Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Thank you.” Wang Juhuai smiled and said, “I’m grateful to you for giving me face.”
“Hahahaha.” Being able to invite Wang Juhuai over, Mayor He was also very happy. “Then see you there.”
“See you there,” Wang Juhuai said with a smile.
After hanging up, he told Xia Qingwei and Lu Man, “After I returned to the country, Mayor He invited me to participate in the Municipal Dinner next Friday night. But because I originally planned on going back after celebrating the New Year, I did not agree. Since I’ve decided to stay here for the long-term, there will be time.”
“And it just so happens that Han Dongping would also be there at the Friday night dinner.” Wang Juhuai looked at Xia Qingwei and Lu Man. “You two should come with me.”
Wang Juhuai’s reason for doing this was obvious. He wanted people to know, Lu Man was not someone who had a good background. She was not a pitiful thing that her own father did not want.
She still had him, Wang Juhuai!
Xia Qingwei was also not a divorcee and a single woman who had nothing.
She had him, Wang Juhuai!
He wanted everyone to know that Xia Qingwei was the woman Wang Juhuai liked, the woman he would be willing to support with all he had!
With him there, he wanted to see if Han Dongping still dared to look down on Xia Qingwei and Lu Man and say these things!
Xia Qingwei and Lu Man were both smart people and instantly understood Wang Juhuai’s meaning.
Lu Man felt that her two eyes were a bit wet. Wang Juhuai liked Xia Qingwei, but to Wang Juhuai, she was not an important existence.
Lu Man never thought of wanting Wang Juhuai to treat her like a daughter. It was enough that he treated Xia Qingwei well.
Being able to see her and not feeling awkward, being polite to each other, maintaining a certain amount of respect, that was enough.
She had Han Zhuoli to dote on her, and she did not need to worry about others.
Lu Man had been prepared for this for a long time.
But Wang Juhuai shocked her, and her heart was warmed.
Whether he had the heart to do it or if it was just for Xia Qingwei, the fact that he could treat Lu Man well for Xia Qingwei’s sake, the fact that he had such a heart for her, was already very touching.
Lu Man wanted to laugh. She had not managed to get fatherly love from her biological father and, instead, got it from a man with no relations to her at all.
Wang Juhuai was really treating her well because he loved Xia Qingwei. He was treating her as a junior, or even as a family member.
Lu Man blinked to try to dispel the wetness in her eyes.
Xia Qingwei also felt her throat ache and her lower jaw tremble a bit.
Lu Man breathed in and said, “Uncle Wang, it’s enough that you would bring my mom there. It’s not appropriate for me to go.”
“You treating my mom well, you wanting to tell them that you two are together now, that, for my mom, is a good thing. But if I go, it’ll be inappropriate. Who am I? You haven’t become my stepdad yet. Just you dragging us mother and daughter along will cause people to talk. They’ll be talking about me and my mom behind our backs.”
They’d be saying that they, the mother and daughter pair, had managed to hold on to Wang Juhuai with much difficulty. Xia Qingwei had yet to marry Wang Juhuai yet was hurrying to bring her daughter out as well.
Lu Man was totally able to guess what these people would say about her.
If Han Zhuoli was there, her going with Han Zhuoli would be another thing.
But with Wang Juhuai alone, it was not suitable.
Wang Juhuai was about to say it won’t be but stopped.
He realized that what Lu Man said was right. There was really that possibility.
Xia Qingwei also nodded. “However, I’ve never participated in this sort of event. It’s better for me not to go.”
“How can you not?” Wang Juhuai said. “I’m doing this to let people know that you are the future Mrs. Wang. The concerns Lu Man has and the reason she is not going is very logical, but you are the main character. How can you not go? Even if it’s just for Lu Man’s sake, you must go.”
