The Crazed Little Darling: Pampered by the Possesive Commander!-Chapter 342: Reunion with Parents

With Lu Shinian’s words, Su Ruan instantly felt a sense of calm settle in her heart.

She nodded and softly responded with an "Mm."

As time passed, someone was approaching.

At that moment, the old butler knocked on the door and respectfully said, "Mr. Lu, Ms. Su, the Star Lord requests your presence."

Su Ruan’s heart tightened slightly, instinctively glancing at Lu Shinian, and simultaneously replied, "Okay."

She held Lu Shinian’s hand and walked out, under the guidance of the old butler, arriving at the conference hall.

The main door of the conference hall was wide open, Lu Zhiya sat at the head seat, with two people standing opposite her.

A man and a woman, their backs facing Su Ruan and Lu Shinian.

Su Ruan stared intently at the backs of the two people, her heartbeat accelerating, as if about to jump out of her chest.

The two seemed to have heard something and simultaneously turned around.

Just in time to meet Su Ruan’s gaze.

Tears welled up in Su Ruan’s eyes, swirling but stubbornly refusing to fall.

She pressed her lips tightly, the originally rosy lips faintly showing a hint of pallor.

Su Hanjing looked at the young daughter standing not far away, momentarily unsure of how to speak.

The time she had spent with her daughter was indeed too little; when she was very young, she and Cheng Yushu had left her. In her memory, they probably didn’t even exist.

Su Hanjing’s eyes flickered, her lips parted slightly, but no sound came out.

She, who had been proud and indulgent all her life, found herself hesitating at this moment.

Standing beside her, Cheng Yushu glanced at his wife, then looked at Su Ruan across, and took the initiative to say, "Ruan Ruan, hello, I am your father, Cheng Yushu."

He held Su Hanjing’s hand and said, "This is your mother, Su Hanjing."

"It’s nice to meet you here."

Su Ruan let out a small whimper.

Even though she had guessed her parents would return before coming here, actually seeing them and hearing these words from their mouths made an overwhelming sense of grievance surge from Su Ruan’s heart.

In this life and the previous one, it was her first time seeing her parents.

She had imagined countless times what her parents would be like—even before coming here, she had simulated countless times in her mind what their meeting would be like.

But all the simulations and fantasies turned out to be futile in the face of reality.

She stared blankly at her parents not far away, a tear slipping from the corner of her eye.

It was gently wiped away by a pair of warm hands.

"Ruan Ruan," Lu Shinian’s familiar voice resounded in her ear, "don’t cry."

Su Ruan bit her lip, stubbornly and insistently saying, "I’m not crying."

Her eyes were terribly sore, and some unknown liquid swirled in her eyes, seemingly on the verge of bursting forth.

Clearly looking pitiful and aggrieved as if about to cry, yet insisting on a tough front.

Lu Shinian sighed silently in his heart.

His little wife was always this stubborn.

He pulled her into his embrace, lifting his eyes to look at Cheng Yushu across, and spoke calmly, "I am Lu Shinian, Ruan Ruan’s husband."

Cheng Yushu nodded towards him, holding Su Hanjing’s hand, signaling her to speak.

He handed back the initiative to her. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Su Hanjing quickly regained her composure, smiling, "I know, Zhiya’s son."

"At that time, we had talked about arranging a child betrothal between you two."

"But later, too many things happened, and I thought it wouldn’t work out. I didn’t expect you two to actually be together."

Lu Shinian’s gaze darkened slightly upon hearing this, and he corrected, "Ruan Ruan and I are together not because of the child betrothal."

"We are in love, and it just so happens we had a child betrothal."

Su Hanjing was slightly stunned, though she felt it was the same because the result was the same, but since her friend’s son said so, it must mean something different in his heart, right?

She did not refute Lu Shinian’s words, nodded in acknowledgment, and then looked at Su Ruan, saying, "Ruan Ruan, can we talk alone?"

Su Ruan tightened her grip on Lu Shinian’s hand and slowly spoke, "Okay."

Lu Zhiya arranged a room for them to talk alone.

Su Ruan and Su Hanjing sat facing each other.

Su Hanjing spoke first, asking, "Ruan Ruan, do you hate us?"

"Do you want to hear the truth?" Su Ruan asked.

"Of course," Su Hanjing laughed heartily, saying cheerfully, "I only listen to the truth."

"I used to hate you," Su Ruan lowered her eyes slightly, countless memories surfacing in her mind.

In her previous life, her parents left her early, entrusting her to her three brothers.

Although they treated her well, they could never replace the love of her parents.

Moreover, when she was very young, the three brothers each left for their own reasons, leaving her on Tianhe Star to grow up alone.

There were actually many orphans on Tianhe Star, many living alone like her.

But as a child, she couldn’t understand why she had a family but still lived like an orphan.

The massive absence of family love from an early age made her obsess over it almost pathologically, which is why in her previous life, even knowing that Mr. Shen and Shen’s mother didn’t like her, she still swallowed her pride to do things she didn’t like.

She desperately craved love and familial bonds, leading her to make many mistakes.

Saying she never hated them would be a lie, but after being reborn and so many things having happened, she gradually stopped hating them.

Everyone has times when they are forced to act against their will; she also knew that her parents’ departure back then was to save her, and her three brothers left for the same reason.

They all cared for her and loved her.

Of course, most importantly...

Someone had filled all the missing love in her heart.

Lu Shinian’s image flashed quickly in her mind, and Su Ruan chuckled softly.

"But now, I don’t hate anymore."

She seemed to relax all at once, lifting a smile.

"Mother, have you been well all these years?"

Su Hanjing saw the change in Su Ruan and heard her question, feeling a sudden sting in her eyes, "We’ve been well."

"Just some troublesome matters that can’t be solved temporarily."

"We need a long-term strategy."

Su Ruan nodded in understanding.

The higher the status, the less control over one’s actions.

"As long as you’re well," Su Ruan said, "As for those troublesome matters, if there’s a way, they’ll eventually be solved."

Su Hanjing quickly wiped her eyes and lowered her hands, blinking quickly as if covering something up, laughing loudly, "It will definitely be solved. You must believe in your mom’s capabilities."

"Tell me how you’ve been living all these years?"

Su Ruan softly responded, "Okay."

And so they chatted back and forth, the atmosphere warm and harmonious.

Meanwhile, in the conference hall, the atmosphere felt stiff, or rather, a bit awkward.