Chapter 11

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After the mother and daughter duo were kicked out, the atmosphere in the mansion finally calmed down.

Meng Zhining pulled Lu Yan sitting on the sofa, hushing softly and caring.

Lu Zhen stood beside the sofa, hesitated for a while, and tried to interrupt several times, but was frightened by Meng Zhining’s sharp eyes.

Lu Yan knew that her irritable dad had not been afraid of anyone since he was a child, except Meng Zhining.

This grandmother Meng’s method of teaching her son is really impressive and full of tricks, or else he wouldn’t be cowering like that.

Therefore, Lu Zhen stood on the side and dared not to say anything, but kept winking at Lu Yan instead.

Lu Yan understood and told Meng Zhening the circumstances of the fire.

However, she was very skillful and detail-oriented, focusing on how Lu Zhen bravely saved people in spite of danger, which earned her father Meng Zhening’s sincere praise, “He’s a man now, all grown-up.”

Lu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the armrest of the sofa. He was feeling awkward, clearly wanting to be close to his mother, but too embarrassed to actually do it.

After all, sons are different from daughters. Daughters can act spoiled, but sons can’t, or else they’d lose face.

Lu Yan understood Lu Zhen’s thoughts so she pulled him to Meng Zhining’s side to sit down, then said, “Lu Zhen missed you so much. Mom should come see us more in the future.”

Meng Zhining sighed and patted Lu Zhen lightly on the back of his hand, “I want to come too, but I was angry when I saw the woman surnamed Shi. Your father is really venomous. The woman made it clear that she was a gold-digger. Why does he care about her?”

The devoted son immediately yelled, “My dad is blind, my mom is so good, but he actually divorced mom!”

Meng Zhining patted Lu Zhen’s head, “Nonsense, it’s me who divorced him, okay?”

Lu Zhen rubbed his head, with a silly smile on his face, “My mother is so gentle, kind, generous and noble; which man is willing to divorce such a person?”

“Poor thing.”

Lu Yan has never seen her dad so sweet and flattering, acting all spoiled and coquettish.

Sure enough, no matter how rebellious a man is, he will always have a tender side, and this side is only reserved to the two most important women in his life- his mother and daughter.

Lu Zhen obeyed his mother, but he had a deep grievance with his father, with Shi Xuexian being the cause of the rift between them. With her fanning the flames behind the scene, their broken relationship can no longer be easily mended.

Lu Yan suddenly thought, if she could make Meng Zhining and Lu Jian remarry, would it be possible to change the course of everyone’s fate in the future?

“Mom, do you have a boyfriend?” Lu Yan asked Meng Zhining curiously.

Meng Zhining smiled arrogantly, “The people who are chasing your mother are queuing from the company to the door of your house.”

“Then does mom have someone she likes?”

Meng Zhining didn’t answer, and just retorted, “You girl, you have so many unhealthy thoughts in your head at such a young age.”

“Hey.”

Lu Yan once heard Lu Zhen mention that Meng Zhining and Lu Jian grew up as childhood sweethearts, but they quarreled whenever they met, and sometimes they would fight. They were a volatile couple.

She could actually understand why Meng Zhining still remained single for so many years after the divorce.

After all, there were very few men as capable as Lu Jian in this world. Meng Zhining had a high vision and strong abilities, and her marriage to Lu Jian only helped leveling up her standards, naturally. Consequently, it was even more difficult to find another man who was better than him.

However, their marriage was also a failure because of this. Even though Shi Xuexian had no redeeming qualities at all, there is one thing she was good at- she knew how to act weak and speak softly.

It’s not that Lu Jian couldn’t understand her careful and coy thoughts and actions, but he chose to act as if he didn’t, as long as she didn’t go too far.

After all, men need someone to admire them and flatter their vanity, although…sometimes he looked down on her, but he still remained married to her.

People are like this sometimes, full of contradictions and never satisfied.

A few days later, when Lu Jian came home from a business trip, Shi Xuexian finally moved back, crying aggrievedly in front of Lu Jian.

Lu Jian said nothing.

The person she was talking about was Meng Zhening, his childhood sweetheart, who could become so angry that her family wouldn’t recognize her, even if he couldn’t beat her.

Lu Jian respected her in his heart, but was also afraid of her.

Lu Zhen had a ghost in his heart, he was afraid of his father’s punishment, so he directly packed up and moved to Meng Zhining’s house.

Although Lu Jian was angry about the fire in the dance hall, he didn’t have the courage to go against Meng Zhening to bring him back. He could only wait until the next time he saw Lu Zhen to punish him severely.

Lu Zhen lost all his past savings to the homeowner, but it was still far from enough.

Although Meng Zhening threatened not to help him clean up the mess, he was her own flesh and blood, so after a stern warning, she still helped Lu Zhen settle the compensation.

Lu Jian cut off Lu Zhen’s pocket money and gave him very little living expenses. He only had enough for food and clothing, which made him suffer quite a bit and learn a bitter lesson.

Lu Zhen could only ask his mother for money, but she said that he should ask his father, after all, the law sentenced his custody into his hands, so she doesn’t have to legally care about him.

Lu Zhen felt aggrieved, “My dad also holds sister’s custody, but I clearly saw you give my sister pocket money yesterday!”

Meng Zhining said confidently, “Can you be like Yanyan? Yanyan is better than you, and I like to give her money to spend. Even if you’re not convinced, you have to bear it!”

Lu Zhen really had nothing to say, he felt that his mother was his sister’s, not his.

During that time, Lu Zhen had to rely on Lu Yan even for food, and was in dire straits.

When it rains, it pours. That afternoon, Lu Yan bought potato chips and came out of the canteen. She saw Liang Ting and Qin Hao standing behind the tree in the small garden, poking their heads like thieves.

Qin Hao, Liang Ting and Lu Zhen formed the “Three Musketeers” in the school. Their brotherhood has been strong for decades, and they are Lu Yan’s uncles.

This time they acted, but she didn’t see Lu Zhen with them.

Lu Yan walked over curiously and patted the shoulders of the two uncles, “Hey, what are you guys looking at?”

Liang Ting hurriedly covered her mouth, and whispered, “Shhh, we’re watching your dad’s great show.”

Lu Yan lowered his voice, “What good show?”

“Your dad’s girlfriend Shu Mengfei is here and is talking to him.”

“Dad’s girlfriend is here?”

Lu Yan’s curiosity was stronger than that of the cat, so she hid behind the tree with her two uncles and looked towards the small garden.

She saw Lu Zhen, leaning against the wall covered with moss, looking desperate.

Next to him stood a girl with a ponytail. The girl was wearing a white long-sleeved dress with a checkered skirt.

Her eyebrows were slender, her eyes black and shiny, and her bangs on her forehead rested in a docile manner.

Innocent and attractive looking, it was indeed the type of girl that most straight men would prefer.

The two talked for a while, and Lu Zhen stretched out his hand to hold her.

Shu Mengfei yanked away his hand, frowned and said, “This is the school, you’d better show some respect.”

Lu Zhen let go of her, “Show some respect? Didn’t I respect you enough? I even bought you whatever you wanted. And now, you’re talking about breaking up, without even giving a proper explanation, who doesn’t respect who here?”

“Lu Zhen, do you think money can buy everything?”

Shu Mengfei looked at Lu Zhen from a high moral ground, showing a particularly disdainful expression, “I feel that our thinking and concepts are really inconsistent. You are too materialistic.”

Lu Zhen was actually quite innocent. He loved his girlfriend so he bought her whatever she liked. He simply thought there was nothing wrong with it.

“You don’t agree with my ideas and concepts, do you agree with Shen Kuo’s?”

As Lu Zhu hit the nail on the head, Shu Mengfei’s face instantaneously flushed, “This about the two of us, why are you bringing up Shen Kuo for?”

“Everyone in the school thinks there’s chemistry between you two; you and Shen Kuo are close.” Lu Zhen said painfully, “We talked for a year and a half, I have never been aggressive to you in any way, I gave you everything you wanted. I, Lu Zhen, think I’m very good to you.”

Shu Mengfei did not respond.

“Shu Mengfei, ask yourself, now you are breaking up with me, isn’t it because there is someone else in your heart?”

“So what?” She was finally pressed and said without thinking, “Shen Kuo knows life better than you. You are a rich second-generation dude, you are nothing without your family. You are far behind him!”

Lu Zhen staggered back two steps, visibly hurt.

Words can sometimes hurt people more than a knife, especially if you care about the person who’s speaking them, then it really hurts your heart and lungs with a single sentence.

Lu Yan shook her head, and secretly scolded her father for being really worthless. His dignity was so cheap that people trampled on it and stepped on his head. Should he be counseled?

The word love has always been his weakness, as Lu Zhen is a very affectionate and loyal man.

Liang Ting sighed in a low voice, and said, “Now that I don’t agree with the concept, I don’t want to think about it. The clothes on her were brought back from Hong Kong by Brother Lu. How much did Brother Lu spend on her this year? He bought her a number of expensive things. “

“Really?” Lu Yan back in surprise,” and she accepted? “

“Why would she not accept? A year ago she was just an ugly duckling, after her adoptive mother fell into a coma, she dropped out of school and worked to earn money. If it weren’t for Lu to help her out secretly, how could she study at Beicheng No. 3 Middle School, learn to sing and dance, and be such a glamorous school flower?”

Lu Yan grinned. She thought these gossip anecdotes were only in her era, she didn’t expect that such things were not uncommon twenty years ago.

“Now that she got her benefit from Brother Lu, she feels that he is no longer suitable, and that others are good, huh?”

Liang Ting seldom commented on others. Obviously, Shu Mengfei really annoyed him.

Lu Yan didn’t like to provoke others, but she couldn’t stand the girl’s hypocritical behavior. As Liang Ting didn’t hold her back, she walked directly towards Shu Mengfei and Lu Zhen.

“Dad’s girlfriend?”

Lu Zhen looked at the little girl’s eyes and knew that she was going to come and wander in the muddy waters.

He said, dismissively, “It has nothing to do with you, go home.”

Lu Yan completely ignored him, looked at Shu Mengfei with a smile, and praised, “Miss Sister is so pretty.”

Shu Mengfei was confused, she asked Lu Zhen, “Who is she?”

“My daughter…no, my sister.” Lu Zhen almost blurted.

Shu Mengfei had long heard that Lu Zhen had a younger sister who was a mentally retarded child. She looked at Lu Yan with a little disdain in her eyes, but out of politeness, she extended her hand to Lu Yan, “Hello, I am Shu Mengfei.”

Lu Yan slapped Shu Mengfei’s hand with a light slap, and said with a smile: “Sorry, I only shake hands with people I want to know.”

Seeing her unkind appearance, Shu Mengfei knew that it was because she heard their fight just now, but she didn’t want to make a big deal out of the matter and let others make a joke, so she simply turned and left.

“If you want to break it, break it clean.” Lu Yan stopped Shu Mengfei, “Since the lady hates the money Lu Zhen gave you so much, you will surely not bear to wear the clothes bought with that evil money even for a minute. Take it off before leaving. “

Shu Mengfei’s expression changed suddenly, her face turned red then white, and she bit his trembling lips, “What are you talking about?”

“I said, Miss Sister, do you know how to write the four words “wolf heart and dog lung*”?”

* 狼心狗: means cruel and unscrupulous.

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