27 Family Tree
◎She wants to open the world's largest charity◎
"No way, I think she's been very nice to you. How come your kindness goes unrewarded?"
"That's right, your niece even secured a basketball court for us. You should at least thank her."
The classmates all looked at Lu Shuo with strange eyes. She was so young but she dared to stand up for her uncle. It showed how loyal she was. Where could you find such a niece?
"No, you don't understand at all--" Lu Shuo wanted to explain, but found that no one was listening.
He could only cover his head and go to the infirmary. He didn't understand why Bai Xia stood up for him. Did she really think she could beat the fifth graders?
This kid is really loyal, much better than those guys in the class who take a detour when they see older students.
On the way home in the car in the afternoon, he looked at the person next to him, wanting to say something but not knowing how to say it, so he could only look around.
"Is there something wrong with your eyes?" Bai Xia turned off the tablet and glanced at him. "If there's any problem, go to the hospital. Don't be afraid to see a doctor."
"You have a problem with your eyes!"
He snorted coldly, then looked out the window, but in the end he couldn't help but mutter, "Why... did you help me today?"
Mom said that Bai Xia would compete with him for property in the future, and she couldn't be corrupted by her, but great-grandfather had so much money, it didn't matter if she got a little more or a little less, it was impossible for great-grandfather to leave her nothing.
What's more, I still have a father, and all his money must be left to me.
"If you get beaten up, everyone in our class will know that my servant has been bullied. Where will I put my face then?" Bai Xia continued paddling.
Now the whole class knows that she has a little uncle who loves to fight.
Hearing this, Lu Shuo curled his lips and said nothing. This little brat only knew how to take advantage of him. Forget it, why should he bother with a first grader.
He is in the senior grade and should be more generous. As a younger uncle, he should take care of his niece, but Bai Xia doesn't seem to have anything that needs his care, and instead he has to help him with his homework.
These little brats are such weirdos!
Lu Qihui, Yao Yun and others were not at home in the evening. Perhaps because he heard the housekeeper talking about school matters, Lu Jinnian looked at the gauze on Lu Shuo's head, as if he was used to his frequent fights.
"I heard that you had a fight with someone again today? And you still can't win?" Lu Jinnian drank the soup slowly.
Lu Shuo was forced to eat the vegetable salad, which was like chewing grass. He muttered to himself, "They are in the fifth grade and taller than me."
"School is a place where reason prevails, not a place for fighting. As long as you are right, you can ask the teacher to intervene. Once you start fighting, all your reasons will become unreasonable. No matter what you do, you must be on the right side. In this way, no matter how things develop, you will have room for maneuver." Lu Jinnian said slowly.
Lu Shuo chewed the grass and said "oh" softly.
Bai Xia bit a chicken leg and suddenly looked up and said, "This is reckless behavior."
What Lu Jinnian said makes sense. No matter what you do, you must occupy the moral high ground, just like fighting in ancient times. You must have a legitimate reason, otherwise you will not be justified.
"Xia Xia is right. You are all in this together. You should take care of each other and support each other. Only in this way can your family prosper. Don't learn from your father. He has no sense of right and wrong and family." Lu Jinnian looked at the two children earnestly.
No matter how I educated the two older brothers, it was useless. If he hadn't been alive, the family would have fallen apart long ago. The father didn't look like a father, and the sons didn't look like sons. No one knew what they looked like.
"I understand, Grandpa. I won't bother with him." Bai Xia said with a smile.
Lu Shuo couldn't help but snort coldly, "I won't argue with a little brat."
Bai Xia glared at him unhappily, "You have no manners at all, calling me Miss."
“…”
Looking at the vegetables in front of him, Lu Shuo found it difficult to swallow and had to stand up. "Miss, please eat more. Let's see how much you can eat by yourself."
After saying that, he quickly ran upstairs as if he was afraid that Bai Xia would scold him.
"Chairman, Mr. Song Yuehua is here." The butler suddenly came over.
Hearing this, Lu Jinnian frowned slightly. What good could come from the Song family at this time?
Seeing his great-granddaughter looking at him, he smiled and reminded her, "Keep eating, and pay attention to nutrition."
After saying that, he walked towards the living room step by step with his crutches. Song Yuehua was sitting on the sofa. The servant had already served him good tea. He was not shy and sipped the tea leisurely.
"What? Are you going to have grandchildren? It's not even the first birthday party yet. Isn't it too early to send out invitations now?"
Lu Jinnian walked slowly to the first seat with a faint smile on his face and sat down. The housekeeper also brought a box, opened it and handed the walnuts to the old man.
As if he couldn't hear the sarcasm in his words, Song Yuehua frowned, "I also want to be surrounded by children. At this age, I want to have many children and grandchildren, but young people don't think that way. It's hard to say whether we will have grandchildren or not."
Lu Jinnian, calmly twirling the walnuts on his plate, mused, "Young people are just so eccentric. It's hard to explain. You can keep having children and train them for another ten or twenty years. You'll have another successor."
Coming to visit at this time is obviously for his great-granddaughter. He really won't give up.
Hearing his words, Song Yuehua's face changed. "What are you talking about? How can I have a baby at my age? My head is full of wigs. Unlike Qi Hui, who is still in good health and can have a second child at this age, I think Shuo Shuo is quite strong."
Lu Jinnian didn't say anything, but just threw the walnuts into the box. He didn't seem to like anyone mentioning this.
"Why, are you thinking about my great-granddaughter again?" There was no emotion on his face.
The butler stepped back a few steps and signaled the other servants not to approach the living room.
Song Yuehua took another sip of tea and sighed deeply. "Actually, Song Xun should have come here today, but... I'm worried that Lu Lin will be impulsive again, so I came here to discuss it with you. Xia Xia is Lu's flesh and blood, that's undeniable, but she was also raised by Song Xun since she was a child. In any case, she is half a child of our Song family, so I hope Xia Xia can be included in the Song family tree. I will definitely give her a lot in the future."
It was a bolt from the blue for him to know that his son did not plan to have children. He lay in bed for a few days before he recovered. But so what? No one knew his son's temper better than him, and he could not force his son to have a child.
What's more, he has no plans to have a second child at his age. His health has not been as good as before in recent years. However, the Song family cannot be left without a successor in his line. After he is gone, the other members of the Song family will probably make a big fuss. It is better to make preparations now.
Putting up the family tree is also a way of announcing that Xia Xia will be a child of the Song family from now on, in case he suddenly passes away one day and Song Xun cannot control those uncles.
"Shang Song family tree?"
Lu Jinnian suddenly smiled and looked at Song Yuehua leisurely, "Our Lu family has its own business, and Xia Xia is not yet at the point where she needs to call someone else dad."
"What are you talking about? It's just a family tree. Xia Xia's registered residence is still in the Lu family. After all, Xia Xia is Ruan Wen's daughter. Ruan Wen is now a member of the Song family, so Xia Xia can also be considered a member of the Song family. There is nothing against the rules. You have many descendants, so you should understand my feelings." Song Yuehua looked serious.
If he had no other choice, he would not have made this trip. However, if he did not make any plans now, more people would only covet the Song family's property in the future.
The silly boy Song Xun doesn't know that having no descendants is not just a problem of inheritance. So many people are eyeing the Song family, just waiting to swarm in and reap some benefits.
Lu Jinnian closed his eyes as if lost in deep thought. After a long moment, he said calmly, "Let's talk about it later. We should respect the child's opinion."
"Of course, Song Xun has no descendants, so he will definitely train Xia Xia as his successor in the future. We are all a family. At our age, who knows if we can still see that time." Song Yuehua shook his head and sighed.
Lu Jinnian smiled but said nothing. He had just finished talking, but he started to paint a rosy picture for his great-granddaughter. Song Xun still had at least another fifty or sixty years to live, and it was unknown how long it would take for her great-granddaughter to get the advantage.
After a few words, Song Yuehua left first, and Lu Jinnian asked the housekeeper to call the people in the restaurant over.
Song Yuehua's words were rough but his point was true. Although it was not easy to intervene in the Song family's mess, if Song Xun really didn't plan to have children, Xia Xia would definitely be left with the children in the future. The Song family was a big cake, and it would be a pity not to eat it.
It's just adding to the family tree, not changing the household registration, so it's no big deal. At most, Xia Xia will go to the Song family's ancestral tomb to burn a few incense sticks during the holidays. But the problem is that the other people in the Song family are not easy to talk to. Once you get involved in this mess, you will inevitably become the target of public criticism.
In the past, he would have agreed on behalf of his great-granddaughter without hesitation, but now he is old, and he just wants his descendants to be safe and healthy. As for those business empires, they are all fleeting. Can he take them all with him when he dies?
"Grandpa, is Grandpa Song gone?"
Bai Xia ran to the sofa with her short legs and sat down. She found that the teacups had not been cleared away. It seemed that Song Yuehua had just left.
Song Yuehua came here, he must be afraid that his son would be beaten, is he going to discuss her household registration again?
"Xia Xia, do you like Uncle Song?" Lu Jinnian looked at the little girl kindly.
The latter blinked and said seriously, "Of course I like him. Uncle Song speaks softly and respects others. He never scolds or hits anyone. He is very kind to me and my mother. Unlike Lu Lin, who hits people at every turn and has no manners at all..."
"Okay, okay." Lu Jinnian quickly waved his hands. He felt that his great-granddaughter had a strong opinion of her father, and there was still a long way to go before the relationship between father and daughter could be improved.
"Your mother married Uncle Song, so logically you are also a child of the Song family. Grandpa Song just came over and wants Xia Xia to be included in the family tree. This means that you will have to go to their ancestral hall to worship in the future, and you will also have to take responsibility for all matters, big and small. Are you willing?" Lu Jinnian explained as patiently as possible.
Bai Xia thought about it for a while. She didn't expect Song Yuehua to come over to say this. So Song Xun really couldn't be allowed to come over, otherwise the male protagonist would definitely be angry when he heard it.
"I'll listen to my great-grandfather. Uncle Song is old now, and I should take care of him in his old age." She sat on the sofa and played with Lu Jinnian's walnuts.
The latter touched her head and said, "But the Song family relatives are very fierce. They will definitely blame Xia Xia for stealing their property. Isn't Xia Xia afraid?"
"The teacher said that I will not offend others unless they offend me. When encountering difficulties, we should actively overcome them. Simply avoiding them will not solve the problem, but will intensify the conflict." She said seriously.
Looking at the well-behaved and cute little girl in front of him, Lu Jinnian's eyes were full of relief. How could this brat Lu Lin deserve to have such a smart daughter? While he still has a few years left, he must cultivate his great-granddaughter well.
"Okay, Xia Xia is the best." Lu Jinnian picked up a walnut and handed it to her. "Xia Xia, do you like this? Grandpa will give you a gold one, okay?"
housekeeper:"……"
The chairman is crazy. How can the lady lift such heavy gold?
"No, let Grandpa play with it. I'm going to do my homework."
Bai Xia jumped off the sofa and ran upstairs again. She had always adhered to a principle regarding property: whether others gave it to her or not was their business. If they had it, she would take it. If they didn't, she would earn it herself. But she would not refuse any opportunity. She was not without desires. Just like it was human nature for Yao Yun to want her son to inherit more assets, it was fine as long as the other party did not attack her life.
But if the other party is going to be ruthless, she will not tolerate any illegal behavior.
When I returned to school the next day, the teacher suddenly announced in the morning that there would be a fundraising event this week. We could donate either books or money, and the money would be delivered to the mountain school.
As the squad leader, Bai Xia took on the task of keeping accounts. Many people did not bring cash and simply said they would donate tomorrow, but they could register first.
Most people still actively participated in the fundraising activities, donated a lot of books, and some donated a few thousand yuan of pocket money. Then she saw Qi Mo donated 5,000 yuan, and Lin Yan donated a children's animation book.
"You have so many books in your desk, why did you only donate one?" Qi Mo looked at Lin Yan in confusion.
He had never realized before that the other party was so stingy and had no sense of social responsibility.
"Are you sure your donations can reach the primary school in the mountainous area?" Lin Yan asked back.
Bai Xia, who was registering the list, couldn't help but turn her head and glanced at the two people in the back row. She knew that the boy named Lin had a different mind from Qi Mo.
"Didn't the teacher say that he would give it to the mountain primary school? Could it be that the teacher would cheat us of our things?" Qi Mo lay on the desk and played with the machine model.
Lin Yan was writing his homework. "The teacher won't cheat me out of a few books, but after all the processes from fundraising to delivery and distribution, the books may not reach the primary schools in the mountainous areas."
"If you want to provide one-on-one funding to impoverished areas, you can set up your own charity and ensure that every process is in place so that it can truly benefit others."
Hearing his words, Qi Mo's face was full of confusion. Why did he have to set up his own charity just to donate money?
"But my father's company often donates money. Could it be that the money he donated is not in place?" He was quite puzzled.
Lin Yan: "You'll have to ask your father about this."
Bai Xia lowered his head and continued to organize the list. Corporate donations can avoid taxes, but as for where the money goes, it all depends on everyone's conscience.
As for whether the school's fundraising funds could be in place, she had already thought about this. She just needed to say hello to Lu Lin, and the school would definitely arrange someone to put it in place.
The male protagonist's style of doing things is domineering and overbearing. He doesn't care about any empty talk and only looks at the results. It is most appropriate to leave this kind of thing to him.
But a school's fundraising funds are limited. When she becomes bigger and stronger in the future, she wants to open the world's largest charity. She wants to see which unscrupulous person wants to take advantage of her.
At noon, she wanted to call Lu Shuo to get lunch, but when she arrived at the cafeteria, she saw him waiting there with three meals. She didn't know why he was so active today.
"Why did you hit only meat?" She looked at the lunch box full of chicken legs and duck meat with a speechless face.
I thought I would get praise, but she was not happy about it. Lu Shuo could only explain: "Children should eat more meat. These are all paid with my meal card. Consider it my treat."
He is not a disloyal person.
"I don't want to eat fatty meat. I want to eat mushrooms." He Yuehua looked at the lunch box and couldn't move his chopsticks.
Lu Shuo was speechless. It turned out that all of this little brat's friends were of the same character and very difficult to please.
“So annoying!”
He went back to queue up and ordered three vegan meals. Without caring whether Bai Xia liked them or not, he answered the phone and went to play basketball with his classmates.
"Is he really your servant? So obedient?" He Yuehua sat there picking up food.
People were coming and going in the cafeteria. Bai Xia took out his cell phone and transferred a thousand yuan to Lu Shuo. As a servant, of course he had his salary.
"Why does he always fight? Don't his parents care?" Wang Yiyi asked puzzledly.
He thought Lu Shuo was a good person, as he always made meals for them, but he liked to fight, which was not what a good student should do.
"His father doesn't care about him, so his mother spoils him too much, and now he's lawless." Bai Xia shook his head.
He studies intermittently, but fortunately he has made some progress. She can't supervise him all the time, so it all depends on him.
"Ah? No wonder I often see his name criticizing him on the bulletin board." Wang Yiyi frowned slightly.
"Never sympathize with someone easily. Those who refuse to change despite repeated warnings most likely don't want to change. You'll know how serious this is when they suffer in the future." Bai Xia said seriously.
Hearing this, Wang Yiyi nodded as if he understood, thinking that fighting was definitely wrong anyway.
After school in the afternoon, Bai Xia saw the housekeeper talking to the head teacher. She didn't know what they were talking about. She asked about it after returning to the car. The housekeeper said mysteriously that she didn't have to go to class tomorrow.
Could it be that the Song family acted so quickly that they rushed her to visit the ancestral temple after listing her in the family tree?
It was not until dinner time that Lu Jinjiang said he would take her out for dinner the next day, but he did not say where they would go.
"Shuo Shuo has been studying very hard recently, right?" Yao Yun suddenly glanced at her son.
The latter shoveled at the vegetables in his bowl, unable to eat. "I studied very hard, I will definitely be in the top ten in this exam."
"That's also thanks to Xia Xia. Grandpa will buy you whatever you want." Lu Qihui picked up a chicken leg and put it in the girl's bowl.
Lu Shuo stared at the chicken leg and swallowed his saliva. He hadn't eaten meat for several days, and there was a housekeeper watching over him at school, so he had no chance to eat it secretly.
"I don't want anything. When grandpa holds an art exhibition, I want to go and see it." Bai Xia ate while holding a spoon.
She mainly wanted to see what Lu Qihui had painted. He was immersed in his own artistic world all day and even ignored his son.
When Lu Qihui heard that his granddaughter actually wanted to see his paintings, his eyes lit up. No one in this family appreciated his art at all. His wife knew a little about it in the early years, but now she knows nothing at all. It seems that his granddaughter must have inherited his genes from the previous generation.
"Okay, okay, grandpa will take you to the studio later." His face was full of kindness.
Lu Jinnian looked at him unhappily, wanting to say something but too lazy to do so, so he simply put down his chopsticks and left with his crutches.
"Just say less. You know the old man doesn't like you talking about these things." Yao Yun picked up some vegetables with chopsticks and put them in her husband's bowl.
Lu Qihui didn't care. "You don't understand these things, so why don't you allow Xia Xia to learn? The child has grown up in the art world since she was young, and her painting talent has also improved."
Lu Shuo really couldn't eat the vegetables, so he simply put down his chopsticks and left. He felt that his father's paintings were strange and he didn't know what they were about. But he saw that the paintings of people abroad were all like this, so maybe he just didn't have a talent for painting.
Bai Xia discovered that Lu Qihui was the most abstract person in the entire Lu family. She seriously suspected that it was because Yao Yun praised his paintings that year that he felt he had found a soulmate, so he insisted on getting married despite Lu Jinnian's opposition.
"I'm stuffed."
She put down her chopsticks and went upstairs, afraid that she would laugh if she continued listening.
There were only two people left at the table. Yao Yun glanced around and then said to her husband seriously, "Tomorrow is the company's anniversary celebration. The old man clearly wants to take Xia Xia with him. How old is Xia Xia? Why doesn't he bring Shuo Shuo with him? Don't you understand what he means?"
Lu Qihui ate his food without any change in expression. "Shuo Shuo wasn't cut out for that. Besides, it was just a New Year's celebration, and I didn't go. That doesn't mean anything."
"It doesn't matter whether you go to the company or not, but Xia Xia is still so young, and the old man brought her to the company to build momentum. This plan has been made clear. Shuo Shuo is still so young. If he doesn't study well now, it doesn't mean he will be like this in the future. This is too unfair to him." Yao Yun lost her appetite when she looked at the dishes in front of her.
"We'll talk about the future later. We're all family. My shares will definitely be left to Shuo Shuo. Don't worry about what the old man plans." Lu Qihui patted his wife's arm.
After hearing his words, Yao Yun didn't say anything else. She just hoped that the old man could live longer so that she could see the changes in Shuo Shuo. An eight-year-old child still has plenty of time to grow up. Who says he is not good at studying?
There was no need to think about Lu Lin. If his son wanted to join the company, he would have to get the old man's support.
After going upstairs to do her homework, Bai Xia went to wash up and go to bed. She didn't know where Lu Jinnian was going to take her, so she simply set the alarm for eight o'clock.
At nine o'clock the next day, Lu Jinnian took her to the car. It must be an important occasion, otherwise she would not be dressed so smartly and even changed her crutches to new ones.
When the car stopped in front of a hotel, there were people coming and going around, which seemed to be a large-scale event, so she followed them to the banquet hall on the third floor.
There were quite a few people in the spacious and lively banquet hall. After seeing Lu Jinnian, they all greeted him politely.
Bai Xia discovered that this seemed to be the Lu family company's annual celebration event, but she was only four years old, and it seemed too early to bring her to such a place.
Facing many gazes, she was led to the main table and sat down. Everyone sitting around her stood up when they saw Lu Jinnian, "Chairman."
After saying that, he looked at the girl next to Lu Jinnian. They all knew that the Lu family had a new child, but they never expected that the chairman would actually bring the person to the company's annual celebration. This foreshadowing was self-evident.
But Mr. Lu is still so young. Will he not get married or have children in the future?
"This must be Xia Xia. She's so cute, like a little princess in a castle." A shareholder looked at the girl with a smile.
Bai Xia smiled slightly, "Thank you, uncle."
"You play here. Great grandfather has something to do over there. If you need anything, go find the housekeeper uncle." Lu Jinnian lowered his head and whispered.
Bai Xia nodded, and then saw Lu Jinnian talking to several people in the company. Obviously, this annual celebration was quite important. Basically, all the directors and shareholders of the company were present, and all the core employees were present.
She was sitting there playing with building blocks when a shareholder in his fifties or sixties suddenly came over and said in a gentle voice, "Xia Xia is four years old this year? I also have a grandson the same age as you, and he can play with the Rubik's Cube. Next time, can grandpa bring him to play with you?"
Bai Xia shook her head, "No, my dad doesn't let me play with boys."
She is still so young, yet some people are already thinking of other things. It turns out that wealthy families always put interests first.
"It's okay, you are all still children, there is nothing wrong with playing together." The shareholder looked amiable.
"It seems that Director Zhang really likes making friends?"
A voice suddenly rang out from behind him. The shareholder suddenly turned his head and saw Lu Lin standing behind him with a stern face. He immediately coughed lightly and said, "I'm just teasing the child. Mr. Lu, please don't misunderstand me. Xia Xia is very cute. I just thought it would be great to have such a well-behaved and lovely granddaughter."
Mr. Lu looked at him expressionlessly, "I remember that Mr. Zhang has quite a few granddaughters outside."
Hearing this, the latter smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, there are two, but they are not as well-behaved as Xia Xia. You guys chat, I have something to do."
After saying that, he quickly turned around and left. This Lu Lin never gave face to anyone. What's wrong with a child making friends? Can he keep it a secret forever?
The people at other tables also secretly looked at the main table, only to see their usually cold and authoritarian president squatting there, talking to the little girl with a gentle look in his eyes, while the little girl was playing with building blocks, her palm-sized face looking very delicate and cute.
It turns out that this is the president's daughter. I heard that she was born to his first love. Maybe because he has a daughter, his patience has improved and he has been cursing less recently.
"From now on, ignore anyone who talks to you and don't make friends with anyone casually." Lu Lin warned.
Bai Xia continued to stack the blocks and curled her lips. "That's too rude. There's nothing wrong with making more friends. The teacher said more friends mean more paths. We live in a social society and we can't always be alone."
"But you are still young and can't tell whether people are good or bad. When you grow up and have more social experience, you can choose to make friends selectively." Lu Lin explained patiently.
Assistant Xu stood at the back and looked at the chandelier helplessly. The young lady is still so young. Isn’t it too early for the president to say this?
"President, the chairman is not on stage anymore. Please take a look at this..."
An employee came over in a hurry, holding the annual summary speech in his hand.
Lu Lin frowned, took the speech and glanced at it, and said coldly, "Shorten it."
"But the time is almost up, and I'm afraid it will be too late." Assistant Xu looked at the time and hesitated to speak.
Bai Xia tilted her head and stared at him, "Exactly. I don't even need a script when I give a speech in class, and you're not satisfied with the one you read from."
【Author’s words】
I'm going to activate the time magic to make the heroine grow up!
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