The painting in the old man's study, though lifelike, was painted over forty years ago. My aunt wasn't even twenty then. Compared to the sixty-year-old, gray-haired old lady before her, they looked like two different people. Even with their sharp eyesight, they wouldn't be able to recognize her!
"What are you looking at? I mean, when you saw your aunt's granddaughter, didn't you notice that she looks a lot like your aunt when she was young?"
After Mr. Lu's reminder, everyone turned their attention to Xiao Qingran again.
At first glance, it really looks a bit like the painting.
If the old man didn't tell me, I really wouldn't have noticed it if I were walking outside.
You can’t blame them for this, okay?
But what did the old man say just now?
Great aunt’s granddaughter?
Then isn’t this the child of their Lu family?
Everyone looked at Xiao Qingran like a hungry wolf seeing food, their eyes glowing green.
Xiao Qingran had the illusion that he was being stared at by a wolf.
"Dad, does this mean that our Lu family finally has a girl? Oh my god, God is so powerful. I will pray until dawn when I get back. Thank all the gods and Buddhas in the sky for still blessing our Lu family."
Seeing his aunt muttering in a weird way, Lu Jihan twitched his lips speechlessly.
He just knew it.
Second auntie came to Xiao Qingran's side all of a sudden and pushed Lu Jihan, who was sitting next to Xiao Qing, away. "Child, I'm your second auntie. What's your name? You're so cute and pretty!"
As the second aunt said this, she was about to pinch Xiao Qingran's face.
At this moment, Lu Jihan's biological mother suddenly appeared, tightly grasped Second Aunt's dirty hands, and smiled brightly: "Second sister-in-law, please don't scare the child! This is the only precious child in our family. We must take good care of her. How can you just hit her without any action?"
As he said this, he gently pinched Xiao Qingran's cheek.
Second aunt: “…”
He doesn't let me do anything, but comes first.
It's so inhumane.
The others couldn't help but roll their eyes when they saw this.
The most depressed person was Xiao Qingran. She really couldn't cope with everyone's sudden enthusiasm.
"I want to call my sister, she is so beautiful."
The two-year-old handsome boy in the arms of Lu Jihan's elder brother Lu Jingsheng opened his big watery eyes and looked at Xiao Qingran eagerly.
His brother, who was sitting next to him in his mother's arms, had a look of disgust on his face.
"Sister doesn't want you to snort, you drooling king. I hate you so much."
Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Mr. Lu immediately corrected his great-grandson: "Why call her sister? That's aunt. Remember to call her aunt from now on."
He looked at Lu Jihan and said, "Ah Heng, you are more familiar with Ranran, you can introduce her to her family. And let your aunt meet the younger generation."
Lu Jihan quickly responded with a "yes" and began introducing Xiao Qingran to her uncle.
Mr. Lu has three sons.
The eldest son is Lu Hongyan.
The second son is Lu Hongzhen.
The third son is Lu Hongyun.
The eldest daughter had two sons, Lu Jingsheng and Lu Qiyan. They were married, and Lu Jingsheng was already the father of two children.
The second son's family has two sons, Lu Jingyu and Lu Nanyu. Lu Jingyu already has a son.
The third oldest family is Lu Jihan's. He has an older brother, Lu Beizhe. Lu Jihan is the youngest among his peers.
Now that Xiao Qingran is back, Lu Jihan has also become the older brother.
Xiao Qingran's three aunts all have extraordinary family backgrounds and they all have their own careers.
Of the several married sisters-in-law, Xiao Qingran was most impressed by Lu Yingsheng's wife. She spoke softly and in an unhurried tone, and had a beautiful appearance with bright eyes. According to Lu Jihan, this sister-in-law came from the Wu family, a prominent Jiangnan family.
Lu Qiyan's wife is a shy person who blushes when she speaks and doesn't talk much. According to Lu Jihan, she is currently pursuing a doctorate.
The only ones who haven't returned yet are Lu Jingyu and his family of three who are traveling abroad.
Xiao Qingran was very emotional. The Lu family was a large family with many descendants.
Mr. Lu has three sons and six grandsons.
After six grandchildren, that will become twelve great-grandchildren.
If things continue to develop like this, it will be impossible for our descendants not to prosper.
Everyone got to know each other.
The old lady distributed the gifts she had prepared to everyone.
Xiao Qingran also received a lot of gifts.
As for the two little kids, since Xiao Qingran didn't know she was going back to the Lu family before she left, she had no preparations. She could only borrow flowers to offer to Buddha and gave the golden cicada that Mr. Lu had given her to each of the two little ones.
She wanted to wait until she returned to the courtyard to get the things and then give them to the two little ones.
After dinner, the old lady suggested going back to the courtyard with Xiao Qingran.
Mr. Lu obviously knew the old lady's plan a long time ago and did not try to keep her.
But when they left, they asked the family driver to drive a van loaded with a lot of things and follow behind Xiao Qingran and their car.
After Xiao Qingran and the others left, several uncles and aunts were still blaming the old man for not letting their aunt and Xiao Qingran stay.
Old Master Lu scoffed, "Do you think I don't want to? It was your aunt who said that there's a rebellious son in the family, so I have to go back. She'll bring Ranran over tomorrow."
Everyone was shocked again.
Then I remembered, if my aunt didn’t have a son, where would she get a granddaughter?
But that's not the point.
"You mean, grandma and Ranran won't live at home from now on?"
Mr. Lu nodded solemnly: "Your aunt has her own plans. She will find time to come back and live here, but she won't live in the Lu family forever."
Mr. Lu knew very well that his sister had been willful since she was a child, and no one could change her decision.
Besides, it was so hard to get my sister back home. If he forced her to stay, and she became my enemy, and she didn't come back, then it would be a loss.
"Then let's go to my aunt's house someday to get to know her family."
Several uncles and aunts discussed what to bring.
Mr. Lu nodded secretly.
However, thinking about what his sister had said to him today, Mr. Lu's face suddenly darkened.
He raised his hand to ask everyone to stop and then started talking about Xiao Qingran.
Lu Jihan was naturally aware of this matter.
He added everything that Mr. Lu didn't know.
Everyone was stunned when they heard it.
"It turns out that Ranran used to be the daughter of the Xiao family. Recently, the heroine who caused a lot of controversy online turned out to be our Ranran. Oh my god, this is too ridiculous."
Not only the aunts, but also the sisters-in-law looked incredulous.
After she finished speaking, the eldest aunt immediately said, "The Xiao and Wei families are really going too far. Before, they didn't know Ranran was our child, so we just kept our distance. Now we can't let these two families bully Ranran. Dad, quickly post on Weibo to reveal Ranran's identity. Let those two families see clearly that Ranran is not just herself, she also has our Lu family. Really, they are bullying others, and they have bullied our Lu family. Do you think that because we are low-key, we are easy to mess with?"
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