Chapter 373 The Lu Family Register
"Shh, Xiaocheng is sleeping."
"Yes, yes, yes! How is Xiao Cheng?" Xiao Weilai immediately lowered his voice, "Yuan Chang and I usually pick him up on Fridays, but we've been busy at the store these past two days and haven't been able to get away. Who would have thought that something like this would happen at this time!"
"They're all external injuries, nothing serious."
"That's good, that's good!"
Li Yuanchang, who was standing next to her, breathed a sigh of relief. When he looked up again, his eyes were red, and his attention returned to Wen Ni.
“When we received Xiaocheng’s call and heard that you were still alive, we couldn’t believe it! I thought… I thought that Xiaocheng missed you so much that she had a fit of hysteria! After all, we all saw your… body with our own eyes!”
"Speaking of which, what's the story with that corpse?" Xiao Weilai secretly wiped away a tear, somewhat curious. "The wounds on that corpse, and the necklace around its neck, are exactly the same as yours!"
“Just a death row inmate, disguised as me,” Wen Ni replied, then suddenly remembered something and blurted out, “Oh right, my necklace is still with Captain Lu. I’ll go get it another day…”
Before my eyes, a golden bullet-shaped necklace fell down.
The other end of the necklace rested on Lu Jinye's finger!
"When did you bring it back?" Wen Ni asked, somewhat surprised.
"It's your third day in the hospital."
Lu Jinye's voice was very soft: "After I got it back, I had someone clean it. I only retrieved it today. I was planning to give it to you later."
"Mr. Lu is so thoughtful!" Li Yuanchang quietly leaned closer and showered him with heartfelt praise. "Young lady, while you were gone for the past few months, Mr. Lu has had a lot of people help us out!"
“Yes, Mr. Lu takes good care of us!” Xiao Weilai said, but then suddenly realized something and asked with concern, “Wait a minute… Mr. Lu just said you were hospitalized?”
"Hospitalized?! Didn't you just get back today?" Li Yuanchang belatedly realized.
Xiao Xiaobao pouted, looking like she was about to cry, and tugged at Wen Ni's sleeve, "Sister Wen, are you injured? Is it serious? Does the injection hurt?"
"It's just a minor injury." Wen Ni patted Xiao Bao's head, then looked at Li Yuanchang and the other two. "When carrying out a mission, how can you not get injured? Besides, my identity is special, as you both know now."
"I know!" Xiao Bao raised his hand innocently. "Dad said my sister is a soldier among soldiers! She can lift thousands of pounds with one hand!"
"Haha, it's not that exaggerated!"
Xiao Bao's words made them stop crying and start laughing.
This also changed the subject of their conversation.
Wen Ni didn't want to talk about her pain. She stretched and rubbed her stomach. "I'm a little hungry. What's good to eat tonight?"
"Yes, yes, yes! We need everything the little sister wants to eat!" Their simple minds were immediately distracted. Li Yuanchang even raised his hand, volunteering, "I'll go downstairs to buy groceries right now!"
"Let's cook a big meal in a bit! And buy some wine, we can eat and chat!"
"Okay~" Wen Ni said with a faint smile.
Lu Jinye leaned to one side, quietly watching her. After a while, he picked up a glass of water and drank it all in one gulp, barely managing to suppress the bitterness welling up inside him!
If I hadn't experienced it firsthand and witnessed it with my own eyes...
He would never truly understand the horrifying hidden pain behind her nonchalant words!
The night sky was dark.
The cozy house is filled with the warmth and joy of everyday life.
A table full of more than ten dishes, a mix of meat and vegetables.
Wen Cheng was still resting, Wen Ni was sitting next to Lu Jinye, and Qin Yuan and Brother Li were sitting on one side.
"Speaking of which, now that Boss Wen has finished his mission, what about the ID card and household registration that were cancelled before? Can they be reissued?" Xiao Weilai said, pouring Lu Jinye a glass of wine. "After all, you've died once now."
Upon hearing this, Li Yuanchang slammed down his chopsticks, somewhat indignant. "Reissue? If we want to reissue the household registration, wouldn't we have to go back to that beast Wen Yuanshan? Little sister, you might not know! It had only been a few days since you sacrificed your life! Your body hadn't even been cremated yet, and he was already demanding compensation! You were his daughter! He didn't even ask a single question! All he saw was money! Is he even human? Even tigers don't eat their cubs!"
"Heh...that's in line with their usual style." Wen Ni already knew what kind of person he was, and she was unmoved by such a thing. "No matter what, I will not go to him."
"The military will take care of these things, right?" Qin Yuan picked up a piece of pig's head meat and interjected, "Miss Wen Ni is a great contributor now. Although it can't be done openly, surely she can get in through some connections?"
“Even if arrangements are made, the necessary procedures still need to be followed. I don’t think Wen Ni wants to be registered under the same household registration as Wen Yuanshan anymore.” Lu Jinye took a sip of wine. “But she can’t register as a separate household now, all her personal information has been cancelled.”
Qin Yuan had a sudden inspiration: "Why not! Let Miss Wen Ni be registered in the Lu family's household register!"
"puff!"
Wen Ni, a woman of great wisdom, almost choked to death on a chicken claw.
Boss Xiao and Li Yuanchang's mouths were agape in an "O" shape!
"Yay!" Xiao Xiaobao exclaimed cheerfully. "Then I want to be on the same household register as Sister Wen and Uncle Lu!"
"...Kids, don't get involved!" Xiao Weilai covered Xiao Bao's mouth.
Lu Jinye chuckled. "Why is she the older sister and I'm the uncle?"
"I heard from Dad that Uncle Lu is 7 years older than my sister, which is quite old. He's at the age where he should be getting married, so who will Uncle Lu marry? Sister Wen?"
Silence fell over the dinner table.
Li Yuanchang, Xiao Weilai, and Qin Yuan lowered their heads and ate their rice.
Wen Ni pretended to be calm and picked up a piece of sweet potato.
"That depends on whether your sister Wen Ni agrees," Lu Jinye said.
"Snap!"
A sweet potato fell onto the table.
The three people who were silently eating but actually watching the drama unfold all looked up at once!
"Registering your household registration isn't something you can just decide to do anywhere you want." Wen Ni chose to avoid the topic when asked about Xiao Bao's situation. She calmly picked up her rice bowl and said, "When I have time, I'll discuss it with Captain Lu! It's not that there's no way, it's just that it will be a bit troublesome."
Lu Jinye held his chopsticks without moving.
"That's not just a little trouble, that's far too much trouble." Qin Yuan glanced at her master's face and chuckled, "Instead of discussing it with our Master Lu's own father, why don't you discuss it with Master Lu himself? It's the same thing..."
"Qin Yuan, don't say anything more. Let Wen Ni decide these things herself." Lu Jinye's expression was indifferent, revealing no extra emotions. He picked up a plate of stir-fried vegetables and put it in Wen Ni's bowl. "Your injury has not yet healed, so it is not suitable for you to eat anything too greasy."
"Okay, thank you!"
Wen Ni responded softly and continued eating, her head down.
Boss Xiao and Li Yuanchang noticed the change in atmosphere and quickly changed the subject, "Qin Yuan, try this, it's braised pig's trotters made by your brother Li himself, the taste is absolutely amazing!"
"Ah! It's delicious! So delicious!"
Before Qin Yuan even took a bite, he was already praising it!
The bedroom door was then gently opened.
Wen Ni looked up and saw Wen Cheng walking out, one hand on the door frame!
"Xiao Cheng, are you feeling better?"
"Um……"
When Xiaocheng saw her sister sitting alive at the dinner table, she couldn't help but burst into tears again!
He took a deep breath to keep his tears from falling.
"Sister, I just heard you talking about re-registering your household registration."
"What are your thoughts, Xiaocheng?"
“I do have a suggestion.” Wen Cheng pondered for a moment before tentatively asking, “Sister, if you don’t want to have anything to do with the Wen family, then what about the Hua family?”
"The Hua family?" Wen Ni paused, her chopsticks still.
“Yes, sister, you must have heard what Mr. Lu said, right?” Xiao Cheng continued slowly, “Mom shouldn’t have been an orphan. She was born into the Hua family. She was Hua Baichuan’s older sister and Hua Zhuo’s aunt!”
“I know you don’t want to depend on anyone, but we should find out about Mom’s background! There might be more to what happened back then!”
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