Sweet Wife in My Arms

ress, I see,” said Yan Huan, smiling.
She didn’t feel very attacked, since her being an orphan was a fact.
But so what? She lived well and didn’t owe Qin Xiaoyue anything.

The word ‘actress’ clearly struck a nerve in Old Master Lu.

Yan Huan gave Lu Yi’s finger a covert squeeze, but Lu Yi was staring at Qin Xiaoyue with threatening narrowed eyes, which Qin Xiaoyue responded with an indifferent moue.

What? Gonna hit her? She was his senior.

She wasn’t afraid of Lu Yi since he was a junior and couldn’t actually hit her.
However, she seemed to have forgotten that Lu Yi wasn’t the only one there.

“Mind your words, Qin Xiaoyue.
Yan Huan is my daughter-in-law, and I wouldn’t tolerate any personal attacks on her,” said Lu Jin, looking up coldly.
“If you can’t get along with her, you can very well move to some other place.
That should give you some peace of mind.”

Qin Xiaoyue’s expression tensed.
The words discomfited her.

She just came to the realization that the house still belonged to Lu Jin, who was well and alive.
Even without Lu Jin, Lu Yi and Ye Shuyun were there to inherit it.
The deed to the house would never be hers, unless the entire Lu Jin family ceased to exist.

She looked towards Old Master Lu for help.

He couldn’t just sit there and let the poor widow and her son get hectored, right?

But Old Master Lu only sat there with his brows furrowed.
He didn’t want to interfere with the matter.

He was well aware of Lu Jin’s tempers.
He was his son after all, and not someone he adopted.
Unless Qin Xiaoyue went overboard, Lu Jin would never leave them high and dry.
They were his niece and sister-in-law, after all.

He had never been partial to either of his sons, or treated any of the two unjustly.
He granted them an estate each, and Lu Jing was the one who sold his own share, so how could they blame him?

He couldn’t possibly force his elder son to give half his estate to his niece, could he? Putting other things aside, Ye Jianguo would be the first to slap him across the face for that.

“We are here, Grandpa,” came Lu Qin’s voice from outside.
His voice was a thorn that penetrated Yan Huan’s eardrums and stabbed at her heart.
What followed was not just pain, but also anger.

The smile on her face was icy.
In this life, we’ve finally met again.

The smug smile returned to Qin Xiaoyue’s face.
Lu Qin emerged from the door.
Behind him was a person who was not a stranger to any of them.

Su Muran.

It really was her.

Yan Huan wasn’t surprised.
Lu Qin and Su Muran getting together was inevitable.
Only it happened earlier than expected.

Old Master Lu studied Su Muran for some time.

“You are that child from the Su Family?”

“Yes, Grandpa, I am.
Grandpa carried me in his arms when I was little,” Su Muran smiled sweetly.
When she put on her act, she had a face that seniors found easy-to-like.

Oh.
Old Master Lu did have some recollections of it.
He and the other old fellas had seen these kids grow up.
He remembered Su Muran a cute, doll-like girl, back when Old Master Su brought her over to play.
They all found her likable.
How much she had grown though.
Time really flies, doesn’t it?