Chapter 183

Chapter 183

Wang Qinghe, just like last time, did not agree to Yu Cheng's bad idea.

He looked at Yu Cheng and smiled, "Didn't you say it was a mess? I don’t particularly enjoy cleaning up other people’s messes. It’s better left for their own children to handle."

Yu Cheng felt that he might have scared Wang Qinghe with his words and quickly explained, "It’s not all bad. At least your two kids would live better, and you could also..."

"They haven’t even taken care of their own children yet; how could they take care of one found later? Xiao Xiuxiu and I have jobs here and people we know. Most importantly, we can go to the provincial city ourselves." Wang Qinghe refused straightforwardly.

Seeing this, Yu Cheng felt regretful, "Are you really not considering it?"

Wang Qinghe looked up at Yu Cheng, "If there is a real blood connection between us, I won’t refuse when they find me. But if there isn’t, I don’t want to get involved in other people’s affairs."

Forcing oneself into a situation is not a good deal.

If that family truly wants to find their child, they will eventually find him.

After all, if they are determined, they can uncover everything from back then. He could leverage their guilt to get what he wants.

If they lack sincerity, bringing him back would only make him clean up their messes.

He wasn’t some selfless saint dedicated to helping others.

He just wanted to make Xiuxiu happy.

From what Yu Cheng said, as well as his current situation and the size of the other family, the couple’s guilt toward him might exist but certainly wouldn’t be much.

It would be best if someone else could pave the way first.

Yu Cheng admired Wang Qinghe’s clarity but also felt regretful.

He sighed, "Alright, if you change your mind, do tell me, brother. I’ll go find Xiao Zhang now and come back to see you guys tonight."

Yu Cheng got up to leave and hugged Mingming and Yueyue before he went.

Once he left, Wang Qinghe looked at Bai Xiuxiu, who seemed lost in thought, and worriedly asked, "Xiuxiu, you..."

Bai Xiuxiu saw his concern and smiled at him, "Don’t worry. I won’t push our family into a pit of fire. No matter how good the family that lost their child is, given their chaotic situation, we can’t go there.

Besides, there’s still the person who instructed Wang Shoucheng to steal you.

Our family of four shouldn’t get involved in such murky waters.

Even if we want benefits, we need to wait until it’s safe.

I’m clear-headed!"

Hearing Bai Xiuxiu’s words, Wang Qinghe’s expression softened even more.

"Shall I take you to work?"

He gently asked her.

Bai Xiuxiu nodded.

The family of four hurried out.

When Bai Xiuxiu arrived at the street office, she ran into Xiao Tang right away.

Xiao Tang was startled to see Bai Xiuxiu with a man leading two children.

Seeing Wang Qinghe’s face, she almost froze.

How handsome!

"Xiao Tang?" Bai Xiuxiu called out to her.

Xiao Tang snapped back to reality, "Ah? Xiao Bai, this is...?"

"My husband," Bai Xiuxiu said, taking the two children from him.

She helped him adjust his slightly messy scarf, "Go to work quickly, or you’ll be late again."

Wang Qinghe nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then reminded her, "I’ll come pick you up tonight, and we’ll go home together."

Bai Xiuxiu responded with a beautiful smile, "I’ll wait for you."

Wang Qinghe felt her smile was warmer than the sun.

His heart filled with contentment and joy, indescribable.

He left with a silly grin.

Xiao Tang felt a bit envious. She had married two years ago, and her child was just one year old.

Her husband had a job, and so did she. She also had a decent status in her in-laws’ household.

But even so, her husband never offered to pick her up.

Yesterday, Bai Xiuxiu had brought the two children, and Xiao Tang assumed Bai Xiuxiu’s husband was indifferent, leaving her to take care of everything.

This was quite common among many women.

Aunt Wang praised Bai Xiuxiu’s work, which is why she was transferred here.

This was already rare in rural areas.

But early in the morning, she received a harsh reality check.

Xiao Tang tried to make her tone sound less jealous: "Xiaobai, why is your man working too?"

Hearing this, Bai Xiuxiu felt something was off. She turned to look at Xiao Tang, and the familiar gaze almost made her think they were long-lost sisters of Zhou Jiaojiao.

She nodded: "Yeah, isn't your man working too?"

She countered Xiao Tang.

Xiao Tang became awkward: "W-works, he works. Is your man from your village too?"

"Yes." As Bai Xiuxiu spoke, she led the two children into the office.

She didn’t want to freeze outside.

Seeing that Bai Xiuxiu wasn’t going to elaborate, Xiao Tang awkwardly entered the room as well.

Inside, Bai Xiuxiu greeted everyone and settled the two children before heading to the storage room to see Xu Ling.

Xu Ling was inside, giving her child some warm water. Seeing Bai Xiuxiu come in, she smiled shyly: "Xiaobai."

"Good morning, Sister Xu Ling." Bai Xiuxiu greeted her and took out two packets of biscuits.

"Haven’t had breakfast yet? Have these first."

Xu Ling hesitated, unsure if it was right to accept such an expensive item.

After much deliberation, seeing that Bai Xiuxiu showed no intention of taking them back, she finally accepted: "Thank you."

The two chatted for a while, then Director Wang arrived, holding a lunch box.

Seeing Bai Xiuxiu there and the biscuits in Xu Ling’s hand, she looked pleased.

Xiaobai is still very considerate.

"Xu Ling, eat first. You need strength to fight for your future," Director Wang encouraged her, then called Bai Xiuxiu to leave the storage room.

"Winter is coming soon. Pay attention to the elderly living alone; visit them more often. Note down what they lack and report it to me. Also, we need some activities this winter on our street; it can't be too dull.

We shouldn't fall behind other streets."

After a few words, Director Wang got busy.

There were many trivial matters on the street, and they couldn’t slack off, so they were quite busy.

About two hours later, the door opened.

The old lady from the Yuan family, along with the second and third daughters-in-law, arrived.

As soon as they came in, everyone perked up.

Director Wang’s face was cold: "Sister Yuan, have you reached an agreement?"

The old lady’s expression was not pleasant, but her eldest son hadn’t returned yet, and his monthly income went to her. Losing his job would mean losing a source of income for the family.

Everyone was reluctant.

After much consideration, they decided to sacrifice Xu Ling’s labor.

Thinking this, the old lady said: "We agree, but when we married Xu Ling into our family, we gave eighty yuan as dowry. She needs to pay it back."