Leaving from the village in the southern suburbs, Zhang Xiaoxi didn't go back to the company, but went to the nearby old city because they were all in the south of the imperial capital.

According to the address given by Lu Jingming, Zhang Xiaoxi quickly found Hua Rouqi's house.

In the dilapidated corridor, there were seven or eight families living on the first floor, and there were a lot of sundries in the middle of the corridor. If he hadn't double-checked the address given by Lu Jingming, Zhang Xiaoxi really thought he had come by mistake.

It wasn't until she stood at the door of the address and heard the name from the room that Zhang Xiaoxi was sure that she was right.

"Bang bang bang!"

The crisp sound of glass breaking, accompanied by vicious cursing came from the door. The sound insulation here is not good, and the cursing can be heard almost on the entire floor.

"Hua Rouqi, how many times have I told you that I have to drink beer cold, don't you understand? Who are you fooling with this kind of lukewarmness every time!"

"There are also these appetizers. They don't even have any meat, and they don't eat them for dogs, you know! Let me tell you one last time, every day, every meal, there must be a meat dish, do you hear me!!"

With the crackling sound of things being thrown, and the woman begging and crying in pain, Zhang Xiaoxi felt that this place was no different from hell on earth.

But she did hear the word "Hua Rouqi" just now.

"But... where did the family get so much money to buy meat?"

"If you don't have it, earn it, work as a dishwasher, deliver food, even if you go as a companion, as long as you can make money, I won't blame you at all! It's so useless, I'm really unlucky to marry you Hurry up and get out to buy cold beer and meat dishes, get out!"

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of packing up things in the house, and people were about to come out.

Zhang Xiaoxi left first, and decided to wait at the stairs.

Sure enough, 5 minutes later, a middle-aged woman wearing a mask and sunglasses appeared on the stairs on the third floor. The weather was hot, but she covered herself tightly, with long trousers and long sleeves, and walked with a limp, which was very unnatural. .

Zhang Xiaoxi watched her go downstairs, afraid that her husband would hear her talking in the stairwell, so she walked down first, and she didn't go up to talk to them until they reached the door of the unit building.

"Excuse me, are you Miss Hua Rouqi?"

The woman paused, her voice tense and cautious: "Is... is there something wrong?"

Zhang Xiaoxi greeted her with a smile: "Hi, Mr. Lu Jingming introduced me here. My child is about to be born. I want to ask Ms. Hua to be a confinement wife. Can I have a chance to talk?"

Hua Rouqi was obviously shocked when she heard the word "Lu Jingming". She took off her sunglasses, revealing her slightly constricted pupils.

"Young Master Lu...was it really Young Master Lu who introduced you?!"

Zhang Xiaoxi nodded, and pointed to the outside of the community, "There is a coffee shop not far from the door, is it convenient to take a step to talk?"

Hua Rouqi hesitated to speak, her eyes with the scars from the beating were evasive, she hesitated to speak several times and put on her sunglasses again, "No, I still have some matters to deal with at home, if Miss is willing to wait If so, we can meet at the coffee shop in two hours."

Zhang Xiaoxi said happily, "Of course I am willing to wait."

"Thank you..." Hua Rouqi said in a very grateful tone, and left quickly after speaking.

In order to find a reliable confinement wife for her child, Zhang Xiaoxi was willing to wait for as long as she could. She first went to the coffee shop and sat down. After nearly three hours, a familiar figure appeared in the shop.

"I'm sorry, there are a lot of things at home, are you in a hurry?" Hua Rouqi was still wearing long trousers and long sleeves, but she took off her mask and sunglasses.

Seeing the bruises or scabs on her face, Zhang Xiaoxi finally understood why she had to cover herself so tightly.

"Wait in a hurry." Hua Rouqi sat down, with an apologetic smile on her face.

Zhang Xiaoxi shook his head, "Drink something."

Hua Rouqi seemed a little cramped, she retracted her hands, pursed her lips, "Water is fine, I never drink coffee, and I can't fall asleep easily at night."

Zhang Xiaoxi beckoned to the waiter, "A glass of orange juice."

"thanks……"

After the orange juice came up, Hua Rouqi just took a sip carefully. She looked up at Zhang Xiaoxi, and asked cautiously, "Young Master Lu... is he alright?"

Okay, no matter what, I hugged the beauty back home.

Although Zhang Xiaoxi thought so in his heart, he didn't say so. He just smiled and said, "He's fine. I heard that Ms. Hua was his confinement wife?"

Hua Rouqi let out a groan, and lowered her eyes slightly, "What kind of care, it's just that the Lu family saw that I was pitiful and gave me a bite to eat. Besides, Mr. Lu was very sensible when he was young. I was still young at that time, and I just started working as a servant. I don’t understand anything, but Mr. Lu never reprimanded me for it.”

Zhang Xiaoxi knew this, Lu Jingming was never someone who would treat his employees harshly.

"How many years has Miss Hua been a confinement wife?"

"It's been more than 20 years. I'm 47 years old. Because I didn't read well when I was a child, I had to exchange hard work for money. I started working until the first two years, but..."

She hesitated to speak, sighed, and frowned like a twist.

Zhang Xiaoxi could probably guess the reason, and cautiously asked, "Is it because of your husband?"

Hua Rouqi sat on the chair in silence for a long time before slowly saying "yes".

As soon as the sound of the word fell to the ground, she couldn't hold back any longer, and tears fell like beads with a broken thread.

"Miss Zhang, why don't you find someone else to be your confinement wife, the situation of our family..."

Zhang Xiaoxi handed over the tissue at the right time, and said in a gentle voice: "Miss Hua, if you have any difficulties, you may wish to speak out, even if I can't help you solve it, it will make you feel better, how about it?"

Although Zhang Xiaoxi is not a nosy person, confinement sister-in-laws with more than 20 years of work experience are rare these days. Moreover, she was once deeply involved in a bad marriage. The original owner even died because of this marriage. She can't see her. There is no saving.

Hua Rouqi wiped her tears, sobbed and began to say: "If you want to blame, blame me for being too in love when I was young. My husband and I separated and reunited seven times. Before we got married, he was alcoholic and had a bad temper every time he came back. Well, even... even touched me."

"I know that if I get along with such a character for a long time, I will definitely get hurt, so I choose to break up, but every time after breaking up, he comes to me crying and begging me to forgive him. I forgave him and got together again for a while. After time, he committed the crime again, and repeated it seven times."

"Seven times." Zhang Xiaoxi muttered the number of times, a little unbelievable in his heart, "You forgive me?"

Hua Rouqi lowered her head and nodded silently.

"Forgive me. I know I'm worthless, but I'm the only one in his life. He said that there is nothing to miss in this world without me. If I break up with him, he will jump off a building!"

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