Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 136 - 137: Eldest Grandson’s Wife

Lu Shixu squinted slightly, half-jokingly said to Su Xingyu: "Sister-in-law, your words are really interesting, it sounds like you’ve never asked my brother for anything." He wanted to see what exactly was going on with Lu Shifeng’s marriage, how did he suddenly and silently marry a little girl from a mismatched family background? What kind of interest exchange was there between the two?

Su Xingyu didn’t know his internal calculations, but since she was already on guard against her second uncle’s family, she certainly wouldn’t answer honestly. She smilingly tossed the ball back: "Oh? Do tell me, what exactly did I ask your brother for?"

This rhetorical question left Lu Shixu speechless.

How would he know what she had asked of Lu Shifeng, if he knew, would he need to probe?

He awkwardly smiled: "Sister-in-law, I was just casually speaking, aren’t you being a bit too aggressive?" Saying that, he glanced at Du Shuxian on the other side of Lu Shifeng, "Aunt, see how sharp your daughter-in-law is with her words."

Du Shuxian couldn’t grasp the hidden undertones in their conversation, but she clearly understood this final complaint. She already had a prejudice against Su Xingyu, and upon hearing these words, her anger surged: "Su Xingyu, how are you speaking to family members? Our Lu Family isn’t like your Su Family, a small household with no order. If you can’t be the daughter-in-law of our family, don’t meddle with us!"

Su Xingyu was quite speechless; she was helping her out and yet she was siding with the enemy to scold her?

Just before speaking, a sound of footsteps came from the door. She turned to see Mr. Lu assisting the old lady slowly coming in.

Everyone in the room stood up, Su Xingyu followed suit, respectfully greeting the two elders and awaited them to sit at the head of the long table. Once the two elders sat down, the rest of the Lu Family children dared to sit down again.

The scene was silent.

Mr. Lu’s sharp gaze swept over each person’s face, lingering longer on Su Xingyu. She, with other Lu Family members, bowed her head, her fair and delicate face under the lights of Canglan Hall glowed with a jade-like radiant beauty, her long eyelashes drooped, obedient and quiet. If he hadn’t lingered outside the Canglan Hall hearing the conversations inside, he might have thought she was just a reckless, timid girl.

But now, his view of her changed.

The conversation she just had with Lu Shixu was quite appropriate, at least much more decent than Du Shuxian as a mother-in-law, more like a daughter raised by a large family. Ah, the blood of the Mu Family...

Thinking of this, even Mr. Lu, such a cold and aggressive person, became slightly dazed.

Mu Liancheng had been his best brother.

Later, they became enemies over Aluo.

This grudge grew deeper with years, reaching its peak when he took charge of the Lu Family and Mu Liancheng led the Mu Family. Mu Family was in the camera business, and he tried to squeeze Mu Family’s market. They battled fiercely, and in private, nobody dared to mention Mu Liancheng’s name before him, including Aluo, as any mention would drive him into rage.

They fought for decades.

Later, when the Mu Family went bankrupt and he heard Mu Liancheng’s death news, something deep in his heart pierced sharply. That night, he drank heavily, and upon returning to his room, he saw Aluo crying heartbreakingly. For the first time, he didn’t rage, but tightly embraced her, as if trying to embed her hard enough to fill the huge void deep within his heart...

Yet, that void ultimately couldn’t be filled, only buried within the depths of time.

Upon learning that Su Xingyu was that man’s granddaughter, he didn’t know how to face her. He originally opposed Lu Shifeng being with a girl of a humble background, but suddenly, he couldn’t voice his objection.

Let’s see.

Let’s see how this girl really is, whether she can take on the responsibility of being the family matriarch.

In this matter, he couldn’t let Aluo have her way.

Mr. Lu’s gaze moved from Su Xingyu onto Du Shuxian.

Du Shuxian, now handpicked by Aluo as the eldest daughter-in-law.

Actually, Mr. Lu knew better than anyone else, Aluo never loved him. Her true love turned to ashes along with the tea garden fire, after their marriage, after the Lu Family turned against the Mu Family, leaving him only hatred.

She hadn’t even loved her own son.

Because her son carried his bloodline.

She hated his cruelty and sinister nature, and as her son grew daily, increasingly resembling him, she filled with disdain. She didn’t want her grandson to become like that too, so she chose Du Shuxian as a daughter-in-law—Du Shuxian was the youngest from the great Du Family in this city, spoiled since young, innocent and naive, she hoped Du Shuxian’s innocence could offset the Lu bloodline’s aggressiveness.

However, she was destined to be disappointed.

The eldest son died young, while the eldest grandson, Lu Shifeng, was entirely like him.

Instead, Du Shuxian, amidst the complex environment of the Lu Family, grew increasingly aggressive by the day, lacking the wisdom to manage the complicated and tedious matters, causing the eldest daughter-in-law’s power to slip day by day, now all family matters handled by the second daughter-in-law, Sun Jinglian. The second daughter-in-law was practically displaying the aura of a matriarch.

No wonder the second son has ambitions to seize inheritance rights; the misfortune lies in the eldest house’s incompetence.

Mr. Lu sighed silently, knowing full well that from the moment Aluo learned who Su Xingyu was, she had pinned all her unfulfilled longing for Mu Liancheng onto her, definitely ensuring her stability within the Lu Family.

But this was merely a woman’s benevolence.

Already one incompetent eldest daughter-in-law in the Lu Family couldn’t afford to have another.

Otherwise, despite Lu Shifeng’s strength and skills, the eldest house would be half ruin, a disaster for the entire Lu Family.

This time, he must choose an outstanding, capable daughter-in-law, regardless of Su Xingyu’s background, she had to be competent enough to bear the duties of the eldest grandson’s wife, otherwise, even if Aluo objected, he must order Lu Shifeng to divorce her. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Resolute, he spoke: "Let’s eat."

Taking the lead in picking up his chopsticks.

Only then did the entire Lu Family table of descendants dared to follow him, pick up chopsticks, and start eating.

At first, the atmosphere around the dining table remained somewhat tense, but second uncle Lu Yong was very good at livelying up the atmosphere, with a few words everyone became bustling. Servants flowed in one dish after another—sea cucumber, shark fin, rare delicacies, each exquisite and rare, showing full effort for the eldest grandson’s wife’s first entrance.

Lu Yong smiled as he spoke to Su Xingyu: "These were specially ordered by your aunt, do you find them to your taste? She went to the United States for an old friend’s son’s full moon celebration these days, so she hasn’t come, but she’s very concerned about you. Each dish was sent to her for careful review to be approved before being made."

Su Xingyu replied sweetly: "I’ve made Aunt worried, truly sorry."

Lu Yong smiled, telling her not to be too polite.

At the side, Du Shuxian listened, her anger rising rapidly. She was already very upset that her power as the eldest daughter-in-law had slipped, and now her own daughter-in-law was being so courteous with the very person who took her power!