Chapter 5

Shen Man had just moved the bathtub to the corner and was about to turn around when she saw the tall and imposing man standing there quietly.

She was almost startled, she subconsciously glared at him, patted her chest and took a deep breath, “What are you doing, you almost scared me to death?”

Lu Zhengguo’s eyes were sharp, his voice was cold, “Tell me, what have you been doing these past few years when I wasn’t here?”

Shen Man was stunned, she was about to ask what he was going crazy about.

But she heard the man say coldly, “Don’t try to deceive me, I hope you can answer honestly.”

He didn’t know her personality completely, but at least he knew six or seven points.

Shen Man looked directly into his eyes, a faint smile on her lips, “What, are you treating me like a criminal and interrogating me?”

She had never seen a man like this before, who would interrogate someone right away.

He was the same when he came back today, he barged in and looked at her with the kind of eyes that would look at a spy, observing every detail of the room.

This kind of man, even though he was really handsome, still made her feel disgusted.

Lu Zhengguo looked at the woman in front of him, not moved at all, “If you want to think like that, it’s fine, if you want to continue living this life, you have to change some of your habits.”

Since they were married, he had no intention of getting a divorce, so some things had to be cleaned up.

Shen Man was about to say something.

At this time, there was a sound of urgent knocking on the door outside.

“Manman, Manman, are you home?”

It was Shen Man’s mother’s voice.

Shen Man was stunned, she quickly came to her senses and walked over to open the door.

The mother in her memory was almost exactly the same as her mother in real life, just as gentle, and always planning for her.

Opening the door.

A middle-aged woman with a gentle and beautiful appearance hurried in, examining Shen Man up and down.

“Manman, are you alright, didn’t you say you were going to eat at home today, it’s so late and you’re not back yet, Mom thought you were in trouble?”

The familiar voice and appearance appeared again, Shen Man forcibly suppressed the complexity in her heart, she raised the corners of her lips and smiled.

“Mom, I’m fine, I just had a fever this morning, took medicine and slept in, I forgot.”

Yang Fang’s face changed slightly, she quickly touched her forehead, finally relieved, “Good, good, the fever is gone.”

Then, as if she remembered something, she looked into the room, “Right, how come I heard that Zhengguo didn’t die, he’s back?”

Shen Man didn’t want to mention this person, but now they were still husband and wife, it was impossible not to mention him.

She nodded, “Yes, he didn’t die, he’s back.”

At this time, Lu Zhengguo in the room also heard the two of them talking, he pushed the door open and went out, nodding slightly to Yang Fang.

“Auntie Fang, how is Uncle Shen doing recently?”

The Uncle Shen he was referring to was Shen Man’s stepfather, and also Shen Ping’s father.

Yang Fang married into the Shen family with her daughter, Shen Man, from her previous marriage, and later gave birth to a son, who is now ten years old.

“They’re all good, they’re all good, now that Zhengguo is back, Manman can finally be happy.”

Yang Fang felt a little uncomfortable when she heard Lu Zhengguo call her father and mother “Uncle” and “Auntie”.

But then she thought that it was her daughter who had interfered and done something wrong, it was normal for him to be unhappy.

“Right, Zhengguo, how long are you going to stay this time?”

Lu Zhengguo glanced at Shen Man, his tone paused, “This time I’m back, I should be able to stay for a month, unless something unexpected happens.”

His mission was successfully completed, this time he not only climbed to the rank of battalion commander, but also got a three-month vacation, but he only planned to stay home for a month.

Shen Man silently moved away from the man.

He was talking, why was he looking at her, was he trying to annoy her?

Lu Zhengguo frowned slightly, was she unhappy?

Yang Fang noticed their little actions, she instantly laughed, thinking that the young couple’s relationship had progressed.

“A month is good, this vacation is quite long, you two didn’t have much time to get to know each other when you got married, now you can finally spend some quality time together.”

To ease their relationship, Yang Fang subconsciously reached out to grab Lu Zhengguo’s arm, and with her other hand, she pulled Shen Man’s hand.

“Right, your Uncle Shen specially cooked dinner tonight, you two don’t have to cook, just come over to our house to eat.”

However, Lu Zhengguo moved to avoid Yang Fang’s hand, “Auntie Fang, I have something to do tonight, I won’t go.”

Yang Fang’s hand froze in mid-air, she quickly reacted and retracted her hand, “Oh, you have something to do, go ahead, Manman and I will go back first.”

Shen Man saw this scene, she immediately took Yang Fang’s arm and diverted her attention.

“Mom, I want to eat dumplings made by you tonight, I finally have a day off today, you have to make sure I eat well.”

Yang Fang gently tapped her forehead, “You, you, you’re so grown up, you’re still like a child, the dumplings are already made, pork and scallion filling, just waiting for you to come back and eat.”

“Thank you, Mom, Mom is the best.” Shen Man smiled and leaned her head against Yang Fang’s shoulder, they left the Lu family without looking back.

This world’s mother, both in personality and appearance, was exactly the same as her modern mother.

Out of the Lu family.

Yang Fang looked at her daughter, she was still so beautiful, she liked her more and more, she couldn’t help but touch her head.

“Manman, tell Mom honestly, how do you really feel about this marriage now?”

She could see clearly just now, Lu Zhengguo clearly didn’t have any feelings for her daughter, otherwise he wouldn’t treat her mother-in-law like this.

If she wasn’t afraid of causing trouble for Manman, how could she let others lose face like this.

Shen Man thought for a moment, “Mom, what if I just divorce him?”

Lu Zhengguo wasn’t her type at all, even if he was her type, she didn’t have the habit of looking for abuse.

Moreover, he was clearly dissatisfied with her in every way.

Yang Fang was stunned, “Manman, are you serious?”

She knew her daughter, she had both looks and skills, basically any man she liked, none of them could escape, except for Lu Zhengguo, who was an exception.

But they hadn’t actually spent much time together, maybe after a long time, their feelings would develop.

Shen Man nodded, “Mom, you saw it today, actually he doesn’t really acknowledge this marriage.”

“I don’t need to lower my self-esteem to accommodate a man, this is what you’ve always told me.”

The reason why the original owner had the awareness of cultivating potential stocks since she was a child, was actually more due to Yang Fang, her mother, teaching her by example.

Yang Fang was originally just a country girl, when the girls around her were getting married to people from the same village, she had already seen through the lives of all the country girls.

This made her even more determined to leave the countryside and live a good life.

The path of studying was not feasible for rural families who favored sons over daughters.

So she used her beauty to try to change her fate through marriage.

But as a country girl, the men she could come into contact with were limited.

So Yang Fang secretly investigated all the young men in the village, and finally chose a soldier, Shen Man’s biological father, Shen Ming.