Lu Weihua is just a womanizer.
If there was someone better than Tian Xiang, his eyes wouldn’t be fixed over here.
Of course, he also knows that there’s no way the two of them could ever be together in this lifetime.
Yet he can’t help but think about her and go see her in his mind.
Moreover, that fool Tian Xiang, what kind of taste does she have, actually fancying Meng Cheng’an?
The two of them are even going to parks together now, looks like they’re dating.
Is she not aware of the Meng Family’s situation?
In the past, the Meng Family wasn’t doing well, but they could still manage.
But now, Mr. Meng has been taken away, and with the year’s end approaching, he hasn’t returned.
In such situations, it’s usually bad news.
The two of them won’t come to any good end.
Does Tian Xiang want to go to the countryside with Meng Cheng’an?
Does she really like his face that much, willing to be with him ?
She probably hasn’t tasted the hardships of rural life and has no idea about the situation.
She’s so beautiful, yet marrying someone like Meng Cheng’an with such a poor background, she’d immediately become a target for the village bullies and hooligans.
Thinking about Tian Xiang being preyed upon, Lu Weihua felt restless within.
Maybe that’s another path—wait until she’s living a tough life in the countryside, then appear to help her, and some things will fall into place.
Even if not, force is an option.
A married woman, whose life has smoothed out her sharp edges, shouldn’t be as feisty as she is now.
Lu Weihua held the chopsticks, staring dreamily at Tian Xiang’s back, completely ignoring Meng Cheng’an, who was radiating coldness with eyes like icy daggers.
It was the girl next to Lu Weihua who sensed something was wrong and tugged at him, asking: "What are you looking at?"
Why are you staring in one direction?
The girl also turned her head to look where Lu Weihua was gazing and met Meng Cheng’an’s chilly gaze. Her heart skipped a beat, and she asked Lu Weihua, "Do you know them?"
Those two, we saw them in the park before.
The man is tall and handsome, and the girl is a rare beauty. She remembered them at a glance.
Lu Weihua snapped back to reality, instinctively lowering his head, "I don’t know them."
"If you don’t know them, why are you staring at that girl? Didn’t you notice that man was not happy? His gaze is quite frightening."
Lu Weihua was taken aback; his mind was all on Tian Xiang, automatically overlooking some things.
He peeked over at Meng Cheng’an, froze for a moment, and then quietly continued eating.
For a moment, Lu Weihua was also a bit scared.
Even though there were several tables between them, one on the left and the other on the right, quite far apart.
Still, inexplicably, there was a sense of unease and palpitations.
He remembered the time when he was ten years old and got pinned down and bitten by Meng Cheng’an; that guy had the same look in his eyes, as if he would eat him alive.
He only glanced over a few more times, what’s the big deal?
Lu Weihua got angry too.
Damn it, how dare he glare at me.
Elsewhere, Tian Xiang was happily putting stir-fried pork in a bun, entirely unaware that Meng Cheng’an, sitting across, had not touched his chopsticks for quite a while.
When she had eaten her fill, nearly finishing the meat dish, she noticed the vinegar cabbage side dish had hardly been touched.
Tian Xiang: "Why aren’t you..."
As she spoke, she looked up at him, and her voice caught in her throat.
Meng Cheng’an had a look in his eyes that was indifferent, proud, filled with warning and disdain.
Tian Xiang froze, wanting to follow his gaze and look back, but Meng Cheng’an blinked his refined eyes and smiled lightly, asking her, "What’s wrong?"
He had returned to his pure and gentle demeanor, like a refined gentleman.
Tian Xiang was instantly captivated and smiled, saying, "Eat up. Look at me, I’m about to finish it all."
Meng Cheng’an replied softly, "Okay."
After they finished eating and left with their stuff, Lu Weihua and his female companion had already left some time ago.
It was still quite early, just past twelve.
Meng Cheng’an: "I’ll walk you home."
Tian Xiang: "No need, you should go home and rest early."
It’s the weekend today, there are a lot of people at the shared courtyard, Tian Xiang was afraid that Meng Cheng’an would be seen, and it would get back to Hu Honglian, stirring up family trouble.
On one side is family, and on the other is the person she likes, Tian Xiang just wants things to transition smoothly, giving each other time to gradually adapt.
Meng Cheng’an didn’t insist, standing by the roadside watching Tian Xiang leave.
After his lover’s silhouette disappeared, he rode his bike, not heading straight to the resettlement area, but rather followed the riverside path upwards.
He had just noticed, Lu Weihua and the girl were heading this way, whether to watch a movie or shop was unclear.
Meng Cheng’an searched as he went, eventually finding Lu Weihua’s bicycle at the entrance of a mall.
This place is not far from Red Five Street Central Square, close to both the family compound and the resettlement area.
Meng Cheng’an thought for a moment, then turned his bike towards the resettlement area.
A dozen minutes later, a man wearing a hat and a big black scarf, with a thug-like demeanor, came over, glancing around. Taking advantage of a moment when no one was looking, he took away Lu Weihua’s bike.
The man carried the bike to a nearby alley; then he took out some repair tools from his clothes, fiddled with the bicycle’s front wheel for a while, then casually placed it back as if nothing happened.
After finishing, the man, sweating from his forehead, pushed his bike down another deserted alley.
There, Meng Cheng’an was waiting for him.
"I’ve done as you asked, loosened the front wheel; it shouldn’t be long before it comes loose.
Brother, the roads are busy today, if anything happens, you can’t blame me. I’m just following orders because you forced me."
Meng Cheng’an looked at him, his long, cold eyes showing a trace of a smile.
"If you do it right, how could you be blamed? Keep your mouth shut, don’t be a fool and spill the matter. If anything happens, I’ll handle it. By the way, last time you sneaked into Widow Jiang’s room, that was you too. How much did Lu Feng pay you..."
Inside the mall not too far away.
Lu Weihua had no idea his bike had been tampered with, busy arguing with his arranged date.
The girl wanted to buy fabric to make clothes, blushing as she asked if it looked good.
Lu Weihua, absent-minded, thinking only of Tian Xiang, no longer wished to pursue this relationship, said nothing looked good.
The girl was smart enough to figure things out quickly and scolded him a few times.
Lu Weihua also had a bad temper, and with mutual disdain, the girl left the mall straight onto a bus.
Lu Weihua, feeling upset and unwilling to go home, decided to ride his bike to find an old flame.
Though the other woman was married, her life wasn’t going well.
Lu Weihua used to disdain women already taken, but today, in a foul mood, he just wanted someone to be with.
But as he rode his bike fast, passing along Binjiang Road, the front wheel came loose, the bike tilted, and he crash-landed against the roadside stone railing, then was thrown out and plunged into the river below.