After a blind date, a wealthy heir asked me to marry him.

At this moment, Fu Cheng, who was in the passenger seat, was woken up by the phone call and turned to look at the unfamiliar caller ID on the car's display screen.

A man's voice came from inside; he sounded rather old.

"Girl, I am your grandfather."

This voice clearly doesn't belong to Grandpa Fu.

Upon hearing this, Lu Shiyi's tone was icy cold: "You've got the wrong person."

As he spoke, he prepared to hang up the phone.

The elderly man on the phone quickly said, "Your dad specifically gave me this number, how could he have the wrong person? You must be Lu Shiyi, right?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Shiyi stopped hanging up the phone.

She was filled with doubt: "Dad called him? That's impossible. Her family and the Lu family have never had any contact since she can remember. Even when her father had that accident and almost lost his life, not a single member of the Lu family offered to help. They were afraid of making her spend money or effort, leaving the woman and her two daughters alone and helpless, begging for help everywhere..."

Fu Cheng looked at his wife with gentle eyes, understanding her current state of mind.

He had previously asked He Ze to investigate in his wife's hometown and knew what kind of person the so-called grandfather on the phone was.

He had a rough idea of ​​what the old man wanted to see his wife for.

But Lu Shiyi was unaware of this at the moment.

She was unaware that the Lu family had been frequently asking her father to sign the transfer agreement for their self-built house.

Lu's parents always bore it all on their own and never mentioned it to their daughter.

Lu Shiyi asked in an icy tone, "What do you want?"

The elderly man on the phone felt he wasn't being respected and was a little angry. He suddenly raised his voice and scolded, "I'm your grandfather, how can you talk to me like that?"

Lu Shiyi sneered, "Grandpa? Is he the grandpa who favored boys so much that he wanted to secretly bury his granddaughter alive? Or the grandpa who would curse at his granddaughter with disgust whenever he saw her on the street, 'Get out of the way, you eyesore!'? Or..."

As she was speaking, she realized that she was still driving, and her husband was still sitting in the passenger seat.

So she looked ahead, then turned the steering wheel and temporarily pulled the car over to the side of the road before continuing her phone call.

After all, her husband was still in the car. If she got emotional and it affected his driving, that would be irresponsible of her husband.

Lu Shiyi didn't try to hide anything from her husband when she recounted the phone conversations, because this was the true situation of her family, and there was nothing to conceal.

Lu Shiyi parked the car and said directly into the phone, "If you don't get to the point, I'm hanging up."

His tone was flat, devoid of any emotion, making one feel cold to the bone.

The old man on the phone was about to continue scolding when someone whispered beside him, "Dad, let's get down to business first. There will be plenty of opportunities to teach that brat a lesson later."

Lu Shiyi couldn't tell who was speaking in a low voice, since she hadn't dealt with that family for many years. However, she wasn't interested in knowing. In her opinion, all her uncles were pretty much the same, with no difference between them.

At this moment, the old man on the phone said confidently, "I'm calling you today to let you know that after discussing it with your grandmother and your uncles, we've decided to let bygones be bygones and not hold your parents accountable. After all, you both share the surname Lu, so we'll reintegrate you into the Lu family. I heard you're married now, so you're not a little kid anymore and can handle things on your own. Come back sometime when you have time to visit your elders in the Lu family and formally acknowledge your kinship, making you a member of the Lu family."

Lu Shiyi was so angry she laughed. She didn't even bother to vent her anger, and simply sneered, "Recognize the Lu family again? You think you can discuss and decide that? Did you even ask for my opinion? Do you know I want to be recognized? Making such a hasty decision like this, don't be so quick to slap yourself in the face later, then complain that I, as a junior, didn't give you face..."

Back when the four of them lived in a thatched hut in the farthest corner of the village, practically sleeping in the open, why didn't the Lu family come to claim them? When her father had his accident, and she and her mother practically knelt down begging for help, where were the Lu family? And when the two sisters were bullied by the village's bad kids, constantly mocked as beggars, why didn't anyone come to claim them? Now that they're grown up, they finally come to acknowledge them…

All the memories flooded Lu Shiyi's mind at that moment, and before she knew it, her eyes were wet with tears.

But it wasn't a feeling of being wronged, because she never expected the Lu family to treat them any better. She just felt sorry for her former parents, her former self, and Yao Yao.

Lu Shiyi raised her hand, stubbornly wiping the corner of her eye, and said resolutely, "I can tell you right now that I was a stranger to you before, I am a stranger now, and I will only ever be a stranger in the future."

The old man on the other end of the phone coughed violently twice, as if he had choked on something. Perhaps he was on speakerphone, and his uncles were all gathered around listening. The arrogant old man was smoking and, relying on his status as the head of the family, was bossing around a junior he didn't even bother to look at.

Who would have thought that he would be contradicted, especially in front of so many juniors? Wouldn't he be furious and embarrassed?

He coughed several times before angrily saying, "You brat, don't push your luck. We're already being lenient by considering taking you back. Otherwise, with your family, you wouldn't even be allowed to be buried in the Lu family's ancestral graves."

Lu Shiyi replied casually, "Then you can keep it for yourself."

After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for a response.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Shiyi slumped over the steering wheel for a long time. She wasn't sad or angry. It wasn't worth getting emotional over that family, because she had long since regarded them as strangers.

At that moment, all she could think about was why that family would suddenly want to take them back. Was it simply because they thought she and Yao Yao had grown up and wanted them to take on the responsibility of supporting them?

And they must have gone to their parents, but why didn't their parents mention it to her at all?

Also, was it really my father who gave my phone number to that family?

In Lu Shiyi's opinion, it shouldn't be that. If it really was given by his father, he would definitely have told him in advance.

She now has a head full of questions waiting to be answered.

Lu Shiyi looked up at the time. It was probably too late today, so she decided to try again tomorrow.

She plans to go back to her hometown tomorrow to figure out all these questions.

Judging from the way Old Man Lu spoke on the phone, if she ran into him when she got back, some kind of clash was inevitable, but she couldn't care less about that now.

After composing herself, Lu Shiyi turned to her husband in the passenger seat and said, "Let's continue on our way back."

I believe that even without her saying much, her husband could get the gist of what was said on that phone call.

However, she wasn't sure if her husband would want to know about the trivial matters behind her family, so she wouldn't bring it up too much unless he asked.

Anyway, she plans to go back to her hometown alone tomorrow.

Fu Cheng gazed intently at his wife, replied gently with an "okay," and didn't ask any further questions.

Lu Shiyi then restarted the car and rejoined the traffic.

On the way, Fu Cheng looked at his wife, who was focused on driving, and slowly said:

"Didn't you say last time that you'd go back to your hometown with me when you had time? How about tomorrow?"