Why? Lu Yang had never been able to figure this out.
When he was a child, he was always out and about and didn't pay much attention to his two children at home, but Lu Ronghui was, after all, his blood-related younger sister.
Since his mother cares more about Bai Rongjun, he should care more about Rong Hui.
He Shuyue used to buy canned food and other snacks for her family every month when she received her salary, and she would always secretly give them to him and Bai Rongjun.
Lu Yang thought to himself that he was already a big kid, so he would give all the snacks to Rong Hui, so that she and Bai Rongjun would both have some.
Every year, his mother would save up money to make clothes for Bai Rongjun. Whenever Lu Yang saw that Bai Rongjun had clothes but Lu Ronghui didn't, he would act cute with He Shuyue and ask her for money to give to his sister.
He would send back all the tickets he had saved up after joining the army to her, and he would also give her a large sum of money every time he came back.
Thinking that since his mother was biased, he would be biased too, so that Rong Hui would get the same things as Bai Rongjun.
But he forgot that He Shuyue was Lu Ronghui's mother, and the missing maternal love could not be made up for from other sources.
Even if she treats Bai Rongjun as her own daughter, why should one of her two daughters suffer?
Lu Yang couldn't bear to think what would have happened if his sister hadn't discovered it beforehand. In the end, she would have gone to the countryside alone, while another outsider staying at their home would have gotten their mother's job.
Will she suspect that there's something wrong with her that makes her mother favor an outsider over her own daughter?
"I... I did take care of her," He Shuyue said, feeling guilty under her son's reproachful gaze.
“But I only have one job, and she can’t stay in the city, so it’s better to give the job to Rongjun.”
"If you can't bear to part with Bai Rongjun, then you're willing to let your daughter stay in the countryside for the rest of her life."
“I didn’t!” He Shuyue retorted sharply. “Isn’t it the same who I give it to? Since they are all my daughters, it doesn’t matter who I give it to.”
She emphasized it several times, as if that would cover up her guilty conscience.
“The job must stay with our family. If you dare to secretly give it to her again, then we’ll have no choice but to get a divorce.” Lu Weiguo said wearily, and after saying this, he sat down on the sofa in silence and smoked.
"I," He Shuyue wanted to say more, but seeing the unusual anger on the faces of the father and son, she could only swallow her words.
Lu Ronghui will be going to the countryside in a few months. Even if she can't give her job to Rongjun, she will try her best to find her another job.
She could never give this job to Lu Ronghui in the future. She caused so much trouble just because she was jealous of Rong Jun. She even called her son back and made the family uneasy, causing her husband and son to become estranged from her.
She now hates her daughter to death.
She plans to work until retirement and keep all her salary firmly in her own hands.
We absolutely cannot let her get away with this.
Lu Yang went to his study, took out paper and pen, and quickly wrote down a letter of commitment.
"Mom, since you've already promised not to give the job to Bai Rongjun, then sign this commitment letter."
He Shuyue was dumbfounded. Her son actually wanted her to sign a promise. Did he not trust her that much?
"I won't sign!"
"The commitment letter states that if you give the job to Bai Rongjun, then the house we are currently living in will have to be given to Ronghui."
"Son, have you gone mad?"
"Mom, since you've already promised not to give the job to her, why are you afraid to sign it? Are you planning to secretly change your mind once I return to the army?"
"The house? Why should we give her the house?"
"Since you won't give the job to Bai Rongjun, then this house will still belong to the family. Mom, I mean what I say. As soon as I get the job, I'll come back and take you to the housing management bureau."
Lu Weiguo didn't want to give the house to his daughter either, but his son was right; it was just a way to threaten He Shuyue.
"Sign? What, you don't dare to sign?"
Looking at her son's expression, He Shuyue knew that he was a man of his word, and that he really couldn't give the job to Rong Jun.
She could only suppress her inner thoughts and sign her name on the commitment letter. After Lu Yang finished reading it, he put the commitment letter away.
"Now that the work issue is resolved, let's discuss whether Bai Rongjun should continue to stay at home."
"Let her go back to the Bai family." How could Lu Weiguo let her stay at home when an outsider had caused such a scene in his house?
"No, you've already told me not to give her the job, why are you trying to drive her away?"
You all know how the Bai family treats her. Bai Xiangdong doesn't care about his daughters at all, except for his own son. How can you let her go back to a family like that?
"Mom, since you know that the Bai family's lack of concern for Bai Rongjun is not a good place for her, why don't you show more concern for Ronghui?" Song Qing listened for a long time and still couldn't understand He Shuyue's thoughts.
Knowing that the Bai family neglected their daughter, she took the Bai family's daughter home and raised her with utmost pampering, while neglecting her own daughter.
He Shuyue wanted to glare at Song Qing, but when she saw her son sitting boldly next to Song Qing, she decided against it; she couldn't upset her son right now.
"She can't stay at home any longer. There's nothing between me and Bai Jiaying. She told Song Qing that we had dated."
Last year, something happened to Bai Jiaying. She said it was because she was deeply in love with me that she hadn't wanted to marry anyone all these years, and that I had sent her letters.
"How could that be? Is your wife slandering her?"
"Mom, tell me why I slandered her. We have no grudge against each other."
He Shuyue didn't believe that Rong Jun could possibly be stirring up trouble between them behind their backs. Although she didn't like Song Qingai saying in front of her that her son had better options, both Rong Jun and she knew that the two of them had nothing going on.
She originally wanted to marry a daughter-in-law she knew well. Bai Jiamei had been raised by Chen Hongxia since she was a child, and she trusted her character.
Of course, there are other thoughts. If her son really marries Rong Jun's sister, then Rong Jun's relationship with her son will be closer, and she won't be so anxious about losing He Shuyue.
But who could have imagined that her own son wouldn't agree? And he insisted on marrying Song Hai's daughter.
“She has lived in the Lu family for so many years, and the Lu family has never mistreated her. Yet she has tried to sow discord between me and Song Qing. Rong Hui is also because of her. Mom, she must be sent back to the Bai family.”
"Send it back, send it back immediately." Lu Weiguo truly regretted it; he was extremely unwilling to let his wife bring the Bai family's daughter back.
The family's life had finally gotten a little better, so why give the food to an outsider, who isn't even his daughter?
But his wife kept saying she wanted a daughter. The Bai family was also struggling at that time. Chen Hongxia even said that they could only raise a daughter if they sent her over. But then his wife became pregnant again, and at that point, they could only go along with her.
Lu Weiguo pinched his nose and admitted it.
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