The birthday party was grand but not cumbersome. After the party, Lu Liansheng summoned all the main people in the family to the living room to discuss important matters with them.
Before entering the living room, Lu Qinglan walked over to Chen Zihan and whispered a few words of advice to him, "Go stand with Lu Ruorong. If anyone confronts you, just hit and scold them. Don't worry about the consequences. Also, you need to have a deeper understanding of what happened today. Don't just look at the surface. Just like you're qualified to sit at the head table, you need to think carefully about the hidden meaning behind my dad's praise of you in person!"
Chen Zihan couldn't help but groan: "I hate thinking about these things the most. What I'm worst at is intrigue. Why don't you wait until you're free and explain it to me!"
Lu Qinglan glanced at Chen Zihan twice and went into the living room without saying anything.
Lu Ruorong accompanied Chen Zihan and chose a place to sit at the edge of the yard.
Some of the other people in the Lu family came over to greet them, while others were unwilling to pay attention to them.
Lu Ruorong didn't care. She sat down next to Chen Zihan and talked about what happened today in a soft voice.
She first apologized to Chen Zi Han, saying that she had never expected so many things to happen today, putting Chen Zi Han in the spotlight.
"Most of the younger generations of the Lu family don't approve of my grandfather's attitude towards you today. The elders might feel the same way!" Lu Ruorong told Chen Zihan his speculation. "I think that my grandfather's praise for you is a test of you, and also a constraint on you."
"I really didn't expect things to turn out like this. When I didn't offend anyone, someone would inexplicably come to me to vent their frustrations, and it almost caused a quarrel." Chen Zihan smiled bitterly. "I originally planned to be a low-key person, no one should notice me, just like completing a ritual, and then I can leave after it's over."
Lu Ruorong asked Chen Zihan: "Don't you want my family to look at you with new eyes?"
"I don't have anything worth their attention right now!" Chen Zihan shook his head. "I'm just the descendant of my savior? How can I expect them to take notice of me based on that?"
Lu Ruorong didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Your grandfather's attitude towards me has changed drastically. If it's just because my great-grandfather and his father had a life-or-death relationship and saved his father's life, that doesn't make sense." Chen Zihan also told Lu Ruorong his thoughts: "After all, my great-grandfather has many descendants. I'm not the only one, and my last name isn't Zhao."
"Are you saying that the emotions my grandfather expressed when he talked about the past were fake?" Lu Ruorong was surprised.
"That's not what I meant." Chen Zihan shook his head, but then smiled and asked Lu Ruorong, "Do you think someone of his age and status would be so emotional about something that happened sixty or seventy years ago? Even if it were the descendants of his own savior, they wouldn't be like this. I wonder what he's trying to say by doing this!"
After thinking about it, Lu Ruorong also felt that what Chen Zihan said made sense.
"Wait until my aunt finishes discussing this matter, then ask her and see what she has to say!"
It was already nine o'clock in the evening when the Lu family finished their discussion.
The grand yet simple birthday celebration came to an end.
Those people from the Lu family also left.
Lu Qingling and his wife, and Lu Qinglan were the last to leave.
When the others left first, Chen Zihan and Lu Ruorong stood together and waved goodbye to them.
When most people left, they said goodbye to Chen Zi Han politely, but there were still a few people who didn't take Chen Zi Han seriously at all and didn't even bother to look at him.
Chen Zihan didn't pay much attention to these things and remained calm from beginning to end.
"Let's find a place to have a cup of tea!" Lu Qingling glanced at Chen Zihan, then said to Lu Qinglan, "I haven't seen you for a long time. Let's talk about something."
"Alright!" Lu Qinglan curled his lips in dissatisfaction. "Anyway, I'm not very happy tonight. As my brother, you have to comfort me and give me some benefits!"
"Why are you still acting like a little girl?" Lu Qingling looked at Lu Qinglan, who looked aggrieved, with a doting look on his face, and patted her shoulder. "They are all jealous of you!"
"What are you jealous of me for? Are you jealous of my beauty? My ability?"
"I'm not necessarily jealous of anything, I'm just jealous anyway!" Lu Qingling looked at Chen Zihan again, smiled slightly, and praised him, "Good job!"
"Thank you, Uncle Lu!" Chen Zi Han smiled back.
Lu Qinglan had a car, and Lu Qingling, Li Jing, Chen Zihan, and Lu Ruorong all got in her car.
However, the driver was Chen Zihan.
"I don't know the way. Show me the way!" Chen Zihan was forced to sit in the driver's seat and helplessly ordered Lu Qinglan, who was sitting in the passenger seat next to him, "Otherwise I will definitely take the wrong road!"
Lu Qinglan gave Chen Zihan a blank look and said nothing.
Finally, under Lu Qinglan's command, Chen Zihan spent twenty minutes driving four people whom he could not afford to offend to Lu Qinglan's permanent residence in Yanjing.
This is a three-bedroom suite with luxurious decoration, but the room is a bit messy.
Lu Qinglan is not a good wife and mother. Chen Zihan feels that if her place is kept very clean, it is also the credit of the hourly worker.
After entering the house, Lu Qinglan asked Lu Ruorong to help her prepare tea. Chen Zihan quickly got up and went to boil water with Lu Ruorong.
However, Lu Qingling asked Chen Zihan to sit down and asked Lu Ruorong to boil some water.
Chen Zi Han had no choice but to sit back next to them.
After Chen Zihan sat down, Lu Qingling looked at him twice and said seriously, "My father accepts your relationship with Rong'er, and Qinglan also approves of you. Although we still don't know much about you, I trust my father and my sister's judgment. I hope you can treat Rong'er well in the future and don't let him suffer any grievances."
Li Jing also expressed a similar idea.
Chen Zi Han suddenly felt a lot of pressure, but he still agreed reluctantly, saying that he would live up to the trust of Lu Liansheng and Lu Qingling and would love Lu Ruorong.
Seeing Chen Zihan like this, Lu Qinglan curled his lips in disdain and changed the subject.
She told Chen Zi Han not to get carried away by what happened today. He had a certain status in the Lu family's eyes, and it would not be elevated suddenly because of what happened today.
Moreover, he will make many enemies because of Lu Liansheng's special treatment, and he will be plotted against without knowing it.
Lu Qingling glanced at Lu Qinglan twice, sighed slightly, and finally said, "This is also my father's test of you. He wants to see if you can withstand the ups and downs and whether you have the potential to achieve great things! Not everyone in the Lu family can obtain the resources they desire. They need to prove their abilities with facts."
"I will prove my ability!" Chen Zihan nodded, and immediately said: "But I am not a member of the Lu family. I am willing to cooperate with the Lu family, but I am still my parents' son!"
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