Chapter 314

Mr. Lu looked at his little grandson lovingly, waved at him gently, and asked in a gentle tone: "Are those cherries in Sui Sui and Niannian's hands given to them by you little guys?"

Lu Ximing nodded at first, but soon shook his head.

He scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly and whispered, "Actually... it's like this, I ate too fast just now! I only took a small bite of one of my cherries."

"Otherwise, I could give mine to Ningning. When everyone saw that Ningning had no cherries to eat, they handed the ones they had to him." When he said this, a trace of regret unconsciously flashed in Lu Ximing's eyes.

He lowered his head, his voice getting lower and lower: "Alas, if I had known I shouldn't have eaten so quickly."

"Dad told me before that as an older brother, I must take good care of my younger brothers and sisters, but today I failed to take good care of Ningning, causing him to not even have a fruit to eat. I am really not a good brother!"

As he spoke, Lu Ximing's eyes gradually turned red, and it seemed that tears would fall at any time.

At this moment, Leng Jingshen, who had been standing silently beside him, came forward, stretched out his hand and gently rubbed Lu Ximing's hair, smiling and comforting: "Ximing is fine now."

"Now, could you please do Grandpa Leng a favor and take Ningning and the others to play in your toy house first?"

Hearing this, Lu Ximing raised his head, quickly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, then nodded vigorously and replied crisply: "Of course!"

Leng Jingshen waved to Sui Sui and Nian Nian, signaling them to come over quickly.

After the two little guys ran over, Leng Jingshen bent down and carefully put Ningning in his arms on the ground, then touched the heads of the three children and smiled and reminded them: "Play with your brother Lu first, but remember not to be naughty."

"Grandpa!" When Suisui saw Grandpa, she felt like she had found her backbone. She ran over and grabbed Grandpa's clothes, complaining aggrievedly, "That Grandma Lu said Ningning was fat, and she didn't even give Ningning fruit to eat!"

As she spoke, Sui Sui pouted her lips angrily, tears glistening in her eyes.

Grandpa felt so distressed when he saw Sui Sui’s pitiful appearance.

He gently touched Sui Sui's head and comforted her, "Grandpa saw everything. Don't be sad. Take your brother and Brother Lu out to play first. Leave this to Grandpa."

Hearing what his grandfather said, Sui Sui nodded obediently, then took his brothers’ hands and went to play with Lu Ximing.

Seeing this, the other children also ran to their grandfather and nodded, indicating that they agreed to leave the yard.

They also felt that the atmosphere was a bit heavy and left the yard in fear.

Everyone was secretly thankful that their own children were relatively friendly towards the triplets and hoped that this incident would not involve their own family.

After all, everyone knows that the Leng family is famous for protecting their people. If you really anger the Leng family, the consequences will be unimaginable.

At this moment, Lu Ze’s wife stood aside, her face pale and her body trembling slightly.

She stammered as she explained, "I...I really didn't mean anything else. When I was distributing cherries to the children, there just happened to be none left for Ningning."

However, her statement was obviously unconvincing.

Mr. Lu stared at her sharply and said coldly, "Are you out of money or do you simply not want to give it to me? Only you know best!"

"Besides, when our Lu family invites guests to visit, we naturally arrange special staff to take care of the children's food. Why do we need you to go to the trouble of serving fruits to the children?"

After saying that, Mr. Lu snorted heavily, and Lu Ze’s wife was so scared that she almost collapsed to the ground.

"My Lu family has never been a petty family. Can't we buy enough fruit for the children?"

"Even if you don't have any in your hand, there should be more inside. However, you dare to say that there is no more, and even use those cookies that they don't like to eat at all to get rid of Ningning! Is this reasonable?"

The first one to speak up was Master Lu. His face was filled with anger, his eyes were wide open, and he stared straight at the person in front of him.

Then, Master Lu turned around and ordered the servant beside him: "Go and invite the lady out to me!"

He thought to himself that he had specially invited these old friends to the banquet today because he wanted to take this opportunity to reminisce about the past with them and ask them to express their support for the new project developed by his eldest son.

To put it more bluntly, they hope to take advantage of their current position of power in the family to take better care of their eldest son.

If this incident angered the Leng family and caused them to be unwilling to help, then the remaining few people would probably not easily lend a helping hand.

If he had known that this would happen, he would never have invited the Lu family over!

After all, there was no significant connection between the Lu family and his family's business. If it weren't for their long-term friendship, why would he go to such great lengths to invite them?

At this moment, Mr. Lu secretly glanced at his good friend Leng Jingshen who was sitting next to him.

Leng Jingshen had a calm face, without any emotion fluctuations, but the more so, the more angry Mr. Lu burned.

He thought to himself, don’t the Lu couple know the real purpose of his invitation today?

But she had to create such a farce for him here. Did she really want to harm him on purpose?

Leng Jingshen tilted his head slightly, his eyes quickly swept behind him, and then he asked in a low voice: "Where is Lao Lu?"

For a moment, there was a brief silence. Someone cautiously said, "Well... he went back."

Hearing this, Leng Jingshen raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a sneer.

His eyes became sharp, as if they could penetrate people's souls, and he said coldly: "If anyone dares to cooperate with the Lu family in the future, it is equivalent to opposing my Leng family. If you dare to help the Lu family, then there is no need for us to have any dealings anymore."

Just then, Mr. Lu's wife and eldest daughter-in-law slowly walked out of the house.

They had already learned the whole story from the servants.

Mrs. Lu was trembling with anger, and she kept muttering indignantly, "I've always felt that she had bad intentions. How could she want to send cherries to the children for no reason?"

"It's clear that all this was planned in advance!"

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Lu family who was standing nearby also frowned, with a look of dissatisfaction on her face.

You know, among the three children of the Leng family, Ningning looks most like Leng family's daughter-in-law Xia Ruoan.

The reason why Mrs. Lu targeted Ningning so much was obviously because her daughter hated Xia Ruoan.

"Mrs. Leng, please don't get yourself sick from anger! The servant just told me that the other children later sent the fruit to your Ningning." Mrs. Lu looked at Mrs. Leng with a smile on her face and comforted her softly.

However, Gu Yutong's anger did not diminish at all. She snorted coldly, "How can it be the same?"

She had never had a good impression of the Lu family in the first place, and now the Lu family dared to bully her precious grandson so blatantly. How could she swallow this?

Not long ago, Mrs. Lu actually said something hypocritical in front of her, saying that she felt sorry for her daughter who had been abroad for three years and had not come back.

How ridiculous! It's obviously not their Leng family who didn't allow their daughter to return to China, so why are they making sarcastic comments here!

"If someone else treated your grandson like this, would you be able to swallow your anger?"

Gu Yutong turned his head suddenly, staring at Mrs. Lu who was still trying to persuade him, with sharp eyes, and asked sharply.

After being asked this question by Gu Yutong, Mrs. Lu was speechless.

Indeed, we all hang out in the same social circle, and sometimes we have to choose to tolerate some things for our own interests.

But the unwillingness and frustration in my heart are real.

After all, the Leng family is wealthy and powerful, and they have always been extremely fond of their children.

Naturally, the Leng family would never tolerate such bullying.

Seeing Mrs. Leng's resolute attitude, Mrs. Lu knew that the Lu family might have to bleed heavily this time. So, she shut her mouth wisely and dared not say another word to avoid getting into trouble.

That's true. The fact that Lu Xi once liked Leng Zexi has long become a thing of the past.

After all, Leng Zexi has never made it clear that he has any special emotional inclinations towards anyone.

I heard that the Gu Lu family was interested in forming an alliance with the Leng family, but was ultimately rejected.

Today, the Lu family couple are acting like victims, which is really ridiculous.

It was as if Leng Zexi had let Lu Xi down, but the question was, just because Lu Xi liked him one-sidedly, did Leng Zexi have to respond? This was obviously impossible!

Gu Yutong was not like Leng Jingshen, who would never hit a woman. When she rushed into the yard, she saw Madam Lu at a glance.

Without saying a word, she raised her hand and slapped Mrs. Lu hard in the face.

"If you are dissatisfied with our Leng family, you can just speak out clearly. Why do you have to do such a despicable and shameless thing to a child! Only someone like you can resort to such despicable means!"

"It's a good thing I refused the marriage. A daughter raised by parents like you wouldn't be a good thing."

Gu Yutong shouted angrily.

Mrs. Lu was completely stunned. She covered her burning cheeks with her hands, her face full of disbelief.

She could never have imagined that she would be slapped in the face in public!