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

Chapter 155 He Actually Fell into Your Trap

After assigning tasks to Niu Jianzhong, Lu Congyue went to the kitchen to cook.

When Shi Peiran got up and went to the kitchen to look for him, he was still yawning.

"Director Lu, this won't do. I'm still used to sleeping at home. You should bring Sister Zhuang back quickly, I can't stay here any longer."

"Why don't you take the three kids home to stay?" Lu Congyue suggested. "Don't worry, it won't be a problem for you for more than a few days."

"Heh..." Shi Peiran scoffed and refused, "This is such a complicated matter, are you confident you can handle it in a few days? I don't want to take care of the child every night. If I wanted to take care of the child, Yongxian and I would have had one long ago."

Lu Congyue's eyebrows twitched, as if he wanted to ask something, but then he swallowed his words.

No rush, we can ask when the other person gets back.

"I'll take Yueyue to the county public security bureau in a bit. I'll leave the two children in your care."

Shi Peiran responded, yawned, and went back to say he wanted to catch up on some sleep, showing no intention of helping at all.

Lu Congyue prepared breakfast all by himself, including porridge and steamed egg custard for the two children.

After I finished, the others in the room got up.

Little Qian Yue was the first to run out to find him, sweetly calling him Uncle Lu with a happy expression.

Lu Congyue patted her head. It's good that the little girl isn't making a face like a sour gourd anymore.

After dinner, Lu Congyue took Xiao Qianyue to the county public security bureau. This time, probably because of the child and the presence of Chen Qing as a suspect, Meng Shuisheng agreed to let them meet Zhuang Qingxiang.

As soon as Zhuang Qingxiang came in, Xiao Qianyue rushed over, hugged her, and cried out for her mother.

Zhuang Qingxiang's eyes also reddened. She hugged Xiao Qianyue and asked her how she had been these past few days.

Xiao Qianyue wanted to complain, saying that the family treated them very badly.

But in the end, she obediently said, "Okay, they won't dare to treat me and my brother badly, since Mother gave us the money, right? If they treat me badly, we'll go and get the money back and make them furious."

Zhuang Qingxiang was finally amused and smiled a little. She looked up at Lu Congyue and nodded politely, "Director Lu, thank you for bringing Yueyue to see me."

Lu Congyue frowned slightly.

That's far too distant and overly polite.

He had assumed that after they met, she would cry and pitifully beg him to save her...

Lu Congyue didn't have time to think it through and apologized first: "I'm sorry, I didn't know so many things had happened. I rushed back as fast as I could, but I was still late. You've suffered these past few days."

Zhuang Qingxiang's lips moved, as if she wanted to politely say that it had nothing to do with him.

But thinking of the two people from the capital, she didn't want to talk about it anymore, and only politely asked, "How's the case going? When can I leave?"

"Soon!" Lu Congyue said immediately. "We're looking for them now, and once we find them, the truth will come out."

Zhuang Qingxiang nodded: "Then I'll leave it to you."

She only said those two sentences to him, then turned her attention to Xiao Qian Yue, asking her what she had eaten, how she was doing, and whether her younger brother was obedient every day...

Lu Congyue had a lot to say, but he couldn't get a word in edgewise.

With visiting hours approaching, Lu Congyue couldn't help but interrupt them: "Zhuang Qingxiang, I have something to tell you."

Zhuang Qingxiang raised her eyebrows slightly, as if to say: You tell me.

Lu Congyue: "I went to Beijing this time because of Lin Wei's matter. I had already sent her to jail before, but I didn't expect that my so-called half-brother would step in to bail her out."

Zhuang Qingxiang was somewhat surprised; he had actually gone there for this reason?

She had initially thought he was there specifically to investigate her.

Lu Congyue felt extremely irritable as he thought about the anxiety and standoff of the past few days.

If it weren't for Kong Yazhen's meddling, and if it weren't for that idiot Lu Guoqiang's intervention, Lin Wei would have been sent to a labor camp long ago.

It took some effort to finally get the person back, and they took the opportunity to give the Kong family and Kong Yazhen another dressing down, as well as...

Thinking of Lin Wei's father, who had been brought down, Lu Congyue felt relieved.

Lin Yi and Lu Li are not good people, otherwise they wouldn't have raised such a reckless Lin Wei.

In a few days, the couple will probably be able to go in and reunite with Lin Wei, since the fact that they accepted bribes and amassed wealth is undeniable.

Lu Sheng still wanted to protect him, but then he found out that his good-for-nothing son had also accepted gifts and money from Lin Yi and Lu Li. He was terrified and figured he would be too busy dealing with this matter to bother him anymore.

Lu Congyue felt that he had handled everything well, but everything else went smoothly except for Zhuang Qingxiang, who had an accident.

Lu Congyue only briefly explained Lin Wei's results; there wasn't much else to say, and there wasn't enough time. He would tell her slowly later if she wanted to know.

However, he couldn't understand the emotions in Zhuang Qingxiang's eyes.

"Do you... have something to tell me?" he asked instinctively.

Zhuang Qingxiang bit her lip and shook her head: "No..."

At this moment, Meng Shuisheng reminded them that time was up.

Zhuang Qingxiang kissed Xiao Qianyue, then got up and left with Meng Shuisheng.

"Zhuang Qingxiang!" Lu Congyue stood up and called out from behind, "Just bear with it a little longer, everything will be alright."

Zhuang Qingxiang nodded.

On the way back to her cell, Meng Shuisheng secretly looked at her and even smiled.

Zhuang Qingxiang couldn't pretend she didn't see it.

"Officer Meng, is something wrong?" She almost wanted to ask him if he was mentally ill.

Meng Shuisheng grinned and said, "I didn't expect Director Lu to fall into your hands. Interesting."

Zhuang Qingxiang's face instantly darkened: "Officer Meng, how can you speak like that?!"

Meng Shuisheng was taken aback when she suddenly got angry.

Since this woman was arrested, she has been anxious, cried, and pleaded, but she has never been angry. I thought she had a good temper. I never expected that a suspect would have the guts to get angry with him.

"No, what are you angry about? Isn't this a good thing? If you can really clear your name later, remember to invite me to your wedding banquet when you get back," Meng Shuisheng said sincerely. "He's getting on in years, if he doesn't get married soon he'll be an old man."

Zhuang Qingxiang thought to herself that Lu Congyue was only thirty-two. If he was an old man, then she was an old woman.

On the surface, she said with a blank expression, "Officer Meng, don't joke around. I'm a widow, and widows often attract gossip. Your wild guesses will cause me a lot of trouble. You don't want to see me driven to suicide by gossip, do you?"

"Huh? Aren't you two dating?" Meng Shuisheng asked, puzzled.

He was an experienced man and could see Lu Congyue's feelings for Zhuang Qingxiang. Why was this woman still acting coy?

Zhuang Qingxiang answered decisively: "No!"

"..." Meng Shuisheng was speechless for a moment, then kindly advised, "Zhuang Qingxiang, Director Lu's conditions are what they are, you're climbing too high, don't be foolish, you won't find anyone better if you miss him."

The time to speak had come. Zhuang Qingxiang stepped into the cell and coldly replied, "Officer Meng, is being a matchmaker your side job?"

Enraged by her, Meng Shuisheng locked the door and turned to leave.

Thinking about it, I felt unwilling and angry, so I walked back.