The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 159: Ex Causing Trouble for the Current One?

Chapter 159: Chapter 159: Ex Causing Trouble for the Current One?

Lu Zhendong was coming back.

Ming Ran felt her breath catch suddenly.

Mrs. Ming continued, "Don’t you want to reconcile with Lu Zhendong? This is a great opportunity for you to visit the Lu family and bring gifts to old Mrs. Lu, to celebrate her birthday."

"It’s perfect, Yi Sha is also around, she can design a beautiful outfit for you."

Yi Sha heard this and smiled subtly.

But Ming Ran clenched her fists, unable to smile at all.

She did want to make up with Lu Zhendong.

But how could she?

He’s already married!

"I’m not going." Ming Ran said coldly, then left without turning back.

"Ah? What’s with her today?" Mrs. Ming looked puzzled.

Didn’t her daughter always rush to win Lu Zhendong back?

Ming Ran drove away from her house in her sports car, feeling immensely frustrated halfway.

She wanted to find out what exactly was going on between Lu Zhendong and Jiang Man!

Lu Zhendong was still abroad, but Jiang Man was in the country, how did they get married?

She took out her phone and called a good friend.

"Can you help me look up someone? Her name is Jiang Man; she attends Beicheng Music Academy. Is this information enough to find out something?"

"Don’t worry, it’s enough information. Just wait!"

"Okay."

Soon Ming Ran arrived at a restaurant for morning tea, chatting and laughing with her girlfriends.

Usually, she was the most talkative, but today she was despondent and distracted.

Not until her phone rang did she seem to come back to life.

"Hello? How did the search go?"

"It’s strange, I found some information, but it’s incomplete. This Jiang Man just returned to the country not long ago, about two months ago."

"It’s said that the Lu family arranged for her to enter the school, and it caused quite a stir."

Hearing the keywords ’Lu family arranged’, Ming Ran’s mind buzzed, and she couldn’t focus on anything else said over the phone.

"Ranran?"

Ming Ran suddenly stood up, leaving her girlfriends looking bewildered.

"I have something urgent, I’ve already covered the bill."

She walked to the cashier, paid, and quickly left the tea house.

She got into her sports car and drove towards Beicheng Music Academy.

She wanted to see what this Jiang Man really looked like!

...

As the new student orientation test was just a couple of days away, the intensity of the military training had significantly decreased.

Aside from training in the morning, the afternoons and evenings were free.

The library was packed with people, almost all of them freshmen cramming at the last minute.

Including Wen Rui and several others, all were studying intensely.

After recording her song, Wen Rui had nothing else to do.

She just needed to wait for the album release when she would join Lu Zhan in promotion, which would then become busy.

Jiang Man arrived late, carrying an empty backpack to the library, she picked several books and joined Wen Rui and her friends.

Wen Rui looked up and was surprised to see a stack of history books.

Their orientation test didn’t cover history.

Zhang Ziqi and Mao Lili were also surprised.

"Man, why all history books?"

Jiang Man sat down and said lightly, "They don’t have so many original history books abroad."

"Man, did you live abroad before?" Mao Lili asked.

Zhang Ziqi looked curious too.

They never knew where Jiang Man came from, her family background, only that she was impressive and well-connected.

"Me? I was taken abroad by my foster father." Jiang Man said with a half-smile, "Went there at ten, came back at twenty, stayed abroad for ten years."

"Wow!" Mao Lili and Zhang Ziqi were envious.

In their hearts, the moon abroad was always rounder than the one back home.

Knowing that Jiang Man had lived overseas for ten years, they immediately felt envious and jealous.

"Man, you’ve achieved so much abroad, why hide your identity and come back? With your capability, you could even be a professor at Beiying Institute," one of them said.

"Exactly!"

The other two agreed.

Jiang Man laughed lightly, with an indifferent attitude, "For fun."

Originally, she had returned to the country to see her biological parents. Without seeing them, she couldn’t let go.

After meeting them and severing ties, she actually had no lingering feelings for her homeland.

But due to her marriage with Lu Xingzhou, she had to stay in the country for a year.

The studying was arranged by Lu Xingzhou because she didn’t want to lose her disguise, so she agreed.

"Studying is fun? Man, your idea is really odd! I hate studying. It’s nothing like fun," said one.

"I hate it too."

Wen Rui didn’t say much, she had heard quite a bit about Jiang Man’s past from her mother.

It was her uncle and aunt who cruelly abandoned their cousin back then!

But heaven had been kind to their cousin, giving her such a wonderful foster father who raised her so well.

"You all should revise now, I’ll read," Jiang Man interrupted them timely.

Soon, the four of them were each reading their books, very quiet and peaceful.

Half an hour later, a young woman with a bag and sunglasses appeared in the library.

She casually picked up two books, and after walking around the library, finally found Wen Rui and the other two.

Her gaze landed on the fourth person, almost at first sight, she was shocked by the girl’s cool and detached demeanor.

This kind of demeanor, even she and her best friend couldn’t come close to.

The girl’s skin was coldly pale, with a delicate face.

Her hair was in a casual high ponytail, looking like she wore no makeup.

That skin, delicate enough to break at a blow, her facial features were as pretty as if naturally filtered for beauty.

Cool, lovely, stunning...

The words she could think of seemed to fit the girl.

She had never seen such a stunning young lady!

Ha.

Ming Ran felt a sourness in her heart.

Lu Zhendong, oh Lu Zhendong, your taste remains the same, always favoring young ladies of this age.

When she was with Lu Zhendong, she was also this age.

But upon honest reflection, she felt she was not as good as Jiang Man, at least in terms of appearance and demeanor.

After observing quietly for a long while, Ming Ran could no longer hold back, stood up from her seat, and strode towards Jiang Man.

She had sprayed a heavy perfume on herself.

Jiang Man was very sensitive to smells and furrowed her brows.

Her glance fell on the high heels Ming Ran wore.

The heels were very tall, not the kind a female student would wear.

"Hello, Mrs. Lu," Ming Ran said with a smile.

Jiang Man was startled, then looked up.

She and Lu Xingzhou had agreed to a secret marriage, and although many people currently knew about their relationship, they were only close relatives and very good friends.

The woman before her was a stranger, even without a hint of familiarity.

It was Zhang Ziqi who looked up and recognized the woman at once, "Isn’t this the woman we met at the Chanel store last time?"

"How did she find this place..." Mao Lili suddenly became apprehensive.

Could it be that they had caused trouble, and the ex was here to bother the current?

Wen Rui also looked up, somewhat afraid.

Among the four, only Jiang Man maintained a calm demeanor and returned her focus to the history book.

Zhao Huai had approached her about the incident at the Chanel store, so she knew what had happened.

Perhaps Zhao Huai had mentioned something that let this woman know about her relationship with Lu Xingzhou.

"Is there something you need?" Jiang Man raised an eyebrow, her voice cold and formidable, carrying an air of not to be trifled with...