Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 722 - 717: Going Into Labor

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Luo Cuilan actually didn’t reject this, she had also planned to leave, even thinking about working at a supermarket to earn money in the future, and her heart was somewhat elated. However, she was still angry that Luo Zhiming didn’t trust her, his own sister, and didn’t believe the facts, and just easily believed Xu He.

At that time, Luo Cuilan was really angry, too annoyed to explain herself to Luo Zhiming anymore, she didn’t even talk to Zhou Yunmei, she just admitted it was her fault, claiming she was slandering Xu He.

She had a surge of anger and was thinking that once Xu He had given birth to the child, she would strike a fatal blow to Luo Zhiming, and see what his reaction would be, how much he would regret his past decisions.

However, since Xu He had made this move, she naturally had further plans.

This time, she wanted to completely eliminate the risk of Luo Cuilan exposing the matter.

She guessed that once Luo Zhiming returned, he would definitely drive Luo Cuilan away, and she wanted to take this opportunity to completely deal with Luo Cuilan, to avoid her causing trouble in front of the Luo Family in the future.

So right after Luo Zhiming left her place, she rushed to Shuanzi’s place.

She demanded Shuanzi’s help to deal with Luo Cuilan, otherwise, she could threaten Shuanzi, breaking their cooperation and ending it there, also stating that Shuanzi couldn’t expect to have the child.

Shuanzi wasn’t actually afraid of Xu He’s threats, but for people like them, dealing with one or two individuals wasn’t a difficult task.

Moreover, Shuanzi was somewhat curious about Xu He’s secretive behaviors – one moment she was hiding poisoned cookies, and the next she was asking him to commit murder. He wanted to know what she was really up to.

So, Shuanzi agreed to Xu He’s request, and after confirming Luo Cuilan’s appearance and the place to act, he sent two of his men to handle the matter.

However, Shuanzi did not have his men kill Luo Cuilan, but instead had them discreetly kidnap her and temporarily hold her in a location, not touching her for now, thinking she might be useful one day.

But, to Xu He, Shuanzi lied, telling her that Luo Cuilan was taken care of, and assured her to just focus on giving birth.

Hence, on Zhou Yunmei’s end, they thought Luo Cuilan had gone to Fang Pingying’s supermarket to work, but Fang Pingying thought Luo Cuilan hadn’t handled her side of things yet, so she didn’t come over or ask.

And just like that, Luo Cuilan disappeared without a trace, and no one knew about it.

Having dealt with Luo Cuilan, Xu He truly relaxed; now she started preparing for childbirth.

Her plan actually took both sides into account.

With Luo Zhiming, she made an excuse that Duan Fenghua was living here and even paid half a year’s rent, so she sometimes stayed at Duan Fenghua’s place, and occasionally went to stay with Luo Zhiming.

Over time, even if she stayed a few days at Duan Fenghua’s, the Luo Family wouldn’t suspect anything and would let her be.

However, she planned to live at Duan Fenghua’s when giving birth.

When the time came, after giving birth, she would immediately find someone to fetch Shuanzi and then force him to register their marriage, seeing what his attitude would be. If Shuanzi really wanted to marry her, she would take the child and follow Shuanzi; if Shuanzi disagreed, she had already decided not to force it and choose a simple life instead, asking Shuanzi for another sum of money, then figuring out a way to buy a child somewhere, no matter the gender, just something to settle things with Luo Zhiming’s side.

Such a plan, if successful, would leave her to choose as she desired at either side, a truly wonderful prospect.

However, Xu He was now worried about the child in her womb, unsure how to handle a forced delivery.

Because of Bai Jing’s incident, Xu He felt that going to a major hospital wasn’t reliable.

First, she didn’t know anyone at the big hospital, and others might not be willing to take such a risk for such a little bribe.

Second, she felt that giving birth in a big hospital involved many people, and once the matter broke out, anyone could leak it.

Finally, after much consideration, Xu He simply took the risk; she found a female doctor skilled in childbirth in a small nearby clinic, gave her a sum of money, and stated her requirements.

The doctor at the small clinic initially refused, but couldn’t withstand Xu He’s additional money and finally agreed, even promising to get Xu He a child someone didn’t want, but couldn’t guarantee it would be a son.

As Xu He’s delivery date approached day by day, she started taking action three days before the deadline with Shuanzi.

Early one morning, she pretended to have unbearable stomach pains, groaning incessantly in bed.

Seeing this, Duan Fenghua was startled and immediately exclaimed, "Hehua, what’s the matter?"

Pretending to be weak, Xu He cried out to Duan Fenghua, "Mom, I think I might be giving birth, go find a midwife for me."

Duan Fenghua still had some common sense and knew it was abnormal for Xu He to give birth at this time. She immediately moved to support Xu He while saying, "What midwife? Let’s go to the hospital."

Upon hearing this, Xu He immediately pushed Duan Fenghua’s hand away, shaking her head and saying, "No need, I’ve already arranged with a doctor nearby. That doctor is very skilled, just call her over."

Duan Fenghua still wasn’t convinced, "Is that really okay? What if something goes wrong?"

Seeing this, Xu He decided to voice the concerns Duan Fenghua might have, "Mom, think about it, giving birth in a hospital costs a lot of money. We don’t have that much money, and if we go to the hospital and it’s not enough, we’ll have to come back."

Worried Duan Fenghua wouldn’t agree, Xu He continued, "Besides, if this was in the countryside, didn’t we all give birth at home without any problems?"

Since coming to the city, Duan Fenghua had seen Xu He always not spending rashly. In just one day, what Luo Zhiming gave and the money she had brought from home, they had only several hundred yuan. She also worried it might not be enough.

Moreover, actually, in their hometown, many people also gave birth at home at that time, generally without any problems; hesitating a bit, she agreed, "Okay, okay, I’ll go call the doctor right away."

Since the doctor had already reached an agreement with Xu He, as soon as Duan Fenghua called, the doctor quickly arrived.

After the doctor arrived, Xu He took the opportunity to send Duan Fenghua to the outside yard to boil water, and then urged the doctor to inject quickly, at least to settle the induced labor before the child was born without letting Duan Fenghua know.

Actually, at that moment, Xu He had no symptoms of labor at all, and the child was truly only eight and a half months old. If the child indeed decided to come out on its own, perhaps there wouldn’t be any problems, but inducing labor artificially like this, the doctor was still a bit scared.