The Billionaire's New Wife in Chief
Chapter 315 - 198: Would He So Easily Acknowledge Another Woman as the Lu Family’s Young Mistress?_2

Chapter 315: Chapter 198: Would He So Easily Acknowledge Another Woman as the Lu Family’s Young Mistress?_2

How eagerly the old man anticipates Yu Xia, Lu Jingchen has never really thought about it. He only knew that his marriage had always been dictated by the old man, from the beginning until now. Even if he was unwilling and had strong objections, the old man would not listen. Everything revolved around him, and everyone had to obey his commands.

If it weren’t for the old man’s persistent self-centered arrangements over the years that fed Lu Jingchen’s rebelliousness at a young age, he would not have chosen to study abroad in defiance of Lu Tianming’s wishes.

Even when Lu Tianming cut off all of Lu Jingchen’s finances and stopped all his bank cards, Lu Jingchen never bowed his head, instead relying on his wits to carve out a place for himself abroad.

Only until Lu Tianming retired and had no choice but to summon Lu Jingchen back, preparing him to take over CK Group.

"Lu Jingchen, have you not yet told your old man that you’re already married?" Without wasting more words, Yu Xia directly asked the question she most wanted to ask.

He glanced at her indifferently and answered indifferently, "I have."

Yu Xia was immediately taken aback, hesitated, and then asked, "If you have already told your old man about your marriage, why does he still act like he sees me as your wife?"

Although Uncle Lu was kind to her, because she didn’t want to marry Lu Jingchen, whenever Lu Tianming looked at her as if she were his daughter-in-law, it made her feel very uncomfortable.

I don’t like Lu Jingchen... okay?

Lu Jingchen took out a cigarette case and lighter from his pocket, pulled out a cigarette, and lit it. Soon, a light grey smoke poured out of his mouth.

Yu Xia suddenly felt annoyed inside, and when annoyed, she wanted to drag others down with her. Seeing that Lu Jingchen wasn’t speaking, she stomped her foot and said through gritted teeth, "Lu Jingchen, why aren’t you talking? Does your old man not believe you’re married?"

To be honest, Yu Xia herself was somewhat incredulous that Lu Jingchen was really married.

When she first heard that Lu Jingchen was married, she was indignant, wondering which kind-hearted woman had taken in this disaster.

She was highly impressed.

And she herself was not yet married, while this man had beaten her to singlehood’s escape.

However, when Lu Jingchen personally admitted it, it indeed refreshed her worldview. That day, she had wanted to see Lu Jingchen’s wife, especially since she knew that Mu Shinian was his wife’s cousin, she thought if the cousin was so handsome, the cousin’s wife couldn’t be bad-looking either.

Women always have a habit of comparing their looks, and Yu Xia, who was also very beautiful, naturally wanted to see if Lu Jingchen’s wife was as good-looking as herself.

Lu Jingchen looked at the somewhat exasperated Yu Xia, exhaled a ring of smoke, before finally saying, "Do you think my old man would easily recognize another woman as the Lu Family Young Mistress?"

"Does your old man really hope that I marry you?"

"What do you think?" Lu Jingchen quietly looked at Yu Xia, his eyes deep and obscure.

Yu Xia shivered and quickly waved her hands refusing, "I don’t want to marry you. You know I have someone I like."

"Then that’s your problem." He drew another puff, then exhaled the light grey smoke, his voice deep and slightly hoarse, "Yu Xia, you know better than anyone what to do. If you don’t take initiative, do you think even if you have someone you like, your parents would agree to you marrying someone other than me?"

Yu Xia froze, looking at Lu Jingchen in front of her somewhat dazedly.

In fact, Lu Jingchen was not wrong at all. She knew better than anyone what her parents expected of her. By sitting back and not being proactive, she probably wouldn’t be able to take control of her own happiness for the rest of her life, but would have to comply with their arrangements.

By then, even if she didn’t marry Lu Jingchen, she might still be arranged to marry some influential gentleman in Beijing.

...

On the large bed in the bedroom, Song Qiao lay with her eyes closed, her long hair spread out over the white comforter and pillows, her face no longer as pale as before.

When the servant came to call Lu Jingchen for a meal, he instead went straight into the bedroom. Seeing Song Qiao was already asleep, he lightened his footsteps, sat down by the bed, parted her hair that had fallen to the front, and softly called her, "Qiaoqiao..."

After Song Qiao had applied medicine on her back and had taken some medication to prevent infection—which often had a sedative effect—she fell asleep while the doctor and Lu Jingchen were talking.

Perhaps she was really deeply asleep, because she didn’t wake up even after he called her twice, so he didn’t call her again. When he came in, he had already locked the door, instructing the servants that no one should come up to knock on the door and disturb them.

He took out his phone and went straight to the balcony, dialing a number and putting it to his ear, speaking as soon as the line connected, "Are you free right now?"

The call was made to Xi Mohan, who was sitting in Xi Group’s CEO office at that moment. Hearing his question, Xi Mohan’s expression remained unchanged, "I’m busy."

"Even if you’re busy, you’ll wait until I’m done speaking, then you can continue." Lu Jingchen, as if not caring about the response, spoke calmly and looked unfathomably towards the distant scenery.

——This is the first update. A new month has arrived, and the system has distributed monthly tickets to everyone again. If you like the new wife, dear readers, please cast your monthly vote. Tea is working hard to update nine thousand words every day, on top of having a job {the uppercase tired}.