It wasn’t until they reached the corner of the second floor that Xie Wantang snapped out of her shock. “Lu Yanshen, what are you doing? Put me down…”
Lu Yanshen naturally didn’t let go. He carried her all the way back to their master bedroom and then tossed her onto the soft, large bed.
Xie Wantang was thrown into a daze, but thankfully, the bed in the master bedroom was soft enough.
She instinctively protected her stomach a little.
Just as Xie Wantang was about to get up, Lu Yanshen unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt and swiftly pressed down on her.
Grandma always said that couples who quarrel at the head of the bed make up at the foot of it.
He had already apologized and bought gifts, but she still wasn’t appeased. Lu Yanshen had no choice but to heed the old saying and use this final method to coax her.
If even this method failed, he didn’t plan to try any further.
The moment Lu Yanshen’s lips sealed hers, Xie Wantang couldn’t help but gag slightly in her throat.
Xie Wantang pushed him away forcefully, her entire body resisting his closeness. She turned her head to the side. “Lu Yanshen, get off me. I feel like vomiting.”
Lu Yanshen: “…”
Hearing Xie Wantang’s words, Lu Yanshen froze. Was she really this disgusted by him now?
“I really feel like vomiting. Move aside, quickly.” Xie Wantang was serious, doing her best to hold back.
But if Lu Yanshen didn’t move aside soon, she couldn’t guarantee she wouldn’t vomit all over him.
Seeing that she wasn’t faking it, Lu Yanshen rolled off her. Xie Wantang immediately jumped off the bed and rushed to the bathroom, retching over the sink.
Lu Yanshen: ??
Was she physically repulsed by him?
Xie Wantang vomited some sour liquid. After finishing, she rinsed her mouth with a cup of water.
Just as she finished rinsing, Lu Yanshen came over. He stood at the door and knocked. Xie Wantang didn’t look at him, but his voice sounded urgent as he said, “Xie Wantang, my brother and I have to leave for Milan immediately. Rourou has been kidnapped.”
“…”
What?
Xie Wantang turned to look at him, her face filled with shock.
Lu Rourou had been kidnapped in Milan?
“If you don’t believe me, you can ask my sister-in-law. I have to go now. Call me if anything happens. Don’t just disappear without a word.”
Lu Yanshen said this because he wouldn’t be able to rush back from Milan if something happened.
“Go ahead. We can talk about the divorce when you return from Milan.”
Xie Wantang’s voice was calm.
Although she didn’t like Lu Rourou, she still hoped she would be safe and sound.
If anything happened to Lu Rourou, Mrs. Lu would surely blame her for it.
After all, in their eyes, she had been busy with work at Xu Yanqiu’s house for three days, unreachable to the outside world. To them, it was her being immature, willful, and playing the runaway game.
A tactic to force Lu Yanshen’s hand and vie for attention.
In reality, it really wasn’t.
Xie Wantang didn’t want to explain it to them.
“If Mother Li and Aunt Lan upset you, just have the butler deal with them. I’ve already given instructions.”
“That’s not necessary. They’ve both taken care of you for a long time and are old servants of the Lu family. There’s no need to make a big fuss over an outsider like me. You should go now. Don’t keep your brother waiting.”
With that, Xie Wantang wiped her mouth and stopped looking at him.
Lu Yanshen stared at her for a moment before turning and leaving.
After Lu Yanshen left, Xie Wantang returned to the guest bedroom opposite the master bedroom. As she lay on the bed, Xu Yanqiu, who had sent many messages without receiving a reply, couldn’t hold back and called her on video.
Xie Wantang answered instantly.
“What’s wrong? Qiuqiu—”
“Sweetie, is your Mr. Lu not around?” Xu Yanqiu raised an eyebrow. Since she hadn’t received a reply to her message, she had started to worry that her best friend had become a tasty dinner for some big bad wolf.
“Lu Rourou was kidnapped in Milan. He went over there with the eldest son of the Lu family.”
“Lu Rourou was kidnapped? It must be because of her mouth.” After the initial shock, Xu Yanqiu concluded.
“Hmm?”
“Lu Rourou is average-looking at best—just not ugly. What kind of place is Milan? It’s full of beautiful women, okay? So, could she have been kidnapped because she’s good-looking? It must be because she talks too nastily and got revenge taken on her.”
“…”
Xie Wantang didn’t argue, inexplicably feeling that her best friend’s analysis made a lot of sense.
Xu Yanqiu couldn’t really empathize with Lu Rourou’s kidnapping ordeal and didn’t feel much about it. After all, both Lu brothers had rushed over, so it probably wasn’t a big deal.
Xu Yanqiu directly shifted the topic to her best friend and a certain someone. “Have you settled the divorce terms with your Mr. Lu?”
“No, he doesn’t seem too willing. But now we can only wait until he gets back from Milan.”
“Didn’t you say before that he went to Milan? Was Lu Rourou with him?”
“I don’t know. I didn’t ask.”
“Why didn’t you ask? You’re still Mrs. Lu until the divorce is finalized. Isn’t it normal to ask about your husband’s schedule?”
“I don’t want to ask, and I don’t want to bother anymore.” Xie Wantang’s reaction was indifferent.
Right now, she only wanted to take care of herself and the little one in her belly. As for everything else, whoever wanted to deal with it could.
“Alright then, you get some good rest. I won’t keep chatting with you. You’ve had a tough few days. From now on, just focus on your own things.”
“Mm, okay. Goodnight.”
After ending the video call, Xie Wantang turned off the lights and went to sleep.
She slept until 9:30 the next morning.
When Xie Wantang went downstairs, she saw Mrs. Xie and Xie Bailu sitting in the living room, waiting.
Xie Wantang frowned. Why were this mother and daughter here?
As the current lady of the house, Xie Wantang didn’t immediately go to the living room to greet the guests from her maternal family. Instead, she went to the kitchen to prepare something to fill her stomach.
After Lu Yanshen’s sudden outburst last night, Mother Li and Aunt Lan had become much more disciplined.
Aunt Lan didn’t dare to bounce around in front of Xie Wantang anymore. As for Mother Li, she had already prepared a sandwich and hot milk according to Xie Wantang’s preferences.
However, Xie Wantang didn’t accept her gesture of goodwill.
She had never been the type of person who could be appeased with a sweet after being slapped.
“You can eat these yourself. I don’t feel like having them today.”
“…”
Mother Li thought Xie Wantang was truly hard to please.
Xie Wantang took a box of handmade wontons from the refrigerator. She had bought them earlier while grocery shopping, specifically from a handmade stall.
They could be stored for over ten days.
By the timeline, they needed to be eaten soon. In another couple of days, they would spoil.
“Wantang.”
Mrs. Xie and Xie Bailu walked over from the living room to the kitchen.
Mother Li stood there, clearly aware that the mother and her two daughters wanted to talk, yet she made no move to leave.
Xie Wantang glanced at Mother Li. Before she could speak, Xie Bailu took the lead in reprimanding her. “Mother Li, I’ve never seen a servant so lacking in awareness. You may leave now. We have something to discuss with your mistress.”
Xie Bailu was very straightforward, thinking to herself that if she could smoothly replace Xie Wantang and become Mrs. Lu, the first person she would fire would be this unpleasant-looking Mother Li.
Relying on her status as an old-timer in the mansion and seeing that Xie Wantang was not favored by Lu Yanshen, every time her family visited, Mother Li would wear a dead-fish expression.
It was as if someone owed her money and hadn’t repaid it.
Mother Li couldn’t retort, so she looked at Xie Wantang, who acted as if it had nothing to do with her. In the end, Mother Li said nothing and quietly left.
Xie Wantang’s wontons were ready. She placed them in a broth with seaweed, cilantro, and dried shrimp, filling the air with a mouthwatering aroma.