Love Enveloped In Lies
Episode 96

As expected, Walter took her to the Sichuan restaurant without even thinking about it. Or maybe he just liked the taste of Sichuan cuisine.

As soon as they entered the shop, the waiter greeted them enthusiastically: “Welcome! Come on in! “

He asked for a corner by the window. Although it was relatively quiet, the heat from the pot made the room noisy.

“Walter, I didn’t expect you to come here. I thought people growing up abroad would like to go to this kind of quiet, elegant cafeteria. “

“To be honest, I don’t like going to places like this. Forget the first time we met? I like the smell of freedom. On the contrary, the cafeteria just makes people feel stifled. Walter leaned back in his chair, his lips slightly curled. In the mist, his cold outline softened a little.

It was the first time Michelle had looked him in the eye. His brown eyes seemed to be able to read people’s minds. She lowered her head a little uncomfortably.

A short while later, the waiter brought the hot pot. Walter asked for a hot pot in two flavours.

One was a light soup and the other spicy.

Michelle looked at him and asked curiously, “You don’t eat spicy food?”

Walter couldn’t help but laugh, “Yeah, but not really. But I know you like it. “

“What?” The person who was about to put food in the pot stopped. He looked at the person sitting opposite him and asked, “How do you know?”

His big round eyes looked very innocent and naive.

He couldn’t help but laugh again. But his laughter confused Michelle even more.

“When you eat beef noodles, you keep putting red peppers in your bowl.” For a while he managed to contain his laughter.

He had to admit that Walter was a man of great observation. However, when he said that word “non-stop”, Michelle thought it a bit over the top. She had only added two peppers to her bowl. Because this was the first time he’d added slightly less, he didn’t feel it tasted right.

“It’s hot outside. The spicy hotpot is the most delicious! “

He took a plate, dipped it in the sauce and wrapped it up. Then he brought it to his mouth and chewed it with great pleasure.

Seeing two plates of meat casings and a plate of prawns almost empty, Walter asked confusedly, “Haven’t you finished your lunch?”

Michelle swallowed the food in her mouth and forced a smile. “I’m very excited to see the hot pot! I mean it seriously!”

“Really? You seem to like spicy food a lot. “

“Yes, you’re right!”

They both enjoyed the food. One meal was too much to walk.

Seeing how he was doing, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “It sounds like you should be living on medication to help digest food.”

“What?” Michelle was slow to respond and immediately didn’t understand what she meant.

“It’s getting late. Let me take you home. “

By the time they left the shop it was dark.

“No, I can take a bus.” It was a sudden whim that he still couldn’t digest the food in his stomach. It didn’t feel good when it was full.

Although he refused several times, he finally got into Walter’s car.

After they got into the car, Michelle couldn’t help but look at him. To her surprise, Walter had high status, but his car was an off-road vehicle. Were your clothes several times more expensive than this car?

As expected, Walter took her to the Sichuan restaurant without even thinking about it. Or maybe he just liked the taste of Szechuan food.

Walter sent Michelle to the door of her home community. When he got out of the car, two steps away, he heard the scariest voice of his life. “Michelle, have you changed a new car?”

“Aunt Lucy.” She waved out of courtesy.

It never occurred to her that Aunt Lucy upstairs would see this again. She didn’t know how Aunt Lucy would tell the middle-aged women in the neighborhood. Either way, it’s not a good thing.

At this point, Michelle didn’t want to respond at all. She just waved and turned to leave. But Aunt Lucy caught up with him again, a bag of grocery bags in her hand, filled with her least favourite scent, dried, smelly fish.

But they suited Aunt Lucy, they had one thing in common.

“Michelle, is this the man who sent you away last time? I can see that, although I haven’t seen him yet, I’d still advise you to break it off. The driver of that car is obviously not as good as last time. “

At the moment, she thought, “I never thought your eyes were so sharp.”

Aunt Lucy had a daughter, who had now been married for three years. Every year during the Spring Festival, Michelle watched her daughter and son-in-law drive a luxury car around the neighbourhood.

Given a rich son-in-law, Aunt Lucy’s clothes looked good. But before her daughter married, she, as a mother, was a snob. Usually she would go out and talk to the block aunt if she had nothing to do. She said this girl had changed boyfriends and this boy had lost his job or something.

In short, all the gossip in this community is made up of it.

Everyone saw her living alone and didn’t say anything, but pretended to be patient to listen to her.

After living in the neighbourhood for so long, Michelle felt she had become immune to Aunt Lucy.

“Auntie, I’m home now. Can we talk about this another day? “

He really didn’t want to defend himself, because he knew that no matter what he said, the other wouldn’t take him seriously. Aunt Lucy was always telling the snobs what she saw, never hearing his explanation.

If it wasn’t for being so pitiful, Michelle wouldn’t accept it so much.

Before Aunt Lucy could reply, Michelle opened the door, stepped inside, then slammed it shut.

Aunt Lucy stood in front of the door and whispered to herself for a moment before she was ready to leave.

After that, she turned around and saw a pair of women’s high-heeled shoes. Needless to say, he knew who that pair of shoes belonged to, but he hadn’t expected the person to actually come.

“Mum!”

He stood up hurriedly and walked into the room in his slippers.

The television was on, but no one was sitting on the sofa. Confused, she turned and headed for the kitchen.

“Zoy? What are you doing here? “When he saw the people inside, he immediately became angry.

When Zoy didn’t speak, Olivia came out first and said with a smile, “Michelle, she came to see me on purpose. You see, she bought a lot of groceries. “

After finishing his words, he took Michelle’s hand and brought it to the table. When he looked up, he was surprised to see that there were a lot of nutritionists there.

“Mum, we don’t need those things. When I earn money, I can buy it for you. “She clearly remembered that on the day of her mother’s accident, Zoy had decided to stay.

“Mum, we don’t need these things. When I earn money, I can buy it for you. “She clearly remembered that on the day of her mother’s accident, Zoy had decided to stay.

She was extremely upset.

This woman was so ruthless. Not only did she steal her boyfriend, she also refused to help her mother. How cruel she is!

Give it back to me. Don’t come back here. “With the food she had bought in hand, Michelle threw it on the ground in front of Zoy.

Although Zoy was busy cooking in the kitchen, she obviously didn’t want to leave. She lowered her head and continued packing her things.

“Michelle, please don’t. Zoy did it out of kindness. You’ve gone too far. “Olivia pushed her daughter away and persuaded her quietly.

“Mum, was your fall related to her?”

When her mother was in hospital, the doctor said it wouldn’t be so bad if he hadn’t fallen. It hurt a lot because it accidentally hit her waist and made her bones dislocate and her nerves hurt.

Even though she wasn’t at home at the time, she knew that her mother would never fall alone.

What’s more, Zoy’s determination at the time was like a passkey.

If other people found out, wouldn’t they call the ambulance the first time? But Zoy didn’t.

In any case, it was Zoy’s fault!

“Stop doing that. Get out of my house. ” Michelle said expressionlessly, but with a trace of cruelty.

Zoy ignored her and carried on with her work. After that, Olivia left the kitchen with her daughter and went into the living room with her.

“Mum, why did you open the door for her? Don’t you know what she’s done? “

“Michelle, you’re not a little girl anymore. Don’t you have to be so stubborn? The last time Mum fell, it was because of Mum’s carelessness. Zoy was also scared. “Olivia tried to comfort her. As a mother, she was on her daughter’s side.

During the years that Michelle studied abroad, it was he who accompanied her to visit her. Even the school fees were sponsored by Zoy without any reward.

But the cost was too high for Michelle.

“Mum, don’t say anything. The price is very high. I can’t afford it. “Michelle knew that her mother had already treated Zoy like her own daughter. At this point, she didn’t want to say anything else.

After leaving the words, he got up and went to his room. Behind her, Olivia called out, “Michelle, are you hungry?”

Michelle didn’t speak, acting like a girl.

It was only when he suffered betrayal that he realised how immodest someone was. She really doesn’t know how they have the courage to live.

Lying on the bed and listening to the sound outside, Michelle turned lazily. Olivia knew her daughter didn’t like Zoy, so she didn’t come to disturb her during this time.

After a long moment, the bedroom door opened from the outside.

The light in the room was on, but the woman in the bed had already fallen asleep. Eyes wide with grief, Olivia smiled bitterly and approached cautiously.

“I know I know.” As she spoke, Olivia lifted the duvet and covered her.

She reached out to stroke her daughter’s hair and sighed.