After being replaced, she changed from a miserable daughter-in-law to a lucky wife

Chapter 281 Poisoning

Neither Xia Wanniang nor Xiao Chiye urged him, but waited quietly for his next words.

Qiu He retracted his gaze: "In Xicheng, it is impossible for a prostitute to give birth to a child and raise him. In order to give birth to me, she found Qiu, the boss of Xicheng at that time."

Xia Wanniang glanced at Xiao Chiye. He also had the surname Qiu, so this man was the one who raised Qiu He?

Qiu He saw the two people's confusion and said, "You guessed it right. My mother has nothing. She wants me to be alive, no matter how. So she made a deal with Boss Qiu. No matter whether the baby is a boy or a girl, she will give me to him."

Xiao Chiye: "Where's your mother?"

Qiu He said calmly, "She's dead. She died of a heavy hemorrhage after giving birth to me. Her body had long been hollowed out. My birth was the last straw that broke the camel's back."

Xia Wanniang looked at Qiu He and said, "So it was Boss Qiu who raised you?"

Qiu He nodded: "Yes, he never hid my life experience from me. I knew I was the child of a prostitute since I can remember, but so what? Qiu He raised me and let me see the sadness of West City."

He paused for a moment and said, "The people here try hard to survive, but they are helpless. Boss Qiu told me that he was also adopted by the previous Boss Qiu. West City cannot provide them with food and clothing, but it can do its best to give them a place to stay."

Xia Wanniang began to understand why Xuanqing and other children were in West City. Only in West City did they have a glimmer of hope, although the chances of survival were very slim.

"Master Qiu, don't you want the people of West City to live a better life? At least they should have enough food and clothing."

Qiu He was moved, but it took a lot of effort to maintain the current situation. There were many people in West City and even more dilapidated houses.

Most of his income was spent on repairing the house and providing a place for these people to live, leaving him with no money left to provide for his own food and clothing.

"Can you really do this?"

Xia Wanniang smiled faintly: "As long as you don't betray me, I think our goals are the same."

Qiu He looked at her: "What if I betray you?"

Xia Wanniang shrugged helplessly: "You can press your abdomen with your fingers."

Qiu He didn't know what she meant, but he still did as she said. However, after pressing it, the pain made him sweat coldly.

He glared at her and spoke in a weak voice: "What did you do to me."

Xia Wanniang smiled and said, "Since I have told you the truth, I will have to do something about it. Otherwise, it will be a big trouble for us if the news leaks out."

Qiu He's eyes were filled with anger: "When did you poison me?"

Xia Wanniang thought for a moment with a serious expression: "Probably when you drank your first glass of water."

Qiu He couldn't beat him or scold him now: "What do you want me to do to give me the antidote?"

Xia Wanniang rested her chin on the table, tapping her cheek with her fingers from time to time: "It depends on you."

When Qiu He heard this, he leaned back and prepared to give up: "So, I only have one way to go now, right?"

Xiao Chiye: "Don't be so pessimistic, maybe you will be better than now, as long as you have a bottom line."

Qiu He looked at the two and wanted to roll his eyes: "I won't kill innocent people, nor will I force good women into prostitution, but brothels and gambling houses all have their rules. If I break these rules, I'm afraid I'll be targeted."

Nowadays, most of the gambling houses in Los Angeles play Pai Gow and Da Xiao, and most of them are from the lower class. Few wealthy people participate in them, mainly because they don't like the environment and the way of playing.

Xia Wanniang already had other plans. She wanted to turn the gambling house into a place where everyone could be taken care of, so that she could get what she wanted.

"Qiu He, you see, my husband and I have been here for quite some time. Do you have anything to eat?"

Qiu He looked at the two of them, resigned himself to his fate and stood up to ask his younger brother outside to prepare some food and bring it in: "I only have simple food here, you can help yourself to some."

Xia Wanniang saw that the food on the table was really simple and plain, but she didn't dislike it. She saw him pick it up and eat it. It seemed that he usually ate the same food. "Don't you have a lot of property?"