The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 211: Jiang Man Strikes at the Lu Family Ancestral Home

Chapter 211: Chapter 211: Jiang Man Strikes at the Lu Family Ancestral Home

The name "Jiang Man" had just come out, and both Lu Xingzhou and Jiang Man stiffened in unison.

Especially Jiang Man, who twisted the corner of her mouth and let out a cold snort.

A few months ago, Jiang Man had fled her wedding, supposedly having run off overseas.

No one had expected her to return so soon.

"You must be Jiang Man, right? Pleased to meet you for the first time," Jiang Man said proactively, trying to break the awkwardness.

Jiang Man glanced up at her, her eyes sharply sizing her up from head to toe.

Without reaching out in response, the aloof Jiang Man disliked this overly familiar attitude.

Jiang Man, feeling quite awkward, tugged at the corner of her mouth: "Xingzhou, this is also our first meeting, isn’t it?"

She then turned her gaze to Lu Xingzhou, extending her hand.

Just like Jiang Man’s reaction, Lu Xingzhou did not respond; his cold eyes fixed on her, emanating an oppressive feeling.

He was not welcoming to Jiang Man, not welcoming at all.

"What are you all doing? So unfriendly. Don’t worry, Manman won’t ruin the love between you two. Right, she has nowhere to stay upon returning to the country and has missed Grandma Lu a lot, so if it’s okay, can you take her with you when you go home tonight?"

"XiangXiang..." Jiang Man was dying of embarrassment; she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

Ming Xiang had deliberately made those remarks to disgust Lu Xingzhou and Jiang Man, simply because she could not stand seeing the couple so close, especially after they had just ignored Manman.

"What’s wrong? Manman is the life-saving benefactor of Grandma Lu, and this is how you repay her?" Ming Xiang pressed on confrontationally, unwilling to let it go.

"Enough!" Jiang Man, annoyed, reached out to tug at Ming Xiang’s sleeve, signaling her to stop talking.

"Xingzhou, Sister Man, don’t listen to XiangXiang’s nonsense; she’s had too much to drink," Jiang Man said, trying to drag Ming Xiang away.

But Ming Xiang protested, "I’m not drunk; you know how much I can drink."

"Enough, no more!" Jiang Man, utterly mortified, hugged her friend and headed toward the checkout counter.

"Not drinking anymore? I’m not even close to done," Ming Xiang complained.

"We’ll go to another place to drink, and I’ll make sure you’ve had enough—please, just let me maintain some dignity," Jiang Man nearly cried out.

After much pleading, Ming Xiang finally agreed to change locations with her.

After they left, tranquility returned to the bar.

The customers at other tables couldn’t help but look their way.

"What were those two women arguing about?"

"Probably some complicated love triangle stuff. That man’s dressy and not bad-looking. It makes sense he’d have more than one woman interested."

With the lighting dim, the patrons could only make out the general shape of Lu Xingzhou; they couldn’t see his specific features.

Lu Xingzhou was frustrated, lifting his glass to down a large gulp of liquor.

The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, prompting him to summon Zhao Huai.

"Go check what’s up with Jiang Man, when she returned to the country."

"Yes." Zhao Huai was slightly baffled; why suddenly investigate Jiang Man?

Looking again at his wife, he saw her face looking worse than he had ever seen it before.

"Caesar, I’ll treat you to hotpot next time; that’s it for tonight," Jiang Man said as she finished her drink in one gulp and abruptly stood up.

Caesar frowned slightly, nodding, "If you’re feeling upset lately, you can always come back to Paris with me. It just so happens we have the upcoming Fashion Week."

"I’ll consider it." Unlike her direct refusal last time, Jiang Man’s response had changed.

After getting into the Maybach, she kept silent, her head down, fiddling with her phone.

The atmosphere in the car seemed to freeze in an instant, and Zhao Huai, not daring to delay, immediately called Zhang Neng.

Less than ten minutes later, as the car drove away from the bar heading toward Rong Mansion, Zhao Huai received a message from Zhang Neng.

"BOSS, Jiang Man arrived in Beicheng yesterday. Her academy has a dance program tonight at the V Night. A total of 24 people came from her academy; they will stay in Beicheng for two and a half days and leave tomorrow afternoon."

Upon hearing she would leave tomorrow afternoon, Lu Xingzhou instantly sighed with relief.

Turning to look at Jiang Man, he extended his arm and wrapped it around her waist, pulling her into his embrace.

"Are you angry?"

"No," Jiang Man replied indifferently.

"Still saying no? You’ve been staring at this page for several minutes without turning," Lu Xingzhou said with an indulgent smile.

Jiang Man glanced sideways and glared at him fiercely, "Reading, is that a problem?"

With an ostensibly dignified reason, she spat it out fiercely, coming across as both cool and assertive.

"Sure, whatever you do is fine," Lu Xingzhou soothed in a gentle voice: "It was unexpected for her to just show up; I had no prior knowledge. I know, she made you uncomfortable."

How could it not be embarrassing?

The other person acted as though they were the genuine article, as if Jiang Man had become a counterfeit.

"She’s just an interlude, not important."

Lu Xingzhou continued to comfort her.

Jiang Man didn’t respond, but she was very unhappy with her current reaction.

With her personality, when Ming Xiang was provoking her with her yapping earlier, she should have just flipped the table, and then slapped the other person’s face.

But she didn’t, and she actually chose to sulk instead.

Sulking was simply not in her character.

Why, why was she having such a strange and awkward reaction?

"Alright, don’t be angry anymore, is it all my fault, okay?"

Lu Xingzhou pinched the soft flesh at Jiang Man’s waist.

Jiang Man glared at him again and immediately lost her temper.

When the car arrived at Rong Mansion, as soon as she stepped into the villa, Lu Xingzhou followed and hugged her from behind.

"Wife, it’s been a long time since we’ve done it, can you reward me tonight?"

"Not in the mood." Jiang Man coldly refused.

Tonight, Wen Rui dazzled the entire crowd, she slapped Yi Sha in the face, and also reunited with Caesar, her old friend of many years.

Each of these things made her very happy.

But the sudden appearance of Jiang Man kept nagging at her.

"It’s okay, I’ll move, and you just lie there like a corpse the whole time."

"..."

At that moment, next door, Wu Yingfan was holding a large telescope and just happened to witness the scene of Lu Xingzhou carrying Jiang Man up the stairs in his arms.

He happily put down the telescope and immediately called JOJO.

"How’s it going?"

"They’ve returned, looking quite affectionate."

"You sure they’ll make it tonight?"

"Don’t worry, Manman asked me to buy condoms for her, and I tampered with them, poked holes in every single one with a needle."

"Damn! You’re really cunning!"

"What are you saying? Don’t you want to still betroth your child to her? Don’t you still want to share blessings and hardship with your bestie?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I want to get pregnant with Manman, raise our children together, and bring them up together!"

The more they talked, the more excited they got, and after chatting, Wu Yingfan made sure to call Madam Lu to report the good news.

Ever since Madam Lu’s birthday feast, he had been in cahoots with the Lu Family and even became Madam Lu’s inside informant.

"It’s a done deal, definitely happening tonight!"

The old lady was so excited she almost jumped out of her chair.

Lu Xuemei was also delighted, bringing the sedative herbal soup: "Mom, drink your medicine and rest early."

"I’m too excited, I can’t sleep." The old lady took the soup medicine, sipped it, and put it back on the table.

"If Manman gets pregnant with the Lu family’s child, I guess she won’t divorce Xingzhou."

"Yes, yes." Lu Xuemei nodded in agreement, sitting in front of the old lady and couldn’t help but start chattering.

"Tonight’s V-blog Night was simply spectacular! I wasn’t interested in such youthful events, but after watching today, I realized it’s even more exciting than a TV drama! I never expected Manman to be so formidable; her designed dress stunned everyone the moment it appeared!"

"This child is a once-in-a-century genius, it seems like whatever she does, she succeeds and does exceptionally well. If such good genes were passed to our Lu Family, that truly would be the ancestors showing their grace."

"Yes, yes, ancestral grace, it’s a good thing that it was not Jiang Man who married Xingzhou back then. What’s it called again? A blessing in disguise, an unexpectedly happy ending?"

"Hahaha, yes."

The mother and daughter talked and laughed so much they could hardly keep their mouths shut.

But their laughter did not last long before Uncle Zhong, the butler, rushed in hurriedly.

After dark, Uncle Zhong always abided by his duties and would not casually enter the women’s quarters unless there was something of great urgency.

Seeing Uncle Zhong knock on the door, Lu Xuemei was surprised: "My mother is going to sleep, what urgent matter could there be at this hour?"

"There is one." Uncle Zhong took a breath: "Miss Jiang Man is here!"

"Manman is here?" Lu Xuemei was ecstatic.

"Not the young mistress, it’s Jiang Man, the lifesaver of the old lady!"