Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 414 - 413 What is the relationship?

Chapter 414: Chapter 413 What is the relationship?

Lin Xia saw Jiang Mingyuan return and quickly put down the pen in her hand to ask, "Second Brother! Have they gotten on the bus?"

Since he had left with Lu Qing, her heart hadn’t settled down.

"Mm! They should be boarding the bus right about now!" Jiang Mingyuan carefully observed Lin Xia’s expression, trying to discern something from her face.

Lin Xia let out a sigh of relief, "Finally, they’re gone! Their visit was really in such a hurry!"

She also quietly watched Jiang Mingyuan, not knowing whether Shao Meirou had said anything to him during their encounter.

Jiang Mingyuan laughed as if nothing was wrong, "Yes! Their visit this time really hassled you quite a bit!"

Lin Xia replied with a helpless wry smile, "That’s true! If they visit a few more times like this, it would really be the death of me!"

She felt that the events of these past two days were enough for her to unwind for a while.

Jiang Mingyuan understood Lin Xia, and from her expression, he could tell she definitely knew about Lu Zheng’s mother visiting his restaurant.

But the events had already occurred and were in the past, so what was the point of bringing them up again?

He had made up his mind and glanced at the time naturally, "Lin Xia! Isn’t it about time for you to close up the shop?"

"Yes! I’ve been waiting for you!"

Lin Xia had prepared herself for Jiang Mingyuan to ask about Shao Meirou after he came back, but he didn’t bring it up.

She thought that was for the best, to spare her the need to fabricate lies.

"Then you better hurry!" Jiang Mingyuan pointed to the takeout boxes near the bar, "Take those dishes back for Lin Qiu and the others to eat! Lin Dong is also at home! It would be good to improve their meals!"

"Alright then! I won’t be polite!" Lin Xia, seeing the takeaway food boxes, suddenly remembered, "Right! Second Brother! Your restaurant’s mahogany bento boxes are still at the hospital! How about I go pick them up after I close the shop?"

Jiang Mingyuan waved his hand, "Lin Xia! No need for you to trouble yourself! I’ll go fetch them tomorrow! You take care of your stuff!"

"That’s good too! If I were to go, I would have to deliver them to your restaurant anyway, so you go directly!" Lin Xia left the restaurant with the dishes, heaving a sigh of relief. The feeling of both trying to avoid certain topics was really unpleasant.

But if they did bring it up, it would lead to the issue of him liking her, and Zhao Da Naiang, and everything else appeared awkward just thinking about it.

She glanced at the nearby Songxue Hotel, where she had just helped Lu Zheng’s father check-in that morning, but now they had already left, making her sigh about the unpredictability of life.

In reality, what she was more curious about was the significant event concerning Lu Pengcheng and Shao Meirou mentioned by Lu Qing, wondering what it was all about.

She recalled the scene from when she delivered food at noon, where Shao Meirou and Lu Qing hid by the hospital room door, eavesdropping, looking heartbroken.

She guessed it probably had something to do with Lu Pengcheng!

Because Lu Pengcheng’s words and demeanor when he came out of the hospital room seemed to suggest as much.

But as for what it specifically was, she might guess till her head exploded and still not figure it out; she could only wait for a future opportunity for the reveal.

Lin Xia didn’t know how her relationship with Lu Zheng would turn out following the incident of Granny Lu’s hospitalization.

For now, all she could do was watch quietly and let nature take its course.

The next day, Jiang Mingyuan went to City Hospital to fetch the bento boxes.

There was no sign of the bento boxes in the ward, so he went to the doctors and nurses’ office.

Nurse Luo was just about to leave carrying a tray as they met, one inside and one outside the door.

Jiang Mingyuan recognized her; she was the head nurse he and Lin Xia had encountered in the corridor that day.

"Hello!"

"Hmm! Can I help you with something?" Luo Yue asked with a smile, knowing that this man was a good friend of that person named Lin Xia.

The reason she remembered so clearly was that she thought they made a handsome couple when she saw them walking together, but Lin Xia later said that wasn’t the case.

Jiang Mingyuan noticed her eyes were swollen, as if she had been crying over some heartbreaking matter.

"Something’s up! It’s just that in the ward, you saw a... it’s this!" Jiang Mingyuan hadn’t finished speaking when he spotted what he was looking for on the windowsill in the office.

"This is what I’ve been looking for! So I’ll take it with me now!" Jiang Mingyuan said as he went in to get it himself.

Nurse Luo watched his retreating figure with a complex look in her eyes.

Today, when she came to work, she intended to return the money that Lu Pengcheng had stuffed under the door yesterday after being turned away.

Even if she and her daughter were poor, they didn’t need his charity!

However, she had not expected that they had already been discharged and left the day before.

This lunch box had been taken from that old lady’s ward.

The man in front of her said that this was what he was looking for, so maybe he had some connection to that old lady?

She asked, "Is this lunch box yours?"

Jiang Mingyuan lifted the lunch box and replied with a faint smile, "It’s from my shop!"

Luo Yue placed the tray on the office desk, her mind not on work, as she was eager to understand some things.

"Excuse me for asking, but what is your relationship to the old lady who was staying in that ward?"

Jiang Mingyuan felt that this beautiful girl said she was sorry, but her eyes carried an aggressive look.

He was somewhat surprised by her behavior but still answered truthfully, "I have nothing to do with her! She’s my good friend’s girlfriend’s grandmother!"

Luo Yue furrowed her pretty brows, "Good friend? Is it the girl named Lin Xia?"

"Yes!" Jiang Mingyuan answered while observing her features.

He truly hadn’t looked closely before, after all, she was a girl, and it wouldn’t be proper for him, a man, to stare.

But her unusual behavior filled him with curiosity, and under closer scrutiny, a realization dawned on Jiang Mingyuan—he seemed to have guessed something unexpected.

If he had never met Lu Zheng’s father, he wouldn’t dare to speculate, but yesterday, he had met Lu Zheng’s father.

Luo Yue remembered meeting Lin Xia at the hospital entrance and her mentioning that her boyfriend’s grandmother was hospitalized; thus, many questions and relationships seemed to connect.

Maybe Lin Xia was the person Lu Pengcheng mentioned who drove his mother to the hospital.

Luo Yue took a deep breath, "Do you know where they went after being discharged?"

"They went back to the provincial city yesterday!! They should have arrived by now, I guess!" Jiang Mingyuan replied calmly, though inside he was anything but calm.

This Nurse Luo may very well be related to Lu Zheng’s family.

Combined with the words that Lu Qing reluctantly revealed under pressure, many things came to light.

"Oh! They’ve gone back!" Luo Yue struggled to keep a natural expression, "Thank you for telling me this!"

"You’re welcome!" Jiang Mingyuan said, holding onto his lunch box, "Then I’ll be off!" He gave Luo Yue a long, last look before leaving.

"Alright!" Once he had left, Luo Yue collapsed into her chair, drained of strength.

Everything that happened yesterday felt like a nightmare!

She had lived for over thirty years, with her mother always telling her that her father had passed away; so in her mind, she never imagined that one day, a man claiming to be her father would appear.

But he didn’t just appear, he also brought such a huge shock to the serene life of her and her mother.

The woman who was his wife came to their home and spoke those harsh words.

Even if he arrived later, what’s done was done. The words spoken were like spilt water, ultimately hurting her mother.

Her mother fell ill last night, developing a high fever.

And that man just left some money behind, took his mother and wife, and left...