Chapter 601 - 187: An Unpleasant Parting
Chapter 187 [Break Up Unhappily] (7100)
Lu Sisi, who has been plagued by misfortune and bad luck since childhood, can’t be included in her father’s Yang Family genealogy, nor can she bear the surname Yang, so she has always followed her mother’s surname.
Lu Sisi’s mother’s name is Lu Xiuting, and she is forty-one years old this year. She’s a local from Jinling Prefecture, although her family is from the surrounding suburbs, not the city itself.
Chen Yan and Lu Sisi have been together for quite a while now. During their conversations, Lu Sisi has occasionally talked to Chen Yan about her family’s situation, so Chen Yan knows a bit about his girlfriend’s mother, Lu Xiuting.
Lu Sisi said that after her mother graduated from university, she interned at Yang Jiaming’s company, where she met Yang Jiaming, who came from Port City to Jinling Prefecture for business. Yang Jiaming fell in love at first sight with the young and beautiful Lu Xiuting.
Before the internship ended, Lu Xiuting and Yang Jiaming established a romantic relationship. Less than a year later, they got married. At the age of twenty-three, she gave birth to Lu Sisi.
The relationship between the mother and daughter is very unique.
According to what Lu Sisi said, she recalls that her mother treated her fairly well when she was young, similar to the relationships between mothers and children in other families.
Lu Sisi still remembers that when she was in kindergarten, her mother, Lu Xiuting, would pick her up from school every day, holding her hand and taking her home.
But this picture, after Lu Sisi’s Life Chart was switched and she was plagued by bad luck, gradually faded away.
Lu Sisi’s misfortunes kept coming, diseases followed, and Yang Jiaming and Lu Xiuting became less patient with their child, and familial love faded.
Eventually, Lu Sisi’s misfortune even began to affect those around her, and the couple’s attitude towards their daughter became colder.
However, after hearing Lu Sisi’s story, Chen Yan noticed a subtle time point.
Yang Jiaming’s attitude aside.
The change in Lu Xiuting’s attitude towards her daughter happened exactly after Lu Sisi was decided by the Yang family not to be included in the genealogy because of her misfortune!
This is quite subtle and made Chen Yan brood over it.
Graduating, entering the company for an internship, meeting the company boss Yang Jiaming, establishing a romantic relationship before the internship ended—was it really love at first sight from Yang Jiaming, or was this woman intentionally trying to fit in, aiming to marry into a wealthy family?
After giving birth to her daughter, initially planning to gain status through her child, yet when her daughter couldn’t be included in the Yang Family genealogy, she immediately became much colder towards her daughter...
Afterwards, she wholeheartedly tried to please her husband, fully intending to have a second child...
Of course, without evidence, it’s hard to draw conclusions, but considering these time points, it’s hard not to feel a bit uncomfortable hearing it.
Chen Yan instinctively felt that Lu Sisi’s mother, Lu Xiuting, might not be a saint.
No matter what, since he was going to meet Lu Sisi’s mother, Chen Yan still did some preparations first.
Lu Sisi was only eighteen years old, eighteen years isn’t too long, many things can still be looked into.
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The meeting with Lu Xiuting took place on the third day after Lu Sisi told Chen Yan.
At noon, Chen Yan accompanied Lu Sisi to a high-end restaurant in the core urban area.
This restaurant specializes in Huaiyang cuisine but also claims to be "creative cuisine"—needless to say, any so-called high-end restaurant labeled as "creative cuisine" is bound to be expensive, swindling customers, selling hype while actually not tasting good.
It boasts an upscale feel.
It was Chen Yan’s first time at this restaurant, and it doesn’t offer dine-in options, only private rooms.
At eleven-thirty, Chen Yan and Lu Sisi walked into the private room on the second floor of the restaurant, and when the staff respectfully opened the room door, Chen Yan took Lu Sisi’s hand and walked in.
Chen Yan felt Lu Sisi’s fingers were slightly cool, but her palm was a bit damp—he knew Lu Sisi was nervous. It seemed the girl had an indescribable mix of fear and resistance towards her mother.
Chen Yan exhaled lightly, squeezed Lu Sisi’s fingers gently, and gave her a reassuring look.
Upon entering the private room, Chen Yan saw Lu Sisi’s mother, Lu Xiuting.
At first glance, Chen Yan couldn’t help but freeze for a moment!
He almost thought he saw Chu Keqing.
It wasn’t a resemblance in appearance but in attire and dressing style; this lady, Lu Xiuting, truly bore a striking likeness to the famous "Elder Zi."
Lu Xiuting sat on the sofa in the private room with a cup of tea in front of her.
She looked at most in her thirties, much younger than her actual age.
Wearing a sky-blue qipao, one glance could tell the fabric and workmanship were exquisite. Her hair was styled into an updo, and she wore frameless glasses on her nose.
Her posture while sitting was elegant, with her legs slightly curved, tightly together and slightly to the side, her back straight, exuding an air of sophistication.
Her appearance was very good, one could see traces of Lu Sisi, but...
Chen Yan, after a moment of surprise, immediately realized why he felt there was something slightly off about Lu Xiuting.
Imitating poorly!
She didn’t resemble Chu Keqing but felt like she was deliberately mimicking Chu Keqing’s demeanor!
The high-end qipao, the updo, the glasses...
Even the makeup on her face was styled in Chu Keqing’s elegant and charming manner.
But peculiarly, it seemed a bit inappropriate, as if she was wearing someone else’s clothes and imitating another person’s style.
In terms of face shape, both Lu Xiuting and Lu Sisi actually belonged to the category of having small faces, but there’s a slight baby-fat, giving a hint of innocent and pure flavor.