Hidden Marriage

Chapter 1677: I Will Settle Everything

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As they heard the childʼs sincere words, even Lu Chongshan and Yan Ruyi were suddenly tongue-tied.

Lu Jingli was so touched that he was about to cry. He murmured, ”Father, Mother, I didnʼt want to say anything, but sometimes your lines of thought are too stubborn, especially Fatherʼs. Why do you always have to view others with prejudiced lenses? Even though I can understand that once bitten, twice shy, but you canʼt paint everyone with the same brush, can you?”

”You punk, keep quiet. What do you know?!” Lu Chongshan scolded his son, then he looked at Lu Tingxiao. ”Tingxiao, come out with me for a while!”

Lu Jingli immediately gave his brother a reassuring look.

Lu Tingxiao stroked Little Treasureʼs forehead, then he said to Ning Xi, ”Iʼm going out for a moment.”

”Mmm.”

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In the empty corridor.

Lu Chongshanʼs face was covered with dark clouds. ”Tingxiao, are you like Jingli? Do you think Iʼm stubborn and unreasonable?”

Lu Tingxiao grunted, ”Mmm.”

Lu Chongshan was speechless. He was so enraged that he almost could not catch his breath.

”Father, all your worries, prejudice, and dissatisfaction with Ning Xi is just because you are worried at such a critical period. If I make one wrong move, itʼll cause the destruction of the entire Lu family,” said Lu Tingxiao.

In reality, Lu Chongshan and Yan Ruyi had previously been much warmer towards Ning Xi, but because of this incident, their attitudes had returned to the previous nerve-wracking times, thus, settling this matter was the root of the problem.

Lu Chongshanʼs expression softened. ”At long last, you still have some rationality.”

”Within seven days, Iʼll settle everything,” promised Lu Tingxiao.

”Seven days?” Lu Chongshan almost laughed out of anger. Even if he had always been proud of this son, to handle that huge a monster with such a deep background was being a little overconfident.

”Put aside whether youʼll be able to achieve your promise or not. Even if everything is settled, how are you going to explain todayʼs incident? How are you going to prove that she didnʼt poison Little Treasure? Iʼve just asked Xing Wu to check. Thereʼre surveillance cameras at home and in school. In this period of time, there were no suspicious persons who had been in contact with Little Treasureʼs meal. The only person who could have done anything was her!

”I donʼt need to go into how an environment affects a person. You understand that too, so I wonʼt even mention how growing up in barren hills and wild rivers wouldʼve affected her. The Ning family was willing to keep the foster daughter rather than acknowledge her back then. They even sent her far away abroad. Arenʼt you a little suspicious at all? Apart from the fact that she wasnʼt presentable, was there possibly an even more unbearable truth behind?

”More and more of such things are emerging in the circle. How many hedonistic sons of rich parents were sent abroad just to conceal the embarrassment? How can I feel at ease in letting her be Little Treasureʼs mother or the future head lady of our Lu family when she comes from such a background? Just on the basis of that dispensable bloodline with the Zhuang family? Can you be sure of her moral character that she wonʼt hurt Little Treasure?”

Lu Chongshan cared most about these things and todayʼs incident had clearly triggered his initially weak nerves again, causing all of his repressed dissatisfaction and worries to burst out again.

Lu Tingxiao enunciated word for word, ”Firstly, Iʼll fulfill my promise. Secondly, when that happens, Iʼll tell you the truth about everything too. Thirdly, as for your concern about Xiao Xiʼs character, time will tell and youʼve always rejected and repelled trying to get to know her. Simply based on your so-called ʼspeculationʼ, how would you know how sheʼs really like?”

Lu Chongshan pinched his brows and did not say anything. Moments later, he said, ”Okay, since you say Iʼm prejudiced, then Iʼll give her a chance!”