Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties
Chapter 670 - 669: Why Are You So Cold to Me?

Chapter 670: Chapter 669: Why Are You So Cold to Me?

Meng Xiangzi really wanted to mention her uncle to Lu Zheng but changed her mind, fearing that it might annoy him.

Moreover, there were other people in the room, and using this opportunity to get closer to him just wasn’t a good idea.

Still, she didn’t want to miss such a good opportunity and wanted to exchange a few words with him.

"Big Brother Lu, I heard from Wanmeng that Lin Xia isn’t here. When is she coming back?

I was so excited when I heard we were coming here. I hoped to spend more time with her and talk. Last time, I didn’t have enough time..."

She didn’t really want to mention Lin Xia, but that was all she could currently talk about with Lu Zheng.

She felt sad just thinking about it.

Lu Zheng glanced at her and said indifferently, "In a while!"

Even though Lu Zheng’s voice was flat and emotionless, Meng Xiangzi felt immensely satisfied and chuckled, "I heard from my brother that Lin Xia’s brother is doing exceptionally well in his studies!"

Li Qingshui spoke up from the side, "Is your brother classmates with Lin Xia’s brother?"

Meng Xiangzi smiled lightly, "Yes! They are university classmates!"

Yang Wanmeng was looking down, fiddling with her fingers, her expression inscrutable.

Old Li couldn’t help but express his admiration, "Then both your brothers must be very promising! What university do they attend?"

"Tech University! But Lin Xia’s brother studies better than mine!"

At that time, university students were highly respected, let alone from Tech University. Li Qingshui regarded Lin Xia and Meng Xiangzi more highly in his heart.

Lu Zheng, however, didn’t join in the conversation, but Li Qingshui and Meng Xiangzi chatted a bit more about it.

The remaining dishes were soon brought to the table, and everyone sat around the round table to eat.

Old Li, Lu Zheng, and the other men naturally sat together, drinking and chatting.

Meng Xiangzi occasionally talked with Yang Wanmeng. Although she didn’t dare look directly at Lu Zheng, she secretly observed everything about him.

His slender hands holding the cup, his deep, pleasant voice, and his throat bobbing as he drank...

The more Meng Xiangzi watched, the more her heart raced, and she couldn’t understand why she had found this charmingly attractive man to be stern, cold, and boring in her previous life?

She felt that Providence hadn’t treated her too harshly, knowing she had deeply regretted missing out on Lu Zheng before her death, and had thus granted her a second chance at life.

Although she was reborn a bit late, and Lu Zheng had married someone else,

she believed that one day, she would return to his embrace and they would live lovingly for the rest of their lives...

Hao Xiaoyun silently kept eating without saying much.

However, she paid great attention to Meng Xiangzi sitting beside her.

Hao Xiaoyun didn’t know why, maybe it was a woman’s intuition, but she always felt that there was something unusual about this woman’s interactions with Lu Zheng.

Recalling the odd way she had once seen Meng Xiangzi standing at Lin Xia’s front door, suspicions revived in her heart.

Could it be that this woman was scheming on Lu Zheng?

If that were the case, with Lin Xia not home now, she had to keep a close eye...

Hao Xiaoyun’s execution was indeed remarkable. After that evening meal at Yang Wanmeng’s home, she insisted that Lu Zheng come to their home for lunch and dinner.

At first, Lu Zheng felt embarrassed, as the Li family’s situation wasn’t great.

Being a big man, he ate a lot, and staying there to eat every day would burden them.

"Sister-in-law! It’s quite convenient for me to eat in the cafeteria!"

Hao Xiaoyun argued fervently, "What’s convenient? The cafeteria can’t match what you eat at home!"

She borrowed the fact that Lin Xia often cooked delicious meals for her son, "Since Lin Xia isn’t home, why don’t you come over to eat?

Your wife has often sent us things. If you act that heartlessly now, I won’t feel right accepting anything from Lin Xia when she returns!"

Lu Zheng knew Hao Xiaoyun meant well, and afterward, he stopped refusing, but when he went there to eat, he would bring some rice, flour, meat, or vegetables every now and then.

Lin Xia couldn’t be found in the cafeteria, which terribly upset Meng Xiangzi!

She had originally fantasized that the meal they shared that day might bring them closer together, and even if they couldn’t become intimate, at least they could be ordinary friends, right?

But reality had harshly slapped her in the face!

However, she wasn’t the type to get discouraged easily; she frequently stayed close to Yang Wanmeng.

And she visited her home from time to time.

That day, Meng Xiangzi finally had an unexpected encounter with Lu Zheng in the corridor.

One was going upstairs, the other downstairs.

Meng Xiangzi stood on the stairs and wouldn’t budge; she even deliberately stretched out her arms quietly, "Brother Lu is back!"

"Hmm!" Lu Zheng saw her little gesture and couldn’t help but frown with disgust.

It was none of his business that Yang Wanmeng and Meng Xiangzi were close upstairs, but he didn’t want any contact with this woman.

He immediately moved to the side, unequivocally indicating that he wanted her to go downstairs first.

Yet Meng Xiangzi stood firm, her pretty little face filled with grievance, "Brother Lu! What did I do wrong? Why are you so cold to me?"

She was here for him, Lu Zheng!

Even if it was hard and tiring every day, she endured it by gritting her teeth.

But she had been here for a while now, and in a few days, they would have to leave.

Her relationship with Lu Zheng remained stagnant, you could even say there was no progress at all.

This made her heartbreakingly distressed every time she thought about it.

Lu Zheng found it extremely laughable; he didn’t answer her question but said coldly, "Please make way!"

This was on the stairs between the first and second floors. He could go straight upstairs if he wanted to.

But with this woman standing there, who knew what shocking act she might pull?

He didn’t even want to brush against her clothes.

Meng Xiangzi wanted to say something more, but just then, the sound of a door opening suddenly came from nearby.

The door of the west hall on the first floor had been opened.

A tall, dark, and thin woman leaned out. It was none other than Liu Caiping, whom Lin Xia had met. She was Hu Xinquan’s wife.

Liu Caiping had heard the commotion in the hallway from inside the house, and she curiously opened the door to see what was going on.

At that moment, she saw Lu Zheng and Meng Xiangzi in a standoff on the stairs.

She paused slightly, then smiled almost mockingly, "Lu is off work!"

"Yes! Sister-in-law!" Lu Zheng greeted her.

Faced with the appearance of an outsider, Meng Xiangzi couldn’t do anything else and reluctantly went downstairs.

As she passed by him, Lu Zheng also went upstairs with a stern face.

Liu Caiping watched them playfully, glancing upstairs and then at Meng Xiangzi’s retreating graceful figure, wondering about the relationship between the two.

Discussing coldness in broad daylight in the hallway, could it be that something was going on between them?

If that was really the case, it would be interesting...

As the saying goes, good news stays within, but bad news spreads far and wide.

It didn’t take a day for those close to Liu Caiping in the residential area to hear about the gossip involving Lu Zheng from her.

After a series of exaggerations, it was no longer the original version that Liu Caiping had told.

By the time it reached Hao Xiaoyun’s ears, it had clearly turned into Lu Zheng messing around with another woman on the stairs, unclear and ambiguous.

Unaware of all this, Lin Xia, who had just bid farewell to Shao Chengzhi and Shao Meirou, both in good health, coincidentally caught a ride back...