"Shuangshuang, why are you back?" Hao Mengdie walked forward quickly, but stopped when she saw Lan Shuang's wheelchair. "What's wrong with your leg? Why did you get discharged from the hospital?"
Lan Cheng suppressed his overly exposed emotions and regained his dignified demeanor as the head of the family. "Why didn't you call home when you came back early so I could send someone to pick you up? How did you get back like this? What if your leg doesn't heal properly and something happens to it?"
They thought Lan Shuang didn't know and habitually scolded her in a parental tone.
Lan Shuang sat in a wheelchair with an indifferent expression.
Ruan Yining met her gaze, her eyelids twitched, and she felt pressured and couldn't help but stand up.
Everyone in the living room was standing and looking at Lan Shuang who was sitting in a wheelchair.
Lan Shuang finally smiled. "Why are you so nervous? You really don't know why I came back?"
She rested her right hand on the armrest of the wheelchair, resting it against her forehead, and tilted her head to look at them.
Lan Cheng frowned and shouted angrily, "Why are you being so sarcastic here? Who made you unhappy?"
"Should I be happy? I've been in the hospital for over a month, and how many times have you visited me? You don't even know my physical condition, or when I'll be discharged. Do you still remember having a daughter like me? Or is it that you only have eyes for your biological daughter now, and I, a fake who has usurped your place, should step down and let others take over?"
"You - how do you know?" Hao Mengdie took a breath, subconsciously took a step back, and looked suddenly at Lan Cheng.
Lan Cheng was also confused, "I didn't say that."
Hao Mengdie was confused. How did Lan Shuang know that?
Lan Shuang smiled and said, "I heard it in the hospital."
Hao Mengdie and Lan Cheng's expressions could no longer be maintained, and they looked at Lan Shuang in almost panic.
But Lan Cheng was Lan Cheng after all, and he calmed down within a few breaths. "So what? What if you knew? Shouldn't you be even more grateful to us now? Everything you have is given by me, what do you mean now?"
Lan Shuang spread her hands and said innocently, "It's nothing. I just feel that since I'm a fake, I really shouldn't continue living in the Lan family. I'm also tired of bearing the identity of the Lan family's eldest daughter. Now that the real owner is back, I'll return everything to her, including my engagement with Huo Zhen."
She looked at Ruan Yining with a sincere smile, "I'll give you this engagement, since you two love each other anyway."
Ruan Yining came back to her senses from the huge shock and clenched her fists. What did she mean by "let"? Huo Zhen had always liked her. She was the eldest daughter of the Lan family, and this engagement should have been hers!
"I don't need you to give in. You can compete with me fairly. If you can win Huo Zhen's heart, I will lose."
She suddenly spoke, and the three people in the living room were stunned.
Lan Cheng's facial features twisted. "Yining, don't talk nonsense. You and Huo Zhen are boyfriend and girlfriend. It's only natural for you to get engaged. What are you competing for?"
"Yes, Yining, don't be angry." Hao Mengdie advised her, and looked at Lan Shuang with some reproach, "Shuangshuang, don't be angry with Yining."
Lan Shuang: “…”
Although they are the relatives and friends of the heroine in the book, can we use our brains to think about who is angry with whom?
It was Ruan Yining who first caused trouble for the original owner at the Huo's. It was also Ruan Yining who had a love-hate relationship with Huo Zhen every day, leaving the original owner to clean up the mess. Wasn't it normal for the original owner to hate her?
Who wants to have a love-brained and stupid colleague who picks on them every day together with his or her boss?
Just thinking about it is suffocating.
What's more, the original owner and Huo Zhen were childhood sweethearts. It would be fine if the person sent down from the sky was better than the original owner in every way. However, Ruan Yining has no ability, insufficient experience, and acts recklessly. If it weren't for the halo of the heroine and the protection of Huo Zhen, such a person would have been eliminated in the workplace long ago.
The car accident happened this time. The original owner and Huo Zhen were originally going there. If the original owner should have sat in the back seat, he would not have been injured so seriously. It was Ruan Yining who found Huo Zhen and swore that she would never cause trouble and wanted to broaden her horizons. Then the original owner was squeezed to the passenger seat and was almost killed.
Not to mention that in the original novel, the original owner was kidnapped because of Ruan Yining and died miserably in the end.
They turned a blind eye to all these incidents.
Lan Shuang sneered, "Yes, I just wanted to piss her off on purpose."
No one will listen to your rebuttal anyway, so why waste your energy? Just go along with what they say. What's the point of trying to whitewash yourself? In front of people with a screw loose in their minds, you might as well just be the bad guy to the end. You'll be misunderstood and excluded anyway, so you might as well just make yourself feel good first.
"You—how could I have raised such an uneducated daughter like you? Did you come here today just to cause trouble? Or do you want to make a scene and ask us to kick Yining out? I'm telling you, you're dreaming! Even if I kick you out, I won't kick Yining out!"
Lan Cheng cursed mercilessly, looking at Lan Shuang as if he was looking at something disgusting.
The servants hiding in the kitchen and the corners watched this scene and couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Lan Shuang.
When Hao Mengdie heard Lan Cheng's words, she subconsciously wanted to refute him, but Ruan Yining suddenly grabbed her hand and said, "Mom..."
Hao Mengdie hesitated and didn't say anything.
Lan Shuang watched the family put on a show with cold eyes.
"You're back just in time." Lan Cheng suddenly perked up, pulling Ruan Yining over and saying, "You've been giving Yining a hard time before, and now that she's here, apologize to her. You've been bullying Yining for so long, taking advantage of your status as the eldest daughter of the Lan family. If you still want to stay, apologize to her and wait for her to forgive you."
Lan Shuang laughed, "Huh? Why do you think I want to stay?"
Lan Cheng was startled, "What do you mean?"
"I'm back, and there are some things I should clarify at once."
Lan Shuang sat in a wheelchair, but her aura was no less than anyone else's.
"First, I didn't want to occupy the position of the eldest daughter of the Lan family. I didn't want to compete with her for it. At that time, I was still a swaddled baby. The one who was wrong was the one who got the child wrong, not me."
Hao Mengdie looked ashamed and bit her lower lip.
"Secondly, I just learned of my identity. Before this, I was also a victim. As for you saying you supported me, you did. Your Lan family has invested a lot of money in me over the years. I will return all the houses, cars, jewelry, and credit cards under my name. I will slowly pay back the remaining money until it's all paid off."
Without waiting for Lan Cheng and Hao Mengdie to object, Lan Shuang continued, "Third, the engagement between Huo Zhen and I was requested by me, and I also broke it off on my own. If you want to re-engage, don't do it in my name. It has nothing to do with me. Don't involve me in any future affairs."
Lan Shuang's calm gaze swept over the faces of the three people one by one. "As for apologizing to Ruan Yining, forget it. I have done nothing wrong to her. I was engaged first, and I am Huo Zhen's legitimate fiancée. She became the third party later. If she wants to apologize, she should kowtow to me twice."
Ruan Yining's face turned pale in an instant.
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