Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All

Chapter 687: Chapter 687: Oblivious to Stupidity

“Be responsible for Caocao? I’m not stupid, why would I push her away?”

Mrs. Cui, full of pride, said, “Listen to me, you don’t have to worry about Caocao. Besides, today, with the Team Leader and secretary as witnesses, Shuicao and Xingsheng are officially a couple,”

“Tomorrow, they will go to the town to register their marriage certificate. Let the villagers gossip all they want; it won’t cost us an ounce of flesh.”

Mr. Cui turned over on the kang, his brows deeply furrowed, “Our family’s reputation is ruined now!”

“Can reputation be eaten as food?”

Mrs. Cui was unconcerned, “This is what I think, after Shuicao and Xingsheng get their certificate, when we find the time, we’ll send them to North City.”

“What for?”

Mr. Cui paused, then asked, “You’re not thinking… you’re not planning on relying on Xingsheng’s half-brother?”

Mrs. Cui replied, “What do you mean ‘planning’? Xingsheng and his half-brother were borne by the same mother; if his brother is living well, it’s only reasonable he helps his own younger brother.”

“Things aren’t as simple as you say.”

Mr. Cui disagreed with his wife’s methods, saying, “If Xingsheng’s older half-brother genuinely cares for him, after recognising his kin, wouldn’t he come to the Meng family to visit? Wouldn’t he help pull Xingsheng and his brothers up?”

“I don’t care about all that; I only know that Xingsheng’s half-brother has abilities and must help our family get by,” she claimed.

Meng Laoer is now their family’s son-in-law, which means he is one of their own, and if his half-brother in North City is doing well, they can’t be blamed for trying to establish a connection with him.

Don’t want to help pull them up?

They’ll cling on and see what the other party can do about it!

Mr. Cui asked, “Will Xingsheng do as you say?”

Mrs. Cui replied, “With Caocao there, what’s there to worry about?”

Hearing this, Mr. Cui fell silent for a long while before changing the subject, “Big brother… how has big brother been making money these past few years?”

“Haven’t I told you not to ask? Why can’t you remember that?”

Mrs. Cui said impatiently, “Didn’t you think about it? If you had a way to make money, would you tell everyone about it?”

Mr. Cui said, “I was just curious how big brother makes money so quickly.”

“Curiosity gets you nowhere.”

As Mrs. Cui spoke, she paused for a moment before continuing, “Big brother never tells me about his business, even if I wanted to tell you, I wouldn’t have anything to say.”

In fact, did Mrs. Cui really not know?

The answer was undeniably no.

But this was a secret; within this household, only she and her daughter Caocao knew. They had once been taken to the city by their brother to help out, and from that single trip, she and her daughter had received a full five hundred yuan.

Five hundred yuan!

In their countryside, that was no small sum.

Furthermore, every time her brother visited, he would slip her tens of yuan.

If she went around telling everyone how her brother made money, wouldn’t that be like biting the hand that feeds her? Moreover, even if she couldn’t recognize big characters, she knew her brother’s activities weren’t to be discussed.

Not even a single word or phrase should be revealed!

In another room.

“Don’t think that just because my mother agreed to you being our son-in-law that you are my man, and don’t think that just because we’ll get our marriage certificate tomorrow, you can share a bed with me.”

Cui Shuicao huddled on the kang, her back facing Meng Xingsheng, keeping as much distance as possible to prevent him from touching her.

“Don’t worry, without your consent, I… I won’t touch you,”

Meng Xingsheng didn’t know how he felt. One would say… one would think he should be happy to become husband and wife with the person he liked, lying on the same kang,