Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 369 - 368 Unwelcome

Chapter 369: Chapter 368 Unwelcome

Lu Zheng coaxed Lin Xia until she let go of her anger, he then reassured her, "Xiaoxia! Rest assured, I have never had any thoughts about her, and I will never have anything to do with her in the future!"

Lin Xia nodded, "Okay! I’ll trust you this time! But if there’s another misunderstanding like this, I can’t guarantee anything!"

Lu Zheng glanced at his watch, a smile creeping into his eyes, "My dad should be home by now! Let’s have him teach someone a lesson!"

Lin Xia raised an eyebrow, "What are you planning to do?"

"A wise man has his own clever plan!" Lu Zheng said uneasily, "Wait for me here! Don’t run away!" He was seriously worried that Lin Xia might run off in a huff.

Lin Xia was actually quite curious about what he was going to do, "Okay! I’ll wait!"

Lu Zheng, still uneasy, instructed her again, "Make sure to wait right here!"

"Yes! I definitely will!"

Lu Zheng’s father, Lu Pengcheng, suddenly returned home.

Shao Meirou had a good guess as to why.

It was certainly something the father and son had discussed in secret. Otherwise, why would it be that as soon as Lu Zheng brought his girlfriend home, his father arrived right after?

To know, to Lu Pengcheng, this home was not even as good as a hotel.

She asked knowingly, "Why have you come back?"

"Not welcoming me?" Lu Pengcheng was handsome, and even now, in his early fifties, he still had a straight posture. His temples were going gray, and although there were some wrinkles on his face, they didn’t detract from his mature masculine charm at all.

One could say that if he were placed in the future, he would surely be a handsome older man.

"Why would that be!" Shao Meirou averted her gaze. She admitted that even now, she was easily attracted to him.

Back then, she was also attracted by his looks, which was why she married him so easily.

Lu Pengcheng took off his coat and glanced upstairs, "I heard Xiaozheng brought his girlfriend home? Where is she?"

Shao Meirou explained softly, "The girl, Xiaolin, felt embarrassed to stay at home, so she went to the hotel outside! Xiaozheng has gone to find her! They should be back soon..."

"Hm," Lu Pengcheng indicated that he understood, and went to wash his hands in the restroom.

Shao Meirou was having all sorts of feelings inside.

When Lu Pengcheng sat down and asked Shao Meirou, "Has his girlfriend met all the family members?"

"My dad’s side has seen her, but your family hasn’t yet!" Shao Meirou carefully observed Lu Pengcheng’s expression as she continued,

"I don’t think mom seems to approve of Xiaozheng’s girlfriend! So since they just arrived yesterday, I didn’t rush to take them over..."

Lu Pengcheng’s action of tapping his knee with his slender fingers paused, "What right does she have to disapprove?"

She disapproved of his marriage back then, and now she wants to meddle in his son’s affairs?

He, as the father, was not dead yet!

"That girl comes from a different background than ours. Her biological mother passed away, her father remarried, then there are siblings in the family... and she doesn’t have a job, just doing small business..."

Shao Meirou really wanted to persuade Lu Pengcheng to stand with them, but clearly, Lu Pengcheng’s past experiences would change some of his ideas.

"None of that matters! Who doesn’t have siblings?" he looked directly at Shao Meirou, "Have you agreed to it?"

"I also have some reservations. Old Lu, didn’t we talk about it on the phone the other day? I don’t oppose Xiaozheng dating, but couldn’t he find someone more suitable, someone from a similar background...

Finding someone from out of town with a complicated family situation, won’t that disturb our peace in the future? You haven’t seen what her family is like..."

"What are they like?" Lu Pengcheng asked in a particularly unsavory tone, "So poor they can’t lift the pot lid? Or do they need to beg?"

"It’s not that!" Shao Meirou was taken aback by his reply, at a loss for words, not knowing how to explain, "Her family is very complicated!"

Lu Pengcheng’s eyes flickered as he retorted, "So you’re saying, you have looked into this?"

If she hadn’t looked into it, she wouldn’t be able to say such things.

Shao Meirou wanted to keep it from her elderly father, but she didn’t want to hide it from Lu Pengcheng. No matter what had happened between them usually, now, as they sat down together, they were family.

As their only son, of course, they needed to present a united front.

"I just went to take a look! Now that our son has a girlfriend, it’s only natural that I’d want to know what kind of family she comes from...

After their father remarried, they split and started living separately..."

After listening to her, Lu Pengcheng still insisted on seeing for himself, "We’ll talk about everything after I’ve met her!"

He wanted to support his son in pursuing his love, but he also needed to see if the girl was worthy of his son doing so.

"Alright!" Shao Meirou let out a slight sigh of relief. If only Lu Pengcheng would take an instant dislike to Lin Xia.

She couldn’t stop Lu Zheng, that kid, but Lu Pengcheng was a different story.

When Lu Zheng got home, he saw his father had returned; the father and son exchanged a meaningful look.

"Why are you alone?" Lu Pengcheng looked at Lu Zheng, who stormed in by himself, and there was no one behind Xiaofeng, the door opener.

Lu Zheng scoffed, "You’ll have to ask my mom and my aunt about that!"

Lu Pengcheng glared sharply at Shao Meirou, "What did you two do?"

Shao Meirou actually hadn’t slept well all night; she kept feeling what she did the night before was very wrong.

Lin Xia said she was innocent with that second brother, and Shao Meirou believed her.

Who would have thought, her sister suddenly brought up the New Year celebration with Ye Lin.

She realized then that Lin Xia’s expression changed. If Shao Meirou found herself in the same situation, she would have been very angry too.

Moreover, she had heard that Lin Xia was quite hot-tempered.

"Speak!" Lu Pengcheng barked.

Shao Meirou jumped, startled. It had been a long time since she had seen Lu Pengcheng so angry.

She recounted the whole incident, "...We just wanted to ask about her relationship with that man; it wouldn’t make sense to know and not ask, right?"

Lu Pengcheng seized on the key point, "Really? So what was the purpose of mentioning Ye Lin spending the New Year together?"

"At that time... Meifang also..." Shao Meirou hesitated.

Lu Zheng was truly angry now; he had underestimated women.

"When did I ever spend New Year’s with Ye Lin?" Lu Zheng thought of Lin Xia’s cold words to him, and his heart ached unbearably.

Even though he later knew that the girl did it deliberately to torment him, it still pained him to recall;

They had never had such times together, and the trust he once saw in her eyes was no longer there.

Especially the faint darkness under her eyes, clearly from distress and lack of rest.

Faced with Lu Zheng’s relentless questioning, Shao Meirou opened her mouth but couldn’t form a complete sentence.

Lu Pengcheng, with a dark expression, pointed at Shao Meirou and scolded, "What is the meaning of this with your sister? Do you want our son to be single for the rest of his life or what?"

"We... how could we..." Shao Meirou was incoherent and unable to clear things up.

She was truly put in a difficult situation by her sister.

"Lu Zheng! Where is the girl?" Lu Pengcheng asked, now the priority was to properly explain and ensure that his son’s hard-won girl was not wronged.

"At the hotel!"

"In that case! Go and bring her here! I’d also like to meet my future daughter-in-law..."

Shao Meirou frowned unwillingly; how could Lu Pengcheng have changed his tune so suddenly? But at the moment, facing the angry looks and reproaches of father and son, she dared not speak her anger.