reignition

Jiang Mian was stunned. It turned out that sometimes all it took to calm herself down was a single sentence from Lu Bozhou.

It's such a simple thing, yet I couldn't even get this in my past life.

As the car drove into Lanshan Mansion, not far from home, a black sedan could be seen parked outside the courtyard.

Jiang Mian paused, feeling that the car looked familiar, but couldn't quite put her finger on why.

Until a man's voice came faintly from the side.

"Lu Chaochi's maternal grandparents are here. You can just go upstairs in a bit."

Upon hearing Lu Bozhou's words, Jiang Mian was immediately shaken.

She turned to look at Lu Bozhou, her eyes widening slightly, "Little Stone's grandparents...aren't they..."

"Hmm." The man's gaze was unfathomable as he stared at her. "My ex-wife's parents."

As he spoke, Lu Bozhou unbuckled his seatbelt. "To avoid making you feel awkward, you can just go upstairs."

Jiang Mian didn't say anything, but her hands were clenched tightly at her sides!

The car stopped in front of the gate of the yard.

When I got out of the car, I saw the black sedan that had been parked there earlier up close.

Jiang Mian's gaze lingered on the car for a moment.

I immediately understood why it looked so familiar.

Although the car has been changed, the license plate is still the old one that belonged to my parents.

"What's wrong?" Lu Bozhou turned to look at her. "Nervous?"

Not wanting him to suspect anything, Jiang Mian nodded, "I'm a little nervous."

She couldn't read any emotion from Lu Bozhou's expression.

His expression and tone of voice remained unchanged, just as usual.

"Don't be nervous," Lu Bozhou said calmly. "As long as I'm here..."

What followed was certainly not sweet talk like "As long as I'm here, no one will bully you."

"...Their focus is all on me, they don't have time to deal with you at all."

Come to think of it, it makes sense. She was such a good daughter, and after marrying him, she gave him her whole heart.

And what was the result? She suffered all sorts of grievances and never had a decent day at his house.

She died young, leaving behind only a child she risked her life to bring into the world.

Lu Bozhou, that beast, clearly has no feelings for their daughter, yet he still refuses to give the child to them.

Even the last bit of longing for his daughter is being taken away.

What good could they possibly do for Lu Bozhou?

Jiang Mian: "..."

However, although.

It has to be said that Jiang Mian is indeed not as nervous as she was just now.

Lu Bozhou walked ahead and entered the house first.

Jiang Mian bit her lip and followed him inside.

Her petite figure hid behind him and cautiously entered the entrance hall.

Preparing to head towards the stairs.

However, they heard two familiar voices coming from the living room, laughing and chatting with Lu Chaochi.

"Wow, our Chaochao is so amazing..."

"That's right, he's much better than your uncle was when he was a kid. He's such a smart baby."

Jiang Mian stopped abruptly, her eyes widening in shock.

Dad, Mom...

She called out to herself silently.

When her parents married her off to the Lu family, there was indeed a business alliance involved.

However, after inquiring about her opinion and learning about her feelings for Lu Bozhou, he was even more determined to proceed with the matter.

My parents are both quite traditional.

He will teach her and Jiang Yu that boys should be courteous to women and should be the pillars of the family.

Girls should respect their parents, raise their children, and be virtuous wives and good mothers.

Many of these ideas are too traditional and outdated compared to current ideas.

But even as parents, they were moved by what others said about her.

After hearing about her life in the Lu family.

They also asked her with concern, "Why don't you go home?"

It was her own fault for being so weak-willed; she couldn't bear to part with Lu Bozhou and insisted on staying by his side.

I always thought that even a stone could be warmed up.

And in the end? Parents, with their white hair, bury their black-haired child.

Perhaps, at any time, it is the cruelest thing for parents to witness the death of their children.

Jiang Mian was somewhat distracted when she heard her parents' voices.

At that moment, footsteps could be heard coming from the living room.

Lu Bozhou turned to look at her with his deep eyes.

Jiang Mian suddenly came to her senses, her eyes widening in surprise. She quickly tried to go upstairs.

But it was too late.

"Why don't you come in? Are you afraid we'll eat you up?" Song Wan's voice was soft and gentle.

She usually sounds gentle and mild-mannered, but when she spoke to Lu Bozhou at this moment, it was not hard to detect a hint of coldness.

"Don't worry, we are different from Mrs. Lu. We generally don't make things difficult for other people's children."

Song Wan still harbors resentment towards Yan Ke for making things difficult for Jiang Mian in the past; this knot in her heart will probably never be untied in this lifetime.

"Chaochao is such a young child. You always keep him at home, not letting him join any groups or have any contact with people or society, while you go out and have a good time?"

Jiang Shan's voice was somewhat stern.

Jiang Mian heard her parents' familiar voices, which were now right in front of her.

She struggled to hold back the tears welling in her eyes and huddled behind Lu Bozhou.

She bit her lip tightly, otherwise she was afraid she would burst into tears.

She didn't want to appear abnormal in front of her parents.

They didn't want to reveal anything to Lu Bozhou!

Just then, Jiang Mian heard Lu Bozhou's voice and called out softly, "Dad, Mom."

Song Wan gave a faint, cold laugh. "Don't call us that, we can't accept that. We came to see you today because we have something we want to discuss with you."

Jiang Mian never expected that even after five years, Lu Bozhou would still call her parents "Mom and Dad".

Although Lu Bozhou's voice remained indifferent as always, the content of his words was polite.

"Okay, let's go inside and sit down to talk, and have some tea."

"No need," Jiang Shan refused. "We're not in the mood for tea with you. We'll leave after we finish our business."

Song Wan said, "We already know about your marriage, and we don't care who you marry. It's not important to us."

"Only Chaochao matters." Jiang Shan stared at Lu Bozhou. "This is the treasure left by my daughter, the bloodline of Mianmian."

“You’re still young, you can remarry and have more children. But my daughter will never have that chance again,” Song Wan said. “So I think…”

"No." Before Song Wan could finish speaking, Lu Bozhou interrupted her and refused.

Jiang Shan and Song Wan both looked rather grim.

"Why not? What makes it impossible?" Jiang Shan frowned deeply.

“You haven’t taken very good care of Chaochao these past five years! Now that you’ve remarried, you’ll only have less energy to take care of her. Instead of that, we should take care of her!”

"Isn't it easier for you! Anyway, if you can't take care of them, you can just leave them to Yan Ke and Lu Hong!" Song Wan's eyes reddened with anger.

The woman, usually so gentle and graceful, couldn't care less about what she said at this moment.

With red eyes, Song Wan said, "They killed my daughter! They killed my daughter! Why should the children my daughter left behind be cared for by the people who killed her! Why!"