"Stop being lazy! Mom doesn't even want to kiss you anymore." Lu Ze'an didn't forget to tease Lu Cheng Sen.
"Hmph, I'll go shave now."
Lu Cheng Sen snorted coldly and turned towards the bathroom.
After taking two steps, as he passed Lu Ze'an, Lu Cheng Sen suddenly turned sharply, embraced Lu Ze'an, and deliberately rubbed his beard against Lu Ze'an's face.
"Ahhh! You scoundrel dad!"
"Hahahaha... I can't control your wife, but I can still control you, kid!"
After Lu Ze'an's unease dissipated, the family atmosphere returned to its usual playful chaos until it was time for Lu Ze'an to go back to his room to sleep.
The smiles on Fu Wenwen and Lu Cheng Sen's faces vanished instantly.
"What does that woman want? Deliberately telling An'an about this..."
Fu Wenwen's eyes sharpened.
Lu Cheng Sen's face sank. "I'll investigate."
"No need, I'll do it." Fu Wenwen glanced at Lu Cheng Sen, and green light pulsed from her hands, spreading out from the Lu family's residence across Jiangcheng.
Fu Wenwen closed her eyes, searching for Li Lan's location. Suddenly, she opened her eyes and looked towards the door.
"Still looking for her? She's already at our doorstep."
Lu Cheng Sen was stunned. He helped Fu Wenwen up and they walked towards the entrance of the Lu residence.
Li Lan was indeed at the door, and had likely been waiting for a while.
"Li Lan, is it? Why did you tell An'an about his origins? Do you know how much that would hurt him?" Fu Wenwen began with an accusation.
"I am his biological mother, why can't I tell him about his origins?" Li Lan retorted, meeting Fu Wenwen's gaze.
"Then please tell me, what have you been doing all these years? An'an is almost six years old now, and you show up to disrupt his stable life. What do you want?" Fu Wenwen asked, looking at Li Lan.
"I just want to fulfill my duty as a mother, to take care of my child. I know I've been a bit negligent, but it's not too late. An'an will be willing to accept me," Li Lan said earnestly.
"That's a bit laughable. Would you mind saying that again?" Fu Wenwen chuckled.
She looked Li Lan up and down.
"Don't claim to be his biological mother. A person who abandoned her infant child and left with her husband's death benefits has no right to call herself a mother. You left so decisively back then, you have no right to be here now."
"I had no choice back then..." Li Lan stiffened. This was indeed her fault.
"The child is living happily with us now. Why are you approaching him now, with your laughable maternal love?"
Fu Wenwen didn't hold back, leaving Li Lan speechless.
Li Lan looked at Fu Wenwen. "Because I am his biological mother."
"That's the most worthless thing," Fu Wenwen smiled.
"A child who has already been abandoned once, why should we give you another chance to abandon him?"
"You saw him as a burden, we see him as a treasure!"
Fu Wenwen glanced lazily at Li Lan. "I don't know why you want to acknowledge your son, but I can tell you with certainty, An'an won't want you!"
"Li Lan, don't ever appear before An'an again. Otherwise, I won't hesitate to make everything you currently possess disappear," Lu Cheng Sen said after a long silence. He didn't want to confront Li Lan because of his brother who died protecting him.
But that didn't mean he would tolerate Li Lan hurting Lu Ze'an.
"You know I can do it!" Lu Cheng Sen's sinister gaze swept over Li Lan, and she felt her blood freeze.
She opened her mouth, but found herself unable to even scream.
Fu Wenwen and Lu Cheng Sen turned and went inside. Li Lan looked at the door of the Lu residence, her eyes flickering.
The next day, Li Lan disappeared.
To ensure no one else would disturb Lu Ze'an, Lu Cheng Sen escorted him to school every day. Fu Wenwen, meanwhile, strolled to school with her large belly.
Her nine-month pregnant belly seemed barely noticeable on Fu Wenwen, only slightly protruding.
Fu Wenwen walked with a leisurely grace, exerting no effort. Despite being pregnant, she had never neglected her physical training.
"Oh, you ungrateful thing! You finally showed up! How could you just run off to school and leave your family?"
"Your man is lying in bed, and you're this heartless, leaving him to fend for himself? What sin did I commit to marry a daughter-in-law like you?"
"Hurry up and come home with me! We have elders and children at home who are all waiting for you to serve them! How can you be so selfish..."
Just as Fu Wenwen was about to enter the school gate, an old woman suddenly appeared and tried to grab Fu Wenwen's hand. Missing, she sat on the ground, pointing at Fu Wenwen and scolding her loudly. After her tirade, she wailed, accusing Fu Wenwen of neglecting her family.
Students passing by initially thought it was a quarrel between classmates. Seeing the old woman sitting in front of Fu Wenwen and pointing at her, the students' expressions turned to sympathy for the old woman.
"Are you sure I'm your daughter-in-law?" Fu Wenwen looked lazily at the old woman on the ground.
"Of course! How could I mistake my own daughter-in-law?" The old woman thought Fu Wenwen had taken the bait and immediately replied.
"Grandma, at your age, you might end up in prison. You might not get out even when you die..." Fu Wenwen glanced at the old woman and advised.
"You're becoming more and more disrespectful! Don't you even want to call me mother-in-law anymore? I am your mother-in-law."
The old woman completely missed the warning in Fu Wenwen's words.
"Can any student lend a hand?" Fu Wenwen sighed, addressing the onlookers.
"Someone has already gone to notify the police," a student replied immediately. Upon seeing that the person being scolded was the school's talented student, they shrewdly deduced what was happening and rushed to the police station.
"Why call the police? No, no need. I just want her to come home with me obediently." The old woman's heart faltered, and she quickly gestured towards the alley entrance.
"Zhang's daughter-in-law, that's not right. Hurry up and go home with Grandma Zhang!"
Two men emerged from the alley and reached out towards Fu Wenwen, intending to grab her.
The surrounding students immediately formed a protective barrier in front of Fu Wenwen. Another dozen male students surrounded the three, preventing them from escaping.
"You despicable human traffickers! You've got the wrong person! You think such a crude plan can help you snatch Classmate Fu Wenwen away from us?"
"What are you talking about! She's our village's Zhang Po's runaway daughter-in-law who went to school. We're just helping to bring her back!"
"Zhang Po, we're not helping you anymore. You handle this yourself."
Hearing the students' words, the three's faces paled, sensing trouble. They turned to leave.
"Trying to leave? Too late!" Four or five police officers ran over and immediately apprehended the three.
"Let us go, we're not human traffickers! We were just invited by Zhang Po to help!" The two men struggled incessantly.
Zhang Po also cried out incessantly, "Oh, the injustice..."