She heard the man next to her address Jiang Yao as Young Madam Lu so respectfully. It was the same kind of respect that she had shown the lady boss in the factory.
How ironic!
She knew that the Lu family was wealthy, but she did not expect them to be so powerful.
Jiang Yao stayed with Jiang Lei in the coffee house for nearly an hour. She watched him as he drank a few cups of bitter coffee as if they were beer. In the end, she stopped him.
"Second Brother, let's go home. Drinking too much coffee is bad for your stomach. Tomorrow is our brother's wedding. If you drink too much, then you'll bring bad luck to them." Jiang Yao patted Jiang Lei on his shoulder. "You're a man. It's understandable if you're sad for a while. If you really show me how painful you look, then I'll look down on you."
After a long while, Jiang Lei finally grunted in gratitude. He looked at Jiang Yao, nodded before he put on his coat, and stood up.
In only a few hours, Jiang Lei was so depressed that it seemed like he was a different person.
When the two of them stood outside the bus station and waited for the bus to return to town, Jiang Lei crouched under the sign for a smoke, one cigarette after another, as if he would die if he ran out of cigarettes.
When Lu Xiaoxiao drove past them, she saw her sister-in-law standing elegantly beside a homeless man. She only recognized him when she drove closer. It was Jiang Lei.
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