How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 383 - 385: Handling_1

Qin Jin bought back milk powder and clothes.

As he was descending the slope from the main road, he ran into Li Shengcai and Dong Lamei. His expression turned dark and he stopped his bicycle to confront them, "Did you two go bother my wife again?"

Li Shengcai, who was recently scared, felt a surge of fear seeing Qin Jin. "We didn’t dare, we didn’t dare. We heard from Jinhua that Qiaoqiao picked up a girl and brought her home to raise, so we specially came to have a look."

Qin Jin said meaningfully, "You sure are well-informed!" It hadn’t even been half a day and the whole Tulou Village knew.

It must have been Li Jinhua who told them.

Definitely looking to stir up trouble, probably even planning to cause his pregnant wife to miscarry—wicked woman! "Next time, stay away from my wife, or else I’ll treat you to some punches." He threatened them before pedaling his bicycle away.

Li Shengcai cursed under his breath, calling Qin Jin a thug!

With so many thugs being caught and executed around the world, why hadn’t Loser Qin been caught and put down yet?

.....

When Qin Jin got home, the neighbors had already dispersed.

Old Mrs. Qin and Li Qiao were fussing over the crying child. When the latter saw him return, she immediately mixed the milk powder with water. The child liked the new formula and drank it all in one go before closing her eyes and falling asleep.

Finally, the house quieted down.

Qin Jin asked Li Qiao, "What did your dad and stepmom come here for?"

"To criticize me for raising someone else’s child instead of them. I managed to send them off, and they didn’t do much else." Li Qiao tugged at Qin Jin to show him the child’s swaddling clothes, "Did you notice this row of characters when you washed the blanket earlier?"

Qin Jin’s eyes flashed as he pretended to be surprised, "There are characters here? Didn’t see them."

Li Qiao said, "I suspect this was the child’s name, erased by the bad guys."

Qin Jin was at a loss for words. Was he the bad guy? If he erased it, he had his reasons.

Li Qiao couldn’t get any useful information out of Qin Jin, so she turned her attention to the little clothes he bought for the child, "These clothes are nice but need to be washed before wearing. After we go back to the city, we should buy a washing machine specifically for the child’s clothes."

Qin Jin agreed.

Li Qiao found it odd how cooperative he was, not what she was used to, but she didn’t dwell on it and started discussing names they had considered for the child.

Qin Jin responded, "Not bad," but it wasn’t as nice as Yaotiao.

The two chatted for a while, and then Qin Jin went out to cook.

When the family was eating, the child woke up and both urinated and defecated.

Qin Jin found it intolerable, "This bed is unfit to sleep in now."

Old Mrs. Qin remarked, "When you were unmarried, you would go days without washing your feet or face and still slept better than anyone."

Qin Jin, "...."

Li Qiao couldn’t help but smile.

Old Mrs. Qin ordered him to take the child’s dirty items to the sink, and holding his nose, he complained, "It stinks to death."

"Someday when you have your own, you’ll think it smells good."

Qin Jin replied, "I’ll hire someone to take care of them then."

......

The family was bustling as they cleaned the child and then carried her into the kitchen. The adults were eating while the child sat in Qin Jin’s arms, watching him.

He sighed as he looked down and locked eyes with her, "It’s inconvenient to eat holding the child."

Old Mrs. Qin said, "Consider it practice for when you have your own. It’ll be second nature by the time Qiaoqiao has one."

Qin Jin, "..."

The child was fussy at night, and Old Mrs. Qin called for Qin Jin to get up and make milk. Before long, Qin Jin carried the child back to his room and walked around hoping to make her dizzy enough that he could get some sleep. Li Qiao felt some sympathy for him, "Let me pacify her."

"Don’t get up, it’s cold." Qin Jin eventually soothed the child to sleep and handed her over to Old Mrs. Qin before diving back into bed, "I’m freezing to death. As soon as the paperwork is done tomorrow, we’ll head back to Beijing." The rooms in Beijing were heated, and he wouldn’t have to suffer as much.

Li Qiao nodded, and the next morning, she and Qin Jin took the child with them to the Criminal Police team to find Liao Fan.

"You’re really going through with the adoption, Qin Jin is so easy to talk to."

"No choice, the wife likes her. If I didn’t agree, I’d worry about her getting upset." Qin Jin said.

Li Qiao smiled with her eyes curved, could it be that he was worried about her losing the baby from stress and that’s why he agreed to raise the child?

Liao Fan registered the two of them first, then went to the relevant units to handle the adoption procedures. Once everything was set up, he said, "Will you add her to the household registration now?"

After hesitating, Li Qiao revealed that she was pregnant, "I want to wait until my own child is born, and then on the household registration make it seem like they’re twins. That way, when we go to Beijing, people who don’t know us will think she’s my own. If the child hears others saying she was picked up, won’t she feel uncomfortable in her heart?"

Sensitive children would feel that their parents cherished their biological children but not her.

What if that twisted her psychology after a while?

Liao Fan smiled, "Women are indeed more meticulous. If it’s difficult to register in Beijing, come here and I’ll help you find someone."

Li Qiao also smiled, "Alright, I’d also like you to keep my pregnancy a secret for now."

Liao Fan promised.

......

After parting with Liao Fan.

Qin Jin sent Li Qiao back to the city’s courtyard house first before he went to buy train tickets for the next day.

Li Qiao stayed home to soothe the child, with the door unlocked.

When neighbors heard some movements, they came over to pry, and upon seeing the child, they asked, "Whose is it?"

"Mine," Li Qiao said.

"Yours? I didn’t see you with a big belly during the summer break. And you don’t look like you’ve just had a baby now. How many months old?" the neighbor asked curiously.

Li Qiao followed Old Mrs. Qin’s words and estimated, "Two months. I’m quite skinny, so it wasn’t noticeable that I was pregnant."

"Unbelievable," the neighbor said.

Li Qiao smiled, "Then do you think the child looks like me?"

"The complexion is somewhat similar, but not as fair as you. She must have neutralized your partner’s features. She also doesn’t resemble your partner."

Li Qiao chuckled, and the neighbor wanted to hold the baby.

Li Qiao let go, and the child, as if sensing danger, started crying loudly.

Li Qiao quickly took her back.

The child’s mood immediately eased.

"She’s shy around strangers," said the neighbor.

Li Qiao replied, "Perhaps. Liao Fan and several colleagues held her today, too, and she didn’t fuss. She probably recognized their scent and felt secure."

"You haven’t graduated yet, have you?" the neighbor suddenly remembered to ask. "Can you have children?"

Li Qiao answered, "I’m on medical leave; the school doesn’t know yet."

"What if the school finds out?"

"If they find out, they’ll find out," Li Qiao said.

"....."

.......

After the neighbor left, Li Qiao closed the door, placed the child on the bed, and passed the time by flipping through books.

When Qin Jin came back with the tickets, he said, "I’ve also contacted the newspaper. They’ll publish a missing person notice in the next issue, hoping to find the child’s biological parents."

Li Qiao was relieved of a worry as well.

The two of them, together with the child, headed back to the countryside to start packing their luggage in preparation for their return to Beijing the next day.

Xu Maimiao came over with a bag in hand, "I heard you adopted a girl, so I came to have a look. In here are some clothes; they’re not new, but they’re warm."

Li Qiao thanked her and took it.

Xu Maimiao leaned over the bed, "Oh, she’s so cute! Look at that little nose, that tiny mouth, and her eyelashes are almost as long as yours. In the future, let her be my daughter-in-law."

Li Qiao couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time, "At the very least, ask the child’s opinion."

"The parents’ order, the matchmaker’s word," Xu Maimiao said.

Li Qiao: "Quit it with that nonsense."

Xu Maimiao laughed heartily, "Or you can let me raise her. When she grows up she can marry my son. We can afford to raise her. This girl is really pretty; no wonder you didn’t keep the one before, you must not have taken a fancy to her."