Chapter 106: No Dinner Tonight
“Madam said she’s a little tired,” Butler Liu explained. “Maybe she wants to sleep a little longer.”
“Oh,” Lu Bei replied. He sat on the dining chair and looked at the dishes that looked, smelled, and tasted delicious. Suddenly, he lost his appetite. The feeling of eating with another person was different from eating by oneself. The food seemed to taste better when he ate with another person.
Lu Bei had been moving goods for a whole day. He was also at a growing phase. Usually, he would need at least two big bowls of food. But today, for the first time, he put down his chopsticks after two mouthfuls.
Upstairs in the master bedroom, Xiang Xiaoyuan took a brief shower and lay down. Her eyes stared blankly at the ceiling.
Although Lu Bei did not say anything, he was still worried about Xiang Xiaoyuan. He went back to his room to play games but could not focus. After he hastily finished, he put his phone away and left the room.
At the door of the master bedroom on the third floor, he had prepared himself mentally, but he still did not raise his hand to knock on the door. He stood at the door for a while, then turned around and left.
Downstairs in the living room, although Butler Liu was paid to do things, he had worked for the Lu family for so many years and had developed a lot of feelings for them. Thinking of Xiang Xiaoyuan’s condition when she returned, and recalling the Internet scandal that happened yesterday, he thought for a long time before taking the initiative to call Lu Wanggui.
At this time, Lu Wanggui was entertaining an old classmate. The old classmate was called Zheng Tong, Lu Wanggui’s university classmate. At university, the two of them were in the same dormitory, so their relationship was not bad. After graduation, Lu Wanggui stepped into the business world while Zheng Tong was persuaded by his parents to become a civil servant. After so many years, Zheng Tong had also successfully been promoted, so he had a stable career.
Although the two of them did not communicate much, they had not lost touch. This time, Zheng Tong was on a business trip. Although he was in a hurry, he still found time to visit his old classmate and met up with Lu Wanggui.
Lu Wanggui looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Butler Liu. He smiled apologetically at Zheng Tong and said, “It’s a call from home. I’ll take it first.”
Of course, Zheng Tong did not mind.
Lu Wanggui stood up and walked to the French window. After the call was connected, he asked in a deep voice, “What’s wrong?”
Butler Liu did not go straight to the point about Xiang Xiaoyuan. Instead, he talked about other things first. After beating around the bush for a while, he casually said, “Madam seemed to be a little uncomfortable after she came back today. She went upstairs without even having dinner. After that, she never came out.”
Lu Wanggui was startled. “She didn’t have dinner?”
Butler Liu nodded. “Yes, I was afraid that Madam wasn’t feeling well and wanted to call the family doctor over to take a look, but she said that there was no need. I don’t know if she was too tired from work and her body can’t take it anymore.”
Lu Wanggui acknowledged, “Okay, I understand.”
After hanging up the phone, he didn’t immediately turn around to talk to Zheng Tong. Instead, he pondered for a while. After a while, a smile appeared on his face.
When he returned to the sofa, Zheng Tong looked him up and down. Suddenly, he asked, “What did you do this time?”
Lu Wanggui raised his head to look at him.
Zheng Tong acted as if he did not understand him. “The way you acted just now reminded me of our university days. “You should still remember. At that time, there was a guy with a tattoo in the dormitory who did not like you and deliberately broke your kettle. We thought that you would lose your temper, but you did not say a word. You did not have any intention of finding trouble with him.”
“After a few days, we said that we were going to play cards. You guys, who never liked to participate in such activities, suddenly wanted to play with us that day. You even won the tattoo guy’s more than two months worth of living expenses. I heard that for the next two months, that guy could only drink free soup in the canteen. He couldn’t even afford bread.”
As Zheng Tong narrated, Lu Wanggui finally remembered that there was indeed such a thing.
Zheng Tong continued to reminisce, “At that time, your expression was the same as it is now. Thinking about our past life, it really made me miss it.”
At their age, they already had a family and a career. All of them had lost their innocence and were mature and steady. Seeing Lu Wanggui’s smile, Zheng Tong instantly returned to their university days.
Lu Wanggui was stunned for a moment. Before he could respond, the topic was changed to another matter by Zheng Tong. Although the past was good, if they were given a choice, they would not want to return to the past of poverty.
Time was tight. Zheng Tong did not chat with Lu Wanggui for long. The Lu Corporation had arranged for a car to wait for him downstairs.
Lu Wanggui got into the elevator with him. He seemed to have thought of something and said with a smile, “I won’t send you to the airport this time.”
If he didn’t go back, someone at home would starve to death.
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