"Little boy, have you thanked your aunt?" Lu Jingyao kicked his son's buttocks.
"Dad, my name is not Xiaopidan."
Lu Zhen, who was already in school, was very dissatisfied with his address and puffed out his cheeks in protest.
He even introduced him to Gong Linglong seriously: "Aunt, my name is not Xiaopidan, my full name is Lu Zhen. Our teacher said that we have started school and are little men now. We should call each other by our names and not nicknames. Calling people by nicknames is disrespectful."
Gong Linglong felt so warm at the sight of such a cute child. She gently touched his head and whispered softly, "Comrade Lu Zhen, I know about this. I will respect you and will never call you by your nickname again."
Lu Zhen smiled happily after hearing this, and turned to Lu Jingyao and ordered: "Dad, did you hear me? From now on, you must call me Comrade Lu Zhen and respect me."
"Haha." Everyone was amused by him.
Lu Jingyao couldn't help laughing: "Yes, Comrade Lu Zhen, you've finished your nonsense, it's time to get down to business."
"What important business?" Lu Zhen couldn't remember.
"Aunt bought you so many gifts and new clothes, don't you want to thank me?" Li Wanqiu reminded him with a smile.
"oh."
Lu Zhen came to his senses and thanked her with a smile, "Aunt, thank you. I love your gift. I love chocolate, but Dad won't buy it for me. He even says I can't eat it, that chocolate looks like a pile of black dog shit, and that after I eat it, my mouth is as dirty as two boards on a cesspool."
"Ha ha."
Gong Linglong couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Lu Jingchuan also laughed so hard that his shoulders trembled. He gave his eldest cousin a thumbs-up and said, "You're so good at insulting your son."
"What sons are born for? They are to be played with. They are most fun when they are this young. If they grow up any older, they will become annoying and not fun anymore." Lu Jingyao often teases his son.
Lu Dongzheng and his wife have two sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Lu Jingyao, works in Kyoto, and the second son was sent to the grassroots level in the south for training. He is about the same age as Lu Jingyang and is currently unmarried.
The third child is a daughter, 17 years old, unmarried, and works as a nurse in the Military General Hospital. Some time ago, she went to the disaster area to provide disaster relief and rescue services. After she came back, the hospital organized a closed short-term training for her. She is currently in training and will not be back until next month.
Lu Jingchuan has been busy with work in recent years and has not been back home often, but he has a good relationship with his cousins. He started chatting with his uncle, cousin and his wife in the living room.
Zhou Lanqin and Lu Jingyang came over after get off work. They had just gone to the restaurant to pack up a roast duck. As soon as they arrived, Zhou Lanqin went to the kitchen to help, and Lu Jingyang also joined the chat.
Originally, Mr. Lu wanted to get off work and go home early, but the Zheng family's incident today had a serious impact, so the higher-ups held an emergency meeting to decide how to deal with it, and he didn't return home until dark.
When they heard the sound of a car shutting down outside, Lu Jingchuan and his wife immediately got up to greet their elders.
"Grandpa." The young couple called out in unison.
"Jingchuan, Linglong."
Mr. Lu had a serious expression at first, but when he got out of the car and saw them, a smile broke out on his serious face. He strode home, saying, "Come on, go inside. It's a bit cold at night. You all need to wear short sleeves. Linglong, don't get cold."
After the old man entered the room, Gong Wantang immediately stepped forward to greet him, "Hello, Uncle Lu."
"Hello, Linglong's mother, hello. Something delayed me today and I came back late. I'm really sorry for not treating you well." Mr. Lu was very polite.
"Uncle Lu, please don't say that. National affairs are more important." Gong Wantang smiled faintly.
Mr. Lu smiled and called them, "Come on, sit inside, we'll eat and talk."
Yu Peirong had already asked her son and daughter-in-law to help serve the dishes, and a table full of delicious food was already on the table. Lu Dongzheng took out a bottle of wine and personally poured wine for the old man and Gong Wantang, and also poured a glass for Lu Jingchuan.
After everyone was seated, Gong Wantang raised his glass to thank the two elders: "Uncle, aunt, thank you for your hospitality, and thank you for your love and care for Linglong."
The two elders touched her, and Old Master Lu said with a beaming smile, "Wantang, it's our family that should be grateful to you. You worked so hard to raise our daughter, who married into our Lu family and gave birth to many more children. You also helped to take care of their meals and ensured their logistics. Their small family is thriving, and it's inseparable from your dedication. You're the one who works the hardest."
"The children's happiness is my happiness. This is what I should do." Gong Wantang said with a smile.
Yu Peirong invited them to eat, picked up some food for the mother and daughter of the Gong family, and joined in the conversation, "Mother-in-law, your accent sounds like a Kyoto accent."
"Sister-in-law, I was born and raised in Kyoto." Gong Wantang told them with a smile.
"Ah? You're from Kyoto?"
The Lu family had heard from Zhou Lanqin before that Lu Jingchuan met and established a relationship with Gong Linglong when he went to Tancheng to visit his aunt, so they always thought they were from Tancheng.
"Yes, I'm from Kyoto. I left Kyoto twenty years ago due to family changes."
Gong Wantang introduced herself with a faint smile, looking at the two elders of the Lu family and introducing herself to them for the first time: "Uncle, aunt, you should have heard of my father's name. My father is Gong Kaizhou."
Old Master Lu was shocked, and his chopsticks fell onto the table. "Are you Gong Kaizhou's daughter? Mr. Gong Handing's granddaughter?"
"Yes." Gong Wantang nodded.
"You, the Gong family..."
Mr. Lu recalled what happened to the Gong family twenty years ago, his face solemn. "That year, there was a fire at the Gong family. It was said that the whole family... You weren't home at the time?"
"I was at home when I escaped the fire. I was lucky enough to survive, and with Linglong still in my belly, I had no choice but to travel south to seek refuge with an old friend. On the way, I encountered a disaster and lost my memory, ending up in a remote mountain village below Tancheng. It wasn't until the beginning of this year that I had surgery to remove the blood clots from my head, and my past memories were restored."
In just a few words, she downplayed the suffering she had endured. Mr. Lu felt very sad when he heard it and sighed, "You have suffered."
"Uncle, it's all over."
Now that her great revenge had been achieved, Gong Wantang felt relieved. She also learned that her father and two brothers were still alive, and her state of mind was completely different from before.
"Well, it's over. All the pain is over. Good days are ahead."
Mr. Lu originally thought that his granddaughter-in-law came from an ordinary family, but he didn't expect her to be from a prominent family. He was filled with emotion: "Linglong turned out to be a descendant of the Gong family. We are marrying up."
"Uncle, please don't say that. It's Linglong's honor to marry into the Lu family, to become Jingchuan's wife, and to have so many relatives and elders who love and spoil her." Gong Wantang answered hurriedly and humbly.
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