Rich Family: The Crazy and Naughty Heroine Dotes on the Real Daughter

Although Ning Yan informed Lu Qingtang in advance that Madam Ning would come to Qincheng, when Lu Qingtang saw Madam Ning's car parked outside the villa gate early the next morning, a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes.

Lu Qingtang stood on the balcony, watching Madam Ning get out of the car. Although she was still elegant, her steps showed a sense of haste...

She turned to look at the person next to her, "She..."

Ning Yan handed her the hot water in her hand and smiled faintly, "It seems that mother is very anxious to see you."

He had just sent someone to the capital to invite her yesterday, and Madam Ning arrived in Qincheng early in the morning. At this speed, she could only have taken an overnight flight from the capital directly to Qincheng.

Lu Qingtang looked at Mrs. Ning downstairs in a hurry, took the cup of water, drank it in a few gulps, then took Ning Yan's hand and turned to go downstairs.

As Lu Qingtang and Ning Yan walked into the hall, Mrs. Ning, who was sitting on the sofa, immediately stood up, walked to Lu Qingtang, and stared at her carefully.

Madam Ning stared at Lu Qingtang for a long time, then suddenly shook her head and took a few steps back, "No..."

Seeing Madam Ning focusing her attention on her, completely ignoring Ning Yan beside her, Lu Qingtang frowned, "If you're talking about age, Madam, then my actual age is about a year older than your son."

"My name is Lu Qingtang, and I'm 23 years old."

When Madam Ning heard this, her whole body trembled violently, and even her lips trembled for a moment, "You..."

"This is an accident," Lu Qingtang said without further explanation regarding her age. She simply pulled Ning Yan, who was standing beside her, in front of Madam Ning. "Madam, you rushed from the capital to Qincheng so early this morning. You probably haven't had breakfast yet."

"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it after dinner."

After Lu Qingtang finished speaking, he turned around and went to the yard to look at Xing Xing and Jiao Jiao, leaving the space alone for the mother and son.

Madam Ning looked at Lu Qingtang's back and subconsciously wanted to follow her. Ning Yan reached out to stop her, "Mother, she's been in a bad mood lately. I hope you can do something to make her happy."

Madam Ning was stunned, recalling the last time she came to Qincheng and saw Lu Qingtang's appearance. Unlike her previous unrestrained and beautiful appearance, the aura of this girl was much calmer.

Madam Ning finally turned her gaze to Ning Yan, "She..."

Ning Yan stared into Madam Ning's eyes and said calmly, "The real daughter of the Lu family, because of that, maybe the only "enemy" you know about in the entire H country... is gone."

Madam Ning was suddenly shocked and her face turned pale in an instant.

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Lu Qingtang squatted in the garden, rubbing Xingxing's head.

I don’t know if it noticed that something was wrong with its little master, but Xingxing was listless. When it saw Lu Qingtang, it just lay on the ground and called out softly a few times.

Lu Qingtang gently stroked its head, coaxed it for a while, then turned and returned to the hall.

When she returned, Madam Ning and Ning Yan were already sitting at the dining table.

Mrs. Ning looked pale and absent-minded, while Ning Yan's expression was indifferent, and it was impossible to tell whether the mother and son were communicating or not.

Lu Qingtang walked over to Ning Yan and sat down.

Ning Yan served her a bowl of soup.

Lu Qingtang lowered his head quietly and drank the soup.

After finishing breakfast, Lu Qingtang sat on the sofa and looked up at Madam Ning opposite him. "Madam, can you tell me about my father?"

Madam Ning looked at her in a trance. After a long while, she asked softly, "What do you want to know?"

"Everything!" Lu Qingtang stared into her eyes. "What exactly happened in that research institute back then? Why did my father disappear? What's the truth behind Country H's first generation of artificial intelligence? And... who is my mother?!"

When Mrs. Ning heard Lu Qingtang's question, her face turned even paler.

She looked into the girl's cold eyes and moved her lips, but no sound came out.

Lu Qingtang looked at her face, which had always been unhappy, and his voice softened for a moment, "I understand your concerns. After all, no one wants to provoke such a powerful enemy unless it is absolutely necessary."

"Especially since I am my father's only daughter, as an elder, you don't want me to be involved in danger, but—"

Lu Qingtang spoke in a cold tone, emphasizing each word, "My Shengsheng is dead!"

"And in this catastrophe, not only Shengsheng died, but also your father!"

"It must... pay for this!"

Madam Ning's lips trembled, and after a long moment, she whispered, "I don't know who your mother is..."

"All I know is that he had a lover with a mysterious identity, and later... they had you..."

Lu Qingtang looked at Madam Ning, his eyes showing no emotion.

Ning Yan's eyebrows moved slightly, and something flashed through his mind very quickly in an instant.

Madam Ning met Lu Qingtang's determined gaze and said slowly, "I don't know much. After all, although my father is a top researcher in Country H, I didn't inherit his dream. I just occasionally went to the institute to visit my father, and then I met your father..."

"He's...very talented."

A touch of reminiscence flashed across Madam Ning's beautiful eyes. "Father was a strict person and rarely praised anyone, but he praised your father highly."

"He once said that your father was the smartest and most imaginative young man he had ever met..."

"At that time, the situation was urgent. Domestic technology was backward, and we were often strangled by others, making it difficult to move forward. The development of military technology was imminent..."

"The research institute where my father works is mainly responsible for the development of network technology."

"Your father is extremely talented, so he made him the leader of the laboratory..."

Lu Qingtang listened quietly to Madam Ning's account of what happened back then. Hearing this, he suddenly said, "Wait a minute, Madam. I've investigated the situation in that research institute, but apart from your father and my father, I haven't found any clues about anyone else inside that institute."

Such an important research project can't be participated by only two people, right?

But if there were other people, even if more than 20 years had passed, it would be impossible for Lu Qingtang to find out nothing.

Madam Ning smiled once more, a rare moment of laughter, upon hearing Lu Qingtang's words. "You guessed correctly. There are indeed only two people involved in the research project."

Lu Qingtang was stunned.

Madam Ning looked at Lu Qingtang's eyebrows, as if she was looking through her at the ambitious and talented young man of the past. "Back then, the two most talented young people in the field of Internet in Country H were your father and Professor Zhu..."