Chapter 31

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

Pretending to be annoyed, Lu Anna glared at her. “Can’t I invite my sister for a simple meal? Should something be up?”

Lu Anran smiled and said, “Of course, you can. Since it’s a big celebrity’s treat, even if it’s a banquet held with ulterior motives, I still can’t hesitate.”

Ignoring Lu Anna’s stiff smile on her face, Lu Anran stepped into the room.

Lin Rushuang was annoyed by her sarcastic words, but seeing Anna winking at her, she turned around and went to the kitchen to bring a bowl of sugar, red dates and white mushroom soup out, then handed it to Anran. “Ran Ran, come, have a bowl of red dates and white mushroom soup . You work hard and wear a mask all day. Auntie Lin especially cooked this for you to nourish your health.”

Lu Anran didn’t stand on ceremony this time and reached out to take it. Holding the spoon, she took a sip. “It tastes good. Thank you, Auntie Lin.”

Lin Rushuang saw that Lu Anran had calmed down and immediately took the opportunity to say, “Ran Ran, about what happened in the morning, I’m sorry. I was foolish to believe those rumors. Please don’t resent me.”

Lu Anran smiled aloofly. “Didn’t you say that you were threatened by others? If I had to resent someone, I would resent the person who threatened you.”

Lin Rushuang’s face suddenly stiffened, and she denied saying such things earlier. “No one is threatening me. I was just foolish and babbling nonsense.”

“Oh, really?” Lu Anran raised an eyebrow and looked at her disdainfully. “But your words were quite convincing, and it didn’t seem like nonsense. Could it be that the person threatening you is too powerful that you can’t afford to betray them?”

“You…”

Standing next to her, Lu Anna frowned. When did this nerd start to see through things so thoroughly?

She immediately coughed and said, “Anran, stop kidding. We have lived together for more than 10 years. Don’t you know what my mother is like? She only knows how to do household chores and take care of Uncle Lu and us sisters all day long. How could she meet any powerful people?”

“Auntie Lin might not have the chance to meet one, but my sister, you sure do. Dad loves you and treats you as his biological daughter. We even went to the same school in high school. I remember that many children of senior officials were in your class at the time. For example, Zhu Lanyi.”

Anran kept staring at Lu Anna when she was speaking. Although it was only a moment, she still clearly saw panic flashing in her eyes.

Although she had guessed it, she was still a little sad.

Ever since her father’s accident, she really started to regard Lu Anna as her sister.

Lu Anna was indeed a professional actor, and her eyes reddened in the next second. “Anran, I’ll get angry if you say that. I know that you hate Zhu Lanyi for stealing your man from you, but you can’t doubt me just because I was classmates with her. We are a family.”

She actually played the family card with her. In the past few years, she had been blinded by so-called familial affection and had always treated Lu Anna as a good person.

Deep down, Lu Anran sneered. Then she took Anna’s hand with a guilty expression on her face. “Okay, I shouldn’t have said that, but wasn’t I only misled by what Auntie Lin said during the day? The dean has already clarified for me anyway, so this matter is all in the past, and no one will mention it in the future.”

As she spoke, she looked at Lin Rushuang again. “But Auntie Lin, you should think about the divorce. After all, you are a few years shy of 50. It would be inhumane to spend time with my dad like this.”

Before Lin Rushuang could speak, Anna chimed in immediately, “You don’t need to think about this. Anran, don’t worry, I promise that that video incident will never happen again. Uncle Lu is kind to us. As long as he still breathes, we will not abandon him.”

If these words were put before today, she would definitely be moved to tears. However, while listening to these words at this moment, Anran only felt that Lu Anran and Lin Rushuang were cooking up another scheme.