Halfway through the meal, someone knocked on the door.
Su Yi said to Lu Zhen who was half standing up, "Mom, please sit down. I'll go open the door."
She walked to the entrance, turned the door, and when she saw the person outside, the smile on her face froze.
He stood there for a long time without saying a word.
Lu Zhen asked in the hall: "Xiaoyi, is your uncle Zhenghua here?"
"No." Su Yi came to his senses and subconsciously wanted to close the door.
"Xiaoyi!" Su Youzhang stretched out his hand and pushed the main door, preventing her from closing it.
Su Yi's expression turned cold, "What are you doing here? Are you trying to make people feel uncomfortable?"
"I came here today because I wanted to see you." Su Youzhang stood outside the door, handsome and straight, still with the same cold and indifferent look as before. He didn't seem to have aged at all, and looked a few years older than a few years ago. He was still so handsome and charming.
Lu Zhen was standing at the back, and when she saw Su Youzhang at the door, her eyes became complicated.
Su Youzhang called out, "Lu Zhen."
Lu Zhen had no emotion and sighed, "Xiaoyi, let him in."
Su Youzhang finally walked into the house of Bihuating. He looked up and found that this house had not changed at all.
He walked to the dining table and looked down at Mr. Lu, "Grandpa."
"Hmph!" Mr. Lu didn't want to pay attention to him. He turned his head away and didn't even want to eat.
Su Yi did not return to the restaurant. He sat on the sofa and turned on the TV with the remote control.
Lu Zhen returned to the dining table and continued to pick fish bones for Mr. Lu.
The laughter in the room suddenly disappeared.
Su Youzhang was like air and was ignored by the whole family.
Su Yi had been watching the news on TV until Lu Zhen said, "Xiao Yi, now that we're done eating, push Grandpa into the room and have a rest."
"Oh." Su Yi put down the remote control, stood up, and pushed away Mr. Lu, who looked tired.
Lu Zhen was clearing the table.
Su Youzhang was silent for a moment, then walked over and said, "Lu Zhen, I heard Xiaoyi is married?"
Lu Zhen glanced at him and asked, "Who told you that?"
In fact, in the past few years, Su Youzhang has come to visit the old man many times, but was always turned away by the old man. He also thought about giving Lu Zhen money, but Lu Zhen refused. She would rather sell her shares than accept Su Youzhang's charity. Their whole family refuses Su Youzhang's help. It is his business whether he has money or not. As for whether he feels guilty or happy or not, these are not things they care about.
"Huijin said so."
"How did she know that?"
"She heard it from a friend." Su Youzhang sighed and asked, "Is that man a good person? How does he treat her?"
"He's very good to her. He's a truly caring person and very good."
"Can I meet him?"
Lu Zhen glanced at him and asked, "Do you think Xiaoyi would let you see her?"
"I know Xiaoyi won't agree, so I came to ask you, over the years we have..."
"Let the past be the past completely. There is no need to bring it up again." Lu Zhen has let go of most of the things in the past. Perhaps it is because she has reached an age where she no longer dwells on some of the unpleasant experiences of her youth. Life is so short, so of course she should make herself as happy as possible.
"I heard you're with Mr. Big now... How is he treating you?"
Lu Zhen said: "Brother Zhenghua has been very good to me since I was a child. If it weren't for..." If she hadn't fallen in love with him, she might have married Brother Zhenghua in the end. But it was also her own fault. She was spoiled by her family and became a willful little princess. If she wanted something, she would have to get it to feel satisfied. The unhappy marriage for so many years was also a punishment and experience for her. "Forget it, let's not talk about it. We are living a good life now and don't want to mention the unpleasant things in the past."
"Well, I know you were like that before, and I understand that it's because of me." In the past few years, Su Youzhang has become much more understanding. Perhaps those who are involved in the matter are more confused than those who are not involved in the matter. He is not a person who is completely unable to think and has no conscience. His daughter's indifference to him is the biggest punishment for him.
Lu Zhen nodded, "So let's not talk about the past. I don't want to remember it, and you don't mention it in front of me."
Su Youzhang sighed, as if he didn't know what to say, and said "hmm" softly.
No matter how much resentment there is in the past, once you let it go, the hatred will naturally disappear. Even if you want to be angry with the other person, you will feel that it is a waste of your energy. It is best to treat the other person as a stranger.
At the beginning, Lu Zhen always thought that she had lost more, but now it seems that perhaps there is no winner in a divorce, and both parties will lose. Lu Zhen was sick for a while, but now she is well. Her daughter has grown up, and brother Zhenghua is back. After a few years of high-spirited life, Su Youzhang looked back and found that his most beloved daughter was gone. He married another daughter and adopted someone else's daughter. Although they are the wives and children of good brothers, they still have shortcomings.
Su Youzhang said: "Since Xiaoyi is getting married, I want to prepare some dowry for her."
Lu Zhen turned to look at him.
Su Youzhang looked at her face, and as if he had thought it over, he said, "In fact, when we were young, weren't we all working hard for our children? Now that our child has started a family and her husband treats her well, Xiaoyi is also very smart and steady, so I want to let her inherit my group. After all, she is my only blood, Su Youzhang, and Xiaoyi is like me. If she inherits my company, I believe she will run it well."
Lu Zhen was surprised, "You are going to give your group to Xiaoyi as a dowry."
Su Youzhang nodded, "This originally belonged to her. Everything I, Su Youzhang, have will be hers."
"What about Ruan thinking about her daughter?" Lu Zhen was shocked.
"I will give them a property when the time comes. As for Huijin, she has already done a good job in the company. If Xiaoyi is willing, I will keep her in the group. If not, I will recommend her a job and let her go to another company to be a senior executive."
Lu Zhen didn't know what to say. After thinking for a while, she said, "I can't handle this matter either. You have to talk to Xiaoyi yourself."
"I also want to talk to Xiaoyi, but she keeps ignoring me. I don't know what to say."
Lu Zhen looked at Su Youzhang. In the past, this man always wore a well-ironed suit, with a gentle look but no warmth. When he looked at people, he always looked down on them with a hint of self-restrained and cold arrogance.
Looking at him now, Lu Zhen wanted to say with a smile, Su Youzhang, you have come to this day too.
But she knew she couldn't say it. In this relationship, she lost and he didn't win either, both ended in failure.
Just at this moment, the doorbell rang again.
Lu Zhen glanced outside and said directly without avoiding Su Youzhang, "Brother Zhenghua must be here. I'll go open the door."
Lu Zhen walked to the entrance and just as she opened the door, a large bouquet of white roses flew into her arms. Ding Zhenghua was wearing a white gown, with a pair of charming eyes. "Surprise?"
The flowers touched Lu Zhen's cheeks, making her feel itchy. She took them with a smile and said, "So beautiful."
"This is for you." Ding Zhenghua pursed his lips and walked in.
Lu Zhen followed behind him and said, "You, you, Brother Zhenghua, you still like to wear the scholar's clothes of our era."
"This will make me look more elegant." Ding Zhenghua smiled, glanced sideways, and deliberately slowed down his pace, considerately waiting for Lu Zhen to come up.
Su Youzhang watched this scene in the kitchen, his eyes dark and complicated.
At this time, Ding Zhenghua had also seen him. The two looked at each other. Su Youzhang had a blank expression on his face, while Ding Zhenghua's brows hid a thin layer of coldness.
The two looked at each other in silence for a long time, and Su Youzhang spoke first, "Brother Zhenghua."
Ding Zhenghua nodded gracefully in response, still looking as dignified as ever, but with an obviously distant expression.
Su Youzhang said no more and said calmly, "You guys chat, I'll go find Xiaoyi."
Su Youzhang walked to the outside of Mr. Lu's bedroom and wanted to knock on the door, but was afraid of waking Mr. Lu up, so he remained silent for a long time and did not move.
Lu Zhen and Ding Zhenhua were chatting and laughing in the living room.
Ding Zhenghua sent flowers.
Lu Zhen found a vase, trimmed the flowers, and put them in the vase to decorate it. The room was suddenly filled with the fragrance of flowers.
Su Youzhang looked at the two of them silently, and felt that if Lu Zhen had chosen Ding Zhenghua, she might have been much happier. However, if he had not been married to Lu Zhen, there would have been no such thing, so Su Youzhang never regretted it from the bottom of his heart.
Standing at the door, Su Youzhang knocked on the door, "Xiaoyi."
Su Yi in the room was holding a book and did not respond.
Mr. Lu was also not asleep. He was looking at the goldfish in the bathtub. His expression was the same as Su Yi's, pretending not to see or hear anything.
(End of this chapter)