Uncle Qin was stunned. He had always been pampered at home, so his temper wasn't exactly good. This time, he got angry too.

"Why? Brother-in-law, are you looking down on me? She's an orphan..."

"Shut up!" Lu Jianjun was furious. "Even if Yanyan's elders are gone, she's not someone you can covet. You'd better listen to me, or you can try and see if I can make you disappear from Changning City."

"Get out now!"

Qin's parents were furious. "Lu Jianjun, what kind of attitude is this? How can you talk to your elders like that?"

“I’m telling you, you’re so disrespectful to your elders, I can sue you, I…”

"Once I divorce your daughter, you will no longer be my elder."

Lu Jianjun left those words behind and turned to go inside.

The two elderly people were stunned and stood there for a moment. After they came to their senses, they tried to make a scene again, but the Qin family quickly pulled them out. The noise from the Qin family gradually disappeared into the residential compound.

Inside the room, Qin Qiongying was crying and making a scene. She was overwhelmed with grievance and resentment. Of course, she had heard what Lu Jianjun said outside. At this moment, she was filled with fear and resentment, and all sorts of emotions were swirling in her heart.

Lu Xingye kept trying to comfort her, but it was clearly to no avail.

Lu Jianjun walked in, without saying a word or getting angry, and simply sat down in the chair opposite her.

The room was eerily quiet, save for Qin Qiongying's plaintive sobs.

Gradually, Qin Qiongying could no longer cry.

Lu Jianjun calmly asked, "Are you done crying? Can we talk calmly now?"

Qin Qiongying said angrily, "I gave birth to three sons for you and have worked hard to manage this family all these years. How dare you treat me like this?"

Lu Jianjun said calmly, "I have nothing to do wrong to you. Xingye has already told me about the things you suspect. Yanyan and Yunji are not my children. I, Lu Jianjun, have never done anything to betray my marriage. The Meng family has been kind to me. Old Master Meng was my former leader. I will naturally protect their children."

"Meng Suqin sacrificed herself to protect the factory's property. As the factory director, it is only right that I give preferential treatment to her children. This was the factory's decision at the time, not my decision alone. The Meng family has a strong foundation in Changning City. I am not the only one protecting them. It's just that I have more power and am more capable of confronting Wu Guozhu."

"All the things you suspect are completely unfounded!"

Qin Qiongying sneered, "Do you think I have to believe whatever you say? Those two siblings don't look like Wu Guozhu at all, they look exactly like you, and yet you still defend them so much. Why can't I have my doubts?"

"If they really aren't your children, then why are you stopping me from arranging a marriage for them? Wouldn't it be better if she married my brother? Weren't you always worried that the girl would be bullied? This is much better, it'll strengthen family ties, and you'll be real relatives from now on. You can then protect her however you want without any qualms."

Lu Xingye couldn't stand it anymore. "Mom, aren't you going a bit too far? What did Yanyan do to offend you that you're trying to harm her like this? Don't you know what kind of person Uncle is?"

Qin Qiongying was furious. "Shut up, you traitor! That's your uncle, how dare you look down on him?"

Lu Xingye was furious. His family had always had a good relationship with the Meng family. The three brothers all regarded Meng Fuyan as their own sister. They had grown up together since childhood, especially the youngest brother, Lu Xingming, who was closer in age and therefore had the best relationship with her.

Their uncle, that good-for-nothing, married Yanyan to him? How could his mother even think of that!

Lu Jianjun chuckled, "It's no use yelling at him. There's no way Yanyan will marry your brother."

"Why not?" Qin Qiongying said angrily. "Didn't you say she wasn't your daughter? What does someone else's daughter have to do with you? She's just an orphan who was jilted. It's her good fortune that the Qin family is willing to marry her. Haven't you always considered yourself her elder? You think you can decide her marriage? I want her to marry my brother, or I'll never let this go."

“He doesn’t deserve it!” Lu Jianjun replied with three words.

Qin Qiongying was taken aback. Lu Jianjun explained, "I said, your brother is not good enough for Yanyan. He is not worthy of her."

"Lu Jianjun..." Qin Qiongying screamed.

"Mom, do you really have to make things worse by divorcing Dad?"

Qin Qiongying couldn't accept that her husband treated her this way, and that her son wasn't on her side. "Lu Xingye, whose son are you anyway? I've raised you for so many years, and this is how you treat your mother? Do you really want me to divorce your father?"

Lu Xingye said angrily, "I don't want you to divorce Dad at all. You're the one who forced Dad to divorce you. Dad has already said that Yanyan and Yunji are not his children. Why can't you listen to that? Yanyan grew up with us since she was little. Do you really want to hurt her? What did she do to offend you?"

"She deserved it; it's your dad who wronged me."

"Then why don't you target me?" Lu Jianjun suddenly asked. "Since you feel that I have wronged you and betrayed you, why don't you deal with me?"

Lu Xingye pursed his lips; this was also what he couldn't stand.

Lu Jianjun sneered, "Yanyan and Yunji are still young. I think you can tell that whether they are my biological children or not, these two children don't know. They grew up in the Meng family and ate Meng family food. They have never considered themselves my children."

"They are innocent. Since you feel that I have wronged you, shouldn't you be targeting me?"

“Qin Qiongying, if you just divorce me, look down on me, or feel hurt and try to get revenge on me instead of using all your malicious thoughts to target the two children, I might think more highly of you.”

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