Chapter 43: Xie Wantang, what do you mean?

The news of Xie Wantang's pregnancy spread quickly.

Lu Rourou sat at home, enjoying the care of Li Ma and the others, eating delicious fruit and drinking smooth, delicate coffee, quietly waiting for her mother to punish Xie Wantang.

Hearing the butler come over to tell her that Xie Wantang was pregnant, Lu Rourou could hardly believe it; she jumped up from the sofa, the fruit tray in her hand fell to the floor, and the coffee on the tea table was knocked over by her, dripping onto the luxurious carpet Madam Lu had bought abroad.

"What? Xie Wantang is pregnant? How could she possibly be pregnant?"

As the words fell, the door was kicked open with a bang, and Lu Yanze entered with a grim face.

This scared Lu Rourou badly; she had never seen her older brother with such a sinister face.

Seeing the Eldest Young Master with a sinister face, Li Ma was so frightened she didn't dare breathe, her eyes filled with panic.

Lu Rourou completely failed to notice Li Ma's nervousness and fear; she worried that something had happened to Lu Yanze, ran up to him and said, "Big brother, what's wrong? Is work not going well?"

Lu Yanze's eyes were scarlet and terrifying; he glanced at Lu Rourou, whose heart instantly raced, and her back grew cold and sweaty under his stare.

At this moment, the older brother was truly terrifying.

Lu Yanze glanced at Lu Rourou, then looked at Li Ma and said, "Go summon the butler and Lan Auntie to the study."

"Yes, Eldest Young Master." Li Ma lowered her head, her voice trembling.

Having said that, Lu Yanze did not answer Lu Rourou's question, nor did he pay her any attention, and went upstairs.

Lu Rourou, who was used to being pampered by the group, was for the first time completely ignored by Lu Yanze.

She was shocked for a while, feeling wronged and wanting to cry.

In the end, Lu Rourou held back her tears, wiped the tears that were about to fall from the corner of her eye, called a driver, and had him take her to the hospital.

She wanted to see whether Xie Wantang was really pregnant.

If she really was pregnant, then she was far too ignorant of the rules.

In the Lu family, seniority has always been observed; the elder sister-in-law hasn't even gotten pregnant yet, so what gives Xie Wantang the right to jump the queue?

……

Third-floor study.

Li Ma summoned the butler who had previously attended to Lu Yanshen and Xie Wantang, Lan Auntie, and the two servants allowed to enter the master bedroom to clean, and together they went up to the third-floor study.

Lu Yanze sat at the desk, his face gloomy, his eyes scarlet, controlled by immense anger.

Before him, the butler and the others stood in a line, heads bowed, trembling as they awaited reprimand.

Yet Lu Yanze felt no softening despite their terror.

In the study, though many people were present, it was quiet to a terrifying degree; not even a breath could be heard.

Everyone silently endured Lu Yanze's anger.

Suddenly, with a slap, the thread that everyone had been holding in their hearts was snapped.

"You're all useless; a whole household watching two people, and under your very noses that woman could get pregnant? I spend so much money to keep you, and this is how you repay me?"

Lu Yanze hated them to the point of desperation.

He saw that today, just a hair's breadth away from sending Lu Yanshen abroad again, that kid was already about to board the plane, yet it was such a coincidence that at the last moment he received Xie Wantang's distress call.

Now, Xie Wantang is pregnant.

Lu Yanshen is about to become a father, and Grandma will not let him go abroad at this special time.

He knows.

That is why he is so angry.

After years of effort, everything should have gone smoothly, but that damned Lu Yanshen, that damned Xie Wantang…

Lu Yanze's angry hands clenched into fists, the veins on them bulging horribly.

And there's Lu Rourou, whom he has indulged for so many years; she is also the type who falls short of success but exceeds in failure.

It's just two slaps; what is there that she cannot endure?

Even if she truly cannot bear it, could she not just endure today?

When Lu Yanshen is not by Xie Wantang's side, that country woman won't just be at Lu Rourou's mercy to be shaped as she pleases?

Damn it, they're all useless.

Lu Yanze still not appeased, he shoved everything on the desk onto the floor.

The butler and his entourage dared not make a sound.

No one expected that Xie Wantang could still become pregnant under their tight defenses.

After venting his anger, Lu Yanze gradually calmed down; the anger in his brows and eyes faded, returning to his usual modest gentlemanly demeanor, and the scarlet in his eyes disappeared.

Just moments ago he was sinister like an Asura from hell; now he resembles a gentle, melancholy prince with no aggression.

However, only those who have seen both sides of Lu Yanze will know.

The prince is merely Lu Yanze's facade; his true nature is an Asura.

"Now, please explain to me exactly what is going on." Lu Yanze lit a cigarette and slowly puffed out clouds.

He needed to reassess the opponent's situation, then devise a new plan.

Next time, he will make those two stumbling blocks disappear completely together.

Including the fetus in Xie Wantang's womb.

……

Under Lady Lao's insistence, Xie Wantang drank the bird's nest soup that Lady Lao had specially had prepared.

Just after finishing the bird's nest soup, Madam Xie and Xie Bailu arrived.

It was Madam Lu who notified them to come over.

Aside from the Lu family elders being happy, no one else was happy about Xie Wantang's pregnancy.

Madam Lu knew that Xie Bailu had long wanted to replace Xie Wantang; that day, at the old residence, hearing Xie Wantang announce in front of everyone that she wanted to divorce Lu Yanshen, she saw Xie Bailu and her mother exchange a smile.

They were about to divorce, yet Xie Wantang let herself become pregnant.

This Xie Wantang, what on earth is she thinking?

"You all came to see Tangtang?" Lady Lao sat right beside Xie Wantang, likewise not allowing Madam Xie and Xie Bailu to get close to Xie Wantang.

Xie Wantang wanted to eat an orange; beside her, a servant was helping her peel it.

She wanted to peel it herself, but Lady Lao firmly refused.

"Yes, Lady Lao, after hearing this good news from our mother-in-law, we came over to take a look." Madam Xie handed the fruit basket bought at a random roadside fruit stand to the servant beside her, smiling in response to Lady Lao's words.

"Wen Tao's wife really has a big mouth; no wonder she's so happy—so many of her friends have been promoted, yet she herself has no son, grandson, granddaughter, or maternal grandson."

"……"

Xie Wantang remained silent.

She didn't think Madam Lu's big mouth was intended to bring her good news.

Just now, when Madam Lu appeared before her, she saw no smile on Madam Lu's face; it was only that, feeling helpless, she was forced in front of Lady Lao to say a few unwilling pleasantries.

Madam Xie and Xie Bailu also remained silent; they didn't stay long in the ward before leaving.

Lady Lao kept standing there; they had no chance to question Xie Wantang.

They simply couldn't understand why Xie Wantang wanted a divorce yet let herself become pregnant.

Could it be that she no longer intends to divorce?

After leaving the hospital, Xie Bailu couldn't hold back; all the words she hadn't managed to say in the ward she posted on WeChat: "Xie Wantang, what exactly do you mean?"