Luo Qiao had another errand to run today: she needed to register her cell phone for network service because being without it when out and about could be inconvenient.
When she left, Jing Mingrui had arranged for the family car to take her.
After getting in the car, Luo Qiao instructed the driver to go straight to the cell phone service center. Only after sorting that out did she head to the city’s Public Security Bureau.
Feeling it had been a long ti since she last visited the city bureau and a bit embarrassed to show up empty-handed, she found a secluded and safe spot to take two bags of oranges out from Spatial Well Water.
Upon entering the bureau, she saw many new faces. As Luo Qiao seldom ca here, she didn’t recognize anyone.
Carrying the bags, she tried to head upstairs but was stopped: "Comrade, who are you looking for?"
Following the voice, Luo Qiao looked over to see a middle-aged woman erging from an office in the adjacent corridor: "Hello, I’m looking for Lu Yichen, Director Lu."
In recent years, Luo Qiao had been drinking Spatial Well Water, which had nourished her skin so well that she appeared to be in her early twenties. The middle-aged woman couldn’t believe that this was Director Lu’s wife.
She asked, "Who are you to him?"
Luo Qiao replied with a smile: "I’m his wife."
The middle-aged woman frowned and said: "Young lady, don’t go astray at such a young age. Director Lu is a family man. His children even ca to make an appearance today. Don’t try to fool ."
Luo Qiao couldn’t help but laugh: "Sister, I’m not lying."
The middle-aged woman beca even less pleased: "Don’t try to pull strings with , I won’t buy it. You’re good-looking, don’t choose the wrong path. Take my advice, it’s never too late to turn back."
Luo Qiao felt a bit downcast.
Seeing her unresponsive after so much talk, the woman beca unhappy: "What’s wrong with you, girl? I’ve told you so much, can’t you understand? Director Lu isn’t that kind of person. You better not rush into causing harm to others; leave imdiately."
Feeling sowhat helpless, Luo Qiao took out her phone and dialed Lu Yichen’s number: "Hello, Lu Yichen, where are you?"
Lu Yichen was about to take the children downstairs for a al when his phone rang. Hearing his wife’s voice, he even expected so praise: "Today I brought all the little ones out, they won’t have a chance to bother you."
Then he heard his wife on the other end saying: "I’m downstairs, co down to et ."
Lu Yichen quickly walked to the window and looked down: "I don’t see you, at which downstairs are you?"
Luo Qiao replied, trying to be patient: "Right here at the first-floor staircase."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yichen laughed: "Then co on up, the office hasn’t moved."
Now Luo Qiao was truly irritated: "If I could go up, would I be calling you? Hurry up."
After Lu Yichen heard this, he sensed sothing was wrong: "Alright, don’t worry, I’ll be right there."
At this mont, several police officers ca over and started talking to the middle-aged woman. She wore a righteous expression, thinking she had thwarted a bad influence for Director Lu.
After hearing the woman’s words, the officers looked towards Luo Qiao and seed to agree with her after seeing Luo Qiao’s appearance.
One of the female officers, younger than the middle-aged woman, said: "Girl, you seem decent enough, don’t do things that people despise."
Just then, Lu Yichen hurried down the stairs and spotted Luo Qiao standing on the first floor.
As he walked down, he smiled and called out: "Wife, why didn’t you co up when you arrived?"
Luo Qiao teased lightly: "Did you ever bring your wife over here, or show a photo of her to the folks at the bureau?"
Lu Yichen was confused, not understanding the aning of Luo Qiao’s words.
But after coming down and greeting the colleagues in the corridor, he turned to Luo Qiao: "Qiaoqiao, what did you an just now?"
The others, upon hearing Director Lu call her ’wife,’ realized their mistake - she was the legitimate one, and they had spoken so poorly of her.
They truly had no ill will; having never t Director Lu’s wife and knowing he had five children, they assud it was impossible for her to look so youthful. Without thinking, they spoke what they believed was for the good of Director Lu.
Luo Qiao couldn’t help but laugh, glancing towards those who had lectured her, she pointed at Lu Yichen: "This gentleman, your Director Lu, he’s my husband, and we’re legally docunted."
Those officers hadn’t expected that the director’s wife would not only refrain from ntioning the earlier incident in front of him but also started joking around, and they all chuckled, sowhat embarrassed.
The middle-aged woman coughed lightly: "I’m really sorry, we misunderstood you."
Luo Qiao smiled at her: "No, I should thank you, sister."
Everyone standing there realized that Director Lu’s wife was a reasonable person, and indeed not ordinary – no wonder he had remained faithful during the three years she was abroad.
Luo Qiao cheerfully handed a bag of oranges to the middle-aged woman, then proceeded upstairs with Lu Yichen. After a few steps, she suddenly turned around with a laugh: "From now on, Director Lu’s protection is in your hands."
With a laugh, she went up the stairs.
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