"For the pain of clinging to love, for the wounds of clinging to hate."

"I can no longer distinguish between love and hate, is this how it is?"

As the background music started, everyone's attention focused on the doorway. The door slowly opened, revealing four people with imposing presence. They slowly raised their eyes one by one, their faces cold as they met Lu Yanhua's gaze.

Lu An'an struck a pose as if she were returning home for revenge, glanced around at the stunned people in the living room, and pinched her thigh to suppress the laughter that was about to escape her lips.

[I can't help but laugh when I think about what the four of us are doing right now.]

Lu Yanli looked at the four people, each striking a pose, and his lips twitched slightly. What a grand entrance! Take them away!

The momentum that Old Madam Lu and Old Master Lu had just mentioned about seeking revenge on Pinru quietly dissipated because of Lu An'an's heartfelt words.

Lu Wenjing's temple throbbed. He sighed softly and gently rubbed his furrowed brow with his fingertips. "An'an, turn off the music."

"Okay, sure."

After turning off the background music, Lu An'an looked at Lu Yanhua, who was still immersed in astonishment, with a smile and said slowly, "Why didn't the old lady greet us when she saw us? Was she too excited?"

Lu Yanhua's gaze was fixed on the old lady Lu standing beside the wheelchair. Her voice was as soft as a whisper, yet filled with disbelief: "Sister... Sister?"

Lu An'an rolled her eyes inwardly.

[I knew Lu Rongyu was annoying with her constant "sister, sister" calls; it turns out it's all from her family.]

Old Madam Lu slowly entered the living room, her gaze sweeping over Lu Yanhua like ice. A cold smile curled at the corner of her lips, and she said sarcastically, "I can't accept being called 'sister' by you."

Lu Yanhua stared intently at that face, her heart churning with shock: "How could your face..."

Madam Lu chuckled softly, "So what's wrong? Do you even have the right to ask?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhua was stunned, as if something was blocking her throat, and she couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

Inside, the atmosphere suddenly became subtle and heavy.

Lu Yixuan's eyes darted between Old Madam Lu and Lu Yanhua with surprise, and he couldn't help but ask, "Grandma, why does she look exactly like you?"

Lu Yanhua's eyes trembled almost imperceptibly, her heart churning with turmoil. But remembering that she had been in place of Old Madam Lu for more than a decade, she forced herself to calm down and put on a gentle and graceful smile: "Quickly greet your aunt. This is my twin sister, Lu Yanhua."

Lu Yixuan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "So it's Auntie. I've never heard Grandma mention you before. Hello, Auntie. The way you came in was quite unique."

Madam Lu didn't even glance at Lu Yixuan, chuckled, and slowly repeated, "Lu Yanhua? Aunt?"

She spoke as if looking at a clown, each word striking Lu Yanhua's heart: "You've worn this identity for so many years, have you forgotten how ugly and wretched it is underneath?"

Lu Yanhua's eyes suddenly darkened, a sinister look creeping onto her face, and her voice turned colder: "Sister, I know you're not doing as well as me, and you're jealous of me, but I haven't mistreated you all these years. What do you mean by this?"

Old Madam Lu was amused and annoyed by Lu Yanhua's distorted words. Just as she was about to retort, Lu An'an spoke first.

She waved her hand, opened her palm, and pointed at Old Master Lu to attract Lu Yanhua's attention: "Hey! Hey! Come on, old lady, take a look at my grandfather first, he's about to throw up from your disgust."

As Lu An'an spoke, everyone's gaze involuntarily followed her direction and fell on Old Master Lu.

Grandpa Lu was very respectful to Lu An'an. As soon as the attention turned to him, he immediately gagged several times.

Lu Yanhua's face instantly turned a kaleidoscope of colors, a complex mix of shame, indignation, and embarrassment.

Lu Yixuan, standing to the side, suddenly turned cold and sternly rebuked Lu An'an: "Lu An'an! What are you saying! Don't you know our grandfather has passed away!"

Lu An'an looked at Lu Yixuan with sympathy: "Your grandfather may really be gone, but my grandfather is alive and will live to be a hundred years old."

[This kid is really something. If I didn't have to be mindful of my image, I'd want to bury him in the ground.]

Lu Yixuan was furious. He pointed at Lu An'an and said viciously, "Lu An'an! You really are a wild girl from the mountains! A worthless thing without parents..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Yubai, who was closest to him, stood up and punched Lu Yixuan hard in the mouth. Then, with a fierce expression, he pressed down on Lu Yixuan and rained down punches on his face.

"Who gave you the audacity to speak so disrespectfully to my sister? Who do you think you are? Since you can't even utter human words, I'll cripple you!"

Seeing her beloved grandson being mercilessly pinned down and powerless to resist, Lu Yanhua was so anxious that she wanted to hit Lu Yubai with her cane from behind, but Lu Xunran, who had just walked over, grabbed her and shoved her away.

Lu Yanhua staggered a few steps and fell onto the sofa. Looking at the crowd watching coldly, her voice trembled with anger and disappointment as she almost screamed, "Stop! Stop! Why didn't you stop them! Yixuan is your brother!"

Lu Yanli looked coldly at Lu Yixuan, who was already somewhat dazed from the beating, and said indifferently, "Alright, he still needs to be awake to watch the next show. Don't let him really get beaten to death."

Lu Xunran pulled up Lu Yubai, who was still furious, and while leading him away, he pretended to accidentally step on Lu Yixuan's foot before taking Lu Yubai away.

Lu An'an waited for her brothers to step aside, then stepped forward expressionlessly, slapped Lu Yixuan hard across the face, and coldly stabbed his speech acupoint.

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