I Became the Male Lead's Stepmother After Transmigrating

Chapter 45: Making the Poor Person Even Poorer

“An Yu is quite attentive. On the way back, she passed by the pharmacy. She said that Lu Bei must be feeling terrible after drinking so much alcohol, so she went to buy some medicine for him.”

Lu Bei’s face was downcast and he did not say a word. No one knew what Lu Wanggui had said to him to give him such a huge blow.

Lu Wanggui smiled and said, “She is indeed very attentive.”

Then, he placed the medicine in the back seat and said in a much more serious tone, “Xiao Bei, take the medicine.”

Even without turning her head, Xiang Xiaoyuan could imagine how impatient Lu Bei’s expression was. As someone who had read the original novel, she knew that Lu Bei’s temper was not very good. She thought that she was going to witness the scene of the father and son quarreling. Who would have thought that the next second, Lu Bei reached out to pick up the medicine, quietly opened the bottle cap, poured two pills, and swallowed them.

Xiang Xiaoyuan: “Oh?”

So no matter how much Lu Bei disliked Lu Wanggui, he still listened to his father’s words?

On the way back, Xiang Xiaoyuan did not talk as much as she did when she came. If she did not speak, Lu Wanggui would naturally not initiate a conversation. Lu Bei, who was sitting in the back seat, was even more so. He was still in a daze, and no one knew what he was thinking.

There were clearly three people sitting in the car, but the atmosphere was as gloomy as a cold cemetery.

Seeing that the road was becoming more and more familiar, Xiang Xiaoyuan was still thinking about her shop. When she was a few hundred meters away from the shop, she took the initiative to break the silence. “Wanggui, can you stop in front for a moment?” With that said, without waiting for Lu Wanggui to ask, she explained, “I’m afraid that it will rain again in the middle of the night. I just suddenly thought that my shop might be flooded, so I wanted to go and deal with it.”

“Okay.”

The car stopped steadily at the entrance of the shop.

It was unknown when it started to rain outside. The rain was not heavy, but the wind was very strong. Xiang Xiaoyuan held up the umbrella with some effort and walked towards the shop. She did not ask Lu Wanggui for help.

Lu Wanggui originally did not intend to get out. His eyes were indifferent as he watched Xiang Xiaoyuan’s thin figure struggling in the wind and rain. After a few seconds of silence, he simply unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car, quickly chasing after her.

Hearing the footsteps behind him, Xiang Xiaoyuan turned around in surprise. Seeing that Lu Wanggui did not bring an umbrella, she generously gave him half of the space. When he walked to the door of the shop, the water was very deep. A small amount of rainwater had already poured into the shop.

Xiang Xiaoyuan took out the key to open the door. After turning on the light, she carefully checked the cardboard box that had been soaked by the rainwater. “What should I do? The corner is soaked, are the things inside usable?”

While worrying, she swiftly tore open the cardboard tape and moved the things inside to a higher place. The spot that had been soaked in the rain had water stains on it, and she didn’t know if it could still be used.

She put her hands together and prayed sincerely, “Please, please, please. Please be okay.”

Otherwise, she would have to fork out more money to make up for it, which would make the already poor her even poorer.

Lu Wanggui looked at the shop, then at Xiang Xiaoyuan’s despondent expression. He understood now. No wonder she looked surprised and confused when he said that he was going out with her…

Xiang Xiaoyuan checked the windows and cleaned up the rainwater that was pouring in before she realized that there was someone else in the shop.

She straightened her back and looked at Lu Wanggui, who was pinching his nose and looking helpless. “What’sw?”

Lu Wanggui put down his hand and said in his usual tone, “It’s nothing. Are you done?”

“Yeah, it’s almost done. Let’s go back.” Xiang Xiaoyuan could not help but yawn. She was indeed a little tired after the whole night.

After returning home, Lu Bei went straight into the room without saying a word. Xiang Xiaoyuan had stayed outside for so long and even went to the bar. The smell of cigarettes and alcohol mixed together was very unpleasant. She went straight into the bathroom to take a shower.

Lu Wanggui stood at the door of the master bedroom and looked at it with interest.

When he bought this villa back then, his marriage with his ex-wife had already come to an end. In order to facilitate his work, he stayed in the second bedroom in the study. His ex-wife rarely came back, and when she did, she would stay in the guest room for a night. Later, when his ex-wife completely moved out of the villa, the master bedroom was unoccupied.

Until Xiang Xiaoyuan arrived.

Traces of her could be seen everywhere in this master bedroom. She had a book casually placed on the bedside table, the unfinished milk on the coffee table and the messy makeup on the dressing table…

Lu Wanggui’s intuition had always been accurate. The current Xiang Xiaoyuan made him feel like she’s a different person. The current her and the previous her seemed like two different people.

Lu Wanggui lowered his head and pondered. He thought about the reason they got married…

After Xiang Xiaoyuan finished taking a hot shower, she felt that she had finally come back to life. If it was not because it was too late, she would still want to take a bath. This villa was connected to a natural hot spring. As long as one had money, they could enjoy the hot spring water twenty-four hours a day.

She did not know if it was because her life was better after transmigrating, but Xiang Xiaoyuan felt that her skin was getting better and better. Even if she did not wear makeup, she still looked very good.