Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 849

Chapter 849: The Real Reason ( 2 )
“He told everyone that he came to the city to find me, but in fact, what he is looking for is another woman who was leaving him while being pregnant with his child,” Liu Piao added nonchalantly.

Liu Hua was surprised when she heard this and asked, “Sister, is this the reason why you left him?”

Liu Piao shook her head and said, “It’s one of the reasons, but it’s not entirely the reason. At that time, he told me that he would marry me, but he would never love me because he already has someone he loves. He only married me to fulfill his parents’ wishes.”

“You know my personality. I would rather never get married than settle for the second best thing. So, I told him that as long as he could help me apply for a travel permit and give me 100 yuan, I would bear the consequences of breaking off the engagement and give him a reason to go to the city.”

“He agreed to my proposal, and you know the rest of the story,” she added with a smile.

After Liu Hua learned the truth, she was shocked at first. But considering her cousin’s character, what she did was indeed predictable. Isn’t she like this too? Rather than settling for the next best thing, she would rather not get married.

Liu Piao looked at her cousin and Xiao Xi and asked, “Then what are your plans next?”

Liu Hua rubbed her son’s head and said with a smile, “Ah Li and I have already informed our family. We will bring Ah Xi to our home and let everyone know his identity. We don’t want others to think that he is our adopted son.”

After a moment of silence, Liu Piao asked, “Ah Hua, are you sure? You and your husband may have to face the consequences for the rest of your life. It’s even possible that this incident will affect Ah Xi.”

“Sister, Ah Li and I owe this to our son. As his parents, what we can do is protect him and give him the best. If this matter affects Ah Xi, we will move to the town,” Liu Hua said firmly.

Xiao Li sat in the driver’s seat and listened to their conversation without speaking. He was prepared for the worst. If necessary, he would take his wife and children and live in a faraway place.

Now, he has started working at Li Lingyun’s pig farm. Although business has not resumed yet, he is responsible for feeding pigs and cleaning pig pens every day, so he still gets paid.

Although everyone thought he was heavily in debt, in fact, not only did he have no debt, he also saved a lot of money after working for a few days.

Since he was doing the most tiring and dirty job, Lao Hu raised his salary to 300 yuan per day and gave him 5 kilograms of meat and 5 kilograms of bones per week.

His salary is paid on a daily basis and he is allowed one day off every ten days. Although the salary and benefits are good, he needs to clean a total of twenty pens every day. So, it’s also hard-earned money.

While he was deep in thought, they arrived at his house. After helping his wife and son out of the cart, he returned the cart to Zhang Ermu.

As for Liu Piao, she is also tired and has no plans to return to her parents’ home at all.

So, Liu Hua took her to the guest room and said, “Sister, you can sleep in this room. I already cleaned the room and prepared the bed. I gave Ah Xi a hot bath and let him rest first.”

Looking at the simple but clean room, Liu Piao nodded and said, “Thank you, Ah Hua. I will be bothering you and your husband for the next few days.”

“Sister, you didn’t bother us. We are glad you’re living with us,” Liu Hua said with a smile.

“If you want to wash up, I have prepared hot water for you in the kitchen,” she added.

When she was alone in the room, Liu Piao put her clothes in the cabinet, then went to wash up and change into a set of clean clothes.

Lying on the soft quilt, she looked at the ceiling and thought about her family. One of the reasons she insisted on going to town was because of her step-mother and step-siblings.

After her mother passed away, her father married a widow who brought a son and a daughter from her previous marriage.

At first their new family lives happily until one day her step-sister snatches her fish and pushes her into the river. When they got home, she complained to her father.

She thought her father and step-mother would investigate what happened and give her the justice she deserved. At the very least, they would scold her step-sister and discipline her.

Unexpectedly, it was she who was scolded and punished, not her step-sister. Not only that, her father also let her step-mother manage the family’s money as a compensation for her step-sister being frightened.

She was young and confused as to why her father didn’t believe her. As she grew older, she realized that her step-sister was very good at playing the victim. She is best at pretending to be weak and pitiful and gain sympathy from her father.

Thereafter, her relationship with her father deteriorated due to provocations from her step-mother and her children. When she was 8 years old, she was the only one doing all the housework and earning work points by picking pigweeds.

As for her step-sister, she does nothing but eat and play. As a result, she grew up to be a fair, delicate and beautiful girl, while Liu Piao grew up to be a girl with rough hands and tanned skin.

When she was bullied by everyone, only Liu Hua and Wang Muxiao stood up to support her. If they hadn’t taken her home for lunch, she might have starved to death. That’s why she is closer to her uncle’s family and the Lu family than her father.