Reborn in the 80s: My Whole Family Secretly Hears My Thoughts and Goes Wild with Success! - Chapter 139

Li Guangzhi said he had already applied for an apartment allocation. It would be approved once he got married—a newly built apartment of over eighty square meters.

For a girl from an ordinary family, these conditions would indeed be quite attractive.

And if Lu Shuangshuang didn’t know Li Guangzhi’s true nature, she might have thought it was pretty good too.

But no matter how good the conditions were, they couldn’t compare to her own life. They weren’t worth it.

Lu Shuangshuang read through the information bit by bit. What was found out matched pretty closely with what Sun Lanzhi had said, except for one detail.

“He’s been married before? And he has a daughter?”

Lu Shuangshuang pointed at the text, widening her eyes as she looked at Feng Wan.

“Everyone at the steel plant knows about this. Plus, he often used to hit his wife. They say his wife died from an illness, but what kind of fatal illness could a young person get out of nowhere? It’s very possible she was beaten to death.”

The more Feng Wan spoke, the angrier she became. “Sun Lanzhi is pushing you into a living hell.”

“Shuangshuang, no matter what she or Li Guangzhi’s family tells you about what his former wife supposedly did, don’t believe it. With no one left to testify, they can say whatever they want.”

“And even if his former wife really did do something wrong, that’s no excuse for him to hit her. Once a man starts using his hands, there’s always a first time, then a second, and then it never stops.”

Lu Shuangshuang nodded vigorously. “Auntie, I definitely won’t believe them.”

“Auntie, I don’t want to marry a man who hits people.” Lu Shuangshuang threw herself into Feng Wan’s arms, trembling. “Auntie, I want to move out of home for good. I want to move in with you.”

“Don’t worry about this. Let me talk to your father. I want to see what his attitude is.” Feng Wan’s expression was grim. “I’m going to ask him if he knew about this.”

That evening, making sure Lu Guangrong was home, Feng Wan went over and placed the information about Li Guangzhi in front of him.

Lu Guangrong was furious and immediately slapped Sun Lanzhi.

Sun Lanzhi, of course, insisted she had no idea Li Guangzhi had been married before.

When she had negotiated terms with the Li family, there had been no outsiders present. Feng Wan could only suspect that Sun Lanzhi was getting significant benefits from this, but without evidence, she couldn’t make baseless accusations.

Sun Lanzhi was nearly ten years younger than Lu Guangrong and knew how to handle him. With just a few words, she not only calmed his anger and dispelled his suspicions of her but also made him resent Feng Wan for interfering in his family affairs.

Feng Wan stated bluntly that she could not possibly ignore Lu Shuangshuang’s situation. She said a few more things, hoping Lu Guangrong would show some consideration for his daughter.

Lu Guangrong agreed verbally, but Feng Wan could tell he had long forgotten her younger sister and that Lu Shuangshuang held little place in his heart.

Sure enough, with a stepmother comes a stepfather.

“Auntie?”

Lu Shuangshuang had been waiting in the living room for Feng Wan. Seeing her bad mood, she hurried over to her.

“Heartless and fickle! No matter how high a position he reaches, the core of who he is never changes! Still clinging to those feudal ideas, favoring sons over daughters!” Feng Wan usually wouldn’t say such harsh things in front of Lu Shuangshuang, which showed just how much Lu Guangrong had angered her.

“Auntie, have some water.” Lu Shuangshuang poured Feng Wan a cup of warm water. “Were you talking about my dad just now?”

“Shuangshuang, you might not like hearing this, but I have to say it.”

“You can’t rely on your father. He won’t take your side.”

Lu Shuangshuang hung her head. “Auntie, I know.”

She had understood this harsh reality clearly ever since her father slapped her.

Moreover, this favoritism wasn’t a one-time thing. It’s just that previous instances hadn’t been major, so she had come to see it as normal, as something to be expected.

After all, Lu Xu was the son, and she was the daughter. Lu Xu was the younger brother, and she was the older sister.

Everyone in the family should give in to him, so naturally, she should too.

But for Lu Xu to do such a beastly thing to her, and for her father to still take his side!

She hadn’t done anything wrong, yet he had slapped her!

Why? For what reason?

“Shuangshuang, Sun Lanzhi won’t easily give up on arranging a marriage for you. I suggested to your father that I take charge of your marriage plans, but he wasn’t happy about it.”

Feng Wan sighed. “Still, she should probably lay low for a while now.”

“Auntie, how can I make my father dislike her and Lu Xu?” Lu Shuangshuang voiced her thoughts. “If my father dislikes them, he won’t side with them anymore.”

“Sun Lanzhi is easier to deal with. Lu Xu is harder, unless…”

Feng Wan paused. “Unless Lu Xu makes a huge mistake, one your father can’t cover up, something that becomes public knowledge.”

“Your father cares deeply about face. If Lu Xu makes him lose face, then he won’t want this son anymore.”

“At that point, Sun Lanzhi would probably be thrown out too. Your father, for all his current kindness to them, can be utterly ruthless if he turns against you.”

This gave Lu Shuangshuang a direction, but as for exactly how to do it, she thought of many methods but none seemed suitable.

On Sunday, she went to the hospital to pass on Shen Liya’s message to Chen Can.

Xu Wan happened to be there. Her gaze towards Lu Shuangshuang was full of hostility.

“After what she did, she still wants A-Can to visit her? How thick-skinned can she be?”

Chen Can kept assuring Xu Wan that he would marry her after divorcing Shen Liya.

During this period of Xu Wan taking care of Chen Can, their relationship had grown closer, leading Xu Wan to already consider herself Chen Can’s rightful wife.

Now, Shen Liya wanting Chen Can to visit her was seen as trying to steal her man.

Lu Shuangshuang wasn’t trying to stand up for Shen Liya; she simply found Xu Wan’s behavior distasteful, so she retorted.

“If I remember correctly, Shen Liya is still Chen Can’s wife, right? Why can’t she ask him to visit her?”

“Miss Xu, your words are rather baffling.”

Xu Wan was left speechless for a moment, her eyes instantly reddening as she looked utterly wronged.

Chen Can felt impatient inwardly, but still coaxed Xu Wan patiently: “Wan’er, don’t cry. It breaks my heart to see you cry.”

Listening nearby, Lu Shuangshuang couldn’t help but frown. Chen Can’s words were truly nauseating.

Her job was just to deliver the message; she had no desire to get involved in their love triangle, so she turned and left quickly.

While walking downstairs, she overheard two elderly women sitting and chatting gossip.

“Oh my, he ran out stark naked! Hahahaha.”

“Son and mother? Oh, heavens above!”

“It was originally medicine for breeding pigs, but the greedy kid ate it, and who knew it would lead to this!”

A sudden idea flashed into Lu Shuangshuang’s mind. Her father accused her of seducing Lu Xu, leading him to act that way, and called her the disgraceful one?

Then she would let him see clearly who the real disgrace was! Let him see exactly what kind of trash Lu Xu really was!

Her father’s birthday was in two weeks. She heard he was planning to invite quite a few people over this year, aiming to get Lu Xu familiar with his comrades. He intended to send Lu Xu into the military afterwards.

But Lu Xu wasn’t willing. Spoiled rotten by Sun Lanzhi, he didn’t want to study and certainly didn’t want to suffer the hardships of army life. He moped around listlessly every day, his mind who-knows-where.