Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Zhou Yunmei looked at Luo Zhiming's still unhealed legs and suddenly had an idea.

She now wanted more than just the lumber dealer to pay for the check-up; she wanted him to take care of Luo Zhiming for the rest of his life.

So she went outside to check if anyone was around. Seeing no one, she approached Luo Zhiming and stopped him, whispering, "Zhiming, stop making trouble, I have something to tell you."

Luo Zhiming was angry and impatiently shouted, "Mom, does it have to be now? I'm already upset."

Zhou Yunmei gave him a pat, asking him to lower his voice, indicating that she really had something important to talk about.

Seeing this, Luo Zhiming nodded at her, signaling her to speak.

Zhou Yunmei hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Have you ever thought about what if you get checked again and the result is still the same?"

"How could it be." At this time, saying a man couldn't have children was definitely an insult to him. Luo Zhiming couldn't help but raise his voice, "If I really can't get pregnant, then what about the child in Fang Xiu's belly, and... and also the one I'm currently losing money over."

"Stop talking about Fang Xiu, I think that child might not be yours." Zhou Yunmei looked at him and queried with a frown, "As for the one you're losing money over, think carefully, are you really sure that child is yours?"

Luo Zhiming wasn't sure in his heart, but he stubbornly said on the surface, "Yes, I can be sure, she really was with me."

"An already divorced woman who can easily do such things with a man, it's evident she's not very decent," Zhou Yunmei remarked about money and calculating others, her mind clearer than ever, "How can you be so sure she wasn't with another man while she was with you?"

"This..." Luo Zhiming couldn't refute and insisted, "Anyway, I can be sure that child is mine."

He felt that as long as he insisted that the child was his, he could be sure that he didn't have this disease.

Zhou Yunmei could see Luo Zhiming's thoughts and sighed softly, advising, "Zhiming, now is not the time to be obstinate."

"Mom, if I say the child is mine, then it must be mine," Luo Zhiming still stubbornly professed.

Seeing this, Zhou Yunmei decided to tell Luo Zhiming the truth, "Mom will tell you the truth, the doctor spoke very clearly with your dad and me, saying that the hospital doesn't check many people for this matter, so they shouldn't have made a mistake."

Luo Zhiming listened and shouted at Zhou Yunmei angrily, "Mom, do you also think I can't have children?"

"It's not that I absolutely don't think so, but the doctor should be right," Zhou Yunmei spoke with a frown, "Also, I didn't say you shouldn't get checked again, I agree to wait for your older brother to come, let him talk to that boss, let him pay for your examination, but you also need to be prepared for if the results still come out the same, what you will do then."

"I..." Luo Zhiming fell silent, and after a long while, he said softly, "I don't know, if it's really like that, I'm helpless, the doctor said there's no cure for this disease, what can I do."

Zhou Yunmei moved closer to him, sat by his bedside, and winked at him, "Zhiming, listen to mom, mom has thought of a way for you."

Zhou Yunmei said, "I think, you don't even know when you caught this illness. Maybe it was caused by the timber factory incident. If so, the calculation would be different. If it's a work-related injury and you end up without a son in this lifetime, who would take care of you when you're old? Wouldn't the boss have to support you then?"

Luo Zhiming, not being foolish, immediately caught on, "Mom, are you saying that if I am indeed diagnosed with this disease, we should pin it on the boss and make him pay me a large sum of money?"

"Exactly, we can't just suffer this injury for nothing," Zhou Yunmei whispered in his ear, "If we really get the money, why worry about not having a son? With money, we can first go to a major hospital for treatment. If it doesn't cure, we could always adopt a child. With money, who wouldn't take care of us in our old age?"

Hearing this, Luo Zhiming's eyes sparkled, feeling that Zhou Yunmei's words were quite good.

At Luo Zhiming's age, he hadn't realized how important it was to have children or not. For him, getting a sum of money was more important than having children.

Having been in the provincial city for so long, he saw that as long as a man has money, he has everything.

Take Zeng Weiguo, for example, he and his wife don't even have children, but they are thriving in the provincial city, commanding respect from everyone who meets him.

Thus, Luo Zhiming pondered for a moment and then happily hugged Zhou Yunmei, "Mom, you're so clever, you even thought of this."

"I've been thinking, for now, don't go around saying Fang Xiu's child isn't yours," Zhou Yunmei hit him lightly and continued in a low voice, "In case the boss refuses to compensate, claiming it has nothing to do with him, claiming you already had the disease and it wasn't caused by the injury, we can still bring up Fang Xiu's pregnancy."

"Okay, okay, let's do as you say," Luo Zhiming immediately agreed, but after a moment, he began to worry, "But mom, about big brother and sister-in-law, they might not help us keep this a secret."

"Your sister-in-law should be fine; she doesn't understand these things and probably doesn't know the boss either. Besides, Fang Xiu is her younger sister; she would at most not interfere, but she won't sabotage us," Zhou Yunmei continued, then thought for a moment,

"As for your big brother, he's no doctor. How would he be sure what's really wrong with you? Even doctors can't clarify this."

Luo Zhiming felt Zhou Yunmei was right in saying that. Even doctors couldn't be sure of the cause, so how could Luo Zhiyong be certain.

So, he nodded, "Alright, when big brother comes, let's not talk about this matter and just talk about getting re-examined. If the results still indicate that I'm infertile, we'll just slide the issue onto them."

Zhou Yunmei immediately agreed, smiling lightly, "Good, let's do that."

As the two were discussing, Luo Zhiyong just happened to push the door open. Seeing the scheming smile on Zhou Yunmei's face, Luo Zhiyong knew they were up to no good and frowned, "What are you up to? What are you two plotting now, planning to swindle someone again?"

Zhou Yunmei and Luo Zhiming hadn't expected Luo Zhiyong to barge in at that moment. They looked at each other, their expressions changing rapidly, but soon they regained composure, pretending nothing had happened.

Zhou Yunmei stared at Luo Zhiyong and said, "What kind of way is that to speak? I am, after all, your mother. When have I ever swindled anyone?"

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