Ms. Lu is tall and wearing ten-centimeter combat boots, standing in front of An Xing and Lu Tianchen. Her black hair is like a waterfall, her red skirt is fluttering, and she looks heroic.
An Xing took a deep breath and grabbed Lu Tianchen's arm tightly.
Lu Tianchen hissed, lowered his eyes and saw admiration on the boy’s round face.
"Auntie is so cool!"
The boy even came over and whispered in admiration.
Lu Tianchen: ...
When the lady who was standing in front of the two children heard the compliment, she curled her lips into a smile, reached out sideways, and pinched the boy's round face.
"We Xingxing are just too kind. We always consider family ties and want to give others a chance to mend their ways. Little do we know that some people are such bad people that the more you treat them well, the more self-righteous they become, and they want to step on your head."
Ms. Lu turned around again and raised her chin contemptuously at Tan Xiu.
"When dealing with a bitch like this, you can't give her face!"
An Xing stared at Ms. Lu blankly. Although he didn't quite understand what she said, he couldn't help but move forward, his almond-shaped eyes full of little stars.
Lu Tianchen caught a glimpse of the boy's expression and was almost mad with anger.
This little bastard actually wanted to climb the wall right in front of him. If it weren't for the urgent business at the moment, he would have wanted to hang the little bastard up and beat him up.
The man reached out his hand expressionlessly, put his arm around the boy's waist, and brought him towards himself, not allowing him to climb the wall in public.
Ms. An Xingwanglu sighed.
While the engaged protagonist was having the eye-catching lawsuit, Tan Xiu was almost mad with anger.
Having been in this circle for decades, she had never been humiliated in public like this, and the person who humiliated her this time happened to be Ms. Lu.
Even when the Tan family was prosperous, the Lu family was something they couldn't afford to offend, not to mention that the Tan family was in decline now and her husband was a waste. So when Ms. Lu spat on her face, she didn't have the courage to scold back and explain.
"Ms. Lu, you misunderstood. Xingxing is my nephew. How could I bully him?"
Tan Xiu could almost feel the mocking eyes of the people around her. She was so angry that she was shaking all over, but she had to hold it in. Even though she hated him very much, she didn't dare to show it on her face. She looked at An Xing and tried to look aggrieved.
"Xingxing, today is your engagement party, do you have to be so mad? Second Aunt knows that you had some misunderstandings with our family in the past, but that was when we first found out that you and Rongrong were taken away by mistake."
"Now that you are still a child of the An family, don't... We are a family!"
Ms. Lu and Lu Tianchen's faces darkened, and they looked at Tan Xiu with eyes as sharp as knives.
This woman is still playing tricks, trying to shift the conflict to An Xing, and misleading everyone into thinking that An Xing has a conflict with the second branch of the An family because he and An Rong took the wrong baby. And the few specious words that followed were a moral kidnapping of An Xing.
The woman knew that she couldn't get any good response from Ms. Lu, so she turned to frame An Xing.
If An Xing spoke up to smooth things over, he would be sorry for Ms. Lu who had just stood up for him. But if An Xing didn't smooth things over, everyone would think he was holding a grudge against the second branch of the An family and had a problem with his character.
Several people immediately understood that the person Tan Xiu wanted to plot against was still An Xing.
Ms. Lu was not surprised by this - if Tan Xiu was so overwhelmed by her words that she lost the power to fight back, she would not have persisted in monitoring the Ning family for more than ten years.
She was just a little worried about An Xing. After all, the little guy didn't seem very smart, and she didn't know if he would be intimidated by Tan Xiu and foolishly speak up to smooth things over.
Ms. Lu glanced at her son and was surprised to find that he didn't seem worried at all.
"Ms. Tan, you are mistaken. I am not the An family's child. I am just my parents' child. You and your husband are not familiar to me."
In the banquet hall that had unconsciously quieted down, the young man's clear voice slowly rang out, with a hint of smile, gentle, innocent, and infuriating.
Under everyone's attention, An Xing tilted his head and looked at Tan Xiu with a very sincere expression.
"You also know that I was taken away by mistake. I should be a member of the Ning family. Since we are not related by blood, I will only give face to those who are good to me. But you, your husband, and your son have repeatedly sowed discord between me, my brother, and my parents - why should I give you face?"
Lu Tianchen's eyes softened, and Ms. Lu laughed. She stepped back to the two children and pinched the boy's round face again.
"Xingxing is right. You should only give face to those who treat you well. If someone treats you badly, just slap them in the face."
The young man, who had been showing an arrogant look just now, broke down in an instant. His tense little round face relaxed, revealing a silly smile, and he rubbed the woman's fingertips happily.
Lu Tianchen's mouth twitched, and he put his arm around the boy's waist and pulled him back a little.
Facing the boy's confused and innocent eyes, Lu Tianchen decided to continue to vent his anger on Tan Xiu.
"My mother just said that you are right - you only bully children and don't dare to mess with your peers, right?"
It was obvious that Ms. Lu was directly attacking Tan Xiu, but Tan Xiu shifted the conflict to An Xing and avoided answering Ms. Lu's questions.
After Lu Tianchen pointed this out, many of the onlookers suddenly realized what was going on, and when they looked at Tan Xiu again, there was contempt in their eyes.
Ms. Lu cooperated with her son very well. She took another step forward and smiled coldly at Tan Xiu.
"Ms. Tan, Xingxing is not the biological son of the An family, but now she is the lover of my biological son. No matter what happened in the past, from now on, don't think of bullying my son again, do you understand?"
Tan Xiu's face flushed and she trembled all over. She had never felt so humiliated before. She wanted to scream and roar, and tear apart Ms. Lu's face full of contempt.
But in the end, she could only endure the humiliation and try to save her dignity.
"How could that be? Of course I won't bully Xingxing."
Ms. Lu rolled her eyes and turned away very rudely without even listening to what Tan Xiu said. She pulled An Xing away without even looking at her.
The following engagement party was uneventful. After losing an adult, Tan Xiu fell silent and left at some point.
By the time the guests left, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.
The two old people of the Shen family had already gone back, leaving only the eldest cousin and the second cousin's husband, and the Lu family did not leave either.
The three families gathered together, and my second cousin's husband told them about Brother Hai being arrested.
"My colleague told me that the man was very stubborn and refused to say anything. It would probably take some time to pry him open."
My second cousin's husband frowned and said.
"That man didn't expect to be caught by us, but he seemed to be fearless and had great trust in the person who ordered him, so he was unwilling to give in for the time being."
Lu Tianchen keenly sensed something from these words.
"But do you think he has evidence that warrants a confession?"
My second brother-in-law hesitated for a moment before nodding.
"That's true, but the evidence we got in the end can only prove that Tan Xiu secretly monitored the Ning family for more than ten years, and it can't prove that she deliberately swapped the two children."
As long as there is no evidence for this, Tan Xiu cannot be convicted.
Mr. Lu didn't interrupt them much during the discussion, and only glanced at the An family at this moment.
"Do you still intend to follow the same legal procedures as before and punish that woman?"
The An family and the Shen family were all stunned, and the second cousin's husband was choked.
He was silent for a moment, then leaned back on the sofa, looked at the ceiling and whistled, as if he was suddenly in a trance.
An Xing came close to An Rong and whispered in his brother's ear.
"My second cousin is so fake!"
Second cousin’s husband: ...You naughty kid, who am I doing this for!
An Zhaoming looked at his wife, then at his two sons, sighed, and felt very disappointed.
"After all, this is legitimate and there will be no subsequent risks."
The Shen family is a family of scholars, and the An family was developed during An Zhaoming's generation, and neither of them is arrogant. At this moment, facing the Lu family who is full of dominance and wants to take wild paths when the formal procedures cannot be followed, he feels a little guilty and short of breath.
Mr. Lu was not surprised. The An and Shen families seemed cowardly, but they actually had a bottom line. People with a bottom line might be wronged for a while, but they would not be treated unfairly by fate in the end.
"In that case, let's go through the formal procedures. As for that woman, we can restrict her movements first. At least, she can't leave Tang City until the truth comes out."
The second cousin-in-law, who was whistling and daydreaming, seemed to have just come back to his senses and nodded:
"This is easy to handle. After all, the Tan family does have some problems. There is no problem in restricting her from leaving Tang City."
The three families discussed it and all felt that there was no need to rush the matter, so they dispersed and were led by servants to the Lu family's old house to rest for a night.
Then An Xing was pulled by Lu Tianchen to his bedroom.
An Xing had been to the Lu family's old house several times when he was a child, but this was the first time he lived there as an adult. He looked around without any sense of crisis along the way.
When An Rong followed the servant upstairs to her room, she saw her little fool being pulled up by a man. The man looked serious, but in fact, it was as if the old house was on fire, and her little fool was still silly, looking here and touching there, like Granny Liu visiting the Grand View Garden.
An Rong couldn't bear to watch it. Besides, the two of them were already engaged, and he didn't want to be caught and fed dog food.
The heating in the villa was turned on very high. An Xing walked along, taking off the complicated clothes on her body. When she reached the bedroom, the boy was only wearing a white shirt and followed Lu Tianchen into the bedroom.
Lu Tianchen looked at the little thing without any sense of danger, and his eyes became even darker. He was like an extremely experienced hunter, patiently waiting for the boy to come back after washing up, and then pushed him onto the bed.
An Xingyang lay on the bed and kicked his legs, his face full of innocence.
"Brother Shen, what are you doing?"
The man's voice was low and gentle.
"We are engaged and will be together forever, right?"
This question was out of context, but An Xing inexplicably felt the man's restlessness and uneasiness. He thought about it, although he felt that his brother Chen was really spoiled and needed him to coax him every day, but who made him his girlfriend?
The young man supported himself on the bed with his elbows, raised his upper body slightly, leaned over and bit the man's lower lip, then kissed him a few times to soothe him.
"I've already told you that going through the engagement process once is too much trouble. I don't want to go through it a second time."
The young man muttered to himself, his round almond-shaped eyes reflecting the light in the room, as if countless stars were shining in them.
And in the center of the stars, there is only the figure of a man.
Lu Tianchen was soothed by such simple words. His original impatience turned into full of tenderness. He leaned over gently and patiently and kissed the boy who had no defenses against him.
A charming room.
*
New Year's Eve is coming soon. The Shen family is a large family. Even if the in-laws get together, they will definitely celebrate the New Year at the Shen family's old house. The An family decided to wait until the second day of the New Year to go to the Shen family to pay New Year's greetings together, and return home on New Year's Eve.
Then the Lu family said that they returned to China in a hurry and had not prepared any New Year goods. We are all in-laws, so let’s celebrate the New Year together this year.
The An family members looked at the servants scattered all over the floor of the Lu family's old house and fell silent. But in the end, they agreed to go back to the An family together.
After all, they are my in-laws, so we can’t just ignore them.
On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year, An Zhaoming and An Rong will go to the company for the last time and then come back to celebrate the New Year, while Chen Ying and An Xing will go home first.
The An family always feeds themselves during the Spring Festival. Aunt Zhang went back to her own home after preparing the food, and Uncle Chen went home to reunite after sending his family back. Considering that the Lu family will come tomorrow and may have to stay at home at night, Chen Ying and An Xing rolled up their sleeves and planned to prepare the food and study the menu for the next two days.
"Did Xingxing ask Tianchen what his parents like to eat?"
Shen Ying asked the boy who was checking the inventory of small desserts as she opened the refrigerator.
After counting the egg tart crusts, An Xing nodded happily.
"Of course! Uncle Lu likes light food, and Aunt Lu likes heavier food. I asked them all!"
Chen Ying rubbed the cub’s head.
"I'm asking you these questions not because I want you to cook for them to please them, but because I hope you can care more about Tianchen..."
"Sincerity for sincerity!"
An Xing leaned over and rubbed her mother's fingertips, patting her chest proudly.
"He cares about you, so I should also care about his parents. This is the way to a long-lasting relationship! My dad told me that!"
The boy winked at his mother and said cunningly:
"Dad said that he relied on this to please his uncles and successfully got the girl!"
Hearing these words from her son unexpectedly, Chen Ying's lips curled up subconsciously into a smile. She reached out and tapped her son's forehead, smiling.
"Yes, sincerity for sincerity...but you can't let yourself be wronged."
The woman's expression seemed to fade as she thought of something.
An Xing was a little confused. Just when he was about to ask Chen Ying which annoying person she was thinking of, he heard the doorbell of his villa ring. He suppressed his doubts and went to open the door first.
But when he opened the door, he saw an unexpected visitor.
"Xingxing, are you and your eldest sister-in-law the only ones at home? It's almost Chinese New Year, your second aunt and I are here to pay New Year's greetings!"
Outside the door, An Zhaoyuan and Tan Xiu smiled at An Xing, their faces twisted with flattery.
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