Back To The 80s-Chapter 603 - 596: Good Things_1

Luo Dan rolled her eyes in exasperation, but due to the authority of her elder brother, she could only pick up her bag and go downstairs with Cheng Qijia.

"It’s all your mom’s fault. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be kicked out," Luo Dan grumbled as they descended the stairs.

All Cheng Qijia could do was keep apologizing, "Sorry about that. How about I book you a room at the guesthouse and you can rest a bit?"

Luo Dan snorted, "Got money to burn, huh? It’s only for a few hours, what a waste! Just find a place to sit, I have something to ask you."

Cheng Qijia thought of taking Luo Dan to the park by the Yellow River, where they could rest on the benches under the shade of the trees.

Cheng Qijia even bought Luo Dan a popsicle at the park entrance.

Luo Dan accepted the popsicle and retorted "Do you think one popsicle is enough to bribe me?"

Short for words, all Cheng Qijia could do was lead Luo Dan to rest under the shade of the trees.

After finishing her popsicle, Luo Dan, who was sitting some distance away from Cheng Qijia, waved him over. "What are you doing sitting so far away, are you afraid I’ll gobble you up? Come here."

Cheng Qijia obediently approached her, but did not sit next to Luo Dan, choosing instead to stand next to her chair.

Luo Dan didn’t mind and asked, looking up at his face, "Do you have a girl you like?"

Cheng Qijia nodded.

"Your mom doesn’t approve?"

Cheng Qijia let out a soft sigh and nodded again.

Luo Dan laughed unkindly, "Serves you right to have a taste of your own medicine."

Cheng Qijia didn’t argue and allowed Luo Dan to tease him.

After her laugh, Luo Dan said, "I have a trick for you that will guaranteed make your mother agree."

Desperate for a remedy, Cheng Qijia couldn’t help asking, "What trick?"

"Get her pregnant. If the girl is pregnant, your mother will have no choice but to agree," Luo Dan proposed her distasteful idea.

Cheng Qijia figured he should have known not to trust Luo Dan, she was always full of tricks growing up.

Seeing Cheng Qijia’s face twisting, Luo Dan chuckled, "Given your mother’s temperament, you have to scare her, scare her to the point where she begs the girl."

Cheng Qijia opted not to speak, could this idea really be any good?

Seeing that Cheng Qijia didn’t take her seriously, Luo Dan stated with a lot of gusto, "In the spirit of my childhood crush on you, I’ll help you sort this out. Just tell me the name of the girl you like."

...

Bai Mingzhu settled in the small courtyard. She complained about the small size of Bai Xiaolan’s apartment, so Bai Xiaolan and Ji Xiangdong had to move back to the courtyard with their children.

Xiaopang and Mo Wang adamantly refused to go to the courtyard. Gu Xiaobei was curious and asked Mo Wang why, but Mo Wang pursed her lips, blinked her eyes, and said nothing.

Xiaopang pouted, "Mom, Grandma Bai isn’t nice. She secretly gives candy to Doudou and doesn’t give any to me or brother. She also makes us stand outside."

Curious, Gu Xiaobei asked, "Where are grandpa, grandma, and Aunt?"

"Grandpa and Grandma went to the market to buy meat and walk around, and Aunt is putting Tiantian to sleep," Xiaopang explained. Suddenly he felt particularly aggrieved, his eyes welled up with tears.

Gu Xiaobei hugged Xiaopang. Knowing how sensitive children can be, she figured he must have been very upset at the time. She comforted him, "If you see Grandma again, stay far away from her. If she gives Doudou something to eat, don’t hover around. If you want to eat something, you can tell mom, and mom will buy it for you."

Xiaopang sniffed and raised her petite face to ask, "Mommy, can I have an ice pop today?"

Gu Xiaobei tapped Xiaopang’s little nose, "Such a good bargain hunter, okay, let’s go buy that ice pop."

Seeing that Gu Xiaobei hadn’t brought the children over for several days, Bai Xiaolan knew that her aunt was causing trouble again. Now that Xiaopang and the others could talk, they would report everything once they went home. Gu Xiaobei definitely wouldn’t bring the children to suffer any more.

Thinking about this, Bai Xiaolan couldn’t help but sigh. She looked at Tiantian, who was running back and forth along the edge of the kang bed, thinking about how to get rid of Bai Mingzhu as soon as possible.

However, Bai Mingzhu returned from outside with Doudou, looking self-satisfied. She looked at Bai Xiaolan and laughed, "Xiaolan, Xiaolan, it’s really a miracle. I just saw a fortune teller by the Yellow River, and he predicted our family matters very accurately."

Bai Xiaolan was annoyed and responded with perfunctory, "You believe in fortune-telling? Who even believes in that nowadays?"

Bai Mingzhu gave her niece a glance and said, "Then tell me, why did he get everything about me absolutely right in a place where I’m a stranger? He even mentioned that your brother Guo almost died that year, and even knew that your uncle’s health isn’t good."

Bai Xiaolan was somewhat taken aback, "How much did he charge you?"

Still excited, Bai Mingzhu said, "Not much, I happened to carry ten yuan on me, which I gave to him, and also my gold bracelet."

On hearing that, Bai Xiaolan almost choked on her own saliva. She gave him her gold bracelet? How generous indeed.

"Ah, the fortune teller said, Qi Family’s older brother has a death crisis. He needs to find a girl two years older than him, or else he can’t evade this disaster." Bai Mingzhu suddenly said with a mysterious sadness.

Bai Xiaolan rolled her eyes, could this be Cheng Qijia’s dirty trick?

What if Bai Mingzhu starts to resist?

"Xiaolan, isn’t He Qin two years older than your brother?" Bai Mingzhu suddenly asked.

Bai Xiaolan nodded, "Yes, didn’t you disapprove?"

Bai Mingzhu had her own calculations in mind. Looking at the bunch of grapes on the grapevine, she thought it was better to urge Cheng Qijia to get married and have a child, so as to avoid the impending disaster.

Now that Bai Mingzhu had come to her senses, she rushed off to find Cheng Qijia, asking him to prepare to propose to He Qin promptly.

Cheng Qijia was a bit confused. Bai Mingzhu’s change of heart came too swift. It had been just a few days, could Luo Dan have persuaded Bai Mingzhu? That was unlikely. Bai Mingzhu was too stubborn, Luo Dan might have been persuasive, but not instantaneously effective.

But seeing Bai Mingzhu’s enthusiasm, he felt happy. Regardless of the reason, as long as she agreed to their marriage, it was good.

"Mom, how did you change your mind?" Cheng Qijia, feeling uncertain, asked again.

Bai Mingzhu, adopting a dignified attitude, said, "If I don’t agree, you’d break ties with me. How dare I keep refusing?"

"But what about He Qin’s father?" Cheng Qijia was a bit worried.

Bai Mingzhu patted her chest for assurance, "Don’t worry, I am there. I will talk nicely. If he gives us a hard time, we’ll endure it and visit a few more times."

Cheng Qijia felt it was bizarre. Still, if his mother agreed, then that was something worth celebrating. He excitedly went to the hospital to find He Qin.

Bai Mingzhu definitely wouldn’t tell Cheng Qijia about her fortune-telling session for fear that he might refuse to marry for fear of implicating He Qin.

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Army Command College Residential Area.

Luo Dan lay on the sofa, playing with a gold bracelet in her hand. Sitting next to her was a petite pregnant woman with a bun hairstyle. Her features were delicate, her skin soft and rosy, and beneath her long curled eyelashes were a pair of lake-like clear eyes. Under her round and small nose, was a set of red lips, munching on a peach like a little squirrel. If not for her protruding belly, she looked just like an underage girl.

The pregnant woman was curiously watching Luo Dan while gnawing on a peach, this girl had been lying there since she came in, playing stupidly with a gold bracelet.

Having enough of laughing, Luo Dan sprang up, handed over the bracelet to the pregnant lady, and said with a smile, "Here, sister-in-law, a little gift for you. If you don’t like it, just toss it!"