"Mrs. Lu, you should stay by your daughter's side at this time."
Lu An Ning's distant attitude made Du Man stop. She looked at Lu An Ning hurt, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
After a while, she finally spoke: "Are you angry with me? You don't even want to call me 'Mom'? I want to talk to you alone, is that okay?"
Duman reached out to Lu Anning, but Lu Anning dodged it.
Looking at Duman's hand frozen in mid-air, Lu Anning said coldly, "Just say whatever you want to say! We still have to go eat."
Du Man looked up, her eyes red. "Are you blaming me? I have my reasons too. Yun Xi had already said it, and I had no choice but to help her cover up. I didn't want to do that. I couldn't just watch her lose the one she loved! I owe her too much, and I just want to make it up to her as much as possible."
Lu Anning sneered, "You owe her something, so you're using me to make up for it? You helped her cover up her lies, so you tricked me back by claiming to be sick, and then you tricked me into becoming the murderer who killed the child. When you did this, did you ever think about the situation I would face? Right! I'm just an adopted daughter, why would you care?"
"That's not the case!" Duman shook his head repeatedly, trying to defend himself.
"It's more than that! You really don't care about anyone. For example, you should be protecting your daughter right now, but you choose to come to me and ask for forgiveness? You always make yourself sound so innocent and like you have no other choice. I just realized today that you only care about yourself. When encountering anything, you always consider your own interests first, right?"
At first she didn't dare to think so, but when Lu Yunxi was beaten just now, she didn't say a word. It turned out that she was as selfish as Lu Zhenghao. All she got over the years was false love.
"How can you say that to me!" Duman was furious. "Don't forget, I raised you. I've given so much over the years. If it weren't for my careful teaching, you wouldn't be where you are today."
"That's right! All your demands on me are to meet Lu Zhenghao's standards. You just want to be a perfect wife in Lu Zhenghao's eyes and gain a good reputation for yourself. When you think about it carefully, you actually don't care whether I like it or not."
From childhood, Du Man only taught her to be obedient and follow the rules. It wasn't until she entered the workplace that she realized that these things were completely useless. If it weren't for her experience in the business world over the past few years, she would have become a pawn in the hands of the Lu family.
"You were disobedient! If you had followed your family's instructions at the family reunion banquet, there wouldn't have been so many problems afterwards. It's all your fault!"
Lu Anning couldn't help but laugh: "It's my fault! So, I have to cut my losses in time. The Lu family is too high for me to reach. From now on, Madam Lu and I have nothing to do with each other."
After saying that, Lu An Ning pulled Tang Jingyuan to leave. Du Man chased after him and tried to catch Lu An Ning, but was stopped by Tang Jingyuan.
The cold eyes scared Du Man away. She stopped where she was and looked at Lu An Ning unwillingly: "Now that you have climbed up the ladder, you want to cut off your relationship with me? It's not that easy. The grace of raising me is greater than heaven!"
"Mrs. Lu, please respect yourself! Since we've severed ties, please don't bother me anymore. If something like this happens again, I won't mind making the Lu family disappear completely from Jiangcheng."
Du Man was immediately frightened and could only watch Tang Jingyuan take the person away.
It took a while for Duman to come back to his senses and realize that he was threatened by a junior. He was so angry that he cursed loudly without caring about his image.
"Lu Anning, remember what you said today. I will definitely make you regret it!"
Lu An Ning curled her lips, quickened her pace, and gradually increased the strength in her hands, interlocking her fingers. She didn't look up at the people around her, but she felt a sense of security in her heart.
The moment she walked out of the hospital, she suddenly felt extremely relieved. She would no longer be soft-hearted and let herself go.
Even Tang Jingyuan thought that with Lu Yunxi making such a fuss, her marriage with Pei Chengyi would definitely be ruined.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, they received a call from the old house, asking them to return over the weekend to set a wedding date. After hanging up, Tang Jingyuan and Lu Anning looked at each other in bewilderment.
Lu Yunxi’s fake pregnancy has been exposed. Could it be that Pei Wenbin and his wife haven’t told the old house yet?
Lu Anning had some guesses in her mind, but it wasn't until the weekend when she accompanied Tang Jingyuan back to the old house and saw Lu Yunxi standing obediently beside Pei Chengyi from a distance with a big smile on her face that she was sure that she was right.
She had underestimated Lu Yunxi's ability. She had a way to convince someone as hot-tempered as Shen Yizhi to suppress the fake pregnancy. However, the belly was fake. Let's see what they say later!
In the reception room, everyone sat on the golden nanmu sofa and drank tea. No one dared to speak until the old man spoke.
The old man looked at several people and spoke after a while: "There are two good dates for marriage. Besides next month, we have to wait for six months. I mean, next month is too hasty, why not set it for six months later."
As he spoke, he looked at Pei Wenbin and his wife: "I heard that Yunxi lost her child a few days ago? Then take care of yourself and you can hold your wedding together in half a year. Third brother, what do you think?"
Lu Anning glanced at Lu Yunxi who was sitting across from him. If the old man didn't want to delve into it, this reason was understandable.
At this moment, Lu Yunxi happened to look up, and their eyes met. Lu Anning vaguely saw a flash of pride at the corner of Lu Yunxi's mouth, but he said nothing and continued to sip his tea with his head down.
Tang Jingyuan was called and replied nonchalantly, "Haven't you already made up your mind? Why are you asking me?"
"you!"
The topic was ended by Tang Jingyuan. After finding someone to match their horoscopes, the seemingly important wedding date was set for half a year later, that is, at the end of the year, on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Lu Anning listened to the wedding date and looked at Tang Jingyuan beside her. Suddenly, she felt a little dazed. After getting the marriage certificate, she had never thought about the wedding. Now, she felt a little touched by the impending wedding, and there was a strange feeling in her heart.
The men were called to the study to discuss something. Lu Anning didn't want to just stare at Shen Yizi, so he went out to the garden to get some fresh air. After a while, Lu Yunxi followed him out.
"Lu Anning, you must be disappointed that I can still come to the old house!" The shrill voice was full of provocation, as if it was showing off something.
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