These few times, when Lu Yuan saw Mu Xiu, he saw that she was carrying a satchel diagonally, and he couldn't fit a few things, so he began to pay attention to the backpack, and the stores in the capital were almost all over the city, so he chose one that he was satisfied with.

"You gave me books and bags, but I didn't bring you anything."

"Last month was your birthday, this is your birthday gift, but unfortunately it couldn't be delivered to you on time, you just accept it, wait for my birthday, don't forget to give me a gift." Lu Yuan secretly said in his heart that he would spend Mu Xiu's eighteenth birthday with her no matter what.

"Okay, when it's your birthday, I have a big gift." Mu Xiu is also a free and easy person, took the schoolbag, put the books in the bag, and stuffed the photos of pearls into the schoolbag.

"I'll keep a few, and you can take the rest." Lu Yuan took out a few photos and stuffed them into the books on the table.

"Then let's go downstairs, I'll make two dishes for Grandpa Lu." Mu Xiu said with his schoolbag on his back.

"Okay, I'll also go and see what Grandpa and Uncle Mu Shui are talking about." Lu Yuan stood up and opened the door of the study, only to hear an "oops".

Immediately afterwards, a figure stumbled in, and took a few steps forward before stabilizing its figure.

"What are you doing standing outside the door?" When Lu Yuan saw that it was Hu Xirui, he couldn't help but cold his face.

When I was celebrating the Chinese New Year last time, I thought that it was the first time I saw this cousin, and she was the stepdaughter of my aunt, no matter how bad Lu Yuan's attitude was, he was quite gentle towards Hu Xirui.

Unexpectedly, this cousin pestered him more and more, I thought that after the New Year, there would not be too many intersections, but as a result, Lu Yuan came back and met them again this time.

It turned out that Hu Jinliang was overjoyed because of Lu Niandong's help, although he did not become the factory director, but he also mixed up with the head of the department, Hu Jinliang was overjoyed, and immediately brought his wife and children over to thank the old man, he was flexible and knew that he should brush up more in front of his old father-in-law, which was only good for them and no harm, plus Hu Jinliang's sweet mouth, Chen Wenhua became more and more satisfied with him.

In the first two days, Lu Yuan was polite to Hu Xirui, but yesterday, Lu Yuan actually saw Hu Xirui wash the dirty clothes he had changed, he couldn't stand it anymore, and reprimanded her with a straight face, there is a difference between men and women, he can wash his clothes himself, and then he began to keep his distance from Hu Xirui.

"I ...... I wanted to borrow a book to read, and I was about to knock on the door, cousin, and you opened the door. Hu Xirui explained in a panic, in fact, she just put her ear to the door, wanting to hear what Lu Yuan and Mu Xiu were talking about, but unexpectedly, Lu Yuan opened the door.

"Take the two books on the table first, and remember to close the door." After Lu Yuan finished speaking lightly, he went downstairs with Mu Xiu.

Hu Xirui gritted her teeth, walked into the study, took two books at random, and returned to the room angrily, as if she was going to be angry, threw the books to the ground, and then she sulked on the bed.

"Mom, who are those two people?" Lu Tianfang followed to the kitchen, stood next to Chen Wenhua, and asked.

"Mu Xiu and her father, it's like this......." Chen Wenhua made a long story short, and briefly talked about their acquaintance with Mu Xiu.

"What does Mu Xiu's mother look like, what's her name?" Lu Tianfang is most concerned about this.

"It's called Zhou Shuilian, and she is also a poor person, and the life in her mother-in-law's house is really hard, but now it's all bitter." Chen Wenhua said with a sigh.

"What does that Zhou Shuilian look like?" Lu Tianfang continued to ask.

"It's very thin, I saw her in the hospital at that time, and I just gave birth to a child, and I can't even eat a meal of meat."

"Did she say anything when she saw you?"

"What can she say, just thank me and your dad and the like, you kid, what's wrong today, why are you so interested in Mu Xiu's mother." Chen Wenhua looked at Lu Tianfang strangely.

"I'm curious, what kind of mother can give birth to such a good-looking girl." Lu Tianfang said with a weak heart.

"Their family is honest and dutiful, we all like Mu Xiu very much, for a while, you should pay attention to what you say, don't make your father angry just when you come back." Chen Wenhua advised.

"Mom, I'll go upstairs and lie down for a while, I didn't have a good rest last night."

"Go ahead, I'll call you to eat when the meal is ready."

Lu Tianfang walked out of the kitchen, still a little uneasy in her heart, always feeling that this girl who looked a little like her made her feel very uncomfortable and made her feel like she didn't want to see her again.

Lu Yuan and Mu Xiu met Lu Tianfang at the staircase, said hello, and left in their respective directions.

When Lu Tianfang passed by Hu Xirui's room, she heard the sound of throwing things inside, she knocked on the door, but there was no movement, twisted the handle, the door was not locked, and she walked in.

"Shiri, what's wrong? How to throw all the books on the ground. Lu Tianfang has always played a good-tempered stepmother in front of Hu Xirui.

"I accidentally dropped it." Hu Xirui's little girl thought carefully, how embarrassed to say it.

Lu Tianfang squatted down, picked up the book, and was about to stand up, when she suddenly saw the photos scattered on the ground, she stepped forward, picked up the photos, and only glanced at them, and showed a frightened expression, this person, she couldn't be more familiar, even if it is like this now, she will never admit that she is wrong, and the dusty past many years ago immediately rushed into her mind like a tidal wave.

"Where did you get this picture?" Lu Tianfang came back to his senses and immediately walked quickly to Hu Xirui's bed, his face was hideous, and his voice was sad.

"Photos? What a photo. Hu Xirui was frightened by Lu Tianfang's appearance and sat up, it was the first time she saw such a terrible expression on Lu Tianfang's face, Hu Xirui took the photo, looked at it carefully, shook his head at Lu Tianfang and said I don't know.

"This was picked up from under your bed, how could you not know!" Lu Tianfang couldn't help but raise his voice and reached out to grab Hu Xirui's wrist.

"Mom, I... I really don't know where this picture came from. Hu Xirui was frightened by Lu Tianfang's expression, and she stammered: "I... I just came in and threw away the book, could this picture have fallen out of the book? ”

"Where do the books come from?" Lu Tianfang asked with red eyes.

"Just now my cousin and Mu Xiu were in the study, when I went in, there were only a few books on the table, and I took them and came back." After Hu Xirui finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Tianfang cautiously, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Mom, who is the woman in this photo?" Do you know each other? ”

"How do I know who it is, don't know." Lu Tianfang put the photo into the book. "I'm going to put the books back, we're leaving in the afternoon anyway, and don't tell anyone about the photos."