His eyes were sharp, and Lu Qiuju tensed up. After a moment's hesitation, she mustered the courage to speak. "That man from the Zhang family is the Zhang Fuben my mother is married to now. The day before New Year's Eve, I saw him meeting my mother's uncle at a restaurant on Hetai Street."
"I don't know what they talked about. After meeting him, the uncle didn't leave through the front door of the hotel. He left through the back door in a sneaky way."
"When he was leaving, he accidentally dropped a document on the ground. I saw it was a blueprint with the words 715 Chemical Industry written on it. He quickly picked it up, looked around cautiously, and then hurried away."
"I didn't think much of it at the time, but now that I think about it, I realize there's something a little off about it."
"They are not from the same unit, neither of them is from the chemical industry, and neither of them is in charge of the chemical industry..."
Lu Qiuju had just listened to them talking about work when this matter inexplicably appeared in her mind. The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. After some struggle in her mind, she decided to tell Lu Jingchuan.
Lu Nanzheng narrowed his eyes and asked hurriedly, "Qiuju, were you discovered at the time? Besides you, was there anyone else who saw it?"
"Qiutong and I both saw it. We were sitting in the corner of the restaurant at the time and they didn't see us," Lu Qiuju replied.
Lu Qiutong nodded in agreement, her voice a little low: "We saw it clearly, it was a blueprint with a stamp on it."
Lu Jingchuan had just listened carefully, his mind racing. He asked expressionlessly, "I heard your mother married Zhang Fuben because the two old men from the Ruan family arranged it?"
"Um."
When the two sisters thought about their mother turning around and marrying an old man who could be their grandfather, and the rumors outside, they felt as sick as if they had eaten a fly.
When they mentioned this matter, they all felt ashamed.
"I heard that she didn't do it voluntarily. Your grandmother threatened her with suicide at home and forced her to do it?" Lu Jingchuan asked again.
Lu Qiuju nodded and said "hmm" again.
Lu Jingchuan understood what was going on and said, "From now on, keep the matter you just mentioned to yourself and pretend you never knew anything about it and never told me anything about it."
"good."
Sister Lu Qiuju nodded at the same time. They knew the importance of the matter and it was safer to keep their mouths shut about such things.
After he left, the father and his two daughters returned home.
When Lu Nanzheng went to take a shower, Lu Qiutong went to her second sister's room and whispered to her, "Second sister, why did you suddenly tell him that?"
"Just now in the car, I heard him and dad talking about work, and it suddenly occurred to me."
"Second sister, if anything is found out, Mom..."
Lu Qiuting didn't say anything else.
Lu Qiuju knew what she was going to say. She leaned back in her chair, a bitter and sarcastic look on her face. "Qiuting, she's not our mother anymore. She's someone else's stepmother and step-grandmother."
During this period, many people laughed at Ruan Yumian behind her back, and some even said it in front of her sisters. Although Lu Nanzheng transferred them to another school in time to avoid it, they still heard a lot of unpleasant words.
The two sisters were both in the sensitive period of adolescence, with all kinds of gossip filling their hearts. They felt particularly depressed and depressed during this period.
"Qiutong, I went to my grandfather's house to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year. My aunt said something to me that I thought was quite right."
"The Lu family's circle was never about them not wanting us to fit in. It was us who didn't want to fit in. We didn't distinguish between sincerity and hypocrisy before, and we were foolish enough to mistake hypocrisy for sincerity."
"We didn't listen to Dad's words before, and we were blinded by others. We said stupid things and did foolish things. That's why our grandparents and the Lu family relatives were disappointed in us."
When the Ruan family's house collapsed overnight, the two sisters rushed over. At that time, the Ruan family showed their true hypocritical faces. The way they looked at them was as if they were poisoned, and the insults and disgust words were like needles that pierced their hearts.
It was also at that moment that they realized that the Ruan family's previous kindness to them was all fake. It was only because they were the granddaughters of the Lu family that they wanted to use them to tie up the Lu family and suck their blood, so they pretended to be nice to them.
When the Lu family made their position clear and confirmed that they could not benefit the Ruan family, the Ruan family members collectively changed their attitude. In their eyes, the four of them, mother and daughter, became useless trash.
"Also, I think what my aunt said is also true."
"In the world we live in, everyone seems friendly and easygoing, but in reality, it's all a facade. Behind the friendly smiles may be calculations and exploitation. If you're of no use, others won't even give you a false smile. Instead, they'll speak harshly to you, venting their deepest evil on you."
“Just like Grandpa’s house.”
"She said this is a selfish, realistic, and indifferent social world, and it's also a world that values ability the most."
"If we are incompetent and unintelligent, we won't have a place in this circle. If we are capable and intelligent, even if we are pearls covered in dust, we will be discovered sooner or later and will be favored and cherished by our elders and relatives."
"Today, I went to the Gong family to pay New Year's greetings. I spoke to my sister-in-law, not because I wanted to get close to her, but because I wanted to understand her. I wanted to know why she, who grew up in the countryside, had the ability and talent to win the favor of her grandparents and relatives."
Today they were chatting with Gong Linglong, with Lu Qiuju mainly talking to her and Lu Qiuting listening quietly beside her.
"Second sister, what did you figure out?" Lu Qiuting asked her.
“She’s very smart and has a lot of substance and personality.”
Although they were just chatting about ordinary everyday things today, Gong Linglong gave her a very special feeling. Lu Qiuju was deeply touched and added, "She is very free and easy and open-minded. She lives a more exciting life than us."
Lu Qiutong also agreed with this and sighed, "They all have more exciting lives than us."
She was talking about the Lu family's peers. Those who were working were performing well in their respective units, and those who were still in school, although their grades were not excellent, were living a carefree and unrestrained life.
"We can do it too." Lu Qiuju comforted her.
"Second sister, should we go and wish Mom and Big Sister a Happy New Year?" Lu Qiuting didn't even dare to mention this to her father.
"No."
Lu Qiuju shook her head and refused, "They don't want to see us. They don't even answer our calls. There's no need for us to put our heads down and try to get in their way."
If she doesn't go, Lu Qiuting naturally won't go either. She now listens to her second sister in everything. Except for special circumstances, the two sisters are inseparable.
They used to have many good friends and classmates, but ever since their parents divorced and her mother remarried an older man, and the Lu family announced that they would no longer care about them, these classmates and friends all avoided them, which made them see their indifference and selfishness.
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