The CEO's Substitute Wife Is A Genius-Chapter 419 Honey, I Want to Know the Result Earlier

Chapter 419: Chapter 419 Honey, I Want to Know the Result Earlier

She heaved with nausea, and both Lu Xuemei and the elderly lady’s eyes widened with sensitivity.

Unfortunately, at that moment, Jiang Man also clutched her chest and retched slightly.

Lu Xuemei immediately felt disappointed and pouted, "Manman, do you also feel unwell? If you’ve caught a cold, you should avoid the rich and greasy food."

"Um." Jiang Man simply nodded without saying much.

During the meal, she mostly ate vegetarian dishes and didn’t eat much meat.

Lu Xingzhou would glance at her from time to time, furrowing his brow, but due to the setting, he didn’t ask any more questions.

"By the way," announced the elderly lady as everyone was enjoying the meal, "Manman, we’ve met your relatives in Harbor City, but we still haven’t met your foster father. Since it’s the New Year holiday and everyone is off work, let’s arrange for our family to visit M country and pay a visit to your foster father."

"Yes, yes, a family should meet! My brother and sister-in-law have been married for so long now; if we’re not proactive, they might mistake our intentions and think we don’t care about our sister-in-law," said Jiang Man, who had lost her appetite just a second ago.

Upon hearing the elderly lady’s suggestion to meet Jiang Man’s foster father, she was instantly energized.

In the betting stone lounge, she had eavesdropped on Nan Juefeng and Han Shuo talking about Jiang Man’s foster father harboring a grudge against the Lu Family.

So she was eager for the meeting and the inevitable drama to unravel as soon as possible – she was waiting to watch the show!

"We really should express our sincerity, and it’s definitely better to do so sooner rather than later," agreed Lu Xuemei with a nod: "We have prepared the betrothal gifts long ago; we won’t disappoint the in-laws."

Jiang Man thought it over – her father had been in Beicheng for a while, and it was indeed time to arrange a meeting between the two parties.

"Grandma, Aunt, there’s no need to go all the way to M country – my dad has been in Beicheng for some time now. Because of various matters, I’ve been delayed and forgot to arrange a meeting for you."

"The in-laws have already arrived in Beicheng? Then where is he staying? What’s with you, child?" The elderly lady was agitated: "And you, Xingzhou, such a big event as your father-in-law coming to the capital, and you don’t even inform the family? We should extend our hospitality as hosts!"

"Exactly, Xingzhou, if you don’t have time to entertain the in-laws, we are available!" Lu Xuemei quickly chimed in.

Lu Xingzhou was caught between laughter and tears – it wasn’t that he didn’t want to inform the family; it was that his father-in-law hadn’t accepted him yet.

The father-in-law seemed dissatisfied with him and, without his approval and being fully certain, he found it inappropriate to bring up the matter with his family.

Jiang Man understood his predicament and immediately jumped to his defense: "Grandma, Aunt, don’t blame Xingzhou, it’s my fault, I’ve been too busy and neglected this."

She took the responsibility upon herself.

How could the elderly lady and Lu Xuemei bear to blame her?

"We didn’t mean to blame you; we’re just worried we won’t be good hosts and the in-laws will think poorly of us."

"That won’t happen; my dad isn’t one to fuss over such matters."

"That’s a relief."

The elderly lady nodded in agreement.

Jiang Man smiled: "I’ll arrange a time with my dad later."

After the meal, it began to snow lightly outside.

When the waiters pushed open the folding windows, the beautiful scene of the plum garden under the moonlight suddenly came into view.

The bright moonlight shined on each plum tree, with the plum blossoms blooming charmingly on the branches.

The coolness of the moon added a touch of cold, proud elegance to the winter plums.

"It is indeed beautiful."

To those from the south who had never seen plum blossoms, the sight of a plum grove under the moonlight was indeed captivating.

Hu Hao couldn’t resist walking to the window to admire it.

Hu Xianyun tilted his head, immersing himself in the drifting snowflakes.

"Want to build a snowman?" Lu Yingxue nudged Hu Xianyun with her elbow.

Hu Xianyun twisted his brow but remained unmoved.

"Come on! Help me build one!"

Lu Yingxue dragged him up and ran outside.

Accustomed to the severe cold of the Antarctic, the cold of Beicheng was nothing to Hu Xianyun.

In no time, he and Lu Yingxue were rolling snowballs, making them big and round.

Hu Hao watched with envy but, glancing at Jiang Man’s pale face, decided against joining.

When she gets better, we’ll ask her to join us to build a snowman, okay?

...

After dinner, Lu Xingzhou and Jiang Man didn’t stay long and left first to go to the Ledston Hotel to find King, to discuss the matter of the two families meeting.

Jiang Man sat in the passenger seat, resting her chin on her hand and staring out of the window, lost in thought.

Lu Xingzhou had already noticed that she was a bit off tonight.

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Jiang Man said indifferently, "Stop the car on the right up ahead, there’s a pharmacy next to us."

Lu Xingzhou raised his eyebrows, somewhat anxious, "What’s wrong? You didn’t eat much tonight, just a few bites of vegetables."

Jiang Man’s expression remained calm.

"What medicine are you buying?" he hurriedly pulled over, glancing out the car window to indeed see a pharmacy.

So that’s why she had been looking out the window, she was looking for a pharmacy.

"Pregnancy test." Jiang Man’s voice was calm, her enunciation clear.

But to Lu Xingzhou, it was as if his ears were covered, "What did you say to buy?"

"Preg-nan-cy test." This time Jiang Man slowed down her speech, enunciating each word.

Lu Xingzhou finally heard her clearly, his brain went offline, completely unguarded.

He had imagined countless scenarios of having a child with Jiang Man and had been making efforts.

When the day really came, he found himself so excited that he was beside himself with joy.

"You’re not going to make me go buy it myself, are you?" Jiang Man curved the corner of her mouth, patting his thigh.

Only then did Lu Xingzhou snap back to reality, "I’ll buy it, I’ll buy it, it’s so cold outside, how can I let my dear wife get cold?"

With that said, he fumbled with his seat belt, opened the car door, and went out.

Watching his hurried figure, Jiang Man couldn’t help but chuckle.

Her period was delayed by more than ten days, which she hadn’t taken seriously before.

But when she smelled the meat earlier and felt nauseated rather than hungry, she knew there was a high probability she was pregnant.

She continued to prop her head up, gaze drifting outside the window.

She didn’t know how long it was before she saw a tall figure coming out of the pharmacy.

His hands were full of bags, and he walked briskly.

The little snowflakes landed on his shoulders and hair, as if coating him in a layer of silver white, creating a vague, romantic hue under the streetlights.

"Are all these pregnancy tests?"

After Lu Xingzhou got into the car, Jiang Man flipped through the bag, utterly astonished.

Lu Xingzhou seemed unconcerned: "Not sure which brand is more accurate, so I bought several to test together."

"This isn’t just a few, it’s a whole pack..."

"It’s okay, we’ll give them to your cousin later."

"You mean Ruirui?" Jiang Man curled her lips, casually picking up a pregnancy test to read the instructions.

"Speaking of which, Ruirui isn’t really my cousin. After what we did to her uncle, I wonder what she’ll think."

The uncle she was referring to was Jiang Yueping.

"Don’t overthink it." Lu Xingzhou stroked her forehead: "When you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; when you marry a dog, you follow the dog. If she marries Lu Zhan, she’ll be one of the Lu family. Instead of being your cousin, she’ll have to call you Auntie."

"Auntie doesn’t sound bad." Jiang Man raised her eyebrows, rather liking the title.

"Let’s go, let’s test first, then go to see my father-in-law."

"What’s the rush? I’m not going anywhere here."

"I am pretty anxious, darling. I want to know the result earlier..."