"Sister-in-law, is my mom waiting for me at home with a feather duster?"

Lu Cheng's pupils contracted slightly.

She doesn't plan to go abroad this time; she'll leave all her overseas affairs to her assistant.

Including divorce proceedings...

He Qingyu observed her calmly.

Even with a thick layer of foundation, Lu Cheng's dark circles and tired expression were still visible.

Moreover, Lu Cheng used to only bring the smallest suitcase when she returned to China, but this time she brought the largest one.

"She's waiting for you in the living room. As for whether she looked for a feather duster, I don't know," He Qingcui said with a faint smile.

Lu Cheng studied architectural design and was supposed to study in Germany, but she dropped out of school and married a British man.

But she did not give up architectural design after getting married. She went back to school in England and started an architectural firm.

Inside the Lu family's living room.

After receiving a phone call, Grandma Lu's face turned ashen, and she gripped the sofa armrest tightly, her veins bulging.

A glint of light flashed in her cloudy eyes, but upon hearing the noise at the door, her emotions instantly subsided.

"Mom, you don't care about me having so many things, and you still made me walk in."

"Look, my heels are all blistered." Lu Cheng walked into the living room, went straight to her side, and complained.

Seeing her mother-in-law's expression, He Qingyu silently went into the kitchen to prepare tea and snacks.

Grandma Lu slapped Lu Cheng's hand away forcefully, "You're almost forty years old, and you're still acting like a child."

"No wonder Yingying said you're still like a child, never growing up."

Lu Cheng felt guilty and didn't dare to look at her.

This time when she came back, she only told her daughter Yingying and didn't inform anyone else.

However, she quickly realized that Yingying had called.

"Tell me, why are you getting a divorce this time?" Grandma Lu asked bluntly.

Her daughter was spoiled from a young age and treated marriage like a game.

She had been divorced twice before, but then remarried.

Lu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, released her hand, and said calmly,

"Didn't Qiuying tell you?"

"What did you say?" Grandma Lu narrowed her eyes, the light in her eyes sharp as a knife.

Lu Cheng's heart skipped a beat. "Brown used my name to remove my niece-in-law's design from the list of winners."

"There are other reasons as well, such as our differing values."

He Qingyu walked out of the kitchen and paused.

Grandma Lu remained calm and composed. "Incompatible values? We've been married for over ten years, where were you all this time?"

Her voice was shrill, but Lu Cheng calmed down instead.

The biggest problem between them was nationality; Brown had always wanted her to take his surname and become a British citizen.

But Lu Cheng has always refused. Over the years, she has grown tired of Brown's self-righteous sense of superiority.

"I don't plan to go back this time. Yingying will transfer back to Beijing next semester." Lu Cheng changed the subject.

This time, Brown crossed her line, and for the sake of his own reputation, he didn't hesitate to use her as a shield.

When Grandma Lu heard what she said, she calmed down.

He Qingyu put down the tea and snacks. "You didn't know about the design competition beforehand?"

She had read reports from abroad that Brown did indeed use Lu Cheng as a shield.

"When I saw it in the newspaper, he wouldn't even bother to explain it to me," Lu Cheng said with a mocking smile.

She leaned back on the sofa, feeling that her youth of more than ten years had been wasted.

When I was young, I thought love was very important, and that I could overcome any difficulty.

Lu Cheng now feels physically and mentally exhausted.

“Perfect timing. I’m going to Fushi next week. You can come with me to apologize to Ziyan,” Grandma Lu arranged directly.

Lu Cheng, "..."

She suddenly regretted going straight back to Beijing; she should have gone to stay with her niece first.

…

At that moment, Lu Qiuying suddenly sneezed.

She had just dropped Jason off at his hotel and was planning to head straight back to her dorm.

“Lu Qiuying…”

She turned her head and saw Chen Yi in the hotel lobby, and frowned slightly.

Is Fukushi really that small? How come I keep running into the Chen family everywhere?

"Is there something you need?" She didn't want to have any contact with Chen Yi.

When they were in the compound, she and Chen Yi had almost no interaction.

Chen Yi, "Want to have a meal together?"

He had arranged to have dinner with people from the Market Supervision Bureau today, but they kept dodging the question and changing the subject whenever he tried to get down to business.

Knowing he was from Beijing, they subtly inquired about his relationship with Lu Qiuying.

Many foreign investors are now investing and building factories in Fuzhou. Some of them want to curry favor with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to make a quick buck.

Lu Qiuying turned her head and saw the restaurant next to the hotel, raising an eyebrow slightly.

"You wouldn't mind having another person, would you?"

Chen Yi, “…”

…

Once the three of them were seated at a table by the window in the restaurant, Chen Yi realized something was amiss.

Are Xiao Jin and Lu Qiuying dating?

He calmly drank his lemonade, wary of his cousin.

The Xiao family is currently in a mess, while Xiao Jin has escaped unscathed and is hiding in a small place in Fu City.

Most importantly, no one in the Xiao family can make things difficult for him.

"you…"

"Do your families know you two are dating?" Chen Yi couldn't help but ask.

Lu Qiuying slowly and deliberately cut the steak without saying a word.

Xiao Jin then poured her some wine.

"I don't know," Xiao Jin said casually.

Chen Yi was chewing on his steak when he almost choked on his words.

He cursed the two men a thousand times in his heart, but he still had to greet them with a smile.

So, he tried to scheme against Lu Qiuying, but ended up being schemed against instead?

He had intended to have the people watching him spread the news that he and Lu Qiuying had a pleasant meal and conversation, but now he's only gotten himself into trouble.

"Cousin, you live here?" Xiao Jin raised an eyebrow and asked, pretending not to know.

The Western restaurant here only serves hotel guests.

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