The Lu family's old house, a western-style building with a distinctly retro European style, is considered a rather attractive landmark building in the downtown area of Beicheng where every inch of land is expensive.
This is Grandpa Lu Yan's mansion, but Lu Yan has never set foot here, because her father and grandpa had severed the relationship between father and son.
Lu Yan's grandfather is named Lu Jian, who is the chairman of the Lu Group. At the turn of the century, he created a history of land businessmen for the Lu Group.
In Lu Yan's impression, grandpa Lu Jian was a very dignified man, with a serious expression and serious expression.
Ever since his daughter, Lu Yan's little aunt, disappeared, it was hard to see a smile on his face.
Later, he broke off the father-son relationship with his son Lu Zhen, became ill from depression, and passed away prematurely.
At the gate of the mansion, Lu Zhen parked the motorcycle, took off Lu Yan's hood, and asked, "Do you remember our dad?"
"I remember, grandpa is very fierce, and he ignored me before."
Lu Zhen rubbed her head helplessly, a trace of helplessness flashed across her eyes: "It's dad, not grandpa."
"Uh."
He led Lu Yan towards the mansion, Lu Yan was a little nervous, and naturally held Lu Zhen's hand.
Lu Zhen now completely treats her as his little sister, and presses her lovingly, signaling not to be afraid.
The interior decoration of the mansion is a milky white full European style, which is also related to the fact that grandfather Lu Jian studied and lived in Europe in the early years.
Not to mention more than twenty years ago, even in Lu Yan's era, it was rare to see such a magnificent home decoration.
"Lu Zhen, why are you back?"
A soft and charming voice came from the side of the stairs.
The person who spoke was Shi Xuexian, grandfather Lu Jian's second wife, she was well cared for, she looked like a girl in her twenties in her thirties, her skin was fairer than snow, and she was more mature than a little girl .
For middle-aged men, a woman like her is extremely alluring.
Lu Yan looked at Shi Xuexian, wondering what to call her, step grandma
Lu Yan knew that the relationship between her father Lu Zhen and her grandfather Lu Jian had always been very bad, among which was the "credit" of her step-grandmother Shi Xuexian.
So much so that when Lu Jian passed away, the huge Lu family group fell into Shi Xuexian's pocket, leaving no money to Lu Zhen.
It is conceivable that this woman has powerful wrists.
"This is my home, I can't come back?" Lu Zhen's face darkened slightly, and her voice became eight degrees colder.
Shi Xuexian smiled and said, "You are the young master, you can come back if you want, and leave if you want. Although I am a mother, I can't control you after all."
Shi Xuexian's tone was full of sarcasm, Lu Zhen was a man, so naturally she didn't bother to argue with her, but Lu Yan couldn't stand this step-grandmother talking to her father like this.
"His mother is the official eldest lady of the Meng Group. What kind of mother are you, Lu Zhen? Don't praise yourself too much."
As soon as this remark came out, Shi Xuexian's face changed suddenly, but in the end she still had the mistress of the house, and said to Lu Zhen with a straight face: "Bring your girlfriend to the house and let your father know, you have nothing to eat. "
Lu Zhen is now more sure that Lu Yan must be his own sister, otherwise how would she know that her mother is the eldest lady of the Meng Group.
It's just that I haven't seen her for many years, and this silly little girl has become articulate, and she is no longer the little counselor who was always bullied before.
He took Lu Yan to his side and said, "Look clearly, she is my younger sister, my father's biological daughter, Xiao Yan."
With a suspicious look on Shi Xuexian's face, she sized Lu Yan carefully. Indeed, it seemed to be true, but...how could it be possible!
Didn't she already...
Shi Xuexian shook her head, and said to Lu Zhen: "Just find a wild girl on the street who looks a little like her, so it would be absurd to say that she is the eldest lady of the Lu family."
"Whether she is the Miss of the Lu family or not, it will be decided when old man Lu comes back."
"Your dad has an important meeting tonight and won't be back."
Shi Xuexian hugged her elbows, and said coldly: "He's not in good health recently, I advise you not to make him angry anymore, and send this girl away quickly, I really thought that you can pretend to be a young lady by just finding anyone."
Lu Zhen pulled Lu Yan behind her and took out her mobile phone: "I'll call old man Lu now and tell him that my sister is found."
Shi Xuexian suddenly grabbed Lu Zhen's cell phone, and her face suddenly became ugly: "Your dad's meeting tonight is very important, I advise you not to disturb him."
Lu Zhen suddenly sneered: "I see, old man Lu said some time ago that he was going to discuss a project with your brother, but it couldn't be just tonight, right? Your brother is such a small broken company, and there have been reports of tax evasion. The tax scandal is enough to cooperate with our Lu Group."
Shi Xuexian's face was tense, and sparks were about to appear in her eyes, but she still controlled her emotions and said, "This is your father's decision, and you have no right to interfere."
Lu Yan had heard of this powerful step-grandmother of the Lu family before, and relatives in the family said that it was the step-grandmother who gave the grandfather a pillow breeze and subtly separated the relationship between the father and son, which made the father and son turn against each other later, and the grandfather inherited a penny. None left to Dad.
Famous is worse than meeting, today Lu Yan finally saw the aura of this step-grandmother.
It's just that Lu Yan didn't understand why Shi Xuexian tried so hard to drive her away. If she was in another family and saw a girl who looked so similar to the lost little aunt, she would definitely have to ask her to the bottom of it.
How could she conclude that Lu Yan must not be little aunt
At this moment, the door on the second floor opened, and a girl came out with a walkman, frowning and said, "Mom, it's so noisy, I can't concentrate on my English review."
Lu Yan looked back at the girl. She was wearing a pink gown with sleeves and a light-colored gauze skirt. She was dressed like a little princess with a soft bow tied around her waist.
Lu Yan still had an impression of her. She was a child brought by her step-grandmother Shi Xuexian, named Shi Ya.
Shi Ya is not a child of the Lu family, but she has been living in the Lu family since then, calling Lu Jian uncle.
When Lu Yan was young, she also heard from relatives who talked badly at home. Afterwards, Shi Xuexian always wanted Shi Ya to change her name to Lu and call Lu Jian her father, but Lu Jian didn't recognize her.
Shi Ya took a look at Lu Yan. Her long eyelashes were curly and curled, and her lips were as red as pearls. Because those burning peach blossom eyes, which were exactly the same as Lu Zhen's, made her entire facial features come alive, making her heart tremble.
Shi Ya's face changed slightly, and she asked her mother defensively, "Mom, who is she?"
Shi Xuexian said: "Your brother brought it back from outside, and you must say it is Lu Xiaomei who was lost back then."
When Shi Ya heard that the retarded daughter had returned, she instinctively became hostile towards Lu Yan, and her face changed suddenly: "Mom, is it true?"
Shi Xuexian said coldly: "It's impossible for her to come back, it's not her."
Only then did Shi Ya feel relieved.
However, Lu Zhen ignored Shi Xuexian completely. He sent a text message to his father, Lu Jian, briefly explained the situation, and then asked the servants to arrange a room for Lu Yan to sleep in tonight.
Although Shi Xuexian was a stepmother, she was still the matriarch of the family, so she immediately said, "No, you can't leave this little girl of unknown origin at home overnight before the matter is clarified."
"Why not."
"Your father has collected a lot of priceless antique porcelain, what if you lose it?"
Lu Yan glanced at Shi Xuexian, she was as beautiful as she was, and she was indeed a few years younger than Lu Zhen's mother, but in terms of mind and vision, she was far behind the Miss Meng who came from a wealthy family.
Shi Xuexian's gestures exuded a petty air, no wonder Lu Jian seldom brought her to formal occasions.
She can't get on stage.
Lu Zhen said, "If you lose it, I will pay for it."
"You pay? Your money is not Lu's money!"
Lu Zhen smiled suddenly: "After all, it's all my Lu family's money, what are you worrying about?"
Shi Xuexian choked on him and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Shi Ya went downstairs with a wide skirt, walked up to Lu Yan, stared at her, then looked at Lu Zhen, not to mention, the two are really similar carved out of the same mold.
She felt a little nervous. She didn't like that mentally handicapped younger sister before. After all, there are two daughters in a family, and the biological one must be the most favored.
Finally, in the past two years, Lu Jian's stepfather has shown some concern for her. She doesn't want this biological daughter to come back and steal her favor.
Shi Ya pulled the corner of her mother's clothes and said eagerly: "Mom, you can't let her stay."
Shi Xuexian patted the back of her daughter's hand as a gesture of reassurance, then walked to the sofa and sat down, pretending to be a family member, and persuaded Lu Zhen with kind words—
"Xiao Zhen, are you 100% sure that she is your lost sister Lu Yan?"
Lu Zhen couldn't be 100% sure, but he was 70% sure.
"In the past two years, your father has finally come out of the grief of losing his daughter. Now that you bring such an unidentified girl home, you have given your father hope. In case the paternity test proves that she is not, do you think your father can Can you withstand such a blow?"
Lu Zhen's face showed a little embarrassment.
Indeed, Lu Yan had heard from family members before that Lu Jian loved his little daughter so much that she was afraid of melting in her mouth. If she wanted the moon in the sky, Lu Jian could pick it off for her.
After her daughter was abducted, Lu Jian sent people to look for her everywhere, and she couldn't sleep peacefully every night. The hair on her temples was greyed out in the past two years.
Seeing that Lu Zhen was wavering, Shi Xuexian hit the iron while the iron was hot and said, "It's better to send this girl back. It's so late, and her parents will be worried."
Lu Yan clenched Lu Zhen's hand and said quickly, "This is my home, where are you going to send me?"
Shi Xuexian's face turned cold: "You girl, looking at our Lu family's door is so easy to enter, do you want to play a rogue?"
Lu Yan was almost pissed off by this stepmother. Back when her little aunt went missing, there were a lot of gossips in the family that it might have something to do with this stepmother. At that time, Lu Yan was still a fool and did not believe that there were such vicious people in the world. Now that she saw Shi Xuexian like this, she felt a little convinced.
"Anyway, I won't go." Lu Yan clenched Lu Zhen's hand and begged in a low voice, "Don't let me go."
Shi Xuexian jumped up against the case and said sharply, "If you don't leave, I'll ask someone to kick you out."
But at this moment, the sound of a car came from outside the door, and a bright headlight swept in through the glass window, just shining on Lu Yan's face.
Lu Yan instinctively blocked her eyes with her hand, and saw a middle-aged man hurried up and down from the Mercedes-Benz under the high beam.
Lu Jian hurried back.