Chapter 84 Chapter 84 The name sounds familiar
The thin sunlight at noon cut through the eaves of the hospital entrance and hit Lu Qinghe's shoulder.
When their eyes met, Wu Xingliang didn't even dare to recognize that the woman in front of him who was dressed fashionably and had a confident look was Lu Qinghe, his ex-wife who used to live in the countryside, facing the loess and speaking timidly.
The last time we met was in a department store a few years ago.
Lu Qinghe at that time was already surprising enough to him, but at that time his mind and eyes were full of trying to make Zheng Miaoran happy, and he turned around and forgot about her.
Later, when his father passed away, Wu Xingliang returned home to attend the funeral and found out that Lu Qinghe had married a soldier who was also in Hua City.
When I see her again now, Lu Qinghe is still very different from what I remember.
It was still chilly in April, but unlike the people around her who were wearing bulky cotton-padded clothes, she wore a bamboo-gray windbreaker with a fine wool sweater underneath. You could tell at a glance that these were not cheap items, they were warm and fashionable. She... she seemed to be living a good life.
If she still lived the same life as in the countryside, the skin on Lu Qinghe's face would not be so fair and delicate, and the hands holding the child would not be so slender and clean.
The person in front of me looked like someone who had been well-maintained. Even when standing there holding a child, she looked exceptionally young, especially her eyes, which were calm and gentle, with a hint of bookishness.
For a moment, Wu Xingliang was stunned.
"Are you going to leave or not? What are you looking at..." Zheng Miaoran turned to urge Wu Xingliang, frowned, and followed his gaze to look at Lu Qinghe.
This woman is so beautiful.
She dressed well, but she didn't look like an ordinary rich lady. Instead, she looked like a daughter from a scholarly family.
Zheng Miaoran inexplicably felt a bit more hostile towards a woman who was prettier than herself and seemed to have a better family background than herself.
Wu Xingliang also reacted.
Before Zheng Miaoran could speak, he turned around and left.
"You are anxious again now. What's the matter? Do you know each other?" Zheng Miaoran snorted and looked at Lu Qinghe.
Wu Xingliang's eyes were evasive, and he was evasive. "Old, fellow villager."
"Fellow countryman?" Ye Yulian frowned.
Lu Qinghe showed a bit of sarcasm, "He's just a bastard from my hometown, let's go."
"Who are you scolding?" Zheng Miaoran was a little annoyed, but also a little curious. She looked between the two of them as if watching a joke.
"Scold me."
Wu Xingliang grabbed Zheng Miaoran and said, "You're scolding me. There was a misunderstanding back home. I was ignorant when I was little."
Lu Qinghe ignored Wu Xingliang. Instead, Zheng Miaoran looked at Wu Xingliang's expression and felt something was wrong.
Zheng Miaoran took two steps after him and said, "Hey, since we're from the same hometown, why don't you just leave without chatting for a while? And you're cursing so harshly."
"Get out of the way."
"I'm talking to you nicely. Let me ask you, are you from the same hometown as Uncle Wu Xingliang?"
"Uncle?" Lu Qinghe glanced at Zheng Miaoran mockingly, "I've never heard of that."
"What do you mean by never having heard of it? Are you two familiar with each other? What is your relationship?"
"What relationship do I have with the scumbag?"
Lu Qinghe raised her eyebrows and wanted to say something unpleasant, but she was afraid that Ranran in her arms would hear it and get scared.
Zheng Miaoran was even more unhappy, "What's wrong with you, you..."
"I was wrong before!"
Wu Xingliang was afraid that Lu Qinghe would get angry and tell her that he had been married, so he hurried out to apologize.
"I was wrong in the past, so you have the right to scold me. Miaoran, let's not bother others. Let's go."
Zheng Miaoran was about to say something when Lu Qinghe waved and signaled Xiao Li, who was driving her, to come over.
The door of a military jeep parked on the side of the street opened, and Xiao Li hurried over, calling out "sister-in-law," and stood in front of Lu Qinghe.
Seeing this scene, Zheng Miaoran and Wu Xingliang were both shocked.
They are definitely not from an ordinary family as they can ride in this kind of car and have an orderly when they go out.
With Xiao Li protecting them, neither of them dared to say anything. Lu Qinghe said goodbye to Ye Yulian while holding the child, then turned and left.
Leaving behind Zheng Miaoran and his wife.
"Wu Xingliang, your fellow villager is doing quite well. Her husband must be a high-ranking military officer."
Wu Xingliang didn't quite understand this, but he knew it wasn't a simple matter.
However, seeing that Lu Qinghe had left and had no intention of revealing himself to Zheng Miaoran, he turned around and his tone became tough.
"Who cares what she does? That's her business. It has nothing to do with our family. Stop looking for trouble and go home quickly. I still have work to do at the factory and I don't have time to accompany you all the time."
Zheng Miaoran held his breath in his heart: "I was just speaking for you, why are you so impatient with me?"
"You bumped into someone else first."
"I'm your wife. You don't speak for me, but you speak for others, right? And what did she mean by that just now? What did she mean by she had never heard of your uncle?"
Wu Xingliang became increasingly irritated. "Didn't I tell you before that I lived with my grandparents in my hometown? Back then, I called my uncle 'Dad'. Later, I found out that my parents were in Hua City. How come you haven't learned anything after all these years?"
"Wu Xingliang, how the hell are you talking to me?"
"I'm just talking to you like this, what can you do?"
"Okay, if you're capable, let's go home and wait and see."
"Going home?" Wu Xingliang sneered, "I'm not going home today. I'm staying at the factory."
"you!"
Zheng Miaoran was so angry that she slapped him.
But the next second, he was stopped by Wu Xingliang, "Zheng Miaoran, I'm warning you one last time. I have things to do and don't have time to waste with you!"
"Wu Xingliang! Are you a piece of shit? Did I come to this hospital because I wanted to? It's because you kept asking me why I wasn't pregnant yet that I came here for a checkup. The doctor just said there's nothing wrong with me, but I think it's you who should get checked out!"
Wu Xingliang's face turned even darker, and he couldn't help but exert force on his hands. Zheng Miaoran immediately grimaced in pain.
"Okay, Wu Xingliang, now you dare to fight me, right? Why don't you kneel down!"
"Kneel down, Zheng Miaoran! There's nothing wrong with me. If you can't get pregnant, it's because you're useless and have no future! I've been putting up with you for a long time, but I'm putting this out there. If you argue with me again, I won't tolerate you anymore!"
"you!"
After Wu Xingliang finished speaking, he glared at Zheng Miaoran fiercely, then turned around and strode away, ignoring her and the sidelong glances from the people around him.
After the Chinese New Year this year, Wu Xingliang finally took over his father-in-law's job and became the deputy factory director.
Zheng Miaoran was also happy for Wu Xingliang's promotion and wealth.
However, Wu Xingliang used the excuse of being busy at the factory to go home less and less, and he even stopped obeying orders as he used to.
At first, he just made excuses to shirk responsibility. Two months later, he simply stopped making excuses. Now, he even dared to fight Zheng Miaoran.
It was also this year that Wu Xingliang began to talk about his children frequently.
The two have been married for several years but have not been pregnant. Zheng Miaoran asked Wu Xingliang once before, but Wu Xingliang didn't seem to care. But now, this has become a reason for Wu Xingliang to suppress Zheng Miaoran.
The more Zheng Miaoran thought about it, the angrier he became.
She cursed a few words on the spot, and then prepared to leave with some anger.
Just then, Zheng Miaoran discovered that the jeep that had just passed through the intersection had just turned around and left.
Although she couldn't see clearly through the window, she inexplicably felt that the woman was sitting inside and she looked at her.
In the car.
Lu Qinghe withdrew his gaze, lowered his head lightly, and fiddled with his daughter's collar which was a bit in the way.
According to Zheng Miaoran's character, even if she didn't say it out loud, as long as there was the slightest suspicion, Zheng Miaoran would want to investigate it thoroughly.
but……
For Wu Xingliang now, the most he worries about is that Zheng Miaoran will quarrel with her. Everything else should not be important to Wu Xingliang.
Counting the days, it's the time when Wu Xingliang becomes the deputy factory director in the book. I just don't know how he will affect this life and what will happen between the two of them.
Once the seeds of doubt are planted, someone will naturally be unable to resist.
After returning home that day, Zheng Miaoran went to her mother-in-law's house.
Wu Fang used to be Wu Xingliang's aunt, but now, after changing her household registration, she has been Wu Xingliang's mother for many years.
However, this does not mean that Wu Fang likes to be a mother-in-law to Zheng Miaoran, a spoiled, arrogant and bad-tempered young lady.
Fortunately, Zheng Miaoran was not willing to get along with her in-laws. After they got married, Deputy Director Zheng approved a house for them to live in. Therefore, this fake mother-in-law and daughter-in-law rarely met each other.
Zheng Miaoran rarely comes to visit now. In the past, Wu Fang would definitely be careful to please him.
But now...
Now that Deputy Director Zheng has retired and Wu Xingliang has taken over, her three daughters have all found jobs in the steel mill, so she is too lazy to give face to Zheng Miaoran anymore.
"How would I know about these things? I didn't even see the person, so how would I know who it was?"
"Don't ask me, ask Xingliang."
"If he doesn't say anything, then there's a reason for him not to say it. Maybe it doesn't matter at all. Don't think too much about it."
After a perfunctory dismissal, Wu Fang pushed Zheng Miaoran out the door with disgust.
Zheng Miaoran naturally saw through her mother-in-law's perfunctory attitude, but she was the daughter of Deputy Director Zheng after all, and she had some connections in the past. If she really wanted to investigate something, although it would be a bit troublesome, there was still a way.
After thinking about it, Zheng Miaoran recalled the look Wu Xingliang gave that woman at that time, but no matter how she recalled it, she felt something was wrong.
Especially what that woman said.
She said she had never heard Wu Xingliang say that he had an uncle, but from Wu Xingliang's point of view, the two of them should have been very familiar with each other in the past.
After hesitating for a while, she went to the Public Security Bureau.
Zheng Miaoran found an acquaintance whom he had met through his father before, and after giving him some benefits, the acquaintance agreed to help contact Dagu Village.
Zheng Miaoran used to be disdainful of knowing about Wu Xingliang's remote Dagu Village, but now that she was curious, she had to investigate it thoroughly.
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When Zhao Zhanming returned home in the evening, Lu Qinghe coaxed her daughter to sleep and told him about her encounter with Wu Xingliang during the day without hiding anything from him.
"who?"
"Wu Xingliang, that is..."
"I remember now." Zhao Zhanming's tone was slightly depressed. "When he said he was disabled, it was obviously a lie. He just wanted to deceive you. Now it seems that he was also deceiving that woman."
Lu Qinghe nodded: "After today, I'm afraid she will want to find out the truth."
Zhao Zhanming thought for a moment, then suddenly looked at Lu Qinghe, "Do you want me to lend a hand?"
When their eyes met, the couple instantly understood each other's thoughts.
So Zheng Miaoran's investigation into Wu Xingliang's information went extremely smoothly, as if someone was pushing him from behind and deliberately presenting the truth to Zheng Miaoran.
On the day he received the news, Zheng Miaoran rushed directly to Wu Xingliang's office at the steel plant.
"Wu Xingliang!! You big liar, how dare you cheat on me in marriage!!"
In one sentence, Wu Xingliang knew what Zheng Miaoran meant.
After he closed the door, he took over and glared at Zheng Miaoran with a gloomy look: "Are you investigating me behind my back?"
Zheng Miaoran sneered, "If I hadn't checked, I wouldn't have known. It turns out you had a wife and even children. Wu Xingliang, you've lied to me for so many years, and you still have the nerve to argue with me? If I were you, I would kneel down and beg you to let me go!"
If only in the past...
But now is not the same as before.
Wu Xingliang did not kneel down as Zheng Miaoran wished, nor did he repent as Zheng Miaoran had imagined.
He walked closer and grabbed Zheng Miaoran's wrist fiercely. "You won't let me go? Zheng Miaoran, why won't you let me go? Don't forget, your father had a stroke after the New Year and is still in the intensive care unit. I'm the deputy factory director now, the real pillar of our family, oh no... your Zheng family! Don't you think about it? If you don't let me go, what will you do? What will happen to your father?"
A few years ago, Zheng Miaoran, who was still working in the Propaganda Department, quit his job under the persuasion of Wu Xingliang and stayed at home to eat, drink and have fun.
Now that they no longer have Deputy Director Zheng's support, Zheng Miaoran and their entire family have to rely on Wu Xingliang for their livelihood.
Deputy Director Zheng has a lot of medical expenses every day, Zheng Miaoran is used to spending money lavishly, and his mother-in-law is a spineless person. Without Deputy Director Zheng, the combined intelligence of the whole family is not as much as Wu Xingliang's finger.
Zheng Miaoran was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood the reason why Wu Xingliang had changed his attitude in recent days.
"I see. No wonder you seem like a different person this year."
Zheng Miaoran's eyes instantly turned red. "How could you do this? Don't you have any feelings for me at all?"
Wu Xingliang looked at her coldly: "Feelings? Yes, of course."
But the tone of his voice was as cold as ice.
He continued: "But you don't even think about what you have done to me over the years!"
"What did I do?" Zheng Miaoran pushed Wu Xingliang away like a madman. "I helped you become self-sufficient in Hua City. I helped you gain face in front of others. Isn't that enough?"
Wu Xingliang laughed as if he was listening to a joke.
"I came to Hua City and relied on my aunt and uncle!"
Wu Fang and her husband had no sons, only three daughters. After careful consideration, they decided to transfer Wu Xingliang's household registration. Wu Xingliang would take care of them in their old age, and they would cooperate with Wu Xingliang in acting.
"Don't forget, I was just a temporary worker, and it was my uncle who helped me get this job. As for face, Zheng Miaoran, you pervert, you made me, a grown man, wag my tail and beg for mercy like a dog in bed. How much face do you think I have left?"
"Don't even mention it outside. You hit me and scold me whenever you want. There are many people who laugh at me, and you still have the audacity to ask me to give you face!"
Zheng Miaoran swayed slightly. "You...you said I'm a pervert? You, you're going too far! When I first met you, you said you liked that too, and that's why I agreed to be with you!"
"What man would like to be a dog?"
“…”
After realizing that Wu Xingliang was telling the truth, Zheng Miaoran became even more devastated.
After she knew that Wu Xingliang had deceived her, she still thought that at least in the past, at least in matters like this, they had been happy and sincere with each other.
I didn't expect that even this kind of thing was pretended by Wu Xingliang.
"You don't still think I really like this, do you?" Wu Xingliang laughed again, "Zheng Miaoran, I'll say it again, in my heart, you are a pervert! If I tell everyone what you did to me, everyone will just think you are a pervert!"
"Enough!" Zheng Miaoran roared, unable to hold back her tears any longer. "Does that mean you have no feelings for me at all?!"
It seemed like there was someone lying outside the office window, eavesdropping.
Wu Xingliang glanced at them, walked over, and pretended to gently hold Zheng Miaoran's hand: "Of course, Miaoran, you should go home now and stay at home. Don't go out as much as possible, don't cause trouble for me, and don't bother me at the factory. Then we can get along well. After all, I promised your father that I would take good care of you for the rest of your life. But if you keep making trouble, I can't force you to fulfill this promise."
Zheng Miaoran started to cry, "Bullshit, you son of a bitch, what kind of promise are you talking about now? I really misjudged you."
"But there's no point in saying this now. If you still want to have the carefree life you have now, you have to be patient with me."
Wu Xingliang lowered his voice as he spoke these words. "See? There are a bunch of people outside waiting to see the fun, waiting to see the joke. Also, a bunch of people are eyeing this deputy factory director position right under my butt. This is what your father left behind. You don't want your family to not even be able to afford white flour buns in the future, do you? Oh, right..."
Wu Xingliang said, and then smiled: "I don't mind the divorce. If you think we can live together, we can continue, but the premise is that you don't make a fuss. But if you think we can't live together, you can get the divorce certificate at any time. I can even give you all the family property."
But there is no property at home.
The house is public property and they have almost no savings. Wu Xingliang's salary has not been much in recent years, and Zheng Miaoran has resigned and is unemployed. Her expenses are high, and she spends whatever she is paid every month.
If she didn't divorce, she could still enjoy the convenience brought by Wu Xingliang, the deputy factory director. If she divorced, she would really have nothing.
She has no special skills and no working ability. She has been spoiled for so many years that she is too lazy to do even the simplest job.
She had no choice.
"Do you understand, Zheng Miaoran? If you need to rely on me now, stay with me honestly and I can still give you a meal."
Now that he has obtained the position of deputy factory director, the Zheng family has completely lost its support.
Wu Xingliang was not afraid of Zheng Miaoran at all.
After hearing these words, Zheng Miaoran finally understood what was going on.
Perhaps her marriage with Wu Xingliang was deliberately designed by the Wu family from the beginning.
Thinking of this, Zheng Miaoran suddenly began to doubt himself.
Even the person next to me can't figure out what I've been doing all these years.
"Go back."
Wu Xingliang said again: "If you don't leave now, I really have no patience left."
Zheng Miaoran glared at Wu Xingliang fiercely, covered her face with her hands, turned around and ran out.
"Director Wu, what's going on between you and Miaoran? What's this about marriage fraud..."
Wu Xingliang glanced at the newcomer and said lightly, "It's just a small matter. You all know Zheng Miaoran's temper. She always likes to act silly like this."
"……Too."
After dispersing the onlookers, Wu Xingliang sat down comfortably in front of his desk.
Looking at this office that once belonged to his father-in-law, Wu Xingliang smiled with satisfaction.
It feels so good to be in charge.
It feels great to be looked up to by others.
Wu Xingliang came from a mountain village and climbed to this point step by step on his own, but he would never stop here.
In the future, he will live a better life.
Now he is still willing to give Zheng Miaoran some face, but in the future... if Zheng Miaoran still cannot get pregnant, when there is a chance, he will naturally have an excuse to find himself another wife.
Thinking of this, Lu Qinghe's figure inexplicably appeared in Wu Xingliang's mind.
After the meeting a few days ago, Wu Xingliang's impression of Lu Qinghe had changed greatly.
She is now like a completely different person compared to before. She still looks the same, but she looks more delicate and beautiful, with more extraordinary temperament.
I don’t know what Lu Qinghe’s situation is now.
He knew that she had remarried a soldier, but he didn't know that the man was actually an officer.
But that’s not necessarily the case.
Maybe it was just a coincidence, or there might be some other reason.
"Lu Qinghe."
Wu Xingliang repeated the name, thought about it, and called his secretary over.
"Help me check for a lesbian named Lu Qinghe in Hua City."
"Lu Qinghe?"
The secretary, a veteran employee of the steel mill and wearing glasses, said, "The name sounds familiar. I think I've heard it somewhere before."
After a while, the secretary slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, I've seen her in the picture album my child subscribes to. This woman is a painter. She's been around for many years. I heard she's even published a book. She's quite impressive."
"Have you published a book?"
After hearing this, Wu Xingliang became more curious about Lu Qinghe.
This Lu Qinghe was completely different from the Lu Qinghe in his memory.
What has she been through over the years?
The more he investigated, the more curious Wu Xingliang became. It was even as if a bug had grown in his heart, and he felt itchy every time he thought about it.
But after that time, he never happened to meet Lu Qinghe again.
As for further investigation, that is the scope that Wu Xingliang dare not involve.
Her man was no ordinary man. After a week of investigation, they couldn't even find out his name. Instead, Wu Xingliang received a warning from the Public Security Bureau.
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