Chapter 73: Did You Eat Candy?

Lu Tianhua and Chen Susu were both unemployed drifters, so even if Grandpa wanted to discuss something, it wasn’t with them.

So, not long after, they were the first to come out of the study.

Leaving Grandpa, Lu Junhan, and Song Qingwan inside discussing matters.

When they came out, the expressions on Lu Tianhua and Chen Susu’s faces were especially sour.

In the study, there wasn’t really any major issue being discussed; it was just about the issue of the 9% shares.

To be honest, from start to finish, it had nothing to do with Lu Tianhua or Chen Susu; they were just there to listen in.

The whole time it was Lu Junhan and Grandpa negotiating, with Song Qingwan throwing in a few comments now and then.

After the matter was discussed, Grandpa gave them and Chen Susu a few symbolic reminders to take good care of Lu Qi and said nothing else before letting them leave!

But they weren’t fools.

From Lu Junhan and Grandpa’s negotiations, it wasn’t hard to tell that the 9% shares weren’t gifted to Lu Junhan by Grandpa, but rather taken by Lu Junhan himself!

This meant their trip was completely in vain!

Even if they brought Lu Qi along and persuaded Grandpa, so what?

The 9% shares would still belong to Lu Junhan!

Grandpa couldn’t make the decision at all!

They had hoped to seize the opportunity to coax Grandpa into giving those 9% shares to them, but now, it was all for nothing. If they’d known, they would rather have gone to play cards!

It was simply a waste of their time!

Chen Susu apparently thought the same.

The two were extremely annoyed.

They even suspected that Lu Junhan and Grandpa might have already seen through their little schemes.

Just now, they deliberately mentioned the 9% shares in front of them to make them realize how ridiculous they were.

In the living room, the cartoon on the TV had somehow switched from fish leaping through the dragon gate to Transformers.

At first, the two little ones were sitting on opposite sides, minding their own businesses, but now they were sitting together, heads leaning against each other.

Their eyes were glued to the TV, watching intensely.

Occasionally, when Lu Li didn’t understand something, Lu Qi would softly tell her what the robot’s name was and where it came from.

"Qiqi!"

The 9% shares fell through, and their trip was wasted. Chen Susu was already furious, and after being choked by Song Qingwan earlier, now seeing this scene, she became even more irritable.

The usual elegant and gentle demeanor was nowhere to be seen.

She reached out, viciously pulling Lu Qi over. Lu Qi wasn’t prepared and almost fell to the ground, his small face contorted with pain.

Yet, it was as if Chen Susu didn’t see this. For the first time, she showed no kindness to Lu Qi, gritting her teeth with a ferocious expression:

"What did Mom tell you before? She’s just a motherless bad child, here to steal your Grandpa’s inheritance! I told you not to play with her, not to play with her! Didn’t you listen at all?!! You’re such a disappointment to me!"

Because Lu Qi was a boy and deeply favored by Grandpa, Chen Susu and her husband had always treated him like a cash cow, pampering and spoiling him, afraid he’d get hurt.

It was Lu Qi’s first time seeing his mother be so harsh with him, as if he had done something terribly wrong. He stood there, stunned!

"Wait a minute! Did you eat candy?"

Being close, Chen Susu caught the milky scent on him; her beautiful face immediately became somber, her voice rising several octaves, sharp and shrill:

"Who told you to eat candy!"