“Alright, two hundred.”
Without a word, Lu Heng pulled out a stack of cash from his pocket.
Fortunately, he had prepared in advance before coming.
He had already set aside two hundred yuan, intending to give it to Jiang Mian.
All along the way, he had been worried—what if Jiang Mian refused to accept it?
But in the end…
Lu Heng directly stuffed the money into Jiang Mian’s hands:
“Exactly two hundred. I’m buying your certificate.”
Jiang Mian: “……”
Her tears instantly stopped.
Jiang Mian wiped her eyes and stopped crying, then began counting the money right in front of Lu Heng:
“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven…”
A total of twenty ten-yuan bills.
Exactly two hundred yuan.
Alright then, for the sake of the money—
“I’ll sell you the certificate.”
Even though without the certificate, she might get scolded by the farm manager when she got back,
Still, she had earned an extra hundred yuan. Hehe—she could buy so many things, and now the babies’ food was secured.
“And the phone bill—two yuan.”
Lu Heng: “……”
Lu Heng took out another one-yuan bill from a different pocket:
“No need to give change.”
Jiang Mian replied, “I don’t take advantage of people.”
She pulled out a small rolled-up handkerchief and counted out eighty cents from it.
Lu Heng stared at that small handkerchief embroidered with a butterfly—it was a gift he had given her when they got married.
She had loved it dearly and carried it with her every day.
“Here’s your eighty cents change. You pay for your own meal.”
“Alright, I’ll pay.”
Lu Heng paid for the hotpot.
When settling the bill, Jiang Mian deliberately listened—it turned out this one meal had cost twenty-four yuan and sixty cents!
Great. Now when she went back, she could brag to others that she had spent a whole month’s salary on a single meal.
With everything settled, the two of them left Donglaishun.
Just as they were about to step out the door, Lu Heng took off the scarf around his neck, walked behind Jiang Mian, and wrapped it around her.
Jiang Mian was about to refuse.
Lu Heng quickly wrapped her head up and tied a knot behind her neck.
“I’ll take you back to the hotel.”
Outside, Lu Heng opened the front passenger door for her.
But Jiang Mian’s belly was too big—she couldn’t quite get in.
The seat couldn’t be adjusted either.
It was completely unfriendly for someone heavily pregnant.
After struggling for a long time, her head got in, but her legs wouldn’t.
When her legs got in, her head wouldn’t.
After all that effort, she was completely out of patience.
Lu Heng: Why had no one told him that getting a pregnant woman into a car would be this difficult?
Was this car even designed properly?
He hadn’t realized before just how many inconveniences a pregnant woman faced in daily life.
He had no idea how she had managed all this time.
Seeing that Lu Heng was at a loss, Jiang Mian said,
“Forget it, I’ll just walk back.”
“It’ll take an hour to walk.”
Jiang Mian: “…………”
She must not have checked the almanac before going out—today was probably not a good day for it.
Lu Heng said again,
“Try the back seat.”
He helped her over to the back.
The space there was bigger, and this time, they finally managed to get her inside.
Lu Heng let out a long breath.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Just as he closed the car door—
“Hey, Professor Lu? What are you doing here?”
A young man riding a bicycle passed by, spotted Lu Heng, and rode closer.
Lu Heng recognized him as one of his students.
He didn’t show any sign of panic at being seen, but when he turned to glance inside the car, the person in the back seat had already lain down.
She pulled her scarf up, covering her head and face tightly.
From a blurry glance, it looked like there was a large sack lying in the back seat.
Lu Heng sighed inwardly.
The young man on the bicycle also looked into the car.
“Professor Lu, did you come here for a meal? Who’s in the car?”