Lu Heng said, “There’s no one in the car.”
“I—I clearly saw—”
Lu Heng’s face turned stern:
“It’s late at night. Why are you wandering around instead of staying in the dorm to study? Have you finished your assignments? Memorized your formulas? Previewed your new lessons?”
“Oh, that, that—Professor Lu, I have something to do, I’ll head off first! See you, see you!”
The person pedaled away in a flash.
Only then did Lu Heng sit in the driver’s seat and start the jeep.
Once they reached the main road, Jiang Mian loosened her scarf, held onto the front seat, and struggled to sit up from the back.
Holding the steering wheel, Lu Heng asked without turning back:
“What are you hiding for?”
“I’m not hiding. If people see you taking a pregnant woman out to eat, they’ll gossip. What if your wife misunderstands?”
The corner of Lu Heng’s lips twitched:
“My wife? You mean yourself?”
Jiang Mian cursed inwardly, shameless.
The car fell silent for a moment.
Then Lu Heng suddenly said:
“I’m not married. I’m currently single.”
Jiang Mian thought: What does that have to do with me?
Still, she was a bit surprised. So the male lead wasn’t married yet at this point.
Maybe it was because the cannon-fodder ex-wife’s child hadn’t been born yet?
Perhaps once that ex-wife gave birth and then died, the child would become motherless, and the female lead would step in as the stepmother.
What a vicious plot!
Just you wait.
Seeing that she didn’t respond, Lu Heng added:
“Stay in the capital. Don’t go back.”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“I want to take root in the frontier and contribute to socialist construction!”
“…”
Not bad—her speaking skills had improved.
Lu Heng said:
“Stay in the capital. You can still contribute to socialist construction.”
“I can’t adapt to the environment here.”
“Why can’t you adapt?”
“Because of you.”
Lu Heng was momentarily speechless with anger.
…
The jeep stopped on the street in front of the hotel.
Lu Heng got out of the car, opened the door for Jiang Mian, bent down to help her out, and voiced his proposal:
“Think carefully about what I just said. If you have any requests or conditions, you can tell me. If you want a job, I can arrange one for you. If you don’t want to work, I’ll support you financially. You can live however you like—but you can’t give birth alone in such a faraway place.”
Jiang Mian pinched her palm hard:
Don’t fall for a scholar’s tricks!
The male lead clearly just wants your children—he’s not even trying to hide it anymore!
Jiang Mian took off his scarf and stuffed it back into his hands.
“Thanks for your kindness. I’ll think about it.”
…
After sending Jiang Mian back, Lu Heng didn’t return to the dormitory at Huaqing University.
He went home instead.
The Lu family lived in a two-story red-brick house in the residential compound.
As soon as he entered, his younger sister Lu Yuanyuan exclaimed in delight:
“Oh? Brother, why are you back? Perfect timing—I have something to ask you.”
“What is it?”
With the heating on inside the house, Lu Heng placed his briefcase on the sofa and took off his wool coat.
Lu Yuanyuan leaned in, speaking mysteriously:
“Brother, want to watch a movie? I have two tickets.”
“Go watch it with your friend.”
“I already saw it. Brother, how about I give you the tickets and you take Qingyun to watch it? She hasn’t seen it yet.”
Lu Heng knew exactly what his sister was up to.
He picked up his briefcase, about to leave.
But Lu Yuanyuan grabbed him:
“Brother, don’t run! What’s wrong with you? You’re not proactive at all. You’re not going to make Qingyun, a girl, take the initiative to ask you out to a movie, are you?”
Lu Heng’s face turned grim:
“Whether she wants to watch a movie or not is her business. Don’t drag me into it!”