Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 756 - 751: Changing the Original Plan

As soon as Xu He’s words fell, Zhou Yunmei, who was tidying up things inside the house, heard their argument and immediately came out. With an accusing look, she said to Xu He, "What are you talking about? What do you mean by leaving? Aren’t we all going home together? The child should of course be taken home."

Xu He glanced at Zhou Yunmei, and then gave Luo Zhiming a look, signaling him to keep it a secret from Zhou Yunmei just like yesterday, to avoid any trouble when it was time to leave.

But the current Luo Zhiming was no longer interested in keeping secrets. He glanced at Xu He, a faint smile spread across his face, and with a hint of sarcasm that Xu He was completely unprepared for, he whispered, "Mom, we’re not going home. Xu He wants to take us to live somewhere else, and even plans to buy a house there, saying her uncle gave her a sum of money."

After hearing this, Zhou Yunmei quickly connected the past few days’ events. She asked incredulously, "Where are you planning to go? And when did your uncle give you money? Haven’t you not seen your uncle these past few days?"

"I..." Xu He didn’t expect Zhou Yunmei to see through her lies so easily. Her face changed, and she almost roared at Zhou Yunmei in annoyance and embarrassment, "If I say it is, then it is. As long as I have money to buy a house, that’s enough. It’s none of your business when my uncle gave me the money."

"You..."

Zhou Yunmei wanted to argue, but Luo Zhiming reached out to stop her. He looked at Xu He and said, "Alright, show me the money. If I can see the money, I’ll believe you, and I’ll leave with you right now without any questions."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yunmei immediately agreed, "Yes, show us the money. Otherwise, who knows if you’re just spouting nonsense."

Xu He eyed both Luo Zhiming and his mother, her eyes flickered. Initially, she never intended to let Luo Zhiming know about this money.

She planned to relocate to another place, purchase a house covertly, and then either say it was arranged by her uncle or claim it was a rental. Given Luo Zhiming’s personality, he wouldn’t have pursued the matter anyway.

But now Luo Zhiming was acting unreasonably, refusing to go; she had no choice but to agree, "Fine, you can see it."

After saying that, Xu He gritted her teeth, went inside the house, and rummaged through a chest to pull out a passbook, which she handed over to Luo Zhiming to see.

Luo Zhiming took the passbook, and Zhou Yunmei also leaned in to look.

Despite not being very literate, Zhou Yunmei recognized the numbers. When she saw the string of zeroes on the passbook, she counted carefully, quite startled at first, followed by a sudden burst of overwhelming joy.

She excitedly shook Luo Zhiming’s arm, shouting loudly, "Zhiming, it’s real money! So much money is real. Since we have so much, we don’t need to go anywhere else. We can buy a house right here in the provincial city. Let’s go buy a house this afternoon, buy a house! Our Luo Family can finally settle down in the city..."

Once Zhou Yunmei was certain there was money, she couldn’t contain her joy, constantly chattering away, revealing her happiness as if the money had been earned by Luo Zhiming and was rightfully theirs.

Xu He was displeased and glared at Zhou Yunmei, "What do you mean ’our Luo Family’? How did this money become yours? Even if we buy a house, it would be the Xu Family’s property."

"The Xu Family’s property? What do you mean?" Zhou Yunmei was completely baffled and asked back, "Aren’t you going to give the house to my eldest grandson? My grandson has the surname Luo. If it belongs to my grandson, doesn’t it belong to my son?"

Zhou Yunmei’s reasoning really got to Xu He, who blurted out, "Your eldest grandson doesn’t even bear the surname..."

Halfway through her sentence, Xu He suddenly stopped, her heart skipping a beat, thankfully she caught herself in time. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

However, she didn’t notice that just as she spoke those words, Luo Zhiming, who had been silent all along, suddenly lifted his head, his eyes casting a sinister gaze upon her.

Then, Luo Zhiming asked with a deep voice, "Xu He, were you about to say that my mother’s eldest grandson doesn’t carry the Luo surname?"

Xu He was startled by this question; her heart raced wildly. Why was Luo Zhiming acting so strangely today? Could he have found out something?

But that shouldn’t be possible!

In fact, she believed that besides Duan Fenghua, who knew the situation very clearly, no one else should know much about it.

Thus, she was convinced that Luo Zhiming was still in the dark, perhaps just reacting to some idle gossip he had heard, so she maintained her usual superior stance, frowning down at Luo Zhiming, "What are you talking about? If not the Luo surname, what else could the child of Luo Zhiming bear?"

"That’s good then." Luo Zhiming didn’t argue with Xu He, but he did say something that made Xu He’s blood run cold, "Xu He, let me tell you, I, Luo Zhiming, am now left with nothing, except for this worthless life of mine. All my hopes are pinned on my son. If anything were to happen to him, I wouldn’t care less about this worthless life of mine."

"You..." Xu He was speechless.

Almost instantly, she made a decision. Regardless of whether Luo Zhiming knew or not, but after he said those words, Xu He had no choice but to change her plan. It seemed her only option now was to leave Luo Zhiming and escape alone with the money.

As for the child, if Luo Zhiming really wanted him, she would leave the child behind. After all, the child had nothing to do with her, Xu He, in the first place.

Originally, she had stayed with Luo Zhiming because she wanted a home, a husband, and a stable life. Since this was no longer possible, then it was time to let go. After all, with money in her hands, she wasn’t afraid of not finding a man like Luo Zhiming.

But to prevent Luo Zhiming from seeing through her plan, she immediately pretended to be angry and said, "Why are you saying all this?"

Luo Zhiming still didn’t show much reaction, just glanced at her and said lightly, "Let’s not talk about it then."

"Alright then, go pack your things. We are leaving now, I’ve already bought the train tickets." When Xu He said this, part of it was still a probe to see if Luo Zhiming really knew something.

Because Luo Zhiming had said earlier, if he saw the money, he would leave with her without a second thought. Now, if Luo Zhiming was still unwilling to leave despite seeing the money, it could be confirmed that he had different intentions.

Moreover, she had been clamoring to leave before, and now she suddenly did not want to go, worrying that he might become suspicious.

Indeed, Luo Zhiming’s response was within Xu He’s expectations—he refused to leave. "No, not today. I don’t think we need to rush off like this. Let’s pack slowly. Or, as my mother said, let’s consider buying a house here in the provincial city. After all, we’re familiar with this place, and we do have some family members here. Even if we don’t leave now, we might interact again in the future. I think it’s not bad to stay here."