But when they tried to ask further, Lu Heng said nothing, as if he didn’t want to bring it up.
So they stopped asking.
They all assumed that Lu Heng avoided talking about the past because he saw that marriage as a humiliation—
An unspeakable, shameful chapter of his life.
But unexpectedly, the truth was the opposite.
Their son was still thinking about that country wife.
And it was that country wife who had taken the initiative to ask for a divorce.
Cheng Jin couldn’t help but feel curious. What kind of extraordinary ability did that girl have to move her cold, iceberg-like son so deeply that he still couldn’t forget her?
And with such a huge gap in their educational backgrounds, could they even hold a conversation?
What could they possibly talk about?
With a head full of questions, Cheng Jin walked into her son’s room.
Lu Heng was sitting at his desk, holding a newspaper.
Cheng Jin recognized it immediately—it was from their publishing house.
She worked at a daily newspaper as the head of the editorial department.
She could recognize their paper at a glance.
“Lu Heng, what are you reading?”
“Mom, was this article reviewed by you?”
Lu Heng handed the newspaper over.
Cheng Jin set down her tea and looked at it.
Without her reading glasses, she held the paper farther away. The article was about winter strawberries from a northeastern farm.
“Yes, I personally reviewed it. Why?”
“Nothing. Who submitted it?”
“It was your Aunt Sun.”
“Aunt Sun? You mean Professor Sun Danhua from the Department of Agriculture, Old Master Sun’s daughter?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Lu Heng fell into thought.
Cheng Jin continued:
“Your Aunt Sun was also sent down for many years, working at the Beidahuang farm, though not in the same place as you.
She only returned to the city a few months ago. Not long ago, she came to me and told me about this strawberry project.
The strawberry seeds were apparently cultivated over there. Before she left, she gave some to a local girl.
Who would have thought that the girl managed to grow strawberries in the middle of winter? Your Aunt Sun felt this was a major breakthrough, so she wrote a report and brought it to me.
I thought the content was good, so I published it. I also heard that this girl even won an award for the winter strawberry technology—is that true?”
Lu Heng nodded.
“Mm. I happened to attend a meeting today and heard the report there.”
Lu Heng hadn’t expected that Jiang Mian’s strawberry seeds were actually given to her by Sun Danhua.
Then he thought about how Jiang Mian had gone to Donglaishun for a meal today, holding a stack of books and materials in her hands.
He had wanted to take a look, but she wouldn’t let him.
Lu Heng guessed that those materials were probably also given by Sun Danhua.
He couldn’t help but smile.
It seemed that this afternoon, instead of staying at the hotel, she had gone to the Huaqing University residential compound to look for Sun Danhua.
What a coincidence—Lu Heng himself was also at Huaqing University.
Yet after coming all the way there, she didn’t even look for him.
Lu Heng truly didn’t know how he had offended her to make her avoid him like this.
He began to feel gloomy again.
Seeing her son alternately smiling and then looking downcast, Cheng Jin asked:
“What’s wrong? Why did you suddenly ask about this?”
Lu Heng replied indifferently:
“Nothing.”
Cheng Jin still wanted to talk more about his countryside wife, but Lu Heng got up and went to wash up in the bathroom, clearly unwilling to continue the topic.
Cheng Jin couldn’t press further and went downstairs helplessly.
…
The next day, after breakfast, Lu Heng returned to Huaqing University.
As soon as he arrived at his office, he immediately filed a complaint against Lu Yuanyuan.
He called the head of the Chinese Department at Peking University, saying that Lu Yuanyuan had improper thinking and needed serious ideological correction.
The department head knew Lu Heng and was also aware that Lu Yuanyuan was his younger sister.
With her own brother lodging a complaint, the department head didn’t dare take it lightly.
That very day, Lu Yuanyuan was called in and made to write a self-reflection report.
She was also advised to withdraw from the recent class cadre election.
Lu Yuanyuan was so angry she almost coughed up blood!
What a narrow-minded person!
He actually went through with reporting her!!!
…
After making the complaint, Lu Heng went to the Agricultural Department’s teaching building.
Huaqing University also had an agricultural department, located in another building.
The moment Lu Heng arrived, he immediately caused a small stir.