EBE Chapter 185: Folk Remedies
Chapter 185: Folk Remedies
The original owner was young and inexperienced, and was deeply attracted by Zhong Chenghong's sweet words. If she was really pregnant with Zhong Chenghong's child, according to the original owner's personality, she should have told Zhong Chenghong about it in the few communications they had.
This world places great emphasis on offspring and bloodlines, and the original owner was looking forward to Zhong Chenghong marrying her after he graduated from high school, so a child was a heavyweight bargaining chip.
Being in love and wanting to get married, she didn't believe that the original owner could resist telling Zhong Chenghong.
But Zhong Chenghong's reaction was not right.
From Zhong Chenghong's behavior just now, it can be seen that he is jealous of Lu Chengjing and is proud of cheating on Lu Chengjing.
If he knew that the original owner was pregnant with his child, he shouldn't have mentioned it at all. After all, no man can stand the fact that "the child in his wife's belly is the product of cuckoldry."
Zhong Chenghong had a great opportunity to provoke Lu Chengjing, so why didn't he use it?
Shang Wan had a hunch that something was wrong.
"Of course." Zhong Chenghong's eyes flickered and he pursed his lips slightly.
Shang Wan snorted coldly, "You are capable of committing adultery before marriage. It seems that your protection of Miss Bo's house just now was also a lie to me."
Zhong Chenghong: "..."
She had an affair with two people and then she cursed herself for it. Is this woman mentally ill?
He glanced at Lu Chengjing, who had a cold expression on his face, and suddenly a plan came to his mind. He looked at Shang Wan with that affectionate gaze, "It was you who took the initiative to come to me that day, and said that you couldn't help yourself, so I..."
The voice paused, leaving room for unlimited imagination.
Shang Wan raised his hand with a cold face and slapped him, "Try to act it out again!"
The disgusting thing never ends, does it?
Zhong Chenghong: "..."
He adjusted his expression, "I..."
"Snapped!"
"you……"
"Snapped!"
"..."
"Clap!"
Zhong Chenghong, whose nose was bleeding profusely after being slapped, said: "..."
He would be slapped whether he spoke or not, so where could he seek justice?
Wasn't this woman always so gentle and kind that she wouldn't even step on an ant to death? How could she suddenly become so cruel after only not seeing her for a few months?
Shang Wan looked at the pig-head in front of him coldly, "Do you think I can let you drown in the river and then pretend that you fell into the water by mistake?"
Zhong Chenghong:! ! !
The young man broke out in cold sweat on his back. He shivered in the hot weather and even his hands and feet began to feel cold.
He suddenly realized that Shang Wan really wanted to kill him, and it wasn't just words.
Shang Wan: "I'll ask you one last time, yes or no?"
"Yes..." Zhong Chenghong was so frightened by the cold murderous intent on his back that he stuttered and said in a hurry, "No!"
Shang Wan slapped him again, "Is there one?"
"No!" Zhong Chenghong was about to cry, and he collapsed, "Really not!"
Shang Wan looked at him and asked tentatively, "Then why do I remember that we were married and had a child?"
"Ah?" Zhong Chenghong was dumbfounded. "What child?"
"Why are you pretending?" Shang Wan didn't miss the evasive look in his eyes. He raised his hand and saw that the slap was about to fall. Zhong Chenghong closed his eyes in fear, "Don't hit me! I'll tell you everything!"
Shang Wan's hand gently fell on his head and patted it like a dog, "You are a spinning top, you deserve a beating."
Zhong Chenghong: "..."
Woo woo woo~ He makes a living by his looks, what a living devil this is!
The young man sobbed and said, "You and I are not actually husband and wife, and we don't have any children."
Shang Wan raised an eyebrow and listened to him continue.
Zhong Chenghong: "My mother asked a master to tell the fortune and said that I will be a high-ranking official in the future. You killed your parents and have no property, so you are not worthy of me. She doesn't let me touch you to avoid being used against me in the future."
"But you are the easiest to deceive. I am worried that you will no longer give me money after you get married. My mother used to be a maid and she has a secret recipe. After a woman drinks it, she will appear to be pregnant. Even the old doctor can't tell. It is used by the harem to harm people."
"Before you got married, I invited you to my house for dinner. The bowl of tonic that my mother coaxed you to drink was the folk recipe. You also know what happened afterwards. The wine was drugged. I calculated the time and lay down with you, and lied to you that we were actually husband and wife."
Shang Wan's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he thought to himself that this is the harm of not having sex education.
The original owner was so naive that she probably thought that taking off clothes meant they had slept together, and she made three rules with Lu Chengjing on the wedding night. They didn't have a real wedding night, so naturally there was no way to compare the truth.
"That medicine has to be taken for seven days in a row to be effective, so my mother made the medicine for you every day and watched you finish it."
Shang Wan’s eyes darkened.
Since the death of his parents, the original owner had received very little care, and deep down he longed for love from others.
Zhong's mother was so "concerned" about the original owner that she even personally made tonic medicine for her and delivered it to her personally. This must have made the simple and loveless girl believe it without a doubt. This must have been the reason why she paid the money so readily afterwards.
Relevant fragments of memory flashed through Shang Wan's mind. Looking at a face that looked like his own, showing such a naive smile to the person who hurt him, Shang Wan couldn't bear to watch it.
She shook her head, shaking off the memories.
——Silly girl, be more careful in your next life and don’t drink poison as tonic anymore.
Now there is an important question before her. If it was a fake pregnancy, why did the original owner actually give birth to a child?
She remembered that Lu Chengjing had told her that the original owner's child died less than two months after birth. She was worried that Mrs. Lu would find out and hold her accountable, and her life would become even more difficult, so Lu Chengjing picked up a child from the refugee group and brought it back for the original owner to raise.
A fake pregnancy resulted in the birth of a real child. What kind of fantasy story is this?
She turned to look at Lu Chengjing, smiling, "I think I need an explanation."
Lu Chengjing: “…”
It feels good to lie for a while, but the lie will be buried in the crematorium.
He said decisively: "My lady, I was wrong."
Shang Wan: “…”
The fox became more and more skilled at admitting his mistakes.
Zhong Chenghong looked at Lu Chengjing and then at Shang Wan, silently expecting the two to fight.
Fighting... is impossible.
Lu Chengjing did not intentionally hide the truth from Shang Wan. In fact, it was because he was still suspicious of Shang Wan's identity at the time and worried that she was sent by those people. He was in the testing stage and it was inevitable that his words were half true and half false.
The truth was that the original owner had a miscarriage after only two months of faking pregnancy due to the drug. She was deeply traumatized and cried all day long, staying in her room and refusing to go out.
The third room received little attention in the mansion, and after Lu Chengjing made arrangements, he quietly concealed the miscarriage of the original owner.
For some purpose, Lu Chengjing asked the original owner to continue pretending to be pregnant, and then on the day when the original owner was about to give birth, he brought back a baby girl and passed it off as the original owner's.
Lu Chengjing told Shang Wan that giving birth to the child was fake, and the child dying two months early was also fake. The only thing that was true was that he brought a child back from outside.
He and Shang Wan had always treated Yuan Yuan as their own child, so Lu Chengjing had forgotten about this matter. If Shang Wan hadn't asked about it today, he wouldn't have known that there was a landmine buried here.
After listening to Lu Chengjing's explanation, Shang Wan: "..."
——What a bastard! What a bunch of lies!