Walking with the Villain, Lou Xiao'e's Alternative Love

The inseparable bond between family, heritage, and destiny.

And the subtle yet profound connection between Lou Xiao'e herself and all this gave her a headache.

"Wife, what's wrong with you?" Xu Damao asked while washing Lou Xiao'e's feet.

"Xu Damao, I really admire your patience! It's been a long time since you came back from Sha Zhu's house, but you still didn't ask." Lou Xiao'e shook off the water on her feet and teased him.

"Oh, what should I do if I can't bear it? How can you be so tactless as to run into the muzzle of a gun?

Just the look on your little face, oh my god, my heart trembles.

It's because I see that you look a little smiling that I dare to ask you.

But, my dear, if you don’t want to tell me, don’t force me. I’m dying of holding it in anyway.

It doesn’t affect anything.”

Lou Xiao'e chuckled, her eyes full of teasing: "Look at how cowardly you are, I don't know you? Your heart is like a cat scratching, if I don't find out the reason, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well at night."

"Okay, since you've spoken, how dare I disobey?" Xu Damao pretended to be wronged, and then changed his expression to a curious baby, "So, what shocking secret did our aunt find at Sha Zhu's house today?

Come quickly."

"Of course there is a secret, but..." Lou Xiao'e deliberately dragged out her voice, enjoying Xu Damao's impatient look, "You have to promise me first that you will serve me like a slave in your next life and the next life after that."

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao immediately raised his hands and swore: "I, Xu Damao, swear to heaven that I will serve you by your bedside for the rest of my life.

Unless... " He changed the subject, a cunning look flashed in his eyes, "Unless I become a monk, that's another matter."

Lou Xiao'e laughed out loud at his nonsense and pinched him: "You're just talking nonsense.

Okay, let me tell you.

I was at Sha Zhu's house, and when I heard you say that Uncle Daqing was the descendant of Tan's cuisine, it reminded me that my mother was the descendant of Tan's cuisine.

But I had never heard my mother mention Uncle Daqing before.

This was a little inappropriate, but when I think about it, there's nothing wrong with it.

After all, it is uncertain how many branches and disciples there will be when it is passed down from generation to generation."

Xu Damao frowned slightly when he heard this, but soon relaxed again: "Oh? So... I thought it was a big deal.

Wife, can we please not play like this in the future?

This scared me so much that I didn’t even have enough to eat.”

Lou Xiao'e rolled her eyes at him and said, "Virtue!"

The next morning, after Lou Xiao'e and Xu Damao had breakfast, they left the house one after another and prepared to start a new day's work.

The two men walked to the door of Sha Zhu's house and stopped at the same time.

The door of Shazhu's house was locked. Lou Xiao'e sighed and turned to Xu Damao and said, "It looks like the whole family has gone to the train station."

Xu Damao nodded and said, "Uncle Daqing is a smart man. Everything is ready in Baoding. We can make money by going back and cleaning it up.

If you don't take up such a good business, will you just wait here for retirement?

Only a fool can't figure it out."

Lou Xiao'e thought for a moment and said, "Everyone has their own way of living. Shazhu... maybe he is just afraid of being abandoned by his father.

It’s normal to feel reluctant.”

Xu Damao raised his lips to a bitter smile, "Reluctant? Can reluctance be eaten?

It’s better to be realistic these days.”

Lou Xiao'e shook her head. She did not completely agree with Xu Damao's point of view, but she did not argue any further.

The two walked and talked, and the topic soon turned to work.

Occasionally they would argue over a difference in opinion, but such arguments made their relationship seem closer and more natural.

In the office, the sunlight shone through the half-closed curtains onto Zhu Zirui's slightly anxious face.

As soon as he saw Lou Xiao'e step into the door, he couldn't wait to put down the pen in his hand, with gossipy gleams in his eyes.

"Sister E, you're here at last." Zhu Zirui lowered his voice, as if he was afraid that some big secret would be blown away by the wind. "I just arrived at the factory, guess who I ran into? Qin Jingru!"

Lou Xiao'e put down the bag in her hand, turned to Zhu Zirui, and motioned for him to continue.

"Do you know? Sister E, she actually wore the work clothes of our workshop staff today and walked towards the workshop in a swagger!

The dress looked particularly awkward on her, as if…” Zhu Zirui paused here deliberately, as if he was looking for the most appropriate adjective.

"It was as if the size was deliberately reduced. Although her steps were big, she seemed to have difficulty taking each step under the constraints of the dress.

I saw that every breath she took was extremely difficult.”

At this point, Zhu Zirui's eyes became more speculative, "Sister E, do you think there is something behind this?

Qin Jingru used to be a clerk in the factory director's office. Why did she suddenly go to the workshop now?

Could it be…” He deliberately prolonged his voice, his eyes scanning back and forth across Lou Xiaoe’s face, trying to capture her reaction.

"Could it be that Deputy Director Li lost his patience with her and sent her directly to the workshop to work as a worker?"

Zhu Zirui finally expressed his guess, with a tone of gloating, as if he had already seen Qin Jingru's miserable appearance after she fell from power.

After hearing this, Lou Xiao'e shook her head slightly and did not directly answer Zhu Zirui's question. Instead, she said, "Some things are unpredictable.

Sometimes, a person’s position change is not entirely due to personal fault, but rather a subtle adjustment under the overall change.”

Zhu Zirui said with a hint of disdain, "Sister, stop playing dumb here. Everyone knows what's going on in our factory.

You know Deputy Director Li's temper. If Qin Jingru really provokes him, the end will not be good.

But then again, Qin Jingru is usually quite tactful, why did she suddenly..."

Lou Xiao'e smiled slightly, with a hint of deep meaning and helplessness in her smile: "Who can fully control their own destiny? Qin Jingru's matter may just be a discarded pawn in a big chess game.

She paused, looked through the office window at the busy workshop in the distance, and continued, “Moreover, looking at it from another angle, the workshop is not without a way out.

Although it is hard work there, it is also a place where people can be trained.

Perhaps this change is not a bad thing for her.

"Sister E, shouldn't you be happy to see Qin Jingru fall out of favor?"

“Oh, when she was plotting against your brother-in-law, I was really angry and almost scratched her.

But to be honest, I don't hate her.

In my eyes, she is just a poor creature.

Even if she really succeeds in her plan one day, I will only hate myself for being incompetent and for not being able to stop it from happening.

I will also hate your brother-in-law for his ruthlessness and for not keeping the promise we made to each other that made all this possible.”

Zhu Zirui was silent for a while, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and changed the subject: "Speaking of which, why haven't you made any progress on godfather's work arrangements yet?"

Before he finished speaking, a commotion outside the office swept in like a wave.

It was as if a group of impatient audiences were waiting for the show to begin.

The two looked at each other with extraordinary tacit understanding, and then slid out of the office door frame in a flash.

Zhu Zirui was quick-witted and swift-handed, just like a cheetah locking onto its prey. He "captured" a colleague who was about to blend into the crowd, and asked in surprise, "Are you guys going to the market? Or did our factory suddenly give out bonuses? How could a know-it-all like me slip through the net? This is simply a discredit to this title!"

The colleague who was stopped was stunned at first, and then was amused by Zhu Zirui's words, "Haha, Ruizi, you are getting more and more talkative! But you are really behind this time, the factory just issued a big announcement.

Hurry up, follow the main group and go take a look together!" After saying this, he smiled and blended into the crowd.