117: Chapter 117 What a beautiful white lotus!

Lin Ran looked at Lin Xiao in confusion, seemingly guessing something, and hurriedly asked: "A-Xiao, have you met Feng Rui too? That's not right, I remember Feng Rui went abroad many years ago, you shouldn't have met her."

Although she said this, she was very clear in her heart.

Lin Xiao must have predicted something again!

Feng Rui was the best friend of her eldest sister and they had known each other since childhood.

Their whole family treated Feng Rui well, but Lin Ran didn't have a good impression of this woman.

She always felt she was very scheming!

Her own family conditions were poor, and she followed behind the eldest sister all day, getting countless expensive bags, jewelry, and clothes from her.

She had even poached the eldest sister's romantic interests.

Lin Ran really couldn't understand how, with her eldest sister's discerning eyes, she could be friends with such a scheming woman.

Was it just because of that white lotus appearance and pretentious personality?

Lin Ran blinked her big eyes, looking at Lin Xiao expectantly.

She wanted to find the answers to these questions from Lin Xiao's inner voice.

But strangely, Lin Xiao's inner voice did not sound.

The nanny was about to open the door, but after hearing Lin Xiao's voice, she stopped immediately.

She spoke to the video doorbell: "Miss Feng, the master and mistress are not at home, and the eldest young lady is not here either. Why don't you contact them first, or come back at another time?"

"Ah, okay."

Feng Rui's voice seemed a bit surprised, but she left first anyway.

Lin Ran hurriedly took out her phone to send a message to Lin Chuge, asking her what was going on.

Today, it just so happened that the Lin family was holding a shareholders' meeting, and The Lin Couple and Lin Chuge were all at the company.

Lin Chuge only saw Lin Ran's message after the meeting ended.

She was also very surprised.

When did Feng Rui return from abroad?

And she went to visit the house without saying a word?

Logically speaking, Feng Rui should have told her when she returned to the country; visiting so abruptly was somewhat offensive.

However, after hesitating for a moment, Lin Chuge did not ask directly, intending to see the situation first.

The family of three returned home from the company.

Just as they arrived outside the gate of the Villa area, they saw that familiar figure on the side of the road.

Feng Rui was just standing at the entrance, looking around.

Seeing the Lin family's car approaching, she immediately waved.

"Chuge! Uncle! Aunt!"

"That is... Feng Rui?"

The Lin Couple saw Feng Rui and were also very surprised, "Chuge, Feng Rui is back in the country? Why didn't she say anything when coming to visit you?"

"She didn't tell me in advance either."

Lin Chuge frowned slightly.

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that Feng Rui must have another motive for doing this.

Otherwise, no matter what, they were best friends before, how could she not even tell her when returning to the country?

...

When Lin Xiao and Lin Ran heard the movement at the entrance and got up to greet them, what they saw was a strange woman following behind The Lin Couple and Lin Chuge.

"A-Xiao, let me introduce you, this is my friend, Feng Rui."

Lin Chuge kept a smile as she introduced her to Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao and Lin Ran looked at each other, suppressing the urge to ask questions, and politely nodded and called out "Sister Feng Rui".

Lin Ran also greeted her very politely.

Both of them had ten thousand question marks in their hearts.

It had been more than two hours since Feng Rui rang the doorbell.

They originally thought she had left, but didn't expect her to come together with their parents.

Could it be that she had just been waiting outside for more than two hours?

Lin Xiao looked Feng Rui up and down; there was more than just this to complain about.

Feng Rui and Lin Chuge were classmates, but her attire and style were completely unlike someone of the same age group.

She was wearing a light pink dress, and at first glance, she looked like a girl in her early twenties.

Standing next to the professional woman Lin Chuge, she looked like a college student who hadn't graduated yet.

"Chuge, so this is your brother Lin Xiao. I've seen quite a bit of news about him online before, I heard he's very impressive."

Feng Rui's voice was delicate, and her smile was very bright.

Lin Xiao nodded awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

At this moment, his phone made a "ding" sound.

He took it out and glanced at it, seeing a message from Lin Ran on the screen.

It only had three words: White Lotus!

Lin Xiao was immediately dumbfounded.

It seemed that his always straightforward Fifth Sister couldn't help it.

Actually, Lin Xiao couldn't stand it either, not just because of Feng Rui's pure little white lotus appearance.

It was more because he had learned quite a bit about Feng Rui through the gossip system.

To be precise, he had already known about Feng Rui's existence the first time he met Lin Chuge a few months ago.

At that time, under the system's prompt, he learned that Lin Chuge was actually the female lead of a tragic novel.

She would be deceived by a scumbag and her best friend, forced to have her heart and kidneys dug out, and eventually die a miserable death.

That best friend was none other than Feng Rui.

He thought that by letting Lin Chuge see through Young Master Bai Feng's true colors, the subsequent tragic plot would not happen.

Unexpectedly, this best friend still made her entrance.

"Xiao Rui, you coming is enough, why bring so many things!"

Su Xiumei saw the big and small bags Feng Rui was carrying and said with a smile.

"It was hard to return to the country, so I just thought of bringing you some gifts... Auntie, I haven't seen you in so many years, you look even younger and more beautiful!"

Feng Rui said sweetly while taking out a few gift boxes, "Auntie, these are just a token of my appreciation, they aren't expensive, I hope you don't mind."

The gift boxes contained some common gifts, like silk scarves, brooches, and supplements.

"Oh my, you are really thoughtful."

Su Xiumei also knew that Feng Rui's family conditions were poor, and being able to remember to bring them gifts showed she knew how to be grateful.

It wasn't in vain that they helped her go abroad to study back then.

But the next second, Su Xiumei's smile froze on her face.

Because, she heard Lin Xiao's inner voice.

[She can really act!]

[These are all fake goods bought domestically, not even worth a few hundred yuan, and she has the nerve to bring them out.]

[After she leaves, I have to find a chance to secretly throw away those supplements, so Mom and Dad don't get a stomachache from eating them.]

Su Xiumei was stunned, looking down at the box of bird's nest in her hand, and found that the texture was indeed a bit strange.

She squeezed it calmly, and the texture didn't feel right either.

Recalling the news she had seen before about fake bird's nest killing people, her eyes twitched slightly.

She picked up the silk scarf from the exquisite gift box next to it, and touching the rough texture, it was clearly not high-end merchandise.

She didn't want to look at the other things; they should all be fake.

She felt uncomfortable, but not knowing if Feng Rui did it on purpose, she didn't show it.

After all, Feng Rui's living conditions were poor since childhood, and her experience might be limited, so she might have bought fakes.

It's also possible that life abroad was difficult, and she could only afford these.

Regardless, she still had to figure things out, she couldn't wrongly accuse her daughter's good friend.

"Auntie, what's wrong? Do you not like it?"

Feng Rui seemed to notice the change in Su Xiumei's expression, and her eyes immediately turned red, "Auntie, I'm sorry, I saw others buying these and thought you would like them too..."

As she spoke, her tears were about to fall.