the local clinic.
Seeing this, Wang Yanan insisted on going with them.
Lu Yuanxing was somewhat helpless.
Li Susu, however, didn’t care at all.
She had already made all the necessary preparations. It would actually be better if Wang Yanan learned the truth and gave up on Lu Yuanxing.
The three of them soon arrived at the clinic.
The clinic in this era was very small. It was only a single-story building about the width of three rooms.
There were only a few staff members, and there weren’t many patients either.
During this period, women generally didn’t go to the hospital for pregnancy checkups.
Those with better circumstances might visit the clinic when it was time to give birth, while those from poorer families would simply find a midwife and give birth at home.
Someone like Li Susu, who had specifically come to the clinic to confirm her pregnancy, was quite rare.
Since there weren’t many patients, it was soon Li Susu’s turn.
Li Susu cooperated fully, giving a blood sample and providing a urine sample for testing.
Seeing how cooperative Li Susu was, Wang Yanan felt extremely uneasy.
Could it be that Li Susu really was pregnant?
Then what was the point of her coming back after being reborn to find Lu Yuanxing?
No!
Li Susu couldn’t possibly be pregnant.
If she really were pregnant, how could Yuanxing have sent her to a farm in the Northwest in her previous life?
Li Susu must be playing some kind of trick.
Thinking this, Wang Yanan felt much better.
The three of them sat silently on a bench, each lost in their own thoughts.
Soon, Li Susu’s urine test results came back.
It was positive.
She was confirmed to be pregnant.
The moment he saw the result, Lu Yuanxing’s expression turned extremely grim.
He had subconsciously assumed that Li Susu was trying to pull another trick, but he hadn’t expected her to actually be pregnant.
Earlier, when he had returned home and told his parents, younger brother, and younger sister about what had happened, everyone had been extremely disgusted with Li Susu.
The news that she was pregnant made them feel as though they had swallowed a fly.
In fact, Lu Yuanxing himself felt the same way.
But there was nothing he could do about it.
At the time, Li Susu had drugged him, and his mind hadn’t been clear at all.
He had only felt an unbearable heat throughout his body, as though a certain part of him was about to explode.
Afterward, Li Susu had used what happened to threaten him, but he had remained firm in his refusal.
He would rather go to prison than marry her.
Later, Li Susu hadn’t reported him over the incident.
Because of that, he had felt a trace of guilt and gratitude toward her.
But that small amount of guilt and gratitude had soon disappeared completely.
Li Susu was far more vicious than he had imagined.
She had actually framed his entire family, accusing them of secretly hiding property before they were sent down to the countryside.
Once that accusation was made, it directly affected not only the Lu family but also Lu Weiguo’s former superior.
As a result, his family lost their chance to return to the city.
How could he not hate her?
But now, Li Susu was actually pregnant—with his child.
This…
Lu Yuanxing’s emotions were complicated.
Meanwhile, Wang Yanan snatched the report from Li Susu’s hand and stared at it wide-eyed.
When she finally saw the “+” symbol, it felt as though someone had struck her over the head.
Her mind went completely blank.
She had no idea what to do next.
She knew very well how outstanding Lu Yuanxing was. Moreover, her family and the Lu family had originally lived in the same residential compound.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that she and Lu Yuanxing had grown up together.
Yet she had never expected that even after being reborn, she still couldn’t win him over.
Wang Yanan’s mood sank completely.
Li Susu, on the other hand, felt quite relaxed as she watched the expressions on Lu Yuanxing and Wang Yanan’s faces.
After all, she had successfully avoided the crisis of being sent to a farm in the Northwest.
From now on, all she needed to do was keep Lu Yuanxing under control, then find the right opportunity to “miscarry.”
As for Wang Yanan, the original Li Susu had wronged the Lu family and Lu Yuanxing. What did that have to do with Wang Yanan?
Besides, Wang Yanan had deliberately provoked her at the state-run restaurant earlier and had repeatedly called her a “bitch.”
Could she really just tolerate that?
Li Susu had never been a pushover.
She absolutely had to let Wang Yanan experience the power of the itching powder.
While Li Susu was lost in thought, Lu Yuanxing picked up the report again and examined it carefully.
Finally, he said, “Since you’re pregnant, then let’s get married.”
Li Susu was somewhat surprised. She hurriedly waved her hands.
“Get married? Wouldn’t marrying me just because of the child be too unfair to you?”
Lu Yuanxing had originally been barely willing to accept Li Susu.
He hadn’t expected her to say something like that.
If she had claimed to be pregnant, wasn’t her intention to force him to marry her?
Then why was she saying this now?
Could this woman be trying to use retreat as a way to advance?
Just as Lu Yuanxing was about to speak, Wang Yanan interrupted.
“Of course marrying you would be unfair to my Brother Yuanxing. If you had any self-awareness, you wouldn’t keep clinging to him!”
The moment she said this, Li Susu almost burst out laughing.
Li Susu was relatively tall. She lowered her head and looked down at Wang Yanan before smiling softly.
“What do you mean? Are you saying that if he married you, Yuanxing wouldn’t be wronged?”
Wang Yanan became furious under Li Susu’s condescending gaze.
She desperately raised her head to look directly at Li Susu.
Unexpectedly, this only made it seem as though she was looking up at Li Susu, making her lose even more ground in terms of presence.
She stiffened her neck and snorted.
“Hmph! At least I’m the daughter of a cadre and a city girl. Unlike you, a country bumpkin from the countryside!”
Li Susu shrugged indifferently.
“Well, there’s nothing I can do about that. Your beloved Brother Yuanxing just said that he wants to marry this country girl. You heard him yourself! Besides, what’s wrong with being from the countryside? Even the great leader said that workers, peasants, and soldiers are one united group. You’re creating class divisions!”
“You…”
Wang Yanan was furious.
She immediately turned to Lu Yuanxing.
“Brother Yuanxing, this Li Susu is bullying me!”
Lu Yuanxing glanced at Wang Yanan and said expressionlessly, “Li Susu is right. You shouldn’t look down on people from the countryside.”
The entire Lu family had been sent down to the countryside for re-education. Their social standing was even lower than that of ordinary rural people.
Deep down, he believed that what Wang Yanan had said was completely wrong.
Li Susu was somewhat surprised when she saw Lu Yuanxing defending her.
She hadn’t expected that the male lead of the novel, the future powerful figure, would actually agree with her.
It seemed that the original novel’s description of Lu Yuanxing and Wang Yanan having a very loving relationship both before and after marriage might not necessarily be true.
At least for now, Lu Yuanxing clearly had no romantic feelings toward Wang Yanan.
He didn’t even seem to regard her as a younger sister.
It felt more like he was simply looking after a younger female neighbor he hadn’t seen for many years.
Seeing that even Lu Yuanxing wasn’t taking her side, Wang Yanan’s eyes filled with tears.
“Brother Yuanxing, how can you treat me like this? You and I grew up together…”
Li Susu couldn’t listen anymore.
“You’re just neighbors. The Lu family has already been living in the countryside for three years! Yet I haven’t seen your Wang family do anything to help them. If anything, your family probably couldn’t wait to distance themselves from the Lu family!”
Hearing this, Wang Yanan became visibly embarrassed.