Chapter 77 Spring is here

Lu Qingcheng stared at Duan Jingyao blankly. He was handsome and exuded a refined temperament, which made her fall for him instantly. Her face turned a strange pink visibly.

Her heartbeat was uncontrollably chaotic. Lu Qingcheng quickly lowered her eyes, took the handkerchief, and took a half step back, looking embarrassed and unnatural. "Thank you..."

Duan Jing glanced at Lu Qingcheng from a distance. When she lowered her head and couldn't see his expression, a condescending desire for control flashed in his eyes.

In just a second, the strange look disappeared from his eyes, and he returned to his extreme tenderness.

As if truly caring about Lu Qingcheng, he earnestly tried to comfort her, "Miss Lu, there are so many conflicts within wealthy families, and it's rare to find someone as genuine as you. You are the only daughter of the Lu family, and they definitely love you. However, your every word and action represents the Lu family's reputation, so you must not leave any evidence behind when you demonstrate. Otherwise, how can your family support you?"

The words were spoken very subtly, but fortunately, Lu Qingcheng, who had a stupid brain, understood them.

She looked at Duan Jingyao gratefully and said, "Thank you. I don't have any friends in this circle, but luckily you understand me."

When the classmates left through the main gate, most of them saw the two people standing by the fountain and behaving ambiguously. They didn't go over to say hello, but they had already made a judgment in their hearts.

Duan Jingyao is a two-faced person. On the one hand, he is trying to be friendly with Meng Anran, but on the other hand, he is approaching Lu Qingcheng with ulterior motives. He has ulterior motives and is not someone worth making close friends with.

Only Liu Ke stared at Lu Qingcheng with jealousy.

Damn it. I had wanted to get close to Lu Qingcheng and build a good relationship with the Lu family, so that I could maybe negotiate a marriage with them in the future. But it turned out that Lu Qingcheng was useless. She couldn't even please her own brother, so she was worthless.

He wanted to shift his target from the two young masters of the Lu family to the young master of the Shanghai circle, Duan Jingyao, but Lu Qingcheng took the initiative?!

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The next day.

"Miss, where did you get this paternity test?"

Just after the morning meeting, I saw the photo sent by Meng Anran. It was the paternity test report of Lu Qingcheng and Bai Yujin.

This shows that the two are not related and are not biological mother and daughter.

"A birthday present from Duan Jingyao."

Rich families value their reputation, but if those secrets were really revealed, the entire Beijing circle would be shocked.

Lu Zhong and Bai Yujin came together because of a business marriage. There was no marital affection between them, and even having children was a task-based behavior.

The two of them are often not at home. In the eyes of outsiders, they are a loving couple who travel around together, but in fact they each have their own entertainment.

Keep a long-term lover, don’t keep a long-term lover.

Never sleep with someone you have slept with once a second time, as this will make it less likely for people to find out.

If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet.

Meng Anran was not surprised that Lu Zhong had an illegitimate daughter.

She was just curious about where Duan Jingyao got the appraisal report. Logically speaking, Duan Jingyao should not have had access to white turmeric, just like Lu Qingcheng should not have had access to Lu Zhong before.

Both appraisal reports came out of nowhere. She wondered if the person hiding behind the scenes to help Lu Qingcheng was Duan Jingyao.

However, this assumption is unreasonable. If Duan Jingyao only wanted to manipulate things secretly, why did he contact Lu Qingcheng last night?

"The first two appraisal reports were both from Lu Qingcheng and Lu Zhong. Confirming their kinship was equivalent to confirming that Lu Qingcheng was the daughter of the Lu family. I didn't expect that a biological daughter could also be an illegitimate daughter." Qin Mu sneered, finding that the matter was becoming more and more absurd.

"Whether Lu Qingcheng is a biological daughter or an illegitimate daughter, that is the Lu family's family affair and has nothing to do with me. The key point is that Duan Jingyao seems to be intentionally or unintentionally raising Lu Qingcheng's hatred towards me, trying to drag me down with him."

This is the point that Meng Anran cannot understand the most. No matter what grudges there are between Duan Jingyao and the Lu family, she is no longer a member of the Lu family, so if there is any score to be settled, it should not be her head.

Why do you have to keep holding on to her?

Just because she has enjoyed the Lu family's resources for 17 years?

How much did Duan Jingyao hate the Lu family? In his eyes, anyone who had anything to do with the Lu family was an enemy?

"I think I understand why Duan Jingyao gave you this appraisal report."

Qin Mu leaned back in his office chair, twirling a pen in his hand, seemingly discovering something interesting. "Duan Jingyao thought you'd been a rich girl for over a decade, and suddenly been kicked out of the Lu family, losing your wealth and glory, and you'd be unhappy about it. He told you that Lu Qingcheng was Lu Zhong's illegitimate daughter, hoping you'd kill each other."

This conjecture was very reasonable. Meng Anran laughed when she heard it, and continued Qin Mu's words: "But he didn't expect that I didn't care at all. I didn't make this clear to so many people last night. That's why he turned his target to Lu Qingcheng, provoking a conflict and forcing me into the game."

"Hmm, Missy is really smart."

Qin Mu praised him lovingly, then returned to his serious tone, "I'm curious. You have no blood relationship with Lu Zhong and Bai Yujin, and Lu Qingcheng is just Lu Zhong's illegitimate daughter. So where did Bai Yujin's child go?"

The question hit the nail on the head, and it made Meng Anran feel terrified for a moment.

Isn't this a story about a true and false daughter? How did it become a suspense story?

"I don't know the authenticity of this appraisal report yet. I've asked Aunt Liang to find a way to get hair samples from Mr. and Mrs. Lu Zhong and Lu Qingcheng, so we can do a new appraisal."

She likes to do things that are sure. What if this report is false and she gives it to Lu Heng? It would be bad if Lu Heng mistakenly thinks that she has some ideas about the Lu family.

After confirming the relationship between Lu Qingcheng and the Lu couple, if she is really Lu Zhong’s illegitimate daughter, she will throw the report to Lu Heng.

What conflicts might arise in the Lu family has nothing to do with her.

"Do you want to take this opportunity to take revenge on the Lu family?" Qin Mu asked, but his tone clearly showed that he himself did not believe this possibility.

As expected, Meng Anran smiled and replied, "I have no feelings towards the Lu family. I neither love nor hate them. I have no reason to retaliate against them. It's just that Lu Qingcheng always has a coconut on her neck and is always looking for trouble. It's too noisy."

Just let her disappear.

Hearing Meng Yushu's voice calling her to have breakfast outside, Meng Anran said a few words hurriedly to the person on the other end of the phone and was about to hang up.

"An Xiaoran."

The boy's slightly low and seductive voice came from the receiver, and Meng Anran put the phone back to his ear again.

Then he heard the young Gu Master's voice filled with sweetness: "I miss you."

Meng Anran's heart skipped a beat. Half a second later, she curled the corners of her lips and replied, "Yeah, I miss you too."

After hanging up the phone, Meng Anran went to open the door.

Meng Yushu stared at his sister for a while and felt something was wrong. "Why is your face so red? Do you have a fever?"

Meng Anran's eyes flickered, and she touched her hot cheek unnaturally, "Ahem, maybe the room is a little stuffy."

On the other side, the president's office of Qin Group.

The phone was still against his ear, but Qin Mu's ears were red as blood and he couldn't recover for a long time.

A secret smile appeared on his thin lips, and these simple words made him savor them endlessly.

Zhuo Cheng came in with documents in his arms. Seeing Qin Mu's expression, he suddenly looked at the bright sunshine outside the window.

Ah... spring is here.