17 017 Perfect Daughter
◎Rebellious girl.◎
Ren Lu doesn't like going back to the old house. Besides having to deal with all kinds of weird people from the Lu family, she also can't sleep freely.
After all, this is not her own territory. The Lu family is an old and wealthy family with many rules. Moreover, Mrs. Lu is a feudal patriarch who is nitpicking in her bones and is tormenting her to death.
But today she had no worries at all. She even turned off the alarm clock and slept until she woke up naturally.
Old lady Lu was so angry at her yesterday that she fainted. She was definitely going to have the cold war with her. But she was the most comfortable at times like this because she could do whatever she wanted. The old lady was so angry that she wanted to die, but she still wanted to be sulky and refused to speak.
When she finished washing up and went downstairs, it was almost time for lunch. However, since she had just woken up, it was not suitable for her to eat anything too meaty, so she changed to a lighter brunch.
When Mrs. Lu was pushed out in a wheelchair, she saw Ren Lu sitting at the dining table in her home clothes. There was porridge and a few exquisite side dishes on the table.
"Grandma, you're here. How are you today?" she greeted with a smile.
She would never lose her manners in front of others, lest the old lady catch her and take the opportunity to teach her a lesson.
Old Madam Lu glanced at her coldly and said in a deep voice, "You won't die."
Just three short words, but they are extremely close to expressing the meaning of weirdness.
Ren Lu wanted to roll her eyes when she heard this. The first time she saw Old Lady Lu, she knew who Lu Sinian learned his bad behavior from.
When it comes to having a cold war and using short sentences to choke people, the grandfather and grandson are exactly the same, both of them are masters at it.
"Grandma, you should smile more often. As the saying goes, a woman who loves to smile will not have bad luck."
Seeing the old lady like this, she felt itchy in her heart and suddenly wanted to flirt with her.
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Mrs. Lu's already gloomy expression became even worse.
"The worst luck in my life is meeting you." The old lady retorted directly.
"That's really unfortunate. I'm different from you. The best luck in my life is meeting you! What a happy old lady." The more Ren Lu saw her like this, the more she wanted to tease her.
"Si Nian didn't stay at the old house last night, and went back to work overtime. Did you make him angry? The men of the Lu family are not easy to please. I'm not saying this to be offensive, but beauty fades and love fades. Granddaughter-in-law, you can act like a spoiled child while you're still young. When you're old and your looks are gone, there won't be anything new about you anymore." Old Mrs. Lu snorted coldly and pinched her weak spot to fight back and forth.
When Lu Sinian brought Ren Lu back to the old house, Ren Lu was dressed decently and properly, and looked like a kind and sensible girl, but Old Lady Lu could tell at first sight that this girl was not someone who would keep to herself.
No matter how formally she dressed, she couldn't hide her seductive nature. Lu Sinian was probably attracted by her good looks.
Facts have proved that the old lady's guess was correct. Ren Lu was very capable both in public and in private. Even though Old Lady Lu disagreed, Lu Sinian still married her.
Ren Lu curled the corners of her lips, not really caring, instead she smiled innocently.
"Grandma, you speak in such a flowery way that I don't quite understand you. You also know that I am devoted to Si Nian and am rather stupid about other things. But when Si Nian gets angry with me, it actually shows his love for me and proves that he cares about me. People only have no emotions when they don't care."
"Besides, he's easy to coax. All I need to do is give him a kiss. There's no need to use those moves that grandma taught me in the Buddhist temple yesterday." As she spoke, she put down her bowl and chopsticks and covered her face with her hands, too shy to see anyone.
In fact, she was just afraid that people would see her arrogant smile.
When the old lady heard her bring up the old matter again, she gritted her teeth in anger again.
"Don't talk while eating, and don't talk while sleeping. Get out of here after you finish eating." She stopped her wheelchair and was unwilling to move another step towards the dining table. It was obvious that she didn't want to be too close to Ren Lu to avoid being contaminated.
"Mom, Lulu, I made old duck soup today and added bamboo shoots. It's so delicious. You should try it." Jiang Xiu came out holding a bowl of soup with a happy expression on her face.
She really loves making soup and makes it almost every day.
Ren Lu waved at her and continued to eat her porridge and side dishes slowly.
Even the deliberate pursuit of elegance in movement makes it seem a bit artificial.
Mrs. Lu rolled her eyes and whispered, "Fox charmer."
There was no way. She disliked Ren Lu, so no matter what Ren Lu did, she would find fault with it.
But Ren Lu is the type who responds to soft words but not hard ones. The more the old lady dislikes her, the more she deliberately makes trouble for him. For example, this eating posture, she felt disgusting even when she was pretending, but in order to make old lady Lu unhappy, she endured the discomfort in her heart and acted here.
"Mom, mom, come and eat. Lulu, why don't you drink the soup? I made it light and even skimmed off the oil."
When Jiang Xiu saw that the two of them were about to fight again, she hurried to ease the atmosphere.
She walked forward and pushed her wheelchair to the dining table.
If one of these two people was willing to give in, things wouldn't have turned out like this.
The old lady was always finding fault and saying unfriendly things, and Ren Lu always acted weird, so they were at loggerheads with each other, and there was an inexplicable sense of confrontation, and no one was willing to give in.
"Hmmmm..." Ren Lu shook her head again, humming in her mouth. Only sounds came out but no sentences, which sounded extremely weird.
"Straighten out your tongue, you think you are a child, just learning to speak, why are you pretending!" Old Mrs. Lu was instantly annoyed.
In front of Ren Lu, her anger point is always very low.
"Grandma, you didn't let me speak. I just kept winking at Mom and communicating with her through eye contact, but she didn't understand, so I spoke." Ren Lu seemed particularly aggrieved.
Old Mrs. Lu closed her eyes, and it was obvious that her anger had reached its peak.
It turned out that they blamed her again, so she said, "Don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping." Ren Lu deliberately made this weird look.
"I told you to finish your meal and get out, why didn't you listen? You're not my granddaughter, otherwise I would have cured you of your temper since you were a child. You're not even as good as one finger of Si Yue." Old Mrs. Lu almost squeezed out these words from between her teeth, showing how much hatred she had in her heart.
As they were talking, Aunt Liu came in with a phone.
"Madam, the school teacher just called and said that the young lady did not return to school on time and ran away with a yellow-haired man on a motorcycle." Aunt Liu reported hurriedly.
Several people were shocked when they heard this, except Ren Lu who looked calm.
Oh, here it comes, her pure and innocent eldest lady sister-in-law, finally met her love.
"When and where did he run? Wasn't Si Yue taken to another place by her teacher to compete?" Jiang Xiu was panicked and quickly found a driver to drive to school.
The old lady's emotions soon calmed down. After all, she had seen too many ups and downs, and this matter of her granddaughter could not knock her down.
She just felt that this matter came at a particularly bad time. It happened right after she used Lu Siyue to provoke her granddaughter-in-law. This Ren Lu was simply a jinx. Anyone who had anything to do with her would be so unlucky.
She looked at Ren Lu with a guilty conscience, but she didn't know that Ren Lu had been staring at her since a while ago, and their eyes met.
Ren Lu looked innocent, approached the old lady, and whispered, "Old lady, your granddaughter is really outstanding. She ran away with Huang Mao!"
"You jinx, what nonsense are you talking about! Even if my granddaughter ran away with Huang Mao, she is still better than you!"
Old Mrs. Lu was so irritated that she jumped up from her wheelchair on the spot and chased after her to beat her up, not caring about her dignity as a lady from a wealthy family.
She has always looked down on girls who use violence, so why can't she vent her anger? The enemy can be defeated with some tricks, so why does she have to do it herself? The ferocious look on her face is not revenge, but humiliation.
But at the moment when the anger was aroused, all the propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame were thrown to the back of his mind. There was only one thought in his mind, which was to tear the mouth of this vicious woman apart.
Jiang Xiu, who was extremely anxious, was stunned when he saw the old lady chasing Ren Lu at great speed with bared fangs and claws.
What was going on? Was she dreaming?
Is their old lady crazy? She teaches girls all day long that they should be beautiful and intelligent, not shout loudly, and stay calm and composed when encountering things. They should not lose their sense of proportion. Becoming a shrew is the lowest class.
But what Mrs. Lu is doing now is what she calls a shrew.
"Mom, save me, grandma is going to kill someone!" Ren Lu pretended to be scared and terrified, as agile as a rabbit.
She didn't run directly behind Jiang Xiu, but circled around the living room, following the old lady like a kite.
Of course, she did this on purpose. She took advantage of the fact that the old lady was still angry and had lost her mind to embarrass her as much as possible. Otherwise, she wouldn't know when she would see this once-in-a-century scene again.
It was not until the old lady was out of breath and obviously could not run anymore that Ren Lu gave up and stood behind Jiang Xiu, looking like a wronged young wife.
"Mom, I'm so scared, but also a little happy, because grandma is a good runner and seems to be in good health. This way I don't have to feel too guilty." She put on a frightened expression, but what she said was not human language, which made Mrs. Lu angry again.
But the old lady had no time to be angry now, because she was busy resting. She had just run too hard, and now she was panting like an old ox that had worked all day.
"Xiu Xiu, listen to what she said, is it human? If you still want to recognize me as your mother, chase her out and let Si Nian divorce her. Our Lu family will never recognize her as our granddaughter-in-law!"
The old lady was so angry that she uttered such harsh words. It was obvious that she had calmed down and realized that she had been fooled by Ren Lu.
The ferocious chase just now was like a monkey show, which ruined her reputation. She really hated Ren Lu to death.
"Mom, it's no use telling me this. Go tell Si Nian. Yueyue is missing and hasn't been found yet. I can't take care of these things. You guys take good care of the old lady. I have to go to school!" Jiang Xiu was getting anxious and angry, but the old lady said such threatening words. In her opinion, this was quite unreasonable and she immediately became angry.
"Daughter-in-law, it's not that I don't care about Si Yue. It's that Ren Lu just made fun of Si Yue for running away with Huang Mao. She is really a pure bad person!" The old lady complained immediately.
"Mom, I didn't say anything. It's obvious that grandma didn't want me anymore, so she took the opportunity to frame me. I'm wronged, more wronged than Dou E!" Ren Lu retorted on the spot, even covering her face with both hands and rubbing her eyes hard. When she moved her hands away, her eyes were already filled with tears and she looked like she was about to cry.
"Do you dare to swear?" asked Mrs. Lu.
"Of course I dare, Mom. You know what I fear most is that Si Nian doesn't love me. If I said those words to grandma, you would punish me and Si Nian for not being in true love!" Ren Lu answered firmly, without any fear at all.
"Enough, I don't have time to judge your case. Mom, you stay at home, Ren Lu, you come with me!" Jiang Xiu didn't want to continue to argue with them, so she grabbed Ren Lu's arm and walked out directly.
She was so angry that at this time, this old man and this young boy were still causing trouble.
***
Lu Siyue is studying in a top high school with a very strong faculty and the students are either rich or noble.
Lu Siyue is both virtuous and academically excellent. She has been brought up by Old Lady Lu and Jiang Xiu since she was a child. She is a gentle and well-behaved girl.
But she was a love-brained girl, or she had always been law-abiding. At this age, when she met the rebellious Huangmao, all the thoughts that had been accumulated in her heart, wanting to pursue freedom, came out.
Ren Lu sat in the office, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, sipping it slowly.
Jiang Xiuzhe was like an ant on a hot pan, running around in a panic.
The school leaders and teachers who had taught Lu Siyue were all present. They all looked pale and were racking their brains to think about where Lu Siyue would go.
"What's going on? Yueyue has always been a well-behaved person. How could she be involved with Huangmao? Was she kidnapped?" Jiang Xiu asked coldly.
"It's not kidnapping. This yellow-haired guy is a student from another school. He and Lu Siyue are in the same class, and they know each other." The head teacher immediately explained.
"Lu Siyue didn't perform well in this year's physics competition, and she was in a bad mood on the way back to school. When the car stopped at the school gate, she got off and headed north. Huangmao was waiting for her on a motorcycle. After she got on, the motorcycle drove away without anyone else being able to react."
"Madam, this is Huangmao's - uh, Chen Yan's information." Soon, an assistant brought over a stack of information, all of which were about Jiang Yan's life and deeds.
It detailed Chen Yan's family background, academic performance, and his history of fighting. Obviously, this was a typical problem student.
He has done everything from smoking, fighting, skipping classes to surfing the Internet. He is just a high school student, but he can ride a motorcycle and race with others. His life experience is very exciting.
"It's him. I've seen him. Yueyue told me that he was a good student but was bullied by his classmates." Jiang Xiu recognized him at first sight when he saw the photo in the information.
Ren Lu couldn't help but be amazed, the plot developed so quickly, she didn't hear any rumors at all, and thought that Chen Yan and Lu Siyue were still in the stage of mutual affection, but she didn't expect that they had been encountered by their parents.
"Impossible? How could Yueyue get involved with such a person?" Jiang Xiu read the information quickly and slammed the table, totally unable to accept it.
Chen Yan and Lu Siyue are people from two completely different worlds, one is a well-educated rich lady, and the other is a rascal with no father. They should be two parallel lines with no intersection at all, but now not only are they together, but Lu Siyue even takes the initiative to run to him.
Although Ren Lu had read Chen Yan's story in her mind, the descriptions were not as detailed as in the materials. She quietly took it and read it carefully for a few times, and couldn't help but curl her lips.
Tsk tsk, this kid is busier than her. In just over a decade, he has lived like someone in a martial arts novel, forming gangs and fighting for territories. Even the high school student has a bunch of younger brothers.
Haha, that’s because he hasn’t received any education from the police uncle.
"Has the person been found?" Jiang Xiu asked.
"No. We've searched all the places the eldest lady and Chen Yan often go to. However, Chen Yan has a mixed network of connections in society and he may have a so-called safe house, which makes it difficult to find." The secretary shook his head, a look of worry on his face.
"Then what are you still standing there for? Call Si Nian and ask him to send someone to look for him!" Jiang Xiu became even more anxious and angry when he heard this.
"Hmm? Mom, do you want Si Nian to send someone to look for her?"
Ren Lu was originally planning to be a bystander, but when she heard this, the strings in her head instantly tightened.
"If we don't send him, who else should we send? He is Si Yue's biological brother and has a wide network of contacts. Lulu, you don't want Si Nian to interfere, do you?" Jiang Xiu had obviously lost his mind. His words were a little off the cuff and his eyes were full of suspicion.
"Absolutely not. I'm just worried about Si Yue. That yellow-haired guy has such complicated social connections. I'm afraid he's very good at coaxing little girls. Si Yue is also too well protected. I'm afraid she's been coaxed to death. Right now, the two of them are together, riding a motorcycle. If they do something dangerous, it will be too late for regret."
"We need to notify Si Nian, but we have to look for him too. We can't just wait for him. Chen Yan feels so insecure. If there really is a safe house, it must be the place that made him happy when he was a child. It must be the place where his grandmother lived before she died. Have you looked for it?"
Ren Lu hurriedly explained, her mind racing as she carefully recalled the plot she had seen before, and finally managed to dig out the location from every corner.
"No, the house was finally given to Chen Yan's uncle and is not in Chen Yan's hands." The secretary shook his head.
"Chen Yan is a reckless person, and the information shows that he has a very good relationship with my grandmother. Even if he didn't win the competition for the inheritance against his uncle, he must have used some means to snatch it back later." Ren Lu picked up the information and tried to make sense of it.
"Lulu is right. Let's go and take a look at this house first." Jiang Xiu rushed out quickly.
Ren Lu followed closely behind. Her face looked much more serious and she was no longer as relaxed as before.
The texts she had read before were mainly from the perspectives of Lu Siyue and Chen Yan, so many plots related to Lu Sinian were briefly mentioned, and the causes and consequences were rarely written clearly.
Therefore, when Ren Lu learned that Lu Siyue and Chen Yan eloped, she just thought it was a small outburst in the early stage.
After all, these two had to be ambiguous first, then develop feelings for each other, and fall in love with each other, and then the truth came to light, was known by the Lu family, and then Lu Sinian broke up the couple.
But when Jiang Xiu said that she wanted to contact Lu Sinian to look for it together, Ren Lu realized that this was not just a small outburst in the early stage, but a huge turning point in the plot.
The original plot was that when Lu Sinian found the two young lovers, they were eating the forbidden fruit in an old and dilapidated house.
Not to mention Lu Sinian, no matter who it is, no one would tolerate such a thing happening.
When Lu Sinian saw that scene, he was furious. He had Chen Yan severely beaten up and forced Lu Siyue to go abroad, breaking up this young and impulsive couple.
Of course, the most important point is that Lu Sinian’s death is approaching.
Lu Sinian is not the male protagonist, but just a supporting male character, so there is no specific date for his death, and we can only speculate based on the general content mentioned in the novel.
Chen Yan's leg was broken at the time. After he regained consciousness, he went to look for his girlfriend, but found that the house was empty. He felt great hatred for Lu Sinian, who had broken them up, and wanted to take revenge, but not long after, he received news of Lu Sinian's death.
She clearly remembered that the words that came to her mind at the time were described like this.
[Today the weather is bad and gloomy. Chen Yan's broken leg hurts even more. He still remembers the cold expression on the face of the eldest brother of the Lu family when he ordered the thugs to go. He looked at him as if he were a dead man.
And now he was standing in front of a tombstone with the words "Lu Sinian's Tomb" written on it, and he couldn't help but laugh sarcastically.
The person who once had the power of life and death over him is now dead first.
"Before you died, I hated you, but now I thank you. The moon should hang in the sky, bright and flawless, unpolluted by dirty people and things. Don't worry, when she returns to China, I will have become a man of integrity, more powerful than you, and will protect her well.]
"Lulu, what do you think these two kids can do? Why would Yueyue want to be with a gangster? Are they in a premature relationship?"
When she got in the car, Jiang Xiu was so nervous and anxious that she kept muttering to herself, as if this was the only way to ease the panic in her heart.
Lu Siyue was raised by her personally, from a tiny baby into a graceful young lady. She always felt that her daughter was well-behaved, sensible, intelligent and generous, and was simply a daughter chosen by God.
But such an almost perfect daughter would actually hang out with a little hooligan and even eloped with him. She couldn't understand it at all. It was so outrageous that she had never even dreamed of it in her nightmares.
Ren Lu was a little absent-minded and kept speculating on the date of Lu Sinian's death.
But all the fictional worlds blurred this point, leaving her unable to tell the difference and she could only guess based on clues.
"Mom, don't worry too much. We're almost there." She whispered to comfort him.
The car finally stopped, and the secretary came forward and reported softly, "Madam, I asked the neighbor downstairs, and more than half an hour ago, Chen Yan did bring a little girl back."
"Hurry, get on!" Jiang Xiu rushed out quickly, but because he ran too fast, he almost fell down.
Inside the house, Lu Siyue had just come out of the shower. She was wearing Chen Yan's loose T-shirt and wiping her hair with a towel, looking a little uncomfortable.
"Chen Yan, can you help me blow dry my hair?"
The noise of hot wind and Chen Yan's fingers brushing through her hair made Lu Siyue relax a lot. The nerves that were tense because of not doing well in the exam disappeared at this moment.
Their eyes accidentally met, their heartbeats quickened, even the temperature around them rose, they pressed close to each other, their breaths intertwined.
Just at this moment, there was a loud "bang" and the door was kicked open.
Jiang Xiu and Ren Lu saw this scene. The boy and girl were very close to each other, obviously wanting to kiss.
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