Chapter 94 I'm not a jinx.
Lu Huaiyuan carefully helped Gu Mansheng into the house.
The Lu Jianping couple, who were already overwhelmed with the investigation team, were stunned when they saw this scene.
"You...you jinx, how did you get out here?!" Li Xuemei exclaimed.
Gu Mansheng leaned against Lu Huaiyuan in a coquettish tone: "Huaiyuan~ I'm not a jinx!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Lu Huaiyuan immediately smiled ingratiatingly, "You're not! It's Liu Zhixia who's been living like a widow since she just got married! You're our family's lucky star!"
"You!" Lu Jianping trembled with rage, pointing at his son's nose and yelling, "You worthless bastard! Are you deliberately trying to let this bitch ruin our family?"
Lu Huaiyuan grinned and winked, "Dad! How could Xiaoman harm our family? She's a great contributor to our family!"
Li Xuemei was also furious: "You brat! This bitch is back, you can't be a teacher anymore! Divorce her right now, or you'll be dragged down with her!"
"Divorce?" Gu Mansheng sneered. "Fine! Just give me back all my things, and I'll get out of here right now!"
"I couldn't be happier! Get out of here!" Li Xuemei couldn't wait for her to disappear.
Gu Mansheng didn't speak, but looked at Lu Huaiyuan with a half-smile.
Lu Huaiyuan's face instantly darkened, and he roared at his mother, "Mother! What nonsense are you talking about! Xiaoman is my wife, and no one is allowed to drive her away!"
Li Xuemei was stunned by the shout, then burst into tears: "You've forgotten your mother now that you have a wife! Don't you know what kind of person she is! She made you lose your job, and even your father is being dragged down with her! Wake up!"
Lu Jianping was furious and rushed forward, slapping her across the face: "You unfilial son! This bitch must be kicked out today! Otherwise, you two get out together!"
Lu Huaiyuan covered his face, laughing instead of getting angry, his eyes full of disdain: "Dad, how much benefit have you actually amassed as the brigade leader? You're constantly being watched by those above, and all you can do is squeeze a little food out of the commune members. What's the point?"
"You ungrateful wretch!" Lu Jianping was so angry his eyes turned black. "Have I ever let you go hungry for even a day? You didn't even go hungry during the famine years, and now you're complaining that I'm incompetent?"
He frantically searched for a stick, yelling, "I'm going to beat you to death today, you unfilial son!"
Just as he raised the stick, ready to smash it down hard, Lu Huaiyuan calmly pulled out a thick wad of ten-yuan notes from his pocket and waved them in the air.
The stick came to an abrupt halt in mid-air.
"Where...where did this money come from?!" Lu Jianping loosened his grip, and the stick clattered to the ground. His eyes were fixed on the stack of ten-yuan notes, his eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets.
Lu Huaiyuan said smugly, "Dad, you've been the brigade leader for so many years, and you've never seen so much cash, have you? Xiaoman gave it all to me!"
“This is just pocket money,” Gu Mansheng added casually, “given to me by my relatives in the city.”
"Pocket money?!" Li Xuemei swallowed hard, her eyes practically glowing green. "So much?!"
Seeing the two elders' unworldly appearance, they exchanged a smile, extremely satisfied.
"Oh dear," Gu Mansheng sighed, feigning weakness, "I didn't even eat anything to rush back to see you all. Huaiyuan, I'm so hungry~"
"Hungry?" Lu Huaiyuan immediately felt distressed and turned to yell at Li Xuemei, "Mother! Didn't you hear Xiaoman is hungry? Hurry up and cook!"
"What?!" Li Xuemei was furious. "A new bride comes into the family and doesn't cook, yet she expects her mother-in-law to serve her? This is outrageous!"
Gu Mansheng's eyes reddened, and she looked at Lu Huaiyuan with a wronged expression.
Lu Huaiyuan instantly flew into a rage, pointing his finger at his mother and yelling, "Mother! You know Xiaoman used to be a pampered young lady, never lifting a finger. Why do you have to torment her? She married into this family to enjoy a life of luxury, not to be tormented by you, her wicked mother-in-law!"
"Me, a wicked mother-in-law?" Li Xuemei was struck dumb, looking at her son whom she had doted on since childhood in disbelief. "So I'm just destined to serve your Lu family for the rest of my life?"
Lu Huaiyuan held Gu Mansheng protectively in his arms, his face full of disdain: "Mother, you should have a conscience. How much dowry did you bring when you married into the family? How much have you helped the family? All these years, haven't you just been bullying others by relying on my father? You've been doing these trivial things like washing clothes and cooking your whole life. They're things that are easy for you, so why make things difficult for Xiaoman?"
"You...you heartless bastard!" Li Xuemei burst into tears, turning to Lu Jianping for help, "Old man! Look at this unfilial son!"
Lu Huaiyuan leaned close to Lu Jianping's ear and whispered mysteriously, "Dad, Xiaoman has relatives in the police station who can arrange a stable job for me!"
"Really?!" Lu Jianping's eyes lit up instantly.
"She was able to get out of there, don't you think?" Lu Huaiyuan smiled smugly.
The anger on Lu Jianping's face vanished instantly, and he slapped Li Xuemei hard across the face!
"Smack!"
"You old hag! All you do all day is stir up trouble! Didn't you hear your daughter-in-law is hungry? Get up and cook!"
“You…you…” Li Xuemei covered her burning face, staring at the father and son who had turned their backs on her, completely dumbfounded.
Watching this scene, Gu Mansheng's lips curled into a sinister smile as she slowly added insult to injury: "Mother-in-law, as a daughter-in-law of the Lu family, you should at least make some contributions, right? Since you have neither money nor connections, you should at least take care of all the housework, shouldn't you?"
Lu Huaiyuan hugged Gu Mansheng and proudly boasted to his father, "Dad! Didn't I marry a good wife? She's got money and connections! She's a million times better than my poor relatives who only know how to freeload!"
"That's right!" Lu Jianping grinned from ear to ear. "Those ungrateful wretches in the Li family, all they know is how to ask for money! Unlike my daughter-in-law, who doesn't have a family to rely on, she can still bring back loads of money!"
He rubbed his hands together, then approached Gu Mansheng with a fawning expression: "Daughter-in-law, since you have connections in the public security bureau, could you... get me in too? I've been a captain for so many years, I'm very experienced! It's not too much to ask for me to be a minor leader, is it?"
Gu Mansheng was stunned by his outrageous greed.
Police station? He wants to be a leader? This old geezer should take a good look at himself in the mirror!
Although she felt contempt, she enjoyed being pampered, so she pretended to be generous and started making grand promises:
"Father, don't worry! When I go to the city next time, I will definitely talk to my relative about you and Huaiyuan!"
"Great, great, great!" Lu Jianping was overjoyed, then curiously inquired, "What does your relative do? How come he's so capable?"
"Hmph," Gu Mansheng sneered, and began to fabricate stories, "He's just a big businessman! But he's got connections! He was the one who did the big job when the black market was shut down last time! I heard he has some important resources in his hands now, and even the top leaders have to beg to cooperate with him!"
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