Reborn in the 90s, tearing apart scumbag men for the sake of women.

This goes back to the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the day Song Lingge and Qiao Nansheng came to visit Song Jianping and met Zhou Songmei there.

That day, Song Lingge and Song Jianping had another falling out. After they left, who would have thought that Zhou Songmei did not leave and returned to the Song family.

Song Jianping was also annoyed by her return, but he didn't show it as obviously as Song Lingge.

At that time, Song Jianping genuinely wanted to repair his relationship with Song Lingge, not only for the sake of the Qiao and Qin families, but also because this daughter was indeed promising.

Since Song Lingge dislikes Zhou Songmei so much, there's no need for him to befriend her and make her unhappy for no reason.

Therefore, after Zhou Songmei returned, he planned to have a good talk with her and make things clear before parting ways.

After all, Zhou Songmei and he were both involved in that past incident; they were in the same boat, and neither of them could threaten the other.

Knowing she was at a disadvantage, Zhou Songmei obediently went to the kitchen and made some dishes for Song Jianping to enjoy with his drinks.

The two ate and chatted, reminiscing about the past. Gradually, as they became intoxicated, they committed an unforgivable mistake.

The Zhou family mother and daughter were a calamity for Song Jianping.

He was truly sincere towards Zhou Yuhong back then; otherwise, he wouldn't have treated Zhou Songmei so well for over twenty years, even better than his own daughter. And decades later, knowing he'd been deceived still causes him such unbearable heartache.

This was all because he had feelings for Zhou Yuhong; the affection he felt in his youth was genuine.

Zhou Songmei looks like her mother; it's said that daughters resemble their fathers, but Zhou Songmei didn't inherit a single characteristic of Nie Ergou. Otherwise, given Song Jianping's familiarity with Nie Ergou, he would have noticed something amiss long ago if Zhou Songmei resembled him.

He didn't know how he could have done such a foolish thing after drinking too much. Even though Zhou Songmei had done so many wrong things, he had absolutely no romantic feelings for her; deep down, he still regarded her as a junior.

But how did I end up having physical intimacy with her out of nowhere?

It must be because he deeply misses Zhou Yuhong.

Song Jianping didn't know how to face Zhou Songmei. He had never loved her, and given the huge age gap, how could he face his colleagues and neighbors if he were to take responsibility for her?

Before he could even savor the beauty of "a pear tree in full bloom overshadowing a crabapple blossom," Song Jianping was plunged into deep anxiety. However, his worries didn't last long. Because after that night, Zhou Songmei left.

For several months after that, I did not return to Hele Manor.

Song Jianping went from being worried at first to feeling relieved later, and gradually regarded it as just a one-night stand.

Humans are just strange like that.

After Zhou Songmei stopped bothering him and suddenly disappeared from his world, he felt a pang of guilt towards her, which eventually turned into longing.

Just as this longing was growing stronger and nearing its breaking point, Zhou Songmei returned.

But she wasn't the only one who returned; she brought with her news that was hard to tell whether to be happy or sad—she was pregnant.

This was the third time Song Jianping had heard his woman tell him she was pregnant. However, none of these three times brought him the joy of becoming a father.

The first time he heard it was when Zhou Yuhong said that he had feelings for her. However, his dilapidated home and impoverished life made him hesitate, and he felt no joy at becoming a father for the first time.

The second was Zhao Jueyu. She came from a good family, and they were a legally married couple. Logically speaking, Song Jianping's wishes had all come true, and this child was his first real child. He should be happy, right? However, Song Jianping's joy was all an act, and his guilt towards Zhou Yuhong gradually deepened from that time onward.

The third time was this time. At the age of nearly fifty, hearing this news, I really don't know how to face it.

Zhou Songmei may have anticipated that he had no desire for the child, so when she came to tell him, he was already too far along in his pregnancy to have an abortion.

Her decision put Song Jianping in a very difficult position.

Song Jianping originally planned to persuade her, since she was young and in good health and could still have an abortion. Unexpectedly, Zhou Songmei managed to convince her in the end.

Zhou Songmei said she had someone check and it was highly likely that she was carrying a boy.

When Song Jianping was young, he had no intention of carrying on the family line, and he didn't care whether the child was male or female. He and Song Jianmei had no parents since childhood, and perhaps having witnessed too much of the coldness and indifference of human relationships, they didn't place much importance on family lineage.

However, Zhou Songmei said that he now has a large and successful family, but the key issue is that Song Lingge doesn't share his views. He still needs a more caring and considerate child. If this child were raised by his side from a young age, she would definitely be a good match.

These words really struck a chord with Song Jianping.

Leaving aside the past, in the last two years he's realized that children who aren't around much truly become distant; Song Lingge is the best example. Although Zhou Songmei isn't around much either, she's been orphaned and destitute since childhood, and she considers Song Jianping her closest relative.

However, Song Lingge was different. She had never lacked love since childhood. Although she did not grow up with her parents, Zhao Zhangguo and Lin Xiuzhi had given her a great deal of care.

Even if Song Jianping tries to curry favor now, I'm afraid Song Lingge won't be of one mind with him.

Thus, the child in Zhou Songmei's womb became the hope for Song Jianping and Zhou Songmei.

They began to yearn for a normal and ordinary marital relationship, to be able to raise a lovely and filial child together.

Zhou Songmei originally wanted to move to Hele Garden, but Song Jianping was still rational at that time, and he did not want to face the situation that Song Lingge might come over from time to time.

They rented a house in another neighborhood not far from Hele Manor, which Zhou Songmei complained about. Why leave their perfectly good new house unoccupied and insist on renting someone else's old place?

When Song Jianping refused, she kept nagging him every day until he finally gave in and promised to buy her a new house.

This is the fundamental reason why Song Jianping kept asking Song Jianmei for money.

“Lingge, the child in Xiaomei’s belly is mine, your younger brother or sister. I know it may be hard for you to accept right now, but he or she will be the closest person to you in this world. Don’t say those kinds of things anymore.” Song Jianping said very sincerely.

He hoped to influence Song Lingge. He felt that even if the child was born, it wouldn't affect Song Lingge, and she probably wouldn't even care about his meager assets.

If there's no question of fighting over inheritance, then isn't it good to have siblings?

Song Lingge was stunned by his shamelessness.

"I can't possibly have any younger siblings because my mother is dead; she died in this very house."

"Do you have to be so persistent? I've already spoken to you politely and respectfully, can't you just stop saying such unlucky things?" Mentioning Zhao Jueyu made Song Jianping and Zhou Songmei's expressions even more unpleasant.

"Bad luck? You think it's bad luck for me to mention my mother? She died under mysterious circumstances. You live here every day, have you ever dreamed about her?"