Su Qing followed the people from the Zheng Family back to the small two-bedroom apartment they rented. Now that she was pregnant, living here became far too difficult for her.
But Zheng Zhanpeng was out of options. Relying on his monthly salary, without the extra support from Su Qing, he was now barely scraping by, to the extent that his previous confidence had vanished without a trace.
Before, his colleagues at the company had joked that he was like a rich kid out to experience life. But these days, Zheng Zhanpeng avoided his coworkers every day, dreading they might ask about his situation.
Absent the gloss of money, Zheng Zhanpeng felt like a mouse reverted to its true form, which made him even more anxious than Su Qing.
Su Qing saw her husband's anxiety and remembered it well, thinking he was worried about her.
So, in secret, Su Qing made a phone call to her father, Jiang Tao.
