A short while later, Su Ping returned, but it seemed that a strangely dressed long-haired man was following behind her.
Lu Zhiyan's sadness and discomfort were quickly replaced by shock.
He stared in disbelief at the two people who walked in, his gaze settling on the man's face.
Don't tell him that Su Ping invited his mother out tonight to confess that she was secretly keeping an old man.
Thinking of this possibility, he stared intently at the long-haired man, not wanting to miss a single detail on his face.
He couldn't understand why Su Ping would fall for such an old man, when he was clearly more handsome, younger, and more energetic!
Madam Lu's gaze sharpened after Su Ping led the people in, and she questioned Su Ping with displeasure.
"Pingping, what do you mean by this? Who is this man?"
Su Ping calmly led the long-haired man to Madam Lu and said with a smile, "I met a master a few days ago who said he was an old friend of yours, so I brought him to meet you."
Upon hearing this, Madam Lu turned her gaze to the man's face and indeed found him to be very familiar.
Although his face had matured, it was indeed the same master who had appeared in his home twenty years ago and taken away the Zhiyan doll.
Madam Lu immediately changed her attitude and stood up respectfully.
"Master, it really is you! I've been trying to contact you all these years but I've never been able to. How have you been?"
Lu Zhiyan was dumbfounded to see her mother showing such respect to this man.
Who exactly is this old man? How could my usually self-assured mother speak to him so politely?
The long-haired man hummed in response to her question, then turned his gaze to Lu Zhiyan, who was dressed as Lu Zhiyan.
As if suddenly remembering something, Madam Lu hurriedly asked, "Regarding the woman your mentor predicted..."
At this point, she glanced at Su Ping beside her with some apprehension and quickly fell silent.
Su Ping knew what she wanted to ask, but Lu Zhiyan didn't. He felt very uncomfortable seeing the man staring at him like that, so he quickly glared back.
Who knew that when Madam Lu saw him like this, she immediately slapped him.
Lu Zhiyan's ears were ringing from the beating, and she couldn't understand why her mother would hit her for the sake of an outsider.
"How dare you look at the master like that? The reason you've survived all these years is entirely due to..."
Madam Lu almost blurted out her true feelings in her haste, but after belatedly glancing at Su Ping, she realized that Su Ping was staring at her with a smile in her eyes.
“Madam Lu, I now know the real reason why you want me to marry into the Lu family.”
Before she could finish speaking, Madam Lu retorted in a shrill voice, "What? You know?!"
Su Ping nodded and revealed his true purpose in inviting her out.
"I cannot marry into the Lu family for some reasons, but you don't need to worry. The Lu family will not perish because Lu Zhiyan and I are not married."
After Su Ping finished speaking, she looked at the long-haired man beside her.
"So I specifically asked the master in person to come over and tell you about this in person."
The long-haired man coughed twice, looked at Lu Zhiyan who was clearly dumbfounded, and said.
"That's true. Over the years, the situation in the Lu family has been slowly changing. Now, you don't need her to marry the son next to you to change your family's fate."
The long-haired man was worried that his words would backfire, but coincidentally, Lu Zhiyan came over tonight disguised as Lu Zhiyan.
Therefore, what he said wasn't entirely against his conscience.
Anyway, she herself couldn't recognize that the person next to her was another son, and he just went along with it.
After the long-haired man finished speaking, the private room fell silent.
After listening for so long, Lu Zhiyan vaguely understood what they were saying.
So Su Ping called this man over tonight to try and break off the engagement?
He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt happy.
While the others weren't paying attention to him, he secretly took out his phone, opened WeChat, and sent two messages, along with his location.
After finishing these tasks, he put his phone back in his pocket with a slightly racing heart and began to observe the situation.
Su Ping had no idea what Madam Lu was thinking. Just as she was about to ask, she heard her speak.
"No, I disagree."
Su Ping considered several possible endings, but she never imagined that Madam Lu would refuse.
In her memory, Madam Lu was particularly concerned about the prophecy from her childhood, otherwise she wouldn't have secretly raised Lu Zhiyan at home for so long without even Lu Zhiyan knowing.
That's why she sought out the people from back then, hoping to dispel Madam Lu's last remaining concerns and persuade her to annul the engagement.
Unexpectedly, she ultimately refused with righteous indignation.
Seeing this, the long-haired man glanced at Su Ping with a hint of helplessness, as if he had already anticipated this outcome.
Su Ping suddenly couldn't understand, so she simply asked, "Why? Is it because of the inheritance my parents left me?"
But before she could finish speaking, Madam Lu interrupted her.
Madam Lu retorted directly, "Are we the Lu family that kind of people? How could you think of me like that?"
The Lu family has indeed become much more restrained in recent years, but many years ago they were a prominent family and had not fallen to the point where they had to rely on their sons for marriage alliances.
Her main concern was the prophecy. Who knew if it would change back later? So the best course of action was to get the two of them married so that there would be no worries in the future.
Moreover, they have already let the media release the news. How will outsiders view them if they suddenly break off the engagement?
From any perspective, this is not beneficial to the Lu family, so she will absolutely not agree to them breaking off the engagement.
"If we can annul the engagement, I can give you a portion of my inheritance as compensation..."
"No, you must get married."
Su Ping didn't understand; she didn't know what Madam Lu was insisting on.
She looked to the long-haired man beside her for help, only to find him looking down and playing with his hands. When he noticed her gaze, he even blinked innocently at her.
He only promised her that he would come and say those few words on her behalf, but he didn't promise her anything else.
He has said everything he needed to say. What does it have to do with him if Madam Lu doesn't agree?
Su Ping realized that he was unreliable, so she decided to try other approaches and began to persuade Madam Lu.
But no matter what she said, even though her voice was hoarse from talking, Madam Lu still refused to agree to annul the engagement.
Finally, Lu Zhiyan couldn't listen anymore and opened his mouth as if to say something, but was glared at by Madam Lu.
It's as if he's willing to say whatever he wants.
[Huluwa, why is she so stubborn? She's completely unyielding!]
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