Li Man didn't wait for Lu Jingchen to answer, and continued, "My mom is waiting for me at home. I came here just for breakfast and to pick up some documents that she forgot yesterday. I took a cab here and it's rush hour now; taxis are hard to come by, so could you possibly give me a ride on your way?"
Lu Jingchen looked at Li Man in front of him, his eyebrows imperceptibly furrowed, but he did not say much, neither did he refuse. A hum was his way of agreeing.
Li Man grew up in a single-parent family. Her father had an affair and divorced her mother over a decade ago, taking his new love and Li Man abroad to settle down, leaving her mother behind to run their breakfast diner alone.
Lu Jingchen's adoptive parents were not wealthy, just average folks. When Lu Jingchen was young and had not yet returned to the Lu Family, but was living at Murong Rui's place, Li Man's mother was very kind to them, often bringing him to the diner for free meals.
