While others confess under torture, he confessed without any coercion. Wen Minhao stammered, trying to refute but finding no words.
"Oh, don't jump to conclusions. Your cousin didn't mean that," Jiang Ruanqing said, raising her little finger gracefully and waving it in front of her. Then she pulled Wen Minhao behind her.
Wen Minhao was a typical mama's boy. Whenever something happened, he would hide behind his mother. Wen Sining was already used to his behavior.
"Brother Minhao looks like he's done something wrong," Wen Sining said.
"You're mistaken," Jiang Ruanqing replied.
Jiang Ruanqing pulled Wen Minhao, her palm on his back, providing warmth. With his mother behind him, Wen Minhao puffed out his chest and retorted stubbornly, "Wen Sining, that's enough. Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're in the Lu family. After all, you still have the Wen surname."
Just when things were starting to ease up, his words made the situation worse. Jiang Ruanqing pinched his back in frustration and took back the initiative in the conversation.
"We were supposed to have a harmonious family dinner today, but it seems we can't continue. Sining, aunt knows those words just now made you angry, but your cousin didn't mean it. Please don't blame him. When you calm down, you must come back to the Wen family. Your uncle misses you very much," Jiang Ruanqing said, playing the emotional card. Then she looked at Lu Luochen, who was ignoring them, and said, "Please convey our apologies to the old master. We'll come to visit again next time."
Wen Minhao was forced to apologize to Wen Sining and left the Wen family dejectedly.
In the car, he pounded the steering wheel frantically, pressing the horn and making a harsh sound. Jiang Ruanqing beside him also looked unhappy. None of their planned things had been accomplished, and instead, a bunch of messy things had happened that affected them.
"I'm so angry!" Jiang Ruanqing tore off the scarf around her neck and threw it aside. She fanned herself with her open palm. Glancing at the Lu family mansion from the corner of her eye, her anger wouldn't fade.
After hitting the steering wheel with all his strength, Wen Minhao gritted his teeth and said to Jiang Ruanqing, "I told you she's not stupid at all. It's all an act."
"Really?"
"Mom, I'm your own son. Don't you believe me?"
Wen Sining's beautiful face lingered in Wen Minhao's mind. One day, he would expose her false appearance and make her submit to him.
The car left the parking space in front of the Lu family mansion. On the way back, Jiang Ruanqing recalled what had happened today and gradually realized that Wen Minhao might be telling the truth.
On the other side, the servants had prepared a sumptuous meal. When it was time for dinner, there were only three people at the table. The broken porcelain had been cleaned up by the servants. When the old master came down, he looked at the empty space and ordered someone to buy a new porcelain and put it there.
The Lu family was a wealthy and powerful family. A single porcelain was nothing to them.
"I've already asked someone to buy the porcelain," Lu Luochen said.
It was uncertain whether the cat had knocked down the shelf, but since the cat belonged to Yun Chutong, the old master might easily blame her. The old master ate his food and responded with a nonchalant grunt. Then he showed all his concern and kindness to Wen Sining.
Wen Sining didn't expect that even though a long time had passed since the afternoon, the old master would still ask about her life in the Wen family. What had happened had already happened. Mentioning it again would only trouble others. Wen Sining gave a perfunctory answer, and the matter was finally over.
After dinner, the old master specifically asked Uncle Bai to watch them go back to their room.
Sitting in front of the dressing table, Wen Sining was like a hairy monkey. She scratched her body with her hands alternately. The louder the scratching sound, the more comfortable her skin felt.
She tilted her head and showed her neck in the mirror. There were dense red dots on it. She stroked them with her fingers and then pressed hard on them with her fingertips.
She had taken the allergy medicine, so why wasn't it working? She opened the drawer and took out the box of medicine again. Looking at the instructions, she noticed the expiration date.
It was expired! Wen Sining felt a tightness in her chest and stood up from the chair in a panic.
Just as Lu Luochen turned around, Wen Sining didn't see him because she was looking down. They bumped into each other.
"Sorry," Wen Sining said perfunctorily without looking up and rushed into the bathroom.
Lu Luochen's eyes followed her. After the door closed, he looked at the place where she had just been sitting. The medicine box was still on the table, with the expiration date facing up.
Wen Sining washed herself more than ten times before the itching and pain on her body disappeared. She picked up the towel, dried herself, and looked at the clothes she had taken off when she came in.
She had touched the cat in the afternoon, so there must be invisible cat hair on the clothes. She had already cleaned her body, and if she put on the clothes again, all her efforts would be in vain.
Standing in front of the bathtub, there were dirty clothes on one side and a towel on the other.
Creak~ The bathroom door opened a little. Wen Sining peeked out with a pounding heart. Her neck was stuck in the gap, and her bright eyes scanned the outside.
No one there? Wen Sining let out a sigh of relief and released the doorknob. She grabbed the towel on her head and wrung out her wet hair.
Just as she walked to the bedside, the door of the room opened from the outside. Wen Sining instinctively turned around. When she saw who had come in, she quickly lowered her raised arm.
The movement was too sudden and too large, causing the towel tucked in on both sides to slip out from one side.
"Ah~" A woman's scream echoed in the sky above the Lu family mansion.
Lu Luochen blushed and threw the plastic bag on the bed with a wave of his arm. Then he left the room without a word.
After the door closed, Wen Sining stood up from the ground. She grabbed the towel and quickly found some clothes in the closet. To prevent Lu Luochen from coming in again, she went into the bathroom to change and then came out.
Her hair was scattered on her shoulders. She curiously walked to the bedside.
Medicine? It looked like a medicine box from the outside of the bag.
Wen Sining first glanced at the direction of the door and quickly picked up the plastic bag from the end of the bed.
She reached into the bag and was surprised to open her mouth when she saw the words on the box. The medicine box on the dressing table had disappeared. It seemed that he had gone out specifically to buy medicine for her.
Wen Sining was considering whether to ask before taking the medicine when there was a knock on the door. Lu Luochen seemed to be calculating the time and waited until Wen Sining was ready before trying to come in.
Wen Sining opened the door and awkwardly stepped aside. Lu Luochen also felt a bit uncomfortable. He avoided looking into Wen Sining's eyes and walked to the bedside.