Reborn in the 90s, I traded my ex-husband for eight apartments.

Chapter 322 Lu Kai's Past

Naturally, they couldn't continue eating.

The waiter started serving the dishes again, but Huo Zheng grabbed Bai Zhenzhu's hand:

"Mr. Lu, you should go home. The entire Lu family is probably waiting for you right now."

"This meal is on me. Consider it a simple birthday celebration for you as a friend, as Mr. Bai and I do."

"We won't bother you anymore, we'll be going now."

Lu Kai remained seated, only saying to Bai Zhenzhu:

"Mr. Bai, take the cake back for the children."

Bai Zhenzhu had never been so embarrassed in her life:

"Thank you, Mr. Lu, but no need."

As soon as she finished speaking, Huo Zheng pulled her away.

Lu Kai didn't try to stop him and continued to slowly drink his wine.

Actually, he just wanted to find someone to have a quiet meal with.

I'll just have a quiet birthday celebration.

……

Huo Zheng paid the bill and then took Bai Zhenzhu out of Xirong Garden.

After getting into the car, Huo Zheng asked:

"Are you still hungry? Would you like something to eat?"

Bai Zhenzhu checked the time:

"It's getting late, let's go straight home. I'll cook you wontons when we get back."

Huo Zheng laughed:

"Row."

Bai Zhenzhu's car is still on Qingfeng Road, but it's okay, she can go pick it up tomorrow.

She brought up what happened today:

"I bought another shop from Mr. Lu today. It's a great location on the fourth floor. I plan to open a store that specializes in formal wear."

As she spoke, she herself began to have doubts:

“I had specifically inquired beforehand, and all the stalls there were for rent. But the one I bought today has even been surveyed, and I can get the property certificate in a few days.”

Huo Zheng frowned deeply, but said nothing.

He just smiled and said:

"Some shopping malls may have a small number of stalls selling these items. Don't worry about it. Once you've bought them, you can open your own shop later."

Bai Zhenzhu was somewhat worried:

"Is Mr. Lu... alright?"

To be honest, she didn't think Lu Kai was interested in her.

She wasn't oblivious; she could sense whether Lu Kai had taken a liking to her or not.

From the moment she entered the private room, she had no idea that anything was wrong.

But today is indeed a very special day.

So Bai Zhenzhu couldn't figure out if Lu Kai was just good at hiding things, or if things really weren't as they thought.

Huo Zheng comforted him, saying:

"fine."

"Although Lu Kai's behavior today was a bit strange, his reputation over the years has been quite good, much better than Lu Jiachang's."

After thinking for a moment, Huo Zheng still said:

"Although Lu Kai's relationships with women sound messy, all the women he's been involved with are also connected to Lu Jiachang."

“Lu Kai used to have a girlfriend, and he caught her in bed with another woman.”

Bai Zhenzhu asked subconsciously:

What happened to that girl later?

Huo Zheng remained silent for three seconds:

"died."

"He was already dead when he was found, and the whole yard was said to smell of pesticide."

"Lu Kai went on a crazy trip to Hong Kong for a while, and by the time he returned, the girl had already been buried."

White Pearl: "..."

Bai Zhenzhu's mood was somewhat heavy throughout the journey.

The car stopped outside the courtyard house, and Huo Zheng patted her hand:

"scared?"

White Pearl shook her head:

"I just feel a little uncomfortable."

Huo Zheng smiled:

"Don't be afraid, I have everything."

White Pearl nodded:

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that I feel human nature is too complicated."

I thought Pei Xiangyang, that heartless beast, was already the worst kind of person, but I never expected that a rich man like Lu Jiachang would be even more despicable inside.

It's absolutely disgusting.

Huo Zheng squeezed Bai Zhenzhu's hand:

"From now on, I'll just have normal contact with Lu Kai, but it's best to avoid meeting him alone."

Thinking about the cake from today, Huo Zheng felt like slapping it on Lu Kai's face.

He actually wants his daughter Zhuzhu to celebrate his birthday? Is Lu Kai out of his mind?

Although he secretly wished he could beat Lu Kai up, Huo Zheng had no interest in gossiping behind people's backs.

He told Bai Zhenzhu only what he already knew.

White Pearl nodded:

"I understand, I'll be more careful in the future."

The family has already eaten, and Liu Huiying has returned home.

Hearing that Bai Zhenzhu and Huo Zheng hadn't eaten yet, Liu Huiying, who had just finished clearing the dishes, turned around and went back into the kitchen to cook wontons for them.

Huo Zheng ate wontons at the courtyard house and said he would come to pick up Bai Zhenzhu the next morning and take her to Qingfeng Road.

Bai Zhenzhu calculated the distance and direction, and was speechless:

"Is your car running on water?"

"No need to trouble yourself, I'll just take Huiying's bicycle tomorrow morning, it's not that far."

Huo Zheng felt that the previous sentence sounded familiar.

It seems he said the same thing to Jian Shuhang; karma really does come full circle.

Huo Zheng looked at Bai Zhenzhu's soft lips, feeling unwilling.

He looked left and right.

There's no moon tonight, and it's already quite late; even the neighbor's dog is asleep.

The only remaining streetlight in the alley has been broken by some mischievous child and hasn't been repaired yet.

The entire alley was pitch black, with only a sliver of light shining through the gate of Bai Zhenzhu's courtyard.

"Xiao Bai, come out here, I need to tell you something."

Bai Zhenzhu, unsuspecting, came out:

"what's up?"

Huo Zheng pulled her to the wall, leaned in, and kissed her.

With his other hand, he pulled the gate shut.

The area beneath the courtyard wall suddenly became pitch black, and the two figures were completely swallowed up by the darkness.

It's cold outside, but my heart is warm.

Huo Zheng knew that Bai Zhenzhu was clean and couldn't bear to press her against the wall.

He used both arms to lift her up and held her tightly in his arms.

Bai Zhenzhu felt a stinging pain on the tip of her tongue and numbness in her lips. Only then did she realize that the person seemed a little angry.

She thought he didn't take it to heart, since he hadn't even said a single curse to Lu Kai.

So this is what a mature man is?

The thought had barely crossed her mind when she heard Huo Zheng bite her lip and say angrily:

"You didn't even celebrate my birthday with me."

White Pearl: "..."

She racked her brains, then realized with embarrassment that she didn't seem to know when Huo Zheng's birthday was.

Several times when she went on long trips, she entrusted her documents to Qin Mo to handle the ticket purchases. Of course, she really didn't have the awareness to celebrate a man's birthday.

Apart from Old Man Bai and Shuo Shuo.

Then Huo Zheng said again:

"Our birthdays are both in the first half of the year, but we haven't had a chance to celebrate them together yet."

Judging from that tone, I was even more annoyed.

Bai Zhenzhu hurriedly said:

"I'll spend next year with you."

Huo Zheng calmed the restlessness in his body:

"I'll process your request first."

Bai Zhenzhu hasn't celebrated her birthday in many years.

When she was little, on her birthday, Li Xiufen would bury two poached eggs in her bowl.

They all received the same treatment on their birthdays; on that day, everyone else received a fried egg.

When I was a child, my family was poor, so celebrating someone's birthday was a really happy thing.