My Beautiful Love

Everyone laughed. It was at that point that Little Jia noticed Lin Lihua who was standing behind Xia Rou. "Auntie!" She let go of her grandfather's hand and skipped over.

She carefully approached Lin Lihua as though she was very delicate and poked her hand a little. Then she carefully examined Lin Lihua's neck, legs and back as if performing a very important experiment. Xia Rou and Lin Zhou looked over in surprise. What was Little Jia doing?

Wan Jia laughed.

Lu Aotian explained to them, "She is checking if her aunt is alright."

Little Jia nodded seriously and added, "Wasn't Aunty hurt by that bad man? Did aunty go to see a doctor and eat medicine?"

"What bad man?" Xia Rou and Lin Zhou were stunned. Lin Lihua got hurt and didn't tell them?

Only then did Lin Lihua understand and laugh. "Little Jia, that's just a movie. I didn't really get hurt and die."

Only then did the Lin couple sigh in relief. So it was a movie.

After making sure that Lin Lihua was fine, she finally looked at Xia Rou. She studied her curiously then turned to her mother and studied her too. In the end, she guessed shyly, "Grandma?"

The Lins looked awed. The little girl was quite logical in her thinking.

Lu Aotian looked over with eyes that said: it's the Lu family's genes. Lin Zhou was also thinking that it was the Lin family's genes.

...

Since it was the first meeting, the three of them had brought over presents. Lu Aotian's present for Xia Rou and Lin Lihua was valuable jewelery sets while for Lin Zhou, it was a one of a kind perfume from Lu Enterprises.

Wan Jia had bought Lin Zhou a valuable watch from EFW and made Lin Lihua and Xia Rou a unique dress each. For a wealthy family like the Lin family, it was almost meaningless to get them expensive gifts. Giving them something produced by one's own brand was an immense amount of respect so they were greatly pleased.

Little Jia's gifts were the most heartwarming.

Although they were not the most valuable, she had worked the hardest. With the help of her parents, she had stuck tiny diamonds onto a tie clip, a brooch and a bracelet.

Xia Rou and Lin Lihua loved their brooch and bracelet respectively as soon as they saw them.

As for Lin Zhou, none of them knew yet but that tie clip was bound to be his favourite. Even years later when people would ask him where he bought it, he would proudly say that it was his granddaughter's first gift to him.

Not too long later, the men decided to go to the balcony for a game of chess, leaving the women to gossip for a while. Little Jia wanted to stick to her new grandfather and followed the men to watch from the sidelines.

...

A few rounds later, Lin Zhou conceded defeat. "You young man, is there anything you're not talented in?" He gushed in admiration.

Lu Aotian kept beating him with a very tiny range, making him keep his hopes up. Only much later did he realize that the man was doing it on purpose. Perhaps he was only winning by a small range to give his father-in-law face.

"Your father is so lucky. Two capable sons, what else could anyone ask for?"

Lu Aotian simply said, "You are too kind, Uncle Lin."

"Even luckier is me. You are marrying my daughter after all. I'm the happiest father in the world. I guess... Tongyan would be very jealous of me."

Lu Aotian pushed a chess piece with a change in expression. "Oh, would he now? In my opinion, the one to be jealous should be someone else."

Lin Zhou thought Lu Aotian's eyes right now looked spooky. "What do you mean?"

He pushed another chess piece after remaining silent for a torturous amount of time. "Surely you know what I mean. Don't you, father-in-law?" He said, with deliberate emphasis on the last word.

Downstairs, Lin Lihua was the most gossipy. "Mom, did you see how much Little Jia takes after you? I'm suddenly curious to know if that's how you looked when you were three!"

Xia Rou laughed. "Of course not. When I was younger, I was not beautiful. I only became more beautiful as I grew up."

Wan Jia's curiosity was piqued as well. "Then, when you were in your twenties, did you look just like me?"

It was the first time Wan Jia had asked such a question so Xia Rou was willing to tell her everything there was to tell. She brought over a family photo album and started showing her daughters photos of her past.

There were also some embarassing photos of the young Lin Lihua. Wan Jia laughed her lungs out when she saw how playful her sister was as a child.

There were even some of Lin Lihua and Xia Jing together, as well as baby photos of Xia Lan and Xia Jing. Xia Rou did not talk about them and Wan Jia did not ask anything. The Xia Rou in the past indeed looked like the present Wan Jia.

As they got along fast, Lin Lihua was happy that she had made them meet many times before.

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While the Lin family was reuniting happily, the Yun family was gradually falling apart. Yun Xuan had indirectly asked her eldest brother too about the matter regarding the legendary lost daughter of their family and found out that he knew nothing about it.