Chapter 5

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After Lu Jian got out of the car, he hurriedly walked towards the gate. It was raining lightly outside. The assistant tried to hold an umbrella for him, but he bypassed it.

Seeing Lu Jian’s return, Shi Xuexian knew that it was Lu Zhen who informed him and that her brother’s project was probably delayed again.

Her face became ugly, giving Lu Yan an angry look.

When Lu Jian saw Lu Yan, he obviously couldn’t believe his eyes. He walked staggeringly to her, touching her face with a trembling hand, calling out, “Yanyan.”

Now, grandpa Lu Zhen was only forty years old. In his early years, he maintained the well-proportioned physique of his youth, without the greasy feeling of a middle-aged man’s pot belly. There was a slight hoarfrost on the temples, but he was still very handsome. His eyes were like eagles and were extremely charming.

Grandpa was too handsome when he was young.

The Lu family’s genes were so good, it turned out that Grandpa had already booked it here.

She dumbly called out, “Grandpa.”

Lu Jian’s eyes were moist, but he had a smile on his face, he said excitedly, “Yes, this is my dumb daughter Yanyan! It’s her!”

Lu Zhen smiled and said, “Yeah, I recognized it at a glance!”

Lu Jian was immersed in the joy of his baby daughter’s return. He didn’t hear Lu Zhen’s clear boasting. Usually, he would just kick him with his feet.

The excited grandfather pulled Lu Yan’s hand and sat on the sofa with her,”Yanyan, tell dad, how did you come back? How are you doing these years?”

Lu Yan really didn’t know how to answer, she didn’t want to pretend to be her aunt. She just wanted her dad and grandpa to know the truth.

But no one believed the truth of this fantasy.

“Um… Grandpa, I’m Lu Yan, your granddaughter, his daughter.” Lu Yan pointed to Lu Zhen.

Lu Zhen raised his eyebrows, he was used to Lu Yan calling him dad affectionately.

Shi Xuexian heartily laughed as Lu Yan nodded her nose, “Yes, this is Yanyan.”

Lu Yan was speechless

Seeing that Lu Jian had determined that the girl was definitely his daughter, Shi Xuexian changed her face like flipping a book, sat down and hold Lu Yan’s hands affectionately—

“Oh, look at me. I haven’t seen Yanyan for so long. I almost couldn’t recognize her.”

Shi Xuexian’s face was full of tenderness and caressed Lu Yan’s face intimely, “Yanyan has suffered a lot outside these years. It’s really distressing.”

Lu Yan didn’t pay much attention to her, while Lu Zhen’s eyes almost rolled to the ceiling.

Even the Sichuan Opera’s actors couldn’t changed their face so quickly.

Shi Xuexian wanted to show her maternal love in front of Lu Jian, so Lu Yan refused to let go, “Yanyan, do you remember who I am.”

“Remember, you’re my step-grandmother.”

Lu Zhen instantly let out a “pfff”, and even Lu Jian burst into laughter.

Shi Xuexian’s face collapsed and became extremely ugly.

She could just dismiss “Grandma” as a joke of a mentally retarded child. But the main problem was the word ‘step’. It hit her sore point and reminded her that even this idiot knew that she was just a stepmother.

Shi Xuexian was Shi Xuexian after all, her level of acting was unparalleled. Naturally, her unhappy face was immediately swept away and she held Lu Yan saying coaxingly, “Mother, call me mother.”

Lu Yan was about to vomit because of the strong perfume on her body and pushed her away, feeling disgusted.

Seeing that his little daughter was very resistant to Shi Xuexian, Lu Jian said with a calm face, “That’s enough, she has her own mother. Don’t mess with her, she can call you however she likes. Don’t force it.” Seeing Lu Jian’s discomfort, Shi Xuexian didn’t dare to say anything. .

He asked Lu Yan, “Which room do you want to sleep in tonight? The most important thing in our house is the room. Choose the one you like most.”

Lu Yan didn’t want to bother her family too much, so she simply said, “Then I will just stay in my aunt’s previous room.”

As soon as she uttered those words, Shi Ya who stood by her side, seemingly even more unhappy, “It’s mine now.”

Shi Xuexian Immediately gave her a wink, then smiled to ease the atmosphere, “Since your sister has returned, Xiao Ya, you should return the room to her.”

Shi Ya sullenly retorted, “I’m living well now. Why should she come back? It’s too unfair to give up my room.”

Her voice was very low. Maybe because she had no confidence in what she was saying. After all, she was not surnamed Lu.

Lu Yan looked at Shi Ya’s sullen look. She thought that it was no coincidence that she picked her aunt’s room even though there were many rooms in the house. For sure she wanted to replace her in Lu Jian’s heart.

So, she couldn’t let this girl have her way.

After her grandfather passed away, Shi Ya’s daughter was given a lot of dowries, including a flourishing company, yet her father Lu Zhen didn’t get a dime.

It could be seen how scheming this pair of mother and daughter were.

Shi Ya resisted aggrievedly, saying that she was used to living in that room and didn’t want to move. When her sister came back, she could clean up another guest room.

Seeing that Shi Ya was almost crying, looking weak and pitiful, her mother’s heart softened. It was hard not to be moved, so she stopped talking. She only looked at Lu Jian with her eyes to see what he meant.

Before Lu Jian could speak, Lu Yan muttered, “Why do I have to live in a guest room?” Shi Xuexian cast a sharp glance at her.

“Grandpa, I don’t want to sleep in the guest room.” Lu Yan looked at Lu Jian, “Can’t I sleep in my old room?”

Lu Jian said to Shi Ya, “Go and pack your things and move to the guest room. Let Yanyan return to her original room.”

As soon as she heard those words, Shi Ya’s tears gushed out. She clenched her teeth.

However, Lu Jian didn’t spare a look at her.

He was not a philanthropist, let alone a victim. If it hadn’t been for Shi Xuexian’s bitter pleading, saying that her daughter had no one to care for her. He would not agree to someone with a foreign surname living in the Lu family mansion.

Since she is here, there must be rules. Lu Jian’s daughter is Lu Yan. If she wants the stars and moon in the sky, Lu Jian will take them off for her, let alone a mere room.

Shi Xuexian realized this when she thought about it, so she came over and patted Shi Ya’s back, “Why are you crying, you are not good for it. Just listen to what Uncle Lu is saying and pack your stuff. There are so many guest rooms in the Lu family, you can choose any room you like.”

“But I like the one I live in right now.”

“That’s not your room!”

“Why not!”

Shi Xuexian was afraid that she would say any more willful things which would turn all her hard work to dust. Thus she pulled her aggressively back to her room. She helped her to pack her things, and comforted her with soft words, reassuring her that the future will be long.

An hour later, Lu Yan came to the room that supposedly belonged to her aunt. She couldn’t help but sigh again. My aunt was indeed the most favored daughter in the family. Her room is almost three times the size of Lu Yan’s room in the past, with a dreamy pink wallpaper. There are cloakrooms, shoe rooms, doll houses, and even tent houses on the corners of the walls.

However, Lu Yan also understood another thing. It seems that Lu Jian was willing to give such a room to Shi Ya, which shows Shi Xuexian’s power in this house.

If she wants to fix the relationship between her father and grandfather’s in the future, she must not underestimate Shi Xuexian who would be their opponent.

During several meals, Shi Xuexian reminded Lu Jian that he should take Lu Yan to do a DNA test, but this proposal was ruthlessly rejected by Lu Jian every time.

There was no need to do a DNA test. he had already determined that Lu Yan was his lost little daughter.

Taking ten thousand steps back, Lu Jian didn’t want to admit it even if she wasn’t. Lu Yan was the daughter he finally lost and recovered. He won’t allow any accidents to happen.

During those few days, Lu Jian was helping Lu Yan to contact the school. She was free and wandered in the street.

The customs of the early 00s were very different from her time. Most of the residents still live in tube towers. The winding alleys could be seen everywhere, but high-rise buildings were also being built on the main roads. Excavators and tractors could be seen everywhere, causing rumbling noise accompanied by flying dust.

Lu Yan bought a bag of rice foam cones from the street, and planned to take it back to his grandpa to eat.

She saw the hawker scoop millet into a black machine full of oil. After dozens of seconds, the machine spit out white rice foam tubes. The rice foam tubes exuded sweet and rice aromas. Lu Yan has never seen something like this before.

She chewed on the crunchy rice bubble cones and entered the arcade.

The arcade is not like the same place she had played in previously. All the arcade machines here should be played standing. The big-end equipment looked very low and old. There were about a dozen of such machines in a game hall. Many young people and students clustered in front of the game console, smashing coins to play games.

Contra I, Street Fighter, Thang Long version of Street Fighter…

Lu Yan used to play games on ipad and was able to reach the level of the diamond rank. But playing these ancient and backward game consoles? She would seem like a noob.

These machines have a gambling-like nature. They can spit out money if the player wins or swallow them if they lose. Lu Yan lost all the money in her possession in a blink of an eye.

Just when she turned back dejected, the shop owner, a tattooed man who had no good intentions, stopped her.

“Don’t go, little girl, play two more games.”

“I have no money.” Lu Yan touched her empty pockets, “Your game console is too difficult to play.”

At this time, the tattooed man blocked her from going out, “Hey, you should pay before going out.”

He pointed to the game console, and the interface showed a negative number.

“75 yuan, you can only go after paying it back!” Lu Yan had never had such a thing before, so she couldn’t believe it, “So much!”

She spent more than ten yuan on it today. She just lost all of it. How did she suddenly become indebted with 75 yuans!

What kind of ghost game machine is this?

The tattooed man smiled slyly, “If you don’t pay the money, don’t even think about leaving.”

When Lu Yan was in a dilemma, she suddenly saw Shen Kuo.

Wearing a thin white work T-shirt with shorts reaching his knees, he passed by the entrance of the arcade.

It is actually very dangerous for men to wear white T, even a man whose figure was completely normal could be transformed into a suspicious-looking man with visible ribs.

But this situation did not exist for Shen Kuo at all. The full muscle lines of his shoulders and neck supported the t-shirt, and his arms looked extremely powerful, which was an absolute boyfriend’s max figure.

He squatted on one knee and was picking pears from the hawker’s basket. With his head hanging down, his bangs swept across his dark and deep eyes with extreme earnestness.

After buying pears, Shen Kuo got up and left.

Lu Yan hurriedly rushed out of the door and stopped him halfway. But she didn’t have time to stop, so her body slammed into Shen Kuo.

Shen Kuo didn’t even react, as her head slammed painfully on his tough chest.

A sweet scent came into her nose, which came from the box of rice bubble tubes in her arms.

However, the rice bubble tube had been broken into powder, sticking onto her breasts, and even all over Shen Kuo.

“Oh!”

Lu Yan exclaimed as she quickly walked over, trying to remove the crumbs on his chest, “Sorry!”

Shen Kuo instinctively stepped back, avoiding her hand, then took care of his shirt by shaking the debris off.

Although his clothes were old, they were all clean.

Lu Yan knelt down and picked up the box of rice bubble tubes, her clear eyes a little apologetic, “I’m really sorry. I just lost a lot of money, and now my brain is still muddy.”

She was very embarrassed.

Shen Kuo raised his eyes to look at her. In the sun, her skin looked fair and transparent. She had peach-like eyes that resembled Lu Zhen, clear and translucent, and black hair hanging over her thin shoulders.

Shen Kuo’s faint gaze fell on her before moving away.

This reckless little girl was exactly like Lu Zhen.

He raised his eyes and looked at the messy game hall, and asked quietly, “Playing games here?”

“Yes, I always lose, and I got scammed to boot. He won’t let me go.”

The man with tattoos soon found her and then pointed to Lu Yan, saying fiercely, “If you want to go ,pay your debt!”

Shen Kuo instinctively put the girl behind him then asked him, “How much does she owe you.”

The tattooed man held his arm, easing his tone, “Not much, not much. it’s only 75.”

Shen Kuo saw that the little girl came here for the first time, and it was clearly a pitfall.

“Do you have any money?” He turned around and asked Lu Yan.

“None.”

Not only did she have no money, but she also owed a lot.

Shen Kuo touched his pocket, there were still a few coins left in it. It was enough to play a round, so he walked towards the arcade.

Lu Yan didn’t dare to set foot in this scamming game hall again.

“Shen…Shen Kuo, don’t go. They are scammers.”

At the door, Shen Kuo put his hands in his pockets and whispered back.

“Don’t be afraid, I will take you back.”

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