Lu Yunxi stood up with red eyes and was about to walk out, but Ji Yan and Gu Yue quickly held her back.
"You kid, why are you saying this all of a sudden?"
Lu Yunxi lowered her head in grievance: "I know that although everyone is happy, they are still not so happy in their hearts, because on the day of reunion, the family members are not all here. If I were not here, Sister An Ning would definitely be willing to go home. I will go and bring her back."
Ji Yan glared at her husband, and Gu Zhiwei sighed and hurriedly explained.
"Why bring her up? The family isn't all here, but it's not because of Lu Anning. I just thought of your fourth brother. He's always flying around during the holidays, and the Gu family doesn't need his salary. They'd have asked him to quit and come back to help his eldest brother run the family business. But your fourth brother wouldn't listen and insisted on becoming a pilot."
Lu Yunxi was skeptical, and the others nodded.
"Xiao Feng has always been like this. When he comes back from work in a couple of days, you'll know when you see him."
After Lu Yunxi made such a fuss, no one showed any emotion anymore. She was pulled back to sit down and became the focus of the whole family. Only then did she feel satisfied.
She used the same trick time and time again, and as long as she showed a little more concern for them, the whole family would obey her.
So what if I have money?
You are being played around by her!
It was the next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, when Lu Anning saw the message on her phone. She didn't want to read these unlucky messages, so she just took a quick glance and cleared the chat history.
During the Spring Festival, Lu Anning was not idle either. She accompanied Tang Jingyuan to social events, either cocktail parties or dinner parties.
After the Lunar New Year, Tang Jingyuan officially took over most of the Tang family's business from Tang Lianfeng. Naturally, there were many relationships to negotiate, and Lu Anning also had to lay the foundation for his own appointment as Tianhai Pharmaceutical. Taking a break from his busy schedule, he accompanied Tang Jingyuan to a childhood friend's party. It was the day after Xiang Yang returned to Kyoto.
It was originally agreed that Ye Lingfei would be there, but who knew that in the end, she didn't show up and couldn't be contacted.
Seeing that she didn't come, no one forced her.
When several childhood friends saw Lu An Ning, they all called her "sister-in-law". Only then did Lu An Ning realize that the friendship between Ye Lingfei and Tang Jingyuan was caused by Ye Lingfei herself.
Fang Le habitually bit a cigarette and was about to light it when Tang Jingyuan glanced at him, smiled awkwardly, and put it away.
"Back then, Ye Lingfei relied on the friendship between the Ye and Tang families to stick close to Third Brother every day, which is why she became our childhood friend. Otherwise, we grown men really wouldn't want to play with her. It's too much trouble!"
Several other people echoed her, and Lu Anning realized that Ye Lingfei was not as popular as she had imagined.
"It's all her fault for being so stubborn that she insisted on marrying Tang Yanguang. Isn't this just to annoy Third Brother? It's better that she didn't come, so as to avoid the awkwardness of meeting. Later, let's set up a new group and forget about the old one."
As they spoke, the men clinked their glasses, reaching a tacit understanding.
Tang Jingyuan's childhood friends were all wealthy children from Beijing, working in various industries. After being in Kyoto for so long, today was the first time they officially met.
No one looked down on Lu Anning because of her identity. Instead, they had already known about Lu Anning's abilities from Xiang Yang, and they all praised her for her ability and being a good wife to Tang Jingyuan.
The atmosphere at this party was actually very good because Ye Lingfei was absent.
Lu Anning originally thought that Ye Lingfei didn't come because she felt embarrassed, but when she thought about it carefully, it didn't seem like her style.
It wasn't until the next morning that Lu Anning was awakened by the ringing phone.
When she heard Ye Lingfei's weak cry for help, she immediately lost all sleepiness.
"Help...help me! Please, I...I'm almost beaten to death by Tang Yanguang."
Ye Lingfei's voice was intermittent, not at all fake. Lu Anning sat up suddenly from the bed. Human life was at stake, she didn't dare to joke.
"Where are you?"
The other party was obviously stunned for a moment. Seeing that she didn't respond, Lu Anning asked again: "Ye Lingfei, where are you?"
"I...I'm locked up at home by Tang Yanguang. Please, save...save me!"
Soon, the call was disconnected, and Lu Anning didn't even have time to ask a few more questions. Tang Jingyuan came out of the bathroom and learned about the situation. The two of them didn't dare to delay and quickly packed up and rushed to Tang Yanguang's residence.
Ye Lingfei did something wrong, but none of them wanted to cause a loss of life.
Before, when Lu Anning saw Tang Yanguang, he felt that he looked gloomy and a little scary, and hoped that nothing would happen to him.
The doorbell rang for a long time before Tang Yangguang slowly came out to open the door.
He and Ye Lingfei lived alone after their marriage, and the villa was usually just the two of them. As soon as the door opened, Tang Yanguang was still straightening his baggy shirt, his gloomy eyes still brimming with anger, a scarlet glow.
"Why are you here? You are not welcome here."
Tang Yanguang looked displeased and was about to close the door, but Tang Jingyuan got in the way and pushed hard. Tang Yanguang was defeated and retreated several steps, allowing Lu Anning to rush in.
"Where is Ye Lingfei?"
Tang Yanguang's expression darkened, and he smiled and said, "My wife, of course she's in my bed. You've interrupted our good time, so hurry up and leave."
Lu Anning glanced at Tang Yanguang, the scratches on his arm particularly glaring. She glanced around and walked upstairs. Tang Yanguang wanted to step forward to stop him, but was blocked by Tang Jingyuan.
"You are trespassing. I can sue you."
Lu An Ning curled his lips: "It's still uncertain who will sue whom."
At this moment, a muffled sound came from upstairs. Lu Anning hurried upstairs and saw Ye Lingfei lying on the ground at the door of a bedroom.
Lu Anning paused, unable to believe what he saw.
Ye Lingfei was beaten beyond recognition, and no part of her face was intact. When she saw Lu Anning, a light finally appeared in her eyes.
“Save…save me…”
Before she could finish her words, Ye Lingfei's vision went dark and she passed out. Lu Anning hurried forward to help her up, shouting, "Jingyuan, hurry! Call an ambulance!"
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