Chapter 188 You are a lover and a relative

Meng Chenghong's words were like a sharp knife, piercing Su Wanman's heart. She opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

The dining room fell into a suffocating silence, with only the ticking of the wall clock as the only sound.

Meng Chenghong seemed to realize that he had said something wrong. He scratched his hair in annoyance and turned to go upstairs.

"Stop." Meng Rong's voice came from the living room. He had been standing there without knowing when, his face was terribly gloomy.

Meng Chenghong paused, but did not look back.

"Call your second sister and apologize." Meng Rong said word by word, "Now, immediately."

"Dad!" Meng Chenghong turned around abruptly, his eyes full of grievance and unwillingness, "It was obviously her who started——"

"What do you want to do first?" Meng Rong walked up the stairs to the dining room, each step heavy. "The surveillance footage clearly shows that Xiaoxue ran away on her own. Your second sister did nothing wrong, so why are you so angry with her?"

Meng Chenghong bit her lip, a stubborn look on her face. A feeling of frustration lingered in her heart for a long time. She argued in a low voice, "She's the only one in the family who hates Xiaoxue. She even made three rules with me. She was the most suspicious when Xiaoxue ran away..."

The light words were like a thousand-ton rock pressing on Su Wanman's heart. She swayed her body and suddenly felt a sense of strangeness when looking at the profile of her youngest son.

"What's wrong with you?" Su Wanman couldn't help asking, "Didn't you like sticking to your second sister the most in the past?"

Meng Chenghong clenched his fists and unclenched them, and finally whispered, "I'm going to find Xiaoxue."

After saying that, he lowered his head, turned around, walked straight past his parents, and rushed out of the house.

"This kid!" Meng Rong shook his head angrily.

Su Wanman looked at the door worriedly, "Hubby, why is Xiaohong suddenly so abnormal?"

He was clearly chatting and laughing with An Ran some time ago, and even said that he wanted to be An Ran's bodyguard.

How come all of a sudden, there's only hostility?

Meng Rong sighed, "It's probably puberty. We've been busy with work these past few years and neglected his growth. This time, we should have a good talk with him."

After waiting for more than two hours, Meng Chenghong still didn't come back. Meng Rong couldn't sit still anymore and went out to look for him.

Meng Chenghong was in a hurry when he went out and didn't bring his cell phone. It's already past eleven o'clock and he still hasn't come back. Who knows if something happened?

The son looked for the dog, and he looked for his son.

Su Wanman was waiting at home, holding her cell phone and staring at the wall clock, feeling very anxious.

Half an hour passed and no one showed up. She hesitated for a moment and told the other children about it in the family group.

On the set, Meng Yushu, who had just finished a night scene, was about to change clothes. After seeing the message in the group, her eyes flickered and she couldn't wait to call her sister.

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At the same time, there was constant laughter and joy on the beach of Golden Bay.

Liuzhi and Mingjing were already tired from playing, so they lay on the beach, looking at the stars and chatting dirty talk.

Qin Mu and Meng Anran sat side by side on a reef, listening to the sound of waves hitting the shore.

"Have you really decided to move out?" Qin Mu asked softly.

Meng Anran nodded, the sea breeze blowing her long hair. "When I first came back to the Meng family, I planned to move out after graduating from high school. Now I'm just making up for the plan I didn't implement five years ago."

Qin Mu turned his head to look at her, "An Xiaoran, are you willing to let go of all this?"

Meng Anran looked at the lighthouse in the distance, was silent for a moment, and said, "I've understood since many years ago that some things can't be exchanged for persistence. So, I will treat those who treat me well, and I won't try to keep those who want to leave."

In her world, everything except her own feelings seems less important, and everyone else is just a passerby except herself.

"An Xiaoran..." Qin Mu didn't know whether to be happy or sad. He hugged the girl's waist tightly and lowered his head to place a light kiss on her forehead. "They are the relatives you finally got back."

"I have you." Meng Anran raised her eyes, the stars in the sky reflected in her bright peach blossom eyes. "To me, you are my lover and my family."

As soon as he finished speaking, the cell phone rang.

The moment she saw the caller ID, Meng Anran's pupils trembled slightly, which was keenly caught by Qin Mu.

He glanced at the phone screen and understood.

Although An Xiaoran's surname may not be Lu or Meng, she still has some feelings for those who are truly kind to her.

Like her master, and like her brother Meng Yushu, who has understood her, accompanied her, and doted on her since they first met five years ago.

"Answer the phone." Qin Mu reminded softly, bringing An Xiaoran back to his senses.

Meng Anran pressed the answer button, the phone against her ear, and her brother's gentle voice, full of worry, came from the receiver: "Anran, are you okay?"

Meng Anran was silent for half a second, then said, "Are you here to speak for Xiaohong?"

She could almost guess that Meng Chenghong was so stubborn at the time that he definitely wouldn't want to apologize. Meng Yushu had called to say that her brother was still young and immature, and asked her to be more magnanimous and not make a fuss about it.

She had never encountered such a thing, but this was how it was portrayed in the TV dramas that Liuzhi usually watched.

There was no sound on the other end of the phone, as if he was stunned by her words. After a long while, Meng Yushu's voice continued: "I'm not here to speak for him. He is no longer a child. He must take responsibility for his mistakes. I apologize to you in person and ask for your forgiveness. Mom told us everything in the group. Are you... okay?"

Meng Yushu knew that her sister hated dogs, and she had made a big concession by setting three rules for Meng Chenghong to continue raising Xiaoxue. However, not only did Meng Chenghong fail to take good care of Xiaoxue, he also got angry at his sister without any reason.

How sad would the younger sister be when she drags her tired body home from get off work and sees a messy room? She forces herself not to get angry with her brother, but is still pointed at and wrongly accused?

Hearing this, Meng Anran's eyes trembled slightly, and she lowered her eyes silently. After a while, she said calmly: "I'm fine. If he likes to keep a dog, let him keep it. Tomorrow... I will also move back to Lihuayuan."

During these five years, the family members were busy with their careers and studies, and they all had more convenient places to live besides the villa.

But, that's the only place I call "home".

Meng Yushu could tell that Meng Anran didn't mean to use Lihuayuan as a temporary residence for work reasons, but that she was disappointed with this "home".

The fingers holding the phone tightened slightly, and Meng Yushu's voice remained gentle: "An Ran, I understand how you feel. However, relationships between people are never smooth sailing, and this is also true between family members."

The sea breeze blew across Meng Anran's cheek. She turned her head to look at Qin Mu beside her, and then shifted her gaze to the two people lying on the beach not far away who inexplicably started "fighting each other".

She curled the corners of her lips and said, "Brother, relationships between people can be smooth sailing. It just depends on whether you understand and care about each other enough."