Being a Lady of an Influential Family

Fu Zheng returned to the south a year ago and came back only a month later. Counting the time on the road, he stayed in the south for only half a month.

"Aren't you afraid that Governor Wang will be angry?" Zhuo Lin leaned in Fu Zheng's arms and flipped through a book. The two of them leaned together on the soft sofa, which was very comfortable and warm.

Fu Zheng held Zhuo Lin with one hand and supported his chin with the other, thinking about something.

She realized that Zhuo Lin had stopped flipping through the book and was looking up at her before she came back to her senses, "Huh? What?"

Zhuo Lin put the book in her hand aside and looked at Fu Zheng seriously, "What's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?" She found that Fu Zheng was always lost in thought when he came back this time.

Zhuo Lin knew that Fu Zheng was not a person who liked to think wildly. If he had any problems, he would solve them on the spot. To make him so distracted, it means that this is probably not a trivial matter.

Fu Zheng said flatly: "No, what can happen?"

"..." That's it.

Zhuo Lin looked at him and said seriously: "If you have anything to tell me, I can also give you some advice. If it doesn't work, please discuss it personally."

Fu Zheng took her back into his arms, rested his chin on her shoulder and nodded, "Yes, I know."

But Fu Zheng still didn't say anything, and Zhuo Lin looked at him but didn't get to the bottom of it.

"Arlin, will you leave me?" Fu Zheng suddenly asked.

Zhuo Lin was startled, "Okay, how can you ask this kind of question? Is it because of Zhang Bi or Xiao Zhu this time?" These words were a bit ridiculing. Although Fu Zheng would be jealous from time to time, most of them were joking. . This is not only believing in their relationship and Zhuo Lin's character, but also believing in the character of Zhang Bi and Xiao Zhu.

If Fu Zheng was really worried about this, he would never just say a few words and never stop their communication.

Fu Zheng didn't joke this time, holding Zhuo Lin's hand that wanted to take the book, "Will you leave me?"

Zhuo Lin thought for a while, "Probably not, right? Unless you have done something sorry for me."

Fu Zheng was silent, and Zhuo Lin raised her eyebrows, "You didn't really do anything, did you?"

Fu Zheng chuckled lightly, "How could it be? I was just asking."

Zhuo Lin turned her head and looked at Fu Zheng. Fu Zheng looked as usual, "I'm just a little worried."

Zhuo Lin smiled and said, "What are you worried about? If I liked someone when I saw them, I wouldn't have gotten married in the first place."

Fu Zheng hugged her tighter, "Arlin, don't leave me."

Zhuo Lin had no choice but to pat his vest comfortingly, "Okay."

At that time, Zhuo Lin did not know that her marriage was about to set off a huge turmoil.

One day half a month later, Zhuo Lin walked into the office after class and saw an unsigned envelope on her desk.

Zhuo Lin frowned, looked at the empty office around her, lowered her head and opened the envelope.

Several photos slipped out of the envelope and fell to the ground. Zhuo Lin leaned over to pick them up but suddenly pulled back before her fingers touched the photos.

The quality of the black and white photo was not good, but it was enough for her to see clearly who the people in the photo were and what they were doing.

There was a man and a woman in the photo. The man was very familiar to her, while the woman looked pale and delicate but also vaguely familiar to her. The two people in the photo are intimately intertwined. There are four photos in total. The poses and angles of the two people are different, but they are all the same... making people want to vomit.

Zhuo Lin put down the photo and couldn't help but turned her head and retched.

She was the only one in the office quietly. It took Zhuo Lin a while to finally calm down. She suppressed the discomfort in her stomach and picked up the photos again with slightly trembling fingers.

She was right, the person in the photo was indeed her husband... Fu Zheng.

"Ugh..." She had a strong desire to vomit, but couldn't vomit anything out. Zhuo Lin almost choked to tears.

After an unknown amount of time, she finally put the photos into her bag, got up and walked out of the office.

In the evening, when school was over, there were still students who were not late leaving in twos and threes at the school gate. When they saw Zhuo Lin, her classmates all said hello to her, "Hello, Teacher Zhuo."

"Teacher Zhuo."

This time Zhuo Lin did not smile back at them as usual, but walked out quickly with lowered eyes.

"Zhuo...Mrs. Fu?" A person suddenly stopped in front of Zhuo Lin, and Zhuo Lin had to stop suddenly. The person standing in front of her was a middle-aged woman in her forties. The woman was wearing a somewhat old embroidered cotton jacket and skirt. There were already many wrinkles on her face and she looked very sad. Zhuo Lin quickly determined that she did not recognize her. this person.

"Who are you?"

The woman stood in front of Zhuo Lin and suddenly knelt down with a plop.

This kneeling immediately attracted the attention of everyone around him, and those who were about to leave also stopped and looked here curiously.

"Mrs. Fu." The woman was sobbing, "Please, give our girl a way to survive!"

"..." Zhuo Lin suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, "What?"

The woman covered her face and cried, but her words were not idle, "Mrs. Fu, please be kind and give our girl a way to survive."

"Who is your girl...?"

The woman raised her head and looked at Zhuo Lin in shock, as if Zhuo Lin had asked some strange question. After a while, he said timidly, "Our girl...my daughter was recruited by General Fu in Jiangnan. Didn't he tell you?"

Zhuo Lin closed her eyes, took a deep breath, opened her eyes and looked directly at the other person, "I have never heard of this."

The woman said in panic: "Everything I said is true! I didn't lie. Mrs. Fu, you are also a woman. Please save our girl for the sake of being a woman, she will die! I Guarantee, as long as she has a title, she will never have any evil thoughts!"

Zhuo Lin said: "You should go to Fu Zheng about this matter."

The woman closed her mouth and stopped talking, but her expression became increasingly sad.

"Mom!" A young woman stumbled over with the support of two people, threw herself in front of the woman kneeling on the ground, hugged her and cried loudly.

There were more people watching the excitement around. People were whispering to each other in twos and threes, looking at Zhuo Lin and the mother and daughter with curiosity in their eyes.

Zhuo Lin lowered her eyes and said calmly: "Fu Zheng didn't tell me about this. If you need any explanation, just let Fu Zheng say it in front of me."

The young woman looked at Zhuo Lin timidly with red eyes, "Mrs. Fu, I'm sorry... I asked General Fu, but he ignored me. I... we couldn't find General Fu in Jiangnan, so..."

Zhuo Lin smiled bitterly in her heart. She couldn't find Fu Zheng, so she came to the capital and the school to follow and spy on her.

She had recognized that this woman was the young girl she saw with Zhang Zuo that day.

"What's your relationship with Xing Wei?" Zhuo Lin asked.

The young woman said, "Distant cousin...distant relative."

Zhuo Lin nodded and turned to leave.

"Mrs. Fu!"

The middle-aged woman was a little anxious when she saw that she was leaving, and said loudly, "My daughter...my daughter is pregnant! She has General Fu's child!!"

"..."

Fu Zheng came back from outside, and his expression became particularly ugly the moment he stepped into the hall.

In the hall, Zhuo Lin was leaning on the sofa, lost in thought with a book. A mother and daughter were sitting on the sofa not far from her. Fu Zheng didn't know the mother, but when he saw the woman, Fu Zheng's expression changed instantly.

"Arlene..." Fu Zheng's voice was dry.

Zhuo Lin came back to her senses, looked up at the uneasy expression of the man in front of her, and understood everything in an instant.

Zhuo Lin raised her lips slightly and asked, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

Fu Zheng's face turned pale, and looking at his appearance, Zhuo Lin even felt like laughing. Fu Zheng probably had never looked so ugly before, even though he and his soldiers were almost in a desperate situation because their weapons had been seized. When Zhuo Lin came over with a large number of weapons, Fu Zheng's appearance was not as ugly as it is now, although he looked embarrassed.

However, she really couldn't laugh at this time.

Without waiting for Fu Zheng to say anything, the woman stood up and walked quickly to Fu Zheng, "Fu...General Fu..." She seemed to want to get close to Fu Zheng but also seemed afraid, so she only dared to stand a few steps away from Fu Zheng. He looked at Fu Zheng timidly with red eyes.

The middle-aged woman didn't have so many worries. She stood up and said with a smile: "General Fu, you are finally back. Our girl has the flesh and blood of the general. General..." Before she could say anything, Fu Zheng was fierce. His eyes had fallen on her face, and the cold and furious gaze made the woman shut her mouth abruptly.

Fu Zheng didn't look at the two of them anymore, but quickly walked towards Zhuo Lin who was sitting on the sofa.

"Arlin, listen to me...I..." Fu Zheng said a little anxiously.

Zhuo Lin nodded slightly and said, "I listen, you tell me."

Fu Zhengdao: "I didn't think about it...she was when I went drinking with someone when I was in the south...I didn't mean anything else, you believe me!"

Zhuo Lin didn't speak. She wanted to say that she believed Fu Zheng. In fact, she really believed that Fu Zheng had no intention of taking a concubine. But...looking at the woman in front of her who was wiping away tears while holding her belly that showed no signs of showing any signs, and the middle-aged woman who was pretending to cry again, she didn't want to say anything.

Reaching out to pick up the stack of photos from the table and handing them over, Zhuo Lin said somewhat sadly: "Let's take a look."

Fu Zheng was startled. He took the photo and looked down at it. The look on his face became stiffer.

The middle-aged woman standing next to her slapped her thigh and started crying again, "General Fu, you can't ignore our girl. She has your flesh and blood. If you don't care about her, how will she live in the future? Mrs. Fu, please Give her a way to survive."

The woman cried and knelt down in front of Zhuo Lin again. When the young woman saw her mother kneeling down, she also knelt down sobbing.

The middle-aged woman's shouting voice and the young woman's whimpering cry made Zhuo Lin's forehead hurt as if it was going to explode. She raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brows. The contents of the photos kept flashing in front of her eyes. Finally, she couldn't help but turned around and lay on the sofa to retching.

"Arlin!" Fu Zheng hurriedly stepped forward to help her, but Zhuo Lin reached out and pushed away his outstretched hand. Fu Zheng's outstretched hand froze in mid-air and remained silent for a moment.

"Shut up!" Fu Zheng, annoyed by the crying, shouted angrily.

The two cries of different levels stopped immediately, and the hall suddenly became quiet.

Fu Zheng stood aside stiffly, and waited until Zhuo Lin calmed down a little before whispering: "Arin, it was really an accident. It was just that one time. Can you forgive me? I promise to deal with this matter." !”

Zhuo Lin smiled bitterly and shook her head, "You really only hid this one thing from me?"

Fu Zhengdao: "Naturally."

Zhuo Lin looked at him, "Then, why did I never know... that you have a daughter?"

Fu Zheng's heart skipped a beat, "I...that's me, that's..."

"I know." Zhuo Lin said lightly: "The mother of that child was the personal girl given to you by your grandmother when you were young, but... why did you lie to me?"

Fu Zheng is already over 10 years old, so having children is not so unacceptable. Zhuo Lin felt that this was probably her own oversight. She asked Fu Zheng if he had any concubines, but she never thought of asking him if he had any children. If she had asked clearly from the beginning, she believed that Fu Zheng would not lie to her.

Zhuo Lin herself came from a noble family, so she naturally knew that when the young masters in the family grew up, the elders in the family had the habit of giving their personal girls to the younger generations to be their wives.

To a certain extent, this is also to prevent young men from causing scandals or contracting diseases by messing around outside before they get married. Some of these women will become concubines after entering the main house, and some will be let out to get married. This is how the eldest girl from the Fu family came to be. She is now in her early ten years. It's just that Fu Zheng didn't marry a wife after all, and his wife had a child without even entering the house. This was not something that would be publicized in the conservative south. In addition, the eldest girl's biological mother died young, so except for those very close to her, no one knew that there was such a girl in the Fu family.

It's fine if others don't know, but Zhuo Lin went back to Yongcheng with Fu Zheng, and she didn't know either, so it could only be that the Fu family deliberately concealed the matter.

They stayed at Fu's house for a short time, and Zhuo Lin never saw the eldest girl from the beginning to the end.

Fu Zheng knew he was in the wrong, "Originally... my mother said that you and I have just gotten married, so I shouldn't bother you with this matter. I wanted to wait until you have a child, and then talk slowly..."

Fu Zheng really didn't hide this matter from Zhuo Lin on purpose. At first, he simply forgot that he had a daughter. Fu Zheng has been wandering away from home for a long time. Not to mention his daughter, his parents cannot see each other all year round. He was not involved in the entire process from conception to birth to growth of the child. The first time he knew he had a daughter was when he returned home for the first time three years after leaving home. The child was almost two years old at that time.

When he thought about it, he felt a little uneasy. He didn't know if this child would affect his relationship with Zhuo Lin, so he finally kept it a secret.

Zhuo Lin looked at him, "So... do you think I will still believe you? A woman, a child... no, two children. Fu Zheng, what surprises are you going to give me next time?"

"I……"

Zhuo Lin stood up, glanced at the two women who were still kneeling on the ground, and said calmly: "It's up to you how to deal with it. As for us...Fu Zheng, let's get a divorce."

"No!" Fu Zheng was shocked, his voice echoed throughout the hall, startling the two women kneeling on the ground.

Regardless of her rejection, Fu Zheng stepped forward and grabbed Zhuo Lin's arm and said, "I told you this time was really an accident, and it will never happen again! Just because of this, you want to divorce me?! You said you would never leave me!"

Zhuo Lin slapped his hand away, looked at him for a moment and said calmly: "You didn't understand why I wanted a divorce at all. You also said that you would not lie to me."

Fu Zheng said angrily: "If I don't understand, just tell me that I understand! Just tell me!"

Zhuo Lin's originally calm face turned angry. She sneered and said, "Why should I say that?" After saying that, she turned and walked upstairs, and Fu Zheng quickly followed.

Zhuo Lin turned around and said coldly: "Fu Zheng, don't follow me!"

Fu Zheng paused, not sure whether it was because of her cold eyes or for some reason. He stood blankly at the top of the stairs and watched her back going upstairs.

There was silence in the hall, and the air was so oppressive that it made people feel breathless.

The mother and daughter who were kneeling on the ground looked at each other. The young woman looked up at her mother in surprise. When she found that Fu Zhengzheng was looking at her with a gloomy look, she wanted to hide herself behind her mother.

Fu Zheng stared at the mother and daughter on the ground, the look on his face getting darker and darker.

He didn't expect that a woman he didn't care about at all would cause him so much trouble.

When I was in Jiangnan last year, it was just an extremely unusual occasion for me to have a drink with my colleagues. Those people at the banquet got a few girls from nowhere. It is said that not all the girls who came out of the building were innocent girls from good families. Fu Zheng had no interest in or paid attention to these things. How could a girl from a good family attend a party of a group of grown men? No matter how nice it is, I'm afraid it's just a different way of saying it, but the inside is still the same.

It's just that he didn't expect that he, who had always had a good drinker, would actually get drunk. What happened next... Afterwards, those colleagues admitted that they got him drunk on purpose, but they just felt that he was too unsociable for not being a womanizer. What if Fu Zheng gets angry and beats the person up? This time when he went back to the south, this woman came to his door again, but Fu Zheng ignored her and drove her away. This woman only went there once and then disappeared. Fu Zheng thought she had left alone, but he didn't expect that she actually came to the capital and found Arlin.

When something like this happened, he really didn't know what to do except hide Zhuo Lin.

And this kind of thing...if you don't say it outright at the first time, then you won't be able to say it out later.

"General..." The young woman grabbed her mother's clothes and trembled under Fu Zheng's gaze.

Fu Zhengyin pulled out the gun from his waist with a sullen face and loaded it with two clicks.

The two women screamed in terror and hugged each other, "General... General, please spare your life."

Fu Zheng stared at the young woman, "You said you were pregnant?"

The woman's face was pale, and she nodded tremblingly: "Yes...I, I don't dare to lie to the general, please, please be aware of it."

The middle-aged woman also said quickly: "General Fu, we didn't dare to come to your door at first. We all remember the general's warning. However, our girl is pregnant, so there is really nothing we can do. We know the rules. , I just want a place for the girl and the child, and I will never dare to compete with the madam. I beg the general, for the sake of the child, have mercy on us. Otherwise... we really can't survive." After saying this, he hugged The daughter burst into tears.

Zhuo Lin came down from upstairs carrying a small suitcase. Fu Zheng was shocked when he saw the suitcase in her hand and said quickly: "Arin, what are you going to do?"

Zhuo Lin said: "I just said it."

"I don't agree!" Fu Zheng said coldly.

Zhuo Lin had a frosty look on her face, "Have you forgotten what I said when we got married? Fu Zheng, let's get together and relax, don't make it too ugly." Pushing Fu Zheng away, Zhuo Lin didn't look back. Go outside.

Fu Zheng hurriedly chased after her. He knew that Zhuo Lin was angry but he didn't dare to grab her. He didn't stop in front of Zhuo Lin until he reached the edge of the lawn outside the door.

"What will it take for you to forgive me? As long as you say it, I won't say anything!" Fu Zheng said in a deep voice.

Zhuo Lin chuckled lightly, but her eyes were filled with water.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before opening her eyes again and looking at the tall man in front of her. "That's enough, Fu Zheng. It was my own choice to get married. Now that I have ended up like this, I won't throw all the responsibility on him." You. I believe you didn’t want to cheat, and I also believe you didn’t mean to lie to me. But... I can’t accept it, do you understand? "

Fu Zheng gritted his teeth and said: "I can't accept it...after all, you still don't believe me!"

Zhuo Lin said calmly: "Then do you mind if I find a man to conceive the child?"

The look on Fu Zheng's face was a little distorted, and his hands hanging by his sides were clenched tightly into fists, with his finger bones cracking.

Zhuo Lin said calmly: "Look, this is just... unacceptable. I'll move out first and go get the divorce tomorrow."

Seeing Zhuo Lin about to leave, Fu Zheng stepped forward and hugged her tightly, "Arlin, don't leave, please..."

Zhuo Lin wanted to struggle, but as soon as she moved, she felt dizzy, and that uncomfortable feeling of vomiting came again. She couldn't push Fu Zheng away with her strength, so she could only retching in Fu Zheng's arms.

Fu Zheng felt a chill in his heart.

"Arlene..."