128 Slight Omission (1/2)
Inside the Nian's family home, two couples sat opposite each other in the spacious living room.
One of them was Lu Yongzheng and his wife, while the other was Nian Zhen's parents, Nian Hsin and her mother, Nian Rong. They were sipping tea while they discussed, their faces grave and somber.
”How's Ah Zhen?” Madam Lu asked, her voice brimming with concern. ”Is she alright?”
A cold light flashed briefly on Nian Rong's eyes before she murmured softly, ”How could our daughter be alright? Being dragged into this terrible scandal.”
In her heart, Niang Rong blamed Lu Shen for this stain on her daughter's reputation. Nian Zhen had only shut herself in her room for the past few days since her return from their vacation home, refusing to talk to any of them, which was why no one knew who exactly instigated the kiss between the two. Niang Rong thought it highly likely that it was Lu Shen who took the initiative to kiss Nian Zhen.
She believed that it was impossible for her pure and virtuous daughter to kiss an engaged man. Besides, this whole 'scandal' only happened because Lu Shen had excess baggage. If there was no 'fiancée' hanging on his arm, this kiss would have only been treated by the media as a mark of blooming feelings between a pair of childhood sweethearts.
But Nian Rong couldn't speak her suspicions out loud. The Lus were still the number one family in Beijing, and their son Lu Shen was even more formidable than his family background—it would be unwise to provoke him. She was also hoping that they could settle all this in the past and create a new bridge for their two families to unite. That was the best outcome for all of them.
”Don't worry, Lu Shen's engagement has already been broken,” Madam Lu hastened to reassure Nian Rong. ”We'll make sure that our son will take responsibility for what he has done to Ah Zhen.”
Nian Hsin's face broke into a smile when he heard this. Unlike his wife, he didn't concern himself so much about what the public thought of his daughter. She shared a kiss with an engaged man, so what? In this day and age, was still there a man who could only be loyal to one woman? Forgetting the average joe, he didn't find any fault with Lu Shen's behavior at all.
He was a powerful man, and he could afford to have several women. Nian Hsin knew how almost all wealthy businessmen kept a mistress by the side, and some wives even knew about their shameful secret but kept quiet. They were the ones who earn the money, so it was their right to judge how many women their money could support.
Even Nian Hsin himself had a mistress hidden in a penthouse in Beijing, and he knew Lu Yongzheng had one too.
Of course, Nian Hsin felt a bit displeased in his heart that his daughter had been reduced to become a mere 'mistress'. If it was any other man aside from Lu Shen, he would have disapproved of this behavior quite heavily. But now, Lu Shen's engagement was broken! His daughter would become the next official Madam Lu, and the future lady boss of the Lu Corporation. How could he not smile?
”Auntie, what did you say?” A soft and feminine voice drifted over to them from upstairs. ”Brother Shen broke the engagement?”