However, both children disagreed, and the elders of the Zhang family also disagreed, so Lu Xiu had no choice but to give up.
Perhaps out of guilt, Zhang Zhanxuan stayed in Beijing almost the entire time Zhang Rui was hospitalized, visiting her at the hospital every day to take care of her.
She was running back and forth between the two places.
After all, the twins are younger and need her more.
On weekends, Lu Xiu would take the children to the hospital to visit their older sister.
This action pleased Zhang Zhanxuan greatly, making him feel even more that Lu Xiu was an understanding person. He still believed that there must be a deep misunderstanding between Ning Hongze and Lu Xiu.
He really wanted to help them clear up the misunderstanding.
However, Ning Hong seemed to be unmoved by either soft or hard approaches.
If we say too much, we just laugh it off and change the subject.
What troubled them most was Zhang Rui's daughter, Jiang Cha.
This little girl is quite difficult to handle. I've heard she's very smart; she's only six years old, but she's already in the second grade of elementary school.
She truly lives up to her reputation as Zhang Zhanxuan's granddaughter.
She is both smart and cute.
The only downside is that she's too clingy to Ning Hongze.
No matter how they tried to coax her, she held tightly to Ning Hongze's thighs, refusing to let go or let them hug her.
"Rui Rui, are your daughter and Hong Ze so close?" Zhang Zhanxuan couldn't help but ask as he was taking them home.
He drove a large vehicle today, which can carry seven people.
The four of them, plus their three children, make a total of seven.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Ever since I started repeating my senior year, Hongze has always taken care of Chacha. So now Chacha only likes Hongze, and even I, her mother, am ranked behind Hongze."
"Where do you rent? How about we buy you a house?"
Housing prices in Beijing are very expensive, and it usually takes a long time for ordinary working people to save enough money to make a down payment.
He didn't think Ning Hongze, who had only recently graduated, could afford a house.
"No need, I have a house."
The car was parked in the spot Ning Hongze had designated.
This is a cake shop.
It has two floors and is located in a place that is not in the central area of Beijing and is quite far from the city center, but it is still worth a lot of money.
The ground floor is mostly shops.
"Is this your own house?"
"Yes, this cake shop is mine."
Ning Hong opened the door and let them in.
As soon as you enter the shop, you can smell a strong aroma of cakes.
Even the twins, who always looked disdainful, couldn't help but swallow hard.
This scent is just too overpowering.
However, seeing that Ning Hong didn't intend to invite them to eat, they slightly raised their chins and gave a dismissive snort.
Seeing this shop, Zhang Zhanxuan finally understood why Ning Hongze was unwilling to go home with them.
Indeed, he can live quite well on his own.
Lu Xiu looked at the house and couldn't help but frown, her mind filled with a myriad of thoughts.
Her two older brothers also said that Hong probably wasn't doing very well, and her second brother even asked her to bring her back.
Actually, she was also a little confused. Her two older brothers clearly didn't like Hongze, but a few days later, they suddenly changed their minds and asked her to call Hongze back.
In the eyes of her two older brothers, the Lu family was rich, while Ning Hong was not doing well. Naturally, if they called out to her, he would happily follow her back.
But how could someone who bought such a house right after graduation be considered unsuccessful?
Of course, Ning Hong didn't intend to tell her that he owned more than just this one house—he always felt that his stepmother's taste was a bit off.
When Lu Xiu returned home, she was still in a daze.
"Hong is a very outstanding child."
Zhang Zhanxuan couldn't help but sigh. "He's so young, yet he already owns such a property."
"Yes—" He really is outstanding; he seems indifferent to whether or not she's his mother.
With Zhang Rui's health restored, Zhang Zhanxuan visited much less frequently. He had company matters to attend to and couldn't stay in Beijing indefinitely.
However, after he went back, Lu Xiu came more often.
She kept trying to persuade him to go back with her to see his two uncles, but to be honest, Ning Hong was a little suspicious.
These two people used to look down on him so much, so what's going on now?
Could it be that some wealthy chairman has an abnormal daughter and wants to find a son-in-law to take care of her, and that's why these two uncles have their eyes on him?
You can't bear to part with your own child, but this guy isn't family, yet they're related by blood, so he's the best choice.
Various thoughts swirled in Ning Hongze's mind, but they didn't linger for long before dissipating one by one.
Ning Hong didn't want to go at all, but she couldn't help but see Lu Xiu every now and then, looking at her with a pitiful expression.
It was getting to him. It wasn't exactly pity or sympathy, he just found it annoying. To put it bluntly, it was like a fly that he couldn't kill, buzzing around and giving him a headache.
He eventually agreed.
He probably didn't need to prepare anything for his uncle's visit. He knew the Lu family was wealthy, and he was also aware that neither of Lu's two uncles liked him.
Ning Hong took Acha with her.
Lu Xiu was initially unwilling to agree. How could she bring a child to visit her maternal uncle, and also bring other people along? But she was too embarrassed to say it too clearly, since in a way, Jiang Cha was also her granddaughter.
Mentioning this, Ning Hongze's face darkened. The age difference was one thing, but the generational difference really upset him.
However, there are even more heartbreaking aspects.
That means his hunch was right.
Of course, she wasn't some mentally unstable girl, but rather a senior from his school who was three years older than him.
Their eyes lit up when they saw him.
"Ning Hongze..." she stood up and called out.
"You—how did you get here?" Could this woman be related to his two uncles?
He looked at the two men sitting on the sofa who glanced at him when he came in, and couldn't help but chuckle, "This must be my aunt, right? Is she my eldest aunt or my second aunt?"
“Ning Hongze, don’t talk nonsense. I know your second aunt. She’s the one who brought me here today.”
The female student lowered her head; her ears were already bright red.
Ning Hong then looked at Lu Xiu. The confusion in her eyes was plain to see.
Wasn't it supposed to be meeting the so-called uncle? Why are you meeting other people too?
Lu Xiu smiled at him sheepishly. Judging from her expression, she clearly already knew what was going on. Ning Hongze's gaze turned colder.
"Ning Hongze, you brought a girl with you?" The female classmate squatted down. "Is this your sister? She's so cute..."
"I'm his future wife, so don't even think about it." Jiang Cha raised her head, looked at the female classmate coldly, and avoided her outstretched hand.
Lu Xiu: "——"
Why is this child talking nonsense again?
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