Chapter 4

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The Lujia Old House, a western-style building with obvious retro-European style, could be regarded as a landmark building that was quite popular in the downtown area of Beijing.

It was the mansion of Lu Yan’s grandpa, but Lu Yan had never taken a step there. That was because her dad had severed his relationship with grandpa.

Lu Yan’s grandfather’s name was Lu Jian, the chairman of the Lu Group. At this point of the century, he pioneered the history of a generation of local merchants for the Lu Group.

Her impression of her grandfather Lu Jian was that he was a rather dignified man, unsmiling and solemn.

Since his daughter, Lu Yan’s little aunt, disappeared, his smile became increasingly rare.

Later on, he would sever his father-son relationship with his son, Lu Zhen. Then he succumbed to depression and became ill before passing away.

At the entrance of the mansion, Lu Zhen parked his motorcycle, took off Lu Yan’s hood and asked, “Do you remember our dad?”

“I remember, Grandpa was very fierce. He didn’t pay attention to me before.”

Lu Zhen rubbed her head, with a trace of helplessness in his eyes, “It’s Dad, not Grandpa.”

“Uh.”

He led Lu Yan towards the mansion, Lu Yan was a little nervous and naturally took Lu Zhen’s hand.

Lu Zhen now completely treated her as his own little girl and squeezed her hand affectionately, signaling to her not to be afraid

The interior decoration of the mansion was painted creamy white in a European style, reminiscent of the time when Lu Jian studied and stayed in Europe when young.

Not to mention more than 20 years ago, even in Lu Yan’s era, such a magnificent home decoration was rare.

“Lu Zhen, why are you back?”

A charming soft voice came from upstairs.

The speaker was Shi Xuexian, Lu Jian’s second wife. She was well maintained and was in her thirties yet looking like someone in their twenties. Her skin was whiter than snow and had a more mature charm than young girls.

For middle-aged men, women like her were extremely tempting.

Lu Yan looked at Shi Xuexian and wondered what she should call her. Step-grandmother maybe?

Lu Yan knew that the relationship between her father Lu Zhen and his grandfather Lu Jian had always been very bad, and most of the credit should be given to Shi Xuexian.

As a result, after Lu Jian passed away, the whole Lu Group fell into Shi Xuexian’s pocket, leaving no money to Lu Zhen.

It is obvious that this woman was very shrewd and cunning.

“This is my house, can’t I come back?” Lu Zhen’s face was slightly dark, and his voice became colder.

Shi Xuexian smiled and said, “You are the eldest. Just come and go as you please. Although I am your mother, I can’t control you at all.”

Her tone was full of sarcasm. Lu Zhen was a man so naturally he couldn’t bother to care about her. However, Lu Yan couldn’t bear this step-grandmother of hers talking to her father like this.

“Lu Zhen’s mother is the genuine eldest daughter of the Meng Family Group. Saying that you are his mother, don’t overestimate yourself too much.”

Shi Xuexian’s face suddenly changed as soon as this statement came out. But she was still the mistress of the house, so she sternly rebuked Lu Zhen, “Such an excellent girlfriend you bring for your father to see!”

Lu Zhen is now more certain that Lu Yan must be his sister, otherwise how would she know the family situation very well? His mother was indeed the eldest lady of the Meng family.

It’s just that while they were apart for so many years, this silly little girl had actually become witty. She was no longer the one who was always bullied like in the past.

He took Lu Yan to his side and said, “Look clearly, she is my sister, my dad’s biological daughter, Xiao Yan.”

Shi Xuexian looked at Lu Yan carefully. Indeed, they were similar, too similar. But… how was it possible!

Wasn’t she already…

She shook her head and said to Lu Zhen, “Finding a random girl on the street who looks like her and claiming that she’s the young miss of the Lu family, isn’t it too ridiculous?”

“We will wait for the old man to come back, naturally there will be a conclusion whether she is the Lu miss or not.”

“Your dad has an important meeting tonight, so he won’t be back.”

Shi Xuexian hugged her elbow and said coldly, “He has not been in good health recently. Please don’t make him angry anymore. Hurry up and send this girl away. I never thought there would be someone who would shamelessly pretend to be the eldest miss.”

Lu Zhen pulled Lu Yan behind him, and took out the phone, “I’ll call the old man and tell him I found my sister.”

Shi Xuexian suddenly grabbed his phone, her face starting to turn mad, “Your dad’s meeting tonight is very important. I advise you not to disturb him.”

Lu Zhen sneered, “I see, some time ago, old man said that he was going to talk to your brother about a project. Your brother has such a small broken company that was exposed for tax evasion. Does he really want to cooperate with the Lu group?”

Her face was tense and sparks appeared in her eyes. Despite his attacks, she still controlled her emotions and said, “This is your father’s decision so you have no right to interfere.”

Lu Yan had heard before of the powerful step-grandmother of the Lu family, and relatives in the family said that it was the step-grandmother who sweet talked her grandfather into severing their relationship. This made the father and son fight, and the grandfather did not leave a penny of inheritance to her dad.

But hearing about it was not the same as seeing it with her own eyes. Today Lu Yan finally saw the momentum of this step-grandmother. It’s just that Lu Yan didn’t understand why Shi Xuexian tried so hard to drive her away. Why was she so sure that Lu Yan was not Lu Zhen’s sister?

At this moment, the door on the second floor opened and a girl walked out with a Walkman. She frowned and said, “Mom, it’s so noisy. I can’t concentrate on studying English.”

Lu Yan looked back at the girl. She was wearing a pink robe-sleeved shirt and a light-colored skirt. With a bow tied on her waist, she was dressed like a little princess.

She still remembered her. She was a child brought by her stepmother Shi Xuexian, named Shi Ya.

She was not a child of the Lu family, but she has always lived in the Lu family since her mother married into the Lu family, calling Lu Jian her uncle.

Lu Yan was also told by her family’s gossipy members that Shi Xuexian always wanted Shi Ya to change her surname to Lu and call Lu Jian father. However, Lu Jian did not recognize her as his daughter.

Shi Ya looked at Lu Yan. Her long eyelashes were curled and thick, her lips were rosy and plump, and her peachy eyes, like those of Lu Zhen, made her facial features come alive. She was extremely beautiful.

Her face changed slightly and asked her mother defensively, “Mom, who is she?”

Shi Xuexian replied, “Your brother brought her back from outside. He said it’s his little sister who was kidnapped back then.”

When she heard that the mentally retarded daughter came back, she instinctively became hostile to Lu Yan, “Mom, is it true?”

Shi Xuexian said coldly, “She can’t be back, it’s not her.”

Her daughter was a little relieved.

Lu Zhen completely ignored Shi Xuexian. He sent a text message to his father, Lu Jian, briefly explaining the situation. Then he asked the servant to arrange a room for Lu Yan to sleep in tonight.

Although Shi Xuexian was just a stepmother, she was also the mistress of the family. She immediately said, “No, you can’t leave this little girl of unknown origin at home until the matter is resolved.”

“Why not?”

“There are many antique porcelain. What if she breaks or steals them?”

Lu Yan glanced at Shi Xuexian, she was beautiful and was indeed a few years younger than Lu Zhen’s mother. However, in her mind, his mother was better. Between her and Miss Meng who received a proper upbringing, the difference was too far.

Shi Xuexian’s gestures all revealed a civic atmosphere, no wonder Lu Jian rarely took her to formal occasions.

She couldn’t get on the table.

Lu Zhen said, “I will pay if anything is lost.”

“’I will pay’? The money is the Lu family money!”

He suddenly smiled, “Yes, it is my Lu family money, so what are you worrying about?”

She was speechless, and for a moment, she didn’t know how to respond.

Shi Ya held her wide skirt and went downstairs. She walked to Lu Yan, staring at her and Lu zhen alternately. They were really similar, as if crafted from the same mold.

Her heart was drumming against her chest. She didn’t like the mentally challenged sister before. After all, when there are two daughters in the family, one is always more favored than the other.

In the past two years, her stepfather had started showing some concern for her. She didn’t want this biological daughter to come back and become his favoured daughter.

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 to signal a peace of mind. After that, she walked to the sofa and sat down, posing as the head of the family. I’ll persuade Lu Zhen first—

“Xiao Zhen, can you be 100% sure that she is your lost sister Lu Yan?”

Lu Zhen couldn’t be 100% sure, but he still was 70% certain.

“In the past two years, your father has finally recovered from the grief of bereavement. Now you bring such an unidentified girl home and give your father hope. If the paternity test revealed that she is not her, can your father withstand such a blow?”

Embarrassment started showing on Lu Zhen’s face.

Indeed, Lu Yan had heard from her family before that Lu Jian really loved his little daughter, so much that if she wanted the moon in the sky, he would get it for her.

After his daughter was abducted, he sent people to look for her. He couldn’t sleep at night, and the hair on his temples became white after two years.

Seeing Lu Zhen swayed by his supposedly ‘sister’, Shi Xuexian struck the iron while it was hot and said, “Send this girl back. Her parents will worry about her being late.”

Lu Yan clenched his hand and quickly said, “This is my home. Where are you going to send me.”

Shi Xuexian’s face was cold, “You girl, do you think our Lu family’s doors are easily opened for strangers? Why are you trying to be a rascal?”

She was almost going to be pissed off by this stepmother. There were a lot of rumors in the family stating that the disappearance of her aunt must be related to this poisonous woman. At that time, Lu Yan was still a silly white bunny. She didn’t believe that there was such a vicious person in the world. Now that she saw Shi Xuexian like this, she was a little convinced.

“I won’t go anyway.” Lu Yan clenched Lu Zhen’s hand and begged in a low voice, “Don’t let me go.”

Shi Xuexian shot up and said sharply, “If you don’t leave, I will ask someone to throw you out.”

At that moment, the sound of a car came from outside the door and a bright car light shined through the glass window on Lu Yan’s face.

She instinctively blocked her eyes with her hand, seeing a middle-aged man going out of the Mercedes Benz in a hurry from the gap of her hands.

Lu Jian had rushed back.

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