Roman, who was standing by the side, was too frightened to say anything.
On the other hand, Lauren was fearless.
She looked at John dauntlessly.
“Aren’t you pressuring me too? Dad, I’m your biological daughter after all,” Lauren smiled.
In other words, it was a case of like father, like daughter.
“Alright, as long as you save your sister, I’ll agree to all your requests,” John conceded when he thought of Sue lying on the hospital bed. Throughout the confrontation, Lauren showed no signs of panic.
Satisfied, she said. “Then I’ll get brother to bring me to pick out a room.”
Brother?
Roman was surprised by the salutation.
After all, from the first time they met, she had never shown him any respect.
“Why are you still standing there? Don’t I need to sleep after such a long flight? If I don’t rest well, how am I going to transfuse blood to Sue?” Lauren said when she saw Roman standing there in a daze.
Roman looked at John, who nodded his head. Only then did he dare to lead Lauren out.
As they left, John stared at Lauren’s back and frowned.
Lauren had been living with her grandmother since young. She had been bullied and had a weak personality.
But now, her tone was aggressive, her actions were justified, and she was hot-tempered.
They were like two completely different people!
Could it be that her grandmother’s death had dealt a huge blow to her?
John thought about it and felt that this was the most realistic possibility.
Meanwhile, Lauren followed Roman into the main hall just as a beautiful woman came down the stairs. When she saw Lauren, she looked as if she had seen a ghost. She shrank in a corner and immediately yelled at Roman.
“Bring this jinx to the side hall now. Who told you to bring her here?”
Lauren recognized her at a glance. She was the mother of “Lauren”.
“Mom, I’m not a jinx, I’m Lauren. Didn’t you and dad send my brother to fetch me? I’m back now,” she asked blankly as she walked up to the woman.
The woman looked at her with eyes filled with loathing.
“If you’re not a jinx, then what are you? If it weren’t for you, why would your sister be in such poor health? You’re a scourge, get lost!” The woman shouted while pointing in the direction of the door.
The next second, she lifted the flower pot and threw it at Lauren.
Lauren avoided it, and it crashed loudly to the ground.
“What happened?”
An old female voice rang from afar.
Then, an old lady walked in from the outside. She was holding a cane with an elaborate dragon head carved on top of it.
Looking at the smashed flower pot and the woman who was behaving like a lunatic, her face was full of distaste. “What are you doing?”
“Mom, the jinx is back…”
The old lady silenced her with a glare, and the woman dared not continue talking.
The old lady looked at Lauren and saw the similarity between her and Roman, and she immediately understood.
She scolded the woman, “What jinx? Ren is your biological daughter. I did not agree with what you did back then. I went to visit a few times over the years. If it weren’t for her grandmother’s objection, I would have brought her back long ago.”
Lauren was surprised. The old lady was “Lauren’s” grandma and she wanted to fetch “Lauren” back.
“Ren, you’ve suffered all these years.” Grandma slowly walked up to Lauren and reached out to her with trembling hands and a pained look on her face.
This was an expression of her true feelings.
Grandma was the only person in the Lu family who cared about Lauren, unlike her biological parents and this brother of hers!
Lauren shook her head. “Grandma, it’s not hard at all. I came back this time because I found out that Sue is sick. Dad and mom don’t like me, so after Sue recovers, I will return to the countryside.”
“How can you live in the countryside? You have no one there. You can stay here, I’ll see who dares to chase you away?” Grandma immediately rejected what Lauren said and wanted to protect her.
Roman was dumbfounded.
He had seen Lauren portray three different personas in the short period from the countryside to the Lu family, it was a pity that she did not enter the entertainment industry!
“It’s alright. I do not want to become a burden to my parents. I just want them to be happy. Furthermore, my brother has paid for the renovation of the courtyard. I’ll go back…”
“Pay for what? Roman, you’re already so old and you are still not sensible.. Let me say this today – as long as I’m alive, no one can bully Lauren and chase her away!”