I Became the Male Lead's Stepmother After Transmigrating

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Lu Wanggui returned home and just as he went upstairs, he bumped into Lu Bei on the stairs between the second and third floor.

Lu Bei wanted to go up again to check on Xiang Xiaoyuan, but he didn’t expect to bump into his own father. He was a little embarrassed, but at the same time, he looked guilty. He explained in a slightly flustered manner, “The house is a little stuffy, so I came out for a walk.”

Lu Wanggui glanced at him and thought, “Going for a walk upstairs?” However, Lu Wanggui did not expose him and asked, “We’re going to have supper later. Are you coming?”

Lu Bei: “?”

Supper? His father was going out for supper? Lu Bei suspected that there was something wrong with his ears. It was really difficult for him to link supper to his father.

Despite his doubts, Lu Bei nodded. “Sure.”

Lu Wanggui hummed. “Then I’ll go upstairs and call her.”

He must be referring to Xiang Xiaoyuan. Lu Bei looked upstairs and said, “She said she didn’t have an appetite and didn’t even eat dinner.” Speaking of this, he wanted to ask his father what had happened that made Xiang Xiaoyuan so abnormal.

Lu Wanggui was calm and composed. “It’s okay, she’ll have an appetite soon.”

Lu Bei: “? ? ?”

Why did his father keep saying something that he didn’t understand tonight?

Lu Wanggui walked to the bedroom door and knocked a few times. After seeing that there was no reaction from inside, he pushed the door open and walked in.

As soon as he entered the bedroom, he saw Xiang Xiaoyuan lying on the bed in a daze, staring blankly at the ceiling. Fortunately, it was Lu Wanggui who came in. If it had been anyone else, they would have called an ambulance immediately.

Lu Wanggui walked over and sat by the bed to look at her. After an unknown amount of time, Xiang Xiaoyuan’s eyeballs rolled and she tilted her head slightly to meet Lu Wanggui’s gaze.

Lu Wanggui clearly knew why Xiang Xiaoyuan was like this, but he still deliberately asked, “What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well? Do you want to call a doctor over?”

Xiang Xiaoyuan shook her head weakly.

She had a huge debt and couldn’t afford doctors. Even if she was really sick, she would not see a doctor. Fortunately, breathing did not cost money, or else she would have to stop breathing.

After transmigrating into the novel, Xiang Xiaoyuan had been in a tense state, as if there was a monster behind her, constantly forcing her to move forward. She didn’t stop managing her shop and earning money. But today, she suddenly felt that it was useless to earn money. No matter how much money she could earn, she wouldn’t be able to save up to ten million before she turned forty.

So what if she saved up enough? She still had to give the money to Lu Wanggui to buy a watch. Thinking that she would have to work for free for the rest of her life, Xiang Xiaoyuan thought dejectedly, “I should just die. Who knows, I might even be able to travel to another world.”

Of course, her negative emotions would dissipate quickly. She was able to cross over once because she was lucky. She would not risk her future on the possibility of crossing over into nothingness.

As long as there was hope, she would not give up on herself. She would be revived like a cockroach that could not be beaten to death. However, she had to be dejected for two days. She had to process her emotions.

The scary thing about Lu Wanggui was that Xiang Xiaoyuan knew nothing about his weakness, but he already knew hers by observing her for a period of time.

“I heard that you didn’t eat dinner?” Lu Wanggui bent over slightly. “Aren’t you hungry?”

Xiang Xiaoyuan shook her head and couldn’t help but look down at the watch on his wrist, and her heart ached again. It was obvious that the watch he was wearing today was also very expensive.

Escaping was not her style of doing things. She had to face difficulties head-on.

Xiang Xiaoyuan closed her eyes and opened her mouth as if she was going all out. “That watch of yours…”

Lu Wanggui had already regretted joking with her when he saw her hopeless expression. How old was Xiang Xiaoyuan? He was more than ten years older than her. Why would he be so petty just because of a little trouble at night? Why would he scare her like that?

However, Lu Wanggui didn’t realize that he hadn’t joked around with someone in many years. Everything that had happened now was because Xiang Xiaoyuan was very special in his heart.

However, Lu Wanggui didn’t realize this for the time being. Xiang Xiaoyuan was immersed in the pain of carrying a huge debt, so she definitely wouldn’t know this.

Lu Wanggui wanted to stop teasing her in his heart, but his body was one step ahead of him. When he heard her mention the watch, confusion flashed across his face as if he was thinking about the watch.

Xiang Xiaoyuan caught his expression and was filled with regret. Why did she have to bring up this topic?! True enough, one should not be too honest! But pretending not to know, pretending that nothing had happened, was not Xiang Xiaoyuan’s way of handling things..