After dinner, Su Ningjie saw Xiao Lingyu leaving with Chen, so he said hello to Lu Shiyuan and took Su Ningan to go to the bathroom.
Su Ningjie looked around and whispered, "Brother, I think it's unlikely that I'm a child of the Lu family."
"Second brother, I think it's very likely. Didn't your grandfather and your third aunt say that you look a lot like your grandmother?"
Su Ningjie shook his head. "Didn't they say that the child was buried with his mother? I just look like him."
Su Ning'an couldn't figure it out. "Didn't your third aunt call your mother away to have a private conversation? We'll ask her later."
Arriving at Fanghua Garden, Chen dismissed the servants and pondered for a moment before saying, "Madam Su, please forgive my intrusion. I have something to say to you that may offend you. Please forgive me."
Xiao Lingyu: "Just say it."
"Madam Su, Brother Jie and his elder brother are not your biological children, right?"
Xiao Lingyu's smile faded. "Third Madam, why do you think my Jie and An aren't my biological children?"
Chen said slowly, "I've given birth to three daughters, so my figure is out of shape. It's hard to restore it to the shape I had when I was a young girl. I saw that Madam Su's figure was still that of a young girl a few years after she came of age, so I guess you haven't given birth."
Only those who have experienced it can have such a sharp vision.
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, "Third Madam, you have good judgment. I really haven't given birth to any children yet. I am their adoptive mother. Please keep this a secret. The children would be sad if they knew I wasn't their biological mother."
"Don't worry, Madam Su, no one else will know about this..."
Chen looked at the shoulder bag under Xiao Lingyu's hand and asked, "Since you are Brother Jie's adoptive mother, do you have any clues about his biological parents?"
I've been waiting for you to say this.
Xiao Lingyu shook his head. "When his father brought him home, he only had this ordinary little swaddling cloth." Xiao Lingyu took out the swaddling cloth and said, "This fabric is something only wealthy families can afford. It can't be used to find Jie'er's biological parents."
"Madam Su, that may not be the case." Chen hurriedly took the swaddling clothes and carefully looked at the stitches on it.
This is actually the technique of Yunniang from the Jinxiu Pavilion of the Lu family.
Chen's eyes fell on the triangle, and she untied the stitches there without hesitation, turning the fabric over. The word "deer" embroidered in gold thread, two-thirds the size of a thumb, suddenly appeared in the sight of the two.
"Madam Su, this is our Lu family's little swaddling clothes."
Xiao Lingyu quickly took out the swaddle and stuffed it into her shoulder bag. "Third Madam, I think you've made a mistake. This is just an ordinary swaddle."
Chen said anxiously, "Brother Jie might be our Lu family's child."
Xiao Lingyu said coldly, "My brother Jie looks like your mother-in-law. You don't really think my son is your Lu family's child and want to snatch Brother Jie away from me, do you?"
Chen said hurriedly, "That's not what I meant, but the red mole on Jie'er's face and the word 'deer' on the swaddling clothes just now made me think so."
"Didn't you say that you personally watched your eldest sister-in-law and your eldest nephew being buried together?"
"Yes, that's right. It's possible that someone has dug up my nephew again."
Xiao Lingyu: "..."
She didn't even dare to think so, but this third lady actually dared to think so. The Lu family was really extraordinary.
"Third Madam, your eldest daughter told me that when she rushed back, she saw her brother die. It's really dangerous for you to have such thoughts. Could it be that someone else is persecuting the eldest branch of the Lu family?"
Chen was shocked when she heard this, remembering that in recent years the Lu family's side branches had always wanted to adopt their sons to the eldest wife, eyeing the Lu family's property, so this was not impossible.
Chen was horrified when she thought about it. Yao'er was the one who went crazy that year, and Yuan'er was the one who had a miscarriage and injured her body that year.
Was there some hidden story behind my sister-in-law’s childbirth?
It’s a pity that she was not at home that day. She had to find time to ask her second sister-in-law and fourth brother’s wife.
"Madam Su, it's really possible that my nephew is not dead. He might be your brother Jie."
Xiao Lingyu was secretly happy. Today he had planted the seed that Jie Ge'er was a child of the Lu family. When Lu Yuan and the others came back, they would probably come to his house to verify it.
"Third Madam, I think you are possessed by a demon. How could anyone do such a heartless thing as digging up graves and throwing away corpses?" Xiao Lingyu picked up his shoulder bag and turned to leave.
"Madam Su, this little swaddling cloth comes from our Lu family, and it even has the word 'deer' embroidered on it."
Xiao Lingyu really wanted to tell her the truth directly, but she couldn't. "The little swaddling clothes with the word 'deer' on them don't mean anything. My husband picked them up and used them on my brother Jie. Please don't let your imagination run wild. It's getting late. I have to take the children and leave."
"Brother An, Brother Jie, it's getting late and we have to leave."
Xiao Lingyu held a son in each hand. When she saw Chen coming, she tightly protected Su Ningjie behind her, fearing that Chen would come to snatch her son away.
If you're going to act, you have to do it completely. That's what a foster mother should be like.
"Mr. Lu, our milk tea shop will open on the ninth day of the lunar year. I hope you can come and support us that day."
"Okay, okay. We will definitely be there that day." After Lu Shiyuan finished speaking, he lowered his eyes and said a few words to Su Ningjie before reluctantly seeing the mother and her two children off.
"Dad, do you know where Madam Su and her family live?"
"In Osmanthus Village."
Chen said, "My daughter-in-law thinks that Brother Jie might really be your grandson."
"I wish it were, but it's impossible."
Chen looked at the carriage going away, and suddenly had a big idea in her heart. She needed to visit the ancestral grave after the family dinner to dispel her absurd idea.
Su Ningjie glanced at Su Ning'an, who then stood up and walked out of the car to talk to Xingyun to divert his attention.
Su Ningjie whispered, "I know you dropped the quilt on purpose. Now can you tell me it's the Lu family's child?"
There was no need for Xiao Lingyu to hide it from him, so he showed the corner embroidered with the word "deer".
"There's a word 'deer' embroidered here, so you must be a child of the Lu family."
Su Ningjie leaned in to look carefully at the word "Lu" on it, then raised his head and asked doubtfully, "But according to my grandfather and my third aunt, the eldest grandson of the Lu family was buried with his mother. It shouldn't be me."
Xiao Lingyu put the swaddling clothes away. She didn't know how to tell him that her mother was murdered and that he had a younger brother. "Your sister and brother-in-law will be back in a few days. We can ask them about what happened back then. Maybe there's something we've missed."
Su Ningjie backed off after hearing this. He was afraid of knowing the truth. He was afraid that he was really a child of the Lu family.
There are twelve Lu family restaurants, and there must be many people who are jealous of the Lu family's business.
He was worried that the Lu family would be like the Xu family, murdering people for the sake of their family property.
Seeing him remain silent, Xiao Lingyu asked, "What's wrong? Don't you want to be a child of the Lu family anymore?"
Su Ningjie shook his head, "No, I just don't want to become a member of the Lu family so early."
Xiao Lingyu touched his beauty spot and said, "Okay, just do as you wish."
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