Lu Feng led Lin Wanwan through a maze of turns to an alley. Lu Feng opened the car door for her and said, "Let's go, I'll show you around."
Lin Wanwan got off the bus with a small bag hanging from her wrist. She looked at her shoes and sighed, "Sigh, it's really beautiful to wear a cheongsam, but it's really tiring to walk in. Sure enough, good-looking people are all beautiful but useless, just like me."
Lu Feng couldn't help but look down at her and laugh. "Yeah, I'm leaving, beautiful good-for-nothing."
"What are you laughing at? Am I not pretty?" Lin Wanwan stood still, glaring at him.
Lu Feng turned to look at her and said, "Beautiful, you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen."
Lin Wanwan then let him go, reaching out to take his arm. "Let's go. You'll be my crutch today. I'm a beautiful cripple today, I can't walk too much."
Lu Feng looked down at her and slowed his pace. "Why do you call yourself a beautiful waste? I think you're a very capable girl."
"Hmm, really impressive. Fighting thugs, chasing after men, rebellious and selfish, isn't that amazing?!" Lin Wanwan tilted her head to look at him.
“You’re talking about the past. I didn’t know you before. I only know the Lin Wanwan now. The current Lin Wanwan is a hardworking and lovely girl. She is filial to her parents and disciplines her younger brother. She’s very capable,” Lu Feng said earnestly, looking at her.
After hearing his words, Lin Wanwan smiled and said, "Lu Feng, why would your mother give me such an expensive house and a cheongsam? Doesn't she dislike me?"
“This house is something we discussed and agreed upon. My mother isn’t a demanding person. Although she didn’t like you very much before, she still didn’t want to mistreat you,” Lu Feng continued, seeing that she didn’t seem unhappy. “She had never met you before, she only heard about you from other people, so she was prone to preconceived notions. Don’t blame her, but she met you yesterday and changed her opinion of you.”
Lin Wanwan nodded, "Although I like it very much, this house is indeed too expensive. Lu Feng, I may not have been a very good person before, but I am really willing to change for the better, and I am really willing to marry you and face the future together."
Seeing her so honest, Lu Feng reached out and took her small hand in his arm. "I know, I also knew about you from other people before I met you, so my thoughts were biased. Actually, the day I brought the things, I wanted to break off the engagement. I overheard your conversation with Aunt He outside the door, and that's why I agreed to talk to you alone. What you were like before doesn't matter. I like you now, and I care about you now and in the future."
Lin Wanwan stopped and looked at him. "You like me?"
"I can't like you? Is it strange that I like you because you're beautiful and smart?" Lu Feng stopped and stared at her with a smile.
Lin Wanwan lowered her head and smiled, then looked up at him, "I like you quite a bit too, Lu Feng."
“Tell me about your ex-wife,” Lin Wanwan asked, taking his hand. “I’ll start by saying that she’s dead, and I won’t fight her for anything. I will also take good care of your son.”
Lu Feng remained silent, unsure of where to begin, and also wondering whether he should tell the truth.
"Is it inconvenient?" Lin Wanwan asked when he didn't speak.
Lu Feng said, "It's not that it's inconvenient, it's just that I don't know how to tell you about this. After all, she is the mother of my child. I don't want to use vicious words to describe a deceased person, but I also don't want to lie to you."
Lin Wanwan was a little surprised. What did it mean to use such vicious words to describe a deceased person?
"Just tell the truth, do you think I'd blame you?" Lin Wanwan said casually.
"To make a long story short, her name is Li Limei. She's a nurse at our military hospital. I don't actually have any feelings for her. She's the younger sister of the deputy battalion commander of our second battalion." Lu Feng paused, as if thinking about how to continue.
"I don't know why she started pestering me as soon as she came to our camp. She even cooked soup for me and went to my dorm for no reason to do my laundry. I clearly rejected her and told her that I would not date her, let alone marry her."
Lu Feng looked down at her, his face showing no other expression besides surprise, before continuing, "I even talked to her older brother, telling him that I had no feelings for his sister, so I couldn't marry her. This matter even reached the regimental commander, and I told him firmly and clearly that I would not marry her, nor would I date her, and I had no such intention."
"Then why did you marry her later?" Lin Wanwan asked, looking at him.
Lu Feng sighed and said, "Later, on her older brother's birthday, she invited many close comrades to dinner at her house. That day, I was forced to drink a lot of alcohol. When I woke up, she was lying next to me, and it was at her older brother's house. Later, this matter caused a big uproar. I resolutely refused to marry her, but she kept making a fuss. The comrades who went drinking at the time all knew that I had drunk a lot of alcohol. As for why they all left and why I was left behind, they didn't know. Later, the whole base knew about this matter, and many people cursed her. She almost committed suicide. In the end, I had no choice but to marry her, but her brother had to be discharged from the army and return to his hometown. Because of this matter, her family also cut off all ties with her. My original plan was to get married first to quell the rumors and then divorce her."
Lin Wanwan noticed that he suddenly stopped talking, so she looked up at him and saw that his face was gloomy. "What's wrong? You look so pale."
"Later, he drugged me, and that's how we had sex. She wanted to use the child to tie me down. After the child was born, the government returned all of my family's property and house to us, so I had someone send her back to Beijing. My mother knew that she had used tricks to marry me. Although she didn't like her, she took good care of her for the sake of the child. But when she found out that our family was so rich, she started having the housekeeper cook her big meals every day. The doctor and my mother tried to persuade her, but they couldn't. Later, when she gave birth, she didn't take it seriously and died in childbirth." Lu Feng's face darkened even more after he finished speaking.
Lin Wanwan patted his arm reassuringly, "Don't be upset, it's all in the past. None of this is your fault. Even if she died in childbirth, it wasn't your fault. You and your aunt are both good people. If she hadn't brought this upon herself, she would be enjoying a good life right now, and I wouldn't have met you."
Lu Feng looked down at her. "Thank you. But this time, if you come with me to the military base, you'll definitely face a lot of unpleasant comments. You need to be mentally prepared. Before, I didn't want to take you to the military base. I wanted you and my mother to take care of the child in Beijing. It wasn't for any other reason, but for this very reason. But now I want to take you because I want to live with you and face the future together. I don't want to treat you just as a wife or a decoration."
“That’s good. I don’t want to be just your wife in name only. I also want to face the future with you and share the burden of this family with you,” Lin Wanwan said, leaning her head against Lu Feng.
"Lu Feng, why aren't we there yet? I'm tired. If we're not there soon, carry me on your back," Lin Wanwan said, a little discouraged.
Lu Feng looked at her with amusement, "Well, we've arrived, beautiful good-for-nothing."
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