Chapter 162: Not Enough at Home

He looked troubled, as if he could already see a future where he would be tortured by his three "children".

Sang Wan was amused by his appearance.

She patted her chest and comforted him in a heroic manner.

"Don't be afraid!"

"I can definitely subdue them."

"Haven't you seen those kid kings? A bunch of little brats, all listening to him."

Lu Tingzhou finally couldn't help but laughed softly.

The vibration of the chest was transmitted to Sang Wan's shoulders through his palms.

"Not bad for positioning yourself, King of Children."

He pinched her cheek.

"I think the Lu Corporation could consider investing in a few kindergartens, which would be perfect for you to manage."

"Great, great!" Sang Wan's eyes lit up. "I want to build a kindergarten with the biggest slide."

The two were chatting and laughing as if no one was around.

The atmosphere is warm and sweet.

The cell phone in Lu Tingzhou's pocket vibrated at an inopportune time.

He took out his cell phone and glanced at the caller ID, his eyebrows slightly raised, thinking that Song Ze couldn't stand the loneliness again and wanted to ask him out for a drink.

He answered the phone with a lazy tone and obvious boasting.

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying home with my wife."

Sang Wan listened to his childish words and smiled.

She pushed her grandfather's wheelchair to the koi pond in the corner of the yard and watched the colorful fish swimming in the water.

On the other end of the phone, Song Ze teased him for "putting women before friendship."

Then, his tone became serious.

"Let's get down to business."

"Xu Mingyue is in trouble."

The smile on Lu Tingzhou's face faded.

"He's in our hospital. He was sent here last night."

"Miscarriage, heavy bleeding."

Shen Yubai's voice came through the receiver, with the calmness that only a doctor can have, but it couldn't hide a sigh.

"In the future...it may be difficult to conceive again."

Lu Tingzhou's hand holding the phone tightened slightly.

He was silent, and Tang Qinlan's face, which remained calm from beginning to end at the family dinner, flashed through his mind.

It turns out that silence is not forbearance, but the calm before the storm.

He should have thought of it earlier.

Given the Tang family's style of doing things, how could they allow an illegitimate child to come and provoke them?

He thought Tang Qinlan would consider the New Year and didn't want to make his father angry.

It seems that she just chose the best time when Lu Tingfeng was definitely not present.

Fast, accurate and ruthless.

Killed with one blow.

"knew."

Lu Tingzhou replied with three words indifferently and hung up the phone.

The sunshine in the yard is still warm.

But the aura around him turned cold.

Sang Wan seemed to have noticed something, stopped teasing the koi, and looked back at him.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Tingzhou walked towards her, his tall figure blocking the sunlight in front of her and casting a shadow.

He walked over to her and raised his hands to hold her in his arms.

His chin rested on the top of her head, his voice low and calm.

"Wanwan."

"Xu Mingyue is in trouble."

Sang Wan's body stiffened almost imperceptibly in his arms.

"The child is gone."

Lu Tingzhou's voice was very deep, like a huge rock, plunging into the lake of her heart that had just been calm.

"Hemorrhage."

He paused, as if considering his next words.

"The doctor said that she...most likely will never have children again."

He said the last sentence softly.

But it was like a thunderclap, exploding in Sang Wan's ears.

She was completely stunned.

The color on his face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The smile that was just on his lips froze and then disappeared bit by bit.

how so?

A woman will never have her own children again in her life.

The weight of this sentence is too heavy.

Her hatred for Xu Mingyue was real.

After her mother passed away, the hurt that Xu Mingyue and her daughter brought to her was real.

She even thought that Xu Mingyue would definitely suffer retribution.

But she never thought that retribution would be so tragic and so decisive.

This is not just about losing a child.

This deprives a woman of the right to be a mother.

Lu Tingzhou felt the person in his arms trembling slightly.

He knew she was just a soft-hearted person.

Although she hated Xu Mingyue with a vengeance, the kindness in her heart made it impossible for her to remain indifferent to such a tragedy.

He tightened his arms and held her deeper into his embrace.

"She chose the path she wanted, so she has to bear the consequences."

Sang Wan didn't say anything.

She buried her face in Lu Tingzhou's chest. The ripples in the koi pond made her eyes look a little dazed.

Xu Mingyue hasn't been in her sight recently, obviously attaching great importance to the baby in her belly.

That was her bargaining chip to get close to the wealthy family, and it was also all her hope.

Now, the chips are gone and the hope is shattered.

Along with all the possibilities of the future, they were buried together.

A chill slowly crept up my spine.

Sang Wan suddenly felt that the warm winter sun didn't seem so warm anymore.

The dark side of human nature made her shudder.

Xu Mingyue is a bitch and deserves to be punished, but after this incident, she did not feel the pleasure of a bad person being punished.

I don’t know if it was because she was about to become a mother, but she found it really hard to accept that her child was gone and she could no longer be a mother.

Sang Wan had been in a bad mood for two days, so Lu Tingzhou organized a group to take her out to play.

The location is at the River Bay Club where the transaction was completed.

The fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Hewan Club.

One of the top private clubs in Beijing, it is also owned by the Lu family.

But today, this place doesn't look like a den of brothel, but rather like a lively temple fair.

Big red lanterns are hung at the entrance, and Chinese knots and paper-cut window decorations can be seen everywhere, giving the place a strong festive atmosphere.

The lawn of the club was filled with all kinds of stalls from the temple fair.

Hoops, shooting, scooping goldfish, cotton candy...

The haze in Sang Wan's eyes was instantly washed away by these colorful childhood memories.

Her eyes sparkled, as if she had discovered a new world.

"Lu Tingzhou, look!"

She tugged at the man's sleeve and pointed to the ring-tossing stall not far away.

“I want to play that.”

The excitement diluted all the gloom in the two people.

Lu Tingzhou looked at the light that had rekindled in her eyes, and the corners of his lips unconsciously rose.

"good."

His voice was low and full of indulgence.

"You can take the whole prize."

Sang Wan glared at him.

"Then what's the point?"

She shook off his hand and ran over like a child eager to get candy.

The stall owner handed her a handful of colorful plastic rings.

Sang Wan took a deep breath, and imitated what he remembered, turning sideways, aiming, and flicking his wrist hard.

The first circle drew a beautiful parabola, and then... landed perfectly on the grass outside the stall.

She didn't believe it and threw another one.

This time, the circle did land on the stall, but bounced off the edge of a prize and rolled out.

More than a dozen in a row, none of them hit the target.

Sang Wan puffed up her cheeks angrily.

Lu Tingzhou walked over and stood behind her, his low laughter ringing in her ears.

"It seems that our child king's skills are not very good."

Sang Wan turned around and glared at him unconvinced.

“I was very good when I was a kid.”

"Really?" Lu Tingzhou raised his eyebrows, took a ring from her hand and weighed it.

He didn't even aim, just flicked his wrist casually.

The plastic ring fits precisely around the largest stuffed bear on the top shelf.

"Wow!"

Sang Wan's eyes widened.

Lu Tingchang stretched out his arm and held her loosely in his arms.

His chest pressed against her back, his large hand covering her hand that was holding the ring.

"I'll teach you."

The warm breath brushed against her ear, causing a slight shudder.

Sang Wan's face suddenly turned red.

"Who...who wants you to teach?"

Although he said this, his body honestly didn't move.

Just then, a nonchalant voice interrupted.

"You called me over here on New Year's Day to see you two being so affectionate?"

"Haven't you had enough of lying in bed at home?"

Chen Yubai glanced at Lu Tingzhou, still with that cynical look on his face, with a smile on his face, but that smile could never reach his eyes.

From the moment he entered the door, his eyes had been wandering among the crowd, as if he was looking for someone.

Lu Tingzhou let go of Sang Wan and glanced at him indifferently.

"Looking for someone?"

Shen Yubai froze for a moment, then returned to his casual demeanor.

"No, look at the beauties who are here today."

As he spoke, his eyes glanced towards the door uncontrollably.

Seeing his absent-minded look, Lu Tingzhou exchanged glances with Sang Wan, with a look of understanding in his eyes.

He approached Sang Wan, lowered his voice, and there was a rare hint of request in his tone.

"He's my brother."

"Wife, can you help me?"

Lu Tingzhou leaned close to her ear, his voice soft and magnetic.

"Ask Su Mo what he means."

"This guy, it looks like he's really screwed this time."

He could feel that Shen Yubai was not just playing around this time, and he couldn't fake that kind of distraught look.

Sang Wan blinked, neither agreeing nor refusing immediately.

The little abacus in her mind started to turn rapidly.

She knew Su Mo's personality best.

If she really had no feelings for Shen Yubai, with her temper, she would definitely refuse directly as soon as she mentioned Lu Tingzhou organizing the party.

Because she could definitely guess that Shen Yubai would come.

If she agreed, it meant... things were turning around.

Sang Wan raised a sly smile at the corner of his lips and decided to hold back for now.

Let’s see what the reaction is when Su Mo comes.

Not long after, Song Ze arrived with Qu You in his arms.

Qu You's home is in the suburbs, not far from here, and Song Ze finally found a legitimate reason to ask him out.

She didn't know about the lawsuit between Chen Yubai and Su Mo yet, and asked in confusion when she saw that only Sang Wan and the others were there.

"Where's Momo? Why hasn't she come yet?"

"This guy has always been more enthusiastic than anyone else about eating, drinking and having fun."

Sang Wan was concentrating on struggling with the hoop in his hand, and said without raising his head when he heard this.

"It should be soon."

She threw out another one, and this time she finally caught a small keychain.

"I got it."

Sang Wan jumped up excitedly.

"It was not easy. I tried dozens of them and finally got the winning one."

Qu You was infected by her happiness, and took the ring in his hand, aimed at a small doll and threw it out.

"Momo should be better than our family."

Sang Wan disagreed, she probably didn't have the heart to play.

At least seeing Chen Yubai would make me feel awkward for a while.

Thinking of this, she told Qu You about Su Mo and Shen Yubai.

Qu You didn't feel surprised when he heard it, he just smiled.

She had vaguely felt that there was something wrong with these two people, a typical pair of bickering lovers.

I also talked to Song Ze privately about whether I should remind Su Mo, who was confused by the situation.

Song Ze said at the time that such matters should be left to nature, and the more outsiders interfered, the more chaotic it would become.

Now it seems that he was right.