Chapter 90 Extra 2: if

Lu Yingchi was born on a sunny spring day.

The whole family was very nervous that day.

The driver came to pick up three school children and take them to the hospital.

Lu Xuan fiddled with his little backpack the whole way, which was full of little gifts he had prepared for his unborn "little sister".

He hopes to have another younger sister like Xiaowu in his family.

So the gifts were mostly pink socks with bows, little princess crowns, and the like.

"Second brother," he asked the one he considered the smartest, "is it my sister?"

In contrast, Lu Jinzhi remained calm, still immersed in his studies. He didn't even look up when asked, and said without any emotion, "I don't know."

"But I prepared a gift for my sister, I..."

Lu Jinzhi: "You're very noisy."

Little Lu Xuan felt helpless but dared not do anything rash.

He could only look towards Xiaowu.

Seemingly thinking that Xiao Wu might be sad to have a younger sister, he assured Xiao Wu, "I like you and your little sister both."

Qiao Wu looked up blankly: "Huh?"

She wasn't a child of the Lu family, so she never worried about having a second or third child, since her father had always been very good to her.

She felt that Lu Xuan's favoritism towards his sister over his brother was unacceptable, so she reminded him, "You should also like your brother."

Lu Xuan insisted: "I don't want a younger brother."

"You're a younger brother too."

Lu Xuan didn't even spare himself: "Don't want Lu Xuan."

Qiao Wu: "..."

"Okay." She nodded. "Then I won't play with Lu Xuan anymore."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan, who had been so confident just a moment before, immediately bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes.

"You want to play."

Qiao Wu said very seriously, "But Lu Xuan is my younger brother."

Although still young, Lu Xuan was so confused by this reason that he couldn't refute it. He could only turn his head to look out the window, his reason and emotions pulling at each other.

After arriving at the hospital.

Lu Jinzhi walked in front, while Lu Xuan and Qiao Wu walked behind hand in hand.

Qiao Wu felt his hand was about to be pinched painfully by Lu Xuan, who was constantly nervous, so he pulled it away.

But Lu Xuan thought she really meant what she said in the car and didn't want to play with him anymore, so he held on even tighter, hanging his whole body on her arm, making it difficult for Qiao Wu to move forward.

The maid responsible for picking up and dropping off the children reminded him, "Young Master, we need to walk carefully."

Lu Xuan stomped his feet on the floor a few times, his head still resting on Qiao Wu's shoulder: "I'm walking."

The maid was both amused and exasperated: "But Xiao Wu can't walk anymore."

Qiao Wu shook his hand: "Lu Xuan, it hurts."

"Then I'll be gentler... Ouch!"

Lu Xuan was carried away from behind by someone who grabbed his small schoolbag.

When he turned around angrily, he found it was his second brother. He was half-further angry, and following the force of his second brother's pull, he hunched his neck and tiptoed to the side. He had no choice but to let go of Qiao Wu's hand.

Qiao Wu rubbed his arm and quickly hid next to Lu Jinzhi.

Although he is only nine years old now, he has already started to grow and his height is increasing. For a short girl like her, he is quite tall.

She followed Lu Jinzhi into the elevator: "Thank you, Lu Jinzhi."

Lu Jinzhi first glanced at Lu Xuan, who was huddled in the corner, angry but unable to speak out, and then looked at the child beside him who was covering his hands and holding himself.

It's rare to witness a conversation between two childish people: "Don't play with idiots."

Qiao Wu blinked.

For a moment, she didn't know whether she or Lu Xuan had been scolded.

There weren't many people in the ward, just a few family members.

The Lu family doesn't like to put their private affairs in front of others, nor do they allow the media in, so the ward was quiet and there were only a few people, mostly family members.

When the children went in, the nanny was changing the baby's clothes.

Madam Lu, lying in her hospital bed, smiled when she saw them and said, "You've come! Come and see your little brother."

younger brother?

younger brother? !

Lu Xuan suffered repeated blows and stood frozen at the doorway, unwilling to take another step forward.

Oh no, we're going to have another younger brother like him in the family!

"Mom," he carefully pieced together his shattered worldview, and said hopefully, "can we have another one?"

Mrs. Lu: "..."

The older brother, Lu Wei, who was standing next to him, took his schoolbag off and smacked his head: "What nonsense are you talking about? Go and see for yourself."

"I'm not looking." Lu Xuan squatted at the door.

Fortunately, everyone had gotten used to his wildly imaginative ideas, so they just let him be.

Qiao Wu was quite curious, so she walked over and asked, "Can I see?"

"Of course." Mrs. Lu was actually a little disappointed. She really hoped that there would be another lovable baby girl like Xiao Wu in the family, which was why she wanted to have another child.

There was nothing they could do; the older brothers in the Lu family each had their own personalities, and none of them were easy to mess with.

But unexpectedly, the Lu family just doesn't have a daughter.

Since the baby has already been born, let's raise it.

Qiao Wu cautiously approached the crib, but she was too short to see it at all.

In the end, it was her older brother who picked her up and took a look at her.

Seeing the tiny baby in the crib, Qiao Wu felt amazed: "He's all red."

The birth of life struck her as magical.

Could this younger brother also be from another world, just like her?

“You used to have red eyes too,” Lu Wei said with a smile, “but your eyes are prettier than his.”

What's his name?

"Lu Yingchi".

"Oh, oh." Qiao Wu turned his small schoolbag to the front.

She also prepared a gift for her newborn brother.

Although she was the housekeeper's child, the Lu family treated her very well and were always willing to let her come and watch these important moments together, so she subconsciously regarded this newborn child as her younger brother.

"Brother," Qiao Wu looked at Lu Wei, "Can I give him a gift?"

This is a small safety lock that she bought when she went out to play after learning that Mrs. Lu was pregnant.

Her father didn't restrict her spending money, and he didn't stop her from giving away a small gold lock.

Qiao Wu felt that both his younger brother and sister would be able to use it.

"Wow." Lu Wei was a little surprised. In his opinion, Xiao Wu was only four years old, yet he would think of buying such a small gold lock.

He joked, "Xiao Wu, you've been saving up your allowance for a long time, haven't you?"

Qiao Wu placed the small gold lock in her brother's hand: "No, that's all."

"Then, brother, thank Xiao Wu on behalf of your brother."

Hearing this, Lu Xuan, who was squatting by the door, stopped being awkward and ran to the sofa to rummage through his little backpack: "I have a gift too."

Seeing all the mess he pulled out, all of them were gifts for his "little sister," even the baby bottle he used to drink milk from—no, the pink one that Qiao Wu used to drink from.

Lu Wei could hardly bear to look at it. After some picking and choosing, he finally picked out a small bib that was barely usable.

"Take the rest back."

"oh."

Lu Xuan then began tidying up her little "trash" items one by one.

Anyway, he's not giving it to his younger brother, so this can be used by Xiaowu.

We'll buy my brother's later.

He also sidled up to the side, asking, "Can I take a look?"

Then Lu Jiang, who had been sitting next to his wife, stood up and lifted her up: "Look."

Lu Xuan looked at Xiao Wu, who was being held, and then at himself.

It's a bit suffocating.

He reached out and grabbed the crib, just in time to see the nanny changing the new baby's pants.

After staring at him for a while, he suddenly burst into tears.

"Dad!" Lu Xuan pointed at his younger brother, "It really is my brother! He has a little penis too!"

Lu Jiang really wanted to throw him out of the window.

What a bastard! All he thinks about is his sister. Anyone who didn't know better would think he and Qiao Wu were a family.

Lu Xuan was crying uncontrollably, and even the usually well-behaved Lu Yingchi started crying along with her.

The once quiet ward suddenly became incredibly noisy.

Lu Jinzhi, who is tall and doesn't need anyone to carry him, has been standing to the side the whole time, and now he finds it a little hard to accept.

Lu Xuan alone is enough to cause a lot of noise.

Now there's one more.

“Father.” He raised his head and pointed at Lu Xuan and Lu Yingchi, “Take either one and trade with Uncle Qiao.”

His tone was so calm, as if he had no idea what outrageous things he was saying.

Lu Jiang: "..."

It's a real misfortune to have such a bunch of kids.

“I think that’s feasible.” Lu Wei jokingly pinched the cheek of Xiao Qiao Wu in his arms. “Look how cute Xiao Wu is, let’s just swap the two together, we won’t lose out.”

Qiao Wu shook his head: "No, that won't work."

Her older brother was joking, but she felt that Lu Jinzhi was serious.

This kid never jokes with anyone, so it's very likely he's already calculating the feasibility.

“I want to be with my dad,” she emphasized.

“Then I’ll live with you.” Lu Xuan hung in his father’s arms. “You can be my sister, and I’ll call your father my father too.”

He felt that Uncle Qiao was much easier to talk to than his own father.

And she spends more time at home than her father.

"You've raised an ingrate." Lu Jiang angrily slapped his butt twice. "You wish! They don't even want you."

Lu Xuan covered his buttocks.

He thought angrily.

Uncle Qiao never spanked him!

I won't spank Xiaowu!

But he gets beaten every day!

Dad doesn't hit my eldest and second eldest brothers!

oh!

He realized that his father only hit the youngest one!

At this moment, Lu Xuan finally began to accept his new younger brother a little bit and was looking forward to him growing up quickly. He wanted to train his brother's buttocks so that he could be more resilient to be beaten.

When Lu Yingchi grew a little older, Lu Xuan found another source of enjoyment.

Because he discovered that even if it's a younger brother, it can become a younger sister.

So his greatest joy after school every day was running to Qiao Wu's room to ask Qiao Wu for some hair ties, and then running to strip his younger brother clean and give him all the little clothes he had secretly bought for his younger sister, even though the little tuft of hair on his brother's head couldn't be tied up with a hair tie at all.

Poor little Lu Yingchi not only couldn't speak, but he also didn't know what he was wearing.

And so she became her brother's toy.

As for Qiao Wu...

She felt that Lu Yingchi was still immature and that it would be fun for him to wear it.

Because Mrs. Lu saw it all the time, but didn't stop it, and even secretly took pictures.

But Lu Xuan soon discovered that even though he dressed his younger brother up to look like his younger sister, his brother was still different from Xiao Wu.

She's not as cute or as well-behaved as Xiao Wu, and she cries all the time.

Little Lu Xuan had no idea that among all the children in the family, only he and his younger brother were the most normal.

He preferred to linger with Xiao Wu.

She doesn't eat properly in her own classroom at kindergarten. Every day she has to take her little bowl to the middle class classroom and sit next to Xiaowu like a wooden stake.

Since his younger brother was born, Xiao Wu's rarity in his heart has increased even further.

If he doesn't have to go to kindergarten on weekends, he'll squat outside Xiaowu's room early in the morning waiting for her to wake up so they can play together.

If his mother hadn't forbade it, he would definitely have slept with Xiaowu.

Qiao Wu spends most of his time playing with Lu Xuan.

So much so that now the Lu family treats her like their own child, and takes her everywhere they go.

But as he gets older, Qiao Wu's thinking ability is gradually returning.

Although she enjoys spending her days eating and playing, she occasionally wants to use her new brain as soon as possible.

She found it somewhat boring to look at those wordless storybooks and listen to the servants tell those same old stories every day. She had little interest in things like changing clothes for dolls or playing house.

So she began to have designs on Lu Jinzhi.

Lu Jinzhi originally liked to be alone in his room, but he hated others entering his room.

When they were little, Lu Xuan wanted to play hide-and-seek, so he put her in Lu Jinzhi's room. As a result, Lu Jinzhi sat in the room with her for the whole afternoon, while Lu Xuan cried at the door for the whole afternoon.

So from then on, Lu Jinzhi was forbidden from staying in his room for long periods of time.

He was pressured by his parents and older brother to spend more time with his younger siblings.

There is a large children's room at home, and even Lu Yingchi would be brought over to play with them.

Most of the time, Qiao Wu, Lu Xuan, and Lu Yingchi would play on one side, while Lu Jinzhi would sit on the other side with a book, mainly to keep them company but not to participate.

Qiao Wu observed him for a long time and found that although Lu Jinzhi had an expression that said "don't come near me, you mortal fool," in fact, if you actually sat next to him, he wouldn't say anything, at most he would just pretend you didn't exist.

So whenever she didn't want to play games, she would slowly move closer to Lu Jinzhi.

I secretly peeked at the book he was reading.

Sometimes she couldn't help but sigh, no wonder her older brother always said that Lu Jinzhi had taken over the brains of the family.

He's only nine years old, how come he's already reading those obscure and difficult philosophy books?

Besides philosophy, he also reads famous works from home and abroad, ranging from astronomy to geography; he never had a specific goal when reading.

There was a library at home, and Qiao Wu suspected that he came here based on his mood, picking whichever book caught his eye to read.

Even her occasional whirlwind of reading led to a very erratic thought process.

However, she is still too young, and sometimes she can't even keep up with Lu Jinzhi's pace.

She wanted to go to the library herself and pick out some books to read.

While the children were taking their afternoon nap on the weekend, she followed the servants' directions and went to the library.

She had heard her older brother mention it before, but she had never come in before. She was shocked the first time she entered.

So tall, so big, so cool.

Moreover, it's very quiet here; you can't even make a sound when you walk on the floor. It's perfect for reading.

The maid who was taking care of her thought she was there to have fun and asked with a smile, "Would you like Auntie to find you a picture book to read?"

"Thank you," Qiao Wu said politely, "but I'd like to find it myself."

The maid accompanied her around and was somewhat surprised to see that she wasn't looking at fairy tale picture books.

Is he really reading a book while sitting next to the second young master every day?

The maid asked curiously, "Aren't you reading with the second young master anymore?"

Qiao Wu shook his little head: "He reads so fast, there are some parts I don't understand."

It's as if you can understand the other stuff.

How many people in this world have a brain like the second young master?

The maid didn't take it seriously and let her do as she pleased.

But when they turned around, they suddenly discovered that the second young master they had just been talking about was standing next to the small sofa on the second floor of the library, looking down.

After their eyes met, the second young master looked away.

Qiao Wu finally found a book that he was interested in.

The tables and chairs on the first floor were too high for her, and they were too hard to sit on. She had to climb up and down the sofa, and the carpet was much softer.

So she simply sat down against the bookshelf, bent her knees, opened the book, and began to read it seriously.

Seeing how engrossed she was, the maid figured it was just childish fun and didn't disturb her. Instead, she went to sit by the door a short distance away, where she could chat quietly with the caretaker and keep an eye on the child at the same time.

After a while, she saw the second young master come down from the second floor and walk straight toward Xiao Qiaowu in front of the bookshelf.

Qiao Wu was so engrossed in watching that he was completely unaware that someone had come up in front of him.

Until that person squatted down in front of him.

She was startled and stared blankly at the book.

Seeing Lu Jinzhi gently lift her book cover, glance at the name, and then look at her, his voice so soft that it was barely noticeable in the area, and almost only the two of them could hear it.

"Can you understand it?" he asked.

Qiao Wu nodded, then shook his head.

The main strategy is to take advantage of the chaos.

However, Lu Jinzhi did not delve any further. He quickly let go of her hand, stood up, and glanced at the bookshelf above her head. He pulled out a book, opened the first page, and began to read.

Qiao Wu thought to himself, he was right after all.

He reads books purely based on his mood.

However, she quickly lost interest in Lu Jinzhi. After all, he wasn't the kind of person who would drag her into playing games or cling to her. There was a five-year age gap between them, and Lu Jinzhi didn't even want to talk to Lu Xuan, let alone say anything to her.

So she gradually retreated into her own world.

Lu Jinzhi stood beside her, leaning lightly against the bookshelf and flipping through a few pages of a book.

But his gaze fell on the little head buried to the side.

Although he was always forced by his parents to spend time with the children, he would always take extra care of them whenever he sat next to them.

Naturally, one can also notice the child's sneaky movements as he sidles up to them.

Just keep it quiet.

He didn't pay much attention at first, until the child was so engrossed in reading that he almost buried his head in his lap, and then he finally realized that the child was snuggling up to him to read a book.

If he remembers correctly, the child is only four years old?

For the first time, Lu Jinzhi observed her seriously and discovered that she was indeed reading a book.

Occasionally, when he tries to turn a page, she will unconsciously place her hand on his book to stop him, and then immediately pull it away after realizing what she's doing.

When children get focused, they don't pay attention to anything else.

Just like now, her face is smaller than a book, and her little hand occasionally fiddles with a certain sentence, repeatedly reading it. With her movements, the little braid on her head also sways slightly.

Lu Xuan always liked to braid Lu Yingchi's hair into small braids, which he didn't understand.

But now, looking at it on someone else's head, it actually looks quite lifelike.

She's cuter than Lu Yingchi.

He watched for a while, and just as he was about to look away, he noticed that the child's head was moving differently than before.

Move forward little by little.

The last time she moved like this was when she was asleep in his arms.

She didn't take a nap today and came straight to the library; she must be feeling sleepy.

Lu Jinzhi closed the book and knelt down on one knee in front of her.

Just then, I saw the child try to open his eyes but couldn't, then completely freeze, his little hand loosened and the book fell onto the carpet, and his body slumped forward.

He instinctively reached out his hand.

He let the child fall into his arms.

Young children are sleeping soundly and have no idea what position they are in or what their situation is.

Lu Jinzhi watched for a while.

Then, unable to resist, I gently pinched her braid.

The person was soft, but the braid was surprisingly stiff.

He smiled.

With one arm around her, he picked up the book she had dropped and folded a corner over the open page.

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Ah, so sweet!