Throughout the meal, Tang Jingyuan didn't make any excuses for himself. After the meal, Ye Lingfei and Xiang Yang left first, leaving Lu Anning waiting at the door for Tang Jingyuan to get the car.
She was just thinking about whether she should ask Tang Jingyuan about the whole thing face to face when a sharp voice came from behind her.
"Lu Anning! What are you doing here?"
When Lu Yunxi saw Lu Anning's back, she hurried forward and grabbed her as if her tail was stepped on, looking guilty.
Ever since she made her statement at the Lu family last time, Lu Yunxi has been living in fear every day, afraid that Lu An Ning would come and expose her, and then everything she had worked so hard for would be ruined.
During this time, she had been looking for every opportunity to get close to Pei Chengyi, trying to get pregnant, even looking for folk remedies for conceiving. She had poured a lot of money into it, but to no avail. Even now, her belly was still empty.
Being caught by Lu Yunxi, Lu Anning shook her hand off with force.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't touch me." She stared at Lu Yunxi's belly, afraid that she would suddenly have the idea of scamming her. She didn't want to be the one who got taken advantage of.
Lu Yunxi took two steps forward, and Lu Anning took three steps back, unable to avoid her.
Lu Yunxi's face was extremely ugly: "You'd better not mess around! Otherwise, I won't let you go."
Lu Anning looked at Lu Yunxi with disdain: "If you have paranoid delusions, go see a psychiatrist as soon as possible."
What else can you do in a restaurant besides eating?
Lu Anning didn't want to talk to Lu Yunxi. When she saw Tang Jingyuan's car coming from a distance, she walked around Lu Yunxi, as if she was afraid of being contaminated by bad luck.
Lu Yunxi stood on the steps and watched Lu Anning get into the car. Tang Jingyuan considerately fastened her seat belt for her, his eyes filled with poison.
The car slowly drove away, and Lu Yunxi subconsciously touched her belly.
Why should an orphan girl live better than me!
She couldn't continue to live in fear. Since she couldn't get pregnant, she had to find another way. She couldn't let Lu An Ning step on her head.
Not far away, Pei Chengyi drove over. Lu Yunxi put on a gentle smile and waved as she walked over. The only person sitting in the luxury car with such a beautiful smile could only be her.
In the car, Tang Jingyuan took the initiative to break the deadlock: "Are you still having wild thoughts now?"
Lu Anning stared at Tang Jingyuan blankly: "Did you arrange all this?"
Tang Jingyuan sighed softly: "Do I have to watch you look awkward every day? As for the matter between me and the Pei family, it can't be explained in a few words. When the time is right, I will tell you. In the future, don't let your imagination run wild. Not everyone can be Xiao Rui's stepmother, understand?"
Lu An Ning seemed to understand, but not quite. She almost blurted out some words, but looking at his stern profile, Lu An Ning became timid and didn't ask in the end.
Everything has been recognized, so don’t be too greedy.
Lu Anning's eyes regained their usual smile, and her busy life returned to normal. Ye Lingfei still appeared frequently beside Tang Jingyuan, but without the deliberateness, and seemed less intrusive.
Perhaps, just as Ye Lingfei said, they were just simple friends. However, sometimes, she felt that this relationship was not that simple.
Even she couldn't tell the difference between true and false.
Just when Lu Anning was confused, a call from the Lu family disrupted her rhythm and Du Man fell ill.
When he heard the news, Lu Anning was a little skeptical, especially since the call was brought by Lu Yunxi.
"Lu Yunxi, what do you want to do now?"
On the phone, Lu Yunxi scolded anxiously, "Lu Anning, you are such an ungrateful person! No matter what, you grew up in the Lu family. Now that Mom is sick, you are actually indifferent. Is it necessary for me to play tricks on my own mother's health? Believe it or not? If anything happens to Mom, don't regret it."
Lu Yunxi hung up the phone angrily. Lu Anning vaguely heard a few violent coughs and didn't know whether to believe it.
After much deliberation, she decided to go, just to put her mind at ease.
Lu Anning left a WeChat message for Tang Jingyuan to let him know where he was going, and then took a taxi back to the Lu family's house. As soon as he arrived at the door, the servants were already waiting.
"Miss, you are finally back."
Lu Anning was worried and asked the servant: "How is my mother now? She is sick, why didn't she go to the hospital?"
The servant sighed and said, "Miss, go and see for yourself and you'll know."
Lu Anning's heart sank. Could it be that he was really seriously ill?
She quickened her pace and rushed all the way upstairs to the master bedroom. The bedroom door was open. Lu Yunxi was sitting on the edge of the bed, talking to Du Man. When Lu An Ning came in, the smile on Du Man's face had not faded. Seeing Lu An Ning coming, Lu Yunxi smiled triumphantly.
"Mom, I told you she would come."
After hearing what Lu Yunxi said and seeing Du Man's rosy face, Lu Anning realized that he had been deceived.
"Mom, you disappoint me so much. To trick me into coming here, you even risked your own health. Is that funny?"
"If I hadn't told you this, would you have come? Last time, just because of a small matter, you actually told me that we shouldn't meet again unless necessary. Are you trying to break off all ties with me? Have you forgotten who stayed up all night by your bedside to take care of you when you had a high fever as a child?"
Du Man was angry and recounted how difficult it was for her when Lu An Ning was young. Her voice trembled as she spoke too much.
Lu An Ning was feeling depressed and didn't want to answer. It was because she remembered all this that she rushed over after hearing that she was ill. Unexpectedly, she was crying wolf again.
"Since you're okay, I'll leave first." Lu An Ning noticed something was wrong and turned to leave, but Lu Yunxi immediately grabbed her wrist.
"Now that you're here, why are you in such a hurry to leave? My dear sister, my mother worked so hard to raise you. Why don't you take advantage of this opportunity to help me with a small favor today and repay my mother for her kindness in raising you."
Lu Yunxi smiled grimly, with a calculating glint in her eyes.
Lu Anning's alarm bells rang: "What do you want to do? Let me go!"
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