Chapter 520: Almost Successful
Chapter 520: Almost Successful
Upon hearing Jiang Xia's words, Li Xiuxian's heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively glanced at Zhou Chengsen, meeting his eyes filled with unspoken secrets.
Her heart nearly stopped!
"Really? I went to the movies with a few colleagues; everyone from our office was there," she blurted out.
Jiang Xia didn't think much of it, even if she saw Li Xiuxian entering the movie theater with a man, she wouldn't read too much into it.
Jiang Xia had also gone out with colleagues for meals, karaoke, and even to bars for drinks, and there were men among them, which was perfectly normal.
After such gatherings, some male colleagues would even offer to send the female colleagues home.
Jiang Xia found this normal, but Li Xiuxian seemed overly nervous!
It gave Jiang Xia the impression that she was trying too hard to prove her innocence.
Jiang Xia couldn't help but glance at her and replied, "Yeah, it's more fun with a larger group."
"Yes, it was so lively that day, and the opera house was packed with people," Li Xiuxian agreed.
Zhou Chenglei said nothing and went to the kitchen to clean the mud skipper, rinsing it and placing it in a sand pot with some water on the small stove to simmer.
Li Xiuxian glanced at him, feeling uncertain.
Jiang Xia didn't feel like making small talk and started cutting ginger slices. She realized they were out of soy sauce and said, "I'll go get some soy sauce."
Zhou Chenglei, who was slaughtering a chicken, responded, "Just ask Zhou Zhou and the others to go."
Then he raised his voice and called out to the house, "Who wants to get soy sauce?"
The children were all watching TV in the house, and as soon as they heard, they all rushed out.
"I'll go!"
"I'll go!"
"I'll go too!"
...
The younger brother and sister-in-law were asked to get soy sauce, and the remaining money was for them to spend as they pleased.
If it had been their mother calling, the brothers wouldn't have been so enthusiastic about carrying on the family name.
"Don't break the soy sauce bottle," Zhou Chenglei cautioned, giving them a dollar.
Getting a bottle of soy sauce only cost 20 cents, and the rest was for them to divide among themselves.
Li Xiuxian was unusually generous and smiled, saying, "Since the whole family is here, let's buy a bottle of wine to celebrate!"
She gave eight dollars to Zhou Ying and asked her to buy a bottle of Maotai.
Zhou Chengsen glanced at her, wondering if she had made a lot of money recently, as she seemed unusually generous.
The brothers rushed into the kitchen to get the soy sauce bottles, but before they even reached the door, the soy sauce bottle was knocked over and shattered on the floor.
Zhou Chenglei: "..."
Zhou Wenguang shouted at Zhou Wenzong, "What are you grabbing for?"
"It's not my fault, he grabbed it!" Zhou Wenzong shouted back at Zhou Wenyao, "Why are you grabbing it?!"
Zhou Wenyao pointed at Zhou Wenzu, "It's the fourth brother! He grabbed it!"
Zhou Wenzu: "It wasn't me, it was Yingying!"
Zhou Ying: "It wasn't me, it was my sister!"
Zhou Zhou: "..."
There was no one younger than her! She looked at her sister-in-law's large pregnant belly.
When would the younger siblings be born? Zhou Chenglei ignored them, "It's fine, I gave them a dollar, so they must bring me back a bottle of soy sauce."
Li Xiuxian, worried they might break the wine, cautioned, "Whoever breaks it, all of you will have to chip in to buy another bottle. If there's not enough money, it'll come out of your pocket money."
The children: "..."
During dinner, Li Xiuxian kept encouraging everyone to drink.
Zhou Chenglei didn't drink, "Summer is getting big, and I dare not touch alcohol. I can't drive after drinking. After Summer gives birth to the baby and we celebrate the full moon, I'll drink more with my older brother and second brother."
Zhou Chenglei had decided not to touch a drop of alcohol since the Lunar New Year.
Before Jiang Xia gave birth to the baby, even if the old commander-in-chief offered him a drink, he wouldn't take it.
Zhou Fu: "It's fine to have a small drink at home, just don't get drunk."
Zhou Chenglei: "No, thank you."
Zhou Chengsen understood him well and still remembered Jiang Xia's stubbornness during the New Year: "Not drinking is the right choice.
Li Xiu Xian pursed her lips, and Jiang Xia was due to give birth in two months.
Zhou Chengsen had no intention of giving face and was looking for other excuses to dodge the matter!
In the end, almost an entire bottle of wine was drunk by Zhou Chengsen and Zhou Chengxin. Zhou Fu and Li Xiu Xian, along with Tian Caihua, only had a small cup.
Zhou Chengsen's face was flushed from the alcohol.
After dinner, Li Xiu Xian went to take a bath, and Zhou Chengsen found an opportunity to go upstairs alone to find Zhou Chenglei: "Did you see your second sister-in-law with someone watching a movie yesterday?"
Zhou Chenglei replied, "I saw them. It seemed to be Liao Ruixiang from the neighboring production team, who partnered with someone to open a fish farm. There were many people around them, and I was driving the tractor. The street was crowded, so I only took a glance and didn't get a clear look at the others."
However, Zhou Chengsen understood what he meant. His fourth brother had excellent eyesight, a remarkable memory, and a keen awareness of his surroundings. He could remember everyone with just a glance.
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Zhou Chenglei said he didn't get a clear look at the others, which meant he didn't recognize any of them.
If he had known anyone, he wouldn't have missed it.
The fourth brother might not know all the teachers at the town's primary school, but among Li Xiu Xian's colleagues at the office, there was a female classmate of the fourth brother. That female classmate had pursued the fourth brother for a long time, and she had the best relationship with Li Xiu Xian. There was no way he wouldn't recognize her.
Moreover, Liao Ruixiang was not one of Li Xiu Xian's colleagues.
At this moment, Zhou Chengsen wasn't thinking about any romantic affairs. He was afraid that Li Xiu Xian had secretly done something underhanded again.
In the past, she had been deceived by someone and spent over a hundred dollars to buy an antique Ming Dynasty vase from someone's family. Later, she saw a pile of similar vases in the city, selling for one dollar each.
Liao Ruixiang had been involved in the black market before and was even caught.
Recently, there were rumors of people being "sold as piglets," and some places had something called a "rat meeting." Li Xiu Xian was so greedy that Zhou Chengsen feared she might be sold and paid for by someone.
Zhou Chengsen decided to pay more attention to Li Xiu Xian recently.
He was about to start building a house, and he couldn't afford to waste all his money.
At night, after Zhou Chengsen finished bathing and returned to bed to sleep, Li Xiu Xian came to him.
They had been in a cold war for a long time, and it had been ages since they had an intimate relationship.
After giving birth, Li Xiu Xian would experience chest pain a week before her period. However, this time, two days before her period, she didn't feel the usual pain, and she was a bit worried...
Tonight, it must be successful!
With the alcohol in his head and a headache, Zhou Chengsen glanced at her but didn't move. He just watched her, letting her...
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Zhou Mu's voice came from outside: "Asen, Zhou Zhou said that Yingying has a fever. I went upstairs to touch her, and she's burning up. You and A Lei, take her to the health clinic to see a doctor!"
Zhou Chengsen pushed Li Xiu Xian away and got up: "I'll take Yingying to see the doctor. You go to sleep early."
Li Xiu Xian was so frustrated. She thought tonight would be the night!
Zhou Chengsen hurriedly picked up the shirt and pants from the chair and put them on before opening the door and leaving.
At this moment, Zhou Chenglei was already carrying Zhou Ying down the stairs.
Zhou Chengsen quickly went forward to take his daughter: "I'll carry her. You go and start the car."
When Zhou Ying was young, she had experienced seizures when she had a fever. So, every time she had a fever, they had to be extra careful because it was easy for her temperature to rise above 38.5 degrees Celsius and trigger another seizure.
Zhou Chenglei hurried to the garage to start the car.
The two brothers rushed to take Zhou Ying to the town's health clinic.
At the clinic, they gave her a fever-reducing injection and some medication. After Zhou Ying's temperature dropped, the brothers finally dared to return home.
When they arrived back home, it was already past one o'clock.
Zhou Chengsen was afraid that his daughter's fever might return, so he didn't dare let her sleep alone. He decided to stay in the guest room to keep her company.
Li Xiu Xian came over.
(End of Chapter)
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