Chapter 4 Before Rebirth (2)

Xu Zhiyuan came and stood still in front of Lu Shinian's bed.

Lu Shinian was the only one left in the entire room.

And he still maintained the same posture as at the beginning.

"Look at how you look now, it's really disgusting." Xu Zhiyuan looked at the skinny young man lying on the bed.

"Lu Xue came here just to provoke you. Sometimes I even doubt whether you are her biological son."

He pulled a stool from the side, sat down, and spoke slowly.

"How many years have you been here? Seven years? Or eight years?"

Seeing that Lu Shinian remained silent, Xu Zhiyuan didn't care.

He knew very well that Lu Shinian could hear him, but just didn't want to pay attention to him.

"ten years."

The young man finally spoke. His voice was hoarse and dry, which was very different from his originally clear voice.

"You remember it so clearly?" Xu Zhiyuan was a little surprised.

"Of course I remember, if it weren't for you... cough cough cough..."

Before Lu Shinian could finish his words, he felt a strong discomfort in his throat.

He propped himself up on the bed and half sat up, like an old man in his twilight years, and every time he coughed it seemed as if he lost half his life.

Xu Zhiyuan just stood there and watched him without saying a word.

"So what do you want to do this time?"

By the time Lu Shinian finally recovered, his face was already covered with tears from constant coughing.

"My grandmother has been forced to death by you. I am now in this state. I can't please those people for you. What are you doing here?"

Without waiting for the person on the other side to answer, Lu Shinian collapsed. He stared at the person in front of him with resentment, wishing he could die with him.

The only person who kept him alive for so many years has also left. If he had known this would be the outcome, what would have been the point of him enduring and compromising for so long?

"Don't cry, I'm still here, after all, you've been with me for so long, as long as you're obedient and help me this time, if Boss Liu hadn't specifically asked for you, you know, I wouldn't have wanted to let you go.

I swear it was just an accident for your grandma this time, and the nurse didn't know she would run away from the nursing home. ”

Xu Zhiyuan gently stroked Lu Shinian's face and wiped the tears from his face.

"Go away. What's the point of you saying this now? Put away your disgusting face."

Lu Shinian violently shook off Xu Zhiyuan's hand that was touching him.

"Xiao Nian, you will agree, dear, for the last time. As long as you serve Boss Liu well, I will return your grandmother to you and let you go. How about that?"

Xu Zhiyuan leaned over and spoke in the same unhurried tone. He was not annoyed when Lu Shinian pushed him away, but his words gradually calmed Lu Shinian down.

The bedroom was quiet for two minutes.

"For the last time, no matter what, let me go after this time."

Lu Shinian felt very sad, but he had to compromise.

To him, he is already rotten to the core, and if there is anything he cannot let go of, it must be his grandmother.

He wants to take his grandmother away from here

Whether dead or alive.

"Okay, as long as Boss Liu is satisfied, I will transfer the house to you after the deal is done. After all, you have been with me for so long."

Xu Zhiyuan agreed immediately.

"Take care of yourself these two days. I'll come over again in two days."

After saying that, he walked straight out without waiting for Lu Shinian to answer.

He had achieved his purpose of coming here, so there was no need to stay any longer.

After walking out of the room, Assistant Chen and the housekeeper who were standing not far from the door looked at Xu Zhiyuan.

"Sir, are you going to rest here today so late? Your room has been cleaned and you can move in directly."

The butler couldn't wait to speak.

"No, I have something else to do. I'm leaving now. I'll come back in two days. Keep an eye on him and don't let him run away."

"Okay sir, go slow on the road."

I watched them return to the car and then watched the car slowly drive away from the villa until it could no longer be seen.

He turned around and returned to the bedroom

"Master Lu, would you like something to eat?"

"Bring it over here?"

Lu Shinian spoke lightly.

He wants to gain some weight.

Otherwise grandma would say that he didn't eat well.

The housekeeper asked the kitchen to bring a bowl of white porridge.

"You haven't eaten for so long, so eating light will be good for your health. If it's not enough, there's more in the kitchen."

"Um."

He responded calmly.

He then stopped talking and just mechanically stuffed the soup into his mouth with the spoon, not caring about his left hand which was burned red from holding the bowl.

"Slow down."

"I'm done eating, go out now, I'm going to sleep."

He pushed aside the half-full bowl of porridge and lay back on the bed. He really couldn't eat any more.

"Okay, Master Lu, if you need anything, just let me know. There's always someone waiting outside the door."

Lu Shinian lay down with his back facing the housekeeper and did not respond.

The butler wanted to say a few more words, but seeing that he obviously didn't want to communicate with others, he sighed and shut up silently.

After taking the remaining porridge and turning off the light in the bedroom, he quietly closed the door.

Wait until the bedroom returns to silence

"Grandma, even you don't want me anymore."

The young man on the bed could no longer control himself, he trembled and cried loudly.

He curled up on the bed, the moonlight shining through the gaps onto his face. Tears as big as beans flowed from his eye sockets, ran across the corners of his eyes, and soaked a small piece of the bed sheet.

She pursed her lips tightly, and her whole body revealed a sense of brokenness.

Recalling two days ago

When Lu Xue stepped into this place for the first time, as soon as she opened her mouth, she shattered his long-standing self-deceiving fantasy.

"Do you think I don't know that Xu Zhiyuan kept you here?"

Lu Xue leaned on the windowsill and looked at the person who just stepped in from outside the door. She said a few words casually and made Lu Shinian stunned where he was.

"What's the meaning?"

Lu Shinian thought he had heard wrongly.

"What do you mean? You mean I knew exactly from the beginning whose bed Xu Zhiyuan sent you to the first time? Huang Jianlin, it was me who suggested it at the beginning. Otherwise, how could Xu Zhiyuan be willing to send you to his door for nothing when he was in such high spirits? Facts have proved that men always value benefits the most."

The corners of Lu Xue's mouth rose unconsciously, and she stared at Lu Shinian with a playful look.

"Why? You lied to me, didn't you? Did Xu Zhiyuan force you to say that?"

Lu Shinian's pupils suddenly dilated, and he wanted to move his body towards Lu Xue's direction, but he fell to his knees uncontrollably.

"Mom, you lied to me, didn't you?"

He crawled forward two steps, stretched out his hand tremblingly, grabbed the corner of Lu Xue's skirt, looked up at her blankly, tears flowing down uncontrollably.

When I grow up, I won't cry anymore.

Because crying is useless. If you are bullied, the only thing you can do is to fight back hard and make the other person feel the pain.

But no one told him

How can it hurt so much if I don't get beaten?

Lu Xue leaned over slightly, stretched out her index finger and gently lifted his face, slowly hooked his chin, and looked left and right at the tear-stained face in front of her.

"If you want to blame someone, just blame yourself for having such a face, don't blame me."

Feeling the tears on her index finger, Lu Xue pulled her hand back with disgust, picked up a tissue beside her and wiped it carefully as if it was contaminated with some virus.

She stood up, stretched out her hand and fiercely pulled out the hem of her clothes, looking down at Lu Shinian with contempt.

"You may not know this, but my mother died a long time ago. Do you remember the video Xu Zhiyuan filmed? Isn't it funny? The old woman didn't believe that the person in the video was you, and she had to run out of the sanatorium to find you. But she was unlucky and was hit by a car right after she ran out of the sanatorium. She wanted to see you one last time before she died. What a pity, you were probably having a good time in bed at that time."

He shook his head as he spoke, as if he felt sorry for Lu Shinian not being able to see his grandmother for the last time.

Without waiting for Lu Shinian, who was kneeling on the ground, to react, she straightened her skirt, walked out of the room in her high heels, and went straight downstairs.

Hearing this, Lu Shinian froze in place, turned his head and stared at Lu Xue's leaving back with a dull look.

--No wonder grandma hasn't contacted him since the agreed time.

When he finally reacted, he quickly got up from the ground and ran out the door with staggering steps.

"Don't go, don't go, Mom, please tell me where grandma is, I beg you."

By the time he ran downstairs, Lu Xue had already started the car and drove towards the gate of the villa.

Long-term malnutrition made it impossible for Lu Shinian's body to run like an ordinary person.

He could only watch the car disappear into the distance from his sight, leaving him standing there in despair.

Whispering softly

"You must be lying to me, right? I don't believe it. Grandma was smiling so happily just a few days ago."

"They are fake, definitely all fake."

a long time

When the butler came to deliver the meal at dinner time, he realized something was wrong.

Lu Shinian's bedroom

All I could hear through the door was suppressed sobs, like a wounded beast licking its wounds alone in the dark, revealing endless grievances and pain.