Meng Fuyan obediently sat down at the table. The meal was plentiful, but upon closer inspection, it seemed to be all dishes that her mother liked to eat.
Waaaaah, I've fallen out of favor!
She remembered that when she was training in Kyoto and living in the military area, her father would often bring back her favorite dishes!
After dinner, Lu Guozhong looked at Meng Fuyan and said, "Go back to your room and rest. I have something to say to your mother."
Meng Fuyan: "..."
Meng Suqin winked at her and smiled, "Go on, I'll talk to your father."
Just as Meng Fuyan was about to get up and leave, Lu Guozhong called out to her, "Wait, call me 'Dad' so I can hear it?"
His face, which had been serious, now showed him raising an eyebrow and looking at her with anticipation.
Meng Fuyan was speechless. "Aren't you afraid I won't be able to accept it?"
Lu Guozhong retorted angrily, "What's wrong with me? You can't accept it?"
Meng Fuyan: "..."
"No matter what, I'll have to get used to having a dad all of a sudden, right?"
Lu Guozhong laughed and said, "Didn't you accept it very well during that period?"
Meng Fuyan was taken aback. "You...you know?"
Lu Guozhong nodded, "After spending three months with you, if I couldn't even see through your little schemes, how could I have gotten to where I am today? At first, I was just unsure, but now that I've confirmed your identity with your mother, I can pretty much guess that you already knew."
"Otherwise, why were you so calm when you were facing me? By the way, you little girl, you deliberately misled me into suspecting your identity, didn't you?"
Meng Fuyan: "..."
As expected, there are no secrets in front of the big shots.
She laughed awkwardly, "I'm just thinking about Yunji's safety! Who told us siblings to be all alone and vulnerable, only able to be bullied by others? Suddenly knowing that I have such a powerful father like you, I just want to cling to your coattails and find some protection. Otherwise, how can I feel at ease leaving Yunji alone in the country!"
Seeing her feigning pitifulness, Lu Guozhong felt that what she said was indeed true. He felt that he had not done a good job as a father, which was why his daughter had to go to such lengths to plan.
If he had done more back then, asked Aqin for clarification, and made proper arrangements so that his daughter could have been born into the Lu family and protected by him, his daughter wouldn't have had to live such a difficult life.
The thought of the little girl and her younger brother being bullied by that family and forced to go to the countryside for several months pained Lu Guozhong.
"It's my fault for not taking good care of you, but it won't be like this anymore. Yunji is doing very well in the army, and your three cousins are there too. They see each other often. Once I've dealt with the enemy, I'll take you and your mother there soon. Our family will live there from now on, and there will be no more danger. You can do whatever you want."
Meng Fuyan asked expectantly, "How much longer?"
"At most three days!"
Meng Fuyan was stunned, genuinely surprised, "So fast?"
She had absolutely no room to intervene.
Lu Guozhong snorted, "Is this fast? If it weren't for the huge entanglements behind it, I would have dealt with their family long ago. You and your mother stay here for three days, and I will come to pick you up after three days. If you feel bored, you can wander around Kyoto. This is for you."
Lu Guozhong pulled out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, including large unity notes, various other notes, remittance certificates, and certificates that allowed him to enter the Friendship Store and the Antique Store.
Meng Fuyan: "..."
That's a big spender!
Friendship Stores are places for entertaining foreign guests; Chinese people can't get in at all. But if someone has special permission from a powerful figure, then it's a different story.
As for the antique shops, ordinary people can't go in. Most of them are for foreign guests to visit and buy. Meng Fuyan has money, but you can never have too many antiques. With this certificate, she can go in and make purchases!
Oh yeah!
Meng Fuyan immediately beamed and quickly took all the tickets. "Dad, you're amazing! You must be the best dad in the world! Aww, I'm going to rest now and won't bother you and Mom."
They grabbed their things and immediately made a hasty getaway.
Back in her room, Meng Fuyan started planning what nice things to buy. As for the two people outside, she didn't pay any attention to them anymore and wisely didn't leave the room again.
It wasn't until the next morning, when Meng Fuyan went out, that she saw her mother, who had just gotten up.
"Mom, is what Dad said true? He can get it done in three days? Then... what's the arrangement for your identity afterwards?"
After all, in this country, Meng Suqin is a deceased person.
Meng Suqin had a sweet look on her face; clearly, things had gone more smoothly than she had imagined.
“Your father said three days is a conservative estimate. He will go back today and deal with that family. He will finish everything in three days. He will take us to see Yunji.”
"As for me, there's no need to worry. He's the one who saved me back then. Besides, your grandparents have always had a good relationship with your Uncle Lu. It's only natural that your father would help me when I was in danger. We've known each other since we were young!"
"Just say that he arranged for me to hide, and he will take care of the specifics. There won't be any problems."
People who have achieved great success find things very easy.
Meng Fuyan suddenly felt a pang of sadness.
In his past life, things weren't so easy between him and Gu Tingzhi. Gu Tingzhi was suppressed by the Gu family. Although Old Master Gu protected him, his path in his past life wasn't as smooth as it is in this life. So, in the beginning, he was suppressed by the Gu family.
After finally climbing up, the enemy has joined forces. The Sun family has been organized and arranged, no wonder they are so difficult to deal with.
At that time, the fact that Lu Guozhong and Sun Min were a fake couple had not been exposed. The Lu family's status provided Sun Min with an invisible protective umbrella. No one who was not an insider could touch her.
Sigh! My past life must have been so difficult!
If she had known, she would have spent more time hanging around in front of Lu Guozhong; if she had acknowledged him as her father, everything would have been solved.
Seeing that her daughter seemed a little unhappy, Meng Suqin frowned and asked, "What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"
"Huh? No!" Meng Fuyan realized. "It's not that I'm unhappy, I'm just a little sentimental. If I had known it would be this easy, we should have come to find Dad sooner, so we wouldn't have had to suffer so much."
The effect that a small person can achieve in a lifetime is something that a great person can achieve in a single thought.
Meng Suqin came over and comforted her daughter, "Don't be sad. Fortunately, everything is better now. People are often blinded by their own feelings. Actually, I don't regret my choice back then. With your grandparents' character, if I had really married them, I probably wouldn't have had a good life."
Meng Fuyan: "..."
Indeed, fate is fickle; no matter what choice you make, there will be regrets.
Lu Family Old House
This is where the Lu family patriarch and patriarch live. This is the best mansion in the capital. The old patriarch was very proud of this place all his life. If it were just him, he really wouldn't be able to live here. But what can he do when he has such an outstanding son?
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