Chapter 585 - Getting along for the first time (1/2)
Lu Xian Li was surprised that she was being asked this.”Before I tell you how I knew, answer me one question.”
Lu Meili knew it couldn't be anything good. ”Go ahead.”
”Does daddy really hate me because I almost caused mother's death?”
Lu Meili felt as though she had been electrocuted. ”Huh? What kind of far-fetched nonsense is that?”
”It's not true?”
Lu Meili touched her forehead. ”Whatever it is, you have to tell me who it is that has been filling your head with nonsense.”
Lu Xian Li smiled slightly. So her father didn't hate her either. Then what was the meaning of everything she had believed for years? Was it all a lie?
Lu Meili knew what the young lady was thinking. ”Xian Li, It's true that I was sick and our parents had to have another child to save me. However, that doesn't mean they wouldn't value you like their child. They love you.
Actually, mom was at a loss when you were born. She knew that if she made it obvious that she loved you more, I would feel unloved. So she made sure to love us equally.”
”I know that mother cares about me. But what about daddy? He wouldn't care if I left. He would even disown me.” Obviously, this fact had hurt her the most.
Lu Meili looked at the girl sternly. ”Why were you leaving, was it because you really want to study overseas, or is it because you want your family to worry about you?”
”Well...”
”You hesitated. That means you only wanted us to worry about you, right?”
Lu Xian Li stuck her fingertips together. ”I wanted to know if he would follow me. Specifically him.”
Lu Meili sighed. ”Now I get why he was ready to ground you for so long . He must have taken it as one of your absurd rebellious spells.”
Lu Xian Li didn't look too disheartened. ”At least something good came out of it. I finally got along with my sister.”
Lu Meili chuckled. ”You silly thing. You still have a bone to pick with daddy.”
”I know. But Sis, can I sleep with you tonight?”
Normally younger sisters would want to stick to their elder sisters. Her sister had missed out on that for too long. ”Sure. But first, let's go speak to daddy. Mom must be home too.”
”Okay.”
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In Lu Aotian's study.
Lu Aotian still looked unhappy when Wan Jia arrived.
”What happened? You look like you will explode any second.”
Lu Aotian explained what had happened word by word.
”I don't know what to say about you anymore.” Wan Jia sighed. ”It was Meili years ago and now It's Xian Li. Next time when Xian Yu wants to do something different from what you expect of him, will you use that threat on him too?”
Lu Aotian was even more upset. ”Xian Yu and I have already talked before he chose to go to business school. I really don't want to fight with them over anything.
But Xian Li is different. She doesn't want to follow any dream. She simply wants to rid herself of her original identity for no good reason. Would you let that happen?”
”Of course not. But I wouldn't ground her for three months either.
What would you do if Meili suddenly decided to reconcile with Xu Tang? Would you fight with her again?”
Lu Aotian didn't want to even think about it. ”If she must, Xu Tang would have to prove that he is the right man for her.”
Wan Jia was speechless. Although he loved his daughters and it was more or less justified, he still thought of them as porcelain vases that could shatter at the slightest touch. He must still think that they were as delicate as they were when they were tiny girls.
She was about to speak when they heard a knock.
She shot Lu Aotian a look. If It's Xian Li, don't be impulsive.
”Come in.”
In the next second, their daughters who had never spent a peaceful minute in the same room walked in, hand in hand and with smiles on their faces.
Wan Jia looked at their hands and her mind went blank. ”Eer...”
”Mom, you're back.” Lu Xian Li spoke first.
Wan Jia looked at her daughter like she was an impostor. ”You are smiling at me?”
One had to know that although Lu Xian Li didn't hate her mother, she had never smiled at her. She rarely smiled to begin with, unless she was sarcastically picking fights with her elder sister.