The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 162 Lu Xingzhou: Give Me a Title, I’ll Feel Secure

Chapter 162: Chapter 162 Lu Xingzhou: Give Me a Title, I’ll Feel Secure

The man’s heated breath brushed over her, stirring every nerve in Jiang Man.

She looked at him leisurely.

She observed his handsome, smooth face and the bright spark in his dark, deep-set eyes.

His gaze grew softer and more affectionate.

"No sense of security?" Jiang Man found it unbelievable.

Wasn’t that a phrase more commonly used by women?

"What makes you feel secure? Tell me, and I’ll do my best," Jiang Man said indifferently.

Lu Xingzhou leaned in closer, "It’s simple."

His gaze was enticing, his voice hoarse.

Jiang Man felt her heart tickled by a feather, itching, "Tell me."

"Give me a status, and I’ll feel secure..." Lu Xingzhou curled his lips.

Jiang Man: "..."

"Let’s talk about it when the year is up," she said coldly, like an unfeeling heartbreaker.

Lu Xingzhou didn’t say anything, merely lowered his head and bit her earlobe, sucking hard.

Jiang Man let him have his way, her body tensing subconsciously as she leaned back into the sofa.

"Lu Xingzhou, mind the setting," she whispered in admonishment.

But the man didn’t listen and bit even harder as if to punish her.

The driver and Zhao Huai in the front row didn’t dare to even breathe out loud.

They wished they were under the car or above it, anything but inside it.

A minute later, Lu Xingzhou, looking at his own handiwork, was very satisfied.

He sat back in his seat with a smile, closed his eyes, and rested.

Jiang Man just wanted to give him a thumbs up.

This man, always stirring emotions quickly, losing them just as fast.

One second he was intimately brushing against her ear, and the next, he was acting all high and mighty, pure and chaste?

Pretty slick.

...

An hour’s drive later, the Maybach climbed the hill, reaching the Lu Family’s old mansion.

Because the family matriarch was soon turning seventy, the mansion was decorated inside and out with big red lanterns and various red ribbons and flowers.

As Jiang Man and Lu Xingzhou walked side by side into the mansion, they could hear laughter and lively chatter from the backyard from afar.

"Look, hasn’t Zhendong grown taller?"

"Auntie, you jest, can a man in his forties still grow taller?"

"Ah, but Zhendong, you still look like a young man, don’t you agree?"

"Speaking of age, Zhendong, it’s about time you found a wife; your younger brother is already married, and now in the Lu family’s grandchildren, you’re the only one still single."

"I’m looking, I’m looking," Lu Zhendong placated.

As soon as he finished, Lu Xingzhou walked into the yard, holding Jiang Man’s hand.

"Here they come, speak of the devil, Zhou’er and Manman have arrived!" The old lady smiled from ear to ear.

At the sound of "Manman," Lu Zhendong’s eyebrows lifted, clearly intrigued.

He really couldn’t imagine what kind of girl could catch his younger brother’s eye with such a personality.

Glancing sideways, his eyes fell on the girl and he was instantly struck by her beauty.

The girl was slender and tall, dressed casually.

She wore simple straight-leg blue jeans and a thin white knitted sweater.

The most basic outfit, yet it couldn’t hide her stunning appearance.

Her face was small and exquisitely delicate.

She had an excellent head-to-body ratio; a small head and long legs.

The whole person exuded a cool, aloof aura, slightly arrogant, slightly cool.

Yet when meeting elders, she could quickly put away her sharp edges and show her gentle side.

How to put it, her aura was complex.

Cool, innocent, beautiful, cool...

All these complex words seemed to fit her; she was like a perfect composite of them all.

"Come, come, Manman, let me introduce you, this is Zhou’er’s third cousin, Lu Zhendong."

"Zhendong, this is your younger cousin-in-law, Jiang Man."

The two looked at each other and shared a smile.

Two strangers who had never even met before were rumored early on to be husband and wife.

Such a mix-up would be embarrassing for anyone.

Lu Zhendong was somewhat uneasy, wanting to extend a hand to shake with Jiang Man, but ultimately, he did not reach out.

Jiang Man, with her hands in her pockets, just nodded faintly at him, and that was their greeting.

The elders didn’t care much, taking it that the two were distant because they weren’t familiar with each other.

"Come, come, come, let’s eat," the elder lady called everyone.

The family sat down in the dining room, creating a harmonious atmosphere, as if celebrating the New Year.

The topic naturally revolved around Lu Zhendong.

"Zhendong, you’re the only remaining male descendant in your family, it’s vital you pay attention to your marriage, lest your lineage ends with you," said a family elder.

Lu Xingzhou’s grandfather had three brothers and two sisters.

The eldest grandfather had two grandsons, Lu Zhenbei and Lu Zhennan.

Lu Zhenbei had a son, Lu Zhan.

Lu Zhennan had two daughters, Lu Yingxue and Lu Yingyang.

The second grandfather’s grandson was Lu Zhendong, who was single.

Lu Xingzhou’s grandfather was the third in line; he was originally supposed to be named Lu Zhenxi.

Later, his parents died in a car accident, and the elder lady consulted a fortune-teller who said the name Zhenxi was unlucky and needed to be changed.

That is when he was renamed Xingzhou.

Of his grandparents’ generation, only the Lu elder lady remained.

She became the head of the entire family.

The marriages of the family’s children all needed her approval.

"The child from the Ming family is not bad; over these years, I’ve heard quite a lot about her, always single, saying she hasn’t given up on you," the elder lady gently persuaded.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhendong’s face suddenly darkened.

Years ago, he had suffered a severe emotional wound, which was why he chose to go abroad to heal himself.

"Grandmother, Ming Ran and I are absolutely impossible," Lu Zhendong said faintly, his emotions no longer as agitated as they had been years before.

Back then, just mentioning Ming Ran would make him upset immediately.

But now, there was nothing; his heart was still as if he was talking about someone irrelevant to him.

"Ah," the elder lady sighed. "Alright, I won’t force you. Now that you’re back, stay for a while this time. Your aunt and I have found quite a few suitable girls for you; you can meet them one by one," she said.

"Okay," Lu Zhendong agreed.

At his age, he neither had time nor the energy to date, so arranged meetings seemed like a good option.

Dinner lasted two hours.

By the time they were done, it was already dark.

The elder lady suggested that Lu Xingzhou and Jiang Man stay overnight.

The two agreed in unison, as if by tacit understanding.

Late in the night, Jiang Man accompanied the elder lady, Meng Lian, and Lu Xueshuang to play mahjong.

Lu Zhendong found Lu Xingzhou and took him under an old locust tree.

He pulled a cigarette from his pocket and offered it.

"Quit," Lu Xingzhou waved it away.

Lu Zhendong’s eyes lit up: "For your wife?"

"Yes," Lu Xingzhou said directly.

Lu Zhendong was even more surprised: "Never thought the day would come when a woman could capture your heart."

"Neither did I," Lu Xingzhou reflected on his initial encounter with Jiang Man, the various occurrences, and couldn’t help but smile.

"It seems we did marriage before love, gradually fell in love over time."

"That’s good," Lu Zhendong lit his cigarette by himself, the pale blue flame illuminating half of his face: "Originally, your marriage to Jiang Man was just to appease grandmother, right? That’s why you chose to keep it hidden."

"Yes," Lu Xingzhou replied.

"And now, is it you who doesn’t want to make it public, or is it Jiang Man?"

"Jiang Man," he replied.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhendong was shocked again.

He was curious to find such a girl in the world, one who actually looked down on the Lu family?

Any other woman would probably be eager to reveal her status as soon as possible.

"She hasn’t completely fallen in love with me yet," Lu Xingzhou said with a bitter smile. "It’s quite nerve-wracking."

Lu Zhendong squinted, "Thought you were the exception in the Lu family, seems not, all Lu men are passionate lovers!"

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