Lu Chengsen closed the door of the Lu family home and returned to the car.
Lu Jingyao saw Aunt Wang's retreating figure, pursed his lips, and felt dejected.
Aunt Wang, who had raised him since he was a child, had actually betrayed the Lu family.
He had already considered Aunt Wang family, but he never expected her to do such a thing. It was truly unacceptable.
"Where's Wenwen?" Lu Jingyao asked when Lu Chengsen got into the car.
"She went to see an old friend," Lu Chengsen explained.
"Are it just us picking up your mother?" Lu Jingyao asked.
"Mhm." Lu Chengsen nodded and drove towards Yong'an Town to pick up Luo Siqi and the others back to Fengcheng.
Fu Wenwen sensed that Old Master Lu had turned over and was interrogating the Wei family. She then calmly walked towards a familiar street.
Arriving at the black market, she saw Liu Fang from afar. Liu Fang saw Fu Wenwen and couldn't believe it. He grabbed Zou Xiaomei beside him and ran towards Fu Wenwen.
"Wenwen!!!"
Zou Xiaomei exclaimed excitedly.
"Are you guys doing alright?"
Fu Wenwen asked with a smile, looking at Liu Fang and Zou Xiaomei.
Seeing how happy they looked, they must be doing well.
"We're just living our lives," Zou Xiaomei waved her hand. "How about you, is school fun?"
"It's okay?" Fu Wenwen mused, she hadn't really had a chance to enjoy it yet.
"Have you all been well recently?" Fu Wenwen looked at Liu Fang beside her. Liu Fang flashed a proud smile.
"Brother Hu and the others are already doing long-haul transport. They'll bring back some goods from outside for me to sell. Business is quite good," Liu Fang replied honestly.
"That's good." Fu Wenwen nodded.
Seeing that Liu Fang was handling things with ease, he seemed to be doing well.
"We haven't seen each other in so long, let's eat together today?" Zou Xiaomei grabbed Fu Wenwen's hand, saying eagerly.
"Of course," Fu Wenwen nodded.
"That's great," Zou Xiaomei said happily. "You have no idea how bored I've been without you!"
"I don't see you being bored at all!" Fu Wenwen playfully poked Zou Xiaomei's nose. "You've gotten quite a bit rounder since we last met?"
"...It's not intentional," Zou Xiaomei blushed.
"I'm pregnant, I can't control my appetite, and I'm always hungry."
Fu Wenwen looked at Zou Xiaomei and smiled. "What a coincidence, I'm pregnant too."
"Really? Then we can give birth together!" Zou Xiaomei was overjoyed, then paused, her smile freezing.
"Wait, you're still in university, aren't you? What will you do when you give birth?"
"Take a leave of absence!" Fu Wenwen smiled. "Although, I might graduate early!"
"You're amazing," Zou Xiaomei said with admiration.
"Congratulations! It's only been a while, and you're already going to be a father..." Fu Wenwen looked at Liu Fang, who was smiling foolishly.
Liu Fang put his arm around Zou Xiaomei. "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have what I have today!"
"Alright, no more sentimental talk! I just wanted to see how you were doing. Now that I see you're well, I can rest easy," Fu Wenwen said with a smile.
"Heh heh." Liu Fang and Zou Xiaomei chuckled.
"After my mom found out I was pregnant, she told me and Liu Fang to move back home, saying it would be easier to take care of me," Zou Xiaomei said sheepishly.
"It's made the neighbors think Liu Fang is my live-in son-in-law..."
"Isn't that a good thing?" Fu Wenwen smiled. "With your mom taking care of you, he can also rest assured!"
"That's what I think too. She's Xiaomei's mother, and I'm relieved that she's taking care of Xiaomei," Liu Fang wasn't afraid of gossip. Hadn't he been gossiped about enough since childhood?
Now that he had a child and was going to be a father, to make Xiaomei comfortable, a little gossip wouldn't hurt him. Let them say whatever they wanted.
"Wenwen, do you remember that Hu Li?" Zou Xiaomei asked softly, as if recalling something.
"The daughter of Aunt Hu who lives next to your house?" Fu Wenwen thought for a moment, she must be right.
"Yes, yes, that's her," Zou Xiaomei nodded.
"Wasn't I always being compared to her before?"
"After I married Liu Fang, she insisted that the groom buy her the 'three big items' or she wouldn't get married," Zou Xiaomei said slowly.
"Oh?" Fu Wenwen raised an eyebrow.
That was quite a demand, but that Hu Li did have the looks to back it up. She was quite pretty.
"Do you know that after all her searching, she actually married the younger son of the Qu family next door?" Zou Xiaomei said mysteriously.
"How could that be? The Qu family is much less well-off than the Hu family..." Fu Wenwen's curiosity was piqued.
"Exactly! I couldn't believe it when I heard it. How could those two possibly get together? But they actually had a hasty wedding and got their marriage license," Zou Xiaomei felt there must be something going on, so she went to inquire specifically.
As expected, she heard the truth.
"It turns out that Hu Li was once on a blind date and was accosted by some thugs. Qu Qing rescued her. But at that time, Hu Li's clothes were torn by the thugs, and Qu Qing saw a lot of her. Since Qu Qing saw most of her body, Hu Li had no choice but to marry Qu Qing."
Zou Xiaomei told Fu Wenwen.
However, after listening, Fu Wenwen felt that the logic didn't quite add up.
"If that's all there is to it, why the hasty marriage?" Fu Wenwen asked, confused.
"Right? I also felt something was off," Zou Xiaomei also felt it was strange, but she couldn't find out anything else no matter how hard she tried.
"Forget it, let's not talk about her anymore. Let's go eat! I'm starving," Zou Xiaomei couldn't figure it out, so she stopped thinking about it.
She grabbed Fu Wenwen and urged her to go eat.
Fu Wenwen looked at Liu Fang beside her. "Is her thinking always this erratic?"
Liu Fang glanced at Zou Xiaomei, who was walking ahead, and secretly nodded. "It's gotten worse since she got pregnant."
"She often has sudden impulses, wanting to soak her feet one moment, wanting to eat the next, and then suddenly wanting to play chess with me..."
Liu Fang was quite tormented by Zou Xiaomei's jumpy thoughts.
Seeing the doting smile on his lips, Fu Wenwen decided to ignore them.
It was like Zhou Yu fighting Huang Gai – one willing to fight, the other willing to be beaten.
After a delightful meal at the state-run restaurant, Zou Xiaomei dragged Fu Wenwen shopping. She wanted to eat everything she saw, and Liu Fang dotingly bought it for her.
Fu Wenwen, watching from the side, couldn't stand it anymore.
"Can you eat all that food?" Fu Wenwen asked Zou Xiaomei.
"I want to eat it..." Zou Xiaomei looked at Fu Wenwen pitifully.
"Then you're buying so much, you won't be able to finish it all?" Fu Wenwen looked at Liu Fang, who gave a wry smile.
"...I just want to eat it," Zou Xiaomei looked at Liu Fang with a wronged expression.
"She's pregnant and feeling unwell, so just buy it for her..." Liu Fang couldn't bear to see his wife looking so upset.
"Buy, buy, buy, buy your head! Are you this indulgent of your wife? And you, you're becoming more and more out of line!" Before Fu Wenwen could speak, Zou's mother appeared. She stepped forward and poked Zou Xiaomei's forehead.