Me at two years old, a queen!

When An'an woke up, she found herself in an unfamiliar place. She pouted and was about to cry when she saw a cell phone standing next to her, its light still on.

The little girl is quite familiar with mobile phones. Lu Junxing often plays cartoons on her phone at dinners where he needs to discuss business. She's even more adept at using a phone than her father.

I had just picked up my phone to watch cartoons when I saw the screen flicker and a familiar man appeared: "Awake?"

"Baba?"

"Daddy~, where are you? Waaah~, that rascal Fatty secretly carried me away!"

An'an angrily poked the man's forehead, just like he usually poked her, and complained, "How can you not approve of someone else?"

"Stop howling! I'll be back in a minute!"

Fearing a repeat of the previous farce, Lu Junxing kept a spare phone to video chat with her while she took a nap. His private lounge was not monitored.

This was to avoid him not knowing if something happened to her, and also to prevent her from being anxious and crying when she woke up.

"Qin Feng will come in in a little while and take you to eat! Remember not to eat too much, and don't eat anything indiscriminately!"

"Daddy~, can I play on my phone?"

"If you want to be blind, you can do whatever you want!"

"Hmph~, you're spicy, aren't you?"

Do you want to eat?

“…”

Lu Junxing ignored her rambling. After seeing Qin Feng go in, he hung up the video call, put away his phone, and went back into the private room.

After he finished his work and came in, the woman beside him asked cautiously, "Junxing, I heard that An'an is back and has been staying by your side. Did you bring her with you this time?"

A woman in a white dress, exuding an intellectual yet slightly melancholic air, looked at the man opposite her, fiddling with his phone and texting.

Recalling the word "Dad" she heard him say as he left with his phone, she sighed in a daze.

"Yeah! She's quite clingy to me!"

"When I went to see Grandpa last time, I hadn't heard that An'an had returned yet!"

"An'an has only been back for a short time! Grandpa didn't even know!"

The woman thought with some emotion about An'an, the baby from back then: "I'll go see her another day! This is the first time I've seen her since she was born."

"Okay! Let's do it another day. We have to go back this time because of this last-minute business trip!"

"I only met An'an once when she was born. She must be about two years old now. Isn't she adorable? She was fair-skinned and tender even when she was little, and her eyes were so bright!"

"Yeah, she's pretty mischievous! She's really good at causing trouble!"

Although Jun Min's expression didn't reveal anything, she could sense the man's gentle gaze. She smiled, remembering the boy who used to follow her around when she was little.

“From now on, Qin Yanzhou, the older brother, can take his younger sister to play together. When Yanzhou was little, he kept asking to come with me to see An'an, but he was too young then, so we didn’t bring him back to the old house. Now that An'an is back!”

"The two children can play together more often!"

"Yes! You can bring Yanzhou home to visit sometime!"

Lu Junxing kept thinking about the troublesome girl; she was very picky about food, and he figured she wouldn't eat properly while he was away, so he sent Qin Feng a few more messages.

"Have you finished eating? I'll take you home after you're done!"

The man was in a hurry to get back and didn't want to talk anymore. He glanced at the time and said to the woman opposite him...

Jun Min's face stiffened. She didn't know when it had started, but the man in front of her had become unpredictable, and sometimes even she, as his older sister, was afraid of him.

Just as I was about to say something, I heard him say coldly...

"If it concerns the Qin family, then there's no need to discuss it further!"

"No, no...that's not it!"

When Junmin heard him bring up something she hadn't dared to mention all night, she hurriedly retorted, "Junxing! You've already helped the Qin family a lot over the years!"

"I...I came to you this time because the Qin family did ask for my help, but I didn't intend to ask you for anything on my own!"

"This whole thing was Qin's fault to begin with, and they have only themselves to blame for ending up in this mess. I just heard you were on a business trip here, so I wanted to meet you and have a meal with you!"

"Besides, the Qin family has always been ruled by the eldest branch of the family. I originally had no connection with them. It was only because the old man took good care of me in the past that I repeatedly sought him out of respect for him..."

"Alright, I'm not in the mood to listen to this right now!"

Lu Junxing fiddled with the lighter, opening and closing it: "I asked you that question back then, and this is your choice!"

Junmin understood that what he meant was that everything was now her choice; he wouldn't interfere back then, and he certainly wouldn't interfere now. Thinking about this, Junmin felt a bittersweet, indescribable feeling in her heart.

"If it's for Yanzhou's sake, then there's even less need. The Lu family can take him away from the Qin family's old residence at any time! And they certainly don't need him to eat!"

"I'm going out for a smoke, I'll take you home in a bit!"

Junmin knew from a young age that she had a childhood betrothal. At that time, her parents were still alive and well, and she had heard them mention it. She always remembered it.

Back when the Li family was still around, they were on good terms with the Lu family. Grandpa Lu was more than ten years younger than Grandpa Li; they had fought side by side and Lu's grandfather and grandmother were even the matchmaker.

So even though the two families are a generation apart, they have always maintained a close relationship.

Decades ago, when the Qin family patriarch, as a son-in-law, wanted to take over the entire Li Group from the Li family patriarch, there was considerable opposition from the Li family. The Qin family patriarch, a college graduate from a rural area who had come to the city, desperately needed support.

However, out of respect for the Li family patriarch, Lu Junxing and Lu Junmin's grandfather arranged for Lu Junxing's grandfather to become in-laws with the Li family's eldest daughter, who was also the Qin family patriarch's wife at the time.

Because the eldest daughter of the Li family gave birth to a boy, and the grandfather of the Lu family also had two sons, a marriage was arranged between their grandchildren.

Out of respect for the Li family patriarch, and because the Li family's eldest daughter was unfamiliar with company affairs, Grandpa Lu did his best to help the Qin family patriarch secure his position.

Unexpectedly, after patriarch Qin had secured his position for two years, he brought his mistress and a child even older than the eldest daughter of the Li family into the Li family's old mansion, causing the eldest daughter of the Li family to die of anger.

They directly renamed the Li Group to the Qin Group and sent the Li family's eldest daughter and child abroad. Only then did everyone realize that the Qin family had always intended to wipe out the family's fortunes.

Later, Grandpa Lu tried his best to stop it, but unfortunately, it was to help the Qin family patriarch secure the Li family's position. The Lu family had already been emptied out. After moving to Haicheng, it took a long time to recover before it could start up again!

Grandpa Lu was getting older and didn't want to dwell on the past or let his children and descendants get caught up in the conflicts and grievances of their ancestors, so he didn't take action against Old Master Qin.

Later, the Qin family's conduct became less than honorable, and they even engaged in shady business dealings behind the scenes. As a result, the Lu family had little contact with the Qin family.

As for the second branch of the Qin family, who was also the child of the eldest daughter of the Li family, it's unclear when they returned to China. Perhaps the Qin family patriarch was getting old and wanted the whole family to be reunited, so he called them back.

After all, by this time, the eldest branch of the Qin family, the one who was brought back from outside back then, had already taken power. Qin Shi could no longer see any trace of Li Shi from back then, so he was no longer afraid!

The second wife had a son named Qin Shuo, a womanizer who frequented places of alcohol and tobacco, and was a notorious scoundrel. Somehow, he started seeing Junmin, who was studying at a university in the area.

By the time the Lu family found out, Jun Min was already pregnant out of wedlock. The Lu family patriarch was filled with regret and fell seriously ill; even now, he still needs frequent care to maintain his health.

At that time, the eldest branch of the Qin family had already shed the label of illegitimate child and was in charge of the Qin Group. Seeing that Junmin's parents had died in a car accident years ago, they figured he wouldn't be of any help to the second branch of the Qin family, so they arranged the marriage between the two.

From then on, Junmin was taken to the Qin family's old house by her aunt (the wife of the eldest son of the Qin family) under the pretext that she was pregnant and needed care, and that she had no mother-in-law. She has been there ever since.

Perhaps it's due to his age, or perhaps it's out of gratitude for the Lu family's help back then, or perhaps he's reached the age where he wants to have a grandson, but he has always taken good care of Junmin and his mother.

Jun Min also did this out of respect for the old man. In recent years, whenever the Qin family encountered trouble, they would always ask Jun Min to act as an intermediary. Jun Min was soft-hearted and would only return to the Lu family on these occasions.