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Chapter 389: Ms. Lu, you don’t want your mother to…

Fu Wenpei has always hated the identity of a concubine and has no good feelings towards it at all.

Her background was not humble. Before she got married, she was the daughter of a wealthy family and lived a life of luxury.

I still remember that day when Lu Zhenhua was riding his horse at full speed on the long street. The horse got frightened and lost control, almost hurting her.

At that time, Fu Wenpei, still Miss Fu, was in her prime, with a beautiful face and a gentle and docile personality. Lu Zhenhua was immediately attracted by her charm and married her as his eighth concubine.

However, things are unpredictable. The following year, Lu Zhenhua fell in love with the charming Peking Opera actress Wang Xueqin and immediately married her to become his ninth concubine.

Wang Xueqin is bright and beautiful, and scheming. From the moment she entered the Lu Mansion, she has been deliberately vying for favor and trying to control the entire Lu family.

Later, Lu Zhenhua lost his power in the local area. In desperation, he had to flee to the French Concession in Shanghai with his family including Fu Wenpei, Wang Xueqin, Adjutant Li, and others.

However, as soon as the family arrived in Shanghai, Fu Wenpei was ruthlessly expelled from the Lu family due to the exclusion and suppression of the ninth concubine, and her life fell into hardship from then on.

The conflict between her daughter Yiping and the Lu family gradually deepened. One day, Yiping told her that she wanted to be a singer to support her and her daughter.

Fu Wenpei was shocked when she heard this and strongly objected. She clearly remembered that her daughter had promised not to mention this matter again, but now she heard that she was going to be someone else's concubine!

"Impossible! Yiping would never do such a thing!" Fu Wenpei said with a trembling voice, "She would never become a concubine! Sir, don't lie to me!"

"Lie to you? What good would I get from lying to you? What can you give me?" Shen Lang said calmly, "Mrs. Lu, perhaps you don't know me. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Shen Lang, and I'm the boss of Pudong Group."

In today's era when the Internet is not yet popular, even if people have heard of the name of the boss of a big company, if they have never met him, when others mention the same name, they often just think that it is a person with the same name.

"You...you are Mr. Shen Lang, the boss of Pudong Group?" Fu Wenpei's face was full of astonishment, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

The Pudong Group is very famous in Shanghai, and people's daily life, including food, clothing, housing and transportation, are almost all closely related to it.

The water supply, the electricity, the dazzling array of merchandise in department stores, the sights and sounds of cinemas—all were closely connected to the Pudong Group. Even Fu Wenpei, busy with her daily struggles to make a living, had heard of these things.

But she didn't know that all these industries were seized by Shen Lang through various means, including such terrifying and cruel methods as asking competitors to "take a homemade plane".

Because real business wars are often so plain and unpretentious yet cruel and ruthless.

Shen Lang nodded and continued, "It's absolutely true, Mrs. Lu. Do you think I would joke with you about this?"

"Do not……"

Fu Wenpei's face was filled with panic and disbelief. She stammered, "No, I have to go find Yiping and ask her why. How could I have raised such a daughter? How could she have done such a thing?"

At this moment, she was extremely upset and her mind was in chaos. She wanted to rush to her daughter immediately and get to the bottom of the matter.

Shen Lang stared at Fu Wenpei with a deep gaze, and then said, "Mrs. Lu, you'd better calm down first. Given Yiping's temper, if you go and question her now, won't you be forcing her into a dead end?"

"me……"

Fu Wenpei's body was shaking violently, almost fainting, her voice trembling, "What a misfortune for our family, what a misfortune for our family! How can I explain this to the master? How could she do such a thing that brings disgrace to our family..."

"Mrs. Lu, the reason Yiping is willing to be my concubine is because you and Lu Zhenhua forced her to do so!" Shen Lang said sharply, his eyes burning. "How can you blame her? Besides, what's wrong with being my concubine?"

Fu Wenpei pretended not to hear the second half of Shen Lang's words. Full of doubt, she pressed on, "Did the master and I force you to do that? What does Mr. Shen mean by that?"

"Ever since Yiping had a conflict with the Lu family, your source of income has been cut off, and she can only think of every way to make money." Shen Lang explained calmly and slowly.

"But she shouldn't be like this..." Fu Wenpei still had doubts and murmured in a low voice.

"She became my concubine, wasn't it for you?" Shen Lang sighed slightly and continued, "In order to make a living, you secretly washed clothes for others without telling her. She saw it and felt pain in her heart, but she has no special skills, what can she do?" Upon hearing this, Fu Wenpei felt struck by lightning, felt dizzy, and almost fainted.

It turns out that the daughter made such a sacrifice just to support herself!
She couldn't help but feel sad, covering her face and crying, "I'm so incompetent. I let Yiping do such a thing. No, I... I have to go and explain it to her. What's the harm in having a hard life..."

"Mrs. Lu, why do you have to do this?" Shen Lang said slowly, "If she wanted you to know, why would she hide it? Besides, the more beautiful a woman is, the more unpredictable her thoughts are. If you ask her rashly like this, she will definitely not admit it."

Fu Wenpei remained silent, tears streaming down her face, wetting her sleeves.

Shen Lang paused, then continued, "Besides, I came here tonight because I wanted to meet your mother-in-law. After all, the matter is settled, and we will meet sooner or later."

"I can't make the decision on such an important matter. I have to talk to her father..." Fu Wenpei's voice was low, with a bit of helplessness and bitterness.

She only needed to think about it in her mind to know what kind of uproar would be caused if Lu Zhenhua knew about this.

Shen Lang said, "Mrs. Lu, if Lu Zhenhua really had feelings for you and your daughter, why would he kick you out of the house? That's why Yiping follows me so she won't have to suffer. She can drive a nice car and eat delicious food. Besides, I, Shen Lang, treat everyone equally and won't treat anyone unfairly."

Fu Wenpei raised her head, her eyes full of hesitation and struggle, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings.

On the one hand, she found it hard to accept the fact that her daughter was becoming someone's concubine;
On the other hand, what Shen Lang said was not entirely unreasonable.

Now life is difficult for mother and daughter. If Yiping can find a good home, it may be a way out.

"Mr. Shen, this matter happened too suddenly. Let me think about it." Fu Wenpei said softly, with a hint of fatigue in his voice.

She thought of Yiping's appearance as a child, well-behaved, sensible and lovable.

Now she was in this situation because of herself, and she was full of self-blame.

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Lang took out a few gold bars.

"What's there to think about? Will she be wronged if she follows me? If you really can't bear to leave your daughter, you can just move next door to me and take care of these little yellow croakers!"

Shen Lang placed all the gold bars in Fu Wenpei's hands and said, "These small yellow croakers are enough for you to live comfortably. Not only can you find a new place to live, but you can also start a small business. Even if I really abandon you in the future, Yiping won't have to worry about her life like she does now."

"This...this..." Fu Wenpei felt a little dizzy for a moment as she held the heavy gold bars in her hands.

Seeing that the two had been talking for so long, Lu Yeping was worried that Shen Lang would tell her about his singing in Shanghai, so she came over.

When he saw the gold bar in Fu Wenpei's hand, he was stunned for a moment: "What is this?"

"This is the betrothal gift I gave you. Your mother has promised you to be my concubine." Shen Lang explained.

Hearing this, Lu Yiping was shocked and turned to look at Fu Wenpei: "Mom, is what he said true? For all this gold, you actually let me become someone else's concubine?"

She really couldn't believe that Shen Lang had just spoken a few words to her mother and her mother promised her to Shen Lang.

Seeing Lu Yiping's appearance at this moment, Fu Wenpei couldn't help but sigh in her heart that her daughter was too good at lying. She obviously knew the truth, but she still couldn't find any flaws.

It turns out that the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie.

Thinking that her daughter was no longer a virgin and it would be inappropriate for her to marry someone else in the future, she said with a stiff upper lip, "Mr. Shen is a handsome man. You won't suffer any loss if you follow him. Mom is old and can't support you. Please feel sorry for me and let me live a peaceful old age..."

Lu Yiping was about to speak when Shen Lang's voice suddenly came to her ears: "Miss Lu, you don't want your mother to know that you are singing in Shanghai, right?"

(End of this chapter)