Chapter 34
Lin Xiuzhi suppressed her excitement and recalled the contents about "Land Sinking" in the book in her mind.
Lu Chen is the supporting male character in the novel, but in the eyes of many female readers, he is actually more attractive than the male protagonist.
After all, he has outstanding looks and although his family background is not good, he is very smart and capable. He is a typical representative of someone who has made his fortune from scratch.
What's more, although he is taciturn and cold, he has a special affection for the heroine. He is willing to remain single for the rest of his life just for her. This deep affection is enough to make all girls crazy and obsessed with him.
However, the author wrote the emotional story between Lu Chen and the heroine very subtly and obscurely. The book did not describe in detail what happened between the two. It only wrote that when the heroine was in trouble, Lu Chen would lend a helping hand to her, and he did not ask for anything in return, but just helped silently.
Isn't this the role of a passionate second male lead? Therefore, almost all readers of the novel firmly believe that Lu Chen is deeply in love with the heroine.
Lin Xiuzhi felt regretful about this when she read the novel before. She thought the heroine was really stupid. She didn't want to choose the better options around her. She had to abandon Lu Chen, a potential stock, and cling to her useless husband.
If in real life there was someone like Lu Chen who had been secretly in love with her, she would definitely not have the slightest hesitation and would unwaveringly choose him, run towards him, be happily with him, and enjoy his unique love.
What's more, he will be a big boss in the future, with money and power. As long as she is with him, she will be a rich lady!
However, Lin Xiuzhi had always treated him as a piece of paper in a book. Although she felt sorry for him, she knew very well that it was impossible for her to meet someone like Lu Chen.
She never thought that one day she would actually travel into the book and actually meet Lu Chen!
This realization almost immediately made Lin Xiuzhi's dissatisfaction and irritability disappear instantly.
Even though this era is very backward and the environment around her is very poor, she still has Lu Chen who is deeply in love with her!
As long as Lu Chen and I are together, is it worth it to endure all those hardships?
But she didn't know what Lu Chen's current situation was, whether he was successful in his career. If he was still in the start-up stage, if she insisted on being with him, she might have to continue to suffer the hardships of starting a business with him.
So Lin Xiuzhi calmed down for a moment and felt that she had to wait and see for a while, at least until Lu Chen had some success in his career and she would not have to suffer much after being with him.
However, judging from the fact that he could send her watermelons now, she felt that it wouldn't be long before Lu Chen could achieve success in his career.
She should just have to wait a little longer.
Then, during this period of time, she can take the opportunity to recuperate and try to appear in front of Lu Chen with the most perfect image.
Although Lu Chen originally had different feelings for her, if she became prettier, he would definitely like her more.
After thinking it through, Lin Xiuzhi suddenly felt that she had a goal.
While eating watermelon, Lin Xiuzhi pretended to chat with Dou Zhengrong casually. The topics all revolved around Lu Chen, such as asking how Lu Chen was doing now and whether he helped a lot when she was sick these few days.
Dou Zhengrong didn't think much about it and just patiently told Lin Xiuzhi what had happened in the past few days.
When she heard that it was Lu Chen who ran to the commune clinic to get medicine for her when she was sick and unconscious, Lin Xiuzhi lowered her head, hiding the determination and sweetness in her eyes.
Sure enough, if he didn't care about her particularly, how could such a cold person like Lu Chen be so anxious to get medicine for her.
Lin Xiuzhi became more certain of Lu Chen's feelings for her, and at the same time, she became more convinced that she should act according to the plan.
In that case, since she will be with Lu Chen in the future anyway, there is no need for her to keep pretending to be a good wife and mother in Dou Zhengrong's house.
Anyway, we will be strangers who will get divorced in the future.
So after eating a piece of watermelon, Lin Xiuzhi was still not satisfied and took another piece.
Dou Zhengrong took a look and saw that there were only two pieces of watermelon left in the basket. Without saying anything, he called the two children, Dabao and Erbao, over and asked them to take a piece each to eat.
Dabao saw that his father Dou Zhengrong was the only one who didn't have any watermelon to eat, so he couldn't help but ask, "Dad, don't you want to eat it?"
As he spoke, Dabao couldn't help but carefully glance in the direction of his mother Lin Xiuzhi, with confusion written all over his eyes.
Their mother had clearly taught them before that the family should learn to share, so why didn’t they give their father any watermelon today?
However, Lin Xiuzhi continued to chew the melon without any pause, and she did not feel guilty at all.
After all, in her opinion, the melon was originally sent to her by Lu Chen, and the rest of the Dou family were able to eat it because of her. What was wrong with her eating two pieces by herself?
Upon hearing this, Dou Zhengrong just smiled and touched Dabao's head.
"Dad doesn't like watermelon, you guys eat it."
Okay, so that's how it is.
Dabao was young after all, so he was quickly fooled by Dou Zhengrong.
As for Dou Zhengrong, he only understood that Lin Xiuzhi's action of not leaving watermelon for him was that his wife was still blaming him for not being around for so many years.
He felt guilty towards her. Since she wanted to eat watermelon, she should eat one more piece.
Maybe he could find an opportunity to ask Lu Chen where he got the watermelon. If there were any left, he could get two more for Lin Xiuzhi.
Lu Chen was not aware of what was happening at the Dou family. He left early after hearing that Lin Xiuzhi had woken up and her memory seemed to be fine.
After returning home, seeing that it was getting late, he hurried to make dinner.
Meng Yinyin felt a little relieved after seeing Lu Chen come back so quickly.
Seeing Lu Chen preparing to cook, Meng Yinyin remembered the dishes they brought back from the state-owned hotel and quickly stopped him, asking him not to cook too many dishes.
Only then did Lu Chen realize that Meng Yinyin and Meng Xuan had not forgotten to bring him some food when they went to the town for dinner, and he felt a warm feeling in his heart.
His expression softened and he just looked at Meng Yinyin, as if he wanted to say something.
Meng Yinyin couldn't stand the look in his eyes, so she quickly looked away and explained that she was trying to cover up the truth.
"Don't think too much. We just ordered too much food and couldn't finish it, so we brought it back. We definitely didn't bring it specially for you!"
Even after hearing these words, Lu Chen was only stunned for a moment, but his eyes were still gentle.
"Yeah, that's okay."
After all, no matter whether he really couldn't finish it or she brought it specially for him, the end result was that Meng Yinyin was thinking about him, and that was enough.
Meng Yinyin could hear the gentleness in his tone. She didn't seem to mind that she was eating leftovers. On the contrary, she was quite happy.
You're so happy eating leftovers? What a fool!
Meng Yinyin muttered this in her heart, but when she saw that Lu Chen was in a good mood, she couldn't help but smile.
Meng Xuan, leaning against the door, looked at the two people at the kitchen door expressionlessly, then sneered.
It's simply unbearable to watch!
During dinner in the evening, although Meng Xuan was a little unhappy that these two people could flirt with each other in front of him, he still had to talk about business.
So he told Lu Chen about his meeting with Wang Chengwu during the day and the agreement he reached with him.
Wang Chengwu agreed to help, but Lu Chen was a little surprised by the news.
However, seeing that Meng Xuan seemed to trust him very much, he also chose to believe him.
"I have an appointment with him to meet in two days. Of course, if he finishes his work ahead of time, he will take the initiative to come to us, which will definitely be better."
In fact, what Meng Xuan asked Wang Chengwu to do was very simple. After all, judging from the current situation, Lu Chen's cousin Lu Xiujuan had already been distracted from her natal family. Moreover, she now had to draw a line between herself and her natal family in order to stay in her husband's family.
After all, once the affair between Lu Dashan and his wife is exposed, they will face punishment from the relevant departments, and may even be arrested and sentenced by the police.
How could Lu Xiujuan dare to continue to get involved with her natal family? She might as well take this opportunity to redeem herself and make meritorious contributions. If she personally stood up and reported the incident, she could get a reward.
Of course, the most important thing is that she will not be implicated.
All Wang Chengwu had to do was get Lu Xiujuan to come forward and testify. Meng Xuan didn't care what method he used, as long as it worked.
Afraid that Lu Chen would think this method was useless, Meng Xuan could only explain it to him.
"Looking at the current situation, although we have confirmed that your uncle embezzled your father's pension, we have no proof and it has been too long to find physical evidence, so we can only try this method."
He actually didn't believe that Lu Dashan didn't leave anything behind, but didn't they have a legitimate reason to go in and search?
As long as Lu Xiujuan came forward to report it, they could report it to the police and search the house openly.
Lu Chen nodded. He knew that Meng Xuan's approach was the best.
Seeing that he could understand what he meant, Meng Xuan felt relieved.
Now all they have to do is wait for good news from Wang Chengwu.
When the two of them were talking about these things, Meng Yinyin did not interrupt, but sat quietly and listened.
She didn't know much about these things, so she naturally chose to believe her brother.
However, as she sat there, a cool breeze blew and Meng Yinyin couldn't help shivering.
Just as she was about to go into the house to add more clothes, she heard her brother suddenly say.
"Lu Chen, do you have any extra coats or something? Lend me one. It's too hot today."
Meng Xuan didn't expect the weather in Nanjiao Brigade to be so hot. Although he was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, he still couldn't stand the heat.
However, looking at the sleeveless cloth jacket that Lu Chen was wearing, he thought it should be very cool, so he wanted to lend him one. As they were both grown men, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Meng Yinyin had a cold constitution, and upon hearing this, she immediately felt jealous and hateful towards her brother.
However, after hearing what her brother said, she suddenly remembered something and immediately spoke before Lu Chen could speak.
"Brother, wait a minute, I have clothes!"
After saying this, without waiting for Meng Xuan to wonder, he quickly got up and went into the house to get his clothes.
She was worried that the cloth jacket she had worked so hard to make would be left in a box gathering dust, but now her brother is here, and she can give it to him to wear!
Anyway, she didn't want to be with Lu Chen again. Who told him to reject her at that time?
Although it has been a while since the incident, Meng Yinyin still feels sad when she thinks about it.
Lu Chen, who was outside the house, realized what Meng Yinyin meant almost instantly.
His expression changed slightly and his lips moved, as if he wanted to say something but didn't dare to.
He guessed what clothes Meng Yinyin was talking about. It should be the black cloth jacket.
Meng Yinyin originally intended to give him that piece of clothing, but he was too shocked to take it immediately and Meng Yinyin took it back.
But in his heart, the meaning of that dress is still different.
He didn't want to see Meng Yinyin give the clothes to someone else or let someone else wear it.
Even if that person is Meng Yinyin's biological brother Meng Xuan.
But he didn't know how to start. He was afraid that Meng Yinyin and Meng Xuan would get angry as soon as he started talking.
Just when Lu Chen was getting anxious, Meng Yinyin had already come out with clothes in her hand.
Seeing the familiar black cloth jacket in her hand, Lu Chen's mind flashed with a thought, "As expected", and he naturally became more anxious.
'"Brother, here you go! See if you can wear it!"
Meng Yinyin didn't think much about it and directly handed the cloth jacket to her brother. At the same time, she was thinking that she had deliberately enlarged the size of the cloth jacket when she made it, and her brother and Lu Chen had similar physiques, so it would definitely be able to be worn.
Meng Xuan reached out to take the cloth jacket she handed over, touched it, looked at it, and quickly confirmed that it was a new cloth jacket, brand new and never worn.
only.
"Meng Yinyin, why are there men's clothes in your room?"
Meng Xuan held the cloth jacket and looked at her expressionlessly.
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