After the Divorce, My Wife Is Impossible to Coax - Chapter 46

Chapter 46

An Zhaoyu held Lu Shen for a long time, and her heart slowly began to calm down.

Regarding the matter of Lu Shen’s mother, she always felt somewhat useless—unable to protect Lu Shen, and unable to protect the fruits of Lu Shen’s research. That day, when she splashed cold tea on the Alpha who was harassing Lu Shen, a fleeting thought crossed her mind: it would be great if I were just like my brother. If she took the business route, perhaps she could truly help Lu Shen.

However, ever since Lu Shen said those words to her—that she had no confidence in her—An Zhaoyu had spent a lot of time alone at home thinking. Beyond being determined to make Lu Shen have confidence in her love, she also had a late realization about her own overbearing and unreasonable thoughts: she should have confidence in Lu Shen as well.

She always treated Lu Shen as someone who needed protection, always wanting to surpass Lu Shen on her own track just to prove how much she loved her; how was that different from a self-righteous Alpha like Jiang Qizheng? Did she really have to throw down a check, buy the patent for Lu Shen’s inhibitor, and help her promote it for it to be considered “loving” Lu Shen? Could Lu Shen not achieve that herself?

She knew Wei Ruicheng looked down on her, thinking she was just a kid who loved playing with planes and couldn’t protect Lu Shen or even An Zhou. Wei Ruicheng didn’t just look down on her; he looked down on all Omegas and Betas, and any low-level Alpha.

But she was different from Wei Ruicheng; she trusted Lu Shen wholeheartedly. If Lu Shen needed her help, she could find a way. If Lu Shen didn’t need it, she would just stand behind Lu Shen and do her own part well.

D*mn it, in this crowd of abnormal people with paranoid and extreme possessiveness, she had actually birthed such arrogant and self-conceited thoughts, nearly forgetting how to respect her lover. Captain An, who was incredibly proud in flight and other competitive arenas, was now willing to admit for the sake of her beloved: in the fields of medicine and business, she was just an ordinary person.

Leaving Lu Shen to handle things alone required courage. This courage was perhaps just as precious as the time Lu Shen accompanied her on a plane to participate in a race.

“Have you held me long enough?” Lu Shen felt that she wasn’t as anxious as she was at the beginning, yet she still held onto her and wouldn’t let go.

“No,” An Zhaoyu said in a small voice. How could she ever hold her enough? Dr. Lu smelled far too good.

“Let go.”

Captain An obediently let go. Her wife hadn’t been coaxed back yet; if she didn’t listen now, she might be kicked out and sent home tonight.

“Lu Shen, you would definitely look beautiful in a wedding dress,” An Zhaoyu said longingly behind Lu Shen as she turned around. “You’re always beautiful.”

Lu Shen paused slightly, but she didn’t look back. The corners of her lips hooked into a faint arc. Captain An seemed to have forgotten that she herself was an SSS-rank Omega.

After the little interlude, both returned to the banquet in the Wen family hall. It was nearly lunchtime, and most guests had returned from the garden.

The hall featured magnificent crystal chandeliers with brilliant lights, creating a luxurious atmosphere. Every table was laid with exquisite tablecloths and beautiful tableware. In the center of the hall sat a crystal grand piano, where a Beta woman in a formal gown was elegantly playing the wedding march.

The Lu family table was right next to the An family’s. Lu Congwen had naturally come, though Lu Shen had been accompanying Jiang Ling the whole time and hadn’t come over to pay her respects. He had a very stern expression, expressing his dissatisfaction as the elder of the Lu family.

At his table sat Lu Yi and several Alpha nieces and nephews—nieces and nephews in name only, but everyone knew they were actually his illegitimate children. Several seats were empty; Ye Jinhua had refused to attend with him, Lu Ming couldn’t come, and Lu Shen was currently walking toward them.

“Shen-shen, come sit and accompany the baby. I haven’t seen you in so long, and I’m unhappy,” He Nanchun said from the side.

The invitations for the An and Lu families were separate, but since Wen Xuan and Jiang Ling didn’t know where An Zhou should be placed, they had left a spot next to both Lu Shen and An Zhaoyu.

“Mrs. An, Lu Shen is already planning to divorce. It’s not appropriate for her to sit with your family, is it?” Lu Congwen was displeased. He had planned to introduce Lu Shen to several Alpha business partners today who had come specifically for her.

Today, Lu Shen being a bridesmaid was beneficial for Lu Congwen. Usually, she rarely appeared in public, and since Jiang Ling didn’t care about Lu Shen upstaging the bride’s elegance, Lu Shen—even in a simple formal dress—was considered to be dressed to the nines. Many Alphas were interested in her, especially after hearing she would soon be divorced.

This kind of icy beauty becomes even more desirable after a divorce. Furthermore, she was married to an Omega, which in the eyes of some didn’t even count as being “married.”

“President Lu, don’t forget that legally, Shen-shen is still Xiao Yu’s other half. And her child is here; is there any problem with her accompanying her child?” He Nanchun said with a fake smile. Her mother, usually soft-spoken, rarely smiled like this, which made An Zhaoyu—and even An Changguo—feel a bit creeped out.

He Nanchun looked gentle, but her temperament was actually quite similar to He Linghan’s. He Tingbai was the exact opposite; she looked vigorous and resolute but was actually a “love-brain” at heart.

“President An?” Lu Congwen looked down on the Omega talking to him; he wanted to speak directly to An Changguo, the Alpha head of the household who was in charge.

“My wife is right,” An Changguo was a shrewd man. He could see exactly what Lu Congwen wanted to do, but since they were still in the cooling-off period, Lu Shen was still the daughter-in-law of the An family.

“Hmph,” Lu Congwen’s face twisted slightly in anger. His brows were locked tight, and deep wrinkles intertwined on his forehead, as prominent and conspicuous as mountain ridges.

“That makes sense, President Lu. For now, it’s better for Little Lu to sit with the An family,” Wei Ruicheng, at another table, chimed in.

That old bastard Lu Congwen—collaborating with the Wei family wasn’t enough; his ambition grew day by day, using Lu Shen as a bargaining chip everywhere. If some other Alpha snatched Lu Shen away… Lu Shen being placed with An Zhaoyu was also a good thing for Wei Ruicheng. At least the two of them couldn’t mark each other. What did an Omega daughter matter?

“Then fine,” the An and Wei families said in unison. Lu Congwen had no way to refuse. He could only swallow his anger and grudgingly agree in the tone of a parent.

Lu Shen sat next to An Zhou. On her other side was Wei Qing, whom He Nanchun had also called over. Seeing her biological niece being bullied by that mistress and her son, He Nanchun felt uncomfortable—she didn’t know what her sister had been thinking back then.

Mental illness. Who needed his permission? An Zhaoyu rolled her eyes.

“You too, couldn’t you ask Shen-shen yourself?” He Nanchun glared at her.

“I won’t ask,” An Zhaoyu sat on the other side of An Zhou, saying matter-of-factly, “If Lu Shen doesn’t come over, can’t I go over there myself?”

“Cough,” An Changguo couldn’t help but choke. Were these words that his haughty daughter would actually say?

The table fell into a strange silence. Only An Zhou was very happy, sitting in her high chair, surrounded by love with her Mommy on the left and Mama on the right.

Hearing An Zhaoyu’s words, Lu Congwen’s face looked very ugly, but no one was really looking at him. Except for those illegitimate children who were thinking of how to curry favor with him, Lu Yi usually didn’t respond much.

After the meal, the hall became a business marketplace. Families brought their younger generation out to meet people, get familiar, or socialize with potential partners.

He Nanchun took An Zhou back to the An estate first. The baby had been tired out after a long day and looked sleepy; staying here wasn’t suitable.

After watching them leave, An Zhaoyu focused her attention intently on Lu Shen. Even though Lu Shen wasn’t by Lu Congwen’s side, she still attracted many people’s attention. Even Wei Qing, who was also in a formal dress next to her, became somewhat “transparent” due to her presence.

This transparency was Wei Qing’s protective color; she had looked like someone with a weak presence since childhood, otherwise, she might not have survived until now.

Wei Qing was comfortable, but An Zhaoyu was not. A group of ill-intentioned Alphas were staring at her wife, like a pack of wolves salivating over a little lamb. But An Zhaoyu didn’t take any action—for example, taking off a jacket to drape over Lu Shen to block others’ gazes like Wen Xuan had done for Jiang Ling.

On one hand, Lu Shen hadn’t accepted her pursuit yet. On the other… Lu Shen looked truly beautiful in that off-the-shoulder dress. An Zhaoyu wouldn’t use the gazes of others as an excuse to hide this beauty. The moon’s brilliance doesn’t grow dim because night falls; on the contrary, it shines even brighter in the dark.

It wasn’t until Lu Shen went to the locker room to change out of that dress and put on her original grey slip dress and light blue shirt. She didn’t like being too ornate; it wasn’t due to the backward traditional values of Lu Congwen, but simply because she didn’t like it that much. The dress looked nice, but wearing such clothes always felt like her comfort and freedom were significantly compromised; she still preferred loose daily wear.

Those Alphas were still staring at her, wanting to strike up a conversation. An Zhaoyu followed her from a distance, holding a cup of strawberry ice cream cake, keeping her distance but staying close.

Although An Zhaoyu was beautiful, an SSS-rank Omega, and had the An family as a backer, those who liked her were many, yet Alphas who dared to harbor designs on her were few. The An family didn’t need to rely on her for a marriage alliance; to become her Alpha, one would likely have to marry into her family to have a chance.

Wei Jinlin’s refusal to let others near her was just a front; the person who truly didn’t want any other Alpha approaching her was He Linghan. The same logic applied to Wei Qing. As long as He Linghan was alive, no one dared to casually approach these two Omega granddaughters.

As for why Wei Jinlin took the blame, it was naturally because He Linghan wanted him to. He thought he was so powerful, and the An family simply went along with the current and cursed him. He had recently been beaten into depression by An Zhaoyu and didn’t dare come within half a step of her.

There wasn’t an Omega in their circle who didn’t envy An Zhaoyu. She had the right to freely choose an Alpha partner, yet she specifically chose Lu Shen—just as she chose to be a pilot despite how easy it would be to go into business. Captain An’s rebellion was famous in the upper circles of S-City; she was full of defiance.

At this moment, although some people coveted An Zhaoyu in their hearts, on the surface they only dared to tease her about whether she was “reverse-chasing” Lu Shen.

“So what if I am?” An Zhaoyu didn’t hide the fact that she was chasing Lu Shen at all.

“Starting to chase only after you’re about to divorce?” someone asked intentionally. With An Zhaoyu’s temper, she might have exploded on the spot.

“Is that not allowed?” An Zhaoyu answered righteously.

Now the entire business circle in S-City knew she was chasing Lu Shen, and that it was a “crematorium” after the divorce, but she didn’t care at all. Chasing Lu Shen wasn’t something shameful; others wanted to chase her but didn’t even have the chance.

“Then why would you divorce?” others thought An Zhaoyu would say something like “none of your d*mn business.”

“Because I was wrong,” An Zhaoyu’s answer was always unexpected. Her excessive honesty actually left the questioner with nothing to say.

Lu Shen, not far away, naturally heard the words she said to others. This wasn’t a department in the medical center or a simple high school campus; it was the most complex field of interests. She should be clear that saying such things would become boring gossip for those full-time wives and husbands in the future.

Perhaps in An Zhaoyu’s eyes, she was simply admiting her mistake. But those who had long disliked her would say behind her back that such an incredibly arrogant top-tier Omega would actually follow behind a Beta like a “licking dog.” And that was just the mild stuff; Lu Shen couldn’t imagine, nor did she want to imagine, how filthy others’ thoughts could be.

“That’s enough, this is a private matter,” Lu Shen walked up to her and said softly.

An Zhaoyu hadn’t expected her to come over and nodded somewhat blankly. Actually, An Zhaoyu didn’t care about others’ opinions; she just wanted to give Lu Shen a bit more confidence. After all, having stayed in the An family for so many years, she knew best what these people were like. These people didn’t dare discuss her to her face, and whatever they did behind her back didn’t matter. But Lu Shen was different; An Zhaoyu didn’t want others to question Lu Shen, and Lu Shen wouldn’t curse back directly like she did.

Lu Shen turned and walked to Lu Yi’s side. Lu Yi introduced her to some of the Lu family’s business partners; however, she only introduced others to Lu Shen and never introduced Lu Shen to others.

“This Mr. Zhang is the boss of XX Pharmaceuticals.”

“That is Director Liu of XX Equipment.”

“Little President Lu, at least introduce us, shouldn’t you?” Boss Zhang had been staring at Lu Shen for a long time. That old man Lu Congwen had clearly said he would give him a chance to communicate with Lu Shen alone. This was Lu Ming’s daughter; in their eyes, Lu Shen was priceless.

“Mr. Zhang is too kind. She’s just my little niece, coming out to see the world; there’s nothing to introduce,” Lu Yi had already sent Lu Congwen back to the company. According to the old man’s previous request, she was letting Lu Shen “show her face” to everyone. She really just let Lu Shen show her face and nothing more.

See the world? What world had Lu Shen not seen? She just wanted to hide Lu Shen away. These Alphas’ expressions looked a bit ugly. However, since Lu Shen was right there, it wasn’t good to tear faces directly, and wanting to leave a good impression, they began talking business with Lu Yi.

An Zhaoyu still followed Lu Shen from a short distance. She was observing and discovered some interesting things. Everyone in this business circle was very interested in her Beta wife. Besides herself openly following Lu Shen, there were many others around who seemed to be chatting amongst themselves, but their attention was actually on the Lu family.

Not counting the miscellaneous people, Wei Ruicheng had already left, but his assistant was drinking coffee less than five meters away from Lu Shen. Wei Qing was also not far away, sitting by the window alone reading a magazine. Furthermore, one of the masters of this wedding, Wen Xuan, also looked toward Lu Shen from time to time. There were even people from her grandmother He Linghan—An Zhaoyu had seen that person at her grandmother’s house a few times and they looked familiar. Even the An family had people there; her brother An Wenyao’s secretary was present.

In the past, An Zhaoyu had no interest in these things, so she never cared about these twists and turns. It was different now; Lu Shen was among these people.

She suddenly discovered one thing—Wei Jinlin might have been half-right about something he said before: Lu Shen wasn’t as pure and kind as she appeared on the surface. Her seemingly pure and cold Beta wife wasn’t some “white lotus”; on the contrary, Lu Shen seemed perfectly aware that all these people were staring at her, and even deliberately moved within their line of sight.

Perhaps the reason Lu Shen never appeared in public in the past wasn’t entirely because she didn’t like the noise; this was actually a kind of privilege. Because everyone wanted to get their hands on her, the best solution was to make it so that no one could. Lu Shen wanted this balance, so no one dared to object. But once she showed a preference for someone, that person might be in trouble—like Wei Ruicheng.

Standing beside Lu Yi, Lu Shen directly said she might collaborate with the Wei family next. An Zhaoyu felt the atmosphere stiffen; in their eyes was undisguised jealousy and calculation.

Some time ago, a bodyguard who had followed Wei Ruicheng for twenty years was in a car accident. Before he died, he told someone that Wei Ruicheng was originally just an ordinary Alpha and only became SSS-rank by relying on Lu Ming. When this gossip leaked, it shocked the entire upper circle of S-City. It wasn’t hard to verify the truth; many people knew Wei Ruicheng before he raised his rank, but over the years as he rose rapidly with the help of the He family, no one dared to say anything. If he said the hospital’s rank test was wrong, then it was wrong; no one dared to question him.

But if it involved Lu Ming, things wouldn’t be so easy to gloss over. Who in the medical world didn’t know Lu Ming’s skills? Wei Ruicheng flew into a rage because of this and overhauled all the bodyguards around him, but the matter had already aroused suspicion, and he could no longer hide it. He could only use another lie to cover it up; he didn’t dare admit he took a half-finished drug, fearing others would come to snatch it from him. He only quietly revealed to his Alpha son that Lu Ming had performed surgery on him.

Wei Jinlin was very easy to talk out of; the secret was soon leaked. Lu Ming currently had no news of her whereabouts, so even if others wanted to find her, there was no way. Even Lu Congwen didn’t dare risk letting a mentally ill daughter perform surgery on him, nor would he leak even a shred of Lu Ming’s current situation to others, allowing the outside world to speculate.

It was interesting to say; every person who obtained this secret was tight-lipped. They hadn’t consulted each other at all, let alone were they willing to share this secret with others. They even helped cover it up and hindered the spread of information. You must know, for every additional person who knew, there might be one more person competing with them for SSS-rank Alpha.

Distributing the news to these people’s ears one by one had actually taken Wei Qing a lot of effort. Back then, she and Lu Shen thought the news could spread quickly, but they didn’t expect to spend the most time on this step of the chess game. Now, everyone knew this secret, but they didn’t know that everyone else present also knew.

Lu Shen now completely had Lu Ming’s style; she could not only independently complete gland surgery but also developed a new type of inhibitor that could isolate an Alpha’s influence on an Omega. Everyone’s desire to raise their rank could no longer be hidden. If Wei Ruicheng received Lu Shen’s help again, wouldn’t he rely on pheromones to rule S-City?

Suddenly, the Wei family became the thorn in everyone’s side. And Wei Ruicheng had long known things would turn out like this, which was why he was so impatient for a higher rank, willing to pay any price.

What exactly does Lu Shen want to do? An Zhaoyu was a bit curious. However, Lu Shen’s preference for her seemed a bit different. Because An Zhaoyu had never truly entered this circle at all.

Moreover, Lu Shen’s treatment of her seemed like more than just preference; it was a clear form of favoritism—Lu Shen had married her because of the baby. When they were eating, it probably wasn’t actually because of her mom’s invitation or Wei Ruicheng’s threat; Lu Shen didn’t listen to Lu Congwen’s words at all. She probably just wanted to sit next to the baby. Even if He Nanchun hadn’t spoken up, she would have sat next to the baby.

And just now, Lu Shen walked up to her in front of everyone and told her not to say those things to others—she was clearly protecting her.

Realizing this, Captain An’s heart made a “crack” sound, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated. She thought her Beta wife was a pitiful little thing who got bullied, but in fact, the woman was silently controlling all the big families in S-City. This was Lu Shen’s true worth.

Oh no. It seemed she liked Dr. Lu even more now.

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