Lu Shiming was Lu Lingzhi's uncle. He was ranked third in the Lu family. Lu Lingzhi's father and a second brother who lived outside of the family. Lu Lingzhi was the eldest son of the third generation, but he didn't inherit the family business. Instead, he became an official. Now, the business of the Lu family was handed over to the second master of the Lu family.
Lu Lingzhi's father had passed away, leaving only two sons and a daughter. However, the person with the highest status in the Lu family now was Old Madam Lu.
Ye Zhen had a simple understanding of the relationship between the Lu family. She had four brothers and five sisters of the same generation. The eldest daughter, Lu Wushuang, had already become an imperial concubine. The rest of the girls were not married. Although she was adopted, Lu Shiming treated her like his own daughter, so she was also counted in the hierarchy.
"Grandmother is strict, but her heart is the kindest. Don't be timid when you meet her. Just be generous. Eldest brother is the kindest, and he treats us the best. You will like him when you meet him …" Lu Xiangzhi chattered to Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen just nodded with a smile and did not speak.
She knew better than anyone else how cultured and refined Lu Lingzhi looked, but it was precisely this kind of person that was so frightening that it made people's hearts go cold.
After knowing him for two years, she really thought that he was gentle and trustworthy, treating him like a big brother. She did not know that he was so despicable and shameless. She wished she could drink his blood to vent the hatred in her heart.
The siblings chatted along the way. Only when they reached the upper room did Lu Xiangzhi realize that his sister seemed to have changed into a different person. In the past, it was always her who was chattering away. Why was it the other way around, and he was the one who was nagging?
He turned his head to look at his sister's thin side face. When they were in the border town, the climate was different from that of the capital. His sister was not like a boudoir girl who always liked to run all over the mountains and fields. Her skin was not as white as ordinary women, but it was a healthy and beautiful wheat color. Now, after half a month of recuperation in the house, her cheeks had lost their rosy color, but also a little whiter. Although she was still not as beautiful as the young ladies in the capital, she no longer looked like a wild boy.
However, his sister seemed to be a little different. There seemed to be something more in her dark and lively eyes. She was a little calmer than before. At this time, her pink lips were tighter, her face paler, and she no longer had the carefree smile she used to have.
It was probably because she was nervous! Lu Xiangzhi laughed, thinking that his sister's abnormality was caused by her not being used to the new environment. "Don't be nervous. Grandma is not like those old madams of aristocratic families. I'm not strict about the rules. You just need to do as usual."
Ye Zhen smiled faintly in her heart. The Lu family was not a famous family, but an unranked merchant family. Old Madam Lu might not even know a few words, so how could she know what the rules were?
Right now, she had a deep hatred for the Lu Family. If it wasn't for the fact that she wanted revenge and the love that Lu Shiming and his wife had for her sister, she wouldn't have stayed here any longer.
Stepping into the upper room, Ye Zhen slowed down her pace and came to the hall two steps behind Lu Xiangzhi. On the main seat sat an old lady about fifty or sixty years old. Her face was like a silver plate, and her hair was dyed black and shiny. The chairs on the left and right sides were already occupied. The one closest to the old lady was Lu Shiming. No one knew what he was talking about, but it made the old lady laugh frequently.
Although Ye Zhen did not look sideways, she obediently bowed to Old Madam Lu.
"This is the wild girl you mentioned. I think she is very well-behaved." Old Madam Lu said with a smile.
Lu Lingzhi is not here? Ye Zhen's tense mood relaxed for a moment. She thought that she would see him, and her hatred could not be suppressed. She was worried that she would not be able to calm down at the sight of him.
Immersed in her own thoughts, Ye Zhen did not hear Old Madam Lu talking to her. Pei Shi quietly pulled her, and she came back to her senses and smiled shyly.
"This girl has not seen much of the world in the border town. When she returned to the capital, she was not acclimatized. Now that she is better, she is not used to it. I will teach her more in the future." Lu Shiming only thought that Ye Zhen's abnormality was due to nervousness and immediately explained for her.
Old Madam Lu didn't know that Ye Zhen was Lu Shiming's adopted daughter. She only treated her as her own granddaughter. Seeing that she had lost a lot of weight, she felt pity for her and quickly pulled her to her side to care for her.
"Yao Yao's body is not living up to expectations. Grandmother is so worried about me. However, Yao Yao is now well. She couldn't serve grandmother before, but she will come to see you every day in the future." Ye Zhen grew up in luxury. Not only did her grandmother dote on her, but even her father doted on her very much. Her character was originally delicate and lovely. If she hadn't fallen in love with someone she shouldn't have, she would not have lived a melancholy life and lost the innocence of a young girl.
Old Madam Lu was coaxed into a smile. She hugged Ye Zhen's small body and exclaimed that the girl was really pitiful.
Ye Rou innocently called out, "Grandmother, my father said the same thing about me. I really am loved by everyone, and flowers bloom when they see me."
"You little shameless girl." Lu Shiming laughed in spite of himself. Seeing his beloved daughter return to her former liveliness, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Pei Shi also looked at Ye Zhen with a smile. She was worried that the old madam would not like her daughter. Now it seemed that this Yao Yao was indeed a blessed person. Even the most difficult to please Old Madam Lu liked her.
Old Madam Lu froze when she heard Ye Zhen's words, then burst into laughter. Several people below were also amused.
Ye Zhen was held in Old Madam Lu's arms. Although she had a charming smile on her face, she was a little nervous. She didn't know when Lu Lingzhi would appear.
She wasn't worried about anything else, but she was afraid that he would recognize her as her original self and kill her before she could do anything.
"Why hasn't Yan Zhi come back yet?" Lu Shiming suddenly asked.
Lu Lingzhi's name was Yan Zhi!
"I'll go and see. I just saw my eldest brother in the study." Lu Xiangzhi said.
Ye Zhen held her breath and clenched her hands tightly, not even aware that her nails were embedded in her flesh.
She still didn't know how to face Lu Lingzhi. In her previous life, Lu Lingzhi was like a considerate and modest gentleman who became her trusted friend. In the end, he just wanted to get her secret, used her to fulfill his sister's wish, and finally killed her.
After her rebirth, she actually became his cousin. There was nothing more ridiculous than this.
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