After Being Reborn, Her Only Mission Is to Love Him

Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Are you not listening to me anymore?

Lu Zhaozhao immediately saw through Lu Dagui’s intentions and pretended to hesitate slightly, pursing her small lips, “But Mr. Song said…”

“Big Gui, it’s very normal for Mr. Song to be so concerned about Zhaozhao since she’s just married into the family,” said Cao Mei as she patted Lu Dagui on the back. Then she turned to look at Lu Zhaozhao and continued, “Zhaozhao, when Mom came back, she bought you some dresses. Do you want to come upstairs with me and try them on?”

Her words immediately eased Lu Dagui’s tensions.

He really admired his wife. With just a few simple words, she not only managed to dismiss the bodyguard but also got to talk to Lu Zhaozhao alone.

After exchanging a glance with Cao Mei, Lu Dagui chimed in, “Right, when your mom was outside these days, she constantly thought of you and bought you quite a lot. Hurry and go upstairs to take a look.”

Lu Zhaozhao nodded gently, “Okay.”

Saying this, she stood up, ready to follow Cao Mei upstairs.

Unexpectedly, the bodyguard who had been following Lu Zhaozhao also started to move.

“Mr. Bodyguard, my daughter is going to try on clothes with Mrs. Lu. You should stay on the first floor,” Lu Dagui was the first to speak up, but the bodyguard completely ignored him, as if he hadn’t heard a word.

Noticing the situation, Cao Mei frowned unhappily at the bodyguard. “The second floor is all bedrooms. Do you, a bodyguard, really plan to go up there?”

“…”

The bodyguard still ignored Cao Mei and firmly stayed by Lu Zhaozhao’s side.

Now, Cao Mei was becoming somewhat anxious. She looked at Lu Zhaozhao and said, “Uh… Zhaozhao, you’re not planning to keep this bodyguard with you while you change clothes, are you?”

Lu Zhaozhao shook her head and turned to the bodyguard, “I’m going upstairs to change clothes. You wait here for me.”

“Yes, Mrs. Lu.”

Hearing Lu Zhaozhao’s words, the bodyguard promptly and obediently returned to the living room.

Lu Dagui’s expression turned even darker.

Song Sinian was indeed more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.

If that was the case, they had to resort to some special measures.

Lu Dagui tugged at the corner of his mouth, his gaze toward the second floor becoming increasingly sinister.

At the same time, Lu Zhaozhao had reached the bedroom on the second floor with Cao Mei.

Different from the loving mother figure downstairs, there wasn’t a hint of a smile in Cao Mei’s eyes as she looked at her.

“Here are the clothes I bought for you, go in and change.” Saying this, she stuffed several bags into Lu Zhaozhao’s arms and pushed her into the bedroom.

Lu Zhaozhao was already accustomed to her attitude.

In her past life, before she knew that Cao Mei was her adoptive mother, she always tried to please her, seeking to receive maternal love.

So no matter what, she was always obedient. But even until her death, she never felt anything resembling ‘maternal love’ from Cao Mei.

She dumped the contents of the bags onto the bed in the bedroom, glanced at them only once, and then scoffed inside her heart.

These were the clothes that Cao Mei had “carefully selected” for her?@@novelbin@@

If it weren’t for Lu Dagui mentioning downstairs that Cao Mei had personally bought them, she would have really thought they were “work clothes” left behind from some inappropriate film set.

Thinking this way, Lu Zhaozhao suddenly seemed to realize something.

She pretended to look up nonchalantly and swept her gaze toward the dressing table that was directly across from her bed.

She walked straight over, pretended to look in the mirror, then took out her cellphone and started pretending to take selfies.

Sure enough, she immediately spotted the glaring micro camera in the photos she took from her phone.

In her previous life, not long after the real daughter of the Lu Family returned, scandalous photos of her went viral on the internet.

She had seen those photos; they were all taken in her bedroom, which meant that her foster parents were the ones who had orchestrated this.

Up until just now, she had thought they targeted her because the real daughter of the Lu Family had come back.

Now it seemed that even if the real daughter of the Lu Family hadn’t appeared, they would still have treated her ruthlessly.

Lu Zhaozhao took out her lipstick from her purse, touched up her makeup in front of the vanity mirror, and then headed straight for the door to leave.

Cao Mei looked at Lu Zhaozhao with some surprise, raising her eyebrows, “Why didn’t you change your clothes?”

Lu Zhaozhao pouted, her face the picture of innocence as she said, “I looked at the clothes, and I don’t like the style.”

As she spoke, she was about to leave the bedroom.

Cao Mei reached out and grabbed her wrist firmly, “No, you need to go back in there and change into the clothes right now! These are the ones I personally picked out for you!”

She emphasized the fact that she had personally chosen them, her gaze intense as she stared at Lu Zhaozhao, word by word she said, “You’re not listening to me now? Do you want to make me angry, Lu Zhaozhao?”

Lu Zhaozhao’s eyes drooped down, glancing at her wrist being tightly gripped by Cao Mei.

Cao Mei’s grip was so strong that it seemed she wanted to dig her fingernails into her flesh.

Lu Zhaozhao couldn’t help but give a bitter smile; how blind was she in her previous life not to realize how much Cao Mei hated her?

Cao Mei must have known for a very long time that she was not her daughter, which is why, over all these years, Cao Mei had done nothing but neglect her and emotionally abuse her.

Lu Zhaozhao’s gaze suddenly turned cold as she quietly pulled her wrist out of Cao Mei’s grasp, “I already said before, I don’t like the clothes. Mrs. Lu, if you like that kind of clothes, you can keep them for yourself.”

Cao Mei stared at Lu Zhaozhao in astonishment, speechless for quite a while.

Usually, as long as she showed anger, Lu Zhaozhao would agree to anything, but now she dared to talk back to her?!

What had she just called her? Mrs. Lu?

Cao Mei suddenly felt nervous; could it be that Lu Zhaozhao had discovered that she was not their biological daughter?

Cao Mei looked a bit guiltily at Lu Zhaozhao and quickly changed her tone, “Zhaozhao, I didn’t mean to get angry at you just now. You’re young, and you got married early; there’s a lot you don’t understand, so that’s why I bought you those clothes…”

“…”

Lu Zhaozhao remained silent, as if seriously considering her words.

She knew Cao Mei well; the more someone showed weakness, the more domineering her attitude, but when someone else stood firm, she would not dare to overstep.

Put simply, she bullied the weak and feared the strong.

She had deliberately called Cao Mei “Mrs. Lu” just now to simply and effectively jab at her nerves.

Cao Mei and Lu Dagui had always thought they had concealed everything well over the years, believing she could never know the truth, so hearing the title “Mrs. Lu” would make them panic even more.

Only by creating such disarray could she fish in troubled waters.

Seeing that Lu Zhaozhao remained silent, Cao Mei extended her hand and gently held her small hand, saying, “Zhaozhao, you should know that your marriage to Song Sinian is a business arrangement, right? You could marry him because you are a member of the Lu Family. If you want to establish a strong position in the Song Family, you will need to rely on your natal family. The more powerful your natal family is, the less likely you’ll be looked down upon by your husband’s family, do you understand?”

As she spoke these words, her eyes remained fixed on Lu Zhaozhao, seemingly observing her reaction stealthily.

Lu Zhaozhao’s eyes slightly drooped, and only after Cao Mei had finished speaking, her gaze slowly lifted again—