Chapter 313 Some Abandonment
Mr. Lu returned home with his hands behind his back, humming an off-key military song, and saw Lu Huailin standing in the center of the living room.
He exclaimed with delight, "Good lad, you even knew to bring Hao Hao to see me as soon as you got back."
Hearing his father's voice, Lu Huailin turned around, looked at him, and shook his head, saying, "Dad, Hao Hao and my wife haven't come back."
When Lu's father heard that Hao Hao hadn't come, he was so angry that his nose almost crooked, and he glared at Lu Huailin.
He said irritably, "My eldest grandson and daughter-in-law aren't back, what are you doing back here?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin shifted his gaze to his mother standing to the side and said calmly, "Mom told me to come back!"
It was only then that Mr. Lu noticed that Mrs. Lu's eyes were red, clearly showing signs of crying.
What are you doing?
After speaking, he walked to the opposite side of the sofa and sat down, quietly looking at Lu's mother, waiting for her explanation.
Lu's mother opened her mouth, but she didn't dare to tell Lu's father to ask Lu Huailin to send Hao Hao back.
She shifted her gaze to Lu Huailin, hoping he would take the initiative to suggest sending Hao Hao back.
How could Lu Huailin do as his mother wished? He said directly, "Mom told us to send Hao Hao over so she can look after him for us."
He knew that only Lu's father could control Lu's mother in this family, and he didn't want to have frequent conflicts with his wife.
The only solution is to nip those unrealistic ideas of Lu's mother in the bud.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Lu glanced at Mrs. Lu, his brows furrowed, and said coldly, "Send it over?"
"Do you want to raise Hao Hao to be the second boss? Someone who'll throw a tantrum over the slightest setback?"
Upon hearing this, Lu's mother's eyes instantly reddened again, and she choked out, "Isn't it all your fault that my eldest son is in this state now!"
Not wanting to argue with Lu's unreasonable mother, Mr. Lu turned to Lu Huailin and asked, "Have you reported to the army yet?"
"No, I'll be reporting at 4 PM."
Mr. Lu glanced at the time on his wrist; it was almost 12 o'clock, and it would take more than an hour to drive back from here.
She stood up and said, "I'll go to the kitchen and make you a bowl of noodles. Eat and then go back quickly."
Lu Huailin nodded and said, "Dad, I'll go with you."
After saying that, the father and son went into the kitchen one after the other.
Lu's mother glared at the father and son with resentment.
If they weren't so heartless, she wouldn't have ended up like this.
"Don't worry, your dad is watching over your mom at home. He won't let her do anything outrageous."
Mr. Lu spoke as he boiled water.
"Dad, can Mom's leg still be cured?"
Looking at his mother's current state, Lu Huailin felt heartbroken; after all, she was his biological mother.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Lu sighed and said, "It can't be cured."
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin paused in his hand holding the noodles and said softly, "Dad, Mom's thinking is a bit extreme right now. Please spend more time with her when you have time."
Mr. Lu glared at Lu Huailin, annoyed. "Am I really that heartless in your eyes? You don't even care about your own wife?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin fell silent.
Mr. Lu snorted: "I asked your mother to come out for a walk with me, but she won't go."
“They insist that people outside are laughing at her and looking down on her behind her back.”
Lu Huailin was shocked to hear that his mother was so sensitive.
He felt guilty. If it weren't for him, his father wouldn't have sent his elder brother and mother to the Northwest.
Lu's father could tell what Lu Huailin was thinking just by looking at his expression.
He scoffed, "A grown man acting all coy, unable to let go."
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin turned his head to look at his father, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
“Huailin, remember, a family only has so many resources. If we give them to you, we can’t give them to your older brother.”
“If your older brother had a long-term vision and understood the principle that we all prosper together and suffer together, he wouldn’t resent you. He would work even harder not to become a burden to you.”
"On the contrary, if he is short-sighted, no matter how much compensation his family gives him, he will still resent you and feel that you have taken away what originally belonged to him."
"The former is easy to deal with, but the latter will never look for the reasons within themselves and will only blame their incompetence on others."
Lu Huailin looked at his father's full head of white hair and listened to his father's words of comfort.
Her eyes instantly welled up with tears, and her heart skipped a beat.
He then realized that his tall and mighty father, whom he remembered, had aged.
Then she thought of Lu's mother, who was also not young, and her heart softened instantly.
"Dad, this is not fair to Mom. After all, my older brother is also her son."
"Isn't your older brother my son?"
"Once he figures things out, Dad will naturally arrange his future. If he doesn't figure it out, that's his fate!"
Mr. Lu looked at the boiling water in the pot, just like his mood at that moment.
He sighed and said, "Huailin, once you have a few more children, you'll understand that both children are precious to you, and you'll love them all."
"However, we can't just hand over the family business that we've built up over several generations to someone else."
"Therefore, even if they are all your own children, you have to give up some of them."
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin felt a jolt in his heart; Hao Hao had grown up in his arms.
He couldn't bear to let anyone take away what belonged to him, not even his own children.
Thinking of this, he needed to take some time to go to the hospital for a tubal ligation to prevent any of his full siblings from competing with Hao Hao for resources.
Although both the palms and the backs of the hands are flesh, the flesh varies in thickness.
Seeing Lu Huailin standing there in a daze, Lu's father patted him on the shoulder and said, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and cook some noodles."
Upon hearing this, Lu Huailin quickly put the noodles into the water.
at the same time
Gu Yihan was very grateful to Zhang Mei for showing her around the family compound. On the way back...
She held Hao Hao's hand in one hand and carried the things she had just bought in the other, warmly inviting them to come and sit down at her home.
Zhang Mei didn't stand on ceremony; considering they would be neighbors in the future and would inevitably have to interact frequently, she didn't refuse.
When they got home, she told Zhang Mei to make herself at home.
She then made herself a cup of malted milk powder and asked, "Auntie, does anyone live on the right side of our house?"
"The person staying here is Chief of Staff Gao Guoqiang. His wife's name is Bai Yun. You can call her Aunt Bai when you see her."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan hesitated before asking, "Wouldn't it be inappropriate to call her 'Auntie'?"
Zhang Mei laughed out loud upon hearing this: "No, Chief of Staff Gao's wife is at least twenty years older than you."
"You should call her Aunt Bai."
After saying that, he took a sip of malted milk powder.
He laughed and said, "You know what, in our area, your wife is the youngest. You'd probably have to call her 'Auntie' if you saw her."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan's mouth dropped open in surprise. "They all call her 'Auntie'?"
Zhang Mei nodded and said, "That's right. Not to mention others, my son is even older than you. If he doesn't call you 'Auntie,' wouldn't the difference in generation be even greater?"
Gu Yihan looked at Zhang Mei in surprise: "Ah? Auntie, you look quite young, not at all like someone who has a son as old as me."
Zhang Mei was quite pleased to hear Gu Yihan's praise and said with a smile, "My grandson is a year older than your Hao Hao."
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