The Stepmother’s Counterattack: Raising a Child in a Bygone Era
Chapter 391 - 390 Trap

Chapter 391: Chapter 390 Trap

Zhuang Xueqi sat in the back seat of the car, watching with her own eyes as Ou Liya, beaming with the joy of spring, alighted from a black Santana, her pregnant belly protruding as she entered an English training institute, her face so dark it looked as though water could drip from it.

"Go, bring that driver to me."

Soon, the driver was brought over.

"Miss, Miss..."

Facing Zhuang Xueqi’s sharp scrutiny, the driver was so nervous that he stammered.

Zhuang Xueqi curled her lips, "You know me? Then things will be easier, just answer my question honestly. Is that Ou surname carrying my dad’s bastard?"

"Miss, I, I don’t know."

Zhuang Xueqi lowered her gaze to admire her nails, which had been manicured just two days ago, her voice casual, "I don’t necessarily need to ask you, but think carefully, do you want to oppose me, the Zhuang family’s young lady and Mrs. Ning, for the sake of a lowly mistress?"

The driver’s face changed.

Ten minutes later.

Zhuang Xueqi pulled out a wad of money from her wallet and threw it into the driver’s arms.

"Keep your mouth shut tight. I didn’t come looking for you today, and you haven’t told me anything about that cheap Ou person."

The driver nodded repeatedly, in a hurry.

...

"Take me home."

The driver cast a questioning look at Zhuang Xueqi through the rearview mirror, "Madam, which home?"

"Mingyuan!" Zhuang Xueqi snapped.

The driver had been working for Zhuang Xueqi for many years and was quite loyal to her.

"Madam, perhaps you should still tell the lady about this. That Ou woman, the Zhuang family feeds her, yet she’s ungrateful and seduces Mr. Zhuang behind everyone’s back. The lady surely won’t let her off easily."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuang Xueqi glared at him fiercely, "Has your brain been eaten by a dog? You want my mom to find out and argue with my dad? For such a cheap woman, she’s not worth it!"

"You are not to tell my mom about this, nor anyone else, or I will fire you!"

"Yes."

The driver hurriedly assured her and then couldn’t help but remind, "Madam, she’s five months pregnant. Whatever you want to do, you need to act quickly, because after seven months, the baby could be born."

...

"Ou Liya."

Hearing someone calling her, Ou Liya turned her head and recognized a classmate from the same English training class, named Ding Qian.

"Here you go, your pen. Thank you for earlier."

Ding Qian had only joined the training class for two days, and today she forgot her pencil case. Ou Liya had lent her a pen without hesitation.

"It’s nothing."

After finding out where Ou Liya lived, Ding Qian, quite familiar, hooked her arm.

"I live nearby too. Let’s go together; I drove here. I’ll give you a lift."

Ou Liya originally didn’t want to deal with Ding Qian, but upon hearing that Ding Qian drove to school, she immediately changed her mind.

Through conversation, when Ou Liya learned that Ding Qian’s family was in the coal mining business, her attitude towards Ding Qian became much warmer.

The next day, Ding Qian gave Ou Liya an expensive fountain pen as a token of gratitude for the loan of the pen the previous day.

The third day, Ding Qian invited Ou Liya to her place as a guest.

Seeing that Ding Qian drove a luxury car and lived in a mansion, Ou Liya fully believed Ding Qian’s identity as the daughter of a wealthy family.

What’s more coincidental was that the school Ding Qian applied to study abroad was the same as hers.

Once abroad, having a wealthy friend like Ding Qian to look after her would be better than struggling alone.

As a result, they became good friends.

Ou Liya also got to know Ding Qian’s boyfriend, who was said to be a rich young man with assets over ten million.

...

"Liya, my boyfriend is hosting a banquet tonight to welcome his childhood friend back to town. Why don’t you join us for dinner too? My boyfriend mentioned his friend’s uncle is one of the shareholders of Huihai Group."

Huihai Group, isn’t that Zhuang Xueqi’s in-law’s family business?

If she could connect with someone from Huihai Group, it would be to her advantage. Even if she couldn’t, she had nothing to lose.

With that thought, Ou Liya swallowed her refusal, smiled, and agreed.

In the evening, Ou Liya arrived at Ding Qian’s home at the agreed time.

Ding Qian was not home, and a strange man was sitting on the living room sofa.

"You must be Liya, right? Please sit, Qian and Azhuo have gone out to buy groceries, they’ll be back in a moment," he said.

Hearing this, Ou Liya found a place to sit down.

The man handed Ou Liya a cup of warm water. "Pregnant women can’t drink tea, so I can only give you plain boiled water," he explained.

The man’s attentiveness left a good impression on Ou Liya, and she unconsciously picked up the cup and took a couple of sips.

They had only exchanged a few words when she suddenly felt dizzy.

"Liya, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Let me help you upstairs to rest," he offered.

The unfamiliar man’s breath made Ou Liya want to refuse, but her cloudy consciousness prevented her from speaking, and she could only be led upstairs by the man.

...

Ou Liya awoke amidst excruciating pain, as if being sliced by knives.

She felt her blood continuously flowing out of her body, and the stranger who claimed to be Azhuo’s childhood friend was standing naked beside the bed.

She was terrified, her voice changing pitch, "What have you done to me?"

The man, as if he hadn’t heard her, said in a panic, "You’re bleeding, I, I’ll go call an ambulance."

Ou Liya’s head buzzed, completely clueless about what had happened.

She struggled to get up, but her body was weak and lacked the strength.

Just then, the door to the room was kicked open.

Upon seeing who entered, Ou Liya’s face instantly brightened with relief, "Shiqing, save me, take me to the hospital quickly, our child... Ah!"

Zhuang Shiqing stepped forward and slapped Ou Liya hard enough to knock her out.

"Mr. Zhuang, how should we deal with this person?"

Looking at the naked man being pinned to the ground by the driver, Zhuang Shiqing felt his head was greener than the grasslands of Hulun Buir.

Damn that bitch!

She had been cheating on him with another man and even caused a miscarriage!

...

Because they didn’t get her to a hospital in time, Ou Liya had her uterus removed, losing the ability to have children forever.

When she woke up and heard this terrible news, she fainted once again.

...

When Zhuang Xueqi received the news, she was accompanying Yan Jing to an auction.

The birthday of Elder Ning was approaching, and she needed to prepare a gift in advance.

"One million!"

The entire room was stunned by Zhuang Xueqi’s bid, even Yan Jing was somewhat surprised.

The auction item was a Northern Song Jun Kiln tea bowl, valued at no more than two hundred thousand, but Zhuang Xueqi’s million-yuan bid wasn’t seen as unusual.

But for Zhuang Xueqi, a young junior member of the family, there was really no need to go this far.

From purchasing the tea bowl to the end of the auction, Zhuang Xueqi’s smile never faded.

Even Yan Jing found it odd, "Feeling good? Did something nice happen?"

"I got a birthday gift for Grandpa, of course I’m happy. I have a hunch that Grandpa will definitely like the tea bowl I bought," Zhuang Xueqi said.

The reason for Zhuang Xueqi’s good mood was certainly not just that; it was the elimination of a potential problem.

From Ding Qian to Azhuo, and then to Azhuo’s childhood friend, all three were "actors" hired by her.

The goal was to eliminate the bastard child in Ou Liya’s belly and simultaneously turn Zhuang Shiqing against Ou Liya, his mistress, completely.

You want to ascend by means of a child?

Without a uterus, she was curious to see what tricks Ou Liya could play next.

An heiress bred from a wealthy family wouldn’t just cry and throw tantrums when faced with problems.

...

When Ou Liya woke up again and saw her mother weeping beside the bed, she instinctively asked, "Mom, where is my child?"

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