Chapter 231: Like an Old Bachelor Whose Wife Has Run Away
Lu Zhenping was starting to doubt his life, watching Shen Meng through half-closed eyes, he winced and furrowed his brow due to an inadvertent sharp pain.
"What’s going on here?"
"Nothing." Just bit my tongue, that’s all.
After speaking, Shen Meng kept observing Lu Zhenping’s expression. Given her current status as a rural woman with just a primary school education, suddenly saying so much was somewhat out of character. But since she had already started doing what she wanted, she wouldn’t stop her endeavors. As her husband, she couldn’t keep him in the dark.
There are things between husband and wife that can be shared, such as one’s ambitions and desire to forge ahead, but there are also things that can never be spoken of in a lifetime, like the personal space one holds. She didn’t have the confidence to test human nature with it.
After the meal, Lu Zhenping and the four children finally brought up that he’d be away for a few days. As Lu Zhenping went to wash the lunchbox, Shen Meng placed the big bag she brought onto the table.
"Mom won’t be home for a while. I got you some goodies, split them up and hide them in your cabinets. It’s just for a day or two. If there are good things in the Provincial City, Mom will bring some back for you."
"Mom, I don’t want you to go; I wish you didn’t have to."
"I miss Mom too, we hardly see you now because of work, and now you’re going out too, waaa... my heart hurts."
"Mom is going to accomplish great things out there, for the workshop. It’s not like Fourth Aunt, that busybody, who messed it up in just a couple of days. When we go out, we need to keep our mouths shut and not let others find out."