“You didn’t teach him, then who did? I refuse to believe that if you hadn’t said something like that at home, he would just say it, and say it so as if it were his right!”
“You saw the interrogation record yourself. In just that short half-hour I was there, he shouted it several times. He even said he wanted to have Xiao Li and the others dismissed from their posts. What nerve he has!”
“No, no, I wouldn’t dare. He’s just a child, talking nonsense.”
Lu Guangrong was sweating profusely. He looked at Feng Wan, then stole a glance at Wan Jiayin.
Right now, he wished he could take a belt to that worthless good-for-nothing Lu Xu, who was always ruining things.
He always told him to memorize the people in the compound, but he never took it seriously.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have kicked such an iron plate today. If it were anyone else, it wouldn’t be so difficult, but he had to provoke the second son of the Yue family.
None of the Yue family’s three sons were easy to deal with, especially the second and third.
“Elder Sister, Sister Wan, this matter really is just a misunderstanding. Little Xu didn’t know that kid was Xiao Ye’s little brother.”
Lu Guangrong looked at Ye Zhiqiu, who was sitting beside Wan Jiayin. “Xiao Ye, Little Xu is about the same age as your brother. You know kids this age, they’re just roughhousing all the time.”
“Last time, your brother even gave Little Xu a beating. See, we didn’t make a big deal out of it, did we?”
“Put yourself in my shoes. They’re still children. There’s no need to be overly nitpicky about it.”
Seeing that Ya Ya had fallen asleep, Ye Zhiqiu gently placed her back into the stroller before looking at Lu Guangrong.
“Uncle Lu, it’s true that Xiao Xiang hit Little Xu last time, but you should know why Xiao Xiang hit him, right?”
Lu Guangrong frowned slightly. “Didn’t they have a quarrel? Your brother cursed Little Xu?”
“Xiao Xiang did curse Little Xu, and he cursed him while he was hitting him. He said some really nasty things and hit him pretty hard.”
Ye Zhiqiu didn’t deny any of this; in fact, she deliberately wanted Lu Guangrong to know.
Lu Guangrong’s face indeed darkened, and he defended Lu Xu: “Xiao Ye, your brother went a bit too far then.”
“Uncle Lu, Xiao Xiang went that far because Lu Xu went even further. Not only did he lead a group of people to surround Shuang Shuang, but he also dragged her to a patch of wasteland.”
“I don’t need to explain the rest, do I? Shuang Shuang is Lu Xu’s sister. Although they don’t have the same mother, they share the same father.”
“Doesn’t his behavior deserve a beating? Doesn’t it deserve cursing?”
“If he could do this to Shuang Shuang today, then has he done this to other girls before? Or has he ever done this to his own mother?”
“Or is it that Lu Xu and Shuang Shuang aren’t blood-related? But even if they weren’t, Shuang Shuang is still his sister, right?”
Lu Guangrong hadn’t expected Ye Zhiqiu to lay the matter out so openly and bluntly.
Sun Lanzi certainly hadn’t told him the truth, only saying that Lu Xu had been beaten by the bodyguard Lu Shuangshuang hired.
She had made Lu Xu sound like the victim, and he hadn’t bothered to find out the details. Instead, he blamed Lu Shuangshuang for being inconsiderate, watching Lu Xu get beaten, or even thinking that she had instructed the bodyguard to do it.
Therefore, he turned a blind eye to the little schemes Sun Lanzi and Lu Xu pulled behind the scenes.
On one hand, he did favor Lu Xu and had little affection for his daughter Lu Shuangshuang.
On the other hand, he wanted to use Sun Lanzi and Lu Xu’s actions to teach Lu Shuangshuang a lesson.
But now the matter had blown up so big and become uncontrollable, causing Lu Guangrong a massive headache.
“The fine son you’ve raised! The fine deed you’ve done!”
Ye Zhiqiu’s words were like a public slap in the face for Lu Guangrong. Blazing with anger, he turned and slapped Sun Lanzi.
Feng Wan interjected, “Guangrong, if you need to deal with family matters, go back to your own home to do it. Don’t make a scene here.”
“If you still consider Lu Xu your son, then you must deal with this properly. Let him learn his lesson well, so he doesn’t cause an even bigger disaster later on.”
“As for Shuang Shuang, I’ll say it again: the fact that she’s your daughter will never change. But if you won’t treat her as your daughter, then let her go. Don’t refuse to treat her as your daughter, yet still try to control her and ruin her life.”
“Don’t think that just because I’m alive, I won’t let you do this. Even if I die, I will entrust someone to take good care of her. No one is allowed to bully her!”
Shifting her gaze from Lu Guangrong to Sun Lanzi: “No one gets to interfere in Shuang Shuang’s life, least of all her marriage.”
“I don’t care who it is. If any of you dare to do anything to Shuang Shuang again, don’t blame me for forgetting old times.”
“Elder Sister, you say we spoil our child, but aren’t you spoiling Shuang Shuang too? Look at her, what have you turned Shuang Shuang into?”
Lu Guangrong glared at Lu Shuangshuang. He believed that Feng Wan’s words were definitely because Lu Shuangshuang had intentionally stirred things up.
And since the relationship was already broken, Feng Wan hadn’t saved him any face at all, scolding him like this in front of Wan Jiayin, Ye Zhiqiu, and the others.
So why should he hold back?
No matter what, Lu Xu couldn’t be allowed to get into serious trouble. If people found out his son had been in prison, how could he ever show his face in public again?
“What have I turned Shuang Shuang into? Did I make her commit murder or arson? Did I make her go around shouting about who my sister is, and how I can get away with anything?”
Feng Wan was usually good-tempered, but whenever it involved Lu Shuangshuang, she turned into a fierce mother hen, extraordinarily combative.
“Elder Sister, the way you put it… How old is Shuang Shuang, and how old is Little Xu? Besides, can you compare boys and girls? Girls should be gentle, quiet, and well-behaved. Boys, well, they need a bit of spirit.”
“Shuang Shuang, if I remember correctly, you should be about the same age as our Zhiqiu, right?”
Wan Jiayin asked Lu Shuangshuang. Lu Shuangshuang thought for a moment: “Auntie, I’m actually a year younger than Zhiqiu.”
Although Lu Shuangshuang had joined the cultural troupe quite early, she was younger than most people there.
Ye Zhiqiu looked at Lu Shuangshuang: “Mom, I was born in the Year of the Snake, and Shuang Shuang was born in the Year of the Horse. Our birthdays are eight months apart.”
“So, if Lu Xu is about the same age as Xiao Xiang, then Xiao Xiang is six years younger than me, meaning Lu Xu is five years younger than Shuang Shuang.”
“Sixteen years old isn’t young for a boy. How can he still be called a child?”
“A girl, no matter how old she is, can be considered a child. But if a boy is always called a child, how can he ever learn to shoulder responsibility?”
Wan Jiayin’s words were clearly biased towards Lu Shuangshuang. Although she didn’t say it outright, her implication was that Lu Guangrong was being unreasonable.
Lu Guangrong didn’t dare to contradict Wan Jiayin, so he could only nod reluctantly: “Sister Wan is right.”
“This time, it’s all because I failed to educate the child properly. Little Xu really needs to be thrown into the military for some serious tempering.”
A thought occurred to Lu Guangrong, and his eyes lit up. “Sister Wan, how about this? Let Little Xu go to Mingyuan’s unit. Let Mingyuan train him. The soldiers Mingyuan trains are all first-rate.”
