After understanding animal language, the villainous girl is guaranteed to become a heartthrob.

Chapter 729 This is a test

Seeing Xia Lu's sad and upset state, Xu Shiling felt so sorry for her that she wanted to cry.

"Lulu, what did you hear?"

"So...so I really did buy it." Xia Lu choked up. "So my family had savings, and they even wanted to buy my brother a house when he came of age, and have me pay the mortgage."

Xu Shiling frowned and said indignantly, "How could they do this?"

"You have savings to buy a house for your son, but not enough money to send you to college?" Fu Xiaoxiao was speechless. "I suspect you've been manipulated by PUA."

Jiang Yuan pondered for a few seconds, then asked softly, "Lulu, have they found you?"

"No." Xia Lu sniffed and shook her head. "I was changing my shoes. They were eating."

"I suddenly have a different idea," Jiang Yuan said, looking at Xia Lu. "Would you like to hear it?"

Xia Lu nodded: "Okay."

Jiang Yuan looked around and said, "Let's talk somewhere else."

Xia Lu took everyone to her childhood secret hideout, where she would come whenever she was unhappy.

It was a small corner of the children's activity center. She would squat next to the bushes and watch the children play. Sometimes, watching them would cheer her up.

Xia Lu hadn't expected that having four adults standing there would make the place look crowded and strange.

However, no one paid attention to this.

Jiang Yuan's lips moved slightly as she slowly said, "What Lulu just heard is enough to prove one thing."

Her gaze fell on Xia Lu, "Your parents don't love you as much as you think."

Upon hearing these words, Xia Lu's nose suddenly stung, and her eyes involuntarily welled up with tears.

Xu Shiling hesitated for a few seconds, then gently placed her hand on her shoulder, offering silent comfort.

"Lulu, what are your thoughts right now?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"I...I don't know either." Xia Lu bit her lip and said softly, "I feel so confused right now, my mind is a mess."

Jiang Yuan: "Then would you like to hear my suggestion?"

Xia Lu looked at her and nodded, "Okay."

“It’s possible that your father lost his job. We won’t comment on the reasons for his unemployment,” Jiang Yuan said gently. “But the fact that the family has savings means that they were able to support two people through school back then.”

“But your parents didn’t do that. Your mother even suggested that you go out to work to ease the family’s financial burden.”

“You refused, so your parents went to work on the construction site, leaving early and returning late. Because you felt sorry for them, you voluntarily gave up the opportunity to go to university.”

Hearing these words, Xia Lu burst into tears.

She seemed to suddenly understand something.

Her parents go to work on construction sites and come home exhausted every day, possibly to pressure her...

Why has to be this way?
Is it because she's not their biological child?

If you didn't want to love her, why did you buy her in the first place? Why pretend to love her so much? Why not just admit all your scheming?
Xia Lu choked up, "Did they never love me...?"

Even though Jiang Yuan felt sorry for Xia Lu, she had to face reality with her.

"You've grown up. Your parents have achieved their goal of raising you. Now they're starting to try to exploit you and extract benefits from you. Do you feel it?"

Xia Lu pursed her lips and nodded with difficulty.

"Do you want to know if they're worth your continued attention and concern?" Jiang Yuan asked.

Xia Lu raised her hand to wipe away her tears, her voice muffled, "I want to."

“Then we can’t pretend to be your colleague for a while.” Jiang Yuan winked at her.

Fu Xiaoxiao asked curiously, "Then what should you pretend to be?"

Jiang Yuan smiled slightly. "Creditor." "Huh?" Xia Lu asked in surprise, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Yuan: "We pretended that you broke our valuables and made you pay for them. You couldn't pay, so you ran home to hide, but we ended up catching up with you."

Upon hearing this, Fu Xiaoxiao liked the plot. "I get it! I'm very good at acting this!"

Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow. "Sure, if Lulu agrees, then it's up to you to do it."

"Lulu, what do you think?" Fu Xiaoxiao looked at Xia Lu expectantly with wide eyes.

Xia Lu frowned and hesitated for a moment, then slowly nodded, "I...I have no objection."

This can be considered a test.

But she felt as if she could foresee the outcome.

Human nature cannot withstand the test.

“Let’s find a place to eat first,” Jiang Yuan suggested. “Then Lulu goes home to see her parents. If they ask you why you suddenly came back, don’t answer. Just tell them that if anyone comes to your house looking for you, just say you don’t know them.”

Xia Lu replied earnestly, "Okay, I understand."

Afraid of running into acquaintances, Xia Lu sat alone at a table when she went out to eat.

After finishing her meal, Xia Lu went home alone.

Xu Shiling looked at her thin and frail figure, her eyes filled with heartache.

"This must be a very painful thing for Lulu," Jiang Yuan said with emotion.

Fu Xiaoxiao nodded, "It's been so tough. Sometimes God can be really cruel."

Xu Shiling pursed her lips and didn't speak, but she secretly made up her mind to treat Meibao even better.

Xia Lu walked along the road, lost and dejected, as past memories floated through her mind like frames from a movie.

At that moment, she suddenly understood many things, just like an observer.

But she still couldn't accept that the family she loved so much wasn't her biological parents, and that they raised her for their own profit.

As Xia Lu walked, she suddenly squatted down and broke down in tears.

Passersby cast curious or sympathetic glances at her.

Xia Lu covered her face and cried for a while, when suddenly someone gently patted her shoulder.

She looked up through her teary eyes and heard the other person's surprised voice, "Lulu, it really is you!"

The person speaking was Xia Lu's aunt.

Xia Lu wiped away her tears, stood up, and called out, "Second Aunt."

"Don't you work in Linjin? Why are you squatting here crying? Have you been bullied outside?" my second aunt asked with concern.

Xia Lu shook her head. "I'm fine."

“You were crying so hard just now, how could you be okay? If something's wrong, you have to tell us, and we'll all work together to figure it out.”

"I'm really fine, Auntie, I'll talk to you again next time. I'm going home now." Xia Lu said, then turned and ran.

"This child!" Auntie frowned, took out her phone and scrolled through her contacts.

"You said Lulu is back?" Xia's mother asked in surprise when she received her cousin's call. "Are you seeing things? Lulu didn't say she was coming back."

“Something must have happened to this child! I just saw her crying her eyes out…”

Did she say why she was crying?

"She didn't say anything. I wanted to ask her why, but she ran away. You should hurry back and see if she's gone home yet."

"Okay, I understand." Xia's mother hung up the phone and turned to Xia's father. "Ah Zhen saw Lulu crying by the roadside. Why did she suddenly come home without saying a word?"

Xia's father frowned and said, "You must have suffered some injustice outside. You should go home and check on her."