C10 I'm Not an Outsider Either

Chapter Ten: I'm Not An Outsider

It was Shao Yunchen's mother, walking with a young woman. The two of them were deep in conversation and laughing. When she looked carefully, Lu Yao realized that she knew the other woman. She was the same woman from last night, Shao Yunchen's assistant.

Mrs. Shao looked shocked to see Lu Yao at the hospital.

When their eyes met, Mrs. Shao composed herself. She nodded to Mrs. Lu and said with a smile, "I'm not well. Yunchen asked Xuezi to bring me to the hospital. Don't think too much of it."

"I know that she's Yunchen's assistant," Lu Yao said with a smile as she held on to her mother's arm without the slightest hint of shakiness. "Mother, next time you need help, you call me. There's no need to call an outsider."

Mrs. Shao smiled thinly.

Fu Xuezi was not one to hold back. Hearing Lu Yao's dismissive words, she looked at her coldly. "Miss Lu, I'm Mr. Shao's assistant. Taking care of his mother is my duty. I'm not an outsider."

Hearing the arrogance in the woman's voice, Mrs. Lu was disturbed. She wanted to defend her daughter.

Lu Yao, however, seemed unperturbed. "Mr. Shao is your boss, and I am his wife. Call me Mrs. Shao, not Miss Lu. As an assistant, do you not have that much of common sense?"

Fu Xuezi's face turned even darker.

Lu Yao glanced over at Mrs. Shao and smiled. "Mother, I'm sorry. I have matters to attend to so I would be unable to accompany you back. Let Miss Xuezi come with you. I have to leave."

"All right." Mrs. Shao nodded shortly.

Lu Yao caught a glimpse of contempt in Mrs. Shao's eyes, but pretended not to see it. Her heart was heavy as she held her mother by the arm and walked past Mrs. Shao and Fu Xuezi.

Before marriage, she had always gone out of her way to take care of the Shao family. She brought gifts whenever she visited them. But no one in the Shao Family had ever been nice to her. Only Mrs. Shao was kind enough, that too perhaps because the Lu family was wealthy.

When Mrs. Shao had been hospitalized because of her kidney stones, Lu Yao looked after her at the hospital for the better part of a month. She had personally prepared three meals a day for her until the day she recovered and was discharged.

However, even though she had looked after Mrs. Shao like she was her own mother for a long period of time, Mrs. Shao simply did not like her much. Lu Yao was tired of her attention not being reciprocated.

Really tired.

No matter how much effort she put in her relationship with his family, Shao Yunchen would never look twice at her.

When she left the hospital, Lu Yao realized that she had left some medicines at the counter. She asked her mother to wait for her and went back to get the tablets.

She met Fu Xuezi again in the long corridor, but this time Mrs. Shao was not by her side.

When Fu Xuezi saw her, she deliberately stepped in Lu Yao's way. "Lu Yao, let's talk."

She stood tall, her tone arrogant.

Lu Yao did not even grace her with a glance. She tried to walk around her a few times, but to no avail. Fu Xuezi kept blocking her.

"What is it?"

"I'm Fu Xuezi. You can look into my family background," Fu Xuezi said haughtily. "I know about your father's situation."

Lu Yao said, a faint smile lingering on her lips, "The entire city knows about my father's arrest. It would be strange if you didn't."

This morning, while she had been waiting for Shao Yunchen in the hospital ward, she had looked up Fu Xuezi's name on the internet. She was from a wealthy family.

Why would a rich woman want to be someone's assistant? The reason was obvious. She had her sights set on Shao Yunchen.

Fu Xuezi did not want to waste much time talking to Lu Yao, so she went straight to the point. "I know you need two million yuan. If you divorce Shao Yunchen, I'll give you the money."

She fished out a cheque from her bag and handed it to Lu Yao straightaway.

Lu Yao looked down at the cheque. It was genuine, was written for two million yuan and was signed. If she agreed to take it, she could go to the bank to encash the cheque right now.

Lu Yao did not reply and stared at Fu Xuezi.

"Shao Yunchen and I are fine, why would I want to divorce him? I can borrow two million yuan whenever I want."