A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

Chapter 103 People from the Capital

Look, even little girls who are only a few years old know this.

Isn't it Zhuang Qingxiang who upset him?

She doesn't marry him, but she helps him, and he still can't refuse...

What's most infuriating is that when he lifted her clothes to see if she was as red and sweet as a peach, she started to panic and act erratically without any order, and he immediately confessed.

He felt he had been cheated out of a lot, so in a fit of anger he treated her like a peach and ate her. Before he could do anything, she started crying with red eyes, looking aggrieved, so he had to stop.

The more I think about it, the more frustrated I feel.

As Lu Congyue angrily finished chopping the last piece of firewood and bent down to tidy up, Xiao Qianyue sighed beside him.

"Uncle Lu, please don't be angry with my mother, okay? My mother wouldn't dare to make you angry. She's just not very smart and doesn't know how to talk, but she's very hardworking and can do all kinds of chores, really."

Lu Congyue thought to himself, she really can do everything, except marry him!

Before he knew it, Lu Congyue started overthinking things, and the more he thought about it, the more he thought about it.

Xiao Qianyue was even more worried.

Uncle Lu wouldn't normally ignore her for this long.

Uncle Lu is a very good person, even better than her father. He always knows how to coax her.

The little girl slipped back into the house to find Zhuang Qingxiang.

After calling her two or three times, Zhuang Qingxiang finally came to her senses: "Yueyue, school's out? How was your day? Did you have fun at kindergarten?"

"Happy!" Little Qian Yue answered cheerfully, climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), sat down next to Zhuang Qingxiang, and looked at her, asking, "Mom, what's wrong? Did you quarrel with Uncle Lu?"

"No, Mom's just drowsy from putting my little brother to sleep, I don't have much energy. Go help Uncle Lu with the chores, Mom will get up in a bit, okay?"

"Oh, Mom slept in. She won't be able to sleep tonight," Little Qian Yue said, sounding like a grown-up.

These are things Zhuang Qingxiang often says, telling her and her two younger brothers not to sleep too long in the afternoon so they won't be unable to sleep at night.

Zhuang Qingxiang had no mind to coax the child. She managed to get Xiao Qianyue out of the room and was about to get up when Xiao Chenglin nuzzled into her arms, wanting to nurse.

Zhuang Qingxiang took off her clothes to breastfeed her child, and when she saw the red marks on her body, she wished she could cover them up with her clothes.

She couldn't remember how she got through that afternoon, only that Lu Congyue was incredibly shameless; even though she had helped him, he still took off her clothes...

Later, he dressed her again, carried her to the kang (a heated brick bed), and then went to the yard to chop firewood as if nothing had happened. Soon his daughter returned.

If my daughter had come home a little earlier, or if he had continued to cause trouble a little longer, something terrible would have happened!

Zhuang Qingxiang blushed as she fed the two children. Her body was still weak. In the afternoon, Lu Congyue had been eating and touching her, making her so uncomfortable that she cried. She felt like she was hanging on, and even now she still felt empty.

Is this his way of torturing people?

Zhuang Qingxiang felt stifled. After dinner, she went inside to embroider. Lu Congyue went in and out several times, and later stayed by the kang (a heated brick bed) to coax the three children to play. She didn't pay any attention to them.

When it's bedtime, I close the door and put the children to sleep.

As for Lu Congyue's dawdling gaze, she pretended not to see it.

The next day at noon, Lu Congyue showed no intention of leaving after finishing lunch.

Zhuang Qingxiang closed the door and continued embroidering while watching over her two children who were taking a nap.

A short while later, Lu Congyue came to knock on the door.

Zhuang Qingxiang nearly pricked her finger, frowned, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"

Lu Congyue remained silent for a moment.

He didn't know exactly what he was doing; he just wanted to think about her, look at her, and be with her.

He didn't speak, and Zhuang Qingxiang didn't move either.

Just then, someone outside called out, "Is Factory Director Lu home?"

"exist!"

Lu Congyue responded and strode away.

Zhuang Qingxiang looked out the window and saw Lu Congyue say a few words to the person who came and then leave. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

A while later, Zhuang Qingxiang looked up and rubbed her eyes, thinking she needed to rest for a bit, when Lu Congyue returned, followed by two women.

Zhuang Qingxiang saw this from the window, paused for a moment, and quickly got up to tidy her hair and clothes.

After the three people entered the room, Zhuang Qingxiang took the initiative to call out, "Director Lu."

Lu Congyue nodded slightly, glanced expressionlessly at the two women beside him, and introduced them to Zhuang Qingxiang: "These are Comrade Guan and Comrade Kong from Beijing."

This simple introduction left Zhuang Qingxiang completely bewildered. She didn't know the identities of these two people and could only vaguely call out, "Comrade Guan, Comrade Kong..."

Lu Congyue then said, "This is Comrade Zhuang Qingxiang."

The older woman immediately chimed in, "So you're Comrade Zhuang! Hello, I'm Cong Yue's mother, you can just call me Aunt Guan. This is my friend's daughter, Kong Yazhen, a university graduate, now the deputy director of the office at Beijing First Hospital."

Zhuang Qingxiang was startled by what she heard.

He obediently called out, "Aunt Guan, Director Kong... Director Kong."

"Please have a seat, I'll make you some tea."

"No need to trouble yourself," Lu Congyue interrupted her calmly. "They're not going to sit; they'll leave right away."

Then he turned to Guan Jing and said, "Have you seen it? I have nowhere to keep you here. You can still go back to the county town and stay at the guesthouse."

"Brother Cong Yue, we just arrived. Let us rest for a bit and have a drink of water."

Kong Yazhen smiled and said, "It's been so long, you wouldn't kick me out the moment we meet, would you?"

Zhuang Qingxiang lowered her head, and when she heard the words "Brother Cong Yue," her eyes twitched. She already roughly understood the purpose of this Comrade Kong's visit.

University student, deputy director...

He is truly an outstanding person.

Zhuang Qingxiang tactfully went to the kitchen to boil water and make tea.

When she brought the tea into the room, she saw that the door to the inner room was open, and Aunt Guan was gently but sternly reprimanding Lu Congyue.

"You knew your father didn't agree to you adopting this child, so why did you still bring him home? You're over thirty and still unmarried. Don't you know how much trouble and gossip this will cause you to bring in at a time like this?"

"One wasn't enough, so you brought in a nanny with a child... Congyue, your father is very disappointed in you. He asked me to bring Yazhen on a special trip so that we could explain things to you properly."

Zhuang Qingxiang paused, standing at the door without going in.

Immediately afterward, Kong Yazhen's voice rang out with a smile: "Aunt Guan, don't say that. Actually, it doesn't have any impact. Brother Yue's initiative to help raise this child is worthy of everyone's respect. Look how good this child is; I like him very much."

"No matter how good-looking a child is, they're not your own," Guan Jing immediately said. "You're still the one who gave birth to you."

Lu Congyue's voice was cold and indifferent: "Yes, one's own son is still one's own flesh and blood. So Comrade Kong, you should go back to the capital and take care of your own son, instead of standing here pointing fingers at me."

The air froze instantly.

A few seconds later, the child suddenly started crying.