Chapter 61: You

With a bang, the private room door was kicked open from outside, and several uniformed police officers rushed in.

Pei Xiao, who had just come out of the public restroom: ……

Damn it, who called the police?

The police's sudden intrusion left Xie Wantang a bit dazed, but fortunately Lu Yanshen released her, giving her freedom.

"What's going on? What's your relationship?"

Facing the police's questioning, Lu Yanshen calmly opened his phone photo album, selected a picture from a folder, and smilingly explained: "Officer, we're married; my wife is just being difficult, and I'm trying to appease her."

"This is our marriage certificate; you can take a look."

The police: ……

It was a misunderstanding; after understanding the situation, the police withdrew.

The person who called the police also hid, refusing to meet.

Pei Xiao was utterly convinced.

"Sorry, Mr. Lu, I just went to the restroom; it was only a moment, I wasn't watching that woman, and she actually called the police."

Lu Yanshen shook his head, indicating it didn't matter.

Xie Wantang knew the woman Pei Xiao referred to was Xu Yanqiu.

No wonder she's her close friend—she managed to deceive Pei Xiao, call the police under his nose, and still succeed.

After spending a little time cleaning up, Lu Yanshen asked Pei Xiao for the car keys, then instructed him: "Pei Xiao, take Miss Xu home."

"Yes, Mr. Lu."

After reporting the police, Xu Yanqiu hid, worried about Xie Wantang, so she didn't dare leave.

When Pei Xiao found him, that person's sneaky demeanor made him feel both annoyed and amused.

Although Xu Yanqiu was clearly afraid of Lu Yanshen and him, she still risked everything for her friend's sake, which he actually admired.

"Let's go, Miss Xu; Mr. Lu asked me to take you home."

"Wan… Wantang?" Xu Yanqiu straightened her body and stammered to Pei Xiao.

"The wife is naturally with Mr. Lu; they're married."

"Tch, that dog of a man will get kicked sooner or later." Xu Yanqiu suddenly became bold.

……

Over there, Lu Yanshen grabbed Xie Wantang's wrist and led her away from the club.

Lu Yanshen paid for all of her and Xu Yanqiu's expenses.

The expenses were not small.

Especially the door that had been kicked in, Lu Yanshen compensated at full value.

Pushed into the passenger seat, Xie Wantang didn't kick up a fuss, nor did she think of getting out to confront Lu Yanshen.

She took out her phone and photographed this entertainment club named 【Never-Ending Night】.

The male model named An sen, who Shen Ye said had recently lost contact, originally worked here.

If Lu Yanshen hadn't suddenly burst in, she might have been able to extract more information from those male models.

I can't understand—how did this dog of a man, Lu Yanshen, come back so quickly?

And how did he even know she was here?

Could it be that he had someone follow her?

Or did he plant a tracking device on her?

That shouldn't be the case.

Normally, only someone who cares about a person would go to such lengths.

She isn't his love interest; Lu Yanshen doesn't care about her at all, right?

So……

Lu Yanshen walked from the front of the car to the driver's seat; after getting in, he reminded Xie Wantang to fasten her seatbelt, and while she buckled up she asked: "How do you know I'm here?"

"I'm the last one to find out about all this." Lu Yanshen blurted out nonsensically.

Xie Wantang frowned:???

What does that mean?

"Grandma and everyone else know you've been hanging out at nightclubs these past few days, but she scolded me, telling me to come back and settle our marital conflict."

"Grandma told me to bring you back to the ancestral home first to drink bird's nest soup."

……

Grandma knows?

How did she find out?

If what Lu Yanshen said is true, then Xie Wantang almost knows who's been tailing her.

"Grandma's overthinking it; I didn't go request a male model just to piss you off." Xie Wantang said sincerely.

She was doing it to help her senior martial brother with his case.

Of course, she could never say that to Lu Yanshen.

"Really?" Lu Yanshen raised his eyebrows, clearly not buying her explanation.

"Believe it or not." Xie Wantang realized that this dog of a man, Lu Yanshen, didn't believe her.

If you don't believe it, forget it.

Lu Yanshen really didn't believe it: "Xie Wantang, you just said in there that I took Xia Meng and Dongdong abroad—I'm doing the first, you turned around and requested a male model—that's you getting revenge on me, so you're doing the fifteenth, and you still dare say it wasn't intentional to anger me?"

……

Xie Wantang choked; she had said that just now only to make him understand that he had no right to pursue her.

Lu Yanshen didn't bother arguing with her either.

He then explained: "I already said that day, Xia Meng's ex-husband caused trouble, he wants to fight Xia Meng for Dongdong's custody, things were urgent, so..."

"All right, I don't want to hear about you and your First Love, stop talking."

"Then let's first go back to the old residence to drink the bird's nest soup grandma stewed for you."

"Lu Yanshen, I don't want to..."

Xie Wantang didn't want to go to the old residence with him.

"Grandma is waiting, and she said she won't sleep until you arrive."

"..."

"Fine, outright moral blackmail."

"Not going is no longer an option."

Lu Yanshen drove, Xie Wantang closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.

As a result, she really fell asleep on the road; when she opened her eyes, they had already arrived at the Lu Family Old Residence.

At this moment, the Lu Family Old Residence was brightly lit.

Not only were the Lu family elders present, but Madam Lu and Lu Rourou were also there.

Lu Rourou didn't know why she was standing at the old residence's gate; seeing their car approach, she not only didn't turn and go inside, but walked toward the headlights.

The car stopped at the old residence's gate; Xie Wantang undid her seatbelt, opened the door and got out, and Lu Rourou rushed up, shouting at her: "Xie Wantang, you're really shameless!"

"What's wrong with being shameless? It's my own business; what does it have to do with you, Miss Lu?" Xie Wantang sneered.

"Second Brother, did you hear that? Has she honestly told you whether she went to look for those male models because she was bored and lonely?"

"The women of our Lu family would never do something so shameless."

"Then go inside and tell grandma: either have your second brother divorce me amicably, or have the Lu family give me a divorce paper—anything works as long as I'm not your sister-in-law; I don't care."

Xie Wantang truly didn't care; after saying that, she stopped paying attention to Lu Rourou and walked toward the old residence.

She ignored the Lu siblings behind her.

"Second Brother—"

Lu Rourou stomped her foot and acted coquettishly toward Lu Yanshen.

"All right, for this matter, I, as your second brother, am at fault first," Lu Yanshen said calmly.

"What am I wrong about?" Lu Rourou widened her eyes in disbelief and retorted.

"Your sister-in-law is pregnant; I should be by her side every day to take care of her, as grandma said."

"..."

Lu Rourou couldn't help but roll her eyes.

She knew Xie Wantang was faking the pregnancy, but the elder brother wouldn't let her speak up, so she didn't dare tell it to grandfather and grandmother.

Otherwise, how could she let Xie Wantang get off so easily?