Chapter 21 - Background

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Then… when my friend comes over shall I get her to look at your mum too?”

Lauren hesitated, but she still asked Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye nodded and did not say anything else. The atmosphere froze for a moment.

“I have to go back.”

John had set her up like this. If she did not look for them, she would not be able to take it lying down!

“I’ll ask Yu Chen to send you.”

“Okay.” Lauren did not refuse.

When she returned to the Lu family, none of them were at home.

Only after asking the maid did she find out that they were all guarding over Sue at the hospital.

Lauren rushed to the hospital without saying a word.

John looked at her with a solemn expression.

“Don’t you have anything to say when you see me?” How could he still have the nerve to look at her with a straight face?

“You and Young Master Xiao were already engaged to each other. The reason why I sent you over yesterday was because of the Xiao family’s request.” John stood with his hands behind his back. His words were said with confidence.

Lauren glared at him. “Did I agree to it from the beginning to the end? Didn’t you say that I could have anything I wanted? You accepted 200 million yuan in betrothal gifts and now you shall give me your company. I don’t think that’s too much?”

“You — how can you have the nerve to ask for so much?” Shilla pointed at Lauren’s nose and scolded her.

Grandma berated the two of them. “How could you two talk to Ren like this? Didn’t you tell me yesterday that Ren returned to the countryside to get something after giving Sue a blood transfusion?”

The old lady was furious.

“Get something? Grandma, only the two of them can say such lies. I just came back from the countryside, what else do I have to take? They took advantage of me by transplanting Sue’s bone marrow and knocked me out and sent me to the Xiao Family!”

Lauren glared at Shilla and John.

Grandma was even angrier. “Why is it, Ren? Isn’t Sue the one who has an engagement with the Xiao Family? Didn’t you tell me that you would break off the engagement?”

“Mom, how can we go against the Xiao family especially now when they favor Lauren? Sue’s health is so bad, how can she marry Xiao Ye?”

John hid the truth from Grandma because she could not handle the news.

Yet today, Lauren told her everything.

John anxiously explained to Grandma, but Lauren continued saying, “Sue’s health is not good enough to marry Xiao Ye. Does that mean I can marry him since I’m healthy? Don’t tell me now that you don’t know that Xiao Ye’s health is not good, and you don’t know that Xiao Ye’s legs are disabled!”

She was really angry. They were guilty, but she was the one who was made to be in the wrong. She would not be bullied like this!

“You guys… you guys have disappointed me. Ren is also your biological daughter. What happened back then is already in the past. Why are you guys making things difficult for her?”

The old lady was so angry that she was hysterical.

Lauren took the opportunity to ask again, “Since I’m here today, you guys should make things clear. Why do you guys hate me so much? Or are you saying that I’m not a descendant of the Lu Family?”

There was no need to make the effort to investigate this matter. It was better to ask him directly.

“Lauren are you crazy?” Roman came forward to pull her back.

Grandma was also stunned.

Shilla was the person who was the most surprised. She did not expect Lauren to ask so directly.

Instantly, her entire body shuddered, violently trembling.

That night, nineteen years ago, she could not forget it no matter how hard she tried!

“Bastard, you’re just a bastard. I’ve already sent you to the Xiao family. Why did you come back to harm me? Why?” Shilla rushed to Lauren and threw punches at her chest.

Lauren did not dodge or respond.

These words had given her all the answers.

Her biological father was unknown. Shilla was coerced, so she did not like her very much.

She was not John’s biological daughter, so John was indifferent to many things.

It was no wonder that Shilla was so agitated when she saw her.

She was reborn into the body of the original owner and lived in the place of the original owner. She originally thought that no matter how poor the original owner’s family was, her parents were still biologically related, and she had a grandmother who loved her and stood up for her.

But now, it seemed that she was nothing. She was still an orphan.

The old lady did not expect things to develop like this. She only thought that the two of them were superstitious back then and that Shilla had suffered some sort of trauma. 

At this time, the old lady understood Shilla.

However, she did not forget to protect Lauren. “The past is already in the past. No matter what, Ren is now a member of the Lu family. She saved Sue and Ren is innocent. You let her down.”

“Now that Ren has helped you get 200 million and avoided that big trouble with the Xiao family, you should be even more grateful to her and not continue to push her away. In the future, don’t mention this again!”

Grandma had spoken.

How could they not mention it again? How could anything change the deep-seated hatred in their bones?

“Since we’ve said this, there’s no need for me to stay in the Lu family. Give me half of the money you got.”

Lauren looked at John, she was very direct..