Rebirth of the Cannon Fodder in the Entertainment Circle-Chapter 603: Republic Divorced Wife Cannon Fodder (17)

Luo Ning agreed to the engagement, and the Lu Family began to make preparations.

The next day, Mother Lu personally visited to pay respects to Luo Jun, Luo Ning’s only relative in Guang City.

Mother Lu’s attitude was very gentle and friendly, winning favor with Luo Jun.

In fact, Luo Jun had never expected that her sister, who had divorced Huo Sichen, could actually end up with Young Marshal Lu.

The Lu Family had effortlessly accepted her sister’s divorced status, which left a very good impression on her.

Especially after meeting Mother Lu, that favorable impression had soared dramatically.

Without comparison, there is no harm; she had often encountered Huo Mu in the past.

Although the latter maintained a veneer of politeness, it came with a sense of superiority, as if their family had climbed up to the Huo Family.

When she, as Luo Ning’s sister, visited, Huo Mu was actually not pleased, which was apparent in her attitude and choice of words.

But Mother Lu was different, portraying a sense of tenderness and approachability.

Having been in business for a year and running a cosmetics company for two, Luo Jun believed she was accurate at judging people.

Mother Lu genuinely liked her sister and was not as hypocritical or pretentious as Huo Mu.

For this reason, she naturally agreed to her sister’s engagement with Lu Xun.

The Huo Family and the Lu Family, as the largest military factions in the North and South respectively, were naturally often compared.

Huo Sichen and Lu Xun, both Young Commanders, were the ones most compared.

Both had studied abroad in military academies, but Huo Sichen had graduated normally, with grades that were only excellent.

Lu Xun, however, had graduated early with outstanding grades and had even been admitted to an M country military academy for further study.

After returning to the country, Huo Sichen mingled in Beicheng’s upper circles, rarely going to the battlefield.

However, after Lu Xun came back, he had fought in no fewer than ten battles and had won several nationally renowned victories.

Huo Sichen was tall, handsome, masculinely charming, with a hint of flamboyance.

Lu Xun, however, could be described as exceptionally handsome, with a tall posture and a calm and restrained temperament, once rated as the most handsome and most charismatic man in Huaxia.

That’s why there were many high-born young ladies in Beicheng who wanted to marry Lu Xun, including Huo Mingzhu who was one of his admirers.

Thus in terms of looks and charisma, Lu Xun outshone Huo Sichen once again.

In so many comparisons, Huo Sichen was defeated by Lu Xun.

Luo Jun couldn’t help but want to see the reaction of Huo Sichen when he found out that the woman he’d divorced was now being cherished and loved in the palm of Lu Xun’s hand.

She felt even more fortunate that her sister had thrown the divorce paper at Huo Sichen before he could publish the divorce in the newspapers, indicating her disinterest first.

Otherwise, if Huo Sichen had announced the divorce first and played with words, her sister would have been the laughingstock divorced wife of all Beicheng.

Of course, even after her sister had divorced Huo Sichen first, many in Beicheng had laughed at her sister.

After all, everyone knew that Huo Sichen and Ran Yinyin had hooked up overseas and that he intended to divorce Luo Ning upon his return.

If she were to return to Beicheng in the future, appearing as Young Marshal Lu’s fiancée, who knows how many would be blinded, how many faces would be slapped, how much jealousy and envy from other women that would incite.

She found the thought quite refreshing and thrilling.

Therefore, after agreeing to Luo Ning and Lu Xun’s engagement, Luo Jun also made proactive preparations for her sister’s engagement ceremony.

When the people of Guang City learned about Young Marshal Lu’s engagement, they were utterly dumbfounded.

They had never heard of Lu Xun being close to any family’s young mistress; how did it come to an engagement?

It was said that not only was the engagement set, but even the wedding date had been divined.

However, the identity of Lu Xun’s fiancée was kept confidential, so everyone could only speculate privately, wondering which young lady had captured Young Marshal Lu’s heart.

Meanwhile, the high-born young ladies in the South who admired and wished to marry Lu Xun wept red-eyed and cursed silently, not knowing which enchantress had hooked Lu Xun away.

Thus, everyone was scratching their hearts out, extremely curious and eager to know who Lu Xun’s fiancée was.

But no one could find out.

Soon, Beicheng also learned of Lu Xun’s engagement.

The young ladies who admired Lu Xun and aspired to marry him had their hearts shattered on the ground.

In the Huo Family, Huo Mingzhu, after seeing the news of Lu Xun’s engagement in the newspaper, couldn’t hold back her tears and wept.

At dinner time, she went to the dining room with red-rimmed eyes.

Seeing this, Huo Mu felt somewhat distressed and asked, "What happened? Who bullied you?"

At that time, everyone from the Huo Family was there, including Commander Huo and the people from the fifth household, as well as Ran Yinyin who had married into the Huo Family two years earlier.

With that question posed, Huo Mingzhu couldn’t resist feeling heartbroken again, "Young Marshal Lu is getting engaged."

She had fallen hopelessly in love at first sight with Lu Xun the first time she saw him four years ago, clad in a military uniform, riding a battle horse.

She had always fantasized that one day she could marry Lu Xun and become the Young Commander’s wife.

Especially knowing that Lu Xun never showed interest in other women and had never been rumored to be involved with anyone, she thought that he was waiting for her to grow up and marry him.

However, she never expected that, in the year of her college graduation, just as she was about to ask her father for help to propose a marriage alliance with the Lu Family, Lu Xun was getting engaged.

The Huo Family was aware of Huo Mingzhu’s feelings for Lu Xun.

Commander Huo and Huo Mu were actually supportive. Although they were rivals with the Lu Family, they were not opposed to cooperation if it was advantageous.

If the two families entered into a marriage alliance, their cooperation could elevate both to greater heights.

Commander Huo was an ambitious man, with the goal of absorbing the Lu Family and becoming the strongest and most powerful warlord in Huaxia.

Therefore, he had never discouraged his daughter’s affections.

Especially since Lu Xun showed no inclination towards women and he remained uncommitted to any lady’s marriage proposal, it gave him hope.

Consequently, over the years when high-born young masters sought his daughter’s hand, he declined on the grounds of her youth.

Who would have thought, before he could make his move, the news of Lu Xun’s engagement had already spread.

The first thing he did was to investigate the bride-to-be of Lu Xun’s engagement, but, whether her family was of such low status that it didn’t attract attention, or her status was so high that the Lu Family deliberately blocked the news, he simply couldn’t find any information.

He leaned toward the former assumption, given that the famous high-born young ladies from Guang City or the South were not Lu Xun’s betrothed.

This sudden development also disrupted some of Commander Huo’s plans.

He glanced at his daughter with eyes reddened from tears and casually mentioned,

"In the month after next, there will be a peace talk between the North and the South, and I see Lu Xun on the accompanying list of the Southern President."

Huo Mingzhu’s eyes brightened instantly, "Really?"

Commander Huo nodded, "Unless something unexpected occurs, the confirmed list won’t change."

Eldest Sister-in-law Huo laughed and said, "Young Marshal Lu has never met our Mingzhu before. If he had seen her earlier, perhaps he wouldn’t have gotten engaged."

She managed to thrive in the Huo Family even after her husband’s death, not only because she gave birth to Huo Family’s eldest grandson, but also because she was very tactful and adept at playing the game.

She was well-liked by both Huo Mu and Huo Mingzhu.

Sure enough, Huo Mingzhu’s dejected mood was instantly wiped clean, and she blushed, "Eldest sister-in-law, you’re making fun of me."

Eldest Sister-in-law Huo could clearly see how pleased Huo Mingzhu was, "Oh my, our Mingzhu is blushing."

Huo Mingzhu’s cheeks turned even redder, and she stomped her foot, "Eldest sister-in-law, I’m not talking to you anymore."

Ran Yinyin didn’t believe that with Huo Mingzhu’s looks and personality, she would cause the nationally renowned Young Marshal Lu to abandon his fiancée and fall in love with someone else.

However, although she was disdainful in her mind, her words followed suit, "Exactly, our Mingzhu is so beautiful and lovely, Young Marshal Lu just hasn’t seen her yet, otherwise what fiancée would there be?"

Second Sister-in-law Huo shared a similar sentiment, and echoed along, "That’s right, our Mingzhu is such a charming young lady, if I were a man, I would definitely pursue her."

The other two half-sisters mentally rolled their eyes but verbally flattered her all the same.

Huo Mingzhu, listening to the praise from her sisters-in-law, blushed and stomped her foot again.

With a racing heart and eyes filled with expectancy, she thought, indeed, it had always been her one-sided love for Lu Xun, a secret crush, and he was oblivious to it, let alone having any interaction with her.

This time when Lu Xun came, she was determined to present herself well in front of him so he would see her merits and grow fond of her.

And then, he would cancel the engagement with that unknown fiancée, hmph!