Chapter 91 Extra 3: if

The school organizes study tours for students, and the destinations vary for each grade and department.

Lu Xuan, who was a year older than Qiao Wu, wished he could stuff himself into Qiao Wu's schoolbag. Unfortunately, he was now quite large. He didn't know why, but he used to be about the same height as Qiao Wu. However, Qiao Wu was growing slower and slower, while he was growing faster and faster.

He was always very anxious because she was so small.

Early in the morning, he and Lu Yingchi arrived at Qiao Wu's room with practiced ease, this time without even carrying a schoolbag.

The toy train that was whizzing by on the ground was a very big one that Lu Yingchi had just bought.

Lu Xuan used a remote control to stop the toy train in front of Qiao Wu, while the short-legged Lu Yingchi walked to the front and carried out the things that were being pulled out one by one.

No one knows what Lu Xuan's plans are, but ever since Lu Yingchi could crawl on the ground, he has been dedicated to training Lu Yingchi.

As a result, Lu Yingchi, who is only five years old now, is in very good health, is taller than his peers, and is quite strong. He is the little tyrant of the whole kindergarten.

Each carriage on the train had a small bamboo basket filled with various items.

Seeing Qiao Wu sitting on the floor packing her small schoolbag for her study trip, Lu Xuan very seriously took the schoolbag away from her.

What can you put in such a small backpack?

He directed Lu Yingchi to take the things out of the toy train and arrange them properly, then plopped down and said earnestly, "This is something I asked the chef to make. Remember to eat it. I put it in your schoolbag."

"You can't drink water from outside, I've prepared water for you."

Before Qiao Wu could react, a bunch of things were suddenly in his arms.

Lu Yingchi was too young for kindergarten to have any study tours to distant places, so he could only imitate his third brother's serious demeanor.

The most important thing must not be overlooked. He shoved everything on the little train into Qiao Wu's hands, his little face stern: "You can't eat things given to you by other children!"

Since we all went to the same school, we would wait to go home together after school every day.

After elementary school, Qiao Wu and Lu Xuan would pick him up together, and then they would go to the junior high school to wait for his second brother.

But every time Qiao Wu came to the kindergarten, the children in his class would eagerly give him all the snacks and toys they had saved up.

It made the gifts he gave seem inconspicuous.

So every day, Lu Yingchi diligently helped Qiao Wu collect the gifts, then threw them all away, keeping only his own.

But that's not all.

The junior high school students leave a little later, and the last period is usually an outdoor class or some activity class.

The teachers at the school were very tolerant of them. They would always arrange a seat for them to sit and wait for their second brother, and occasionally they would allow them to participate in some activity classes.

But Qiao Wu is always the most popular one.

Later, Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan secretly asked those older brothers and sisters.

Those people said it was because Qiao Wu was good-looking and very smart, and therefore liked by many.

The last person who was that smart was Lu Jinzhi, but Lu Jinzhi had an eccentric personality and rarely got close to his classmates.

In comparison, Qiao Wu, who is always gentle, obedient, and compliant, is simply too likable.

Actually, one reason that those people haven't mentioned is that Qiao Wu is the most favored among the three Lu brothers, which makes everyone more interested in her and more willing to play with her.

It's alright in the primary school and kindergarten.

But when they arrived at the junior high school, everyone there was tall.

The short Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan often had to stand anxiously outside the crowd, unable to squeeze in at all.

You have to wait in line to play games with Qiao Wu during activity class.

Since Qiao Wu is going on a study tour this time, they can't go together, so they have to take precautions in every way beforehand.

“We’re giving you the best.” Lu Yingchi nestled into Qiao Wu’s lap and sat down, emphasizing repeatedly, “You can’t like other children.”

Qiao Wu almost couldn't breathe from the force of his shove.

As the youngest child in the family, Lu Yingchi was always fed in various ways. Even at the age of five, he was still a chubby little boy, with a really cute and chubby appearance.

But he really liked being held by Qiao Wu.

But nine-year-old Qiao Wu is too old to carry him.

So most of the time when he sidled up to him, Qiao Wu only needed to lift his arm loosely.

Lu Yingchi would then very sensibly take small steps on the ground, which he would perceive as being carried.

Where else can we sit down properly like this?

Qiao Wu took a while to recover before shrinking back to avoid his legs going numb from being sat on.

In contrast, Lu Xuan was much more composed. He stroked his chin, deep in thought, wondering how he could scare the other children when he wasn't around.

Suddenly, he ran into Qiao Wu's study.

There are many things that everyone shares here, because he and Lu Yingchi usually like to do their homework here.

Lu Xuan took out a piece of paper and a pen, and carefully wrote the two characters "Lu Xuan" on it.

Then he took it back and stuck it on Qiao Wu's little schoolbag: "That way no one will dare to mess with you."

He is very prestigious in the primary school!

Lu Yingchi glanced at it a few times. He could now recognize and write the names of many people in his family, so he raised his hand: "Third Brother, I want one too!"

Lu Xuan frowned and covered his mouth: "You don't want to."

Having become incredibly strong, Lu Yingchi struggled with all his might, using his solid weight to successfully pin his third brother down and sit on his stomach: "I want it!"

Qiao Wu felt that if she didn't write their names down today, she wouldn't be able to leave this room, so she took a new piece of paper and handed it to Lu Yingchi: "Write it down."

Lu Yingchi took the pen, bit it in his mouth, then looked up at Qiao Wu, waving a blank sheet of paper in his other hand, his eyes full of expectation.

To be honest, Lu Xuan used to be a year older than Qiao Wu.

So from her perspective, she and Lu Xuan were the same age, and she didn't feel much difference when they looked at each other.

But now there's a chubby little boy who's smaller than her, and he actually looks really cute.

After she started school, she displayed her various talents without any need to hide them, because there was an extraordinary Lu Jinzhi before her.

Everyone thought she was a very smart child.

Therefore, from a very young age, she was free to see and write whatever she wanted, and she could even teach Lu Yingchi to write.

Seeing Lu Yingchi reach out to her, she bent down, took his hand, and wrote his name on it stroke by stroke.

"What are you reading?" she asked.

Lu Yingchi nuzzled her chin with his fluffy head, repeating each word as he spoke: "Lu Yingchi".

"That's great."

Now Lu Yingchi could stick the paper on her little schoolbag without any guilt.

Qiao Wu didn't need much of the snacks and supplies in the little train. She picked out some and put them in her schoolbag, repeatedly promising that she wouldn't eat other children's food outside. Only then were Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan allowed her to leave.

Three children went to participate in the study tour.

Everyone should go to the school to gather first.

Upon arriving at school, Qiao Wu said goodbye and got off the bus to find her class. Only Lu Xuan watched her retreating figure, undergoing a great deal of mental preparation.

"Lu Jinzhi." He called out to Lu Jinzhi, who was walking towards the junior high school section.

As he grew older, he came to a profound understanding that not everyone is a good older brother like his eldest brother.

Anyway, Lu Jinzhi is not.

So after being mentally suppressed by Lu Jinzhi time and time again, he stopped calling Lu Jinzhi "Second Brother".

But it was clear that Lu Jinzhi didn't care what he was shouting at all.

Hearing the sound, Lu Jinzhi stopped and turned to look at him.

Lu Xuan rummaged through his schoolbag and pulled out a small box.

“My allowance,” he said, “and the snacks the chef made, are all for you.”

Lu Jinzhi didn't answer, but just looked at him quietly.

Sure enough, three seconds later Lu Xuan said with a shameless grin, "You're going to a place with Xiao Wu. You have to take good care of her and don't scold her."

Lu Jinzhi didn't know where he heard that he had cursed Qiao Wu.

He pocketed all of his brother's allowance without any guilt: "I only call him an idiot."

Lu Xuan's eyes widened.

But his second brother had already ignored him and turned away.

Lu Jinzhi, having arrived at the junior high school, found his seat and opened the small box in his hand.

After the children in the family enter the third grade, they will all have their own card. Now that card is lying quietly in the box, with the password written crookedly on it.

Lu Jinzhi remained silent for two seconds.

He gave a soft scoff and closed the box again.

Pig brain.

Since he needed a favor, the snacks prepared were not his favorites, but rather Qiao Wu's.

Even the card's PIN was Qiao Wu's birthday.

Without even thinking about it, it was all taken from the scraps that Lu Xuan gave to Qiao Wu.

Tomorrow, we'll make him take the surname Qiao.

Lu Jinzhi put the box back into his schoolbag, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that there was something else under the box.

He turned the box over and found an invitation letter tied to the bottom.

An invitation to a tech industry summit that he wanted to attend, but had already received.

It is indeed a brain.

I know a little, but not much.

He won't wait for someone to deliver what he wants.

But Lu Jinzhi still took the invitation down and put it in his schoolbag.

Unlike the primary school, the junior high school has three study tours a year. One of them is arranged to go abroad during the summer vacation, and the other two are just spring and autumn outings, which will be to some relatively nearby places.

This time, their class happened to go to the same destination as Qiao Wu's class.

He felt that Qiao Wu shouldn't need any care.

Qiao Wu, on the other side, had already sat down in his seat and was waiting to depart.

Study tours organized by private schools are sponsored by various companies.

The Lu Group accounts for the majority of annual expenses. Whether it is travel safety or accommodation, the conditions are quite superior. They travel in business-class comfort vehicles, rather than traditional tour buses.

Just as Lu Xuan and Lu Yingchi had expected, this time she wasn't accompanied by those two possessive dogs, and the other children were finally able to talk to her up close, so quite a few people got off to greet her.

Especially the children in the same car.

Before they even reached their destination, several classmates had already arranged their own "schedule" and decided who would take care of her.

Even though she repeatedly emphasized that she didn't need to be taken care of.

The result of the children fighting over her was that she, who didn't need any care, was harmed not long after arriving at her destination.

The children in one car were lined up, but the other children were not.

So much so that as soon as they got off the bus, they started scrambling and jostling, everyone trying to squeeze next to her.

Then she was pushed and rolled off the lawn.

He wasn't seriously injured, but his knees and hands were scraped.

The teacher took her to the medical point to treat her wounds.

There is a hotel in this scenic area, and there is a dedicated medical point at the entrance of the hotel.

Seeing that the teacher was about to call his father, Qiao Wu immediately stopped him: "Teacher, I'm not in pain, there's no need to call my dad."

“That won’t do,” the teacher said. “Your father needs to know, no matter how serious it is.”

"But..." Qiao Wu was about to speak when he suddenly saw a familiar figure walking towards him.

She froze for a moment, then quickly covered her face.

You can't see me, you can't see me.

They didn't come to find me.

The next moment, a familiar, indifferent voice rang out from above: "What's going on?"

The teacher turned around and saw that it was the second son of the Lu Group in the junior high school.

The identities of the Lu family's sons were not a secret at the school, especially Lu Jinzhi, a prodigy.

Knowing that Qiao Wu was on good terms with several young masters, she explained the details: "I was just about to call and inform her father."

"Hmm." Lu Jinzhi looked at the child who was covering his face and trying to peek at him through his fingers, and called out, "Qiao Wu."

Since someone already knew, Qiao Wu didn't want her father to worry anymore, so she put her hand down and whispered, "Can we not tell Dad?"

He stretched his legs again, trying his best to explain that he really wasn't seriously injured.

In Lu Jinzhi's view, everyone in his family had been well protected since childhood, and Lu Xuan would cry loudly even if he fell on the ground.

Not to mention Qiao Wu looks so soft and fragile that he could be crushed at the slightest touch.

Her knees and elbows were covered in ointment, and it did look rather alarming.

Qiao Wu tugged at his sleeve: "Lu Jinzhi."

“I’ll take the hit,” Lu Jinzhi finally said. “You’re going with the junior high students today.”

Qiao Wu nodded immediately.

She was finding it hard to cope with the enthusiastic classmates, and by comparison, she was less likely to be bothered when she was with Lu Jinzhi.

The teacher listened to Lu Jinzhi's phone call to make sure that Qiao Wu's father was aware of and agreed to let her go with the junior high school before leaving with peace of mind.

After the teacher left, Qiao Wu very considerately did not disturb Lu Jinzhi's schedule.

As far as she knew, the junior high school section did not involve a day trip; instead, students had to stay overnight in a hotel and leave the next day.

Lu Jinzhi must have come to the hotel to drop off some things.

The hotel is under the Lu family's control, so there is no need to pay for a room.

Looking at Lu Jinzhi's calm expression, she offered, "I can wait for you at the hotel."

If you have children, the hotel butler will take care of them throughout the trip.

Lu Jinzhi didn't say whether it was good or bad, but instead answered irrelevantly: "Aren't we here for academic research?"

"OK."

"How can you call it a study tour if you haven't seen anything?"

Qiao Wu glanced at his knees.

She wanted to see it, but it really hurt a bit.

She had been holding back because she was worried that her classmates would cry. Later, she was worried that the teacher would tell her father something exaggerated and that her father would be worried, so she held back. Now, in front of Lu Jinzhi, she didn't want to be too obvious, so she held back as well.

If I really went with him, I might not be able to resist.

Before she could think of an excuse or how to phrase it, Lu Jinzhi squatted down in front of her.

The fourteen-year-old boy was much taller than her, who was only nine years old, and looked very reliable.

Qiao Wu didn't react immediately: "Lu Jinzhi?"

"We're going to miss it." Lu Jinzhi said, his hand already around her knees, pulling her onto his back.

Qiao Wu never imagined that Lu Jinzhi would carry someone on his back.

He usually finds Lu Yingchi too heavy to even carry.

Seeing someone coming over to urge him, Qiao Wu quickly lay down on his back.

Lu Jinzhi stood up and glanced at her knees.

He had always liked Qiao Wu's quietness, but he didn't quite like her quietness now.

So he said, "The pain won't disappear even if you endure it."

Qiao Wu buried his head in his back and let out a muffled "Oh".

But he still didn't say anything.

She has already caused Lu Jinzhi enough trouble.

Lu Jinzhi told her to go with the junior high school students, and he kept his word. He carried her on his back wherever they had to walk.

The schedule for junior high school students is relatively relaxed and offers a high degree of freedom.

He quickly showed her all the places she needed to see and then took her back to the hotel for dinner.

Some lazy students also stayed in the hotel.

Everyone was surprised to see Lu Jinzhi return with his younger sister on his back.

"Didn't you say you didn't want to go?"

With a mind like Lu Jinzhi's, there's no need for so-called study tours to learn anything, and he has no interest in entertainment activities, so he hasn't planned to go out since arriving at the hotel that morning.

Several classmates wanted to be like him, but when they turned around, he was gone, and when he came back, there was one more person.

"It's Xiao Qiao Wu!" The students greeted Qiao Wu warmly. "What happened? Let your older brothers and sisters take a look."

Before those people could get close, Lu Jinzhi put the person on a chair and pushed him against the wall.

He sat down next to them, not making way for anyone, and casually glanced at them, saying, "Are you all elementary school students too?"

"What's wrong with showing concern for your little sister?" The students had no choice but to return to their seats. "What does Xiao Qiao Wu want to eat? We'll order for you. This is our signature dish, and I haven't eaten it yet. How about you take it?"

"Thank you." Qiao Wu pushed his hand away, "No..."

Lu Jinzhi, with his long arms, pushed the plate back before she could reach it: "She doesn't eat food from outsiders."

outsider:"……"

To thank Lu Jinzhi's classmates, Qiao Wu took out the snacks that Lu Xuan and the others had given her that day from her schoolbag and dumped them all on the table: "Give these to my older brothers and sisters."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jinzhi, who was handing her the menu, lowered his eyes slightly and searched her face for a while to see the unnaturalness and unwillingness he wanted to see. Seeing that she was completely unaware of what he had said, he looked away.

Soon the food she ordered arrived. Qiao Wu's palms were scraped and covered with medicine, so she could only carefully pick up the utensils one by one, making it very difficult for her to eat.

With a clatter, Lu Jinzhi put down his cutlery.

Qiao Wu glanced to the side subconsciously.

Seeing Lu Jinzhi turn to the side, take a clean fork, and slowly twirl her noodles.

Qiao Wu, with noodles still in his mouth, was so stunned by the sight that he forgot to continue.

Her bewildered expression was indeed adorable. Lu Jinzhi gently lifted her chin and smiled, "Open your mouth."

This action astonished the students around him.

Lu Jinzhi, do your brothers know how considerate you are?

Qiao Wu still didn't get to stay in a room by herself. Lu Jinzhi upgraded her room to a two-bedroom suite, and she stayed in another room.

The hotel butler left after giving her a shower and changing her clothes.

Qiao Wu was still a little puzzled. Shouldn't she have applied the medicine for her too? She was a little hesitant to do it.

The hotel managers at Lu's hotels shouldn't be so incompetent.

She felt she should talk to her older brother about it another day.

When she came out of the room to find the medicine to apply herself, she saw Lu Jinzhi already sitting on the sofa, fiddling with her medicine.

Seeing her come out, Lu Jinzhi looked up and said, "Come here."

Qiao Wu obediently walked over and sat down next to him.

However, Lu Jinzhi clearly had no intention of giving her the medicine. He simply dipped a cotton swab in the medicine and pressed it directly onto her wound.

Qiao Wu shuddered: "Hiss."

Lu Jinzhi didn't look up and continued what he was doing: "Does it hurt?"

Isn't it obvious?

Qiao Wu nodded, clutching the cushion.

Lu Jinzhi's voice was flat: "Since you can endure so much, I thought you were all right."

"..."

Qiao Wu burst into tears, suspecting that he was deliberately retaliating.

However, Lu Jinzhi's movements became lighter again.

He carefully applied the medicine to her skin before putting down his things and looking up.

Seeing the glint in her eyes, he chuckled and gently wiped the corner of her eye with his hand.

"Got it? Just say it hurts, and your brother won't do anything to you."