Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All

Chapter 128: Chapter 128 Luo Yanqing Stands Up for His Wife

Zhang Sheng wasn’t particularly happy about getting two days off to go home; he wanted to achieve something, to have the group members, the leaders of the institute, and people from other project teams admire him.

As he was nearing forty, he was unwilling to continue in mediocrity and did not want to retire as a mere junior researcher.

Thus, even though he was reluctant, when the team leader gave everyone a holiday, Zhang Sheng had to go home to rest as ordered.

What he hadn’t expected was that just as he stepped through his front door and had barely settled in, Luo Yanqing invited him to take a walk.

Luo Yanqing, who had recently emerged as a promising new talent in the scientific research field, was highly valued by the leaders of the institute.

Zhang Sheng had thought about trying to transfer to the project team under Luo Yanqing, yet since he started working, he had already been in more than two research teams and hadn’t achieved any notable results in any of them.

If he continued switching teams, his reputation would inevitably suffer.

In fact, when he was scheming to move to the second project team, people at the institute were already speaking ill of him behind his back, and although he pretended not to hear it, it made him extremely uncomfortable.

Today, Luo Yanqing had taken the initiative to invite him for a walk; could it be that he wanted to invite him to join his team for the upcoming new projects?

If so, that would be great!

With a mix of three parts anticipation, three parts joy, and four parts uncertainty, Zhang Sheng walked with Luo Yanqing toward the state-run restaurant.

Along the way, Luo Yanqing didn’t say a word, while Zhang Sheng occasionally brought up institute matters, to which Luo only listened quietly, responding at most with a grunt of acknowledgment.

Three dishes were ordered along with two servings of white rice and a more refined bottle of white wine, all paid for with Luo Yanqing’s money and coupons.

Despite his reserved and seemingly unsociable demeanor, Luo Yanqing was, in reality, very clear about social nuances.

”Little Luo, do you have something to tell me?”

Suppressing all his conjectures, Zhang Sheng looked at the wine and dishes on the table without reaching for the chopsticks but voiced the question in his mind.

At this moment, Zhang Sheng felt that his previous thoughts were likely overthinking it; frankly, he had a vague feeling that Luo Yanqing’s invitation to have this meal at the state-run restaurant was definitely not about asking him to join his new project team.

After all, such matters could be settled in just a few words; why need to come to this state-run restaurant to discuss it?

Furthermore, if he truly wanted to invite him to join the new project team, why hadn’t he mentioned even a single word during their walk?

Luo Yanqing, of course, didn’t know what Zhang Sheng was thinking and wouldn’t probe; he opened the bottle of wine, poured a little for both himself and Zhang Sheng, and then, with a clear, low voice tinged with a faint air of indifference, finally spoke, ”Comrade Loo said my wife is a ’Vixen.’ Kindly let her know that I am aware of it.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Sheng was initially stunned, then felt both awkward and uncomfortable: ”This...” He knew that his wife, Loo Ping, had most likely mentioned the new young wife of the man before him as a ”Vixen” in her gossip, thus maligning her.

But how did Luo Yanqing learn about these women’s petty conflicts?

Could it be... could it be that his newly-wed wife had told him?

Luo Yanqing said, ”Have a drink.” Looking at the wine glass in front of Zhang Sheng, he made a gesture of invitation.

”Thank you! Due to health reasons, I shouldn’t drink.”

This statement was half-true and half-false; it wasn’t that he couldn’t drink, but that he easily got drunk.

Based on this, Zhang Sheng seldom drank with others.

Luo Yanqing, hearing this, didn’t say anything further.

Neither of them touched the chopsticks and just sat quietly. After a while, Zhang Sheng stood up: ”I still have some work to handle, so I won’t be able to dine with you today. I hope you understand.”