Seeing Yuyan silent, Su Hui felt as if she had caught on to the right thing, her eyes brightened up with the happiness hidden in them and her lips carried a hidden smirk.
"Answer me, Yuyan," Su Hui instructed.
Seeing Jiang Yuyan troubled with this, Lu Lian stepped forward to tell everything that happened and to clear how Ming Rusheng’s stuff came into their home, but before that Jiang Yuyan spoke up, signaling Lu Lian to stop through her sight.
"I need not explain the things that are not needed. Moreover, brother Rusheng is my cousin so there should not be an issue with this."
Su Hui left out a light mocking chuckle as she was not satisfied with Jiang Yuyan’s reply.
"Yuyan, dear, he is your distant cousin and not the real sibling. Today this picture with Lu Feng came out and tomorrow we might get to see it with him. I know you are not like that kind of person but we can’t stop others from misinterpreting things when a young and pretty woman who is a widow gets seen with the men. Do you want to tarnish our family’s name?"
"Enough, Su Hui. Dare to say one more word against my daughter." Mo Ruolan exclaimed. She looked fierce like a tigress and her anger was at its limit. Till now she was trying to control considering the elders, but it was a limit for her now.
"I am not against your daughter, sister Ruolan. Instead, I am trying to protect her from the problems that she might have to face and those are not good for her." Su Hui countered.
"You don’t have to worry about my daughter anymore. Her mother is still alive to do so. I am taking my daughter with me right at this moment." Mo Ruolan declared, not willing to listen to a single word against her daughter.
"Mo Ruolan, please calm down. Yuyan is my daughter too and I promise I will take care of her, trust me. Don’t take decisions in haste." Ning Jiahui pleaded.
There was no change in Mo Ruolan’s angry expressions. "I can trust you, sister Jiahui, but I can’t trust others with my daughter. She had enough of everything and I am taking her with me."
Seeing Mo Ruolan adamant on her decision, tears rolled down from Ning Jiahui’s eyes as she said, "My son’s soul won’t be in peace seeing his mother can’t take care of the person whom he loved the most... and.... what will I answer to her father-in-law when he will wake up? Don’t take her away from us?" Ning Jiahui pleaded.
Seeing the things getting worse, elder Lu finally got up from his chair. Managing to walk somehow, he went to Mo Ruolan while holding his wife’s hand for support.
Standing in front of Mo Ruolan, elder Lu spoke, "I desperately want to say that don’t take Yuyan away from us but seeing all this, I want you to take her with you. I don’t want her to go through all this, which will just give her pain."
Elder Lu’s eyes teary and his voice shaky with how much hurt he felt with the things.
Turning to look at Jiang Yuyan, elder Lu interrupted her, "I know what you want to say and what you are worried about, my dear but for me, nothing is more important than you and your pain."
Finally, those tears rolled down from elder Lu’s eyes which he was holding back and continued, "Forgive this grandpa for being so weak when you needed my support the most. We will take care of Lu Lijun. Just go with your mother."
It shocked Jiang Yuyan and tears rolled down from her eyes as she wished to beg to not send her away.
Ning Jiahui did not agree with her father-in-law and tried to make him change his decision, "Father, how can...."
"Let her go, Ning Jiahui. This is the right thing to do."
This time grandma Zhao Shuang spoke as she agreed with elder Lu’s decision, and she could see why her husband took this decision.
Elder Lu continued as he looked at Mo Ruolan, "You can take Yuyan with you right away. The car and the driver would be ready for you and my apology that she had to face this in my family when she should have been treated like a delicate flower."
It relieved Mo Ruolan that elder Lu could understand her and didn’t try to stop her. She bowed to him lightly as saying thank you.
Jiang Yuyan broke into a cry and begged while sobbing, "Grandpa, I..I...don’t want to go. Please... don’t send me away. Please grandpa....".
Jiang Yuyan pleaded with her teary eyes, but till then elder Lu turned his back on her. He knew, if he had looked at her, he would melt and might take his decision back that he didn’t want to.
Stepping away from her, Elder Lu spoke, "If you want this grandpa to live a few days more, then do what I have told you."
It was the order from elder Lu and Jiang Yuyan couldn’t say no to it. As Mo Ruolan held Jiang Yuyan’s hand tightly to leave the place just then there was a loud sound that shocked everyone and their sights followed its source.
Lu Lijun was standing at the door and there were pieces of a vase on the floor around his feet. He looked angry, and his breathing was heavy as if he would explode soon.
"Lu Lijun!"
Ning Jiahui and Jiang Yuyan exclaimed together. They dashed towards him and others felt worried to see him like this but Su Hui looked calm and looked at her daughter-in-law as if they were not worried about what had just happened.
"What happened Lu Lijun?" Ning Jiahui asked worriedly, "Are you hurt somewhere?" Saying, Ning Jiahui tried to check her son, but he brushed his mother’s hand and stepped back.
Not answering, he stood there clenching his fists tightly, his eyes fixed at the floor while breathing heavily.
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