Chapter 367 - Lu Mo's Predicament
Chapter 367: Lu Mo’s Predicament
Qiao An sent her friend’s restaurant address to Lu Mo. When Lu Mo saw that the restaurant was in a barren area of the capital, her heart turned cold.
She knew that Qiao An was deliberately humiliating her. She wanted her, a young lady, to suffer a little and give up on Huo Xiaoran willingly to eliminate her greatest worry.
Lu Mo smirked at this thought. She packed her luggage that day and prepared to report to the restaurant tomorrow.
Her stepmother watched coldly as she packed her luggage in a hurry, her eyes filled with disdain. Then, she pointed at Lu Mo and said, “Lu Mo, why did you make such a big commotion when you’re packing?”
The reason why Lu Mo had to pack her luggage with great fanfare was actually that she had her own thoughts. She wanted Father Lu and her stepmother to know that she was moving out and take the initiative to give her some financial help.
After all, she was penniless now. If she went to work, her boss would probably not give her an advance salary. Then she would not be able to make her moves.
However, Father Lu and his stepmother seemed to not be able to read her mind. Father Lu sat on the balcony and smoked, not caring what she was doing at all. His stepmother watched coldly.
Lu Mo slowly packed her luggage and braced herself to walk up to Father Lu. “Dad.”
Mr. Lu looked up at her and was slightly surprised to see the luggage at her feet. “Where are you going?”
Lu Mo said, “Dad, I want to try the job Qiao An recommended to me.”
Mr. Lu’s elegant face instantly cracked. “That waitressing position at the restaurant? Momo, if you have any backbone, you shouldn’t accept her charity.”
Lu Mo said with tears in her eyes, “Dad, you probably don’t know, but in the past few days, I’ve been applying for a job. However, those resumes either sank into the sea or the company rejected me outright, saying that they don’t want anyone with a stain on them. If I still have a way out, how can I be willing to accept her offer?”
Mr. Lu fell silent.
During this period of time, he had seen Lu Mo’s performance. She was a completely different person from before. In the past, he never expected that his daughter would pick him up from work on a rainy day. She could swallow her anger when her stepmother treated her coldly.
He thought that after this blow, Lu Mo might really have repented. Therefore, he did not doubt Lu Mo’s words.
He only pitied Lu Mo and said, “Since you’ve already decided, Daddy won’t stop you.”
He looked at the reserved Lu Mo and roughly guessed her thoughts. He said to his newly married wife, “Honey, get some money for Momo. It’s inconvenient for her to not have money.”
Her stepmother mocked Lu Mo’s father, “Only you would be stupid enough to believe that she was going to work. In my opinion, she clearly doesn’t want to give up on CEO Huo. Why else would she do everything she can to get close to Qiao An? There are so many jobs in the world. I don’t believe that an overseas student like you can’t find a better job than a restaurant waitress.”
Her stepmother hit the nail on the head, and Father Lu questioned Lu Mo’s motive. However, Lu Mo shook her head aggrievedly. “Auntie, I just remembered what Qiao An said to me that day: Get up from where you fell. I really didn’t think as much as you do.”
Mr. Lu saw that her attitude was humble and considered his deep father-daughter relationship with Lu Mo. Although she was not his biological daughter, Mr. Lu was already old and had no other children other than Lu Mo. Naturally, he treated Lu Mo as his own.
“Stop it. Give it to her,” he said coldly to his newly married wife.
Her stepmother was very helpless. She got up and entered the house. When she came out, she was holding a thin stack of bills. When Lu Mo saw the money that could barely support her, she suddenly felt a huge sense of loss.
When her stepmother handed her the money, her attitude was very arrogant. “Take it. Save it. It’s enough for you to eat for a few months.”
Lu Mo’s eyes turned red. She really felt aggrieved.
Girls liked to be beautiful. In the past, she used to spend money lavishly and buy expensive clothes and jewelry without blinking. Now, she had to worry about three meals a day.
Mr. Lu probably also felt that Lu Mo’s quality of life would be too poor with this amount. He complained to his wife, “Why is it so little?”
Her stepmother finally couldn’t take it anymore. She rolled her eyes at her husband and said coldly, “If you think it’s too little, why don’t you earn more? You’re already so old, but you’re still raising such an old daughter. Don’t you think your life is too sad? Others are as old as you, but they don’t enjoy the blessings of their children.”
Lu Mo was thin-skinned and felt especially uncomfortable when she heard this. She took the money and said calmly to Father Lu, “Dad, take care.”
Then, she pulled along her suitcase and left without looking back.
She heard her stepmother sowing discord in front of Father Lu. “Look at her. She’s clearly an ingrate. Don’t pin your hopes on her. After all, her parents are so inhumane. Their blood flows in her. Be careful that you won’t get anything in return.”
Mr. Lu said impatiently, “Stop talking.”
Her stepmother said, “I know you’ve doted on her all your life. You don’t have any other children, so you naturally treat her as a treasure. In my opinion, it’s better for me to give birth to a child for you than to raise someone else’s child.”
“Can you still have children?”
“I’ll try.”
Lu Mo stood at the door and felt a chill run down her spine when she heard her stepmother’s words.
She understood her situation. As long as her father and stepmother had their own children, she would no longer have a place in the Lu family. So she had to make a name for herself as soon as possible.
After Lu Mo left the Lu family, she came to the prison to visit her mother.
After not seeing her for a while, Mrs. Lu seemed to have completely changed. Her hair had turned gray, and her entire face was sallow and dark. She had started to have wrinkles.
When Lu Mo saw her mother, she cried.
Mrs. Lu’s expression was dull. She was no longer as arrogant as before. She looked at Lu Mo in a daze and asked, “Why are you here again? Didn’t I tell you not to come to this place in the future? Just treat it as if I’m dead.”
Lu Mo started crying.
“Mom, Dad remarried. They might have a child of their own soon. You’re the only family I have in the world.”
Mrs. Lu was stunned.
“Is she good to you?”
Lu Mo said, “My stepmother used to be the nanny of the Lu family.”
Mrs. Lu suddenly smiled sadly.
“We didn’t treat the servants well in the past. I don’t think she’ll treat you well. Momo, do your best.”