It was about two o 'clock in the afternoon when Chu Mochen met Lu Xia.
Lu Xia brought forward the afternoon tea time and drank tea with him in the flower hall.
The aroma of the black tea permeated the air. There were freshly baked Danish cookies on the table, and the strong aroma made the air sweet.
"I'm surprised that Mr. Chu came to visit."
Lu Xia wore a rose red knee-length skirt and a beige woolen sweater. The beige woolen sweater made her skin slightly ruddy and lustrous.
Although she was 38 years old, she looked younger than her actual age. However, from sitting down to speaking, this woman had a kind of seriousness and concentration that made people unable to relax.
She and Gu Changge were both experienced in the business field, but they had two different styles.
Gu Changge didn't give people the feeling of being too serious. She was very demure, and people couldn't help but relax in front of her.
However, if people really relaxed from inside to outside, they would be doomed.
Gu Changge would see through all your thoughts when you were relaxed, and she would destroy you before you could realize what she knew.
But Lu Xia wouldn't give people this illusion.
Lu Xia would give people the judgment that she was difficult to deal with at first sight.
Ordinary people would be highly nervous in front of Lu Xia, and maybe they would be confused.
But people like Chu Mochen felt that Lu Xia's appearance was just right for him to adapt to.
Because he could see Lu Xia's attitude at a glance.
She wouldn't lie to him.
Because she didn't think it was necessary.
"Thank you very much for your hospitality, Miss Lu."
Lu Xia bent her lips, lowered her eyelashes, and picked up the black tea cup. "Mr. Chu is a sensible person, so am I. I'm not in good health and can't stay for too long. Mr. Chu, let's be frank."
Chu Mochen also picked up the black tea and took a sip. After putting down the cup with his slender fingers, he raised his eyes. "Mr. Xiao seems to have asked you for something before."
Lu Xia did not hide it. She nodded and said, "Xiao Xuan had some friendship with my young master when he was a child. The old master of the Lu family invited me to visit him for the sake of their friendship. He also asked me to protect his eldest grandson no matter what."
"Did you agree, Miss Lu?"
Lu Xia nodded. "The old man is dying. I have to do him a favor. Besides …"
She paused and seemed to think of something. She smiled and said, "My young master valued Xiao Xuan very much when he was a child. If he was alive, he would want me to agree to the old man."
After Lu Xia finished speaking, there was a smile in her eyes, as well as the happiness of recalling something.
Chu Mochen looks at her and remembers the secret of the Lu family in Harbor City that Gu Changge told him when she was a child.
Lu Xia was brought out of the orphanage by the only child of the Lu Family when she was six years old. After that, the Lu Family raised Lu Xia like she was a noble young lady. She lived a luxurious life and cared for her very much.
Fourteen years later, the sole heir was assassinated.
The Lu family had no heir, so Xiao Xuan turned against the Lu family.
The head of the Lu Family was mentally and physically exhausted. He adopted Lu Xia as his daughter and handed over the power to her.
Gu Changge's father, Gu Cheng, was the dominant family in Yuncheng at that time. The cooperation and trade between Harbor City and the Gu Family were indispensable.
Any happy events of the aristocratic families in Harbor City would be spread to Yuncheng.
When the young master of the Lu Family died, Gu Cheng went there in person. When the Lu Family adopted a daughter the next year, the Gu Family and the Chu Family also went to congratulate them.
However, Gu Cheng took Gu Changge with him that time.
In order not to let the Lu Family think of their dead son, the Chu Family left Chu Mochen in Yuncheng.
After Gu Changge left, Chu Mochen specially went to the Gu Family to ask Gu Changge what was going on there.
Gu Changge told Chu Mochen about it as if it was a story.
What impressed him most was that Gu Changge described Lu Xia in one sentence at that time.
Gu Changge said, "I think that girl … is like the watchdog of the Lu Family."
The word "watchdog", no matter who was used, was a serious insult.
But when Gu Changge said this sentence, it was not derogatory. She looked at him with a smile, "Let's bet that if Lu Xia can support the Lu Family, you will ask your father to give the Chu Family the same dividend as the Gu Family in Tianhong. What do you think?"
Of course, he would not agree. But Gu Changge's words seemed to come true. More than ten years later, it proved that she was right.
It was not clear what Lu Xia's original surname was, but she was definitely not a child of the Lu Family.
After Lu Xia was given the surname Lu, she was indeed like the watchdog of the Lu Family, and she defended the interests of the Lu Family by any means.
But in fact, it was not appropriate to say that Lu Xia was the watchdog of the Lu Family now.
It should be said that Lu Xia was the patron saint of the Lu Family.
She was an Asura.
Anyone who attempted to hurt the Lu Family would be ruthlessly obliterated and contained.
As for the reason why Lu Xia defended the interests of the Lu Family, most people thought it was clear at a glance. The Lu Family had no heir. If the father of the young master of the Lu Family did not give birth to a son, the identity of the heir must be given to Lu Xia.
Lu Xia saw that the whole Lu Family had no heir. Of course, she could expect that the Lu Family would be hers sooner or later.
Since it would be hers sooner or later, why didn't she protect it well?
Thinking in this way, it was not impossible to understand Lu Xia's motive to defend the Lu Family.
But Chu Mochen felt that Lu Xia did not just want to get the Lu Family.
Because although she looked the same as Gu Changge in essence, what she did was not the same.
If it was to defend the Lu Family, then Lu Xia should take advantage of this opportunity now.
She should not give up Xiao Luo. Instead, she should support Xiao Luo as a puppet, and then hollow out the Xiao Family little by little.
Strangely, she had no intention of intervening now.
Lu Xia looked at his frowning and thoughtful appearance. The smile on her lips was faint and a bit morbid. "You must be very confused. Why did I do the old man a favor but go back on my word?"
Chu Mochen looked at her, trying to find some clues from her smiling eyes.
However, this woman's eyes seemed to contain everything, but people couldn't see what they wanted at all.
She put her fingers on the cup of black tea and sighed with a gentle smile. "In fact, Mr. Chu, you are such a wise man. You must know the story of the Xiao Family, don't you?"
"I have heard about what happened to Xiao Xuan when he was alive."
Lu Xia nodded. "In Harbor City, what Xiao Xuan did before his death is regarded as an enduring topic. But after his death, few people know what else he left before his death except for Loki."
Chu Mochen's eyes twitched, and he stared at Lu Xia.
Lu Xia raised the corner of her mouth and continued to drink tea. "The old man asked me to keep the child alive, but he didn't ask me to keep his identity as the heir. I didn't go back on my word."
Chu Mochen suddenly understood, and the look in his eyes suddenly changed.
Lu Xia saw the sudden change in his eyes and put down the teacup. "Xiao Xuan is a smart man, and the child he left must be smart. Although it is a daughter, if she has the ability, she can still control the whole Xiao Family. The old man thinks so, and so do I. What do you think, Mr. Chu?"
Chu Mochen suddenly stood up and suddenly understood what the Xiao Family and the Lu Family were planning.
Song Yunxuan was Xiao Xuan's daughter.
Lu Xia and Xiao Jiancheng both knew it!
They wanted to get Song Yunxuan back!
No wonder they gave up Xiao Luo. It turned out that they wanted Song Yunxuan.
In terms of means, the eldest granddaughter was indeed much better than the eldest grandson.
Thinking of this, Chu Mochen suddenly realized that he had misjudged the enemy from the beginning to the end.
He thought that if he wanted to keep Song Yunxuan, the enemy must be the Huo Family who wanted to kill Song Yunxuan.
However, now he understood that the enemy was actually the Xiao Family and the Lu Family who wanted Song Yunxuan to return to the family.
They would take Song Yunxuan away.
They would take her away from him.
He glared at Lu Xia with a gloomy look and immediately turned to leave.
Although his steps were steady, he couldn't hide the eagerness in his heart.
Behind him, Lu Xia lowered her eyes and drank tea. Her slender fingers held the teacup. She said in a cold and sarcastic tone with a bit of insight into his mind, "The girl moves so fast. It's too late for you to go back now, isn't it?"
Chu Mochen stopped and looked sideways. His eyebrows were like a cold knife. He frowned more tightly, and the coldness at the bottom of his eyes suddenly became much deeper.
Song Yunxuan had never been a fuel-efficient person.
He was clear about this from the beginning to the end. However, what would Song Yunxuan do now?
If she had known that she was the daughter of the Xiao Family, she would definitely go to the Hina Hospital to recognize the elder of the Xiao Family.
He wanted to stop her.
He must stop her!
…
In the quiet hospital corridor, Song Yunxuan looked at the man lying on the bed quietly through the glass door of the ICU ward.
Xiao Jiancheng.
Xiao Family was still a big Buddha who held great power today.
No matter how his second son Xiao Yu and his third son Xiao Liang quarreled, he always insisted that his eldest grandson Xiao Luo be the heir of the Xiao Family.
When she was still Gu Changge, she kept a close eye on the Xiao Family. Later, a series of accidents happened. She was amputated and fell ill. She was betrayed by her husband and died.
She was in a trance, like a terrible nightmare.
When he woke up from the dream and was reborn, he was full of schemes in Yuncheng. Unconsciously, he ignored the movement in Harbor City.
The Xiao Family and the Gu Family had a weak friendship. Now that Gu Changge was dead, the tea should cool down after she left. The friendship between the Gu Family and the Xiao Family should be nothing.
However, Shao Tianze came out of the Gu Family.
Shao Tianze was ambitious. He would definitely take advantage of the weak friendship with Xiao Family to expand his career.
She didn't want Shao Tianze to use Gu Changge's connections to make great achievements.
She had worked so hard for so many years. Why could Shao Tianze take everything from her just because he killed her?
In Gu Changge's dictionary, there was no kindness and selflessness of working for others.
She looked at the elder of Xiao Family quietly. After a while, she turned around and left.
However, she was not far away. She was in the ward next door.
She called the Huo Family.
It was not a mobile phone, but a landline.
As soon as the phone was connected, she pressed the play button of the recording on the mobile phone.
A strange woman's voice came out eagerly, "Ting, come quickly. I am in the inpatient department of Hina Hospital. I am about to give birth. I am so scared without you by my side."
The woman's voice was delicate and helpless. It seemed that her deep fear and worry could be felt just by listening to the voice.
The person who answered the phone in the Huo Family didn't move for a long time.
The recording was still playing, "Ting? Why don't you answer me? Don't tell me you don't want me anymore? Didn't you say that you would marry me after I gave birth and divorced? Ting? "
Snap —
The sound of the phone being hung up suddenly came.
After that, the busy tone seemed to be stretched infinitely.
Song Yunxuan raised her eyelids slightly, and the smile on her lips became more vivid.
The person who answered the phone should be very excited, right?
But did he finally catch Huo Ting's weakness?
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