Lu Qianzhou said, "Lu Sheng is an orphan. Due to her withdrawn personality and mixed - race - looking features, she was always isolated and bullied even in the orphanage. The luckiest thing in her life was that Uncle San adopted her."
Meeting Lord Lu San had used up all her luck in this lifetime.
Even more fortunately, despite all the bad things she had experienced, she still remained grateful and didn't complain about life. She was now an open - minded and confident person.
To some extent, both she and Lu Qianzhou had grown up in solitude.
It was also because of Lord Lu San that Lu Qianzhou had always taken good care of this younger sister.
No one dared to mention the conspiracy theories of the Lu family in front of Lu Sheng. Since she didn't intend to inherit Lord Lu San's property, she wouldn't pose a threat to anyone.
Yan Xia's eyes turned red as she listened. Lu Qianzhou lowered his head to kiss her and reached out to wipe away the tears rolling down from the corners of her eyes.
"I'll make the arrangements during this period. Have another plastic surgery. Settle down and become Yan Xia again, and then get ready to be my wife."
Yan Xia nodded.
Both this face and this identity belonged to Lu Sheng. It was time for her to return them.
Yan Xia said, "I think Lu Sheng and I would get along well. When we have time later, find an opportunity to introduce me to her."
"Okay," Lu Qianzhou replied.
She was so clingy with Lu Qianzhou that she ignored all of Cheng Hua's phone calls urging her back.
At night, she was even naive enough to propose to him during their intimacy.
"Third brother, do you like kids? How about we have a baby? Then we can shut everyone up."
Lu Qianzhou stopped his movements because of her bold proposal. After a moment, he burst out laughing.
"Having a baby out of wedlock is not good for your reputation. Are you sure you've thought it through and really want to do this?"
Yan Xia felt like a child caught doing something wrong. Her cheeks burned hot.
"I was just talking casually. If you don't like it..."
"I like it," Lu Qianzhou said with a smile. "As long as it's related to you and me, I like it. It's just not the right time yet. You're still too young. I can't bear it."
Yan Xia was slightly stunned.
She reached out to touch Lu Qianzhou's face. "I'm not young anymore. I'm almost twenty - five."
Lu Qianzhou explained, "We've been together for such a short time. I haven't even started to enjoy our time as a couple properly. Do I have to accept the arrival of a third wheel? It's not that I don't want a baby, nor that I don't like it. It's just that the timing is not right."
So this was what he cared about. Yan Xia's smile grew wider.
Fortunately, she had just said it casually and didn't have a strong desire to carry it out.
The two of them were lovey - dovey for several days, making up for the days they couldn't see each other.
Lu Qianzhou even took her to the company without any hesitation. Today, Lu Qianzhou had a very important meeting. After staying in his office for a while, Yan Xia got tired and sneaked into the lounge in Lu Qianzhou's office to take a nap.
She didn't know how long she had slept in a daze. When she woke up and wanted to go out to find Lu Qianzhou, she found that there was already someone in the office.
She withdrew her hand that was about to open the door. Through the crack of the door, she recognized that the person in the office was Cheng Hua.
Thinking of his attitude towards Lu Qianzhou, Yan Xia instinctively wanted to go out and stop him. But then she thought that perhaps she should witness Cheng Hua's attitude with her own ears. After all, if you know both your enemy and yourself, you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.
Soon, Lu Qianzhou pushed the door open and entered.
Seeing Cheng Hua, he greeted him with a smile. "Uncle Cheng, sorry to have kept you waiting."
Cheng Hua also seemed very polite. But Lu Qianzhou still waited for him to sit down, then called the secretary to prepare tea before sitting down opposite him.
Cheng Hua said bluntly, "Mr. Lu, Yan Xia is here with you, right?"
Lu Qianzhou said, "She's resting because she was really tired a few days ago. It's right for her to rest more now. She has already completed the formalities and transferred all her shares in Shengshi to your name. Uncle, you should already know about this."
Yan Xia knew that Cheng Hua must have searched everywhere for her but couldn't really have her kidnapped back, so he had come here.
Cheng Hua squinted at Lu Qianzhou. "Even if you're going to get married, it's not appropriate for you and Yan Xia to live together without even having an engagement ceremony."
His attitude remained as sharp as ever.
Before everything became a foregone conclusion, there was still a possibility of change.
Lu Qianzhou said, "According to Uncle's requirements, both the engagement ceremony and the wedding will be put on the agenda as soon as possible. Uncle can rest assured. I'm absolutely sincere to Xia Xia."
Yan Xia felt very relieved. Maybe Cheng Hua was once bitten by a snake and was afraid of the rope for ten years. Only she herself knew how good Lu Qianzhou was to her.
Moreover, why did he strongly support Fang Jiangyi and trust him completely when Fang Jiangyi was her sister's boyfriend, while his attitude towards Lu Qianzhou, her current boyfriend, was so demanding? Was it because Lu Qianzhou was from the Lu family, too outstanding and had a wealthy family background?
This was clearly double - standard.
"Mr. Lu, let me meet Yan Xia first," Cheng Hua sighed faintly.
He now seriously suspected that after staying with Lu Qianzhou for so long, Cheng Yan Xia had been brainwashed by him.
She had chosen Lu Qianzhou so firmly that she even ignored her father.
"Xia Xia is resting. I'll ask her to call you back when she wakes up," Lu Qianzhou said calmly.
Cheng Hua finally had nothing more to say. He used to think that he could control everything and was very powerful.
But when facing Lu Qianzhou directly, he realized what it meant to punch at cotton. He simply couldn't exert his strength.
Lu Qianzhou was really smart. He knew how to hold on to Cheng Yan Xia and use her trust to fight against him.
"Then let's talk about another thing. Mr. Lu, you just gave me all those shares that Shengshi bought at a high price for free?"
"It's just a little token of my respect, a meeting gift for Uncle."
Cheng Hua looked at Lu Qianzhou suspiciously. Finally, he said, "Actually, I've already decided to retire from business and spend my remaining years in peace. As long as I can settle Yan Xia properly, I'll have no other regrets."
The only pity was his other daughter, Cheng Yan Xi. Maybe she would never wake up again in this lifetime.
Lu Qianzhou lowered his head to look through the documents. "Since those shares have already been given away, how to deal with them is up to the shareholders. You don't have to ask for my opinion."
Finally, Cheng Hua didn't say anything more.
Suddenly having the shares and property transferred to his name made him feel uneasy. He was afraid it was another trap, so he had come specifically to clarify.
"Just one more thing. I'd like to give you a kind reminder," Lu Qianzhou stopped what he was doing and suddenly said to Cheng Hua with a smile. "Apart from the matter between Fang Jiangyi and Weiya Jewelry, you should know that the people you've offended in the past are not just Fang Jiangyi. There are others who are even more difficult to deal with. Some things can't be simply let go as you wish."
These words had more than one meaning. Cheng Hua looked sharply at Lu Qianzhou. People with secrets would always be panicked and instinctively feel uneasy because of a casual remark from others.