128 Slight Omission (2/2)

The four people glanced up. Nian Zhen was leaning over the mezzanine that overlooked the living room, her straight black hair falling like a waterfall over her shoulder. She looked thinner than before, but her eyes were shining, her expression beaming with happiness.

Nian Rong sighed helplessly. This child...ever since she was little, she only had eyes for Lu Shen. Nian Rong thought it would be another case of a waterside flower pining for love and shedding petals, while the heartless brook babbles on [1]. That boy was so cold and indifferent, how could her daughter's sensitive heart endure it?

”Ah Zhen!” Madam Lu's heart ached when she saw her. It was obvious that the scandal had terribly affected her. ”You dear girl, look at how thin you are. If Lu Shen sees you like this, he would surely be worried sick for you. Have you not been eating well?”

Nian Zhen quickly went down the stairs and sat next to Madam Lu, grabbing her arm and leaning forward. ”Auntie, Brother Shen broke the engagement?”

Lu Yongzheng chuckled and patted the girl's arm. ”Yes, yes, the engagement's already been broken. I'm sure you haven't even heard your Auntie's concern for your health. Tsk, our son is certainly lucky to have a girl like you by his side.”

Madam Lu smiled and didn't correct her husband's slight omission. Nian Zhen didn't have to know that it was actually that lowly actress who dared to break the engagement first. After all, what does it matter? They were planning to break the engagement anyway!

And Lu Shen kissing Nian Zhen could be interpreted as a silent agreement to their decision. In this way, Lu Yongzheng wasn't really lying.

Madam Lu's smile transformed into a frown as she thought about Lu Shen. That boy, exactly where did he go for his business trip? They had called him a hundred times to talk about forming a new engagement with Nian Zhen, but this unfilial son of hers didn't even bother to answer his phone. How busy did he have to be to not even the have time to talk to his mother?

When she heard Lu Yongzheng's reply, Nian Zhen was beside herself in an ecstasy of pleasure. These past few weeks had pushed her into an abyss of despair, as even her friends talked behind her back when they thought she couldn't hear them. Anger and humiliation warred within her, along with heartsickness as Lu Shen continued to ignore her calls.

But now, Nian Zhen thought that everything was worth it. Brother Shen had broken his engagement with that slut, Brother Shen was wholly hers again! Who would dare to talk behind her back with Brother Shen by her side?

Nian Zhen lifted her chin, enthralled by daydreams of introducing Brother Shen to her friends. Their jealous looks, their gazes filled with envy...she couldn't wait to see it all! You dared to mock me before?

Well, I dare you to mock me now!

[1] Chinese idiom for a situation where a girl loves a boy, but the boy doesn't care. The flower is a girl, of course, and the water is the boy she loves. The image is a blooming peach tree above a rushing stream. A blossom falls in love with the water below, and drops from the branch, offering herself to her beloved. But the water doesn't even notice; it just flows on as before, taking the hapless little flower along with it.