Wilderness Romance!

Mother Nie was slightly taken aback, and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes, but she quickly concealed it well.

She smiled slightly, her tone kind and with the composure and politeness of an elder: "If I'm not mistaken, you must be Pingchuan, Pingsheng's younger brother, right? We are Xiaoyu's parents."

"I know." Lu Pingchuan stared coldly at Mr. and Mrs. Nie in front of him, his chest throbbing with anger, and demanded, "Where are you taking Sister Xiaoyu?"

Faced with Lu Pingchuan's questioning, Nie's mother maintained her gentle demeanor: "Look at what you're saying. We are Xiaoyu's parents, of course we've come to take her home."

Mr. Nie, standing to the side, nodded in agreement with a serious expression: "That's right, a family will eventually reunite. Xiaoyu is our daughter, so it's perfectly normal for her to come home with us."

Lu Pingchuan let out a cold snort, his tone hard and resolute, brooking no argument: "What if I disagree?"

These words instantly shattered the peaceful atmosphere that had just been there.

"You disagree?"

Mother Nie seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and couldn't help but sneer, "Lu Pingchuan, who do you think you are? Xiaoyu is our Nie family's daughter. When did she need your permission to come home with her biological parents?"

Mr. Nie's face also darkened instantly, his brows furrowing deeply, revealing a hint of displeasure: "That's right, we're bringing our own daughter home, it's none of your business as an outsider."

"Hey, you surnamed Lu." Nie Xiaowei pointed at Lu Pingchuan, a ferocious look on his face. "Don't think too highly of yourself. Let go of my sister right now."

Nie Xiaoyu stared blankly at Lu Pingchuan, who was blocking her way, her heart filled with confusion and bewilderment.

She couldn't understand why Lu Pingchuan was so angry and forcefully stopped her. She was just going home with her parents, so why was he reacting so strongly?

Nie Xiaoyu gently nudged Lu Pingchuan and whispered.

"Hirakawa, don't be like this."

"I'm just going back to my own home. Don't worry, I'll come back to see you and Mom and Dad when I have time."

"Come back?" Lu Pingchuan sneered. "Sister Xiaoyu, you're too naive. Do you think you'll have a chance to come back after leaving?"

Nie Xiaoyu already had some doubts about her parents. Upon hearing this, her expression suddenly changed, and her heart sank. She quickly looked up and asked, her tone filled with panic and confusion.

"Hirakawa, what do you mean? Do you know something?"

Although she had only spent a little over ten days with Lu Pingchuan, she knew that Lu Pingchuan was definitely not someone who spoke without reason.

Lu Pingchuan offered no explanation, his cold gaze suddenly shifting to sweep over Nie's father, mother, and Xiaowei, his words ringing with conviction.

"You should ask your biological parents and your precious younger brother why they went to so much trouble to bring you back."

The moment the words left his mouth, the atmosphere froze.

Lu Pingchuan, Nie Xiaoyu, and Lu's mother, who was observing the situation from the side, all turned their gazes to the three members of the Nie family. Their gazes were filled with scrutiny, doubt, and a heavy sense of oppression, locking onto the three of them firmly.

"Father, Mother, Xiaowei, tell me the truth, why did you bring me back?"

A flicker of panic flashed across Nie's mother's eyes, and her voice suddenly rose half an octave, as if she had been unjustly slandered, her face full of anger.

"Xiaoyu, we are your biological parents. What else could we do by bringing you home?"

"He just feels sorry for you suffering while you're away from home and wants to bring you home to live a stable life. Don't listen to his gossip and attempts to sow discord."

Mr. Nie's face grew increasingly grim, his brows furrowed tightly. He rebuked in a deep voice, "Lu Pingchuan, stop spouting nonsense! We are family, bound by blood. Would I harm my own daughter?"

As if Lu Pingchuan had hit a nerve, Nie Xiaowei looked flustered and impatient, and shouted with his neck stiff.

"You, surnamed Lu, my parents sincerely wanted to bring my sister home, but you're here stirring up trouble. What are you really up to?"

Nie Xiaoyu saw all of this.

Looking at her parents, who were trying their best to explain and whose eyes were darting around, and then at her younger brother, whose face was panicked and who was furious, a chill that she couldn't quite put her finger on rose in her heart.

If going home is simply a reunion, and if her family genuinely misses her, why would they feel guilty and try to avoid it?

"Well said, what a beautiful bond of kinship, what a strong sense of blood ties."

Lu Pingchuan's eyes were as cold as ice, his dark pupils carrying a chilling intent as he coldly glanced at the three members of the Nie family.

"When my older brother had an accident, my parents were seriously ill, and my family was desperate. Sister Xiaoyu only wanted to get back part of the dowry that my older brother had given you to save our lives, but what about you?"

His tone suddenly hardened, and his long-suppressed anger erupted: "Not only did you refuse to help her, you also heartlessly drove her out of the house, cutting off all her escape routes. Is this what you call family affection?"

"Now you suddenly come knocking on our door, feigning warmth and concern, but in reality you want to drag her back, push her into an abyss, and trade her lifelong happiness for wealth and status, and for Nie Xiaowei's job. Is this what you call blood is thicker than water?"

"You selfish, cold-hearted, profit-driven people who lack even the most basic human decency are worse than animals and do not deserve to be Xiaoyu's family."

Lu Pingchuan's words were like a sharp blade, ruthlessly ripping open the hypocritical facade of the three members of the Nie family and exposing their filthy and despicable thoughts to everyone.

Nie Xiaoyu's heart skipped a beat as she suddenly remembered Nie Xiaowei's words. The moment she agreed to go back, Nie Xiaowei excitedly told her that he had a job. All of this coincided with what Lu Pingchuan had said.

She stared blankly at her parents, who were both familiar and unfamiliar to her, and the forgotten, deeply buried grievances surged up all at once.

"Father, Mother, is what Pingchuan said true?"

"You brought me back just to use me to exchange for money, to get Xiaowei a job?"

Nie's mother's expression suddenly changed, and she hurriedly put on a wronged look, her tone urgent and affected.

"Xiaoyu, don't listen to his nonsense. He just doesn't want you to leave and wants you to continue taking care of his parents. That's why he's deliberately trying to sow discord between us. How can you trust outsiders more than your own parents?"

Mr. Nie's face darkened, and he shouted angrily, "Lu Pingchuan, stop spreading alarmist rumors. When did we ever say we would use Xiaoyu to exchange for money and jobs? We brought Xiaoyu home simply to find our daughter and make up for our past mistakes."

Nie Xiaowei, who was standing nearby, quickly chimed in, "Sister, don't be silly. Mom and Dad are doing this for your own good. It's Lu Pingchuan who has ulterior motives. He can't stand seeing our family reunite and is deliberately spreading rumors and causing trouble. You should come back with us now."

The three members of the Nie family spoke one after another, their tone so firm that it seemed they had truly suffered a great injustice.

Seeing this, Lu Pingchuan decided not to waste any more words with them.

"You won't admit it, huh? Should I call Li Hu over for a face-to-face confrontation?"

"A mere 100,000 yuan plus a job is enough for you to sell your daughter? Do you even deserve to be parents? Do you even deserve to be human beings?"

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