Chapter 1276 - And Not if His Wife Would Suffer Grievance as a Price (2/2)
Bai Xiaonian paused, slightly surprised. She adjusted her posture. “Don’t tell me the girl Lu Jinbei brought back… is Cai Jingyao?”
Lu Jinnan didn’t utter a word, frowning even harder now.
Ever since Lu Jinnan and Bai Xiaonian got married, Lu Jinbei no longer told Lu Jinnan everything like he once did. He would even avoid Lu Jinnan, whether intentionally or not.
Hence, even if Lu Jinnan went back, would Lu Jinbei listen to him?
Just as he was thinking, Bai Xiaonian’s phone rang…
She lowered her head and saw that it was Lu Jinnan’s father. She answered the call. “Dad…”
“Where are you and Jinnan?”
Bai Xiaonian glanced at Lu Jinnan, not planning on meddling in Lu Jinbei and Cai Jingyao’s matter. Hence, she said, “Dad… Jinnan is sending me home now. He’ll come after that! Mainly, I’m feeling a little tired today…”
Since his daughter-in-law said she was tired, Lu Jinnan’s father naturally wouldn’t let his pregnant daughter-in-law rush about. Hence, he said, “Then no hurry! Your health is the most important. Why don’t you and Jinnan not come back tonight and just come back tomorrow instead! Just now, Xiao Bei said… that the girl is going to stay overnight at our place!”
Bai Xiaonian raised her brows… rather surprised.
“It’s settled then. I can buy some groceries tomorrow and whip up some dishes. You two can come back and help me vet her! Let’s arrange to have lunch at noon. After lunch, you can go back and have a good rest! I mainly asked you two to come back so urgently because I never heard about Xiao Bei dating or anything. Then, suddenly, he’s bringing a girl back and announcing that he’s getting married. I don’t feel grounded! I’m so anxious that bubbles are forming at my mouth…”
“Okay, Dad, I got it. I’ll tell Jinnan. Don’t be too anxious about this matter. If it’s really a good girl, it could be that Lu Jinbei met the one he’s destined for!”
Not wanting the pregnant Bai Xiaonian to be overly worried, Lu Jinnan’s father quickly said a few words before hanging up.
“Dad asked us to go back for lunch tomorrow at noon in order to help vet the girl Lu Jinbei brought home!” Bai Xiaonian said.
Lu Jinnan asked, “Could Cai Jingyao… truly have fallen for Xiao Bei?”
Lu Jinnan had always been biased towards women. To avoid having his biased opinion cloud his judgment, he suppressed the dislike he felt towards Cai Jingyao and asked Bai Xiaonian this.
“Perhaps!” Bai Xiaonian pursed her lips. “Or else, why would she get together with Lu Jinbei! If she’s trying to prove she’s more attractive than me, she should be looking for you and not Lu Jinbei!”
Lu Jinnan frowned. “You’d better not go back tomorrow!”
“I’m fine. I let go of Lu Jinbei 800 years ago. If we don’t go back tomorrow, it’ll look like I’m guilty and suspicious, as if I still have lingering feelings towards Lu Jinbei! I’m Lu Jinbei’s sister-in-law… so it’s normal for me to go back with you to vet the girl he brings back!” Bai Xiaonian tightened her fists.
“I’m afraid you’ll feel disgusted!” Lu Jinnan clearly revealed his dislike for Cai Jingyao.
“Perhaps the one Lu Jinbei brought back isn’t Cai Jingyao!” Bai Xiaonian appeared optimistic.
Lu Jinbei ought to know better than Bai Xiaonian what kind of a woman Cai Jingyao was. Unless Lu Jinbei’s brain was damaged, why would he want to marry Cai Jingyao…
If Lu Jinbei’s brain really was damaged, then that would make him a perfect match for Cai Jingyao. Bai Xiaonian wasn’t going to stand in their way.
…
Early the next morning, Bai Xiaonian made the bed and asked the servants to prepare tonics for Lu Jinnan’s father.
Seeing Bai Xiaonian busy herself with all this stuff, Lu Jinnan said, “You don’t have to prepare all this. To Dad… you and the child are his greatest presents.”