The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 305: The More He Investigates, the More Excited He Gets, Lu Xingzhou Like Never Before

Chapter 305: Chapter 305: The More He Investigates, the More Excited He Gets, Lu Xingzhou Like Never Before

"Huh?" Lu Yingxue was flattered and could hardly believe her own ears.

Were these words really something her uncle would say to her?

Inconceivable!

"Really... Can I stay for a few days?"

She feared that her uncle was being sarcastic and that if she truly stayed, she might get beaten up—it was quite possible.

"Really." Lu Xingzhou smiled warmly, looking amiable and approachable.

Lu Yingxue blinked several times, her heart not quite settled.

Uncle is acting strange...

"I’ve had enough to eat." Jiang Man put down her utensils and wiped her mouth cleanly with a napkin.

As she stood up, Lu Yingxue hurriedly wiped her mouth and stood up as well: "I’m full, too."

Lu Xingzhou: "..."

"I’m going upstairs."

"Auntie... Can I take a look at your and uncle’s room?" Lu Yingxue tugged at Jiang Man’s clothes, her eyes full of hope.

Jiang Man appeared indifferent and looked towards Lu Xingzhou: "You’ll have to ask your uncle about that."

After all, it wasn’t her room.

"You can, but don’t touch anything."

"Don’t worry, I definitely won’t!" Lu Yingxue immediately assured.

Jiang Man put her hands in her pockets and walked towards the stairs.

The little girl followed behind her eagerly, like a shadow.

"Auntie, I’m not going to lie, this is the first time I’m entering my uncle’s room..."

Lu Yingxue stood outside the room, carefully peering inside.

Jiang Man watched her leisurely: "Are you very afraid of your uncle?"

"Of course." Lu Yingxue nodded like pounding garlic: "When I was younger, Yingyang was quite mischievous. Once, while my uncle was sleeping, he braided his hair into dozens of tufts. My uncle was furious when he woke up and saw himself in the mirror; he spanked Yingyang. You know what happened after that?"

"What happened?" Jiang Man asked with interest.

Lu Yingxue lowered her voice: "He gave Yingyang over a hundred braids and didn’t allow her to take them out. She had to wear them for an entire day, looking like a hedgehog. The next day, when she tried to untie them, her hair was so knotted that she cried from the pain..."

"Lu Xingzhou is..." Jiang Man was speechless: "So childish."

"It’s not childish at all, my uncle is a real demon king!" Lu Yingxue walked into the room and, fearing being overheard, she closed the door behind her casually.

"Any other interesting stories? Tell me." Jiang Man leaned back on the couch, eyebrows raised with anticipation.

Lu Yingxue perked up and quickly sat down beside her: "When he was little, he loved dressing Zhan Ge in little dresses, buying all sorts of princess gowns and braiding his hair."

"Here." Saying this, she brought out a cherished photo from her phone to show Jiang Man.

When Jiang Man saw the photo, she couldn’t help but chuckle: "He actually had such a twisted sense of humor?"

"Indeed, I heard that when my uncle was a child, his grandma used to dress him up as a girl. He told Zhan Ge that they should share both the good times and the bad together."

"Pfft." The more Jiang Man heard, the more entertained she became, her mood incredibly uplifted.

"He is the youngest among the siblings, more than a decade younger than my dad, so he couldn’t bully his older brothers and turned to pick on us, his little nephews and nieces."

"Haha!" Jiang Man couldn’t help laughing out loud: "How old was he when he did all these things?"

"In his teens, around middle school. Luckily he was smart and got into Harvard at 17; otherwise, we would have been bullied for several more years."

"He must have changed a lot," Jiang Man chimed in.

Lu Yingxue nodded: "Definitely, he matured a lot after taking over Lu Corporation."

"Continue with the stories, what else is there?" Jiang Man propped her head up with one hand, highly amused.

Lu Yingxue stood up and started to wander the room: "There’s more!"

"As a child, my uncle used to bully my younger aunt. Back then, everyone in the family said she would become his wife. My uncle was so mad he packed a backpack and ran away from home, causing a panic..."

"Huh? Why are there so many empty flowerpots on the balcony? Oh wait, they’re not empty, there are seedlings inside."

"Hmm, your little uncle’s sunflowers," Jiang Man said with a hooked corner of her mouth.

"Are they for your little aunt? I never heard he liked sunflowers before," Lu Yingxue surmised.

"You could say that. He ran away from home, and then what?" Jiang Man inclined her head.

"Then the family searched for him all day. In the end, after your little uncle finished the snacks in his backpack, he came back on his own, stomach growling, and wolfed down five huge bowls of noodles!"

Five huge bowls of noodles?

Such a foreign phrase.

The Lu Xingzhou of today didn’t even have as big an appetite as her.

However, from Lu Yingxue’s recounting, it wasn’t hard to discern that the young Xingzhou had been quite the amusing kid.

Orphaned at a young age and burdened with the responsibility of taking over Lu Corporation, perhaps these were the reasons that had completely changed his personality.

"Actually, little aunt, I’m quite surprised that your little uncle decided to get married," Lu Yingxue circled back to Jiang Man and said, "We thought he was planning to stay single for life."

"He used to be so dedicated to his work that he hardly ever smiled, but during the meal just now, I saw him smile several times. Little aunt, love has nourished him, and he’s like a different person," Lu Yingxue continued with conviction.

"Is that so?"

"Yes!"

...

Late at night.

After freshening up, Jiang Man leaned on the bed, reading a book.

Lu Xingzhou had been fussing around in the bathroom for quite some time and finally emerged, wearing a deep V bathrobe.

As he approached Jiang Man, she caught a whiff of a strong perfume scent.

At that moment, Lu Xingzhou was like a peacock in full display, eager to unleash his charm that seemed to find no rest.

Jiang Man appeared to be absorbed in her book, yet her mind was restless.

"Watch a movie?"

Lu Xingzhou casually grabbed the screen remote and lowered the hidden screen.

Jiang Man raised an eyebrow. "Sure."

"Horror, or romance?"

"Either works."

"Then let’s go with a romance," Lu Xingzhou said, pressing the button to start the movie.

Jiang Man was unlike most girls; when most girls watched a scary movie, they’d be frightened enough to cuddle up to their partner.

She wouldn’t, probably not scared at all.

So he naturally chose one of his long-cherished romance movies.

Jiang Man rarely watched romance movies, even romance-related novels were hardly in her usual repertoire.

"Flipped?" She glanced at the English title.

"Mhm." Lu Xingzhou patted the empty space beside him. "Move a bit towards the center."

Jiang Man set her book aside.

She held no particular expectations for romance movies.

Initially, she felt somewhat sleepy as she watched.

But as the movie progressed, she found herself adopting a god’s-eye view, finding the protagonist Julie increasingly charming and interesting, pure yet determined.

Julie fell for Bryce at first sight, and over time, as they interacted more, Bryce fell for the bright and beaming girl.

At the moment the male and female leads kissed, Jiang Man felt her breath hitch.

Because she suddenly realized that the man’s warm hand had casually rested on the back of her hand, then tightly grasped it.

The two did not speak a word as the room was filled with the movie’s soundtrack and the protagonists’ voices.

"The next thing I know, he’s holding my hand and looking right into my eyes. My heart stopped. Was this it? Would this be my first kiss?"

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