Reborn as a Tough Army Wife

Luo Zhiyong naturally knew all about the issues in his own family; even when Li Aihua said things that seemed a bit excessive, he had no way to rebut and could only nod in agreement, "Yes, I understand."

"Zhiyong, listen to me, you really need to sort out those troubles at home. My daughter married you to enjoy her life, not to become the old maid for your entire family. Besides, now she's not just any old maid, she has to bustle about too. She's pregnant with such a big belly and still has to serve your family, yet your parents are not only ungrateful but also keep trying to trouble her." As Li Aihua spoke, she glanced at Fang Pingying and sighed,

"This time she ended up in the hospital, and who knows if it was because your mom came here, causing her to be so stressed that this incident happened."

"Ah..." Luo Zhiyong had never heard of such a thing and was surprised to voice out.

Li Aihua said, "Don't be skeptical. Those foreigners have said that if a pregnant woman is in a bad mood, it could easily lead to miscarriage and such."

Hearing this, Luo Zhiyong also felt it made sense and immediately nodded, "Mom, I understand. My parents came this time because of my brother's matter. They've already left just now and definitely won't be coming over for a while. From now on, I will take good care of Pingying."

"Theilie gone back? Well, that's good to hear." Learning that Zhou Yunmei and the others had already returned, Li Aihua breathed a sigh of relief and did not persist. Smiling, she said to Luo Zhiyong, "Don't worry about taking care of Pingying. If you're at the military base in the future, I'll take care of her here. You're still young, and your work is important."

"Alright, thank you, mom." Luo Zhiyong felt reassured having a caring elder to look after Fang Pingying and immediately agreed, "Then if I go off to the military, I'll leave Pingying in your care."

In fact, Li Aihua was quite satisfied with her son-in-law Luo Zhiyong. She smiled at him, "Silly child, what trouble? She's our own daughter."

So as not to hold up Luo Zhiyong's affairs, that very afternoon Fang Pingying let him return to the military base, and Li Aihua stayed with Fang Pingying in the evening.

Perhaps the complexity of blood relationships is hard to clarify. Although the mother and daughter were this close for the first time, they did not feel awkward. It was as if they had always been together, everything just felt natural.

Fang Pingying told Li Aihua about the years she spent in the Luojia Village.

Of course, to prevent Li Aihua from feeling guilty and not wanting to speak ill of the Fang Family, she only spoke of how well the Fang Family had treated her.

After all, without the Fang Family, there would be no Fang Pingying today.

Li Aihua had heard about the Fang Family from juzi before and had even met Fang Xiu. With some understanding of Fang Pingying's life at the Fang Family over the years, she did not dwell on it. She simply stated that when Fang Pingying gives birth, they should also bring the elderly couple from the Fang Family to the city to properly thank them.

The next morning, the hospital released Fang Pingying's examination results.

It was Doctor Zhou who brought the results to the ward with a rather serious expression. She looked at Fang Pingying and asked, "Xiao Fang, when you first became pregnant, I advised you about the foods to avoid. You remember that pregnant women have to be especially cautious about certain foods, don't you?"

Fang Pingying thought about her diet these past few days, which was quite ordinary and all prepared by her own hand. Confident there was no issue, she nodded to Doctor Zhou, "I remember. I've never touched any cold food items or anything like that."

"Then what about the crabs you ate yesterday?" Doctor Zhou asked, raising the lab results in her hand.

"Crabs?" Fang Pingying herself was not fond of seafood at all, and crabs were something she wouldn't eat even when not pregnant, let alone after becoming pregnant. Besides, Doctor Zhou had specifically advised against it. She shook her head, "I haven't eaten crabs. Yesterday morning I cooked my own food, ate a flatbread, didn't add anything to it but green onions, and had a few sips of porridge at noon..."

When it came to the porridge at noon, Fang Pingying suddenly stopped; she had an intuition that if there was a dietary problem, it was very likely with that bowl of porridge.

Li Aihua noticed her change in expression and pressed, "Who made the porridge for you at noon? Could it be that you didn't recall correctly and something like crabs was added?"

Fang Pingying thought for a moment and whispered to Li Aihua, "The porridge was bought by my in-laws from outside, they said it was shrimp porridge, could it be..."

"Your in-laws bought shrimp porridge from outside?" Li Aihua became suspicious upon hearing this, "Are there places selling shrimp porridge around your area? And considering what your in-laws are like, would they actually go out to buy food to bring back for you all to eat?"

Initially, Fang Pingying hadn't thought much of it, but Li Aihua's reminder made her truly recall.

Logically, Zhou Yunmei would definitely not go out and spend money to buy things for them to eat. Yesterday's dishes would have cost at least tens of dollars, given Zhou Yunmei's nature, she wouldn't be willing to spend that much.

With Zhou Yunmei's personality, no matter how much trouble she and Luo Zhiyong caused, in her eyes, it's taken for granted, and she wouldn't spend so much money on food, making it seem like they owed her gratitude.

Fang Pingying carefully recalled every word the two of them had said after coming to the store yesterday, and suddenly remembered Zhou Yunmei and Luo Dashan talking about having seen Luo Zhiming earlier and saying that Luo Zhiming went to buy a train ticket, rushing back; thus, it's very likely that the food was bought by Luo Zhiming.

Luo Zhiming didn't return home all of last night, and as soon as he did, he brought them food?

Moreover, Fang Pingying remembered something else – the lunchbox she used to eat the porridge didn't seem to come from the same restaurant as the one the dishes were packed in. The lunchbox for the porridge was clearly a regular one used at home, but the one for the dishes seemed to be a generic takeout box that restaurants typically provide for customers to carry food home.

Putting all the events together, Fang Pingying felt a jolt in her heart, certain that the reason for her hospitalization lay with yesterday's box of porridge.

Yesterday, after Luo Zhiming took the money, he disappeared, most likely to see Xu He, and the porridge he brought with him; therefore, the mastermind behind this must be Xu He, whose purpose was to harm the two children in her womb.

Just like in her past life, Xu He held an enduring fixation on Luo Zhiyong and did not hesitate to resort to any despicable and underhanded tactics.

Thinking this way, the timing and motives all aligned.

To be safe, Fang Pingying ruled out one by one the people who might have been connected to the incident yesterday.

As for Luo Dashan and Zhou Yunmei, Fang Pingying knew they should be unaware.

There was no need to mention Luo Dashan – Fang Pingying trusted him completely.

Even Zhou Yunmei, Fang Pingying might believe if she did other things, but as for harming the children in her womb, Fang Pingying felt that Zhou Yunmei wouldn't do that.

If she hadn't lived a second life, Fang Pingying might never have considered Xu He, but now, Fang Pingying was almost certain this was Xu He's doing. (To be continued. If you like this novel, we invite you to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your vote of recommendation or monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please browse at m.qidian.com.)