To avoid harassment from my brother-in-law, I got married to a wealthy man

At around five o'clock in the evening, Lu Xi happily brought Lu Yao into the Shen family's villa.

Her sister, parents and brother are all important people to her, so she wants them to get along well with each other more than anyone else.

"Wow, my aunt's house is so big."

"Aunt, is your house a park? There are so many flowers and plants, and there are swings."

"Wow, my aunt's house has a tree house, so cool."

Guoguo ran around like a little swallow, occasionally uttering exclamations, which were crisp, pleasant, full of energy and attracted the attention of many people.

Lu Yao's face felt a little unnatural. She quickly pulled her daughter over and reminded her in a low voice, "Guoguo, keep your voice down."

As they walked along the way, they met many servants. The children had shrill voices and could be heard very clearly, which made them seem very unworldly and embarrassed Xixi.

Lu Xi just wanted to calm her sister down, but after saying that, she wondered if her sister would feel bad. After all, Tao Rui was really not gentle.

Fortunately, Lu Yao didn't take it to heart and smiled and retorted, "I'm not nervous."

Several people entered the villa and Wei Yutong was fiddling with the newly arranged flowers in the living room.

"Mom, I brought my sister back."

Wei Yutong paused and glanced at Lu Yao, but her eldest daughter's words were on her mind.

It was Lu Yao who stole Jiuer.

Lu Yao quickly bowed, "Hello, Auntie. Guoguo, say hello to Grandma."

"Hello, grandma." Guoguo was still a little timid, but still very polite, which was different from Chenan's family.

"Hello, baby." Wei Yutong instinctively showed her gentle side towards the child, but when she looked at Lu Yao again, her attitude became a little cold, "Come on, come in and sit down."

Lu Xi could immediately tell that her mother's attitude was perfunctory and cold. What was going on?

Lu Yao was not stupid. She glanced at Lu Xi uneasily, then looked down at her outfit. This dress was already her most expensive one, having cost her more than four hundred yuan. However, she had gained weight in the past two years, so it looked a little skinny for her.

Lu Xi shook her hand and said, "Sister, sit down."

Lu Yao pulled Guo Guo to sit on the sofa, but she didn't dare to sit down completely. She felt very nervous and there was a thin layer of sweat on the tip of her nose.

"Sister, I'm going to get some ice cream. It's too hot."

Lu Yao quickly said no, but Lu Xi didn't listen to her.

Wei Yutong looked at Lu Yao and said, "She looks like an honest person."

How could a woman like this steal her daughter when she was fourteen years old?

Lu Yao felt very uncomfortable. It felt like she was interviewing for a nanny job. The hostess was picky and said, "He looks honest and decent, but I don't know if he is quick and skillful."

It's not that she looked down on nannies, but the problem was that she was not applying for a nanny position, and the beautiful woman in front of her was not her employer, but her sister's biological mother.

But even though she felt uncomfortable, Lu Yao still smiled slightly as a courtesy.

"I heard that you were the one who brought up our Jiu'er. Our family is very grateful to you. Most people can't do what you did. You were just an underage girl at the time, and you didn't even take the college entrance examination. You really made a huge sacrifice."

Wei Yutong looked at Lu Yao, and her words of sincere gratitude turned out to be harsh and questioning because of this beautiful face.

Lu Yao frowned instinctively and answered softly, "Because I regard Xixi as my most important family member. Auntie, to be honest, Xixi is really important to me."

"More important than your mother?" Wei Yutong asked back.

Lu Yao's breathing stagnated, and she looked at Wei Yutong in confusion. Why would someone ask that? Why did they bring up her mother?

Shen Youran stood upstairs listening to their conversation, her eyes flashing.

My mother is a very gentle person. If Lu Yao hadn’t taken Jiuer away, she wouldn’t have been so sharp.

This is good, it means her mother believed what she said.

She knew better than anyone who had taken Jiuer away.

Lu Xi went to get the ice cream and came back, "Sister, you like cantaloupe flavor the best. This is Guoguo's strawberry flavored ice cream."

"Xixi, I have a stomachache today, so I won't eat anything cold." Lu Yao looked down at her daughter, "Guoguo, tell your aunt that you won't eat anything cold either."

Guoguo pouted a little aggrievedly, "But mom, I want to eat ice cream."

"No." Lu Yao was very determined and her face was very serious.

Lu Xi frowned, "Sister, what are you doing? I took the smallest box, which is only 60 grams. Guoguo wants to eat it, auntie will open it for you."

Guoguo still looked at his mother timidly.

Lu Yao held Lu Xi's hand and said, "Xixi, it's not good for children to eat cold food. Besides, when she eats ice cream, it always drips on her body. If it gets on the sofa, we can't afford to pay for it."

Lu Xi was stunned. "Sister, what are you talking about? If it drips, it drips. Can I ask you to pay for it?"

"No, I can't get over it myself."

Lu Yao didn't want to listen to Wei Yutong's sarcasm anymore.

Lu Xi also noticed something was wrong, but now was not the time to ask, so she handed the ice cream to the servant and said, "Please send it back for me."

Then, she sat next to Lu Yao and said softly, "Mom, when will Dad come back?"

Wei Yutong's expression softened. "On the way. Your brother was supposed to work overtime tonight, but he said he won't."

"okay."

"Jiu'er, take Miss Lu to your room. It's awkward for her to sit here all the time. I think she's quite uneasy."

Wei Yutong didn't want to make a scene, but she couldn't control it. When she thought that Lu Yao might have deliberately stolen Jiuer, she couldn't help but speak with emotion. It would be better if they didn't sit together.

Lu Xi wanted nothing more than to ask, "Sister, I'll take you and Guoguo to my room to play for a while."

As soon as she entered the room, Lu Xi asked, "Sister, what's wrong with you? Don't you like my mother?"

Lu Yao's chest felt tight, "Xixi, it's not that I don't like your mother, it's that she doesn't like me. When she spoke to me just now, her tone and scrutinizing eyes were full of criticism."

"Sister, are you...thinking too much?"

"You want to say that I have an inferiority complex, right? Yes, I have an inferiority complex in my bones, I admit this, but Xixi, it was definitely not my illusion just now, I can feel that your mother just doesn't like me."

After Lu Yao finished speaking, she lowered her eyes, feeling a little sad.

Lu Xi held Lu Yao's hand and said, "Sister, if my mother said anything that upset you, I apologize on her behalf, but she is really very gentle and definitely didn't mean to target you."

Lu Yao sighed, "Maybe she's jealous. After all, I've been with you for twenty years, and she feels like she's taken away these twenty years."

"No way, my mother is not that kind of person."

Hearing Lu Xi defending Wei Yutong like this, Lu Yao felt uncomfortable. "You've only known your mother for a few days, how can you be so sure?"

Lu Xi didn't say anything.

Lu Yao asked again: "Xixi, let me ask you the same question you asked me before. If I asked you to choose between your mother and me, what would you choose?"

Lu Xi's head buzzed, and she answered subconsciously: "That's different!"

Lu Yao asked sharply, "How is it different?! Are you trying to say that your mother is kinder and gentler than my mother?"