Chapter 319 - 204: Meeting the Parents-in-Law with Yixia! Clearing the Air?

Chapter 319: Chapter 204: Meeting the Parents-in-Law with Yixia! Clearing the Air?

Jiang Guoqiang nodded in agreement. "Yes, yes, exactly. He’s a down-to-earth guy and doesn’t slack off at all. The day he was helping catch fish, he was covered in mud but didn’t mind getting dirty one bit. Tell me, which young person from the city these days would be willing to do that kind of work?"

"Isn’t that the truth? And he’s got such a way with words. He ran into Aunt Zhang at the village entrance the other day and had her beaming with just a few sentences. Aunt Zhang even praised him to me later, saying what a great young man he is."

As Jiang Yixia listened, a clear figure suddenly materialized in her mind.

Tall, kind-spoken, reliable, good to the elderly, and able to charm people...

She asked tentatively, "Mom, this person... what’s his name?"

Pan Lanfang answered casually, "It’s Lu Xiaofan. Why?"

Jiang Yixia’s heart clenched.

Lu Xiaofan?

Lu Fan?

Her mind went blank.

The smooth-talker from the flower shop, the one who helped her clean up all her messes, the one who was unbelievably good to Sifan and Silu, the man she had hated for eighteen years yet could never truly let go of...

It was him.

So it was him all along.

She recalled the message Lu Fan had just sent, remembered him saying he was "passing by your area," and remembered him asking if she "needed any help."

He knew all along.

He had been lying to her this whole time.

’No, it wasn’t exactly lying.’

’He was just using another identity to quietly get close to my parents, to silently do all those things for my family.’

She thought back to what Pan Lanfang had said.

Repairing the aqueduct, catching fish, selling fish, charming Aunt Zhang...

It was all him.

Jiang Yixia sat there, completely stunned.

Seeing her expression, Pan Lanfang thought she wasn’t feeling well and quickly asked, "Honey, what’s wrong? Why are you so pale?"

Jiang Yixia snapped out of it and shook her head. "It’s nothing, Mom. I’m fine."

She picked up her teacup and took a sip, trying to calm herself down.

But her heart felt like boiling water, bubbling furiously.

She thought about everything he had done recently.

Helping Jiang Ming find a job, helping Sifan with his case, helping Silu contact Elder Meng, and now he was even here with her parents, repairing aqueducts and catching fish.

Jiang Yixia’s heart beat faster and faster.

Just then, the sound of a car engine came from the courtyard gate.

Jiang Guoqiang stood up, looked outside, and broke into a smile. "He’s here, he’s here! Xiaolu is here!"

Pan Lanfang also stood up happily, pulling Jiang Yixia’s hand. "Come on, honey, let’s go take a look."

Jiang Yixia let her mother pull her to her feet and walked outside mechanically.

When she reached the doorway, she saw a black car parked at the courtyard gate.

The car door opened, and a familiar figure stepped out.

It was Lu Fan.

He was wearing a dark gray jacket, a faint smile on his face. His gaze landed on her, lingered for a second, then moved to Pan Lanfang.

"Auntie, Uncle," he said with a cheerful smile.

Jiang Yixia stood there, staring at his face, her thoughts a tangled mess.

She thought of the message he had just sent, of him asking if she "needed any help," of everything he had done for her lately.

She didn’t know if she should be angry or touched.

All she knew was that her heart was beating incredibly fast.

Pan Lanfang walked up to him with a smile, taking Lu Fan’s hand to lead him inside. "Xiaolu, come in quickly, it’s cold out."

Lu Fan followed her inside. As he passed by Jiang Yixia, he paused for a moment.

He turned his head, glanced at her, and a small smile played on his lips as he whispered, "You’re here?"

Jiang Yixia shot him a glare and said nothing.

But the tips of her ears quietly turned red.

’You bastard! So you’ve been secretly getting close to my parents all this time!’