Chapter 171 It was dark and she hadn't returned home yet.
Seeing him like this, Aunt Lin couldn't help but joked, "Oh, you've only been away for a while and you're already worried about your wife?"
Lu Chen raised his eyes to glance at Aunt Lin and whispered, "She is not familiar with Beijing. I am afraid she will run into trouble or take the wrong bus or something."
His fingers unconsciously stroked the corner of the table, and a hint of anxiety flashed in his eyes.
Lu Feng was carrying Lu Yiyi down from upstairs. Hearing this, he couldn't help laughing and interrupted, "Brother, sister-in-law is not a child anymore, how could she get lost?"
He spoke in a lighthearted tone while teasing the child in his arms.
Lu Yiyi was amused and laughed out loud, waving her little hands in the air.
Lu Chen sighed softly, his eyes wandering, and murmured in a low voice: "Your sister-in-law is still younger after all, she is only eighteen years old."
At this time, Lu Huaizheng pushed the door open and just heard Lu Chen's words.
He brushed off the fallen snow on his head and snorted coldly, with a bit of dissatisfaction in his tone: "You also know that she is young?"
This sentence was said abruptly, and Lu Chen didn't react for a moment. He frowned slightly and looked up at his father with a bit of doubt in his eyes.
Cheng Wanying came out of the bedroom, took the coat that Lu Huaizheng had taken off, glared at him, and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense!"
There was a hint of warning in her tone and her eyes were full of helplessness.
Lu Huaizheng didn't take it seriously, and turned to ask Cheng Wanying: "Did the bed repairman come today?"
Cheng Wanying's face froze, and she glared at him again before she reluctantly replied, "I've been here, and it's been fixed."
Her voice was a little stiff, and she obviously didn't want to talk about it anymore.
Lu Chen was confused and couldn't help asking, "Mom, is your bed broken?"
Cheng Wanying waved her hands and forced a smile: "It's okay, it's just a small matter."
Her tone was a little perfunctory and her eyes flickered, and she obviously didn't want to say more.
Lu Huaizheng took over the conversation directly and glanced at him meaningfully: "I repaired the bed for you."
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, then he understood what his father meant by what he had just said.
The corners of his mouth pursed slightly, and no special emotion could be seen on his face, but his eyes dimmed slightly, and he seemed a little helpless and embarrassed.
Time passed by minute by minute, and Lu Yiyi suddenly twisted in Lu Feng's arms, her little mouth pouting, and she shouted: "Mom! Mom...I want...Mom!"
Only then did Lu Feng realize that his wife Zhang Man had not returned yet.
He frowned and turned to ask Aunt Lin: "Where did Zhang Man go today? Why hasn't she come back yet?"
Aunt Lin replied, "She went back to her parents' home, saying she was packing her things. She's been gone all afternoon, and there's still no sign of her."
There was a hint of doubt in her tone, and she obviously felt something was wrong.
When Lu Feng heard this, his face instantly darkened.
He put Lu Yiyi down in his arms, stood up, and said in an unhappy tone: "Going back to your mother's house to pack your things? Why didn't you tell me?"
He guessed that Zhang Man must have been held up by her mother's family, otherwise why wouldn't she come back so late?
Thinking of his father-in-law's family, his fists clenched unconsciously.
He was very dissatisfied with that family and couldn't understand how there could be such parents in the world who gave birth to a daughter but didn't love her, but instead exploited her like an ATM.
Seeing this, Cheng Wanying stepped forward to comfort him: "Don't worry, Zhang Man must have something unfinished, otherwise she would not have not come back."
Lu Feng's expression was still grim, and his voice was cold and hard: "She doesn't care about this family or the children at all! She didn't come back so late, and she didn't even call me, what does that mean?"
Cheng Wanying patted his shoulder gently and said softly, "Maybe she's already on her way. Wait a little longer. When she comes back later, you must control your temper and ask about the situation first. Don't curse without knowing the truth."
Lu Feng took a deep breath, barely suppressed the anger in his heart, and nodded: "I understand."
The sky outside was already completely dark, and the snow was still falling, with the tendency to get heavier.
Lu Chen couldn't sit still any longer, he stood up suddenly and said, "I'm going to find Xu Nuo. She didn't come home on time and didn't even call. This is not normal and it's not her style."
Cheng Wanying thought it made sense, and he reminded Lu Chen: "Be careful on the road, don't rush."
Seeing this, Lu Huaizheng said, "Wait a minute, I'll have the guard company send a car over to take you there."
After he finished speaking, he picked up the phone and dialed.
Lu Chen waved his hand and said, "Dad, there's no need to bother the guard company. I can drive there myself."
He said, and strode towards the door.
Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a gust of cold wind wrapped in snowflakes rolled in.
Zhang Man rushed into the house in a hurry, her body covered with fallen snow, her hair and shoulders were wet, and there were several scratches on her face, looking a little embarrassed.
Her breathing was rapid, her cheeks were red from the cold, and her eyes were filled with panic and helplessness.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw the whole family staring at her and was stunned.
The next second, her eyes turned red, tears welled up in her eyes, and she burst into tears.
Her shoulders trembled slightly, as if the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time completely burst out at this moment.
The air in the room seemed to freeze and everyone was stunned.
Lu Feng's expression changed from anger to astonishment. Cheng Wanying hurried forward to support Zhang Man and comforted her softly, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Her tone was full of concern and her eyes showed some distress.
Although he doesn't like his daughter-in-law very much, she is Lu Yiyi's mother and Lu Feng's wife after all, and they are still a family.
Zhang Man sobbed, her voice intermittent: "I...something happened on the way, I was delayed..."
Her tears mixed with the snow on her face and rolled down.
Lu Feng stood there, his original anger was mostly extinguished by her crying, and was replaced by a complex emotion.
He just watched Zhang Man cry and did not go forward to comfort her.
Zhang Man cried heartbreakingly, her shoulders shook violently, and tears rolled down her cheeks like beads from a broken string. She seemed to have been drained of all her strength and slumped in the chair.
Lu Feng's heart tightened when he heard her crying, and his originally cold eyes softened a little.
But when he thought of her current state, thinking that she might have been bullied by her family, he felt an inexplicable irritation in his heart, thinking that she brought it upon herself.
He snorted coldly, his tone full of sarcasm: "You deserve it! You had a good life to live, but you had to go to your mother's house to get angry. What's the point of crying like this now?"
When Zhang Man heard his words, she stopped crying: "No, it's not."
"What do you mean it's not? Zhang Man, how long are you going to keep your mouth shut? Don't you think that our happy life has been completely ruined by your family?" Lu Feng growled in annoyance.
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