Reborn in the 1980s: Recapture My Devoted Husband-Chapter 815 - 737: Collaboration (Part 3)
At that time, Grandpa did not agree, but Mei Erqing was persistent, visiting multiple times. Plus, the conditions proposed were enticing: the treasures would be divided sixty-forty, with forty percent to Mei Erqing and sixty percent to Grandpa.
Grandpa was tempted and agreed to his request. Over the next few years, they collaborated to acquire quite a number of treasures, but unexpectedly, Grandpa was discovered and reported to the authorities. As it became clear that the situation couldn’t be concealed, Grandpa was bound to be convicted. To protect himself, Mei Erqing shifted all the blame onto Grandpa, not even giving him a chance to explain, directly having him killed in prison.
Turning around, he pretended to be a good person in front of Mom. During those years after Grandpa’s passing, he helped Mom and her daughter quite a bit. Later, Grandma, struck by the sadness of memories, took Mom to live in a different city.
Afterward, they didn’t stay in touch. Grandma and Mom, being two women, had no source of income, and life was difficult in those years. After Grandma passed away, Mom ended up moving to the Capital City alone for her studies, originally planning to find a temporary job while studying here. Unexpectedly, fate led her to Mei Erqing’s house; at this time, Mom did not have much impression of Mei Erqing, after all, more than ten years had passed. However, Mei Erqing did recognize Mom, and he probably didn’t want her to stay, but Old Mrs. Mei insisted on keeping her.
Mei Erqing didn’t say much, perhaps due to his guilt over Grandpa, he treated Mom quite well in general and didn’t make things difficult for her during work.
It was precisely because of Mei Erqing’s unusual attitude towards Mom that Old Mrs. Mei frequently found her displeasing and often made things difficult for her.
Mom endured it to save up money for her studies.
That year, during a summer day, marked a full year of Mom working at the Mei Family. By then, she had found a school, taken the exam, and once August was over, she could go to school. Originally, Mom had saved up some money, enough for her studies over these years, planning to tell Mei Erqing’s family about her resignation.
Unexpectedly, that night, before Mom could speak up, an accident happened. Mei Erqing, drunk, forcibly violated Mom. At that time, Mei Erqing’s two sons were already in their twenties, and Mei Erqing wasn’t young either.
Mom couldn’t bear such humiliation and was furious, intending to call the police, but was threatened by this beast Mei Erqing, because it was a crucial period for his promotion; he couldn’t afford any slip-ups, nor could he bear the shame.
Therefore, he gave Mom a sum of money, threatening her and sending her to a distant southern mountain region from the Capital City.
It was said to be a send-off, but in reality, it wasn’t much different from house arrest. Upon arrival, Mom discovered that she was pregnant. At that time, she felt dead inside.
Trying every possible way to terminate the pregnancy, yet it was resilient, ultimately surviving up to four months. When the pregnancy had progressed, Mom later told him, looking at the increasingly bulging belly, she couldn’t bear it anymore.
After all, it was a living life, so Mom stayed in the small mountain village for two years while pregnant with him. Two years later, she secretly escaped with him, freeing herself from their surveillance.
Perhaps then, knowing Mom was pregnant, Mei Erqing didn’t act against the belly, intending to bring him back after birth, presenting to the family as an adopted son.
But he miscalculated, never imagining that Mom, a weak woman, could escape surveillance with a one-year-old child.
However, fortunately, he didn’t go to great lengths to find them, allowing them these years of quiet life.
Mom spent those years with a child, evading from place to place, fearing that one inattentive moment would have her caught by Mei Erqing; those years were extremely hard.
A young woman with no job, no money, not even a place to stay, dragging the child along.
Eventually, with no other option, Mom thought of tomb raiding, picking up the Chen Family’s traditional trade.
No one could imagine that for him, Mom disguised as a man, sneaking out alone at night for tomb raiding. Fearless, living more boldly than men.
Fortunately, heaven favored her, allowing Mom to raid two good tombs, exchanging the goods inside for quite a bit of money. From then on, they settled down.
Since then, Mom stopped tomb raiding and instead engaged in a small-scale fabric business, earning quite a lot.
