"Okay, then if you need money, be sure to tell me."
Lu Tian raised her hand to assure him, and they chatted for a while before hanging up the video. She threw down her phone and went to take off her face mask. Tian Jing felt uneasy, so she clicked on Lu Tian's circle of friends to see her status. Recently, she was sharing what delicious food she had eaten. Zou Fan was crying and shouting for her to bring some back. She slowly scrolled down and saw a familiar name, and the smile on her face gradually froze.
Lu Chengyang... How long has it been since she heard this name?
Clicking on the details of the students' prayers for Lu Chengyang, she covered her mouth in disbelief: "How could this happen?"
**
Lu Tian got up early and went to class with her roommate. She was absent-minded for the whole two classes. After class, she handed the textbook to Helian Chen and asked her to take it back. She carried her bag and slowly walked out of the school, trying to arrive at the school gate just at 10:30.
But the lecture hall was very close to the school gate, so she quickly reached the agreed location. When she was hesitating between sitting in a milk tea shop and waiting on the roadside, a black car came up to her quietly, and the person behind the wheel was Meng Jingdong's assistant Song Ci.
Could it be that Meng Jingdong didn't come? She breathed a sigh of relief, opened the back door and prepared to get in, but saw him standing tall in a formal suit with a laptop on his lap.
"How about I sit in the front?"
Meng Jingdong glanced at her and before he could say anything, he saw her get into the car obediently. A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he was not a talkative person, especially when he was with Lu Tian. His gaze continued to turn to the computer interface.
After Lu Tian got in the car, she didn't look around. The back of the car was very quiet for a while. Song Ci, who originally wanted to say something to liven up the atmosphere, had to keep silent. At ten o'clock in the morning, the road conditions were smooth and they soon arrived at the First People's Hospital of the city. Meng Jingdong closed his notebook and glanced at Lu Tian. Lu Tian's eyes were attracted by the ambulance and she didn't notice his gaze.
"The sick person is my uncle, my aunt's husband. He's usually very nice to me. We need to behave harmoniously in front of him. Do you understand?"
Lu Tian understood: "It's just a show of affection."
Meng Jingdong nodded: "That's right."
When they were almost at the ward, Meng Jingdong gave a hint. Lu Tian took his arm without any hesitation, her lips raised in a polite yet gentle smile. Meng Jingdong's mouth twitched, and he began to not understand Lu Tian.
The floor of the VIP ward was very quiet. The only sound in the corridor was the sound of Lu Tian's high heels hitting the ground, with a great rhythm.
Until Meng Jingdong stopped at the door of a ward and looked at her, Lu Tian would give him a look, indicating that she was ready. He turned the key to open the ward door. The ward was quiet, white everywhere, and there was a faint smell of disinfectant in the air. Lu Tian felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. She often dealt with hospitals and did not like the smell of disinfectant.
A man lay on the hospital bed. As Lu Tian drew closer, she could make out his features. He looked familiar, but she couldn't place where she'd seen him before. As she got closer, she saw his furrowed brow and sweat-soaked temples; he seemed restless.
But at this time, Lu Tian had already recognized who the person in front of her was. He was a visiting professor from Dongda University, Professor Lu who had leukemia that Helian Chen and the others had mentioned. But Professor Lu was actually Meng Jingdong's uncle. She suddenly felt that the world was very small.
Lu Tian chuckled and lowered her head to eat. Tian Jing was a strong woman, but she had never lost the cooking skills she learned in her early years. The four dishes and one soup were colorful and fragrant. Even the picky eater Zou Fan ate with gusto, complaining as he ate, "Mom, the food at school is terrible. Can you make me a lunch box?"
Tian Jing was startled. She first looked at Lu Tian's expression. Seeing that she didn't show any displeasure, she smiled and said, "How can mom have time to cook for you? It's the same as asking Auntie to cook for you."
Zou Fan was easy to deal with and nodded in agreement.
Lu Tian excitedly extended her chopsticks towards the spicy chicken. Tian Jing saw her movements clearly and asked in confusion, "Lu Tian, don't you dislike spicy food?"
"Well, I had hotpot with my classmates recently and I've started to like spicy food." Lu Tian explained without changing his expression.
"Then tell me what you like to eat and I'll make it for you." Tian Jing felt very guilty. Lu Tian had been in boarding school since middle school. She was busy with work and didn't have much time to spend with her children. She didn't really know Lu Tian's preferences.
Lu Tian agreed and teased the handsome boy while she was at it, but she found that the child was very carefree. Just now, Tian Jing refused to make a box lunch for Zou Fan because she was afraid that she would have an opinion, but she agreed to make her favorite food without hesitation. However, Zou Fan did not react at all. The living environment of the Zou family is actually much better than she imagined.
After dinner, Lu Tian explained the whole story of her call to Old Lady Tian. If Grandma Yu Gu came, she would definitely ask Tian Jing to do a DNA test. This part was only briefly mentioned in the novel. It only said that Grandma Gu asked Tian Jing to verify her identity, cried bitterly, and then accepted Lu Tian as her granddaughter. However, she had a deep affection for her daughter and granddaughter, with whom she had been living for decades, and was also reluctant to give up. Grandma Gu had her cake and eat it, which made Lu Tian even more dissatisfied with Ning Xuan.
"Lu Tian, what benefit do you want to gain from this matter?"
Lu Tian was stunned. Yes, why did the original owner do this? Because... Yu Ningxuan's fiancé, Han Yifan, was her high school crush. She knew Han Yifan's mother was particular about marrying someone of equal social status. She also happened to discover that Yu Ningxuan's mother and Tian Jing were born on the same day, month, and year, so she wanted to expose the truth right there and then.
"I..." Lu Tian spoke with difficulty, remembering that the original owner had successfully forced Meng Jingdong into marriage by claiming that they had slept in the same room.
Tian Jing knew about the grudge between Lu Tian and Yu Ningxuan. In her heart, she understood Lu Tian's thoughts and would do her best to protect her daughter, so she took the initiative to end the previous question: "Since things have come to this point, we have to deal with it. I hate your grandmother, and this matter certainly can't be let go. Let your grandmother recognize her biological daughter. They can do whatever they want, but you——"
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