Her family background was actually not bad. Her father had been to the battlefield in his early years and later became an old cadre in the military region. But her father was just an uneducated and rough man. When she was a child, her father was in the army and she grew up with her mother. Apart from knowing some words, she did not receive any good education.
Chen Lizhen sat at the dining table, feeling even more sad as she thought about these things.
Soon, there was a knock on the door. She stood up, adjusted her facial expression, and opened the door with a smile. It was Lu Cheng's secretary Xiao Li.
Xiao Li held a document in his hand and said respectfully, "Hello, Madam. I'm here to deliver a document to Minister Lu."
"Okay, come in." Chen Lizhen said, "He's in the study upstairs, just go up directly."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Hey, Xiao Li..."
When Xiao Li was about to go upstairs, Chen Lizhen suddenly called him again.
"When your Minister Lu came back today, he had a poor appetite and barely ate two bites. I want to ask him if his work today was not going well? Or did he encounter any other problems?" Chen Lizhen asked him gently, with a hint of worry.
Xiao Li scratched his head and said, "No, Minister Lu just went to get off work and came home as usual today."
Chen Lizhen was about to wave her hand to let him go upstairs when she heard Xiao Li say something.
"Oh, by the way, Minister Lu went to that store when he came back today, and he seemed to be in a bad mood when he came out."
Chen Lizhen was stunned. Lu Cheng went to Qin's house again today?
"You look unwell?"
"Yes, I was waiting for Minister Lu outside. Minister Lu seemed to say something to someone, but I didn't hear clearly. His face changed when he came out, and I didn't dare to ask." Xiao Li didn't think much about it and told everything he knew.
Who are you talking to?
Chen Lizhen was stunned for a few seconds before she said, "Okay, go up."
"By the way, don't tell him about what I asked you, lest he think of his troubles again."
"Yes, ma'am."
Xiao Li went upstairs and Chen Lizhen sat in the living room in a daze.
She knew about the affairs between Lu Cheng and the Qin family. At the time, when the whole capital was full of rumors, she fell in love with Lu Cheng and wanted to marry him.
This was strongly opposed by her father, who said that he was a treacherous villain who could even harm the Qin family who had been so kind to him. What else could he not do?
She was the only one who insisted on believing that Lu Cheng was not that kind of person, and finally married him. After so many years, Chen Lizhen actually knew clearly what kind of person her partner was. The idea that she believed he was wronged was like a joke.
He really did it, but he really regretted it. Chen Lizhen knew that he left the Qin family's house as a repentance.
But this kind of confession was a huge blow to Chen Lizhen.
She raised her head and looked at the photo on the opposite wall. It was a photo of Lu Cheng and the Qin family. In the photo, the Qin couple stood in the back, and Lu Cheng and Qin Ying stood together. They were young and smiling, just like a family. It looked so beautiful.
But every time she saw this photo, Chen Lizhen's heart would be hurt. In her own home, there was no photo of her family of three, but instead a photo of another family.
She stared blankly at the beautiful girl in the photo and couldn't help touching her face. When she was young, she looked about 30% similar to the girl in the photo.
The year Chen Lizhen first met Lu Cheng, they had just moved into the compound and she was not familiar with anyone of her age in the entire compound. The inferiority and cowardice from the small place affected her and she was even laughed at.
It was Lu Cheng who saved her. Lu Cheng was much older than her and his reputation was not good at the time, but she still fell in love with him at first sight. She didn't know where she got the courage from, but she bravely expressed her feelings.
Lu Cheng was very surprised and looked at her face for a long time without saying anything. Just when she felt embarrassed and lost, Chen Lizhen heard him say "OK".
When she saw this photo for the first time, it was like a bolt from the blue. Over the years, she didn't dare to think about why Lu Cheng married her.
Was it because of this similar face? He always said that he didn't care enough about his daughter, but that was because every time she looked at her daughter's face, she would think of the woman in the photo. How ridiculous, the daughter she gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy actually looked more like someone else.
And my daughter’s name, Lu Ying, this name... is too similar to Qin Ying.
She can't even deceive herself.
Chen Lizhen sat in the living room and felt a deep sense of fatigue coming over her. She closed her eyes and let the heavy sense of loss envelop her.
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