Chapter 89 Everything's been packed up, it'll be the day after tomorrow…
When Zhang Ma heard that it was a misunderstanding, she breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't that the husband was keeping a mistress, otherwise the wife probably wouldn't have let it go.
Judging from the way the wife left, it was almost as if she was going to kill someone.
Upon hearing that it was a woman hidden by Young Marshal Dou, she asked curiously, "Was that woman beautiful?"
When Cao Fengyi realized she couldn't persuade Shen Rong, she also called Gui Chun over, but Gui Chun returned early.
"She's quite pretty, delicate and charming, not like a vixen at all, more like a little white flower, but not as pretty as our wife."
Aunt Zhang clicked her tongue and shook her head. It's precisely because of these naive and innocent young girls that they're so hard to deal with; men are easily swayed by this kind of thing.
There was a noise at the door, and they stopped talking.
It must be the wife who has returned.
Sure enough, the wife walked ahead with her head held high, as if she had won a battle, while the husband followed closely behind with a dark expression.
Why is it that people who are angry are acting the opposite way?
"Xiaoming, Mommy's good baby, have you missed Mommy? Mommy misses you so much." Shen Rong hugged her son, showing their deep mother-son affection.
Clearly, Xiaoming was more interested in his father, reaching out and babbling as if he wanted a hug.
Lu Lin finally smiled, lifted his son up, and Xiao Ming drooled with joy, kicking his chubby little legs.
Shen Rong slapped him on the butt in anger: "You brat!"
Who's been pampering him all this time? He only cares about his dad, he has no conscience. If things continue like this, he won't even get custody in a divorce. If this kid had to choose, he'd definitely choose his dad.
The scene of a court hearing appeared before my eyes. The judge asked the little guy whether he wanted to stay with his dad or his mom. Without the slightest hesitation, the rascal went and hugged his dad's leg.
Shen Rong became increasingly indignant, and took a bite out of his chubby little hand. Xiao Ming laughed heartlessly, as if his mother were playing with him.
Lu Lin had a stern face all day, and Zhang Ma and the others were terrified. The master hadn't been this angry in a long time, but the mistress just didn't seem to care.
That evening, Lu Lin received a phone call and was about to leave again. At the door, he turned back and solemnly said to Shen Rong, "I'm going to headquarters on official business. If you're worried, come with me. Don't let me suspect I'm seeing other women again and cause a scene. You stay and watch over me to see if there are any other women around me, so I can clear my name."
In the dead of night, she wasn't out of her mind to suffer with him.
Shen Rong shook her head dismissively: "Go ahead, go ahead, I have no doubts."
Lu Lin took a few steps and then turned back: "Really not going? What if there are women at headquarters?"
Shen Rong's expression changed, and she snapped angrily, "Are you never going to stop?"
Do they really think they're some kind of hot commodity? So what if they had a single doubt? It's like they've broken a cardinal rule.
Seeing Lu Lin's sullen face, she smiled ingratiatingly, clasped her hands together, and said sincerely, "Go, go, I trust you completely. I will never doubt you again. Who are you? The famously virtuous and self-disciplined Lu Lin, the number one in the men's virtue class, and immune to women. I may doubt heaven and earth, but I will never doubt your devotion. Go quickly, go quickly."
Lu Lin's lips twitched; he instinctively felt that what she said wasn't anything nice.
However, her mood improved somewhat. Lu Lin reached out and pressed down on the back of her neck. Shen Rong struggled to lift her head, and suddenly her vision went dark. She felt something warm and soft on her lips.
Shen Rong's lips curled up slightly, and Lu Lin took the opportunity to pry open her teeth for a deeper conversation.
Zhang Ma came out of the kitchen just in time to witness this scene. She exclaimed "Oh dear!" and blushed, retreating to her room and blocking Gui Chun from seeing it.
They're so affectionate, they don't even care about the occasion! The child isn't asleep yet!
"Zhang Ma, what's wrong?" Gui Chun squeezed out, her voice wet with curiosity.
"What are you looking at? You can't look." This is an unmarried young girl looking at these blind people.
Shen Rong pushed him away. Lu Lin took a satisfied sip, stepped back two paces, and touched the corner of her moist eyes: "Let's go. Next time you overthink things, you won't be so easy to get rid of."
This time it's really over!
Shen Rong screamed inwardly, covered her face with the pillow, touched her mouth, and smiled radiantly.
Lu Lin has really gone astray!
Xiao Ming curiously lifted the pillow, pounced on his mother, and wanted a kiss too.
Shen Rong, her face covered in saliva, said with a hint of disgust, "Alright, alright, don't wash Mom's face anymore."
Xiao Ming pouts, his dad kisses him, and his mom laughs. How come his kiss turns into washing his face?
Lu Lin was gone for three whole days, and when he returned, his brows were furrowed with worry.
"What's wrong?" Shen Rong asked him with concern.
He rubbed his forehead: "The Japanese have been making a lot of moves lately, I'm afraid things won't be peaceful for long."
He lowered his hand and looked at Shen Rong, his expression serious: "I'll take you back to Pingcheng."
Shen Rong's eyelid twitched.
"It's not good to do this now." If she ran away with the child, wouldn't people think that Lu Lin was cowardly and let his family run away first? That would be used against him.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Lu Lin's eyes were firm; he could handle this.
But... Shen Rong grabbed his sleeve.
She didn't want to leave him, didn't want him to be left here alone to fight this battle.
Lu Lin actually smiled when he heard her innermost thoughts.
“But you being here will distract me and make me worry. Only when you are safe can I be at ease. This time you have to listen to me.”
Lu Lin pulled her onto his lap, and Shen Rong wrapped her arms around his waist, pressing her head against his chest, listening to his heartbeat.
She gave a soft "hmm," knowing that Lu Lin was right. In fact, she hadn't been blinded by her feelings to the point of risking her life. She was afraid of dying, and besides, she had a child.
"Then you must take good care of yourself. If you can't beat them, run away. When the enemy retreats, I advance. When the enemy is tired, I attack..." Shen Rong tugged at his clothes, looking at him with great concern, wanting to pass on the secret to victory to him.
Lu Lin chuckled and lowered his head to gently kiss her temple.
"knew."
What she said made a lot of sense, but unfortunately she forgot that he was guarding the city, so how could he run away?
He should try his best to get back alive.
The next morning, just as the two got up, Dou Wenliang arrived.
Just then, the Lu family was about to have breakfast, so he sat down without ceremony and started eating his steamed buns. When he looked up and saw Lu Lin and Shen Rong showing affection while eating, he suddenly couldn't swallow anymore.
Remembering his purpose, he became so troubled that he couldn't eat anymore: "Sister-in-law, the reason I came here today is to ask you for a favor. Could you please persuade your sister-in-law for me?"
He looked somewhat embarrassed, after all, it was his own affair that caused the change in his family, and it was still quite awkward to say it out loud.
Shen Rong glanced at Lu Lin.
Lu Lin gently patted her hand under the table: "After you finish eating, go and talk to Madam."
Forget about trying to persuade her; knowing her as Lu Lin does, it will only make things worse.
After breakfast, Dou Wenliang and Lu Lin went to the study.
As soon as the door closed, Dou Wenliang launched an attack: "Tianming, you're so unfair! All you wanted was for your wife to help persuade her and say a few nice words, and you wouldn't listen."
Lu Lin poured him a cup of tea and pushed it towards him, glancing at him with a somewhat complicated expression: "I'm just doing this for your own good."
Dou Wenliang was puzzled.
Lu Lin explained, "My wife makes trouble even when there's no wind. She might have just been throwing a tantrum, but if you ask her to talk to you, she might end up driving you away."
Dou Wenliang's face stiffened, and he hesitated before asking, "Didn't you two also go through a divorce?"
She eventually came to her senses and decided not to divorce him. He originally thought that Shen Rong, being someone who had been through similar experiences, could help persuade her.
Lu Lin tapped his fingers on the table, lowering his eyes: "We are different from you."
"Aren't they all seeing other people?" But it seems like Miss Shen is seeing someone else, Dou Wenliang glanced at him with a small look.
Lu Lin's face was grim, and Dou Wenliang's eyes darted around.
"She's just throwing a tantrum, unlike the people in your family." Lu Lin sneered, his tone becoming increasingly impolite. "I heard you brought Miss Bai into your household?"
Dou Wenliang nodded. Since the matter had already reached Cao Fengyi's attention, it was considered to have been formalized. Bai Yuan dared not live alone outside, so she might as well move into the mansion. There was plenty of room at home.
Lu Lin looked at him and sneered, a laugh that sent chills down Dou Wenliang's spine.
"What's wrong? Is something the problem?"
Lu Lin didn't bother to reply. "Inappropriate? What's inappropriate? It's already a miracle Cao Fengyi didn't turn the Marshal's mansion upside down; if it were Shen Rong..."
Lu Lin felt a chill run down his spine.
Dou Wenliang also realized his mistake: "I didn't think that much at the time, but I can't just kick her out again now."
After all, she was his woman, though of course, compared to Cao Fengyi, she was a step behind in terms of affection.
Lu Lin lowered his head to drink his tea. Dou Wenliang couldn't stand his pretentious act and hurriedly threw the unlit cigarette in his hand at him: "Quickly think of a solution, or I'll make your wife put out fires for me every day!"
As he expected, Lu Lin reacted as soon as Shen Rong was mentioned.
Tianming is good in every way, except he spoils his wife too much.
***
Something was off about the atmosphere at the Marshal's Mansion. As Shen Rong entered, she noticed that even the servants were walking quietly.
She was taken aback when she ran into Bai Yuan.
"Mrs. Lu." Bai Yuan smiled at her, with a hint of intimacy.
Shen Rong nodded, walked past him, and quickened his pace.
Aunt Zhao stepped forward to help her young mistress up, saying, "Miss, why bother trying to win her over? Mrs. Lu and Madam Lu are on the same side."
Bai Yuan looked in the direction the people left: "My sister is angry with me and the young marshal. I hope Mrs. Lu can help persuade her so she won't hurt herself."
She hesitated for a moment: "Aunt Zhao, I think I should move back."
Aunt Zhao looked disapproving: "Miss is talking nonsense again. She finally got in, and the young marshal and his wife didn't say anything. Don't overthink it."
Is that so? But Madam refuses to see her and is even angry with the young marshal, wanting to move back to her parents' home. Isn't that a sign of anger? These past two days, the servants in the mansion have been giving her strange looks. Bai Yuan bit her lip, looked at Cao Fengyi's room, and hesitated.
Aunt Zhao continued to comfort her, knowing that she was young and easily embarrassed, and that she would back down after being embarrassed a few times. But if she moved out this time, it would be difficult for her to come back next time.
"Miss, don't you want to be with the young marshal every day? There aren't many opportunities to see him outside; the young marshal is very busy with official duties..."
Bringing up Dou Wenliang did indeed solidify Bai Yuan's stance considerably: "You're right. As long as I can see him every day, I don't mind suffering a little grievance."
Cao Fengyi's room was a mess, with several large trunks on it. The servants were tidying up, while she listened to her two sons reciting their lessons.
"What's going on?" Shen Rong asked, somewhat surprised, as she entered the room.
The two young boys from the Dou family, one seven or eight years old and the other four or five, bowed and greeted her, saying, "Aunt Chen."
Shen Rong patted their heads: "Good boy/girl."
Cao Fengyi told the two of them to go back to school and continue studying with their teacher. The eldest son was old enough to understand that his parents had a conflict and that it was because of the new Miss Bai who had moved in.
Before leaving, he turned to look at his mother's worried face, a flash of anger in his eyes, and whispered a few words in his younger brother's ear.
The younger brother hesitated, "Mom will be angry, and what if Dad hits me?"
“We’re standing up for Mom. What are you afraid of? Does he think he can beat his own son to death?” The older brother clenched his fists.
The younger brother nodded: "I'll listen to my older brother."
Inside the room, Cao Fengyi invited Shen Rong to sit down: "This place is such a mess, why did you suddenly come here?"
"I came to see you. Are you moving?"
Shen Rong made a casual remark, but to her surprise, Cao Fengyi did not refute it.
"I'm planning to go back to my parents' home for a while."
Shen Rong exclaimed, "Why?!"
Cao Fengyi smiled wryly: "You must have run into them when you entered the mansion. They've all moved in. What am I compared to them?"
"You shouldn't have left to make room for them. If you told them to get lost and went back to your parents' home, they would think you had no other choice."
“What else could I do?” Cao Fengyi’s eyes were full of disappointment. “It’s not that I didn’t expect this day to come. I knew he was having an affair before, but I just pretended not to know. Actually, I had given up and knew I would have to face it sooner or later, but I thought that after so many years of marriage, he would at least leave me some dignity.”
From the moment she saw Miss Bai, she knew this day had come. She was still thinking about how to talk to Dou Wenliang and how to fight for her and her child's interests, but she didn't expect that he would turn around and bring her in without even asking her a question.
It's as if Cao Fengyi is just a decoration; her dignity has been completely trampled on.
"Will people think of me, the powerful Mrs. Dou? Am I still the mistress of the Marshal's mansion?"
Shen Rong comforted her and handed her a handkerchief: "Then you shouldn't leave even more. If you leave, people will think you've given in."
Cao Fengyi sighed: "What can I do if I don't back down? The Cao family won't let me get a divorce."
She won't get a divorce; she has two children.
If it weren't for the support of the Cao family, the Dou family wouldn't be where it is today. She wouldn't have given away the sweet fruit to someone else. The Dou family could only belong to her two sons!
"I'm just going home for a few days. I'll come back once I've figured things out." Cao Fengyi told her the truth from the bottom of her heart. Perhaps she was the only close friend she could confide in.
The matter can't just end like this, can it? She needs a way out! Going back to her parents' home is giving Dou Wenliang a way out. After a few days, Dou Wenliang will go to pick her up as a formality, and she will come back, and the matter will be over.
Shen Rong sighed as well, she didn't know what to do either. Since the other party had already made up their mind, she didn't say anything more, and just chatted with them for a while.
When Lu Lin got home, he was playing with his son in the yard. Of course, only Xiao Ming was climbing, while Lu Lin was creating obstacles.
During dinner, Shen Rong sighed repeatedly as she ate.
Lu Lin put some food on her plate: "Why are you so concerned about other people's family affairs?"
Shen Rong glanced at him and curled her lip in disgust.
Seeing that her eyes were not right, Lu Lin immediately interrupted her and stated his position: "I am me, and he is him. I have never heard of such a thing as joint liability."
"Sister Fengyi is running away from home." Shen Rong pouted, poking at her rice.
Seeing that he showed no surprise, he asked calmly, "You knew?"
Lu Lin looked up at her: "I was just about to tell you this. Eat quickly."
***
Dou Wenliang stepped into the room, where the packed suitcases were already stacked. Upon seeing him, Cao Fengyi turned away, wiped her tears, straightened her back, and put on a show of strength.
"Is everything packed?"
Cao Fengyi didn't answer, but her eyes were sore and sore. She didn't even try to persuade him to stay; instead, she seemed to be urging him on.
"Take everything you can, pack as much as you can, and have someone pack the things for the two children too!" Dou Wenliang said as he walked around.
They actually wanted her to take the child with her! Cao Fengyi stood up angrily, her face pale, her expression full of disbelief, her lips trembling: "Dou Wenliang, do you have any conscience at all!"
Dou Wenliang frowned slightly: "Pack everything you want to take. I'll send you off the day after tomorrow!"
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