Chapter 28
For a moment, Su Yun felt neither good to laugh nor to agree. He mourned for Wu Yu in his heart, because he would really be beaten if Wu Yu came over later.
"He was indeed wrong in this matter. It should be that his frequent purchases of antiques at auctions attracted Yu Ming's attention. However, I am curious about one thing. Why did Wu Yu buy so many antiques for Su Yun?" This was what Su Yun could not understand the most. It sounded like Wu Yu was a fool who had too much money and was taken advantage of.
"I asked him before, and he said that he was angry about the Su family's unfairness. It seemed that in the last six months, the Su family started to let Su Lin take Su Yun to Qingyun Villa. Wu Yu went along to watch the fun, and ended up listening to Su Yun talking about how the Su family had given you something in the past, but she didn't have it, and she was very envious. She asked Wu Yu if as long as you don't grow up with your parents, you can't be treated equally." Wu Jin tried his best to repeat Wu Yu's nonsense at that time.
However, Su Yun listened for a long time but still couldn't figure out what Su Yun was struggling with: "Is Su Yun really okay? I've been in the Su family for twenty years, and the Su family has given me things for twenty years. Does she want to take it all in one night? Even if she could take it, the Su family wouldn't give it to me so quickly."
It’s not that Su Yun has a problem with the real daughter, but Su Yun is an adult and her brain is not very good. Can’t she even do elementary school math?
During these twenty years, the resources that the Su family provided to Su Yun were not only the best in Bincheng, but also the most among all the daughters of the rich. However, they were not as good as the family resources that Su Lin and Wu Jin, the heirs, enjoyed.
Up to now, Su Yun has only been back for six years. How dare she think of swallowing up all the resources that Su Yun has obtained in the past twenty years in six years? She is not afraid of bursting her stomach.
Wu Jin rubbed his forehead with a headache. "Maybe all the brainless people are gathered together. That Su Yun wants to compete with you in everything, but she is not a child anymore. The Su family must always make careful arrangements, otherwise it will be embarrassing. But Wu Yu is stupid. When she heard Su Yun complain about what you have but she doesn't, she impulsively bought it and even brought her little sister along."
Giving a gift to someone you want to give it to is called friendship. Giving gifts to everyone just for that person is called being a big enemy. Wu Yu is such a big enemy.
Su Yun looked at the receipt again with some uncertainty, bewildered: "But, I have never bought these flashy things. I don't have such rights in the Su family."
"...What do you mean?" Wu Jin silently picked up the small hammer for hitting the tea cakes, and wanted to hit Wu Yu on the head. He felt that what Su Yun said next might not be something he could bear.
"What I mean is that in the past in the Su family, I did not have the right to spend large sums of money alone. My monthly pocket money was about one million, and it depended on whether I was very obedient that month to add more money. If I didn't spend any money every month, then I could go to an auction once a year to pretend to be a rich man, but it was impossible for me to have no expenses at all, so I actually never bought those fancy things in the Su family." Su Yun explained in detail to prevent Wu Jin from continuing to misunderstand how well she had lived in the Su family before.
Most of the unfavored children in wealthy families have about the same amount of pocket money. In the past, Wu Yu did not have much more than Su Yun. The family held on to the money because they were afraid that they would go out to play and not be able to get it back. The one who really didn't care about the amount of money was the heir of the family. Only the heir could get the authority to spend large sums of money from the family.
There are some second-generation rich people in Bincheng who spend money lavishly, but they are all only children and do not have to compete. Whether they treat the police station as their own home or not does not affect their inheritance of the family business. Their parents only ask them to give birth to a healthy and smart child, and then they will continue to train them to be heirs.
Wu Jin was puzzled: "Although this amount of money is not much, but... it seems a little different from what Su Yun said. She seemed to be complaining that you can go to Qingyun Villa to bid for everything you want, and one of the items is more than five million."
It is hard not to feel that the Su family is unfair with this kind of crying, especially when comparing the personalities of Su Yun and Su Yun. Wu Yu is a person who is easily influenced by others. At that moment, he really felt that the Su family was biased. After giving the money, he might even think that he was full of justice.
Su Yun recalled her experience of going to Qingyun Villa and shook her head: "I am clear that I have never auctioned private items at Qingyun Villa. The few times I went there were because the Su family needed it. I was just a daughter, and it was no different from you occasionally sending Wu Yu out."
It was clearly a family mission but Su Yun and the others said it was Su Yun's own behavior. They also felt that the Su family was biased. No matter how they looked at it, this behavior seemed to be specifically targeting Wu Yu, deliberately taking advantage of his sense of justice. On the one hand, they wanted to plant the seeds against Su Yun in his heart, and on the other hand, they could take advantage of the time when he felt he was "so powerful" to get him to buy something.
If Wu Yu was unlucky enough to encounter a honey trap, he would probably buy things and then the other party would return the things and laugh at him for being stupid.
The more Wu Jin listened, the more headache he had. He regretted not beating Wu Yu up at the time, and letting him be cheated out of so much extra money: "That little girl is really..."
Due to his upbringing, Wu Jin couldn't say anything unpleasant. Su Yun probably understood what he meant, so he said, "It's come to this, and the things have been given away. Just stay away from Su Yun's group in the future. Su Yun is essentially the same as Mo Qingtao's husband and Yu Ming. She can't see what she has, but only sees what others have. She's so pitiful."
From the beginning to the end, Su Yun didn't care what kind of person Su Yun was. After knowing that he was just a substitute to protect her from disaster, she hated the Su family. If she hated Su Yun, then Su Yun would not just be sent abroad. She would have plenty of ways to make Su Yun's little tricks backfire.
However, Su Yun didn't even have this person in her eyes. A person whose life had been controlled since childhood and who dared not resist was already pathetic and ridiculous to the extreme. Now she was being raised like a pet, and her future role would be to help with marriage. She also felt that other "pets" had competed for the owner's love for her, and it was really stupid to fight to the death with other pets.
Wu Jin looked at Su Yun, wanting to say something but stopping himself. In the end, he couldn't help but said, "I just don't understand, replacing you and bringing back a daughter like this, and treating her like the apple of your eye, what's the point? Moreover, she's been back for six years, and you're doing these things behind her back just because you brought her to Qingyun Villa. It's really not presentable."
No well-educated young master or young lady would do such a cheap thing. Only Wu Yu was stupid enough to believe their lies and think that the Su family was unfair to the two daughters, the real and fake. But judging from the resources, the Su family had already tried their best. Whatever was given to Su Yun, it would definitely be given to Su Yun. It was just that there was not enough time to give it all away.
The real reason is nothing more than that the Su family took the initiative to switch the children, so many things seem strange and inexplicable to a rational person like Wu Jin.
Su Yun chuckled, "Maybe it's because the Su family wanted to make up for it, but forgot to give Su Yun the lessons she deserves as a daughter first. Maybe they didn't want her to suffer."
The only difference between a rich girl and an ordinary girl is their thoughts, pursuits, and perspectives on things. The former has a vision built up with a lot of money, which the latter cannot achieve by just returning home and being pampered for a period of time. This vision and confidence are the best reward the Su family gives to Su Yun, so Su Yun never gossips about them outside, including the fact that she was stolen by the Su family.
The remuneration could not be returned. No matter how dissatisfied Su Yun was, she was alive, loved by her parents, and had a wealthy family. She lived no worse than Su Yun who was still complaining about herself. Naturally, she would not bother with them about who owed whom.
However, the most important thing for a person is his or her personal thoughts. Fate and personality are innate. Su Yun's personality makes her never bow her head, while Su Yun can bow her head in exchange for more benefits.
With the same resources, Su Yun was thinking about how to get others to give them to her, even if it was shameful, even if it was humiliating, even if it lacked dignity, even if it required some shady means. However, Su Yun only wanted to rob, believing that the bigger the fist, the more powerful. This was the most important reason why they exchanged lives twice but lived differently.
The Su family brought Su Yun back, but seemed to be afraid that she would really become a real daughter, so they deliberately avoided many questions. Perhaps Su Yun's dominance in those years left them with a lot of shadows, so that now they are restrained when teaching their own daughter.
Wu Jin couldn't comment too much. After all, he was not a member of the Su family and didn't know what the situation was in their family. Su Yun himself seemed to prefer to avoid talking about the Su family. He only talked briefly and stopped at the point. After a few words, the two of them turned the conversation back to Yu Ming.
Both of them felt that Qingyun Villa had the largest auction house in Bincheng, and Yu Ming might have something on sale at Qingyun Villa, so he happened to run into Wu Yu spending a lot of money on Su Yun and others.
"Perhaps this matter is quite important in Yu Ming's heart. He begged my father so many times, but in the end he seemed to be fooled again and again. It's inevitable that he feels resentful." Wu Jin sighed and said, if he was in Yu Ming's position, it would not be surprising that he would do what he did now because he is confused by the situation.
But from the Wu family's perspective, the old man was dragged away by the government time and time again. No matter what era it is, the people should not fight against the officials. No matter how much money you have, if someone invites you to dinner, you should always go and have a drink, right?
Su Yun thought about it carefully and said, "Why don't we test how much he cares? I'll ask Lin Lang to talk to my uncle and aunt these few days. Brother Wu Jin, can you let them pretend to continue to collect antiques for the funeral? Not to buy them, but to make it grand."
It would be best if it was big enough to remind Yu Ming of how arrogant the Wu family was in the past.
As for Su Yun, everything is normal. He just needs to wait for the old man to come. With Lin Lang by Wu's side, he doesn't have to worry about many things. No matter whether it is Yu Ming or Zhao Tuhu, as long as they dare to show up, Lin Lang can bring them back and let them feel what "talent gap" is.
The two of them roughly made a plan. Wu Jin continued to discuss with Wu's father and mother how to make their purchase of antiques known to the world, while Su Yun went to see Lu Anning and Yi Fangjin.
After two days of rest, Lu Anning's complexion has obviously improved a lot. The most important thing is that she can sleep well at night. A good sleep can help the body recover faster. Coupled with the diet therapy prescribed by the chef, she has gradually looked like a little girl before she was pregnant in the past few days.
In the room where the clay body of the infant spirit was made, only Lu Anning and Yi Fangjin were there, the two of them were whispering something to each other.
"Ms. Lu, Miss Yi, I was out yesterday. Are you doing well in the funeral home?" Su Yun knocked on the door before walking in.
The two people who were originally talking in a low voice separated instantly. They relaxed when they saw that it was Su Yun. Lu Anning smiled at Su Yun while kneading mud: "Su Yun, you are back? We are living well. It is too quiet here, but everything is complete, like a resort."
This was the first time Su Yun heard this, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt that it was true. Su Yiling and Ji Weitong might think that this piece of land was too remote and not the best to be a home. So in order to live happily, they prepared everything. If they only come to stay occasionally, it will feel like living in a resort or a B&B.
Walking over to the two of them and sitting down, Su Yun held up a folding fan to fan them: "As long as you like it, why hasn't this clay body been shaped yet?"
Speaking of this, Lu Anning and Yi Fangjin's faces wrinkled and they sighed at the same time.
Lu Anning said distressedly, "We really want to finish it quickly, but after careful observation, we found that the clay bodies of infant spirits in the infant spirit halls are all different. It seems that every parent will try to mold them to look as similar as their own child, but for my child... I don't know how to mold them properly."
The newborn baby was not good-looking, and could even be said to be ugly. Especially since Lu Anning and her boyfriend were not in love when she was pregnant, and she was very unhappy during the pregnancy. The baby was born prematurely, and the baby was even uglier.
There is a saying that when parents love each other and the mother is in a good mood during pregnancy, they will give birth to a child who combines the best genes of both parents. Lu Anning did not have any of these conditions, and the child did not have time to grow up after birth, so he became uglier and uglier.
Under the influence of hormones, Lu Anning felt that she should love the child. However, as her body's hormone levels dropped, the child's death made it impossible for her to continue to supply hormones to control her brain. She gradually began to doubt whether this child was worth it.
But on the other hand, her education and upbringing told her that as a mother, she would not be so cold-blooded to her dead child, so she and Yi Fangjin struggled for a long time, and neither of them knew what to do.
Su Yun glanced at the pile of wet and dry mud and said, "In fact, each of those infant spirits' clay bodies looks different. It's not because the parents molded them differently, but because the souls are inside them, so they gradually grow different. It's almost the same as two people will become more and more alike after spending more time together. In the beginning, everyone's clay bodies are similar, and can even be said to be a little ugly."
"Ah?" Lu Anning and Yi Fangjin said in unison, obviously not expecting this to be the reason.
"Don't be so shocked. Many parents are not from the sculpture department. Unless their job is clay sculpture, what can they make? Aren't they all just a clay head and a clay body? Some parents even gave the second master two pieces of clay to knead together. You don't need to take it too seriously." Su Yun consoled with a smile.
Because of Su Yun's words, Lu Anning and Yi Fangjin looked at each other. Finally, they decided to make a sculpture of an ordinary person, which means "to be an ordinary person in the next life and live an ordinary life."
Without too many concerns, Lu Anning, as an art student, quickly worked out a rough outline, and only the finishing touches were left. Yi Fangjin next to her was constantly stirring the mud and water for her, adding mud when there was too much water and adding water when there was too much mud.
Su Yun looked at the bucket of mud and water that was about to overflow, and patted Yi Fangjin on the shoulder: "Miss Yi, stop it, don't add more. Although the mud and water here are free, you can't waste them like this."
Yi Fangjin was stunned for a moment, looked down, and smiled awkwardly: "No, sorry, I only know this method."
Seeing that she really didn't understand, Su Yun picked up a spoon next to him, waited for the water to calm down, and scooped the excess water into another bucket. After a while, the water was less, and the mud and water below were just sticky enough to be pinched.
"Don't be too nervous when doing things, relax a little. If you don't think of a bad idea at the moment, just wait for the water to calm down and it will be separated from the mud. Only by stirring it continuously will the mud and water become turbid and unable to be separated." Su Yun said meaningfully.
Yi Fangjin was stunned for a moment, then she understood what Su Yun meant. She nodded slightly: "I understand. Thank you Su Yun. It seems like I always need your help when I come here this time."
Su Yun chuckled: "No, since you paid, just consider it as after-sales service."
Yi Fangjin was very satisfied with the after-sales service. With Su Yun's words supporting her, she would be able to continue dealing with her parents and would get the freedom she wanted sooner or later.
Without any worries, Lu Anning acted quickly and sent the clay body to the fire-making master before lunch. It would probably be finished tonight, and then Lu Anning would personally stuff the child's birth date and time into the clay body.
At lunch time, when everyone was able to gather together at the same table, Wu Jin was also there, which surprised the Lu family and Yi Fangjin. Lu's father and mother were busy with company matters, so they did not even leave the room for breakfast and were holding a remote meeting for the company early in the morning.
As for Lu Anning and Yi Fangjin, the two of them went to make clay figures without even having breakfast. They only ate breakfast after the ghost bride brought them breakfast. Otherwise, they would have skipped breakfast and eaten it as two meals at noon like most young people.
Su Yun came back late the day before, and they heard some noise, but they didn't expect that Wu Jin had stayed here all night and hadn't left.
Wu Jin greeted them: "Uncle Lu, Aunt Lu, An Ning, Fang Jin, hello."
After greeting each other, they started drinking and chatting. Considering the health of the young people, no wine was served, but juice and tea were served directly. They talked about their current situation and why they were with Su Yun.
Everyone knows the reason why the Lu family came, which was to hold a funeral, and Wu Jin said that he came here to recuperate as he has been too busy recently, and Wu Yu will come later.
Speak of the devil and he shall appear. Lin Lang was eating when he suddenly stood up and ran out. He came back with a little tail - Wu Yu.
Su Yun saw Wu Yu with a confused look on his face and then remembered: "Ah, I forgot he arrived at noon, why do you look like that?"
"No, I just came in by myself, but the way seems to be different from the last time I came here..." Wu Yudu was still in a daze even after sitting down.
The cook then took out clean bowls and chopsticks and placed them in front of Wu Yu, explaining to the others: "We can't put too many empty bowls and chopsticks here, or the ghosts will think we are inviting them to eat, so we can only take them out after Mr. Wu Yu arrives."
After listening to the chef, Wu Yu was shocked: "Wait! Did I just run into a ghost? The kind that is like a ghost wall? Su Yun, don't you manage the ghosts in your funeral home? You actually let the guests run into a ghost wall!"
Seeing that he was getting more and more outrageous, Wu Jin said in a deep voice: "Wu Yu, what are you crazy about?"
At this time, Wu Yu finally remembered that his brother was here, and he immediately sobered up and sat down obediently: "Brother, I'm just a little scared, so I asked more questions."
Su Yun quickly invited everyone to eat: "This is an accident, it's okay, everyone, eat. My building is built according to the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams Formation. At that time, a master was specially invited to design it. According to the master, with this formation, even if we are not watching at the front door, we are not afraid of thieves coming in. This will not cause the Dragon King Temple to be flooded."
All I can say is that Wu Yu was unlucky. No one thought that he was coming, and the formation was activated just before lunch. If Lin Lang hadn't had a high level of cultivation, he would have discovered Wu Yu when he broke in. The formation also concealed Wu Yu's breath and movements, and it's unknown how long it would take to discover him.
Wu Yu was stunned when he heard this: "No, there really is such a formation? Isn't this a plot that only exists in novels?"
"The Five Elements and Eight Trigrams are the basic skills of Taoism. How can they be something that only exists in novels? It is better to say that novels borrow these Taoist terms to construct fictional stories." Su Yun looked at him with amusement. Wu Yu really always makes people doubt whether he has a brain or not.
"Oh, yes, Bagua is something from Taoism. Let's eat. I've been hungry since early morning, so I drove here by myself." Wu Yu saw the table full of delicious food. He didn't care about feeling wronged and directly ordered a big bowl of rice and started eating.
The atmosphere at a dinner party will not be bad with Wu Yu around. He is talkative and knows a lot of gossip. He can also make the elders happy and provide entertainment when necessary. There is basically no chance of a dull moment.
Somehow, the conversation turned to Su Yun, and then Lu Anning, Yi Fangjin and Wu Yu all felt that Su Yun seemed to have changed a lot compared to six years ago.
Su Yun herself didn't feel that way. She asked curiously, "What has changed? I don't think I've changed much."
Lu Anning: "It's become easier to get along with."
Yi Fangjin: "I have become much gentler now. I used to look at people like they were trash."
Wu Yu: "Indeed, at least now he won't attack anyone casually."
Listening to their descriptions, the Lu family couple laughed so hard that Wu Jin couldn't help laughing. Only Su Yun said with a gentle expression: "Because I have learned Taoism now, I am afraid that I will beat someone to death if I get angry."
Suddenly, there was silence at the table, and then the guests realized that Su Yun was both telling the truth and joking, and they started laughing again.
Father Lu said with emotion: "That's good. People always need to have some confidence, whether it's money or ability, at least they won't let others bully them at will."
Unlike those ignorant children, Lu's parents have learned from Su Yun's few words that Su Yun's life in the Su family was not as good as it appeared. It was mostly the news released by the Su family to pretend how much they like their daughter. Therefore, they are quite pleased with Su Yun's current condition.
In any case, she is better than their daughter Lu Anning. They are of the same age, but it is obvious who is favored or not. Among the people eating at the table, the favored ones are the Wu brothers, Lu Anning and Yi Fangjin. Their carefree life is something Su Yun did not have when he was in the Su family.
Su Yun now looks a bit like them, so he is calmer. Only when people have confidence can they relax enough.
Su Yun narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Yes, I have nothing to worry about now, my parents are still alive, there is nothing worth fighting for anymore."
After dinner, all the Lu family members went back to rest. They would only stay for five days, but because Lu Anning was still in confinement after giving birth, they were actually exhausted from taking care of her. At noon, they would take a nap with Lu Anning to replenish their energy.
In addition to the funeral home employees, the Wu brothers also did not take a nap.
Normally, Su Yun would go to bed after lunch and before dinner every day, but today he wanted to watch a play, so he resisted the urge to go back to sleep.
Sure enough, as soon as everyone left, Wu Jin's face turned cold and he asked Wu Yu to stand still.
Wu Yu looked confused: "No, brother, why are you suddenly punishing me to stand again? Shouldn't I be the one to question why you didn't include me when discussing things?"
"How dare you question us?" Wu Jin was so angry that he laughed. "Why don't I ask you first, why did you buy so many antiques at Qingyun Villa? Who persuaded you to buy them? Who even made you spend all your savings and start using the secondary card your family gave you?"
After graduating from university, Wu Yu protested that he did not want to have to send a copy of every receipt for his spending to the Wu family's finance department, and he clamored for privacy and independence. After that, he applied for his own card, and later on, he seldom spent money on the Wu family's secondary card. Instead, he spent whatever he earned. In addition, his daily necessities were all paid for by the Wu family, so what he earned was not living expenses but pocket money.
He spent all the money in his own piggy bank in one go and even started using the supplementary card given by the Wu family, which was enough to show how foolish he was at the time.
Wu Yu felt guilty when talking about this. He lowered his head and muttered softly: "Didn't we agree not to mention this? Brother, I explained it to you before. I heard Su Yun complain that the Su family treated her differently from Su Yun, and I was so angry that I asked her what she lacked, and then I gave her what she needed."
Every time Wu Yu said this, he would glance at Su Yun who was drowsy beside him, worried that she would laugh at him again. Every time he saw Su Yun's half-smile, he felt angry.
However, before Su Yun could respond, Wu Jin sneered, "Haha, I just asked Su Yun, and she said that the amount of pocket money she has is about the same as yours. The few things she bought at Qingyun Villa were all on behalf of the Su family, which allowed her to gain fame without having to pay her money. So she didn't have any of those so-called things that the Su family bought for her alone."
"Impossible! I clearly saw—" Wu Yu was stunned after saying this, "What did I see? Su Yun..."
"You finally realized it? I seldom wear jewelry because it is inconvenient in a fight. Those fragile but beautiful things will become deadly weapons once violence is used. Why would I buy something that I can't use at all?" Su Yun asked back calmly.
Even now, Su Yun likes to wear Hanfu. She doesn't wear fancy beads or too many hairpins on her head. She always wears a simple bun or high ponytail. She uses different hairstyles according to the occasion and pays more attention to her styling. Even without a head full of pearls and jade, she is still dignified and beautiful.
It’s not that Su Yiling and Ji Weitang didn’t prepare those beautiful jewelry for her, even more than when she was in the Su family. However, Su Yun had long been accustomed to life without cumbersome jewelry, and it was difficult for her to wear it normally.
To be honest, since she was able to get up and walk at the funeral home, the headdress she wore every day was actually different, but she has never worn all of them. This shows how many beautiful jewelry Su Yiling and Ji Weitong have accumulated for her in the past twenty years.
Wu Yu looked at Su Yun in a daze, "Yes, we grew up together, we should know best whether you have those jewelry, but how..."
Seeing that Wu Yu didn't seem to be lying, Wu Jin frowned and said, "Su Yun, what is he doing..."
"It's just bad luck. He has the physique of believing everything others say, and he happens to have a fate where even if he tells lies, God will make his lies come true. If no one reminds him, he will be deceived for the rest of his life." Su Yun lowered her eyes slightly. In the past, this fate belonged to her.
[End of this chapter]
Su Yun: You unlucky child, one day day, you see see you! O(∩_∩)O
I got a stiff neck after sleeping, and I can't lift my right hand. I need to be a little less today QAQ
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