Chapter 193 Fang Shuying is not her biological daughter
Lu's father glared at the Fang couple, his beard bristling.
To be honest, if someone causes trouble when your child gets married, any parent would be angry at the parents who are the culprits, especially if they are close to them.
But the two have been friends for many years, and it's not like they would break off their friendship over something like this.
Of course, more importantly, Fang Shuying tried to cause trouble, but she didn't succeed and didn't cause too much of a bad impact.
Otherwise, Lu's father would have gone to the Fang family and given Fang Bo'an a good beating.
He vented his anger at Fang Bo'an and his wife for a while, but he was too embarrassed to keep his face dark, so he said impatiently, "Speak your mind, or shut up."
Fang Bo'an shook his head and sighed, unable to utter a single word, while Su Jing continued to cry.
Soon after, the sounds of children crying, some loud and some soft, filled the air.
Lu's mother called from upstairs, "Old Lu, come quick, the child is crying."
Mr. Lu immediately forgot about the Fang couple and rushed upstairs.
The fact that the Lu family's child is crying now is no joke.
If one cries, all four cry together; if one makes a fuss, all four make a fuss together.
When they're being well-behaved, you just want to kiss them all; when they're being mischievous, you just want to throw your hands up and leave.
Seeing this, Su Jing cried even harder, collapsing into Fang Bo'an's arms and murmuring, "Why are we so unlucky? Waaaaah..."
Fang Bo'an was speechless.
When Lu's parents, Aunt Liu, and the aunt each came down carrying a child.
Su Jing felt both envious and pained.
When Lu's mother saw them, she was startled: "What's wrong? Why are you crying during the New Year? Aren't you afraid of crying away all the good luck for the year?"
With red eyes, Su Jing choked up and said, "Sister Song, I... I really envy you."
Lu's mother: "???"
She looked completely bewildered.
She didn't really like Su Jing, mainly because Su Jing cried too much.
When Lu's mother married Lu's father, it was their first marriage, and the five-year age difference made almost no difference to them.
But some people are different.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, many people who achieved success began to change to younger and more beautiful wives.
The vast majority of divorces were based on the pretext of arranged marriages from feudal times.
Some people with a conscience will give their ex-partner some compensation after the divorce and encourage them to find a suitable partner to remarry, but this is a minority.
Many people treat their ex-partner as if they never existed after a divorce, and some even disown their ex-partner's children.
Even more shameless ones not only refuse to compensate their ex-partner after the divorce, but also prevent them from getting a divorce themselves. They even make their ex-partner stay at home to take care of their parents, claiming that since they can't go back to their parents' home anyway, staying here will give them a place to live, and they feel that they have done everything they could.
In reality, however, it's just a case of being blinded by greed. They think that once they've slept with a woman, even if she's divorced, she's still their woman, so they don't allow her to remarry, and she has to take care of their parents and get all the benefits.
Fang Bo'an and Su Jing's marriage does not fall into any of these categories.
Fang Bo'an's ex-wife was also a capable woman. She was a descendant of a family of doctors and had excellent medical skills. After joining the army, she saved countless lives.
Unfortunately, he was killed in action while participating in the Sino-Vietnamese War in the 1960s, leaving behind only three children.
Fang Bo'an, a grown man, was simply unable to take care of three mischievous boys, so he was thinking of finding another partner to help take care of the children.
Before he could even speak, Su Jing, the teacher, kept contacting Fang Bo'an, the parent, because the Fang family's child was too naughty. Over time, the two developed feelings for each other and got together.
Originally, one of them was a widower and the other was unmarried. Although there was a big age gap, it was not a big deal for them to fall in love and get married.
What Lu's mother disliked was that after Fang Bo'an and Su Jing got married, he gradually stopped paying much attention to his three sons.
They all suspected that Su Jing, the stepmother, was behind it all.
The problem is, Su Jing really didn't do anything wrong.
She's not even the kind of person who's all sweet on the outside but bitter on the inside; she's just a really simple and innocent person.
It wasn't until Fang Shuying was born, probably because Fang Shuying was a girl and Su Jing only had one child, that the relationship within the Fang family gradually eased.
Later on, the three Fang brothers loved their half-sister even more than their biological mother, Su Jing.
Lu's mother came from a very wealthy family, but she was not the kind of person who was spoiled, and she didn't like to cry.
I just can't understand why Su Jing, who comes from an ordinary background, cries so much.
It's cute when a child cries, but it's annoying when a woman in her twenties or thirties still cries like a child all the time, for no reason at all.
Men would probably like it, but Lu's mother, and many other women in the family compound at the time, didn't.
Lu's mother used to like Fang Shuying very much, after all, Fang Shuying was really cute when she was a child.
Besides, it's normal for kids to cry; what kid doesn't cry?
But if a child grows up to cry more and more, and even learns to use crying to harm others, then that's not cute at all.
Lu's mother even blamed Su Jing, feeling that Su Jing, as the biological mother, had failed to set a good example and had corrupted Fang Shuying, a perfectly good child.
It's the Lunar New Year, yet Su Jing came to our house crying. If it weren't for the fear of it looking bad, Lu's mother would have chased them out with a broom.
She looked down at the child in her arms.
The child had just woken up and was looking around with wide, innocent eyes, his dark pupils darting about.
Seeing her child, Lu's mother swallowed all her anger and asked, "What happened? You can't cry during the New Year."
Su Jing swallowed her sobs, but still couldn't help choking back a sob, stammering, "I...I...Shuying isn't my and Lao Fang's child..."
"???"
"!!!"
Su Jing's words were no less powerful than an atomic bomb.
Lu's parents were shocked.
Especially Aunt Liu, who almost lost her grip on the child in her arms, quickly carried the child and went with the aunt to their small room.
Mr. Lu, disregarding the fact that there were children around, hurriedly asked, "How did you know?"
"You can't just say things like that."
"Old Fang, you personally watched Shuying being brought out of the delivery room, how can she not be your own child?"
"How can you treat her so well if she's not your biological child?"
Studying abroad is quite expensive, especially since it's self-funded. Lao Fang and Su Jing's salaries and savings over the years have basically all gone towards Fang Shuying.
If she weren't his biological daughter, who would treat an adopted girl like this?
Not to mention that not only the couple, but also the three Fang brothers paid Fang Shuying a considerable amount of their salaries.
Old Lu secretly gossiped to his mother, thinking that it was because the three Fang brothers were too good to Fang Shuying and gave all their wages to their sister that no girl was willing to marry them.
Now, this couple is actually saying that Fang Shuying isn't their biological daughter?
This was the first time Comrade Lao Lu had learned what Arabian Nights was all about.
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