The Lu family.
As the nanny served the last dish, Lu Zhenhai finally picked up his chopsticks and placed a chicken leg into Qing Yan's bowl.
"Perhaps this will be the last meal that you and I will have together in this lifetime...I never expected that your biological parents would come and take you away so soon," he said with a tone of reluctance, his mind involuntarily flashing back to his own sickbed three months ago...
At that time, he urgently needed a blood transfusion, and when Qing Yan donated blood, they both found out that they were not related by blood.
This revelation shocked everyone in the Lu family.
After his recovery, Lu Zhenhai went through a lot of trouble to finally find his own flesh and blood - Lu Mu Yao.
The return of his long-lost child naturally made the Lu family treasure her immensely.
As for Qing Yan...
This child who had no blood ties...
Was put up for adoption on a missing persons website by the Lu family.
Yesterday, someone called and claimed to be Qing Yan's biological mother, and today she was coming to take her back...
"All of these are your favorite dishes..." Lu Zhenhai retrieved his thoughts and gave Qing Yan a mixture of feelings as he picked up some food for her, "Come on, eat more, maybe over there..."
In yesterday's phone call, Lu Zhenhai learned that Qing Yan's biological parents were currently unemployed and came from Tao Yuan County...
That county was the most backward and impoverished place in the country!
Not to mention the extravagant feast on the table, they probably couldn't even have a bowl of rice when they arrived over there!
Sitting at the table, Qing Yan's clear eyes seemed to see through his thoughts. Her clear eyes showed no ripples, but instead, she calmly put down her chopsticks and said, "I'm full."
She stood up and left, her decisive and suave figure seeming to have no attachment to this family.
Xu Aiqin was immediately unhappy, "This girl is even complaining about the chopsticks you used! These past few years, you've spoiled her with picky habits! Leaving behind all these delicacies, she'll naturally have it rough over there!"
"Mom, calm down, my sister definitely doesn't want to go back to the countryside. She's just feeling upset right now..." said Lu Mu Yao, who had been with the Lu family for a month now.
Yesterday, she overheard her parents talking and found out that Qing Yan's original family was very poor, with both parents unemployed, five unmarried brothers, and a sick grandmother...
The burden on the family was unimaginable!
The superiority in Lu Mu Yao's heart naturally arose, and she couldn't help but stand up and say, "I'll go see her off!"
At the dining table, Lu Zhenhai looked at Xu Aiqin reproachfully, "At the very least, Yan Yan was our child once!"
"Heh..." Xu Aiqin sneered, "Every time I think about how we've treated this girl like our own child these past few years, while Yao Yao had to suffer and toil outside, my heart feels like it's been stabbed..."
Qing Yan walked to the living room and picked up her backpack, preparing to leave this family.
Lu Mu Yao caught up to her and said, "Sister, next month on the first, it's my engagement banquet with Gao Yang, will you come?"
Her eyes were full of anticipation, but her tone couldn't conceal her pride and show-off nature.
It was well known that the Lu family had a marriage agreement with the Gao family.
If it weren't for her being found by Lu Zhen
"If it wasn't for Lu Zhenhai finding me and bringing me back, the one who would be engaged to Gao Yang next month would be Qingyan." "Gao Yang is really an excellent young man and treats me very well... If my parents hadn't found me and brought me back, it would have been you, sister, who would be engaged to him! Sister, you won't blame me for this, will you?"
Qingyan lightly curved her lips, "Thanks to you, the waste has found its rightful place."
"What?"
"I was just thinking about throwing him in the recycling bin, but didn't expect someone to come and collect him so soon."
"You...," Lu Muyao wanted to explode in anger, but seeing a certain figure, she immediately felt wronged like a little rabbit with red eyes.
Xu Aiqin came to the living room and caught sight of the scene, and couldn't help but get angry. "Qingyan! How can you talk to your sister like that? Is your mouth poisoned?"
"My mouth is fine," Qingyan's lips slightly curved, "it's you who need to get your eyes checked."
How could she have spent a month with this little white lotus and not see through her deceitful ways? Bad eyesight!
"You..." Xu Aiqin was trembling with anger.
"Sister, I'm giving you my favorite necklace that my parents gave me. After all, we're sisters, and now that we're parting ways, who knows when we'll see each other again..." Lu Muyao put aside her grievances and ran forward to grab Qingyan's hand, but her hand just touched Qingyan's backpack...
The next second.
Everyone was taken aback by what happened.
A ruby necklace fell out of Qingyan's backpack!
Everyone was stunned to see this scene.
Lu Muyao couldn't help but cover her mouth, "How could this be..."
How could the ruby necklace that she was going to give her sister end up falling out of her sister's backpack? Could it be, could it be...
Qingyan lightly curved her lips. What, was she going to be accused of stealing now?
"Muyao's necklace, how did it end up with you?" Xu Aiqin couldn't believe her eyes and quickly yelled, "Zhenhai, come and see, this damn girl dared to take Muyao's necklace before leaving... I can't believe we've been raising a white-eyed wolf all these years!"
When Lu Zhenhai arrived, he was clearly stunned. "What's going on?"
"It's alright, Mom and Dad..." Lu Muyao quickly intervened and tried to smooth things over, "I was going to give the necklace to my sister anyway, whether I gave it to her or she took it herself, it's the same thing!"
"How is it the same thing? You giving it to her is a gift! She took it herself, that's called stealing!" Xu Aiqin was angry, "You're a terrible influence, Qingyan. What's wrong with you, copying others and becoming a thief!"
"Mom, you can't say that to my sister!" Lu Muyao picked up the ruby necklace from the ground and kindly handed it to Qingyan, "Sister, don't take what mom said to heart. I know you took the necklace to plan for the future, right? I heard that your conditions over there aren't too good. This necklace might come in handy for you in the future, so take it!"
Several nannies around couldn't help but speak up:
"Miss Er, you're too kind! This necklace is worth one hundred thousand yuan!"
"This was specially designed by the mistress for you! It's one-of-a-kind in the world, the only one!"
"Your name is even engraved on it!"
"Miss Er loves this necklace so much, but now she's giving it up and giving it to Miss Xiaoxiao..."
"Miss Xiaoxiao stole your most beloved jewelry, but you didn't blame her..."
"Even though Miss Xiaoxiao had a bad attitude just now, you were still kind to her. Your heart is too good!"
...
Hearing the praise from those around her, Lu Muyao looked up with a rational gaze. "My sister needs it more than I do!"
The people around them couldn't help but compare the two sisters.
The more they compared, the more they felt that Qingyan was inferior to Lu Muyao in every way!
Except for having a more attractive face, Qingyan couldn't compare to even one finger of Lu Muyao's!
Xu Aiqin snatched the necklace from Lu Muyao's hand, saying with a heartache, "You foolish child, her side is a bottomless pit, even if you had ten of these necklaces, it wouldn't be enough!"