Chapter 69 He was genuinely worried about the child's intelligence...
Before going to sleep, Shen Rong talked to Lu Lin about what happened during the day and sighed, "You know, Lin Wenhui is such a good wife. The Dong family must have burned incense for generations to marry her. But why does Dong Rongyi's mother seem unhappy?"
So Miss Lin held such a high position in her heart?
"You didn't see it? On her wedding day, Dong's mother was trying to put her in a tough spot. It's a wonder Wenhui could tolerate it and didn't take it to heart at all. If I were in that situation, I don't know what I would do."
Lu Lin's lips curled up slightly. Yes, if she encountered such a situation, she would really be in a dilemma. She wouldn't know whether to flip the table first or hit someone first.
"However, if there are conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, it's all the husband's fault. What's wrong with Dong Rongyi? Can't she even handle her own mother?"
Lu Lin subconsciously reflected on whether she had done her job well, but fortunately, her mother and she got along quite well.
Otherwise, judging from her menacing look, I'm afraid my life will be quite difficult.
The image of her threatening Kang Wenbai with a kitchen knife automatically popped into her mind.
He was suddenly pinched on the waist by her. Lu Lin coughed lightly, bringing his wandering thoughts back, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Shen Rong was annoyed. What kind of person is he? He can even get distracted during a conversation. What she said was so boring. There was no more to talk about. Sure enough, she shouldn't have let him go on that business trip in the first place. He let his heart wander, and all the feelings she had worked so hard to cultivate were gone.
Shen Rong got a little sentimental for a moment, pulled the blanket over herself, turned around, and said, "What the hell are we talking about?"
Lu Lin knew something was wrong as soon as he saw this, and subconsciously explained, "I was thinking about the Dong family. Actually, what you're saying isn't hard to understand. Now, Mrs. Dong is not Dong Rongyi's biological mother."
Sensing the stench of gossip, Shen Rong forgot all about being angry and quickly turned around, her eyes filled with curiosity.
He gestured for Lu Lin to continue: "And then?"
So she's a stepmother? No wonder she doesn't like her son and daughter-in-law. But wait, it doesn't make sense, you can tell she loves Dong Rongyi very much.
Lu Lin knew she would be interested in this; she usually focused on street gossip and anecdotes in the newspapers rather than political news.
"The Dong and Lin families are old friends. Their marriage was actually arranged when they were young. However, the Dong family moved away, so both sides tacitly accepted the marriage. Unexpectedly, the two of them got together again later. So don't worry, Mrs. Dong's dissatisfaction will not affect their relationship or the marriage. Miss Lin was the daughter-in-law chosen by Dong Rongyi's birth mother. The current Mrs. Dong was once her maidservant."
To be honest, Mrs. Dong has no right to criticize Lin Wenhui; Lin Wenhui probably doesn't even take her seriously.
But because she had helped raise Dong Rongyi and was also an elder, Lin Wenhui was more tolerant of her.
Shen Rong exclaimed, "Wow! This is even more exciting than a novel!"
Lin Wenhui isn't exactly a pushover, so why didn't she fight back when Dong's mother pointed fingers at her? It turns out she endured it for her husband's sake.
"But how do you know so much?" Shen Rong asked suspiciously.
Could it be that the Lu family has dealings with the Dong and Lin families?
Lu Lin was stumped by the question. Was he supposed to tell her that he had investigated Kang Wenbai's background before, knew that he had been entangled with Lin Wenhui, and therefore had also investigated this Miss Lin, and incidentally also investigated the Dong family.
At that time, he was under pressure from his family and even considered using Mrs. Dong's dissatisfaction with Lin Wenhui to set a trap and cut off Kang Wenbai's relationship with Shen Rong.
However, Shen Rong's repeated designs crossed his bottom line, which made him think that it would be better to just get a divorce.
Could I possibly tell her these things?
Lu Lin quickly came up with another perfect excuse.
“Aren’t they all teachers at Bincheng University? We should at least find out about their backgrounds.”
Shen Rong assumed it was the commander-in-chief's order and therefore had no doubts.
She thought of herself; the Marshal's Mansion must have investigated Lu Lin as well, and she wondered if they had found anything unusual about her.
The two went to sleep, each with their own ulterior motives.
The next day, Lu Lin had a rare day off at home, and the family was finally able to have breakfast together.
After dinner, Lu Lin and Lu You played chess, Jiang Yufen was busy with her own work, Lu Xuan was studying, and only Shen Rong was lying on the sofa eating an apple.
You can relax as much as you want, and feel as comfortable as you want.
However, the pleasant mood was soon shattered.
Lu Xuan came to her with some questions. At first, she could manage, barely managing the English questions, but then it turned into math problems, which she started to struggle with.
She clutched her stomach and pretended to be sleepy.
As expected, Lu Xuan didn't ask any more questions and sat back down.
Shen Rong felt a little guilty. She felt bad for her sister-in-law; she couldn't expose her weaknesses! She had to remember that she was portrayed as a talented woman.
At this moment, Gui Chun came in excitedly and reported, "Madam, Young Mistress Dou has arrived."
Cao Fengyi led her entourage inside, smiling as she said, "Your whole family is here."
Shen Rong stood up: "A rare guest indeed, what brings you here?"
Everyone greeted each other, and Lu Xuan quickly went to make coffee.
Shen Rong suspected that she was being so diligent because she didn't want to study anymore.
After taking a few sips of coffee and exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Cao Fengyi explained her purpose: "I would like to ask my sister-in-law to accompany me to a certain place."
She glanced at Shen Rong's belly and assured Lu Lin apologetically, "Don't worry, I will take good care of her."
Shen Rong: "Sister-in-law, why are you apologizing to him? I'm not going to give birth anytime soon. Going out for a walk is good for me."
She turned to Guichun and asked her to bring her bag. She didn't need to change her clothes and could go out.
However, she added, "We're not going to some high-end place, are we?"
Cao Fengyi was amused: "Come with me to the Han family to see Mrs. Han."
"This casual outfit is enough," Shen Rong said, taking the bag from Gui Chun and asking someone to bring out some local specialties and gifts that Lu Lin had brought last time.
Lu Lin noticed a change in Han Jia's expression. As he saw her off, he whispered in her ear, "It's best not to get involved in Han Jia's affairs."
Shen Rong paused for a moment. Had something happened to the Han family?
She glanced at Cao Fengyi, got into the car, but before the car even started moving, a couple of rickshaws came and blocked the road.
Wen Zhongda got out of the car and asked in confusion, "I've come at an inopportune time. Are you all heading out?"
Shen Rong had no choice but to get out of the car and exchange pleasantries: "I'm going out for a bit. Is Lu Lin home?"
Wen Zhongda breathed a sigh of relief and took out some things and a bouquet of flowers from the back of the car.
"This is for my sister-in-law. I came here specifically to freeload a meal."
Lu Lin took it, glanced at him, and thought, "What's with the fawning? He's the only one who knows how to give flowers."
Sure enough, Shen Rong couldn't hide her smile as she sniffed the air twice and said, "Thank you!"
Seeing that Cao Fengyi looked anxious, she didn't say much, but told Wen Zhongda to stay for dinner and play a little longer.
She then instructed Lu Lin to put her flowers away carefully.
As the car drove away, Wen Zhongda leaned closer and asked, "Why didn't your sister-in-law take you with her?"
Lu Lin glared at him coldly: "Shut up!"
As soon as she stepped into the house, Lu Xuan jumped over in surprise: "It's flowers!"
Lu Lin raised his hand to dodge her attack: "Your sister-in-law!"
"Big brother, you're so stingy. Can't I even take a look at my sister-in-law?" Lu Xuan glared with her round eyes.
Lu Lin ignored her and told Gui Chun to take the flowers back to the room.
Wen Zhongda said with a smile, "My mistake, I'll buy two more bunches next time."
Lu Xuan glanced at him and snorted, "How dare you!"
Wen Zhongda, somewhat embarrassed that his attempt to curry favor had failed, rubbed his nose and said, "Your sister must have learned her temper from Miss Shen."
"Why didn't you ask her in front of her?" Lu Lin retorted.
Wen Zhongda found another awkward situation: "I wouldn't dare to mess with your wife. Everyone knows how fiercely you, Lu Lin, protect her."
"Who's protecting her so tightly?" Lu Xuan walked over with a book in her hand, completely bewildered.
Wen Zhongda: "Your older brother only knows how to favor his wife."
His wife is his sister-in-law, Lu Xuan said: "If I don't favor my sister-in-law, why would I favor you!" She rolled her eyes.
Lu Lin asked her what she was doing.
Lu Xuan stammered out her purpose, explaining that she didn't know how to do some of the questions and hoped her older brother could teach her.
If her sister-in-law hadn't been away, she would never have gone to her brother; she was afraid of his cold face.
Lu Lin took it and glanced at it, then explained it very simply, leaving Lu Xuan completely bewildered.
"How can you be so stupid?" Lu Xuan still hadn't moved after he said it for the third time, so Lu Lin started making personal attacks.
Lu Xuan retorted, "I didn't! What are you so smug about, brother? My nephew might be even worse than me in the future. Every time my sister-in-law explains a problem to me, she gets sleepy after explaining one or two. It must be because my nephew doesn't understand."
Lu Lin scoffed. She was indeed stupid; she couldn't even understand that the other person was making excuses.
She probably doesn't know how to do these things either. Lu Lin pulled up her other books and read through them. The questions weren't difficult, so why didn't Shen Rong know them?
He was genuinely worried about his child's intelligence.
Wen Zhongda snatched the book from his hand: "Lu Lin, you really don't know how to teach students. Your way of speaking requires genius. You can't explain things well yourself and then blame others for not being smart."
He said to Lu Xuan, "Brother Wen will teach you."
Lu Xuan instinctively wanted to retort, but then she remembered that she needed his help and swallowed her words.
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The car drove out of the alley and headed towards the Han family's house.
Cao Fengyi spoke up: "Have you heard Lu Lin mention the Han family?"
Shen Rong was somewhat surprised: "What happened to the Han family? Lu Lin has never liked to talk about other people's affairs, I've never heard him mention it."
Cao Fengyi sighed, her words carrying a heavy weight: "Commander Han and Mrs. Han are getting a divorce!"
Shen Rong's eyes widened. Now she knew why Lu Lin had stopped talking. Lu Lin wouldn't discuss anything related to divorce with her; he was probably still traumatized by their past divorce drama.
It's not good to get involved in this kind of thing, but Cao Fengyi's worried look is too strange.
Is there more to the story?
Cao Fengyi looked at her, a helpless expression on her face: "We're all family here, so I won't hide anything from you. The reason I asked you to come with me to see Mrs. Han today is because I feel ashamed and embarrassed to see her."
Do you know why Commander Han is getting a divorce?
Since ancient times, when two seemingly perfect couples are getting a divorce, it's almost certain that one of them has cheated.
Seeing the look of understanding on her face, Cao Fengyi smiled bitterly and said, "It's because of Ma Langhua. I don't even know when she and Han Xiwen got together. I'm so... ashamed!"
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