Chapter 42: Adopting a Goddaughter

Gu Yunchi concealed the bitterness in his heart and said, "I have severed ties with the Gu family. Sorry, Aunt Bai, we'll go in first."

Lan Yu felt sorry for Gu Yunchi, so she walked over, held his hand, and said goodbye to Bai Xiuhe and her group, "Aunt Bai, goodbye."

Everyone in the Lu family looked shocked.

Li Wenhao quickly followed in and whispered to Gu Yunchi, "Have you really cut off ties with your family?"

Lan Yu turned around and looked at Li Wenhao: "Uncle."

Gu Yunchi smiled bitterly, "It's okay, uncle is my own man, yes, uncle, but uncle, don't worry, I have some investments of my own, so I have no problem supporting my wife and children."

Li Wenhao said nothing more.

At that moment, her mind changed towards Gu Yunchi. Severing ties meant giving up property. They were from a wealthy family, and the amount of property was something that ordinary people could not even imagine.

It must have taken a lot of courage for Gu Yunchi to make such a decision.

Although Li Wenhao didn't know why Gu Yunchi did this, he admired Gu Yunchi's courage.

When the three of them entered the house, Song Yubai hurriedly greeted them, "Sister-in-law, uncle, come to the table quickly. Uncle will sit here. You are our brother Chi's uncle, and you are also the uncle of all of us brothers. You should sit in the main seat."

Li Wenhao did not refuse and sat down in the main seat, letting Gu Yunchi sit on his right, Lan Yu sit next to Gu Yunchi, and the other three sit on Li Wenhao's left.

Song Yubai poured the red wine and said, "Uncle, it's a rare gathering today, let's have a drink together."

Li Wenhao nodded slightly and said, "Thank you."

Lan Yu quickly said, "I have to go to work in the afternoon, so I won't drink with you today."

Gu Yunchi picked up the corn juice on the table and poured it for his wife, "Drink the corn juice and eat more later. You must have worked hard during the surgery today."

Lan Yu: "You have worked hard too. You came here as soon as you landed."

Gu Yunchi: "I have a good physique and I can be fine without rest for three days and three nights. You are weak, so you still need to be careful."

Lan Yu: "I'm not that delicate."

Li Wenhao listened to the conversation between Gu Yunchi and Lan Yu calmly, and the stone in his heart was finally put down. Seeing that Lan Yu married a man who knew how to love her, he, as her uncle, was also happy for her.

"Come, I toast everyone," Li Wenhao raised his glass, "First of all, thank you Yunchi for inviting me to dinner. I can see from the restaurant you chose that you put your heart into it. And also thank you brothers."

"Yun Chi is very lucky to have brothers like you. I have been traveling around the world alone for the past 20 years. Although I have met many friends, I don't have brothers as close as you. I envy your friendship very much."

"Let's all have a drink together."

Everyone raised their glasses and clinked them.

Lan Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and picked up her chopsticks to fill her stomach. She was really hungry.

Outside, Lu Chengfeng was standing alone in the yard smoking.

All he could think about was Lan Yu's smile. He had seen many girls who looked like his mother, but Lan Yu gave him a very strange feeling, as if they had known each other for a long time.

Lu Yinan walked behind his son and asked softly, "What are you thinking about here?"

Lu Chengfeng looked back at his father and said, "Dad, it's nothing. Is the food here? I'll go in after taking these two puffs."

Lu Yinan: "Don't worry, you know that Yanyan and Si Ning are the pickiest. They always waste a lot of time on ordering food. Your mother got angry just now. I came out to get some fresh air."

Lu Chengfeng also felt annoyed, "It's really time to have a good talk with the two of them about their personalities."

Lu Yinan raised his eyebrows and said, "I think that Doctor Lan just now is quite sensible. No wonder Yun Chi chose her. It would be great if our Yanyan could be half as sensible as her."

Lu Chengfeng looked at his father and asked in a muffled voice, "Dad, does that Doctor Lan look a lot like Mom when she was young?"

"It's very similar," Lu Yinan did not deny.

Lu Chengfeng: "But to be honest, we have been looking for so long and have seen dozens of girls who look like my mother, but the results of each identification have been disappointing. I have no confidence anymore."

Lu Yinan sighed lightly, "That's what I told your mother. The situation this time is more complicated. She is Yun Chi's wife. We can't just take her for a paternity test like we did before."

"Yun Chi will definitely be unhappy about that. Let's wait and see and don't act too hastily."

Lu Chengfeng: "Okay, I'll find someone to investigate her family first."

Lu Yinan: "Don't tell your mother about the investigation for now, so as not to affect her mood. I see that she is in a good mood these two days. She said she likes Dr. Lan very much."

"Or you can ask your mother to adopt Dr. Lan as her goddaughter."

Lu Chengfeng: "Okay, but we have to find the right opportunity. If I rashly propose to adopt Dr. Lan as my goddaughter, she might find it strange. Right now, it's not the right time because they just met."

Lu Yinan nodded in agreement.

When the father and son were about to go back, Lu Yuanyuan ran out and said, "Dad, can I have a word with my brother alone?"

Lu Yinan glanced at his son and left first.

"What do you want to say? Are you trying to slander Dr. Lan again?"

Lu Chengfeng was extremely angry about what Lu Yanyan and Lu Si Ning said. Now he understood why Gu Yunchi was so angry that day.

"Brother, I didn't know that was her uncle," Lu Yuanyuan argued.

Lu Chengfeng said coldly, "Is this the point? The point is you and Si Ning. You two slandered a stranger for no reason. Lu Yuanyan, don't think I don't know that you did it on purpose. You are jealous of others."

Lu Yanyan clenched her fists, "Brother, if I were your biological sister, would you still favor an outsider like this? If that woman hadn't appeared, I might have become Yun Chi's wife now."

"You're so stubborn!" Lu Chengfeng said angrily. "Don't you even know the most basic respect for others? I'm telling you, whether Doctor Lan is there or not, Gu Yunchi will not choose you because you don't deserve it!"

After Lu Chengfeng finished speaking, he walked away. He really didn't want to say more to Lu Yuanyuan, as it would be useless even if he did.

He now believed what it meant that it was difficult to change one's nature. Lu Yuanyuan's narrow-mindedness and jealousy were impossible to change. Perhaps it was inherited from her biological parents.

Lu Chengfeng only hopes that Lu Yuanyuan can leave the Lu family as soon as possible so as not to affect his mother's mood.

On Gu Yunchi's side, Li Wenhao was drinking happily and telling everyone in vivid detail about his experiences abroad over the years, as well as the various dark dishes he had eaten.

Song Yubai followed up by asking Li Wenhao to rate the taste of this private restaurant, but Li Wenhao only gave it 80 points.

Gu Yunchi also felt that the new dishes did not taste as good as before, so he asked Wei Cheng to call the manager.

When the manager learned that Li Wenhao was a gourmet who traveled around the world, he knew he could no longer hide the truth and hurriedly apologized: "I'm really sorry, these dishes were actually made by the new chef."

Song Yubai was curious, "Did you change the chef? Why?"

The manager explained: "The original chef opened his own shop. We interviewed many chefs, but none of them were ideal. This one was poached from another shop by our boss at a high salary."

"No way, this is a high salary? Your boss must have been cheated. My uncle said that you can only get 80 points at most for these dishes." Wei Cheng sneered, "Tell your boss to open it quickly and find another one."

The manager looked at Li Wenhao, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Mr. Li, you are a gourmet who has traveled around the world and must be knowledgeable. Can you show us your skills? And let us chefs be convinced."