SAG -Chapter 116 Liu Lu’s First “Dad”

When Liu Mao and Xiao Chunhua came out and saw a crowd gathered around their front gate, they were both stunned instinctively. Then they saw the tray being carried together by the two girls at the very front.

After all, the shine of money was always the most dazzling.

“In-law, this is…?” Liu Mao was the first to come back to his senses. He looked at Zhang Ran and asked.

Xiao Chunhua’s eyes were fixed tightly on Zhang Ran. In truth, ever since last night, she had been a little worried. She was worried that her previous attitude toward Zhang Ran might have made him unhappy.

Was that why Zhang Ran had left directly?

But now, it seemed she had been overthinking it.

At this moment, Zhang Sicheng and Liu Lu also walked out. When Zhang Xiaotao saw Zhang Ran, he immediately shouted, “Grandpa! Grandpa!” Then he rushed over. When he woke up in the morning and did not see Grandpa, he had missed him terribly.

Susu was the same.

Zhang Ran did not have time to answer Liu Mao’s question. He first squatted down and hugged the two little ones. Only then did he say, “This is the betrothal gift our Zhang family owed Xiao Lu. Today, I’m making it up.”

After saying that, Zhang Ran looked at Liu Lu, his expression serious and somewhat apologetic.

“Xiao Lu, I’m sorry. Before this, I didn’t know you had suffered such great grievances because of this. It was our Zhang family’s fault. Here, I want to say sorry to you.”

From the moment Liu Lu saw the scene behind Zhang Ran, she had already frozen. How could she not know what Zhang Ran was doing?

Now, after hearing Zhang Ran’s words, Liu Lu’s eyes immediately turned wet, and tears streamed down her face.

After all these years, did Liu Lu not know that she had become the village’s joke?

She actually understood very clearly. This was also part of the reason she rarely came back. Even when she did come back, she did not dare wander around outside. She did not even dare casually go visit relatives.

Those idle rumors seemed light and weightless, but they were like sharp stones smashing into her heart.

Not everyone could truly ignore other people’s judgments.

Or rather, ninety-nine percent of people in this world lived within other people’s judgments. Liu Lu was no exception.

Although Liu Lu had never complained about anything before, nor had she ever quarreled with Zhang Sicheng even slightly because of this matter, did that mean she truly did not care?

Since Zhang Ran had returned, Liu Lu had remembered everything he had done for her.

When buying the house, he directly wrote both her and Zhang Sicheng’s names on it. At home, he had even given her ten million yuan to manage.

Now, just because he had heard some idle gossip, he had done something like this. How could Liu Lu not be moved?

Liu Lu could completely imagine that the reason Zhang Ran had hurriedly left yesterday afternoon was to arrange this matter.

And he must have heard the gossip in the village! No matter how much others looked down on Liu Lu, they would not run to her family’s front gate to say those things.

“Dad, I’m not wronged. I’m really not wronged!” Liu Lu said as she wiped her tears.

This was also the first time she called Zhang Ran “Dad.”

Previously, because of Zhang Ran’s appearance and some issues involving her husband, she had never been able to call him that. But now, none of those were problems anymore.

Just as Zhang Ran had fully acknowledged her as his daughter-in-law, Liu Lu had also fully acknowledged this father-in-law.

How could she not acknowledge a father-in-law who considered everything for his daughter-in-law?

When Zhang Sicheng saw Liu Lu like this, he also felt somewhat guilty. He really had forgotten about this. After all, they had already been married for so many years, and Liu Lu had never mentioned it, so Zhang Sicheng had not thought of it for a while.

But Liu Lu’s current appearance proved that he, as a husband, had not been qualified enough.

When Zhang Ran heard Liu Lu call him “Dad,” his face was instantly filled with smiles. His tone was somewhat excited as he said, “Good, good, good.”

At this moment, the people nearby also understood. Their eyes were full of disbelief as they looked at Liu Lu.

Of course they knew Liu Lu. She was the negative example they used when educating their own daughters who had reached marriageable age.

But now, they suddenly realized that this negative example had changed.

At this moment, they also thought of the cars Liu Lu and Zhang Sicheng had driven earlier. They understood that the cars were definitely not what they had imagined. They were not rented; they belonged to them.

If they could take out two million yuan just for the betrothal gifts, would they still need to rent cars to keep up appearances?

While everyone was still stunned, a well-dressed old man stepped forward and began announcing the gifts. This was the person He Yong had found.

After the announcement of the gifts ended, Liu Mao and Xiao Chunhua once again fell into a dazed state.

How much money was this?

“Second Brother, what are you standing there in a daze for? Hurry and invite them inside,” Third Brother said anxiously from the side when he saw Liu Mao and Xiao Chunhua standing there stupidly.

“Oh, oh, please come in quickly.”

Only then did Liu Mao come back to his senses. He quickly opened the gate and invited Zhang Ran and the others inside.

The gifts Zhang Ran had brought filled their courtyard completely. After that, He Yong led the people who had delivered the gifts away.

There was still a banquet waiting for them in the city.

After inviting Zhang Ran into the house, Liu Mao realized that the people watching the excitement still had not left. Quite a few of them had even walked into their courtyard.

Liu Mao also could not just leave them there. They were all fellow villagers, after all. Moreover, he suddenly discovered that he did not quite know what to say to Zhang Ran anymore.

Clearly, yesterday they had still been calling each other brothers, but today, he felt some pressure when facing Zhang Ran.

He could only first apologize to Zhang Ran, then have Third Brother chat with Zhang Ran for a while in his place.

“Damao, your Xiao Lu has finally made it through,” someone said enviously as soon as Liu Mao came out.

“That’s right. The betrothal gifts alone are more than two million. Your family’s days are going to be good from now on.”

When Liu Mao heard them say this, a refreshing and elated feeling suddenly rose in his heart. This was the first time he had ever been looked at with envy by so many people.

Especially after his daughter had married out, people had pointed at him and said he was foolish. Now look, who was the foolish one?

“That’s right. My sister is living very well now. Not only did she buy a house in Shanghai fully paid, she even opened a company. It belongs to my sister, you know. My brother-in-law has another company too,” Liu Hui said impatiently before Liu Mao could speak, showing off as if all of it belonged to her.

As soon as these words came out, it immediately caused another huge uproar.

Everyone had already been shocked enough. After all, the betrothal gifts were worth two million.

Now they heard that Liu Lu had actually opened a company, and it was her own. Her husband also had a company.

They did not know the scale of the companies or anything like that. They only knew that people who opened companies were bosses.

“Damao, what is Xiao Lu doing now? How did she become so rich?” someone asked curiously.

How would Liu Mao know? But there was no need for him to answer, because Liu Hui answered for him.

“My brother-in-law’s father gave it to her. My uncle said that it was the Zhang family’s blessing to have married my sister, so not only did he buy them a house and open a company, he also gave them a large sum of money.”

“That’s not right. I heard your brother-in-law’s family…” someone who knew the situation said in surprise. “And this man looks too young, doesn’t he?”

“What do you know? City people all look young.”

“That’s right. My uncle looks young, but he’s already over fifty. Before this, because of some matters, he hadn’t come back. He only came back this year and reunited with my brother-in-law,” Liu Hui said, sharing what she knew.

After hearing Liu Hui’s words, everyone who had only been envious before now became not only envious, but also jealous.

From the actions of Liu Lu’s young-looking father-in-law, it could be seen that he approved of Liu Lu, this daughter-in-law, very much.

This was not simply marrying into a wealthy family. This was being completely recognized and allowed to be the one in charge.

They still understood this point.

In an instant, the way they looked at Liu Mao became different. As for some of the women, when they looked at Liu Lu inside the house, who was showing a happy smile, their eyes were filled with envy and jealousy.