Chapter 21 One Plan Fails, Another is Found
Back home, Huang Zhaodi's tears fell like beads from a broken string: "Mom, look at that vixen! She's bewitched everyone in the village and Brother Lu! What am I going to do? If I can't marry Brother Lu, I don't even want to live anymore!"
Seeing her daughter crying, Liu Xiao'e felt extremely distressed and reached out to wipe away her tears: "My dear daughter, don't cry, Mom still has a way."
"Really?" Huang Zhaodi's crying stopped abruptly, but then she pouted and said with a wronged expression, "You said you had a way before, but you didn't do anything to her at all."
“This time is different.” Liu Xiao’e whispered mysteriously into her daughter’s ear.
Huang Zhaodi's eyes gradually brightened: "Mom, I'll do as you say! I'll start preparing right away."
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Lu Zheng got up and headed to his work site.
Today happened to be their turn to repair the dam, which is heavy physical work. Around noon, the family members came one after another with lunch boxes to bring them food.
Lu Zheng looked at them and took out a mixed flour bun from his pocket.
Actually, last night, both Lu's mother and Daya said they would bring him food.
But Lu Zheng thought to himself that the sun was too strong and his mother's body had not fully recovered, so he couldn't let her overexert herself.
As for Daya, she had to take care of everything at home and outside; she was still just a child.
Therefore, Lu Zheng firmly refused.
As for Xia Qianqian, Lu Zheng didn't even mention her.
The road from the village to the dam was difficult to walk, and there was a large patch of weeds along the way.
In summer, clothes are made of less fabric, so if Xia Qianqian were to bring herself food, her arms and legs would definitely get cut by the wild grass.
The thought of the scars on her fair skin immediately dispelled Lu Zheng's idea.
As a grown man, I can just grab a bite and be done with it.
Besides, since Xia Qianqian came back, she's bought a lot of good food for the family. He has mixed grain steamed buns to eat, which is much better than the flatbreads eaten by other people in the village.
Just then, Huang Zhaodi, carrying a basket, swayed her body and walked towards where everyone was.
Because of the unbearable heat while working on the dam, most of the men were shirtless.
The moment Huang Zhaodi's gaze fell on Lu Zheng, her face flushed bright red.
The men who were working were always rife with risqué talk, and seeing Huang Zhaodi's appearance, they immediately started teasing her all at once.
“Lu Zheng, we all know how Zhao Di feels about you. Since you’re not married yet, why don’t you just marry her?”
Upon hearing this, Huang Zhaodi's face seemed to glow with a beautiful sunset.
She spoke in a sweet, high-pitched voice to Lu Zheng, "Brother Lu, I've brought you lunch. It's very hot at noon, so I specially cooked some mung bean soup. Unlike some people, I don't just stay at home and enjoy my leisure."
As she spoke, she secretly glanced at Lu Zheng's reaction, a hint of shyness in her eyes.
To everyone's surprise, Lu Zheng glanced at the mung bean water with some disdain and said, "You can share it with everyone, I'm not thirsty..."
Huang Zhaodi became a little anxious: "Brother Lu, I put a lot of sugar in this mung bean soup, it's very sweet, would you like some?"
As she spoke, she squeezed her way closer to Lu Zheng.
As Lu Zheng turned to leave, Huang Zhaodi immediately pretended to lose her footing, and suddenly shook the hand holding the mung bean soup, spilling the soup all over herself.
It was summer, and everyone was wearing light clothing. When the mung bean soup was spilled, her clothes were instantly soaked, revealing her figure in all its glory.
Huang Zhaodi secretly glanced at Lu Zheng, thinking to herself, "Mom once said that unmarried men can't resist a woman's body."
If Lu Zheng is interested in her, then this matter is already half successful.
Lu Zheng hadn't expected things to turn out this way. He frowned, a hint of displeasure and embarrassment flashing in his eyes.
"Huang Zhaodi, what are you doing?" Lu Zheng asked coldly.
Seeing Lu Zheng like this, Huang Zhaodi felt a chill in her heart, but thankfully her mother had prepared a backup plan for her.
Huang Zhaodi feigned a pitiful look: "Brother Lu, how could you ask me that? If you hadn't touched me just now, this mung bean soup wouldn't have spilled."
As she spoke, she raised her hand to wipe away tears that were not actually there.
"Waaaaah, I kindly brought you food, and this is how you treat me! So many people saw it, I... I don't want to live anymore!"
Lu Zheng never expected that Huang Zhaodi would twist the truth like this. He was so angry that his once handsome face turned dark.
When the incident occurred, his body happened to block everyone's view, and seeing Huang Zhaodi crying pitifully, everyone sided with her.
“Lu Zheng, our village kindly took you and your child in, you can’t treat our villagers like this. You have to give Zhao Di an explanation today!” An elderly villager said with a frown and a serious expression.
"Yeah, if you ask me, since Zhao Di likes you anyway, why don't you just marry her?" a young man chimed in.
Upon hearing this, Huang Zhaodi cried even louder.
She cried as she said, "Thank you all, uncles and elder brothers, for standing up for me. This is not Brother Lu's fault, it's just my bad luck. Waaah, what's the point of living if someone has touched my body? I might as well be dead."
As she spoke, she rushed toward the willow tree beside her.
This put Lu Zheng in a very difficult position. Immediately, someone reached out to stop Huang Zhaodi, while the others glared angrily at Lu Zheng. Judging from the situation, if Lu Zheng couldn't give an explanation today, this matter would definitely not end well.
"I didn't lay a hand on her at all; this is pure slander!" Lu Zheng defended himself.
"Hmph!" A villager snorted heavily. "If you hadn't done anything wrong, why would Zhao Di have tried to kill herself? If you don't marry her today, our Willow Tree Village will definitely not let you off easily!"
When Huang Zhaodi heard the villagers say this, her heart pounded with excitement. She was secretly delighted: Mom was right after all. Look at this move, everyone is indeed on her side.
Although Brother Lu suffered some grievances today, she will definitely make it up to him after they get married.
"I didn't do it, and that's it. If you don't believe me, let's go find the captain together. Even if it means going to jail, I absolutely won't agree to it." Lu Zheng's words were firm and resolute.
Seeing his reaction, the villagers hesitated.
Huang Zhaodi had worked so hard to ignite the fire, and she wasn't about to let it go out so easily. She pointed at Lu Zheng and said, "Brother Lu, how can you say that? What girl would joke about her own innocence!"
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