Rebirth: At the beginning, the cool school beauty was caught stealing in the supermarket

Chapter 779 White lies
His phone vibrated, and Lu Yuanqiu knew it was probably Bai Qingxia messaging him again to ask about the situation, but he didn't have time to reply at the moment.

"Putting aside any past grievances between us, even in a normal relationship, how could I possibly agree to such a nonsensical request?" Lu Yuanqiu retorted.

Zhang Yifei also had a somber expression. When he heard his father invite Lu Yuanqiu over, he thought it was a good thing that his father wanted to ease tensions. But now he heard that it was for that woman, Dai Yidan.
He was somewhat angry, but dared not show it at the moment.

"dad."

"Don't talk."

Zhang Yifei had barely uttered two words when Zhang Zhisheng raised his hand to stop him.

Zhang Zhisheng sat back down and said to his son, "Xiaofei, go out for a walk first. Don't tell your mother what I just said, okay?"

Zhang Yifei immediately stood up, as if he didn't want to stay there for even a second longer, but he was still a little worried. He looked at Lu Yuanqiu and the other person, and then heard Zhang Zhisheng say, "You don't need to worry, go out first."

"Senior Lu, Sister Wangchun..."

"It's alright, you can go out first. We'll let you know when we leave," Lu Yuanqiu replied.

"it is good."

I heard the sound of a door closing behind me.

The food wasn't to my liking to begin with, and the conversation had reached an awkward point. Liu Wangchun put down his chopsticks, crossed his arms, and leaned back.

"Uncle Zhang, who would agree to such a request without a good reason?"

To put it bluntly, those words just now were not something Zhang Zhisheng would say; they were too low-class. They could even be translated as: "I slapped you, don't be angry, don't worry, I didn't mean any harm."

"Want to drink?" Zhang Zhisheng looked up.

"Huh? I'm not drinking, I'm driving." Liu Wangchun frowned.

Zhang Zhisheng smiled and said, "Xiaochun, don't worry, I'm asking about Xiaoqiu."

Lu Yuanqiu shook his head: "I won't drink."

Zhang Zhisheng got up and walked to the shelf on his own. He seemed to have suddenly become interested. Lu Yuanqiu took a deep breath and took the time to reply to Bai Qingxia's message so as not to worry her.

Bai Qingxia: How is it?
Lu Yuanqiu: There's no danger, it's just a bit outrageous. I'll tell you when I get back.

“When I was younger, I would often go out drinking with a friend, drinking until we were completely drunk and out of it. Because of this, his wife had a lot of complaints.” Zhang Zhisheng chatted and laughed, “I was scolded by his wife, but I didn’t dare to say a word.”

"After all, we've been friends for many years, good friends... close friends."

He placed a bottle of white liquor on the table, poured himself a glass, and drank it all.

"That friend's name is Bai Songzhe?" Lu Yuanqiu asked curiously.

Zhang Zhisheng didn't say anything, but filled the empty glass.

After he finished speaking, he reached to the side, picked up a hard-boiled egg, and started peeling it. Only then did Lu Yuanqiu realize that there was another dish on the table—six hard-boiled eggs on a plate.

Zhang Zhisheng looked up: "Xiao Qiu, you're curious why Dai Yidan suddenly approached your mother, right?" Lu Yuanqiu: "Yes."

Zhang Zhisheng ate a hard-boiled egg in two bites and explained, "Because for so many years, she has been looking for her birth mother, and for some reason she has taken your mother as her birth mother, that's why she suddenly approached your mother with a very strong purpose."

After accompanying her to the hospital last time, Zhang Zhisheng realized that his words at the birthday party had misled Dai Yidan. He couldn't help himself at the time and revealed a little bit of information. He regretted it afterward, but he didn't expect it to cause a misunderstanding.

Zhang Zhisheng had initially intended to ignore it and let Dai Yidan run wild, but a sudden incident forced him to decide to prolong the misunderstanding for the time being.

"Good, good, this is truly an unexpected reply..." Lu Yuanqiu's eyes widened in surprise, and Liu Wangchun stared blankly at the other side of the table.

"If possible, I hope you and your mother can cooperate with me and weave a short...kind lie for her."

Zhang Zhisheng stared straight ahead, paused after speaking, his eyes seemed a little dry. He habitually reached for the second egg, but then restrained himself, saying self-deprecatingly, "Never mind, I won't eat it. My cholesterol has been high lately."

Remembering how Dai Yidan always casually inquired about her family, Lu Yuanqiu realized that there was probably an 80% chance that Zhang Zhisheng's story was true.

But it's also possible that it's fake; this might just be one step in Zhang Zhisheng's preparation plan to obtain the formula.

Just as Lu Yuanqiu was trying to confirm the true relationship between the two, Liu Wangchun couldn't help but ask, "Why do you say it's short-lived? Is it enough to just lie to her for a while?"

Zhang Zhisheng took a deep breath, took out his phone, found a picture, and pushed it over.

"This is yesterday's examination. It's late-stage pancreatic cancer. The doctor said the cancer cells have spread, and she only has six months left. Even if the King of Heaven himself came, he couldn't cure her."

"Huh?" Lu Yuanqiu was taken aback.

He picked up his phone and looked at the report; it was still from the First Municipal Hospital.

Zhang Zhisheng explained, "She already knew about her condition but kept it from me. Yesterday, I saw that she suddenly had severe abdominal pain, so I took her to get a checkup. If you don't believe me, you can take her to get a checkup yourself."

"...She's been acting very urgently lately about finding her birth mother, and that's when I found out why." Zhang Zhisheng muttered to himself as he finished his second glass of wine.

But he also had his reasons for not being able to tell Dai Yidan the truth... Instead, he let Dai Yidan believe that she had truly found her mother in her final days, so that she could die without regrets.

Liu Wangchun took the phone and checked it.

Lu Yuanqiu paused for a moment, then looked at Zhang Zhisheng: "I'm sorry, my mother might soften her heart and agree, but I'm not a saint, and I'm not familiar with Dai Yidan. There are so many people in the world who suffer... I have one right beside me. I can help you, but what's in it for me?"

Liu Wangchun glanced at Lu Yuanqiu silently, somewhat puzzled. Given Lu Yuanqiu's personality, he should definitely help with this kind of favor.

Zhang Zhisheng rubbed his temples and took off his glasses: "To be honest, I really want to get Bai Qingxia's formula... by all sorts of methods, but after what happened with Dai Yidan, I suddenly realized that I'm getting old and can't take any more trouble. If you're willing to help, I will return Bai Xi to the Bai family later, which can be considered as making up for my mistakes back then."

"Bang!" Lu Yuanqiu suddenly slammed his hand on the table and angrily rebuked Zhang Zhisheng, "Is this the only mistake you made back then?!"

Liu Wangchun was startled and was panting heavily. Lu Yuanqiu was also panting heavily, but Zhang Zhisheng remained calm.

He slowly shook his head: "Indeed, this is not the only mistake I have made."

(End of this chapter)