Chapter 99: Sacrifice

one's relatives for the sake of justice "I just met someone who claimed to be your sister at Hongyun Restaurant. She brought a few people with her and said she wanted to arrest us. She said that all this was arranged by you. I want to ask if you know about this." Lu Qingyun's voice was neither loud nor low, but it carried a kind of majesty that was intimidating without anger.

The sense of oppression in those words was like a mountain pressing down on an egg, weighing heavily on Zhong Zheng's heart, making him sweat coldly and trembling uncontrollably. If he hadn't been sitting on a chair at this moment, he would have collapsed to the ground.

"I... I know... I didn't know it was you..."

Lu Qingyun's voice suddenly became extremely cold, and the chill in it seemed to penetrate the phone and pierce Zhong Zheng's bones. "As the mayor of a city, you actually condoned your family's misconduct. I will report this matter to the higher-ups. That's it."

Listening to the busy tone on the other end of the phone, Zhong Zheng seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar from which there was no escape. He was cold all over, and despair and fear enveloped him. He was not afraid of Lu Qingyun investigating his financial problems, because he thought he had no flaws in this regard, but he did condone his family.

Especially for Zhong Li, because it was Zhong Li who brought him up when he was a child. In his heart, Zhong Li is not only a sister, but more like a mother, so he has always been grateful to this sister, so as long as Zhong Li asks, he will try his best to satisfy her. Unexpectedly, she actually provoked Lu Qingyun this time. Even he couldn't suppress this matter, and he would be implicated because of it.

Lu Qingyun came to the guesthouse, and Ling Yao and Ling Xuemei and their husband just came out of the room.

"Is everything resolved?" Ling Yao smiled and looked at Lu Qingyun.

Lu Qingyun nodded, "I'll take you to school." He had just checked Zhong Zheng. He was a good mayor. After taking office, he did a lot for Yun City. However, his sister relied on his name to do evil things outside, so Zhong Zheng could not escape the connection with this matter. However, he would give Zhong Zheng a chance. It depends on whether he can sacrifice his relatives for the greater good.

In the afternoon, the tense atmosphere of the exam came again.

When Ling Yao entered the examination room, Lu Qingyun asked Xiao Liu to drive the car under the shade of the tree so that Ling Xuemei and Ji Yanting could wait for Ling Yao comfortably in the car.

He also went to the store opposite to buy cold drinks and soda for Ling Xuemei and Ji Yanting. They are his future father-in-law and mother-in-law. If he has the opportunity to perform, he will naturally perform well.

"Little Lu is really good!" Ling Xuemei glanced at Lu Qingyun standing outside the car, her face full of praise.

Ji Yanting snorted disdainfully, "He has no good intentions."

Ling Yao sat in the examination room, writing furiously, and finished the test paper in a short while. She glanced at the clock on the wall and saw that it was still early, so she checked the test paper again.

When the time to hand in the paper came, Ling Yao did not hesitate at all, and quickly handed in the paper and walked out of the campus.

From a distance, she saw Lu Qingyun waiting at the school gate, and a sweet feeling rose in her heart, and her steps could not help but speed up.

As soon as Lu Qingyun saw Ling Yao, he walked over quickly and handed her the ice cream in his hand, "Eat a piece of ice cream to cool down first." He bought this ice cream at the store at the right time, so it didn't melt at all.

"Yeah." Ling Yao took the ice cream, took a bite, and the feeling of heat disappeared without a trace in an instant. Sure enough, summer and ice cream are more suitable.

"Where are my parents?" Ling Yao asked curiously without seeing Ling Xuemei and Ji Yanting.

"It's too hot, I asked them to wait for us in the car, in the small park opposite." There was no shade here, so he asked Xiao Liu to drive the car to the small park opposite.

"Let's go find them."

Lu Qingyun nodded slightly, and walked slowly towards the small park with Ling Yao.

Ling Yao saw the beads of sweat on Lu Qingyun's forehead, and subconsciously reached out to pass the ice cream to his mouth, and whispered: "Take a bite to cool down." Her eyes were pure and natural, and she didn't realize there was anything wrong with this action.

"Okay!" Lu Qingyun's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously, he lowered his head slightly, and took a bite of the ice cream, "Very sweet!" His eyes involuntarily fell on Ling Yao's bright red lips, and his eyes revealed a trace of imperceptible tenderness and desire. He wanted to taste her lips, which must be sweeter than ice cream.

Ling Yao realized what she had just done, her heart was pounding, she lowered her eyelids, her shy expression was as charming as the peach blossoms in spring, "Let's go quickly." She ran forward as if escaping.

Looking at Ling Yao's fleeing back, Lu Qingyun couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth in a good mood, and followed Ling Yao with his long legs.

Zhong Li was called home by Zhong Zheng.

At this time, Zhong Zheng was holding a stack of documents in his hand, his face was very ugly.

"A Zheng, sister knows I was wrong, sister really doesn't know the identity of that person." After Zhong Li knew Lu Qingyun's identity, she was uneasy the whole afternoon.

Zhong Zheng threw the document in front of Zhong Li, looking at her with a cold and disappointed face, "Give me an explanation." It turned out that his sister had concealed so many bad things from him, and he had been kept in the dark all this time. He thought his sister was just a little bit coquettish, a little bit willful, and a little bit bad-tempered, but he didn't expect her to be so cruel.

Zhong Li picked up the document and opened it. The more she looked at it, the uglier her face became, "A Zheng, I was wrong. I will never do that again in the future. Please forgive me this time."

Zhong Zheng closed his eyes, turned around, and after a long time, he slowly spoke: "It's too late." This time he must severely punish Zhong Li, whether it is to the victims or Lu Qingyun, he must give an explanation.

Lu Qingyun sent Ling Yao and the others home. After dinner, Ling Xuemei invited him to stay at Ling Yao's house.

At night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. A few stars were shining faintly in the night sky, as if telling endless stories.

A few fireflies were dancing in the grass, like small stars, emitting faint and charming light.

Ling Yao was sitting in the room reading a book, and suddenly someone knocked on the window gently.

She put down the book in her hand, walked to the window curiously, and opened it.

Lu Qingyun was standing outside the window, holding a glass bottle in his hand. The bottle was shining in the dark night, like a bright pearl.

"This is for you." Lu Qingyun handed the bottle to Ling Yao.

Ling Yao could see clearly that the bottle was full of fireflies. She took the bottle happily and said, "Thank you! I like it very much." She had a special love for fireflies since she was a child. Their flying figures in the night sky always brought her endless beauty and tranquility.

"I'm glad you like it. Go to bed early. Good night!" Lu Qingyun wanted to stay with Ling Yao for a while, but thinking that Ling Yao had to take an exam tomorrow, he could only suppress the desire in his heart.

"Good night!" Ling Yao closed the window and looked at the bottle full of fireflies in her hand. A sweet smile appeared at the corner of her lips.

Lu Qingyun stood by Ling Yao's window for a while before turning back to his room.

That night, both of them slept soundly and had sweet dreams, in which each other appeared.