It took a while for Tang Guihua to be able to speak.
Her pretty face grew even redder, layer upon layer of redness spreading across it.
"You're not allowed to pinch me in the future," Tang Guihua demanded.
"Sister Guihua, got it," Luo Yang pecked her lips lightly.
Just then, Luo Yang's phone rang. It was An Yuying calling.
Knowing that Luo Yang had gone to Tang Guihua's house, An Yuying usually called soon after to find out whether the two of them were chatting sitting down or laying down.
"Sister An, I'll be heading back," Luo Yang said.
While on the phone, Luo Yang signaled for Tang Guihua to keep quiet.
But Tang Guihua intentionally wanted An Yuying to hear her voice and laughed, "Yuying, I'll tell you something tonight."
Hearing Tang Guihua's voice, An Yuying quickly asked, "Guihua, what is it?"
But Tang Guihua just giggled, and didn't say.
"Sister An, don't listen to her nonsense. I'm coming back now," Luo Yang said.
After saying that, he hung up the call.
Tang Guihua said triumphantly, "What? Are you afraid of her but not me?"
Luo Yang laughed, "Sister Guihua, go change your clothes; I'm going to call my squad leader over."
Once Luo Yang left, Mother Tang immediately went upstairs to have a chat with her daughter.
Seeing Mother close the bedroom door, Tang Guihua became curious.
From Mother's anxious expression, it was clear that she had something to say.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Tang Guihua asked.
Mother Tang first inspected the double bed, seeing that the sheets were slightly disheveled yet there were no wet marks.
She looked to the left, then to the right, pretending to be casual although her extremely attentive eyes fully demonstrated that she was searching for something.
Tang Guihua was both annoyed and amused, her pretty face blushing again.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Tang Guihua asked.
"Mom is someone who's been through it all; I just want to tell you, don't get pregnant before you're married," Mother Tang said bluntly.
Hearing this, Tang Guihua laughed.
Mother Tang said seriously, "What's so funny? If you get pregnant, giving birth isn't a joke, and getting an abortion is harmful to your body. I'm just looking out for you."
Tang Guihua was between laughter and tears as she explained, "Mom, you're overthinking it."
It wasn't the first time springs creaking from the double bed had been heard coming from Tang Guihua's room, making Mother Tang convinced the two of them had something going on.
Even if this time they had only been fooling around on the bed, they had played around before.
Mother Tang said earnestly, "Don't think it's all fun and games; if you end up pregnant and don't want it, getting rid of it will harm your body."
As for how to make Mother believe nothing like that had happened, Tang Guihua had no idea.
She went over and put her arm around her mother's shoulders, smiling, "Mom, I know what to do, you don't need to worry."
Mother Tang snorted coldly, "You tell me, did you take any precautions?"
In just a short conversation, Tang Guihua knew Mother had made up her mind that she and Luo Yang had that kind of experience.
"Mom, no," Tang Guihua said.
"No? It's very easy to get pregnant that way. You're too careless. What will you do if it happens?" Mother Tang said in annoyance.
Actually, when Tang Guihua said "no," she meant she didn't have an affair with Luo Yang.
Mother Tang, however, thought her daughter hadn't taken full precautions.
The two were talking at cross purposes.
Tang Guihua said, "Mom, Niu Zai and I haven't even..."
Yet the creaking sounds from the room made Mother Tang firmly believe her daughter and Luo Yang had been fooling around on the bed.
Now the daughter felt too embarrassed to admit it and was just brushing it off.
Mother Tang pleaded, "If you're still going to play around in the future, make sure he takes precautions. Just in case you get pregnant..."
Before Mother could finish, Tang Guihua interrupted lightly, "Mom, what if I do?"
That was just her talking back.
Mother Tang was startled, thinking that her daughter was really pregnant.
So she quickly came over to feel her daughter's stomach, asking, "You are? How many days has it been?"
Tang Guihua smiled and said, "A month or two."
When Mother Tang reached to lift her daughter's top to see her stomach, Tang Guihua wouldn't allow it.
"Mom, I'm going to change clothes. Please go out," Tang Guihua said.
"You're pregnant and didn't tell me earlier? What are we going to do now? Are you going to have his baby?" Mother Tang asked sternly.
The more annoyed she felt inside, the more she saw her mother's anxiety, the more Tang Guihua wanted to spout nonsense.
"Mom, just have it, it's no big deal," Tang Guihua said casually.
"This is nonsense! Having a baby is a big deal. Having one before marriage, what are you thinking?" Mother Tang said with a stern face.
Only then did Tang Guihua explain that it wasn't true.
She laughed, "Mom, I was just fooling you. Look at my stomach, does it look like I'm pregnant?"
Mother Tang looked and looked, and felt and felt, indeed, there wasn't much of a bulge.
"Even deceiving your mother?"
"Mom, I know my limits. You don't have to worry. I'm not married yet, and I wouldn't give myself to him," Tang Guihua reassured her.
Upon hearing this, Mother Tang knew that her daughter had set her heart on Luo Yang.
In the past, many young men had pursued Tang Guihua, but none caught her eye.
Luo Yang had an okay appearance, but he was never a consideration for Tang Guihua.
The Tang Family elders never thought their daughter would take an interest in Luo Yang.
In the Hongyun Brigade, the Tang Family's financial situation was better than Luo Yang's.
If it wasn't for Luo Yang's recent display of competence, which was quite impressive, the Tang Family elders would have talked to Luo Yang face to face, telling him to give up hope.
The Tang Family owed Luo Yang a great favor, and the elders were grateful to him. If their daughter really liked Luo Yang, they wouldn't directly oppose it, they would at most just advise her to think it over before making a decision.
Up until now, Tang Guihua was still a maiden, never having been with a man.
Ever since she heard the squeaking of a mattress from her daughter's room, Mother Tang thought that her daughter's first time must have been with Luo Yang.
"I just want to ask, are you Niu Zai's girlfriend or Yuying's?" Mother Tang asked with concern.
This was a difficult question for Tang Guihua to answer.
In the Hongyun Brigade, the villagers all assumed that Luo Yang and An Yuying were a couple.
Even An Yuying's parents believed this to be the case.
Naturally, the Tang Family elders were aware of this too.
Now that Tang Guihua was also Luo Yang's girlfriend, the Tang Family elders didn't understand the relationship between the three.
"Mom, you'll find out later," Tang Guihua said vaguely.
"What do you mean I will find out later? Aren't you Luo Yang's girlfriend? Does An Yuying know about the two of you? How can this be? He's been with you, for nothing?" Mother Tang said indignantly.
Hearing the words "for nothing," Tang Guihua couldn't help but laugh.
In the eyes of the Tang Family members, Luo Yang had already been intimate with Tang Guihua.
For the moment, Tang Guihua didn't know what to say to make her mother believe she wasn't involved with Luo Yang.
"Mom, I need to go to the county town and have to change clothes. Please go out. We'll talk when I get back," Tang Guihua said.
"So you're saying, you're not Luo Yang's girlfriend now? Are you two sneaking around behind An Yuying's back? This is not okay! I'm going to find Niu Zai right now and get this straight!" Mother Tang said anxiously.
Tang Guihua quickly grabbed her mother's hand.
"Mom, I am his girlfriend," Tang Guihua admitted.
Deciding to entrust her heart and body to Luo Yang was a decision Tang Guihua made after many nights of consideration, not an impulsive act.
"Did An Yuying break up with Niu Zai?" Mother Tang asked again.
Facing this question, Tang Guihua felt a bit awkward.
To say that they were both Luo Yang's girlfriends would not sit well with her mother.
So Tang Guihua said, "Mom, I'm an adult. I know what I'm doing. You don't have to worry."
Mother Tang knew that her daughter had no experience in love, and being the village beauty, loved by everyone, if she were obtained and then discarded by Luo Yang, it would be heart-breaking.