A car sped past, its long horn pulling Lu Chengsi sharply back to reality. He looked up and met a face that bore some resemblance to his own.
Jiang Beichen had been following Lu Chengsi for some time. Ever since Nuan Nuan had told him about the Lu family, he had spent the entire day investigating Lu Chengsi's affairs.
Nuan Nuan would be picking him up soon, so he waited here. He watched Lu Chengsi enter happily, only to emerge a short while later, looking completely dejected, as if he had lost his soul.
Everything around him seemed to be out of his sight as he walked, his steps uneven.
He even walked towards the road without any awareness. If he hadn't been fast, that car would surely have hit him.
"What's wrong? Not watching where you're going, you almost got hit by a car?" Jiang Beichen's voice held a hint of concern.
Lu Chengsi looked at him. His features were stern, his temples were slightly white, and his features were three-dimensional and deep. As he aged, the traces of time settled upon him, commanding respect even without anger. His eyes and nose carried a strong sense of familiarity.
"It's nothing, thank you!" Lu Chengsi's voice was dry, and he couldn't help but stare at him deeply.
His thoughts also settled down considerably.
Jiang Beichen cast a thoughtful glance at him, seeing his pale complexion and his deep eyes like a pool of still water.
He didn't seem to be alright. Instead, he looked as if he had learned some earth-shattering secret and had suffered a powerful blow.
"Do you need a ride back?" Jiang Beichen asked.
This child's eyebrows and eyes were very similar to his. Jiang Beichen couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope.
Heaven, this time, please let me see him once.
Jiang Beichen prayed in his heart. His son, the eternal knot in his heart!
Wen Jun never did anything meaningless.
He was a failed father. When his wife was pregnant, he wasn't by her side. He couldn't hold his newborn child in his arms until the baby was a month old, and he returned home.
Looking at the pink, tender, and adorable son, his heart melted completely.
The three years they were together were the happiest times.
The first word his son spoke was "Baba." He would stumble a few steps, fall, then stumble a few more steps, his small mouth calling out "Baba, Baba."
It was a blurred sound, but he knew his son was calling him Dad. The day his son said "Baba" to him, he couldn't sleep all night from happiness.
He thought to himself, how could there be such a cute son in the world, and he was his son...
His only wish now was to find his son. He had felt guilty for so many years, and his only wish was truly just to find him.
Lu Chengsi was about to say, "Thank you!"
When he heard someone calling "Grandpa" from not far away.
He felt the voice was somewhat familiar, so he looked over. It was Nuan Nuan.
Lu Chengsi looked sharply at Jiang Beichen.
Jiang Beichen felt his surprised gaze and was slightly taken aback.
"Chairman Lu." Jiang Nuan also looked surprised to see them together.
She was planning to take some time to visit the Lu family tomorrow.
"Nuan Nuan, it's you!" Lu Chengsi looked at his daughter, then at the man who might be his father, and his eyes inexplicably turned red. So many things had happened these past few days, making his heart a bit chaotic, but he was, after all, a middle-aged man with strong resilience.
He quickly recovered his emotions.
"Nuan Nuan, you two chat, I'll take my leave first." He wanted to be alone to collect his thoughts and truly did not want to be disturbed.
"Chairman Lu, I want to visit Grandma tomorrow and bring her medicine," Jiang Nuan said, watching his retreating back.
"Good! I'll be waiting for you at home!" Lu Chengsi nodded at the two of them again and turned to get into a taxi.
"Grandpa."
Jiang Beichen gazed at Lu Chengsi's retreating figure, lost in thought. It seemed he had encountered some trouble.
Hearing his granddaughter call him, he came back to his senses and said, "Nuan Nuan, let's talk in the car."
"Okay, Grandpa."
After getting into the car, the old man told Jiang Nuan what he had found out that day: "Nuan Nuan, I didn't find any useful information. The Lu family was just an ordinary family back then. It was only after Lu Chengsi grew up that the Lu family's fortunes improved. We had checked this before. I also checked where they lived back then. That place has been demolished, and there are no clues to be found. However, when Grandpa met him tonight, I felt that he was like your father; his eyebrows and eyes are very similar to mine."
However, this was just his guess, and he would need scientific means to obtain a DNA identification to know the result.
Jiang Nuan smiled and said, "Grandpa, I'll find a way to get a sample from Chairman Lu tomorrow. They are having a small banquet tonight, and I will attend. His daughter knows me."
Jiang Nuan didn't know yet that it would be a feast of Hongmen.
"Good!"
...
The next day, Jiang Nuan went to Rong Yin's workplace. After handing over the remaining work, she went to the Lu family alone.
She had already informed them yesterday, and she smoothly entered the Lu family.
Lu Qiaoyi was not at home. She heard that she had gone out to get her makeup done for tonight's banquet.
Jiang Nuan knew that these rich young ladies would be in and out of beauty salons all day for a simple banquet.
As for herself, she had never been to a beauty salon to make a living all these years. She managed her own skin, and it was no worse than those who came out of beauty salons.
Thinking of this, Jiang Nuan was slightly stunned. If Lu Chengsi was her father, then... Jiang Nuan dared not think further.
She didn't want to go back there. Knowing who her father and mother were, knowing that they were still alive and well in this world, was enough.
She was already very independent and had passed the age of relying on her parents. At a mature age, her considerations were always mature.
"Nuan Nuan, you're here!" Jin Yan saw her daughter, and the haze of the past few days seemed to dissipate instantly. She looked at Jiang Nuan with a smile full of affection.
"Madam, hello, sorry to bother you!" Jiang Nuan was always polite, maintaining a certain distance from everyone, neither distant nor close.
She grew up with her grandmother, and her grandmother's indifferent nature had been passed down to her to some extent.
Jin Yan smiled and shook her head, "Nuan Nuan, I'm very happy you could come. I've cut some fruit, have some before going upstairs."
Jiang Nuan nodded, feeling that she was different from the last time, gentle and doting. She wondered if it was her imagination, "Thank you, Madam!"
She followed her to the living room and saw a young man sitting there, dressed casually. He wore a white jacket and black straight-leg pants. He was handsome and refined, with bangs falling to his brow bones and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, exuding an intellectual aura.
He bore some resemblance to Lu Chengsi. Seeing Jiang Nuan, he smiled kindly.
Jin Yan introduced, "Nuan Nuan, this is my second child, Lu Jincheng. He is also a doctor. You can call him second brother." Nuan Nuan, wait a little longer, Mom will take you home soon.
Jiang Nuan smiled and greeted, "Hello, Doctor Lu!"
Lu Jincheng was also a doctor, but he was helpless with his grandmother's illness. He heard that Jiang Nuan had cured his grandmother, and she used Chinese medicine. He took a pill to study. It was made of rare medicinal herbs, and several old professors gathered together but could not figure out the proportions.
Hearing that Jiang Nuan was coming today, he intentionally waited at home. He stood up and walked towards Jiang Nuan.