Taming her son

Zhao Yunqiu had been particularly irritable lately. It wasn't as though she actually wanted to have Zhou Junming's baby. She was only doing this for his family's food, to stay alive.

Now he had planted himself in her home and refused to leave, treating it entirely as his own.

Between the two of them, they had eaten most of the food she had wheedled out of Zhou Junming.

Now Hu Cuihua had lost her job, and Zhou Junming couldn't give her any more food either.

He was no longer of much use.

After scamming so much food out of him, Zhao Yunqiu couldn't very well turn on him outright. At the very least, she couldn't be the one at fault.

How to get rid of Zhou Junming while pinning the blame on someone else was the question Zhao Yunqiu had been pondering these past few days.

She wanted the food, and she wanted to save face too.

This was all Hu Cuihua's fault. Who knew what that old woman was thinking? She had been so opposed to her and Zhou Junming before, so why had she agreed now?

Zhou Junming was like a man on stimulants now. All he thought about every day was how to get her pregnant quickly so he could dump Wang Xiaohui and get his mother to agree to their relationship.

Luckily, she had stocked up on plenty of birth control pills before. Lately, she had been taking them secretly behind Zhou Junming's back every single day. She had no intention of getting pregnant. She wasn't about to court death.

Her period had finally arrived these past two days, giving her an excuse to take a break.

But her period also proved she wasn't pregnant. Once it ended, Zhou Junming would definitely cling to her again.

The typhoon had shattered all the windows in her home, letting wind and rain in everywhere. Zhou Junming had dismantled an unused cabinet and was boarding up the windows with its planks.

Plenty of other households had broken windows too, and everyone could only board them up for the time being.

Zhao Yunqiu lay resting in bed, irritated by the constant banging of the hammer on the boards outside.

She hadn't been lying there long when she suddenly heard Zhou Junming talking to someone in the living room.

She pricked up her ears and actually heard Hu Cuihua's voice. Excited, she sat up and got out of bed.

Hu Cuihua had finally come to collect her son.

Zhou Junming was greeting his mother in the living room. "Mom, what brings you here?"

Seeing Zhou Junming repairing the windows in Zhao Yunqiu's home nearly gave Hu Cuihua another heart attack.

At home, she could never bear to let Zhou Junming do such heavy work. Now look at him-her son could do anything for another woman.

She was such a failure as a mother.

"Where's Zhao Yunqiu?"

Before Zhou Junming could answer, Zhao Yunqiu came out of the bedroom and said with a smile, "Auntie, I heard your voice from my room and came right out."

Hu Cuihua didn't care how much truth there was in her words.

She simply said flatly, "Junming, Wang Xiaohui's home is about to be flooded. They can't live there anymore, so she and her mother have moved into our place. I came to tell you to come home. You still remember our agreement, don't you?"

Hearing that she had come to take Zhou Junming home, Zhao Yunqiu was delighted, but she didn't show it.

Zhou Junming, however, frowned.

Yunqiu had gotten her period these past two days, which meant she definitely wasn't pregnant yet. He had promised his mother that he wouldn't let Wang Xiaohui find out about him and Yunqiu before Yunqiu got pregnant.

Now Wang Xiaohui had come to his home, and he couldn't throw her out. He even had to go back and coax her. What a pain.

With that thought, he said to his mother, "Mom, you go ahead. I'll come back after I have a few words with Yunqiu."

Having delivered her message, Hu Cuihua left without staying a moment longer.

She wanted to see just what this two-timing son of hers would end up with.

She would make sure her son understood that she was the one who treated him best in this world.

If he didn't listen to her, he was bound to suffer for it!

Only after Hu Cuihua left did Zhou Junming turn to Zhao Yunqiu with an anxious expression.

He stepped forward, pulled Zhao Yunqiu into his arms, and held her tightly. "Yunqiu, if only you were pregnant. Then my mom would accept you, and we could kick Wang Xiaohui aside and be together openly."

Zhao Yunqiu gently patted his back. "Junming, it's all my fault for not getting pregnant. Don't be sad. As long as your heart is with me, that's enough. I don't care about anything else. Go back and keep Wang Xiaohui company. We have plenty of time ahead of us."

Yunqiu was always so understanding. His heart aching for her, Zhou Junming kissed her little mouth and said with concern, "Go back and lie down. I'll head home once I finish boarding up the windows. I'll find a chance to come see you."

Zhao Yunqiu nodded obediently and returned to her room.

Lying back on the bed, Zhao Yunqiu let out a soft breath of relief.

Finally got rid of him. Hopefully that woman Wang Xiaohui will pull her weight and cling to Zhou Junming for dear life, so he won't come tormenting me again.

She was already tired of playing with him.

True to his word, Zhou Junming soon finished boarding up the windows and left.

Before leaving, he even went into the bedroom to look at Zhao Yunqiu, who was sleeping soundly, and reluctantly kissed her cheek and lips.

Meanwhile, Hu Cuihua had settled Wang Xiaohui and her mother into the guest room at home.

The mother and daughter had unpacked all their belongings as well.

There wasn't anything valuable left in the home anyway. After settling Wang Xiaohui and her mother in, Hu Cuihua said she had something to take care of outside and went downstairs to find Xiang Bo.

When Zhou Junming returned, Wang Xiaohui's mother had already gone into the bedroom to rest. Only Wang Xiaohui was waiting for him on the sofa.

Seeing Zhou Junming return, Wang Xiaohui immediately threw herself happily into his arms.

"Junming, it's been so long since you came to see me. I've missed you so much."

Looking at Wang Xiaohui's fair, bashful face, Zhou Junming thought that since he couldn't get rid of this woman right now anyway, he'd be a fool not to take what was on offer.

Besides, Yunqiu hadn't let him have any for a long time because she hadn't been feeling well lately and then had gotten her period. Being pent up was making him miserable too.

Zhou Junming suddenly swept Wang Xiaohui into a princess carry, startling a cry out of her. She wrapped her arms around his neck.

Zhou Junming leaned close to Wang Xiaohui's ear and whispered, "Let's talk in my room."

Carrying Wang Xiaohui, he strode into his bedroom, kicked the door shut, and roughly tossed her onto the bed.

He kicked off his shoes and climbed over her.

The tiny flicker of suspicion and worry that had just arisen in Wang Xiaohui's heart was completely soothed away by Zhou Junming's ravenous lovemaking.

I was overthinking it. Junming still loves me very much.

Zhou Junming was never particularly gentle, but with her mother in the room next door, she could only endure it, too embarrassed to cry out.

The more she held back, the more Zhou Junming refused to let her have her way. In the end, she couldn't hold back anymore and no longer had room to care about the shame of her mother hearing her.

"Junming, ah~ My period hasn't come this month. I might be pregnant..."

It was as though someone had abruptly thrown a bucket of cold water over Zhou Junming. His entire body seemed to have been put on pause.

Wang Xiaohui propped her head up in confusion. "What's wrong, Junming?"

Zhou Junming truly had never expected this. He wanted to get Zhao Yunqiu pregnant, yet no matter how hard he tried, she never conceived.

He hadn't put nearly as much effort into Wang Xiaohui as he had into Zhao Yunqiu, yet she had actually gotten pregnant...

Back when he wanted her to get pregnant, she had said she needed to think about it. Now that he wanted to kick her aside, she was telling him she was pregnant!

Damn it, was this woman cursed or something? Was she here specifically to be his bane?