Chapter 86 Hot Potato

After receiving a call from Fang Lin saying that she wanted to cancel the engagement, old lady Zhang Yulan hurried to the hotel with old man Gu Hean.

When the two arrived at Room 2010 that Fang Lin had booked for Lu Yanyan, their eldest son Gu Qinghui and grandson Gu Yunyi also arrived. The four of them squeezed into the house in a hurry.

Gu Qinghui shouted as he walked, "Fang Lin, you'd better give me a reasonable reason why you want to cancel the engagement? Do you know how serious this is?"

Fang Lin, who was wiping her tears, suddenly raised her head, glared hatefully at Lu Yanyan who was standing beside her, and replied to her husband in a bad mood: "Do you think I want to? If this engagement really happens, our Gu family will lose face."

Zhang Yulan was displeased and asked Fang Lin in a muffled voice: "What's going on? Can you please explain it clearly first?"

Fang Lin burst into tears and pointed at Lu Yuanyuan and said, "She is not the biological daughter of the Lu family. She is an adopted daughter. Most people in Jiangbei City know about it, but we are the only ones who are kept in the dark."

Zhang Yulan curled her lips and said, "I thought it was something else."

Fang Lin paused and looked at her mother-in-law: "Mom, you guys already knew this, didn't you?"

Zhang Yulan glanced at Lu Yuanyuan and said, "Yes, I knew it a long time ago, but what does it matter? As long as the Lu family recognizes this daughter, it doesn't matter whether she is their biological daughter or not."

Fang Lin looked at Zhang Yulan in astonishment, "Mom, how can you say that? What is the status of our Yun Yi? He is the one who will inherit our family business in the future. How can he marry a fake daughter!"

The old man's mouth twitched slightly, and he said sarcastically: "Yun Yi wants to inherit the family business? Why didn't I know? Fang Lin, who will inherit my Gu family's family business? Do you have the final say?"

Gu Qinghui kept winking at Fang Lin and scolded her, "Fang Lin, what nonsense are you talking about? I think you've lost your mind. What nonsense are you talking about in front of my parents? Why don't you apologize quickly!"

Fang Lin looked at her parents-in-law with reluctance. In her heart, only her precious son was qualified to be the heir.

Gu Hean snorted coldly, "Just cancel it. You were the ones who notified everyone. Now that the engagement is cancelled, you should go and notify everyone one by one and tell them not to come."

After Zhang Yulan waited for her husband to leave, she whispered to Fang Lin, "How can you just cancel something as big as an engagement? You invited all the important people. What will others think if you cancel it?"

Fang Lin glanced at Lu Yuanyuan who was silent, and felt really upset.

She thought about it and threw this hot potato to her husband Gu Qinghui: "Husband, you decide, I don't care."

Gu Qinghui’s mind was also in a mess. How could Lu Yanyan be a fake daughter?

He raised his chin towards his son Gu Yunyi and said, "Yunyi, this is your marriage, you decide for yourself."

Gu Yunyi sat on the sofa, squinting his eyes and looking at Lu Yuanyan. After a moment of silence, he said, "It's up to you. If you want me to get engaged, then I will. If you don't want to, then cancel it. I don't care."

For a moment, the room fell into silence.

About a minute later, Zhang Yulan sighed deeply, "Stop arguing, let's go on with the engagement party as usual. Whether or not this is a biological child is not something Yanyan can control. Of course she hopes that she is a biological child."

"Right, Yanyan?"

Lu Yuanyuan nodded quickly, "Yes, grandma, although I am not their biological daughter, my parents have always treated me as their own daughter. However, if you uncles and aunts really mind, I respect any decision you make."

Seeing Fang Lin hesitant, Zhang Yulan pulled her into the bedroom, closed the door and knocked on it, saying, "Fang Lin, I'm not saying anything harsh on you, but why are you so stubborn? Married people can get divorced, and this is just an engagement party."

"The invitations have been sent out. Wouldn't it be a joke if you cancel the engagement party now? If you really don't want to get married, you can just wait until the engagement party is over and then find a reason to cancel the marriage."

Fang Lin rolled her eyes, "Mom, is this okay?"

Zhang Yulan: "What's wrong with that? Yun Yi said it all, he doesn't care, let you do whatever you want. You can also look for another one while you're still working, drag Lu Yuanyuan along first, and then find a better girl for Yun Yi."

Fang Lin thought about it and realized that engagement was not marriage, so what was there to be afraid of?

Fang Lin: "Okay, Mom, let's go on with the engagement party as usual today. The future situation will depend on the Lu family. If they can lend a hand to Yunyi, then I will let Yunyi and Lu Yuanyan get their marriage certificate."

"If it doesn't work out, I'll cancel this marriage."

Zhang Yulan: "That's right. The power is in your hands, so you have the final say, right? Even if Yanyan is an adopted daughter, she was raised by the Lu family. Isn't she many times better than that Lan?"

Fang Lin thought of Lan Yu, who came from a low-class family, and she suddenly felt relieved. "Mom, you're right. Yanyan is much better than that guy named Lan."

Lan Jingming and his son rode a shared electric bike to the store. He felt that the girl named Lu Yuanyuan looked familiar. "Tianxiang, have we seen Miss Lu somewhere before?"

Lan Tianxiang: "Miss Lu? Which Miss Lu?"

Lan Jingming: "It's the one we met in the hotel just now, the one who scolded us."

Lan Tianxiang: "I have never seen such an arrogant and domineering young lady. How could I have ever seen such a nasty person, Dad? This is the first time I have seen such a nasty person. We didn't even provoke her, but she is so hostile to us."

"She is such a snob. If I see her again next time, I will spit in her face."

Lan Jingming stopped talking. The girl's personality was indeed very bad, which was very similar to his wife Li Zhujun.

Li Zhujun has been asking him indirectly these days about which school his store is located in front of, but Lan Jingming hasn't revealed a single word. He will not be soft-hearted this time and will not let Li Zhujun come and cause trouble.

When they arrived at the store, Lan Jingming and his son divided the cleaning work. After cleaning it today, they would let the clothes air out for a few days before they could restock the goods.

While working, Lan Jingming fantasized about how after the store opened, students would flock in to buy things after school, and he and his son would collect the money. What a wonderful life that would be.

Lu Chengfeng and his parents arrived at the Shenglin five-star hotel at half past ten.

The three of them were taken upstairs by the lobby manager in the elevator to the banquet hall on the fourth floor to meet the Gu family.

When Fang Lin saw the three people from the Lu family coming, she thought of Lu Yanyan as a fake daughter, and the anger that she had suppressed surged up in her heart again. Her face became a little cold, and she didn't even want to say hello.

The three members of the Lu family were very surprised to see Fang Lin's attitude.

Lu Yinan took the initiative to greet Gu Qinghui, "Mr. Gu, when will the guests arrive? What do we need to do?"

Gu Qinghui nudged his wife with his arm, and Fang Lin replied unhappily: "You don't need to do anything. Just go in and find your seats and don't cause us any trouble."

Seeing Fang Lin's attitude, Lu Chengfeng felt that she was disrespectful, so he shouted, "Excuse me, is the woman at this engagement party my sister Lu Yuanyuan? Did we force you to get engaged to our family?"

"Why do you treat my parents like this? Or is it because your family has more money than ours that you can be so arrogant?"

"If you don't welcome us here, please tell us and we'll leave right now!"