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Chapter 376 Lu Mingnan's Side Story 5

In the coffee shop, Liu Ling picked up the incredibly bitter coffee and took a sip, silently complaining that it was too bitter and must have been invented by someone who had never tasted bitterness.

You're forcing yourself to endure hardship when you don't want to.

If it weren't for the closest place, the only place suitable for talking, she definitely wouldn't have come.

The woman sitting opposite her looked a little awkward; she probably had never been to a coffee shop before and had never had coffee there.

Aren't you going to ask?

Liu Ling looked up at her and said, "What are you asking? Are you doing well?" It's something that's obvious at a glance, why ask?

Her tone was unpleasant.

Because the woman sitting opposite her was Cheng Ruolan, the same Cheng Ruolan who had wanted to rush into Lu Mingnan's arms as soon as she saw them.

Liu Ling never expected that she would run into her again in such a big city as Nanshi.

Cheng Ruolan's eyes, which had been calm before, suddenly reacted strongly. "Are you very proud of Liu Ling?"

"What do I have to be proud of?" Liu Ling scoffed.

Finally, you've stopped pretending?

She had always thought Cheng Ruolan was pretentious, giving off a harmless vibe but actually being quite aggressive.

She could only pretend successfully in front of others, but she had long since seen through her true colors.

"How can you not be proud? I heard you're the factory manager now? That's quite something!" Cheng Ruolan's burning gaze was fixed on Liu Ling.

All of this should have been hers.

If she hadn't left Shihua Village and had chosen Lu Mingnan instead, then all of this would have been hers.

"Hmph, you're really something! Back then, I went through so much trouble, and Lu Mingnan wouldn't even lend me a hand. He wouldn't even give me a spot as a primary school teacher, and now you've become the factory director," Cheng Ruolan said resentfully.

Liu Ling shook her head speechlessly, "You're still the same. It's always someone else's fault, and you never make any mistakes."

"Why would Lu Mingnan plead with your third uncle for you? It's an abuse of power; the Lu family would never do such a thing. Ha, so you think I'm the factory manager of the bamboo ware factory because of Lu Mingnan and his people?"

"Isn't that so?" Cheng Ruolan said through gritted teeth, "We all know how much prestige the Lu family and Lu Yuanqing have in Shihua Village. If it weren't for them, do you think you could become the factory director? Dream on! Do you even have that ability?"

Liu Ling didn't want to argue with her about such things, but she was even more unwilling to let her slander Lu Yuanqing's character.

“Uncle wouldn’t! He’s an upright man and would never do anything for his family. If he were the kind of person who favored relatives and friends, the villagers wouldn’t trust and support him.”

"Hmph." Cheng Ruolan didn't believe it, or rather, she did believe it, but she didn't want to believe it. "Anyway, you've already said everything."

"Liu Ling, I'm a little surprised that we're sitting here and talking like this today. I know very well that you've always looked down on me."

Because of her relationship with Lu Mingnan, everyone in the educated youth settlement tried to curry favor with her to some extent.

But Liu Ling was the only one who didn't have it.

Every time Cheng Ruolan met her fake smile, she felt as if she had been seen through.

The same is true.

Liu Ling: "If you hadn't pounced on me before you saw my man, I wouldn't be sitting here wasting my breath talking to you."

"What? You've had a bad year, and now you regret it?"

Liu Ling's disdainful look made Cheng Ruolan feel utterly ashamed.

But then came anger: "He should have been mine."

"You got a bargain!"

Liu Ling laughed angrily, "Yes, I picked it up, so what?"

Cheng Ruolan's methods for provoking her are becoming increasingly rudimentary.

"You..." Cheng Ruolan was furious, "He likes me!"

Cheng Ruolan spoke these words with great conviction.

She was aware of how much Lu Mingnan used to like her.

If only she had been braver back then...

But it's alright now. She's seen him again, and if he's willing, they can start over.

"You wish!" Liu Ling said disdainfully. "It seems you've really had a hard time these past few years! You even have the nerve to say things like that. I can't remember the innocent and pure Cheng Ruolan from before at all!"

Liu Ling was blunt, every word she uttered striking a chord with Cheng Ruolan.

"You..." Cheng Ruolan laughed angrily, "You're afraid!"

Liu Ling looked at her indifferently, without replying.

Cheng Ruolan, however, seemed even more certain and burst into laughter, "You're afraid, you're just afraid! You've witnessed how Lu Mingnan liked me, so you're afraid he still loves me. Hahaha!!! Liu Ling, you're a joke! So what if you marry him? In his heart, I'm the one he loves most!"

Liu Ling's eyes suddenly sharpened as she stared directly at Cheng Ruolan.

If looks could kill, Liu Ling would want to tear her to pieces right now.

"Aren't you being a little too confident?" Leng Piaopiao's words silenced Cheng Ruolan's arrogance.

"What do you mean?"

Liu Ling sneered and said, "So much time has passed, are you so sure that Lu Mingnan still has feelings for you?"

"What, you've already forgotten how he shoved you away just now?"

Cheng Ruolan: "That's because he didn't know it was me. It was too sudden. If he had known, he wouldn't have pushed me away."

Liu Ling looked at her disdainfully, "Cheng Ruolan, do you still remember what I said to you when you left?"

'Cheng Ruolan, you'll regret this!'

This was the last thing Liu Ling said to her.

"You sent a letter to Lu Mingnan!" Liu Ling casually dropped another bombshell.

Cheng Ruolan paused.

“I read the letters. In the first letter, you said that your parents sold you as soon as they returned to the city, leaving you with nothing when you got married. Your first husband was a violent man, and you were in so much pain that you wanted Lu Mingnan to save you!”

"How did you know? Did Lu Mingnan show you the letter?" Cheng Ruolan's voice trembled slightly.

She refused to believe it, so she wrote all her pain in the letter, hoping that Lu Mingnan would feel sorry for her and come to save her.

But Lu Mingnan didn't come; he didn't even reply to a single letter.

Therefore, Cheng Ruolan already knew many things, but she was unwilling to accept them.

The things he said to Liu Ling were nothing but jealousy; he couldn't stand seeing her happy and wanted to shatter her blissful life.

Liu Ling ignored her, picked up the slightly cold coffee, took another sip, and still found it unpleasant to drink; it was too bitter.

"In the second letter, your first husband went to jail, but then your parents sold you again. You didn't want to, you wanted to go back to Shihua Village, and you wanted Lu Mingnan to come and pick you up!"

"In the third letter, you listened to your parents and got married, but the man was much older than you. However, the dowry he offered was high! Moreover, he was sick. Because his children didn't want to take care of him, they thought of hiring a nanny for him. After less than two years, you were kicked out."

"In the fourth letter, your parents found you another man, and you eventually got married."

Liu Ling sneered at Cheng Ruolan, whose face was growing increasingly ugly: "Isn't this your own choice? You look like you've come here to cause me trouble today, it's really laughable."

Liu Ling will not sympathize with her; it was all her own choice.

Cheng Ruolan was somewhat distraught, "He showed you all these letters, he actually showed you the letters."

"What letter?"

Lu Mingnan was carrying a cup of milk tea when he entered the room and heard something about a letter. He had initially wanted to leave some space for the two of them to talk.

After all, he had nothing left to say to Cheng Ruolan.

"Here, you don't like coffee, so I bought you milk tea." Lu Mingnan smiled and handed it to Liu Ling.

Who would have thought that the seemingly domineering factory manager actually only likes sweet things?

Liu Ling took the milk tea and smiled at him.

Cheng Ruolan interrupted the atmosphere between the two again, "Mingnan, you don't know about the letter? It's the letter I wrote to you! I've written you several letters over the years, haven't you received them?"

"It's you! It must be you!" Cheng Ruolan shouted angrily at Liu Ling, "Did you receive all the letters I wrote to Mingnan? You did it on purpose! You deliberately didn't let Mingnan know that I wrote to him."

"Yes! I did it on purpose!" Liu Ling didn't deny it; in fact, she did it on purpose.

Some things, if kept hidden for too long, will always remain a thorn. She didn't believe that she and Lu Mingnan had come this far, and that they were still afraid of a few letters!

Lu Mingnan sighed almost imperceptibly and asked, "So what kind of letter is it?"

Cheng Ruolan immediately rushed to him excitedly and said, "It was written for you. I regret it. I've realized that I still like you, no, I like you the most. I want to start over with you."

“But her!” Cheng Ruolan pointed at Liu Ling and angrily cursed, “But she’s jealous. She’s worried that you still like me and that we’ll get back together, so she destroyed all the letters I wrote to you.”

"Mingnan, Mingnan, I know it was all my fault before, I'm sorry, but you've always been the only one in my heart! We could have been together, but because of Liu Ling, she made us miss each other, Mingnan!"

Liu Ling gripped her milk tea tightly, suddenly realizing that it wasn't sweet enough. She thought the staff must have forgotten to add sugar, which made it taste bad.

"it's me!"

Liu Ling didn't look at Lu Mingnan; her gaze was fixed on the milk tea in her hand, but she admitted her 'crime'.