The car door slowly closed, Lan Xiya put her sleeping son down, turned around and rolled down the window, waved to Long Junsheng, said goodbye again, and then asked the driver to start the car.
After driving a certain distance, Lan Xiya looked back and found that her father was still standing there looking in her direction. The slightly stooped figure looked a little thin in front of the large and magnificent iron gate and wall.
"Daddy, don't worry, I will definitely bring my sister to you!" Lan Xiya murmured in a low voice, unable to bear to look at it any longer, she quickly turned her head and took a deep breath, trying to calm down.
It's just that her sister is really not 100% sure that she can go to dinner with her tomorrow night, but just now in order to appease her father, she has made a firm guarantee. If her sister doesn't show up, her father will be very disappointed.
of!
Rose Manor…
After getting off the car and taking her son back to the room to rest, Lan Xiya just walked back to the hall and saw the busy figure of the housekeeper. She stepped forward and asked: "Uncle Gui, are my sister and Aunt Man back?"
"They have been out for less than an hour and they won't be back soon." The housekeeper stopped what he was doing and looked at the clock on the wall before answering her question.
"I understand, go ahead." Lan Xiya nodded, turned back to the room, sat on the bed and thought about it, and immediately dialed Aunt Man's number.
Rao Xueman's voice soon came from the other end of the phone, sounding very happy: "Have they been picked up? Are they all okay?"
"Well, very good. By the way, Aunt Man, have you finished the examination? When will you come back?" Lan Xiya bit her lip gently, thinking about how to talk to her sister.
Rao Xueman had brought Lan Xiya up since she was a child, and he immediately heard the strangeness in her tone. He turned around and glanced at Lan Yu, who was texting with Andre, lowered his voice slightly and said, "What's wrong?
Is something wrong?"
Lan Xiya didn't expect that she could guess that she had something on her mind. Her frown slowly relaxed and she asked cautiously: "Is sister here?"
"Um."
"It's like this. Daddy really wants to see my sister. He was very disappointed when he didn't see her at the airport just now. I have promised him that I will go with my sister to have dinner with him tomorrow night, but my sister..."
Lan Xiya paused, really unsure.
Hearing this, Rao Xueman also guessed a little bit, and was worried that Lan Yu next to him would feel something strange, so he quickly smiled and said: "Well, okay, don't worry, Aunt Man is here, don't worry!"
After hanging up the phone, Lan Yu had put down the phone and looked up at Rao Xueman with a trace of doubt in his eyes: "Aunt Man, what's wrong with you? Your face doesn't look good?"
Thinking of the phone call Rao Xueman answered just now, Lan Yu's body suddenly tensed up: "What's wrong? Did something happen to Xia and Zihao?"
"No, no, it's just that Xia asked some questions that you should pay attention to when getting married. It's nothing." Rao Xueman secretly wiped his sweat in his heart. He didn't expect Lan Yu to react so quickly.
Just now she was thinking about how to help persuade Lan Yu when she went back, but she didn't expect that the secret was almost exposed.
Lan Yu didn't think much about it. He didn't pay much attention to the conversation just now.
An hour later, the car slowly drove back to the manor. Rao Xueman walked in with Lan Yu on her arm. Lan Xiya saw them coming back from the window and immediately went downstairs and walked towards Lan Yu's room: "Sister, you are back.
?"
Lan Yu and Lan Xiya also followed them to the door. They reached out to knock the door and said with a smile:
"Come in, the door is not locked yet." As soon as he returned to the room and sat down, there was a knock on the door.
While talking, Lan Xiya had opened the door and walked in. She walked over and sat down next to Lan Yu. She raised her head and exchanged glances with Rao Xueman who was also in the room. Seeing that the smile on her face was still there, Lan Xiya
Shia also plucked up the courage to speak.
"Sister, are you free tomorrow night?" Lan Xiya didn't dare to directly talk about dinner, but just knocked from the side tactfully, and glanced at Aunt Man with some uneasiness.
Lan Yu didn't think much and replied smoothly: "It's nothing. What, you and Mr. Lei are having a banquet tomorrow night?"
"No, I just want to go out for a meal as a family. Sister, you and Lie will come together when the time comes. It will be more lively with more people, right Aunt Man?" Lan Xiya tried her best to make her smile look more natural.
In front of Yu, it is difficult to tell a lie.
Rao Xueman, who was next to him, immediately joined in and said, "Yes, it would be so fun to have a meal as a family!"
Lan Yu suddenly felt that something was not right, and gradually suppressed the smile on his face. He glanced back and forth at the faces of Xia and Aunt Man, and slowly said: "The cooks outside are not as good as
The food in the manor suits my taste, and I prefer dining at home. There are too many people outside and it’s noisy!”
"I just finished the examination today, and I'm a little tired. I want to sleep for a while. Aunt Man, can you wake me up when Hui Lie comes back for dinner?" In the blink of an eye, Lan Yu successfully changed the subject again, and his face recovered.
Got a smile.
Rao Xueman and Lan Xiya looked at each other and saw tension in each other's eyes. Seeing that Lan Yu was about to stand up to change clothes and rest, Lan Xiya quickly reached out to hold her, gritted her teeth and said, "Yes.
Daddy, he really wants to see you, can we have dinner with him tomorrow night?"
Lan Yu turned his back to Xia and did not look back. The expression on his face turned cold: "I don't want to see him. If you want to go, I won't stop you, but I won't go!"
"Lan Yu, listen to Aunt Man..." Rao Xueman had already stood up. He gently pressed Lan Yu's shoulders and asked her to sit down. He and Lan Xiya took her arm on one side and carefully persuaded: "
Mr. Long didn't see you when he came back today, and he felt very sad and lost. After all, we are a family. We haven't seen you for several years. It doesn't matter if we have a meal together. You..."
"So what if we haven't seen someone for twenty years, but we haven't seen him for a few years?" Lan Yu lowered his head and looked at his slightly swollen belly, with a hint of ridicule in his voice.
Whenever she thinks about the past, she always feels as if her heart is empty. She has suffered too much since she was a child. How many times has she imagined that her parents will suddenly appear, take her away, and give her life?
She had a warm home, but she was disappointed again and again. Until she grew up, she no longer had any illusions and hopes in her heart.
Thinking of all the past events, Lan Yu couldn't help but feel resentful towards Long Junsheng. If it hadn't been for him, her mother would not have died, and she wouldn't have had to live alone for twenty years before meeting Xia!
Lan Xiya choked on her words and reached out to hold Lan Yu's hand. After a moment, she nervously explained: "That's not the case. Daddy was really looking for us all the time back then. It's just that I was a little luckier. At the age of ten,
He was found when he was young. If daddy found you earlier, you would also..."
"Xia, I'm tired!" Lan Yu tried to calm down, not wanting to affect the child in her belly.
The most important thing for pregnant women is to keep a cheerful mood. Lan Yu has learned to control his emotions well during this period, but now, he can still feel his heartbeat speeding up and his breathing becoming rapid.
Lan Xiya reached out and hugged Lan Yu gently, and whispered: "I know you suffered a lot in the past, but those things are not what Daddy wants to see, and he also feels sorry for you. Today I saw Daddy
Damn, he is really much older, and it has been so many years. He came back specially this time to attend our wedding. If he wants to see you, just treat it like I am begging you and come with me tomorrow night.
?"
Lan Yu didn't speak, biting his lower lip coldly, actually feeling conflicted in his heart.
Rao Xueman on the side also advised: "Lan Yu, Aunt Man understands your feelings very well, but Mr. Long really didn't mean it back then. I still remember how excited and happy he was when he found Xia. You
You and Xia are both his daughters, so how could he not feel sorry for you?"
"In other words, you are pregnant with a child now. If you and the child are forced to separate for some reason in the future, but the child resents you and refuses to forgive you, you will feel very uncomfortable."
Rao Xueman's words suddenly reached Lan Yu's heart, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover his lower abdomen, imagining that if the child in his belly was really like him, separated from his parents for twenty years after birth, what if
When he was so resentful and cold towards her, her heart...
Just thinking about it like this made Lan Yu feel distressed and very scared that this would really happen. He quickly shook his head and said categorically: "No! No! I will definitely raise my child well with Lie and give it to him."
All love and the best, I will not abandon my child!"
"Daddy never abandoned us, otherwise, he wouldn't have found me back then! Sister, in fact, you also know in your heart that if you were not brought back by Bing, but adopted by other families, daddy would definitely find me.
You, you refuse to see him, he is really sad!"
Lan Xiya looked at Lan Yu expectantly, and when she saw that she didn't refute, the expression on her face relaxed a little, and she guessed that she had listened to what she and Aunt Man said.
"Daddy not only loves us very much, but also likes our children very much. This time when he came back from France, he bought a lot of gifts for Zihao. Even for the dishes tomorrow night, he kept saying that you should choose what you like to eat.
, after learning that you were pregnant, he called several times to inquire about your situation. He really cares about you!"
Lan Yu was a little flattered, and subconsciously raised his head to look at Lan Xiya, with some lights twinkling in his eyes.
"Really, I won't lie to you. Since I promised him to come back to attend the wedding before, and now I avoid seeing him, do you think this is appropriate? No matter what, it is over as it is. After all, he is our biological child.
Father, even if I beg you, give him a chance and go to dinner with me tomorrow night, okay?" Lan Xiya persistently begged her again and again.
"Let's do this. Aunt Man will go with you. You don't have to worry about embarrassment. If you don't want to talk then, don't say anything. Just go and let Mr. Long see you!" Rao Xueman also felt Lan Yu's presence.
Shaken, he quickly spoke to persuade others.
In the end, unable to defeat the two of them, Lan Yu finally nodded and agreed: "I'll make it clear in advance that I'm just going to eat and won't participate in anything else!"
When she finally nodded in agreement, Lan Xiya and Rao Xueman were greatly shocked. They nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you!"
"Okay, okay, I'm really tired, let me take a rest, okay?" Lan Yu seemed to have not sorted out his mood yet, and just wanted to calm down for a while.
"Okay, then you rest for a while, and we'll call you when dinner is served!" He helped her lie down, maybe she was really tired.
He left with Aunt Man and carefully brought it to the door. Lan Xiya breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Aunt Man next to her and smiled helplessly: "I finally agreed!"
"Blood is thicker than water. Lan Yu is pregnant with a child now. He can understand a little bit about the feelings of being a parent. Don't worry too much!" Rao Xueman gently patted Lan Xiya's hand and comforted her.
The next night, the revolving restaurant on the top floor of Monica Building...
"Grandpa!" Zihao ran into the VIP private room first. Long Junsheng and others had already arrived first. When he saw his little grandson, he happily hugged him in his arms.
"Zihao, where's mommy?" I looked behind him, but there was no one.
"Mommy and aunt are behind, I ran over first alone!" Zihao said with a proud look on his face.
While they were talking, Lan Xiya and Rao Xueman walked in at the right time, followed closely by Lan Yu, who was dressed in casual and loose attire, and walked in with Andre. Their eyes did not stay on Long Junsheng and Long Zilin for half a second.
, he directly found a place to sit down.
"Little... Lan Yu, you're here!" The smile on Long Junsheng's face was a little stiff, and he spoke proactively as if to please, but in response, Lan Yu only gave an invisible nod.
Andre had been holding Lan Yu's hand, and did not let go even after sitting down. Feeling her body suddenly stiffen, he tightened his grip slightly, raised his head and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you in a few years, uncle's spirit."
It’s actually better than before.”
"Haha, no matter where, people are getting old and can't compare to the past!" Andre's rescue made Long Junsheng feel a little better.
Of course, Andre was no stranger to Long Junsheng. He had been with Mr. Lei for so many years and had many head-to-head confrontations with him. He just didn't expect that the two of them would sit at the same table to dine in such an occasion and with such a relationship.
"Oh, by the way, I was so happy that I forgot to formally introduce you to you. This is Danny, Zi Lin's fiancé, a psychiatrist!" Long Junsheng looked at Lan Yu and Andre while not forgetting.
Introduce Danny's identity to them.
Danny was very well-educated. He smiled and nodded at everyone and said hello: "Hello, I'm Danny. Nice to meet you."
"Hello, I am Andre, I am Lan Yu's fiancé, and I am very happy to meet you today!" Andre also briefly introduced his identity to himself.
Compared with Long Zilin, the warm relationship between them was like heaven and hell. From the moment Zihao's little body ran in, she didn't say a word.
Sensing the atmosphere at the table because she was about to fall into embarrassment, Lan Xiya immediately said: "Since everyone is here, why not serve the food first?"
"Lan Xiya, why didn't your husband come?" Long Zilin's voice suddenly came. The volume was not loud, but it was enough to plunge the entire private room into a deathly silence.
The faces of Long Junsheng and Lan Xiya suddenly darkened. Lan Yu also raised his head at this time, glanced at Long Zilin with disgust and contempt, and cursed in his heart: "Sure enough, both mother and daughter are
It’s the same stuff.”
Just as annoying, just as unkind!
Most of the people present knew about the bad blood between Long Junsheng and Lei Bing, but everyone tacitly didn't mention it, but Long Zilin deliberately brought it up here!
Seeing Lan Xiya's unhappy expression, Long Zilin felt a sense of revenge in her heart. Just when she was about to continue speaking, Lan Yu suddenly frowned and said to Andre: "Lie, why do I feel so uncomfortable?
, is there something dirty in this private room?"
"Sister, she must be feeling uncomfortable because she is hungry. If there was any dirt here, it must have been cleaned up long ago!" Lan Xiya said with a smile, as if she didn't take what Long Zilin just said seriously at all.
"Pregnant women must not go hungry. Let's serve the food quickly!" Long Junsheng hurriedly gave instructions to prevent them from accidentally saying something they shouldn't have said.
In a short time, a table full of delicacies was placed on the table. There were dishes that Long Junsheng liked to eat, as well as dishes that Lan Yu had a taste for at this time. In total, there were more than a dozen dishes, filling the table.
Lan Yu had Andre waiting on him. He didn't even have to ask for what he wanted to eat. Andre had already put it in front of him. Long Junsheng looked on and couldn't help but smile reassuringly.
During the meal, Long Zilin stopped talking and lowered her head to eat the food in her bowl, but she didn't know how to taste it. Looking at them talking and laughing, she was already full!
The meal had come to an end unknowingly. Seeing that everyone had almost finished eating and put down their chopsticks, Long Junsheng suddenly took out two big red boxes from the bag placed aside, stood up and handed them to Lan Xiya and
Lan Yu has one for each person.
"Daddy, what is this?" Lan Xiya said with a smile, and at the same time turned to look at Lan Yu next to her. Seeing that she did not refuse on the spot, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Long Junsheng smiled and said, "Open it and see if you like it?"
"Daddy gave it to me, I must like it!" Lan Xiya was worried that Lan Yu would upset her daddy on the spot, so she answered first before she could throw it away.
Lan Yu raised his head and glanced at Lan Xiya, touching the prayer in her eyes. Then he glanced at Long Junsheng, who was also looking forward to it. His heart softened for some reason, and he nodded almost subconsciously and reached out to take it.
Pick up the delicate box in front of you.
Seeing her actions, Lan Xiya and Long Junsheng breathed a sigh of relief.
The box slowly opened, and a golden light appeared in front of them. After the box was fully opened, everyone could see clearly that what was inside was a pair of dragon and phoenix bracelets.
Made of pure gold, with traditional carving techniques, the dragon and phoenix on it are lifelike. On the inside of the bracelet, the small words "dragon and phoenix present auspiciousness" are very clear.
Lan Xiya is also a person who knows the goods. Although this pure gold bracelet weighs a lot, the most valuable thing is probably the gemstone inlaid on it. Just the blue gemstone with dragon and phoenix eyes is estimated to be worth more than the gold in this bracelet.
value.
"People say that when a daughter gets married, she must give a pair of bracelets like this. The dragon and the phoenix appear auspicious, which means a good life in the future. When Zi Lin got married, I also gave a pair of these bracelets!" Long Junsheng seemed to be afraid that they would not agree.
Accept it and explain anxiously.
Unexpectedly, Long Zilin said coldly from the side: "Why didn't I see such a gem on it back then?"
The implication was that Long Junsheng was still partial to the two sisters.
Lan Xiya closed the box in embarrassment, ignoring Long Zilin's sour confession, and said with a smile: "Thank you daddy for the gift, sister must like it too, right?"
