Chi Wen woke up from his not so deep sleep and stared at the childish baby bed’s cover. The room was quiet. He subconsciously wanted to cry a few times, but stopped in time. As a three-month-old baby with an adult mind, he wouldn’t cry like a normal baby after waking up.
He struggled to pull out his hand from the loose swaddle. His black eyes blinked, thinking seriously.
Where is that woman?
Chi Wen subconsciously stuffed his chubby hand into his mouth and sucked it with gusto. Transparent saliva came out from the corner of his mouth. The baby’s small body stiffened. He took out his wet hand and wiped the saliva onto the bed.
Suddenly, his small face wrinkled, and his white cheeks flushed red. He tried to control his body reaction, but warm fluid still gushed out.
Chi Wen couldn’t help it anymore and started howling.
Soon, there was movement coming from outside the door. A figure came into the room and walked towards him.
“Baobao, are you awake?” Fu Yunruo smiled, picked up her son, and coaxed him with familiar movement as she walked out. “Let’s pee first, okay?”
“Ah, you already peed! Alright, Mom will replace your diaper.”
Why does she have to say that aloud? Does he not need his face anymore? Chi Wen’s body was gently rocked by the woman. His little face was like an old monk disillusioned by the world’s dirtiness.
In fact, if he tried to adapt, this kind of thing is…eh?
A soft pacifier suddenly stuffed into his little mouth, and Chi Wen subconsciously sucked it.
Warm water?
He took a few more sips. He was thirsty. Howling was too much for his throat, and it needed moisturizing.
After he drank the water, the woman hung colorful little bells on the top of his stroller, which jingled every time the stroller moved.
Chi Wen only took one look before dismissed it disdainfully. Is he such a childish person?
Chi Wen was in good spirits. He was lying on his back, and his eyes were just in sight to see the woman, so he looked at her intently. Of course it went without saying that it wasn’t of his intention to keep looking at her. However, his small body was still too mushy that he couldn’t even move his head.
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Fu Yunruo picked up her son, put him in the stroller, and pushed it out into the yard. Today was cloudy, and the temperature wasn’t high. There was also no wind, perfect for taking out a small baby. She left Baobao in the yard and could see him whenever she looked up.
Fu Yunruo went to pick vegetables in the field. It was almost noon, and she was going to stir-fry some greens for her lunch today. With the bone soup that was still simmering in the kitchen, it would be enough for one person.
After picking the vegetables, Fu Yunruo looked at the row of mustard greens. It was time to harvest and dry them, she thought.
Fu Yunruo went to the faucet and washed the vegetables she just picked. Then she went to the kitchen, cooked the green vegetables, poured a bowl of bone soup, and had her lunch. After feeding herself and her son, she added a bit more salt to the leftover soup on the stove, poured it into the thermos, and was going to take it to Auntie Mei. Because Fu Yunruo was still breastfeeding, the food she ate was relatively less seasoned, while Auntie Mei’s family preferred stronger seasoning.
Perhaps the older generation of farmers was frugal by nature. Even if the family was not short of money, they still wouldn’t buy meat frequently. Especially when there were no growing children in the family, they might only buy meat every ten to fifteen days. Even if Auntie Mei’s family was the village head, they rarely put meat and fish on the dining table and was more used to plain tea and simple food.
Whenever Fu Yunruo cooked broth or soup, she would make extra portions for Auntie Mei’s family.
She carried the thermos, pushed the stroller, and walked out of the yard to Auntie Mei’s house. The two houses were only ten meters apart. If Fu Yunruo shouted from her rental house, people at the other house could hear her.
When Fu Yunruo arrived, Auntie and Uncle Mei were preparing the table for lunch. After getting along for a long time, Fu Yunruo also knew that the couple’s mealtimes were very regular, and they usually only started eating lunch after 12:30.
“Uncle Mei, Auntie Mei.” Fu Yunruo called, pushing the stroller into the house.
“Ruoruo is here. Hurry up and sit down. We are just about to have lunch.” Auntie Mei greeted warmly.
“I have eaten at home. Auntie Mei, this is a bit of bone soup that I cooked. I made too much and cannot finish it alone. You and Uncle can drink some.”
“You girl. If you cannot drink all at noon, keep it for dinner.”
“I’ve kept some, but there is still too much. It’s too wasteful to throw it away.”
Auntie Mei was still going to speak, but Fu Yunruo said coquettishly: “Auntie Mei, just take out your soup bowl. I’m tired of pretending, and besides, I still have to trouble you to teach me how to dry my vegetables! If you are so polite, I am too ashamed to ask for your help.”
Fu Yunruo knew how to dry vegetables, but she had tasted the vegetables dried by Auntie Mei. It was obviously much tastier than hers, so she wanted to learn from Auntie Mei.
Uncle Mei said: “This child is kind. Just take it.”
Auntie Mei relented. She went into the kitchen to take a large bowl and poured the bone soup from the thermos into the bowl.
Fu Yunruo carried the empty thermos and said: “Then I will go back first. I have to coax Baobao to sleep.”
“Okay, I’ll go there when I’m free.”
“Okay!”
Fu Yunruo pushed the stroller back slowly. When they arrived home, Baobao had begun to sleep, and she was also sleepy. So she took Baobao to bed, coaxed him to sleep, and fell asleep by the side.
Fu Yunruo was sleeping until almost two o’clock in the afternoon. When she woke up, her mind was still dizzy, and she lay down lazily on the bed.
The little baby next to her slept soundly. His bulging cheeks were flushed, his chubby hands clenched into fists against his sides, and she could hear a faint snore from close.
Fu Yunruo’s heart melted into a puddle.
Her Baobao is the cutest baby in the world!
Fu Yunruo reached out and took the mobile phone from the desk. She then took countless photos from various angles but still couldn’t satisfy her desire. Fu Yunruo had been completely awake at this moment, but still didn’t want to get up, so she was half-sitting, half-lying on the bed to play with her mobile phone.
Her original phone number could no longer be used after she ran away. Afraid that someone might track her whereabouts, she bought an unregistered sim card. Using an unregistered sim card meant that some of the functions couldn’t be used. But Fu Yunruo only used her phone to read web news and do some browsing, not to contact other people.
Now she longer paid attention to the outside news like she did at the beginning, but she still occasionally browsed entertainment news when she was bored. Fang Xueruo’s press releases basically announced what endorsements she got, what female lead roles she played, and gossips about her relationship with a certain rich and powerful guy. In short, it was prosperous and smooth-sailing.
Fu Yunruo also checked the news related to the Fu family, but nothing said about Mr. Fu driving his daughter out of the house. She guessed that Mr. Fu was too embarrassed to let everyone knew about his family’s scandal. Fu Yunruo had been paying attention to the news on the internet at the beginning, but didn’t find any splash. This was completely different from the total abuse this body’s original owner received in the plot.
Fu Yunruo didn’t think that the female lead had found her conscience. Even if Fu Yunruo escaped in time, the female lead and her mother could still stir the matter into the mud. For example, revealing that she had drugged the female lead and then ‘fled in fear for being exposed’?
From the memory of this body’s original owner, Fu Yunruo could see that the novel plot had many blind spots. The self-reliant, kindhearted, and strong female lead was actually very questionable.
The female lead was the stepsister of this body’s original owner. After the mother and daughter entered the Fu family, on the surface, they treated the original ‘Fu Yunruo’ very well. But in fact, she was wronged countless times in secret.
At that time, ‘Fu Yunruo’ was still young and didn’t know how to ask for help. She repeatedly complained to her father, only to receive reprimands. Gradually, ‘Fu Yunruo’ understood that her father was unreliable, so she became thorny to protect herself. The male chauvinist father didn’t know that there were many ways a stepmother could bully a stepchild in secret and let his daughter be wronged for years.
When Fu Yunruo combed over this body’s original owner’s memory, she felt endless grief. It was not easy for the original ‘Fu Yunruo’ to grow up until now. No wonder her personality became so extreme. But in fact, she has never become truly vicious. Her father was taken away, her identity as Fu family’s young Miss was taken away, and in the end, even her childhood sweetheart was also taken away. The original ‘Fu Yunruo’ thought of revenge and the method she chose was to add some drug to the female lead’s drink. But unexpectedly, ended up drinking the spiked drink herself.
When Fu Yunruo recalled the memory of this incident, she knew that it was definitely not so simple. Therefore, this female lead was not innocent and kindhearted as the novel described. Using the mask of gentleness and kindness, she took away everything from ‘Fu Yunruo’ bit by bit.
Fu Yunruo couldn’t figure out why the female lead mother and daughter let go of a perfect opportunity to completely discredit herself. Was it because she escaped in time and was not caught on the spot, so they didn’t have conclusive evidence?
Forget it. There was no need to entangle with this matter anymore. If they wanted to make a fuss, they wouldn’t wait until one year later. It must be because they couldn’t catch her whereabouts that they had to give up. In this case, there was no need for her to kept being frightened.
Fu Yunruo immediately turned her mind back to her son.
Should she take Baobao out?
Fu Yunruo quickly dispelled this idea. This body’s original owner died two years after being driven out by her father. But the exact time of her death was not clear. Fu Yunruo was afraid that she might die unexpectedly outside and couldn’t protect her son.
She better waited patiently until the original ‘Fu Yunruo’ death time passed.
But for the time being, there was another problem: she was about to run out of cash. Moreover, she didn’t dare to use her bank card to withdraw money. Maybe the card had even long been frozen.
When she was in the run one year ago, she hurriedly withdrew 100,000 yuan when passing through a city and hid it inside a temporarily bought backpack. And now she had spent almost 80,000 yuan in one year.
Moreover, although she could skimp on her own food and necessities, she couldn’t wrong her son. Baobao’s appetite was getting larger and larger, and breastmilk alone would soon be not enough for him to eat until full. Once he began to drink baby formula, she might not even have enough to buy him the milk he needed.
She has to figure out how to earn some money…
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Chi Wen had a good sleep. Probably because there was a familiar smell next to him, he didn’t wake up for a few hours. When he opened his eyes, the woman was still sitting next to him, playing with her mobile phone with one hand and stroking him with another hand.
He looked at her, grinning unconsciously.
What Fu Yunruo turned her eyes, she saw Baobao smiled innocently at her. She put down the phone and playfully rubbed her head on the baby’s soft belly. Her voice was very gentle: “What kind of dream did Baobao see? Why are you so happy?”
“Aaaa…”
“Haha! Huh? Baobao can’t see me. Hey! I can see Baobao!”
“Aaa…aaa…!!”
He laughs? How can he laugh?
Chi Wen tried to stay calm, but couldn’t control his body’s instincts. When the woman teased her, he chuckled instinctively.
Fu Yunruo played with her son happily, and for the time being, forgot the problem of earning their living.
After playing, Chi Wen’s chubby face was red and rosy.
Tsk, it’s all because baby’s instincts were too strong and he couldn’t control himself.
In fact, he was not happy.
Also, he must solemnly emphasize that this woman was too childish, and he kindheartedly accompanied her to play such a childish game.