Chapter 32 - 32 It's just a drop in the ocean!
Chapter 32: Chapter 32 It’s just a drop in the ocean!
Lu Dagui became anxious immediately, “Reject what rejection?”
He glared at Lu Zhaozhao with displeasure, “Since when is it your turn to butt in on company matters? President Song has already said so, why do you have to add your two cents?”@@novelbin@@
“…”
Lu Zhaozhao rolled her eyes in her heart.
Ha! Now she’s being accused of talking too much?
She didn’t know who had asked her to seek investment from Song Sinian for Lu Group before. How shameless!
But she still couldn’t skimp on the pretense she had to maintain on the surface.
Lu Zhaozhao pouted, pretended to feel wronged, lowered her eyes, and then stopped speaking.
Seeing this, Cao Mei hurriedly spoke to soothe, “Zhaozhao, your dad is just anxious, he didn’t mean to scold you on purpose.”
She wasn’t worried about Lu Zhaozhao, but rather about Song Sinian backing her.
The last time Lu Zhaozhao came home, he’d even assigned a bodyguard to stick close to her at all times.
Now that she had effortlessly secured such favorable terms for the Lu Family, Cao Mei had to reassess Lu Zhaozhao’s standing with Song Sinian.
It seemed Xiao Jinglan was right; she’d have to hold on to Lu Zhaozhao more firmly and make good use of her from now on!
Lu Zhaozhao pursed her lips, nodded obediently, and said, “Mm, I know.”
She picked up the signed contract from the table, put it in her bag, and then slowly stood up, “Mr. Song wants me back for lunch, so I’ll be leaving now.”
Lu Dagui, having just taken such a great advantage, was feeling very smug and said with a smiling face as he saw Lu Zhaozhao going, “Alright, go back early, you must listen to what President Song says, and not upset him.”
“Got it.”
“…”
Watching Lu Zhaozhao leave the house, Xia Wenjin gently dabbed the corners of her eyes with a tissue, and carefully said, “It’s obvious you treat Zhaozhao so well, Mom. When I was with the Xia Family…”
She trailed off, tears rimming her eyes, garnering Cao Mei’s sympathy.
Though she didn’t finish her sentence, in Cao Mei’s ears, Xia Wenjin had definitely been mistreated by the Xia Family!
She gently patted Xia Wenjin, saying, “Jin, don’t be scared. From now on, your mom and dad will be your strongest support. I will make it up to you for everything, and there’s no need for you to go back to that pathetic Xia Family.”
Upon hearing this, Xia Wenjin immediately flung herself into Cao Mei’s arms, “Mom, wuu…”
In fact, over the years, her life in the Xia Family wasn’t as unbearable as Cao Mei imagined.
She had lived abroad as a young girl and had only recently moved back to China with the Xia Family.
The Xia couple hardly worked; they lived on their painting, with the eldest, Xia Wenjue, being a regular employee, the second, Xia Wenqing, a junior lawyer, the third, Xia Wenmo, always unwell, and only the youngest, Xia Wenyan, relying on his good looks to become an entertainer-in-training.
Being the youngest in the Xia Family, although she wore no-brand clothes and led a simple life, she still received a monthly allowance of ten thousand yuan.
But compared to the Lu Family’s daughter, all this was but a drop in the bucket!
Right when Lu Zhaozhao had walked in, she saw that her clothes and shoes were worth at least 200k, not to mention the bag she was carrying—it was an AMD limited edition, easily worth 300k.
And all of this should have belonged to her!
Thinking this, Xia Wenjin couldn’t help but clench her teeth angrily and whispered while hugging Cao Mei, “Mom, I overheard you say that Zhaozhao also goes to Yuqing University, we even seem to be in the same department. If I hadn’t found out by chance that you were my parents, I wouldn’t believe that such a rich heiress could be my sister…”
Cao Mei’s face immediately turned ugly when she heard this.
She grabbed Xia Wenjin’s little hand and said, “Jin, remember, you are the true daughter of the Lu Family. If it weren’t for that wretched girl who captivated Song Sinian, we would have driven her out of the house long ago!”
Beside her, Lu Dagui nodded, “Jin, rest assured, your mom and dad have only ever loved you. Ever since your mom and I found out we took the wrong child, there hasn’t been a day when we haven’t been searching for you…”
“Yes, Jin, once we get a hold of that wretched girl’s weakness, we will disclose your identity publicly. All you need to do now is to stay peacefully by mom’s side,” Cao Mei said, looking at Xia Wenjin with a face full of sorrow.
Suddenly, as if she thought of something, she took out a supplementary card from her wallet nearby, “This card is mom’s supplementary card, buy whatever you like with it, school is starting soon, and I want you to go to school happily.”
Xia Wenjin looked at the card in her hand and was overjoyed.
She immediately threw herself again into Cao Mei’s arms and sweetly called out, “Thank you, Mom!”
After she got Cao Mei’s phone number yesterday, she had contacted them.
She originally thought that it would take quite an effort to persuade them, but Cao Mei had almost no hesitation upon seeing her and took her for a DNA test.
Now that the results were out, Cao Mei and Lu Dagui were even more affectionate toward her.
In fact, Xia Wenjin had long learned from Cao Mei that they were not close to Lu Zhaozhao at all because they realized that Lu Zhaozhao was not their biological child when she was very young.
So, they never really treated her as their own daughter.
If Lu Zhaozhao wasn’t pretty, they would not have bothered to raise her.
To Xia Wenjin, Lu Zhaozhao posed no competition at all.
But just thinking about how Lu Zhaozhao had lived so many years under her identity filled Xia Wenjin with indescribable hostility…
After leaving the Lu Family, Lu Zhaozhao returned to the Song Family.
She and Song Sinian indeed had made a lunch appointment, but it was she who took the initiative to invite him.
Last night, Lu Zhaozhao originally planned to give Song Sinian the bracelet and ear cuff she bought, but he arrived home and went straight to his study for a video conference.
As a result, she waited and waited until she fell asleep…
Lu Zhaozhao was somewhat annoyed, so she asked Song Sinian out for lunch.
Fortunately, he agreed.
She opened her bag and glanced at the contract signed by Lu Dagui, her eyes involuntarily drooping.
After the Jade Vein auction is over, the Lu Family would have successfully traded her, and by then, they would probably announce to the public the truth about the real Lu Family’s daughter.
Lu Zhaozhao narrowed her eyes, it seemed the news of her being an impostor would soon spread in the circle.
“Madam, we’re here.”
Suddenly, a voice sounded inside the car.
Lu Zhaozhao came back to her senses and realized that they had already returned to the Song Family.
She slowly got out of the car and then took the contract towards the villa’s front door.
Just as she entered, she saw Song Sinian standing in the hallway, one foot in a slipper, while the other was shod in a leather shoe.
It looked as if he was about to leave.
Lu Zhaozhao’s gaze briefly rested on his shoes, then looked up at Song Sinian and asked, “Mr. Song, are you going out?”
She was already a bit weary from coming back from the Lu Family, and now, with the stress of Xia Wenjin returning to the Lu Family ahead of time, her mood sank even lower seeing Song Sinian was heading out…
What do you think?
Total Responses: 0