Meng Suqin paused for a moment, then nodded.
Of course I'd like to.
Not only because she liked him, but also because of Lu Guozhong's status. With such a powerful and influential father, her children would receive more protection in the future.
Anyway, she doesn't like anyone else right now, so why wouldn't she go back?
Meng Fuyan then told her about Meng Yunji, “Yunji… is actually with Dad now. He’s a very smart and perceptive person. I guess he started to suspect me the first time he saw me.”
"The day after he met me, his attitude towards me changed. He became very protective and loving. Later, he even found a way to bring Yunji over as well."
Meng Suqin could hardly believe her ears. "What? Your brother is in Kyoto now?"
Meng Suqin suddenly stood up and roared, "Are you crazy? How could you let your brother stay with him alone? If he had any brains at all, he wouldn't have brought you all to Kyoto and made you stay at his house. What do men know? Who told you to trust men? You actually believed him just because he showed you some affection? That's going to kill you!"
Meng Suqin was a little disappointed. She thought that she had given her child her wholehearted love and given them enough confidence. She thought that her daughter was just like her and wouldn't be so easily deceived by the vague things the man in front of her gave her. She didn't expect that she was just like any other girl.
Could it be because she was away for several years and was bullied by Wu Guozhu and Zhang Guifang while raising her younger brother alone in that house, so she lacked love and suddenly became attached to her father when she met him?
Meng Suqin slumped into a chair, feeling a headache coming on.
She felt sorry for her son and daughter, but she was also very angry.
Seeing her mother so agitated, Meng Fuyan quickly comforted her, "Don't get agitated, let me tell you! Dad isn't as unreliable as you think."
"How do you know he's reliable? You've only known him for a few days. He's a workaholic; he has nothing but the country and his beliefs. He's a madman who's kept enemy agents around for over a decade for the sake of his work. How much family affection can you expect from him? What if something unexpected happens? What if that woman uses your brother to threaten him? If it harms the national interest, he'll definitely sacrifice your brother immediately, understand?"
“You’re so old, how dare you go and stay at his house? The Lu family is extremely patriarchal and values offspring highly, but he’s been able to accept not having children for so many years because of his work. How can you be so sure he cares about you and your brother?”
Meng Fuyan: "..."
She discovered that there seemed to be quite a few misunderstandings between her mother and father.
"Mom, aren't you... too prejudiced against Dad? He is indeed a workaholic, but that doesn't mean he's inhuman! To reach his position, he's definitely not an ordinary person. He has the ability to think. If he couldn't protect Yunji, he wouldn't have gone to the trouble of bringing Yunji all the way from Changning City to his side."
"Besides, why do you think he kept that woman around for over a decade just to gain merit? If he really wanted to climb the ranks, was a workaholic who cared a lot about family interests, shouldn't he have eliminated her immediately after finding out she was an enemy agent? How could he have kept her around for so long? What if something went wrong?"
Meng Suqin: "..."
She opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything, though her heart remained resolute.
"I don't care. He lost both of his children from his previous marriage. It must be related to that woman. If he can't protect his children from before, why should he be able to protect the two of you?"
Meng Fuyan: "..."
That seems to make some sense.
Now she understands that there is indeed a big misunderstanding between her parents, and it probably won't be cleared up anytime soon.
However, Meng Fuyan still believed in her own judgment.
"Mom, don't get agitated. Let's talk this out slowly. Dad might not have been mature enough back then. He couldn't protect his children back then, but that doesn't mean he can't now! Do you remember when I told you about how the Zhang and Wu families were all dealt with?"
Meng Suqin nodded, "I remember."
“That was Dad’s doing! And I’m almost certain that he only decided to be so ruthless after he found out that Yunji and I were his children. He must have started dealing with that woman before I went abroad, but I just hadn’t seen the final result before I left.”
"From a mother's perspective, it's understandable that you worry he can't protect us. But from an outsider's perspective, he's also someone who can give up personal interests and dedicate everything for the country and his beliefs. Such a person is passionate, not just someone who's fighting for power and profit."
"As for the three children that woman gave birth to, I guess none of them are his. It's impossible for him to have any of them, because his father knows her identity, so it's even more impossible for him to have children with her. You also said that he's a workaholic, so we have to believe in his faith and self-discipline. He's someone who can take self-control to the extreme and wouldn't allow himself to have children with an enemy agent. That would be endless trouble in the future."
Meng Suqin remained silent. She still dared not gamble. The Lu family had given her too much to worry about, but her child only had one life.
Meng Fuyan comforted her, "Is there some misunderstanding between you two? I think the reason he didn't deal with those people before wasn't because he lacked the ability, but because he didn't choose to deal with them. In the past, it was just a choice. Now that he knows he has children, he directly eliminated the Zhang and Wu families. That's also a choice. Since he's already taken action, he won't stop so easily. Maybe he's already dealt with that woman by now?"
“He used to be a loner, and he rarely personally taught or promoted his three older brothers from the Lu family. But in order to bring Yunji to his side, he immediately arranged for those three nephews to be taught by him. On the surface, Yunji was brought along because his three older brothers had gone. But what he did after he learned about my and Yunji’s identities was completely different from what you’re saying.”
Meng Suqin was somewhat surprised, "He... really sent Xingming and the others to Kyoto?"
Meng Fuyan nodded, "Yes, they didn't hesitate at all. They were incredibly fast. As soon as they discovered my identity, they immediately had my elder brother send Yun to me."
“During my time in Kyoto, I personally witnessed how he interacted with Yunji. He taught him a lot, cared about his studies, and often took him out to play. He even taught me some things, telling me to study hard and work hard. He said that if he were my father, he would never just teach me housework and how to be a good wife and mother. That would be training someone else's daughter-in-law, not training a daughter.”
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