Chapter 4: Is He Your Lover?

Lu Xining thought that after two years, her heart would no longer hurt.

Unexpectedly, his words still pierced her heart like needles.

She was infuriated!

"We're already divorced, and I've remarried. Ji Muye, please have some dignity."

Lu Xining forcibly pushed him away, preparing to go upstairs to find her daughter.

Ji Muye grabbed her wrist and pulled her back in front of him, "Who is the man that made you abandon your husband and child without a second thought!"

He said she didn't trust him, but did he trust her?

Lu Xining shook off his hand and told him word by word.

"A man who is a hundred, a thousand, a million times better than you!"

Lu Xining quickly walked away, and behind her, the sound of a man falling to the ground followed—Ji Muye's fever from the previous night had relapsed.

Despite their unhappy parting, the rain had not yet stopped.

Under the secretary's mediation, they finally reached a verbal agreement.

They would leave Yunqiao Village after the stone bridge was passable, and during her stay at her house, they would pay a daily accommodation and medical fee of one million.

This stay lasted a week.

Lu Nuonuo was very happy to have two new playmates, spending her days joyfully playing with Ji Chao and Ji Ze.

Ji Ze was naturally childlike and, under Ji Chao's guidance, grew very fond of the cheerful Lu Nuonuo.

Every day upon waking, he would pull Ji Chao to Lu Xining's room, waiting for their little friend Lu Nuonuo to wake up.

Meanwhile, Ji Muye was resting in the guest room, busy with various meetings.

He had just finished an international conference when he saw Lu Nuonuo, who should have been napping upstairs, lying on the stairs.

Rubbing her eyes, she came to Ji Muye, extended her little red hands, and said, "Hug."

Ji Muye stiffly picked up Little Dumpling.

The cooking aunty hurriedly entered through the door, and it was then that he learned Lu Xining had gone out to provide medical care for the village elders.

She had that ability?

Before leaving, Lu Xining had arranged for a part-time aunty to watch over Lu Nuonuo, but unexpectedly, the aunty had gone back to her house to gather laundry, leading to Lu Nuonuo waking up and climbing down the stairs herself.

Ji Muye's cold gaze narrowed, a powerful aura accompanying his scrutinizing look, "Do you realize how dangerous this is?"

A child over a year old left at home could face numerous dangers.

The aunty intended to laugh it off and move on but didn't expect Ji Muye to be so angry, she hurriedly defended herself.

"I just remembered I hadn't brought in the laundry, and I feared it would rain. My house is right next door, so I thought I'd quickly go and return. I didn't expect Nuonuo to wake up so soon."

Sensing his anger, Lu Nuonuo puckered up and kissed his cheek, mimicking Ji Chao's voice as she called out to him.

Lu Nuonuo: "Daddy, don't be mad."

Children at her age are just starting to recognize vocabulary, not even understanding what 'daddy' means.

Ji Muye's grip on the child tightened, his mind flooded with thoughts, and the tension was unlike any business deal.

Was there a possibility that Nuonuo was his child?

Forget it, it's unlikely. He had always taken precautions, and the timing also didn't match.

Two hours later.

Lu Xining, who had returned after treating the sick elders in the village, was disinfecting with alcohol at the entrance. The prolonged downpour had exacerbated the old ailments of the village elders, and she had spent a long time administering acupuncture.

Upon entering the house and seeing her daughter in Ji Muye's arms with the aunty standing helplessly aside, the latter hurriedly admitted her mistake upon seeing her.

After hearing Aunt Wang's words, Lu Xining frowned, "Aunt Wang, I asked you to stay by the bedside at all times before I left."

For this, she had given her quite a bit of extra money.

Wang Chunmei had never seen Lu Xining so indifferent before; she used to be quite polite to her.

"Xining, I thought Nuonuo was sleeping soundly, and since my house is close by, it didn't take much time to run back to get the laundry. That's why I went."

"Nuonuo is fine now; during the busy farming season in our village, kids are left at home alone, and nothing has ever happened over these many years. Why are girls so precious, as if they are sons?"

Saying this, Wang Chunmei straightened her back.

"Nuonuo's father is making a big deal out of nothing! You don't know, he just criticized me; I've been working in your house for a month without ever being mistreated like this, Xining, you should compensate me a bit."

Lu Xining looked at Wang Chunmei with a cold gaze, "Firstly, he is not Nuonuo's father; secondly, we have an employment relationship. What if something had happened?"

Wang Chunmei, sensing her upset mood, became nervous.

Not only because Lu Xining paid her well but also because she would often let her take some meat and vegetables home.

Lu Xining's household ingredients, which someone regularly delivered, included seafood and Wagyu beef, delicacies they had never tasted before.

"Xining, I promise I won't make the same mistake again. Give Aunt Wang another chance."

Knowing how much Lu Xining cared about her daughter, she tried to take Nuonuo from Ji Muye's arms, "Nuonuo, darling, come, let Granny Wang hug you."

The man dodged quickly, not letting her touch the child.

Wang Chunmei's hands still had unwashed mud spots, and seeing her trying to hug the child, Lu Xining's gaze grew even colder, and she immediately took out her salary from her wallet.

"Aunt Wang, from now on, you are fired, and there's no need for you to come back again."

Wang Chunmei was dumbfounded - she had only been away for a short while, hadn't caused any trouble, and now she was being fired?

"How could you, Lu Xining, be so cruel? You say 'fired' and just fire me like that, that's heartless. No wonder your man left you!"

Lu Xining drove her out directly: "Get out! Don't let me see you again!"

She had lived in Yunqiao Village with her family when she was young and had left after starting school.

Not knowing where to go after her divorce, she brought her daughter back to Yunqiao Village, pregnant but not yet showing, and as her belly grew, rumors started spreading about her being abandoned by a man.

Since accidentally saving the village chief's life, everyone's attitude toward her had changed.

Medical resources were the scarcest for their little village.

Normally, seeing a doctor meant taking the long town-to-country bus to the county city, which would take half a day for a round trip.

After her arrival, everyone would come to her for small ailments.

With Wang Chunmei's nature revealed, since she couldn't work properly, she grabbed the gate of Lu Xining's household and refused to leave, cursing vehemently.

"Lu Xining, if this man isn't your daughter's father, he must be your lover, right?"

"I see his two kids don't like you; you wouldn't have stolen someone's husband, would you? I always say, a pretty woman like you, raising a daughter on your own with no man around, definitely up to no good!"

"I've seen many women like you, just pretending to be good; a despicable woman. Your daughter might end up the same kind of despicable woman when she grows up!"

"Slap! Slap! Slap!" Three hits!

Lu Xining directly slapped Wang Chunmei three times!

"Watch your mouth."

Ji Muye called two bodyguards, who promptly threw her out.

Dazed from the slaps, Wang Chunmei finally reacted and immediately sat on the ground, throwing a tantrum.

"Damn it! They hit me! Adulterer and whore bullying an old lady!"