Chapter 159 Kneel Down

The black Maybach just drove into the gate of Yuhe Mansion.

Li Quan hurriedly came forward with a serious expression, "Young Master, the chairman told you to go to the Lu Family Ancestral Hall when you return."

Lu Xiyan's eyes darkened, and he nodded. He told Jiang Yao a few things about the company and let him go back to the company first.

He went upstairs and a text message came on his phone.

[Xiyan, Xianxian really likes the gift you gave her. Thank you.]

Lu Xiyan curled the corners of his mouth and dialed the number.

Someone quickly connected, "Xiyan?"

A gentle voice with a smile.

"It seems like the little guy is easy to bribe." He said in a gentle voice, "Say more good things about me to improve our relationship."

He thought, the kid always said how great his dad was, but he would marry his mom sooner or later, and then they would become a family, so the kid wouldn't be too averse to his identity.

An Ning smiled and said, "He really wants to see you."

"What about you?" Lu Xiyan walked into the bedroom with his cell phone in one hand.

"I miss you too, very much." An Ning's voice was soft and gentle, like a feather passing across his heart.

"I'll come to you after I'm done with these two days." Lu Xiyan raised the corners of her lips, "Hand over your work to Dong Chenghai. Take a good rest for a few days and then come to Outeng."

"You're putting me under your watch?" An Ning asked with a smile, "Are you not afraid of people gossiping?"

"Who dares to say it?" Lu Xiyan didn't care.

"Then, about your grandfather..." An Ning hesitated to speak.

"I'm here, don't worry." Lu Xiyan's voice was low and gentle, "As long as you don't cheat."

"I promise I won't cheat." An Ning's voice was clear and firm, reaching Lu Xiyan's eardrums through the receiver. "I'm serious this time. Xiyan, I've thought about it. As long as you still want me, I have nothing to fear."

"Afraid?" Lu Xiyan asked, "What are you afraid of? Why should you be afraid?"

The other party was silent for two seconds, then smiled and said, "Nothing."

Lu Xiyan frowned slightly. She was probably afraid of the rumors like those six years ago. Now she was divorced and had a child. To the outside world, their status was not equal. Some words might be even more unpleasant than those said six years ago.

"You don't have to worry about these things. If someone really says something nonsense, just pretend you didn't hear it and don't take it to heart." Lu Xiyan said softly, "I, Lu Xiyan, love someone and don't need to listen to other people's comments."

"Yeah." An Ning responded obediently, "I don't listen to what others say, I only listen to what you say."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Xiyan took a shower, changed his clothes, went downstairs, and asked the driver to drive to the Lu family ancestral hall.

......

When Lu Xiyan arrived, Lu Lixiao was already standing in the ancestral hall.

When the lights were off in the ancestral hall, the light was slightly dim. Lu Lixiao fought with his back to the enemy, his posture still straight and upright even though he was over seventy years old.

"grandfather."

Lu Xiyan was wearing a neat dark suit, and he had regained his usual cool and reserved demeanor. He stood behind Lu Lixiao and looked at his back.

"Kneel down." Lu Lixiao didn't look back.

Lu Xiyan said nothing, but knelt down in front of the rows of tablets of Lu family ancestors in front of him.

"Do you see the spirit tablet in front of you clearly?" Lu Lixiao still didn't look back at him, but his voice was intimidating without anger. "Do you still know who he is?"

"I see clearly." Lu Xiyan's face was calm. "My father."

Lu Lixiao suddenly turned around and asked sternly, "Then are you worthy of your father?"

He pointed at Lu Ling's tablet and said, "Have you forgotten how your father died? And how your mother fell into a coma because of it? Look at yourself. Are you worthy of your parents?"

Lu Xiyan raised his eyes and stared at the word "Lu Ling" on the memorial tablet. "My father died because of me. It's my fault."

"You mean, it has nothing to do with that woman An Ning?" Lu Lixiao was furious. "You're still defending her? Wasn't it her who hurt you so badly back then? If it weren't for her, your father would have returned home safely and wouldn't have died in the plane crash! If your father hadn't been in trouble, your mother wouldn't be in a coma until now!"

"Have you forgotten what the doctor said? The doctor said your mother won't last much longer at this rate! Isn't this lesson enough for you?"

Seeing that he had no guilt on his face, Lu Lixiao became more and more excited as he spoke, "Don't you see what kind of woman she is? Four years ago, she sold you out for 30 million, just 30 million! You are only worth 30 million, Lu Xiyan!"

"Her motives are not pure, and she has ulterior motives! How many times do you want me to tell you before you listen?"

Sharp roars echoed in the ancestral hall until the last echo fell. Lu Xiyan looked at the spirit tablet in front of him with a firm gaze, "She is not that kind of person. She must have had her reasons for what happened four years ago."

Lu Lixiao's face darkened when he heard this. "Hardships? What kind of hardship could a woman with such bad intentions have? Could it be that I forced her to do that? Could it be that I threw that 30 million at her and forced her to do that?"

"Cough cough cough cough——" Lu Lixiao became more and more angry as he spoke. His breathing became a little difficult and he started coughing violently.

"Grandpa!" Lu Xiyan said hurriedly, "That's not what I meant."

Lu Lixiao stopped coughing and asked him, "What do you mean? You just think she's kind and innocent and has no desire for you, right?"

"You don't understand her." Lu Xiyan said, "I know what kind of person she is."

"What do you know? You just fell in love with this woman and she played you around like crazy. How many women have you met?" Lu Lixiao sneered. "She played you around enough four years ago. Haven't you seen her true face yet?"

He asked angrily, "Lu Xiyan, how many times do you want to fall down and lose your life because of her before you are satisfied? Will you be satisfied if I die because of her like your father next time?"

Hearing this, Lu Xiyan's hand hanging by his side trembled violently, and his eyes turned dark red.

Lu Lixiao's words were undoubtedly a stab to his heart.

He had been stuck in the matter of Lu Ling's death, unable to reconcile himself, but he never blamed An Ning for his father's death. He blamed himself, because it was his obsession that led to his father's accident. He was also indirectly responsible for his mother's coma.

During those years, he wondered countless times why it was his father who encountered the accident instead of him.

He even thought that if he could do it again, he would rather exchange his life for his father's.

But fate cannot be reversed, and his father died because of him.

Now Lu Lixiao's words hurt him even more.

Is he satisfied?

He was not satisfied at all and even felt extremely regretful.

Before reconciling with An Ning, every minute and every second he spent was torture.

It was during those few days in Dianhai, when he was with An Ning, that he felt a moment of tranquility, and his heart, which had been so quiet and still without any ripples, finally found peace.

"Of course you won't die because of her." Lu Xiyan's voice was hoarse. He stared at Lu Ling's spirit tablet and said word by word, "Even if I die, it will be me who dies."

The sound was not loud and could be heard clearly in the quiet ancestral hall.

Lu Lixiao was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, but when he saw Lu Xiyan's dark red eyes and trembling hands, he finally didn't say those words that would provoke him.

He sighed deeply, "Xi Yan, you have to promise in front of your father that as long as you completely break up with An Ning, I will pretend that what happened in the past few days never happened. I will also take care of the Cheng family."

Lu Lixiao looked at him and waited for him to speak. Two minutes later, Lu Xiyan was still kneeling straight without saying a word.

"Alright, you just kneel here and reflect on your actions for the whole day!" Lu Lixiao turned around with a sullen look on his face. "I'll wait for you to figure it out. You better know what to choose and what to give up."