The two ate and fawned over each other for two hours, until the restaurant staff started giving them increasingly unfriendly looks, before finally leaving the restaurant.
When the two arrived home, Elaine Chao greeted them with a smile from her room.
"Ah Ye, Captain Liu has sent a letter."
No wonder she was so happy; it turned out that Liu Zhengfeng had written to her, telling her about some things happening at home.
After learning accounting, Liu Ying was transferred to the finance department. However, she didn't stay there for long before resigning at Wang Xu's invitation and joining the construction team to manage Wang Xu's accounts.
Lu Wanqing was not surprised to see this news. She had noticed when Liu Ying twisted her ankle that a little romance was brewing between them.
Wang Xu used to treat Lin Xiaocui quite well, perhaps out of sympathy, or perhaps because he knew he had no hope. This change is quite normal.
Young boys are fickle.
Lin Xiaocui was always very clear-headed, which is why she always treated him as a friend.
While this news wasn't unexpected, another matter greatly surprised Lu Wanqing.
Liu Zhengfeng also learned from Liu Ying that Mu Xiaoting had miscarried and moved back to her parents' home, and was currently having a cold war with Luo Hao!
Previously, Lu Wanqing had exchanged several letters with Mu Xiaoting, but Mu Xiaoting had never mentioned this matter. What exactly happened?
Lu Wanqing didn't linger and pulled Lin Ye toward the post office.
In those days, telephones were extremely rare; ordinary people had to go to the post office to make a call.
Fortunately, Wen Li's family had one, so she could talk to Mu Xiaoting directly.
Making a phone call at this time of year is not cheap; it costs 10 cents per minute within the city and 15 cents for long distances. Normally, people would simply not be willing to make such a call.
Lu Wanqing couldn't care less about anything else. Mu Xiaoting was her friend, and now she was Lin Ye's half-sister, so she should show concern for her.
The call was quickly connected, and Mu Xiaoting's weak voice came from the other end.
"Xiaoting, what exactly happened? What's going on between you and Luo Hao?" Lu Wanqing asked directly.
The two of them went through a lot of ups and downs before they got together. It hasn't been that long, and things have turned out like this. She really doesn't understand why some relationships are so fragile.
When Mu Xiaoting heard Lu Wanqing's voice, her heart ached and she began to sob.
She explained the situation while crying.
It turned out that not long after Lu Wanqing left, she also packed her bags and prepared to go to her parents' home to prepare for childbirth. When Li Fang heard about this, she was very enthusiastic and said that the family should have a meal together.
Mu Xiaoting agreed without much thought. Anyway, she wouldn't have much contact with this sister-in-law when she went back to her parents' home, so she wanted to leave a good impression on each other before leaving.
Unexpectedly, after eating some of her favorite potatoes, she began to experience severe stomach pain.
The intense pain caused her to sweat profusely, and she bled heavily from her genitals.
Luo Hao was terrified and rushed her to the hospital.
The mother survived, but the baby, who was less than seven months along, could not be saved.
Luo Hao also saw the child with his own eyes. His whole body was purplish-black, as if he had been poisoned. It was a boy.
When Mu Xiaoting woke up and learned that her child was gone, she broke down in tears and called Li Fang the murderer.
Luo Hao didn't believe Li Fang would do such a thing, and thought she was just talking nonsense because she was too heartbroken, so he comforted her and told her not to take it to heart.
It was from this point that Mu Xiaoting began to scold Luo Hao.
"Are you even a man? All you ever do is work. You can't even protect your own child. I don't care, Li Fang has to be punished!" Mu Xiaoting roared.
"Can't you be reasonable? There were so many people eating at the time, and only you got into trouble, which proves that there was nothing wrong with that meal!" Luo Hao didn't want to wrong his sister-in-law.
The two of them stayed awkwardly in the hospital for a few days. After Mu Xiaoting was discharged, she went straight to the Luo family home and confronted Li Fang.
Only then did they realize that the potatoes they had eaten that day had sprouted badly, but Li Fang still stewed them for everyone.
Mu Xiaoting liked to eat potatoes and ate the most, so her poisoning was very obvious. The others ate less and only vomited slightly.
The truth came out, and Li Fang wouldn't be foolish enough to admit she did it on purpose; she kept making excuses.
"That's really unfair to me! I didn't know that sprouted potatoes are inedible, and I even ate them myself!"
Mu Xiaoting recalled that Li Fang did touch the potatoes with her chopsticks that day, but it was just for show; she did it on purpose.
Manslaughter is still murder, and Mu Xiaoting ignored their advice and went straight to the police.
Because of this incident, Li Fang's family came to Luo's house to make trouble, demanding that Luo Jun get Li Fang out of the detention center.
Luo Jun gave Luo Hao a cold shoulder and forced him to go find Mu Xiaoting.
Mu Xiaoting has moved back to her parents' home and is prepared to break ties with the Luo family.
It was only then that Luo Hao realized that Mu Xiaoting had indeed been wronged, but it was too late. The child was gone, and the family was in chaos.
At Mu Xiaoting's insistence, Li Fang was sentenced to two years in prison for negligent injury.
The Luo family was originally a good family, but one daughter-in-law went to jail and the other returned to her parents' home, which made them the subject of much discussion.
Because of this incident, the brothers Luo Jun and Luo Hao became enemies and stopped seeing each other.
Luo Jun withdrew from the construction team and stayed in the countryside, feeling dejected.
Luo Hao wanted to gain Mu Xiaoting's forgiveness, so he went to see her whenever he had free time, but she was already somewhat disheartened and didn't plan to continue the relationship with him.
On the phone, Mu Xiaoting cried bitterly, but her attitude was very firm.
"Wanqing, tell me, how can I forgive him? He wasn't there for me when I needed him the most!"
Lu Wanqing knew that at this point, all rational analysis was useless to Mu Xiaoting; she could only wait for time to gradually lessen the pain of losing her child.
She comforted Mu Xiaoting for a long time on the phone, finally making Mu Xiaoting feel a little better. The two agreed to write letters more often in the future and not to keep sad things to themselves.
After the call ended, Lu Wanqing calculated the bill and watched with a pained expression as Lin Ye pulled out a ten-yuan note, only to receive one yuan in change.
It was only then that she remembered that Lin Ye had been standing there for a whole hour, and he hadn't even had a chance to say a word to his sister.
"Why don't you play another one?" Lu Wanqing smiled apologetically.
"I'm not fighting anymore. You represent me." Lin Ye ruffled her hair.
It's truly heartbreaking and infuriating that Mu Xiaoting went through something like this, but he really can't feel close to his younger sister, Mu Xiaoting.
He silently cursed Luo Hao in his heart, "That bastard couldn't even protect his own child. I'll never let him run into me again, I'll definitely beat him to death!"
Lu Wanqing felt sorry for Mu Xiaoting, but little did she know that she herself had become the subject of gossip.
Someone on campus spread rumors about her ambiguous relationship with Han Dongsheng.
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