Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 676: It seems that I can only make a final bet

Chapter 676: Chapter 676: It seems that I can only make a final bet

Luo Jialin finished speaking, and the room fell silent. After a while, she laughed and said, "Look at me, why am I telling you all this? I hope I didn’t scare you again."

Then she patted Luo Qiao’s hand, "Actually, every family is like this. Taking the textile factory as an example, no one’s living space is ample. We are still considered lucky, having one room for our family, even though it’s a bit cramped, but at least we can have some privacy.

Some families have more than a dozen people living in one large room, separated only by a curtain. Although my sisters-in-law often speak ill out of jealousy, my mother-in-law is quite understanding and a reasonable person.

So I can’t just ignore everything and move out with your brother-in-law. I’m afraid of hurting my mother-in-law and making your brother-in-law feel torn in the middle. Qiaoqiao, I appreciate your kindness."

Luo Qiao stood up and poured her cousin a glass of water, "I hope your brother-in-law is worthy of your goodwill."

Luo Qiao sighed and said, "Sister Jialin, if you trust me, let me take your pulse."

Luo Jialin’s face lit up with a smile, "How could I not trust you? I was just about to ask you, but I was afraid of troubling you. If it wasn’t for you, my sister from sister-in-law Shang Jie’s side might have already seen her family fall apart."

Luo Qiao said, "It’s just that I’m not very good at this aspect."

Luo Jialin smiled and extended her hand. Luo Qiao extended her finger and felt the pulse. Both the middle and lower pulses were strong, and if all went well, there should be twins in her cousin’s womb.

Luo Jialin, reminded of Sister-in-law Shang Jie’s sister, grew even more admiring of her cousin. She had been pressed so hard by her mother-in-law that she nearly divorced, but then Sister-in-law Shang Jie had insisted on having her family take the sister and brother-in-law to the hospital for a check.

That check was critical; Sister-in-law Shang Jie’s sister indeed had a cold uterus, but her husband had bigger issues, suffering from oligozoospermia, which immediately subdued their mother-in-law.

It was an illness even the hospital wasn’t sure about, but after three months of care by her cousin, and two months after stopping medication, Sister-in-law Shang Jie’s sister astonishingly became pregnant. The mother-in-law treated her like an ancestor.

Later, Sister-in-law Shang Jie’s sister gave birth to a chubby boy, which delighted the mother-in-law immensely. Their life has been very comfortable ever since. Sister-in-law often says if it weren’t for Qiaoqiao, her sister’s life would have been destroyed. Luo Qiao was truly amazing in Luo Jialin’s eyes.

Then she heard, "Sister Jialin, it’s likely twins. It’s best if you go to the hospital and find an experienced doctor to check again. With twins, you have to keep up with nutrition."

Luo Jialin kept smiling at her cousin’s words. Now that family planning is practiced, and each family can only have one child, if there are twins in the womb, that is truly an enormous blessing.

In the evening, Luo Qiao quietly told her grandmother about her cousin’s twin pregnancy. Zhou Guifang was delighted and gave a lot of advice to her eldest granddaughter, saying that they should visit the hospital with the aunt after tomorrow.

In the evening, Lu Yichen called as promised, but with so many people sitting in the living room, Luo Qiao didn’t dare to talk too much. After a brief conversation, she still reminded the person on the other end of the line to get some rest early.

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In the Luo Family of Capital City, Luo Ziming sat in the study, still holding the receiver of an unhooked phone.

He stared dejectedly at the night outside the window. They had given him an ultimatum on the other side—if he didn’t find what they wanted, he would bear the consequences himself.

He had truly done his best. The Lu Family’s home had been turned upside down by him, yet he hadn’t found even a shadow of the item. Gu Taoran indeed had a jade pendant on him at the time, but they said that was not what they were looking for.

After investigating, he learned that the jade pendant on Gu Taoran had been with Lu Yichen since he was young. But how did it end up on Gu Taoran? To find the item, the subsequent events had unfolded.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yichen had a strong will to live and didn’t die. Their plan had failed, and it also made Lu Xinyi wary.

He had always kept people watching Gu Taoran, and from the information he had, she was under his surveillance all the time. So when was the jade pendant on her switched? Or was the information he received back then entirely wrong?

But what should he do now? Where could he find that legendary jade pendant?

It seemed he had no choice but to make one last attempt, so he quickly dialed another number.