Chapter 37 I stayed to wait for you because I can drive
Jiang Lili instinctively turned around. The man was looking at her with a smile on his face. He looked even taller than Lu Jiaze, and the smile on his face diluted his coldness. The white shirt and black pants made him look even more upright. She was stunned for two seconds. Is this Lu Hongzhe? Didn't Aunt Li just say that he wouldn't be coming back?
"Brother, you're back?" Lu Jiaze's surprised voice came.
"Yeah." The smile on Lu Hongzhe's face slowly faded, and he returned to his usual expression.
Perhaps because the shadow of her childhood was too heavy, Jiang Lili was still a little nervous when facing him. She gritted her teeth and called out, "Brother Hongzhe."
Jiang Qitong, who was standing next to her, looked up at the older brother who had suddenly appeared. She felt that this older brother was even more handsome than her sister Lili's childhood sweetheart.
Seeing her looking at Lu Hongzhe like this, Jiang Lili pinched her cheek and said softly, "Call me brother."
"Hello, brother." Jiang Qitong called out directly.
"Is this Tongtong from Uncle Aiguo's family?" Lu Hongzhe asked uncertainly. He still remembered that the last time he saw Jiang Qitong, he went with his parents to attend her full moon banquet.
"Yes, my father is Jiang Aiguo." Jiang Qitong's eyes were fixed on him as she nodded.
Lu Hongzhe curled his lips, then looked up at Jiang Lili, his tone somewhat nonchalant: "Where are you guys going?"
"Just out for a stroll." Jiang Lili pulled Jiang Qitong to escape the "scene," but the little girl was a little uncooperative this time. Instead, she said sweetly, "Brother, we're going to the courtyard gate to see the gardenias. Do you want to come with us?"
"You guys go ahead, I'll go in and say hello to them first." Lu Hongzhe shook his head. Coming back this time was not in his plan. The first thing he should do when he comes back is to say hello to his elders.
"Then brother, we will wait for you there." Jiang Qitong said and pointed to the gate of the courtyard.
"Okay." Lu Hongzhe smiled gently at the child. Jiang Lili lowered her head and curled the corners of her lips slightly. Seeing this scene, she remembered her childhood. Tongtong was deceived by his appearance because she was the same back then.
After Lu Hongzhe left, Lu Jiaze gradually came back to his senses. He looked at the two sisters with a smile and said, "My brother is back. I guess those adults will talk to him for a long time. Let's go. Let's go see the flowers first, and then I'll take you for a walk around the neighborhood."
"Let's go." Jiang Lili had already smelled the fragrance of gardenias. She was a little surprised that the gardenias in his house had not withered at this time.
The three of them arrived at the courtyard gate. As they approached, Jiang Lili realized that the gardenias here were not the large-leafed gardenias commonly seen in later generations, but a different kind. Jiang Qitong clapped her hands when she saw the flowers and said, "Sister Lili, they smell so good. Brother, can I pick one?"
"Tongtong, you can't pick it." Jiang Lili glanced at her.
"It's okay. My mom and others often pick them and keep them at home. Tongtong, I'll pick the one you like for you." Lu Jiaze asked.
"That one is cuter." Jiang Qitong pointed to the flower bud that had only two petals open. She thought the flower bud in the middle was so cute.
"Okay." Lu Jiaze took it off for her with a smile, and handed it to her. Jiang Lili stood there watching them. Having grown up together, she knew that Lu Jiaze had always been very patient with children, unlike her. She didn't like children at all, except for her own children, of course.
The yard was large, and Jiang Lili looked around calmly. When she saw the figure coming out of the living room again, she couldn't help but be stunned. When he came closer and saw the surprise in her eyes, she curled the corners of her lips and raised a faint smile: "Why, you don't welcome me?"
"How could that be?" Jiang Lili quickly shook her head. She thought he was just trying to coax Tongtong, but she didn't expect that he would really come out.
"I never lie, have you forgotten?" Lu Hongzhe said gently.
Jiang Lili thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be true. Although he had been serious since he was a child and looked mature beyond his years, he never lied.
At this time, Jiang Qitong noticed his figure, and hurried over to him, then handed him the flowers she had just picked: "Brother, this is for you."
"Thank you." Lu Hongzhe took over and reached out to rub her little head.
Lu Jiaze walked over slowly, his tone filled with surprise: "I thought you were going to be caught by Grandpa and the others and have a long chat."
"Grandpa and the others are reminiscing about the past with Grandpa Jiang." Lu Hongzhe said.
"I guess it will take a while to finish. Brother, how many days will you be back this time?" Lu Jiaze asked.
"Leaving tomorrow." Lu Hongzhe didn't expect that his second uncle would be transferred to Yuncheng this time.
"Shall we go out for a walk now?" Lu Jiaze suggested.
Jiang Lili didn't want to be the one to spoil the fun, so she kept silent. Jiang Qitong, on the other hand, looked very happy. However, Lu Hongzhe looked at them apologetically and said, "I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you."
"It's okay, brother, just go and do what you need." Lu Jiaze has become accustomed to his busy schedule.
"Well, I'll go back first." Lu Hongzhe nodded to the two sisters, then turned and left.
Looking at his back, Jiang Lili thought, this guy even walks with his back so straight, has he been thrown into the army for training?
"What are you looking at?" Seeing her staring at the front, Lu Jiaze stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her.
"Nothing, aren't we going for a walk? Let's go." Jiang Lili quickly withdrew her gaze.
"Let's go." Jiang Lili lowered her head and reminded Jiang Qitong not to run around when they went out and to hold her hand all the time.
"I've noted it all down. Let's go, Sister Lili." Jiang Qitong nodded quickly. She felt that Sister Lili had become even more nagging than her mother.
The three of them left the yard. Jincheng and Yuncheng were four hours' drive apart, but the weather was basically the same. Lu Jiaze introduced them as they walked. He had been here for almost six years, and compared to Yuncheng, he felt a stronger sense of belonging here.
"There is a market here, which opens on even-numbered days. Unfortunately, today is an odd-numbered day." Lu Jiaze's tone was filled with regret.
"There are people inside, brother, sister Lili, let's go and take a look." Jiang Qitong was sharp-eyed and had already seen that there were people inside.
"I guess it's because it's a holiday. Do you want to go and have a look?" Lu Jiaze looked at Jiang Lili, asking for her opinion.
"It's okay, let's go in and take a look." Jiang Lili nodded.
Just like Lu Jiaze said, probably because it was the holiday, even if it wasn't a market day, it was still quite lively inside, with all kinds of stalls selling small things and snacks. Hearing the shouts of the sugar figures, Jiang Qitong's eyes lit up. She took Jiang Lili's hand and said coquettishly, "Sister Lili, let's go over there and take a look. I promise I'll just look and not buy anything."
Jiang Lili chuckled. This girl was quite smart. She reached out and tapped her forehead: "Let's go. I'll buy you one later, but you can only look at it and not eat it."
She was in the process of changing her teeth and her aunt asked her not to eat candy, and the selling point of the candy man was the painted patterns.
"Okay, I promise I won't eat it." Jiang Qitong nodded quickly.
When she arrived at the stall selling candy figures, Jiang Qitong felt dazzled. There were figures of Sun Wukong and Smurfs. For a moment, she really didn't know which one to choose. She looked at Jiang Lili for help.
"Can't it be made now? How about making it yourself?" Jiang Lili suggested.
Jiang Qitong hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."
After Jiang Qitong's sugar figurine was finished, Lu Jiaze said to the stall owner, "Make another one based on hers."
Seeing him pointing at herself, Jiang Lili looked at him with amusement: "I'm not a child, I don't want it."
"Since you're here, just make one. When yours is done, I'll make one too." Lu Jiaze didn't give her a chance to refuse and paid directly.
This time Jiang Lili was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry. As expected, she couldn't escape these words no matter where she went.
Jiang Qitong looked at the candy man from left to right, and when Jiang Lili wasn't paying attention, she secretly licked it. It was so sweet.
Jiang Lili looked away. This silly child, did he really think she didn't see it?
Soon, each of the three people had a sugar figure in their hands. Jiang Lili had no interest in these greasy sweet things, but the stall owner had excellent craftsmanship and the drawings were very lifelike, which made her like them even more.
"Let's go back and see if they've finished talking." Lu Jiaze glanced at the sugar man in her hand while speaking, and it did look quite similar.
When they returned, the adults in the living room were still chatting. Seeing them, Qiu Shaoli stood up first: "Let's continue chatting when we come back in the evening. I'll take Uncle Jiang and the others for a walk first." Since they have come to Jincheng, they can't stay at home all the time.
"Then I'll go back and arrange lunch, and you can come to our place for dinner then." The speaker was Li Shuhua. The Lu brothers lived very close to each other, in the small Western-style building next door.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law." Qiu Shaoli responded readily, and then Qiu Shaoli and Mr. Lu took the Jiang family to check in at the scenic spots.
Jiang Lili and Jiang Qitong left the sugar figurine at home. When she caught up with the main group, she found that Lu Jiaze already had a camera in his hand. It seemed that she had come. He said with some regret: "We forgot to bring our camera when we went out just now."
"It's good to have it with you now." It's a good opportunity to take more photos for grandpa and the others as souvenirs.
Jiang Qitong had already run to Zhou Qingfen in front. At this time, the two of them were walking at the back. Jiang Lili looked up at the crowd in front and couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips. Why did she feel like she had accidentally entered a group of elderly people?
"That's right. Let's go. Today I'll show you my photography skills." Lu Jiaze said and took a picture of her.
The glaring flash made Jiang Lili look up to shield her eyes. After he put away the camera, she slowly said, "Master Lu, this is rude."
"Classmate Jiang Lili, you are becoming more and more distant from me." Lu Jiaze frowned to express his dissatisfaction. From yesterday to today, he could feel her obvious alienation.
"Isn't it normal to feel a bit unfamiliar after not seeing each other for so many years?" Jiang Lili looked at him strangely. Putting aside the fact that he was the target of Ji Mingyue's strategy, given the current situation, there were several years between them. How could they become familiar with each other the moment they met?
"You have a point. Don't worry, we will get to know each other soon." This was the first time that Lu Jiaze looked forward to transferring schools as soon as possible.
Jiang Lili didn't bother to pay attention to him and just asked, "Can you lend me your camera later?" She thought she had good photography skills. It was rare for the family to get out together, so of course she wanted to use photos to capture the happiness of this moment.
"Of course, I brought a lot of film, you can take as many pictures as you want." Lu Jiaze said as he handed the camera to her.
Jiang Lili, with her camera in hand, quickly caught up with Jiang Jianyi, who was talking to Lu Xingqing. Both of them were smiling, and she quickly snapped a picture of the scene. Hearing the click of a camera, they both turned around, and Jiang Lili smiled at them. "Grandpa, Grandpa Lu, let me take another picture of you."
"Okay, okay, I'll take a look at it when I have nothing to do next time." Lu Xingqing nodded with a smile.
Probably because they knew she wanted to take a photo, the two of them looked a little restrained standing together, not at all as casual and relaxed as before. Jiang Lili looked at the camera several times before finally pressing the shutter. Everyone was taking photos like this at this time, so it seemed that they would mainly focus on candid shots.
"Are you done?" Jiang Jianyi had maintained this posture for a long time. He didn't even blink for fear of being photographed as blind, but now he really couldn't hold on any longer.
"Okay, Grandpa, you and Grandpa Lu continue. I'm going to take a few pictures of my mom and the others." Jiang Lili said as she took two steps over there.
Jiang Jianyi and Lu Xingqing on the other side completely relaxed after hearing her words. They continued with the previous topic, and soon the smiles returned to their faces. Jiang Lili, who had returned the same way, saw this and pressed the shutter several times in a row. Looking at the smiles of the two people in the camera, she curled the corners of her lips in satisfaction. At this time, Lu Jiaze suddenly came over and said, "Good shot."
"Young Master Lu, scaring people can be fatal." Jiang Lili gave him a displeased look. Is this guy really walking without making any sound?
"I called you, but you were so focused on filming that you couldn't hear me at all." Lu Jiaze explained to her innocently.
"Okay, I'll go take pictures of my mom and the others now." Jiang Lili said and glanced at him. The meaning was obvious, telling him to go wherever he wanted.
"Sister Lili, are you taking pictures? Can you take one for me?" At this time, Jiang Qitong came running over happily.
"Of course, go stand over there." Jiang Lili said and began to teach her how to pose for photos.
After the photoshoot, Jiang Qitong was very excited: "Sister Lili, when can I get the photos?"
"When the time comes, we'll take the film back to Yuncheng and find a photo studio to develop it." Jiang Lili wasn't sure how many days it would take.
"Why bother with that? I have a darkroom at home. I can just bring it to you after I develop it." Lu Jiaze rejected her suggestion.
"You can develop photos?" Jiang Lili was a little surprised.
"Yes, I went to learn it specially. Don't worry, I won't let you shoot it in vain." Lu Jiaze signaled her to believe him, he really could do it.
"Okay then." Since he said so, Jiang Lili did not refuse.
In the following time, Jiang Lili turned into a photographer and kept taking pictures. The photo of her and Jiang Yulan was taken by Lu Jiaze. Finally, she took a family photo with Jiang Jianyi and Jiang Aiguo's family.
Jiang Aiguo originally planned to borrow a camera for this trip, but he forgot to pick it up from his colleague's house before leaving. Now Lu Jiaze's camera has made up for this regret.
Qiu Shaoli glanced at the time and said gently, "It's time for dinner. Let's go back and eat first, and then go somewhere else in the afternoon."
On the way back, Jiang Lili followed Qiu Shaoli and took the opportunity to talk to her: "Aunt Qiu, I think I have to trouble you with something."
"What's the matter?" Qiu Shaoli couldn't help rubbing the top of her head while speaking. Thinking of her patience when taking pictures just now, and comparing it with Lu Jiaze's attitude, she couldn't help but sigh again that it was better to have a daughter.
"Grandpa and his family rarely come to Jincheng. The medical conditions here are better than those in Yuncheng. I want to take Grandpa for a comprehensive check-up tomorrow. I'm afraid he will have too many thoughts, so I thought I should have my mom, uncle, and aunt do a check-up as well." Jiang Lili told her plans.
"Our Lili can also feel sorry for others. Okay, leave this matter to me." Qiu Shaoli nodded, indicating that it was no problem.
"Aunt Qiu, thank you." Jiang Lili quickly expressed her gratitude.
"You kid, you are estranged from your aunt, right? This is just a convenient thing to do." Qiu Shaoli pretended to be displeased.
"Okay, then next time Auntie comes to Yuncheng, I'll treat her to a meal."
"Then I'll be waiting." Qiu Shaoli chuckled, thinking that it would be great if Jiaze could be as calm.
"I should be waiting for you. Aunt Qiu, will your job also be transferred to Yuncheng?" Jiang Lili asked.
"Yes, but it will probably take some time to get approved." She has already submitted the report, but she doesn't know when it will be approved.
"Aunt Qiu must have sacrificed a lot of opportunities over the years. You are so great." She had previously accompanied Uncle Lu to Jincheng, and now she was going to accompany him back to Yuncheng.
Qiu Shaoli was somewhat surprised by Jiang Lili's words. For years, her job had always been transferred around with Lao Lu's, and no one thought there was anything wrong with it; everyone thought it was the norm. Even her parents thought it was the norm. It wasn't until today that she heard what she wanted to hear from a child. Over the years, due to the frequent transfers, she had lost many opportunities for promotion. At first, she jokingly complained to her parents about the transfers, but they sternly lectured her. She'd always wondered if her thinking was wrong, that a woman should compromise for the future of her husband and children. But now, she described her years of grievances and concessions as great, and for a moment, Qiu Shaoli felt a mixture of emotions.
"Lili, come and take another picture of your uncle and aunt." Jiang Yulan's voice came from the front.
"Aunt Qiu, I'll go take pictures for them first." Jiang Lili said and waved at her.
Qiu Shaoli looked at her with a smile on her face: "Well, go ahead."
After Jiang Li left, Lu Jiaze walked slowly to her side and asked casually, "Mom, what were you talking about just now?"
Having just experienced Jiang Lili's thoughtfulness, Qiu Shaoli now felt that Lu Jiaze was not pleasing to the eye. She glared at him unhappily and asked, "What's it to you?"
"No, Mom, why are you so angry?" Lu Jiaze was a little puzzled.
"Just stay away from me." Qiu Shaoli snorted coldly after saying this. Over the years, except for the initial transfer to Jincheng, Lu Liangjun apologized once, but later the father and son began to get used to it.
"What's going on? It would be fine if I did something wrong, but I didn't do anything today." Lu Jiaze began to think about whether he had done anything to make him angry today.
"Shut up first." Qiu Shaoli glared at him. It was the first time she disliked him so much.
For lunch, they went to Lu Hongzhe's house. They still lived in a small Western-style building, and the layout of the two houses was similar. Lu Liangxu and Li Shuhua were already waiting in the living room. When they saw them come back, they hurried forward to greet them and walked towards the dining room.
When Jiang Lili raised her eyes, she saw Lu Hongzhe coming down the stairs. He was the first person she had seen in real life who looked so good in a white shirt. Seeing him look up as if to look at her, Jiang Lili quickly turned around to listen to the adults' greetings.
"Hongzhe is in Tsinghua University now, right? I wonder if my Lili can get in." Jiang Jianyi's tone was full of envy. Tsinghua University is a good university in the eyes of all parents.
"That's right. Hongzhe has been a worry-free person since he was young. Sister-in-law, I really envy you and brother." Qiu Shaoli's tone was also full of envy.
"Mom, what you said makes me sound like a naughty kid." Lu Jiaze was a little dissatisfied.
"With Hongzhe and Lili as examples, do you think you can still get in? You'd better stop talking." Qiu Shaoli signaled him to shut up.
All the adults' topics were focused on Lu Hongzhe. He was quite capable of handling such a situation and seemed to be at ease. Jiang Lili smiled secretly with her head down. It seemed that no matter how capable a person was, he could not escape being forced by his parents to "perform".
Lu Hongzhe didn't expect that he would encounter the Jiang family visiting him this time. It had been almost eight years since they last saw each other. His biggest impression of Jiang Lili was still when she was a child. She always looked mysterious and said a bunch of nonsense to him. She was obviously afraid of him, but she would always come to him and say some inexplicable words. This made him wonder if she had some task to complete.
Later, his second uncle and his family also went to Jincheng, and they never returned to Yuncheng. Unexpectedly, his second uncle would be transferred back to Yuncheng this year. He thought that this might be the fate that his mother often talked about. He remembered that the two families had arranged a marriage for her and Jiaze.
The meal ended with the sound of praising Lu Hongzhe. After the meal, Jiang Lili couldn't help but yawn. Her biological clock reminded her that it was time for a nap.
"Lili, are you sleepy? Why don't you go upstairs and take a nap?" Li Shuhua looked at her gently.
"No need, Aunt Li." Jiang Lili quickly shook her head to refuse, and quietly pinched her left hand with her right hand, trying to sober herself up.
"I plan to take Uncle Jiang and the others to the city center this afternoon. Do you have any good suggestions, sister-in-law?" They had already visited the must-visit places in Jincheng in the morning.
"It's good to go to the city center." Jiang Lili quickly interrupted. She wanted to go there to see what the best-selling toys were.
"Then let's go to the city center." Qiu Shaoli nodded.
The Jiang family all have the habit of taking a nap, so everyone got up and went back to Lu Liangjun and his family's place next door. Before returning to the room, Jiang Lili called a family meeting with everyone. The central idea of this family meeting was to go for a physical examination.
As expected, upon hearing about going to the hospital for a physical examination, Jiang Jianyi was the first to object: "I'm in good health. I don't need any examination. I won't go."
Although the other three people didn't say anything, the look in their eyes when they looked at Jiang Lili expressed the same meaning: why go to the hospital for no reason?
"Grandpa, the purpose of a physical examination is to prevent problems before they happen. You don't have to wait until you are sick to go. I know you feel that going alone will waste everyone's time, so I made an appointment for my mother, uncle and aunt to have a physical examination, so that you can go together." Jiang Lili looked at Jiang Jianyi with a smile on her face.
"No, Lili, you..." Jiang Aiguo hurriedly tried to stop him when he heard Jiang Lili's gaze. He said coldly, "Why, uncle, you don't want to accompany grandpa?"
"Of course I'm happy to. I'll just go with him. I don't need to get checked." Why waste money?
"I've asked Aunt Qiu to make an appointment. The hospital can't refund the money anyway. You can go find Aunt Qiu. I guess she will just advance the money for you." After Jiang Lili finished speaking, she glanced at them, as if to let them go or not.
"Dad, just go. Isn't Lili worried about our health? Let's go together tomorrow." Jiang Yulan was the first to support?
"Sister, you're right. Since we've made an appointment, let's go for a check-up. It never hurts to get one." Zhou Qingfen also advised. In her opinion, since the money has been paid, there's no need to worry about it anymore. She can just find another opportunity to repay Lili or sister for this favor in the future.
"The money shouldn't be in your hands." Jiang Jianyi said as he tapped Jiang Lili's forehead.
"It's too late to realize it now." Jiang Lili said and winked at him proudly.
"It's rare that Lili is filial. We can't discourage her. We should just listen to her arrangements." Jiang Aiguo changed his previous attitude this time. The old man was old, so it was right for him to have a comprehensive check-up. He didn't expect that Lili was more thoughtful than them.
"It's passed unanimously, so let's all go to rest. I'm going to the department store to look at toys in the afternoon." Jiang Lili said and was the first to return to the room.
*
After the Jiang family and Lu Liangjun's family left, only the family of three was left in the huge living room. Lu Liangxu was the first to ask Lu Hongzhe: "Didn't you say you wouldn't come back? Why did you come back suddenly?"
"I came back to deal with a small problem." Lu Hongzhe didn't elaborate on what the problem was.
Lu Liangxu and Li Shuhua were used to his independence, so they didn't ask any further questions. They just reminded him, "What time is tomorrow's train ticket?"
"Ten o'clock in the morning." Lu Hongzhe's answers were always concise.
"The train takes so long, why don't you take a plane?" Li Shuhua looked at her son with some heartache.
"It's just fine." What's more, he is still planning for his future business venture, so it would be uneconomical to spend money on air tickets now.
"How about refunding the train ticket and exchanging it for a plane ticket?" Li Shuhua couldn't bear to see her son suffer, so she couldn't help but ask tentatively.
"I don't think there's a good time to buy a plane ticket if I cancel it now. The train is also fine." His family has only become wealthy in recent years, so Lu Hongzhe doesn't think there's anything wrong with taking the train.
"Hongzhe is right. There's nothing wrong with trains. Back then, like us..." Before Lu Liangxu could finish, Li Shuhua interrupted him, "Times have progressed. Don't dwell on your past. If you don't spend your money on your son, who do you want to spend it on?"
"That's not what I meant. I just think boys should be raised a little rougher, while girls can be spoiled a little." Lu Liangxu couldn't help but sigh when he said this. Their Lu family was not destined to have daughters.
"That's right. Look at Yulan and Aiguo, the brother and sister, they both gave birth to daughters. I'm so envious of them. By the way, they should be going back the day after tomorrow, so I have to prepare some gifts for them in advance." I haven't seen each other for so many years, so I have to think carefully about what gifts to give them.
"It's up to you to handle this matter. I didn't expect Yulan to get divorced. Do you think things would have been different if Wenkang hadn't called off the engagement?" Lu Liangxu couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned this. He and Lin Wenkang were the same age and grew up in the same family compound. Unexpectedly, after Wenkang was admitted to university, his mother forced him to break off the engagement.
"Come on, just like that, even if Yulan married Lin Wenkang, they would have been broken up sooner or later. Although Yulan is divorced now, at least she lived a comfortable life in the past twenty years. If she really married Lin Wenkang, that might not be the case anymore." Li Shuhua gave him a displeased look after she finished speaking. Lin Wenkang's cancellation of the engagement made her completely despise him, but he, on the other hand, had kept in touch with her all these years.
"You have a point. I was thinking that they are both alone now, maybe..."
"Dad, you'd better not interfere in this matter. Do you think Aunt Jiang is the kind of person who would go back to her ex? And with Grandpa Jiang's personality, do you think it's possible?" This time, Lu Hongzhe rejected it without waiting for Li Shuhua to say anything.
"You said you are almost forty years old, but you don't see things as clearly as Hongzhe, a kid. What can I say?" Li Shuhua rolled her eyes at Lu Liangxu.
"Yes, yes, I misjudged you. Don't worry, I won't mention this to either side," Lu Liangxu quickly assured the mother and son. It wasn't his fault, actually. A while ago, when he and Lin Wenkang were having dinner together, he brought up the subject, saying he regretted not insisting back then, which was why he had this idea. Now Lu Liangxu came to his senses. Could it be that Lin Wenkang had already known about Yulan's divorce and had deliberately told him about it?
"That's good to know. As a friend, Lin Wenkang might be faultless, but as a future partner, haha, he couldn't even handle his mother back then, but now he can?" Li Shuhua sneered and even used this incident to criticize Lu Hongzhe: "Hongzhe, Mom is telling you, if you meet a girl you like in the future, you must either face it firmly or be decisive. Don't be like Lin Wenkang, indecisive and lose both sides."
Lu Hongzhe was a little amused and said, "Mom, isn't it too early for you to say this now?"
"It's not too early. You're already in college. It would be great if you could find someone earlier and get married after graduation. Look, your second aunt is smart. She found a good wife for Jiaze early. It's good to know someone well enough." Li Shuhua's tone was full of envy.
"Mom, this is a new era, and arranged marriages are illegal," Lu Hongzhe reminded.
"Forget it. I'm too lazy to talk to you." Li Shuhua said as she went upstairs. These father and son would make her angry to death sooner or later.
The father and son in the living room downstairs looked at each other, and finally Lu Liangxu spoke first: "Since you made your mother angry, you should go shopping with her this afternoon."
"Okay, but it seems like you were the one who made her angry first?" Lu Hongzhe pointed out the mistake in his words.
"It's me. I shouldn't have mentioned Lin Wenkang. He probably doesn't know that the Jiang family has come to Jincheng, right?" Lu Liangxu muttered to himself.
Lin Wenkang's father died when he was ten years old. During those years, the Jiang family had always taken good care of him and his family. When Lin Wenkang and Jiang Yulan got engaged, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Lin family was marrying up. Unexpectedly, they would cancel the engagement as soon as Lin Wenkang was admitted to university. Lin's mother even followed Lin Wenkang to Jincheng, completely ending her relationship with Yuncheng.
Lu Hongzhe ignored his words and was just thinking about accompanying Li Shuhua to go shopping in the city center. In fact, he didn't like shopping at all.
*
An hour later, everyone who had been napping woke up one after another, except Jiang Lili, who was woken up by Jiang Qitong: "Sister Lili, wake up, we are going to the department store!"
"I understand, ancestor, stop shaking." Jiang Lili felt that if she continued shaking, her arms would be broken.
"Then get up quickly." Jiang Qitong had already tied her braids again. When she lowered her head, the tail of the braid brushed against Jiang Lili's face, making her feel itchy.
"Get up, wait for me outside." Jiang Lili slowly got up from the bed, then went to the bathroom to wash her face with cold water, and her sleepiness immediately disappeared.
When she came out of the bathroom, Jiang Qitong was gone. Jiang Lili went down from the third floor and found that everyone was gone when she reached the living room. Just as she was wondering, someone suddenly stood up from the sofa. It was Lu Hongzhe. He turned and looked at her: "Are you all packed?"
"Yeah." Jiang Lili was just hesitating whether to ask the others when she heard his cold voice: "The others go first."
"What about me?" Jiang Lili thought, could it be that they were riding in the same car? Who arranged the seats so outrageous?
As if seeing the doubt in her heart, Lu Hongzhe explained again: "We have limited drivers at home. I stayed to wait for you because I can drive."
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