Fu Lan's pretty face turned red with anger: "Is this taking care of me? This is endless indulgence, and you even want to drag my sister down with you."
Dong Cheng sighed helplessly, looked at Fu Lan with a forgiving expression that said, "You're still young and don't understand things, I won't hold it against you."
He then looked at Fu Hong and said earnestly, "I hope you can understand, Xiao Hong. In the past, our family was poor, which led to some of their bad habits. I am the eldest son in the family, and now that I finally have the ability, it is absolutely impossible for me to abandon my parents and my younger siblings who cannot support themselves yet. However, don't worry, once those younger ones grow up and start their own families, I will naturally let go."
"Besides, I love you dearly. After we get married, I will never let you suffer because of family matters. I'll take care of Mom and Dad; you don't need to get involved. Just take good care of our little family and our future children." Thinking about the future, Dong Cheng smiled happily. Suddenly, he remembered something and looked at Grandma Fu and Grandpa Fu seriously, saying, "Of course, after we get married, Grandpa and Grandma will also be my responsibility. I will take good care of them as well."
Grandma Fu and Grandpa Fu were both very comforted upon hearing this, nodding repeatedly, "Good, good..."
Fu Hong also showed a shy smile, clearly satisfied with Dong Cheng's explanation.
Fu Lan looked at this one, then at that one, her heart clenching with anxiety. Although Dong Cheng's words sounded nice, she still couldn't rest easy thinking about that family. Would things really turn out as he wished?
Fu Lan hesitated for a moment, looked at Dong Cheng, opened her mouth as if to say something more, but before she could speak, Grandma Fu saw that something was wrong and was afraid that she would say something unpleasant again, so she quickly pulled her to the kitchen.
Fu Lan was still unhappy: "Why are you pulling me?"
Grandma Fu glared at Fu Lan: "If I don't stop you, am I just going to stand by and watch you ruin your sister's perfectly good marriage?"
Fu Lan pursed her lips and said, "It's just this one family. I don't think my sister will have any good luck marrying into it."
Grandma Fu sighed and said, "These days, which family with many members doesn't have a lot of trivial matters going on? It's rare that Acheng is so clear-headed. He can just close the door and live his own little life when the time comes."
Fu Lan hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'm afraid he's just saying that to make it sound nice."
"You have to trust your sister's judgment. Besides, your grandfather and I are still here. If things really don't go well for us in the future, we'll risk our lives to bring your sister back," Grandma Fu said firmly.
Fu Lan didn't know what to say next.
It was almost lunchtime, and the food was almost ready. Grandma Fu looked at Fu Lan and said, "It's almost ready. It seems that your Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin haven't come over yet. Why don't you go next door and call them?"
After Fu Lan's incident, Grandma Fu and Old Mrs. Qin resumed their relationship and their feelings for each other were even better than before. This time, when Fu Hong got engaged, she invited her in-laws to dinner, and Old Mrs. Qin and the former principal were the only guests from outside the family.
"Okay," Fu Lan replied, then turned and left. Unexpectedly, as soon as she stepped out of the kitchen, she saw that Fu Hong's bedroom door was wide open.
It definitely wasn't Fu Hong; she's still in the kitchen helping Grandma Fu. Who went in?
Thinking that the bundle she brought back was still in Fu Hong's room, and that the precious necklace was hidden inside, Fu Lan broke out in a cold sweat and immediately rushed over.
As soon as she entered, Fu Lan saw Dong Cheng's two younger siblings inside, one named Dong Cang and the other Dong Cui.
They opened Fu Lan's bundle and dug out the jewelry box hidden at the bottom. They peeled away the layers of cloth bags and were now unpacking the innermost layer.
Seeing that the box was about to be torn down, Fu Lan's eyes turned red with anger. She immediately rushed over, first shoving Dong Cui, who was blocking her way, then slapping Dong Cang across the face. While the two were still stunned, she snatched the jewelry box back from Dong Cang's hand, hugged it tightly to her chest, glared at them angrily, and shrieked, "Who gave you permission to secretly take my things? Thieves, petty thieves, I'm going to call the police to arrest you and put you in jail!"
At this moment, Dong Cang and Dong Cui also came to their senses. Ever since their eldest brother became successful, they had been used to being the boss at home. They never expected that someone would dare to lay a hand on them. The two looked at each other, exchanged a tacit understanding, and then pounced on Fu Lan together.
"Give it to me, that's mine." Dong Cui tried to snatch back the jewelry box that Fu Lan was protecting in her arms.
"Bullshit, this is mine. I brought it back to give to my sister." Fu Lan was as fierce as a little wolf, and slapped the person away.
Dong Cang then pounced on him, saying, "Your sister is my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law's things belong to my brother, my brother's things belong to our family, and everything in our family is mine. Give it to me."
Fu Lanren was dumbfounded, staring blankly at Dong Cang, her face filled with disbelief. How could someone be so shameless as to say such a brazen thing with such confidence?
In just a moment, by the time Fu Lan reacted and tried to dodge, it was too late.
Fu Lan was tackled to the ground by Dong Cang with a loud thud, and her head felt numb from the impact.
"Get out of my way." Fu Lan's fists pounded wildly on Dong Cang's head, making loud "thump thump thump" sounds.
Dong Cang was numb from being punched. He grabbed Fu Lan's hair and was about to hit her back when Fu Lan struggled. Unexpectedly, he kicked her in a vital area. Dong Cang's face turned green. He clutched his wound and slumped to the side, not daring to move.
Before Fu Lan could even catch her breath, Dong Cui pounced on her again: "You brat, how dare you bully my brother..."
The two quickly started fighting.
Hearing the commotion, the others ran to the door, only to be completely dumbfounded by what they saw. What on earth was going on?
Fu Hong walked into the room with a stern face: "Stop it, all of you."
Nobody paid any attention to her.
Dong Cheng followed him in: "Stop, everyone, didn't you hear me?"
Still, no one paid any attention to him.
Fu Hong and Dong Cheng exchanged a glance, then stepped forward together and forcefully separated Fu Lan and Dong Cui, who were wrestling.
Looking at the two girls in front of them, whose hair was pulled back like a bird's nest, Fu Hong and Dong Cheng could hardly bear to look at them.
"What exactly happened?" Fu Hong asked in a cold voice.
Fu Lan and Dong Cui pointed at each other simultaneously, almost saying in unison, "She stole my things."
Fu Hong and Dong Cheng both frowned, one looking at Fu Lan and the other at Dong Cui, and asked in unison, "What did she steal from you?"
Fu Lan pointed to the jewelry box still wrapped in cloth in her arms, and Dong Cui also raised her hand and pointed over at the same time: "This (that)."
Fu Hong was also seeing this for the first time and asked, "What is this?"
Fu Lan sniffed: "It's an engagement gift for you."
Fu Hong's heart tightened.
Dong Cheng's expression also darkened. He looked at Dong Cui and said, "Isn't that someone else's property? How did it become yours?"
Dong Cui, with her neck stiff, repeated Dong Cang's words confidently: "What's yours is yours, what's yours is the family's, and what's the family's is mine. What's the problem?"
Except for Dong Cheng, everyone in the Dong family nodded in agreement.
The Fu family members' expressions turned extremely ugly.
Dong Cheng looked apologetically at Fu Hong: "I'll talk to them properly." After saying that, he took Dong Cui's hand with one hand and Dong Cang's arm with the other, and turned to leave.
Only then did Dong's mother notice Dong Cang's appearance and cried out anxiously, "What's wrong with you, Cang?"
Fu Hong ignored them and waited until they left before closing the door, leaving herself and Fu Lan alone.
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