"And then... he did it!"
Lu Xingye: "..."
Lu Jianjun: "..."
Lu Xingye was a little incredulous. "It's that simple? Isn't Li Hongjun a cunning old fox?"
Meng Fuyan glanced at him and replied, "Because he has always had another purpose."
"What?"
“He has wanted me to be his daughter-in-law for many years, and he still does now, and I just happen to know that.”
Lu Xingye: "..."
His mind went blank for a moment; he was terrified.
"No way, Yanyan, you sold yourself because of this?"
Meng Fuyan twitched her lips and glared at him fiercely. "How could that be? Li Hongjun is very sensible. How could he say something like this openly before he's sure of it?"
Do you think you're your mother? You're so brainless!
Meng Fuyan silently added a sentence in her mind.
Lu Xingye breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good! That's good!"
Lu Jianjun suddenly asked, "Yanyan, what happened? Why did you go to find Li Hongjun and Uncle Qin?"
Meng Fuyan, with her neck stiffened, reverted to her rebellious self, puffing out her cheeks and saying angrily, "I just want to teach them a lesson. Don't think you can bully me just because I have no one else in my family."
"Aunt Qin came to my house and belittled me. In the end, she condescended to ask me to marry Uncle Qin. I was stunned. Uncle Qin is of the same generation as you, Uncle Lu. I am the younger generation. If I marry him, wouldn't I have to call you brother-in-law? My older brother would become my nephew. Wouldn't that be a mess?"
"Besides, it's no secret that Uncle Qin is a good-for-nothing. There are plenty of men who want to marry me, and they are all better than him. But Aunt Qin still had a condescending look on her face and said that as long as I obediently stay at home and have children, the Qin family is willing to take care of my burden brother. I was furious. I refused, and she even insulted my mother. I... so I went to take revenge."
"If I kick her out of my house, I'll immediately start thinking of ways to deal with her and see what she can do to me."
Seeing Meng Fuyan's expression, Lu Jianjun was honestly amused.
My own child is always the most pleasing to the eye.
Look at that defiant look on her face; it's rare to see such an expression on this little girl's face.
However, the thought that Qin Qiongying had actually gone to the Meng family to tell Meng Fuyan such things made him extremely angry. That woman really had no shame left and had completely torn off all pretense of civility.
Lu Xingye was also stunned. He knew what his mother was thinking, but he really didn't expect her to act so quickly and actually go to tell Meng Fuyan.
Good heavens, what on earth is that mother of his thinking?
Yan Yan was someone they had watched grow up. Her father had defended her so much because of Old Meng, and her mother went to their door to say this. Wouldn't that tear away the last bit of face they had left?
this……
Lu Xingye stood there, speechless for a long time.
Lu Jianjun was silent for a moment, then sighed. Before he could speak, Meng Fuyan spoke first, seemingly in a hurry, "I'm just so angry! It's one thing to scold me, but to scold my mother too! She's the mother of my three older brothers, and I can't do anything to her, so... so... I picked on the weak..."
"Anyway, I've already done it. Uncle Lu can scold me if he wants; I'll just listen."
The more she acted this way, the less Lu Jianjun could bear to scold her.
“Who said I was going to scold you? Yanyan, it’s all Uncle Lu’s fault for not managing things at home properly, which caused you to suffer. You did the right thing. It’s not the way the Meng family behaves to swallow your anger. Uncle Lu doesn’t blame you. Go home now, and Uncle Lu will handle the rest.”
As Meng Fuyan had predicted, the outcome was pretty much what she expected.
"Really...really not my fault? Then...then I'll leave?"
Lu Jianjun smiled and waved to her, "Go ahead!"
Meng Fuyan's eyes lit up, and she immediately smiled, like a child who had won a fight. "Thank you, Uncle Lu. You're so kind to me, treating me like your own daughter. I will definitely be as filial to you as I am to my own father in the future."
After saying that, Meng Fuyan ran away happily, and you could tell how happy she was just by looking at her retreating figure!
That last sentence really struck a chord with Lu Jianjun.
Her biological daughter?
Actually, she's no different from my own daughter!
Looking at his father's gratified expression, Lu Xingye felt confused. Looking at his father's expression, then at what Yanyan said, and then at the somewhat similar facial features, it was no wonder his mother was suspicious.
If his cunning second son hadn't explicitly stated that Yanyan couldn't possibly be his father's illegitimate child, he wouldn't know who to believe at this moment.
"Dad, the way you look at me, is Yanyan really not your daughter?"
Lu Jianjun glared at him, "You brat, do you have a death wish? Do you think your father is that kind of person?"
Lu Xingye sighed, "Never mind, let's not talk about this anymore. Dad, my second son asked me to pass on a few words to you..."
Lu Xingye recounted what his second brother had said. Lu Jianjun remained silent for a while before saying, "What the second brother said is right. If things continue like this, the Qin family will indeed cause a major incident. At that time, not only me, but also you guys will be affected."
"These days, things are tense, and everyone is living cautiously with their heads down. If we keep making a fuss like this, something bad will happen sooner or later."
"Go and investigate the recent affairs of the Qin family. I'll work with you on this and resolve it within the next few days, so you can go back to work with peace of mind."
Lu Xingye nodded, "Then I'll go right away."
Meng Fuyan left the machinery factory and encountered many acquaintances along the way. She greeted them all with a smile. Having grown up helping her mother with business, she had seen all sorts of big scenes and had long since learned how to handle relationships and gather information. She chatted with everyone along the way, and stopped to talk to those she knew well. She would take out the melon seeds and candies from her pocket, share them, gossip for a while, and make a good impression before heading home.
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