Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 43: Chapter 43 Conspiracy Chapter 43: Chapter 43 Conspiracy Li Chunhua, although she couldn’t stand to see Fang Xiaoshan holding Bai Mei with those lustful eyes, was helpless at the moment. She needed to coax Fang Xiaoshan to get things done, and once things were settled, Fang Xiaoshan wouldn’t be able to do whatever he wanted. She was determined to match Bai Xiao with Fang Xiaoshan; after all, he was the match carefully selected by the old lady herself.

The old lady was advanced in years and had become wily with age.

Having observed people and matters for so many years, she was convinced that any man who got involved with gambling inevitably ended up in ruin. Without exception, those who gambled either squandered their wealth or abandoned their wives and children; not to mention those who ended up selling their sons or daughters.

Even though society now strictly enforced the laws against it, the old lady firmly believed that once a man was tainted by these vices, he could never change for the rest of his life.

So why would she allow her granddaughter to leap into this pit of fire?

It was simply a dream for Fang Xiaoshan to think of marrying her granddaughter.

Thus, Fang Xiaoshan and Li Chunhua conversed extensively, ready to make a swift and decisive move. Bai Xiao just mentioned she would visit her sister’s house tomorrow, so they must take care of the matter before she left.

Li Chunhua’s greater concern was to ensure that Bai Xiao couldn’t go to her sister’s house. That way, Bai Yue and Bai Ju wouldn’t learn of the matter and stop sending money home.

As dusk approached, Bai Xiao had finished packing her things for the visit to Bai Ju’s house. Bai Ju’s place was close by, located in the town, merely a thirty-li journey on foot. However, her eldest sister’s house was more than a hundred li away. Even when traveling by vehicle, from the nearest village, she still needed to walk several dozen li of mountain roads. Therefore, she planned to visit her second sister Bai Ju first, and after that see Bai Yue.

Her belongings were all packed up! Just as she was about to start cooking, she heard someone knocking at the front door.

Bai Xiao glanced at the sky, which had already begun to dim. Who could it be at this time?

“Who is it?”

“Xiao, it’s your auntie. Your grandmother isn’t feeling well; your uncle has already gone to fetch the doctor. Bai Mei twisted her ankle today, and I can’t manage on my own. Your two brothers are all thumbs and can’t take care of your grandmother. Could you come over and help your auntie?” It was Hao Fang.

Bai Xiao couldn’t help but think of Fang Xiaoshan. None in his family were good people.

Could they be plotting something against her?

“Auntie, I’m not feeling well today. I have a headache, a fever… How about I come over to see grandmother first thing tomorrow morning? Look at me, I’m unwell, and if I pass the illness to grandmother, it would only make her sicker,” Bai Xiao refused to comply.

Hao Fang was so angry that her nose was almost crooked.

This Bai Xiao was now utterly unyielding.

“Xiao, your grandmother is still your grandmother, after all. Even if she has done some things to you, she’s still an elder. She’s so ill and wants to see you, but you refuse to come. Your heart is too hard. Let the villagers hear about you, now that you’ve been admitted to university, you don’t care about your relatives anymore. That’s just too disappointing,” Hao Fang deliberately raised her voice. Her words were beyond reproach.

Bai Xiao wanted to pretend she hadn’t heard, but Hao Fang wasn’t the type to give up. Probably the Bai Family was up to some mischief again. Fine then, let them come. She’d face whatever challenge they threw at her. She wanted to see what the Bai Family was up to this time.

She opened the front door and dusted off the dirt from her clothes.

“Alright, auntie, I’ll come with you to see grandmother.”

Hao Fang was immediately overjoyed, her face full of eager attentiveness, which only deepened Bai Xiao’s suspicions. Unsolicited kindness typically signaled ill intent or theft.

The two of them arrived at the Bai Family one after the other.

Entering the west wing where Li Chunhua stayed, Bai Xiao didn’t see Fang Xiaoshan in the courtyard.

Li Chunhua indeed lay on the kang bed, with a damp towel draped over her head and moaning as though truly ill.

But upon seeing Bai Xiao enter, the smile that twitched at the corners of her mouth convinced Bai Xiao that she was definitely feigning illness.

Faking illness, huh? Well, let’s let her have a good look, Bai Xiao grabbed Li Chunhua’s wrist, “Grandma, what’s wrong with you? I didn’t expect your illness to be so serious.” She put on an expression of a dutiful granddaughter, lightly triggering her special ability. Li Chunhua cried out and shook off Bai Xiao’s hand, “Why are you pinching me?”

Bai Xiao looked innocently at Li Chunhua, “I’m not!”

Li Chunhua looked at her own wrist, which didn’t even have a mark, indeed it didn’t look like she was pinched at all.

But just now she clearly felt a stabbing pain in her wrist, and Bai Xiao wouldn’t have a needle either.

Perhaps she was just too suspicious.

Li Chunhua immediately fell back onto the pillow and feigned illness again.

“Grandma, where do you feel uncomfortable?” Bai Xiao appeared frantic and even re-wet the damp towel on the old lady’s head with water and replaced it.

Li Chunhua, holding her head, complained, “My head hurts, my chest hurts, my whole body aches!”

Actually, she didn’t hurt anywhere, she was making it up as she went along, but as soon as she spoke those words, she suddenly felt her head really start to hurt. Even her chest began to throb painfully.

Bai Xiao took care of her very attentively, and in a short while, Doctor Xu had even been called over to check on the old lady. Doctor Xu’s prognosis was not good.

“This old lady seems to have a cerebral thrombosis; with this condition, it’s probably best to go to the town for a consultation, otherwise it’s very easy for her to become bedridden,” Doctor Xu said seriously.

Bai Jianguo wanted to curse in his heart, unqualified doctor.

His mother was clearly faking, yet he went as far as diagnosing cerebral thrombosis, was he trying to pretend he knew what he was doing?

How could he not know? His own mother had just had three whole bowls of rice, not a sign of illness in sight.

It was all just to deceive Bai Xiao; inviting Doctor Xu over was also for putting on a show for Bai Xiao, and of course, it was also to find a witness to prove that Bai Xiao was staying at their house tonight.

“Alright, I’ll take the old lady to the town for a check-up first thing in the morning. Xiao, you sleep here tonight and take care of your grandmother,” Bai Jianguo ordered as if it was nothing, his plan now half-fulfilled.

Bai Xiao nodded, “Okay, then Uncle, I’ll stay here tonight to look after Grandma.” She just wants me to stay, doesn’t she?

Bai Jianguo then sent Doctor Xu off.

Soon, the old Bai lady’s moaning became unbearable, sounding like an incessant loop that couldn’t be stopped.

Hao Fang marveled in her thoughts; this old lady could really act, and act so convincingly that anyone who didn’t know better would think the old lady had genuinely contracted some serious illness.

Pouring the pills from the medicine bottle onto the paper, she crushed them into powder with a rolling pin, mixed them in a bowl with warm water, and Bai Mei added several spoonfuls of sugar into it. Hao Fang’s heart ached seeing this, that was white sugar, and this damn girl was so willing to use it so generously.

As soon as Bai Mei looked up, she saw her mother’s pained expression and couldn’t help but let out a chuckle, “Mom, just think about how many kilograms of sugar Bai Xiao’s betrothal gifts would be. This little bit is nothing!”

Hao Fang’s expression finally eased.

Yes indeed, as long as they dealt with Bai Xiao today, let’s see her jump around still. A university student? Dream on.

She’d better obediently go to Fang Xiaoshan’s house to farm the land and have babies.

Influenced by Li Chunhua, not a single person in the family liked Bai Xiao; they all considered Bai Xiao a child they had picked up. They had raised her, so Bai Xiao owed them her life in return.