Chapter 182 Wang Meihua: All I Want Is to Hold My Grandchildren
“If you can’t stand that woman from the second wife’s family, I’ll buy another villa in Repulse Bay, put it in both our names, and let her live in the old house. You two can then keep to your own business.”
Lu Rensheng believed that he had already done everything he could to meet these conditions.
"Now you should be satisfied, right?" He looked at Wang Meihua, his eyes filled with a confident determination.
Wang Meihua gripped the hem of her clothes tightly with her fingers, staring at the bunch of keys as if she had seen something filthy.
"Lu Rensheng, what kind of person do you take me, Wang Meihua, for?"
"When you abandoned your wife and children for wealth, did you never think about your marital bond? Now you want me to go with you just because you have a dilapidated house?"
Wang Meihua's words were like a slap in the face to Lu Rensheng, but he only twitched the corners of his mouth, his eyes full of mockery. In his view, when a woman says "no," it's just because she thinks the price isn't right.
He stubbed out his cigar: "Wang Meihua, one shouldn't be too greedy. You suffered with me back then, but Yaoting's mother has also done her part in serving me and managing the household all these years. I can't just kick her out because you can't tolerate her, can I?"
These words were like poisoned needles, pricking Wang Meihua and making her tremble all over. To this day, he still feels that her grievances are "greed" and her perseverance is "intolerant of others"!
“Lu Rensheng,” Wang Meihua’s voice trembled, “do you think everyone is like you, only concerned with profit?”
Xia Qianqian slowly stood up, supporting her waist. She stood in front of Wang Meihua and calmly glanced at Lu Rensheng: "Uncle Lu, we in the mainland are not like Hong Kong. We believe in equality for all and monogamy. There are only different roles for men and women, not a hierarchy. No one is anyone's appendage."
She gently placed her fingertips on Wang Meihua's cold hand, as if to convey warmth: "It's her freedom to say that Mom doesn't want to go with you. Now, please leave."
Lu Rensheng's face instantly darkened. He hadn't expected that his combination of soft and hard tactics would ultimately result in him being asked to leave!
"Wang Meihua, you are too selfish! The Lu family's ancestral hall is in Hong Kong. If you don't go back to handle family affairs, you won't have the face to face the Lu family's ancestors in the afterlife!"
Wang Meihua suddenly laughed. The laughter was soft, but it carried a sense of desolation as if she had seen through the ways of the world.
She slowly raised her head, her gaze sweeping over Lu Rensheng's ashen face before landing on Xia Qianqian's lower abdomen, her eyes instantly softening.
"Qianqian is carrying the roots of the Lu family in her belly. I will protect her, take care of her, and ensure that the child is born safely and raised to adulthood. When the child is recognized by the family in the future, the ancestors of the Lu family will be grateful to me. How could they blame me?"
She paused, then abruptly turned to look at Lu Rensheng: "On the contrary, it's you! Back then, you ran off with the family fortune without a word to Hong Kong, and now you've moved the ancestral hall there without permission, leaving our ancestors to die in peace, wandering like lonely ghosts far from home! Lu Rensheng, you should think about how you're going to face your ancestors after you're gone!"
"You—" Lu Rensheng was choked and speechless, his face turning pale and then red, and his hand pointing at Wang Meihua was trembling.
He never expected that the woman he had abandoned in the countryside would become so sharp-tongued, her words piercing his heart!
The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, with only the north wind howling outside the window.
Xia Qianqian stood quietly beside Wang Meihua, her hand gently protecting her lower abdomen, but she felt boundless respect for her mother-in-law—this was true integrity, gentle yet firm, unyielding and unyielding.
"Wang Meihua!" Lu Rensheng slammed his fist on the table and stood up. "You think you can eat your own food if you have principles? You should think about your precious grandson in your belly, even if you don't think about yourself!"
Wang Meihua froze; her grandson's future was her softest spot.
Seeing her expression soften, Lu Rensheng's tone also softened: "Qianqian, give birth to the child and take him to Hong Kong. I'll hire the best nanny and send him to the most expensive private school! In the future, I'll send him to England to study finance and to France to study art. He can choose from the world's top resources! He is my eldest grandson, Lu Rensheng's eldest grandson. I will sell everything I own to raise him into a true elite!"
"Think about it, this is better than staying in this poor mountain village eating cornbread with you guys, right? When he becomes successful in the future, you'll all be proud!"
These words caused Wang Meihua's eyes to struggle violently. On one hand, there was deep-seated hatred, and on the other hand, there was the temptation of her grandson's bright future. The two emotions were tearing wildly in her chest, and the pain made it almost impossible for her to breathe.
Xia Qianqian supported Wang Meihua's shoulder, her voice clear and gentle yet firm: "Mom, your grandson doesn't care about going to Hong Kong."
She turned to look at Lu Yaoting, a mocking smile playing on her lips: "Isn't your precious son a product of 'elite education'? As for the results..."
She paused deliberately, her gaze freezing on Lu Yaoting's smug face. "You should know the effect by now, otherwise why would you be fixated on Lu Zheng's things?"
"What nonsense are you spouting!" Lu Yaoting's face turned pale with anger.
Xia Qianqian, however, turned to Lu Rensheng as if she hadn't seen him, her tone becoming more and more composed: "Lu Zheng may not have attended any Western schools, but in terms of integrity and responsibility, how is he not better than your precious son? I think what ultimately determines a person's worth is their genes."
She gently stroked her lower abdomen: "Our child will also inherit my spirit in the future."
"Baby, you must grow up well," she said softly, looking down at her belly. "When you grow up, we won't learn those crooked ways. We should learn from Grandma and be people with backbone."
Lu Rensheng's face darkened completely, his eyes so sinister they could drip water. He finally understood that getting this mother and daughter to back down today was harder than climbing to heaven!
"Hmph, what a woman's view!"
Lu Rensheng sneered, thinking to himself: Once you see the prosperity of Hong Kong, you'll realize how foolish you've been! The neon lights there never go out all night, and the skyscrapers stretch as far as the eye can see. How can this poor mountain village compare?
Seeing that Wang Meihua and Xia Qianqian were unmoved by his words, he knew that continuing to pester them would be a waste of breath.
Since we can't persuade these two women, let's go find Lu Zheng. As long as we let him go to Hong Kong and see the world, we're sure he'll stay.
"Yaoting, let's go!" Lu Rensheng said, then turned and walked out.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yaoting quickly followed: "Dad! Should we contact a plane right now?"
He wished these people would stay here forever, so that no one would compete with him for his inheritance.
Lu Rensheng frowned and waved his hand: "I'm not going back today."
The father and son walked out of the courtyard gate one after the other. The gate slammed shut with a bang, and Wang Meihua's legs went weak. She collapsed onto the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), her face pale.
Xia Qianqian quickly helped her up and poured her a cup of hot water: "Mom, don't get upset and hurt yourself."
Wang Meihua took the water glass and gripped it tightly: "Qianqian, isn't Mom being too selfish?"
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