Imposter Young Master
Chapter 838 - 842: Fire Prevention, Burglary Prevention, and Guarding Against Best Friends

Chapter 838: Chapter 842: Fire Prevention, Burglary Prevention, and Guarding Against Best Friends

Zhang Miao hung up the phone and then knocked on the door beside her.

After a short while, the door opened and Su Xiaoxi’s figure appeared at the doorway.

"Hi, dear." Zhang Miao held up the shopping bag in her hand and smiled faintly, "I brought your favorite pickled plums."

It was then that Su Xiaoxi realized, "Miao Miao, how did you know I was here?"

Zhang Miao smiled faintly, "How many years have we been best friends? Don’t I understand you?"

"Uh.. come in, quick." Su Xiaoxi stepped aside.

Zhang Miao carried the shopping bag and walked in.

This was a neighborhood in Hangcheng. When Su Xiaoxi and Zhang Miao first came to Hangcheng, they rented a room together for six months, and the lease wasn’t up yet.

Zhang Miao set down the bag of pickled plums and then said lightly, "Have you been drinking?"

"Uh, just a little." Su Xiaoxi’s gaze flickered somewhat.

"Alcohol isn’t really a good thing, better to avoid it." Zhang Miao spoke softly.

"Uh.."

Zhang Miao was silent for a moment before she continued, "Little Xi, are you very surprised?"

Su Xiaoxi knew what Zhang Miao was referring to and she laughed, "A bit, but also expected."

"Hmm? Expected?" Zhang Miao was slightly surprised.

Huff~

Su Xiaoxi took a deep breath, composed herself, and then looked at Zhang Miao’s belly, smiling, "The child is Yang Gang’s, right?"

Zhang Miao was stunned, "How did you know?"

"As expected." Zhang Miao pondered for a bit before saying, "A woman’s intuition."

"A woman’s intuition, huh..."

Zhang Miao was silent for a moment, caressing her protruding belly, and then said, "The birth of this child was completely unexpected. Little Xi, do you remember the time when I first came to Hangcheng, and Yang Fei and the others held a welcome party for me?"

"Oh, I’ve heard you talk about it, you drank quite a bit..." Su Xiaoxi was stunned, "Was it then.."

Zhang Miao nodded, "When I woke up from the hangover it was already late at night, I was naked, with Gangzi sleeping heavily beside me, and there was an irregular oval of blood on the blanket. It took me several minutes of shock to accept the fact that I’d lost my virginity while drunk. I planned to keep that night a secret, but I never expected to end up pregnant because of it. I thought about taking pills to abort, thought about getting a surgical abortion, but in the end, I decided to give birth to him. After that, I considered being a single mother, I also considered finding a father for the baby, but things didn’t go as planned."

She paused, then continued, "There were many reasons behind the decision to marry Gangzi this time, including letting the baby acknowledge his patriarchal family. A more important reason was that I wanted Xiaorou to come back. If Gangzi didn’t get married, that girl probably wouldn’t come back either. I also thought about matchmaking Gangzi and you, but I wasn’t sure if you were psychologically ready to be a wife, so..."

"Hehe, let’s forget about that, I’m really not prepared to get married." Su Xiaoxi took a deep breath and then laughed, "Miao Miao, I’m fine. Over the years, I’ve relied on that sham marriage agreement to extort quite a bit of money from Gangzi, the agreement has served its purpose and should come to a rightful end now."

"That’s good." Zhang Miao smiled, got up, and brought over the bag of pickled plums, "Pickled plums for the marriage agreement."

Su Xiaoxi was stunned, "Miao Miao, you really want to recover the marriage agreement?"

"Isn’t that only natural? That agreement still has my husband’s signature on it. Taking care of my husband’s ’affairs of the heart’ is a wife’s responsibility," Zhang Miao said.

Su Xiaoxi was speechless.

"Friendship over!"

Zhang Miao chuckled, "Even if our friendship ends, you still need to hand over the marriage contract. I know it’s kept right here."

"So materialistic over friendship!"

"Hurry up and hand over the marriage contract. You’re not thinking of continuing to blackmail Gangzi with it, are you? That won’t do."

A slight twitch appeared at the corner of Su Xiaoxi’s mouth, but eventually, she took the years-old marriage contract out of the safe.

Zhang Miao chuckled as she took the marriage contract, glanced at it, then folded it neatly, "I’ll keep this marriage contract safe for you."

Su Xiaoxi looked pitifully at the contract as it was put into Zhang Miao’s pocket, "Hey, Miao Miao, exchanging a marriage contract for a bag of plum candies is too insincere!"

"Then what else do you want?" Zhang Miao asked with a light laugh, "Oh, right, how about I introduce you to a boyfriend?"

A twitch appeared at the corner of Su Xiaoxi’s mouth, "No need!"

Then, with a ’tsk,’ she added indignantly, "Already starting to eliminate love rivals; women are terrifying."

"Eh? Little Xi, are you my love rival? Didn’t you say you don’t like Gangzi and only see him as a brother?" Zhang Miao asked, feigning surprise.

Su Xiaoxi was embarrassed, "I misspoke just now!"

After looking at Su Xiaoxi for a moment, Zhang Miao chuckled, "Dearest, I’m just teasing you. I’ve taken your marriage contract with Gangzi, but I won’t stop you from seeing him. I’m not planning on monopolizing Gangzi. In fact, I’m even willing to support him in finding his true love."

Su Xiaoxi looked skeptical, "Really?"

"Really."

"Would it be okay if I asked Gangzi out overnight?"

Zhang Miao sipped her tea, unperturbed, "It’s fine."

"Hmm..." Su Xiaoxi pondered for a moment, then suddenly grinned, "Miao Miao, congratulations on your marriage! Oh, right, I want to be a bridesmaid!"

"Of course, you’re my best friend; if not you, then who?" Zhang Miao said with a smile.

"Who are the other bridesmaids?" Su Xiaoxi asked while munching on plum candies.

"Uh, Feifei and Xiaorou."

"Xiaorou?" Su Xiaoxi paused, "Will she come?"

"She definitely will," Zhang Miao pondered briefly, then continued, "Xiaorou would never completely leave Gangzi. If I’m not mistaken, she must be keeping up with Gangzi’s situation through people around us. Even though I haven’t widely announced my marriage to Gangzi, Xiaorou must know about it. She will definitely come; I’m very confident about that."

"Oh." Su Xiaoxi continued eating her plum candies, then after a while, sighed deeply, "I’ve imagined Gangzi marrying Xiaorou, imagined him marrying Yang Fei, but I never thought he’d marry my best friend. Ah, I’m still so naive. Red Moon Sister often says, ’Beware of fire, theft, and best friends.’ I didn’t take it seriously, and now it’s too late for regrets."

Zhang Miao rolled her eyes, "Your own fiancé, you failed to keep him, how can you blame someone else? Besides, you’re the one who’s aggrieved? Your fiancé took advantage of being drunk to have his way with me, where should I go to reason with that?"

After thinking for a moment, Su Xiaoxi said, "Hmm, when you put it that way, you’re a victim too, Miao Miao. So, who benefits from the drunken incident? Gangzi? Not really. He actually wanted to marry Xiaorou, but because of that night, he had to marry you."

"Beneficiary? Isn’t that obvious?"

"Who benefited from it?" Su Xiaoxi asked curiously.

Zhang Miao took another sip of tea, composed and serene, "The bedsheet seller."

Su Xiaoxi: ..