Chapter 22: The Scheming Never Ends

Song Yan’s expression darkened instantly.

At that moment, Fu Mingxue stepped forward.

She lifted her chin slightly. “Song Yan, I’m the person involved here. If I was pushed, I’d know best. You showed up late—what right do you have to say no one pushed me into the river?”

“Song Yan, don’t forget who you are. Don’t disgrace the uniform you’re wearing.”

Song Yan’s gaze swept sharply over Fu Mingxue.

Fu Mingxue met his eyes without a hint of fear.

Song Yan forced down the emotions churning in his eyes.

He had truly underestimated this mother-daughter pair.

“Mom, Siqi, let’s go!”

Mrs. Bai’s face changed slightly. “But—”

Bai Siqi quickly stopped her. “Mom, let’s go home first.”

No wonder they’d been tricked by Fu Mingxue earlier—they hadn’t figured things out.

Seeing her daughter insist, Mrs. Bai could only leave, her face dark with anger.

Mrs. Fu watched them go and spat on the ground.

Then she shut the door.

“Let’s eat, let’s eat—”

——

As soon as the three of them returned to the Bai house, Mrs. Bai exploded.

“We’re just going to let them get away with this?”

She cared most about saving face, but that mother and daughter had completely humiliated her.

And on top of that, they’d taken eight hundred yuan.

Eight hundred! Wasn’t that just letting them spend her family’s money however they pleased?

That was more than enough to cover all of Fu Mingxue’s college expenses, with some left over.

Just thinking about it made her furious.

“Don’t worry, Mom,” Bai Siqi said through gritted teeth. “They won’t get off so easily.”

She absolutely wouldn’t let this go.

Why should that bitch Fu Mingxue get to go to college?

She should have stayed at the Song house to look after those three kids for her.

“Song Yan, you need to figure something out. If my brother really gets found out, not only will my mom not want to live, I won’t either.”

At this, Mrs. Bai belatedly grew anxious. “Song Yan, Chunsheng can’t get into trouble.”

“Don’t worry, Mom. Chunsheng wasn’t the one who pushed her—he just paid someone else to do it. Even if they find out, nothing will happen to Chunsheng. I’ll make sure that person keeps their mouth shut.”

Song Yan’s words finally allowed Bai Siqi and her mother to breathe a sigh of relief.

“That’s good. Go deal with it right away. And as for Fu Mingxue—if she doesn’t want to marry you, there’s still a way. As long as you take her virginity, she’ll have no choice but to marry you.”

Song Yan pressed his lips together, his expression turning gloomy.

Did she really want to push him onto someone else?

“You could come with me and join the army—”

Bai Siqi cut him off, her tone intense. “No. I want to go to college.”

Even if she didn’t go to college, she wouldn’t go with him to the army.

Song Yan’s mother was bedridden—she could ignore that. But what about the kids? Leave them at the Song house?

If not, she’d have to take them with her.

Just thinking about raising three kids on her own made her want to break down.

And she’d have to wash their clothes, day in and day out—how could she ever have an easy life?

Song Yan’s face darkened.

Bai Siqi didn’t want things to get too tense. “What I mean is, I’ll keep studying and go to college next year. If I don’t get in next year, I’ll go with you to the army.”

“I can’t take care of the kids, or your mom. You might as well marry Fu Mingxue—anyway, I trust you wouldn’t touch her. Song Yan, I love you. Just listen to me this once, okay?”

When she acted spoiled like this, Song Yan really had no way to refuse her.

He was a sucker for her.

In this era, there were very few people who could express love so openly.

And that was exactly how Bai Siqi had won Song Yan over."