Chapter 106 Relief
Lu Zhenyu's eyes were a little wet, and she tilted her head back and breathed a few times.
“It’s all in the past, no one is to blame but those bad people.” She patted the girl’s trembling back. “Don’t cry, Manman. The doctor only gave me an hour to go out. I haven’t even had dinner yet. Can you have something to eat with me? I’m starving.”
"Okay!" Feng Manman quickly wiped away her tears with her sleeve and helped her walk to the living room. "The house is too messy. You sit on the sofa. I'll go and have someone bring you food."
The aunt, who hadn't eaten a single grain of rice for days, was finally ready to eat. The servants slapped their thighs and ran back to the kitchen, and the food was served in less than three minutes.
The two sisters snuggled on the sofa, and Feng Manman insisted on feeding Lu Zhenyu herself.
The two of them took turns eating, barely managing to finish a bowl of millet porridge together.
As she turned her arm, Lu Zhenyu caught a glimpse of the red marks on the girl's arm. It took her a lot of effort to swallow the last mouthful of porridge.
Suppressing his emotions, he reached out and tidied the stray hairs standing in front of her face.
She was gentle, as if she were her daughter.
Rubbing her cheek, Lu Zhenyu asked in a slightly indulgent tone, "Why do you lock yourself in your bedroom every day and never go out, hmm?"
Feng Manman lowered her eyes slightly and silently pulled her sleeves down a little. "I'm a little afraid of seeing people."
I dared not look into their pitying eyes, nor listen to their attempts at comfort, which even they themselves felt they could not provide.
Especially Shen Jinchuan.
Their marriage was a political alliance between equals, where everyone was equally matched.
Feng Manman doesn't remember what those beasts did during the hour she was unconscious, but she clearly remembers that before she lost consciousness, they stripped her clothes off.
That's enough, she knew.
After spending so much time together, Feng Manman knew what kind of man Shen Jinchuan was.
He was well-mannered and cultured, tolerant of her, and allowed her to act arrogantly and bully him. Although he was a bit bad in private, he was always 100% sincere towards her after they started dating.
It was precisely because this man was so good that Feng Manman didn't want to be a burden to him.
“At that moment, I knew he would never break up with me, but I…” The girl choked up, pursed her lips and swallowed a few times, “but I couldn’t help but realize that the balance between him and me had collapsed, and I didn’t want to drag him down.”
With a suffocating pain in her heart, Lu Zhenyu reached out and hugged the person in her arms, silently shedding tears while gently rubbing the little head in her arms.
She said, "Manman, do you believe me?"
The girl nestled in her "mother's" warm embrace like a little baby, saying, "Of course I believe it."
In her entire life, Feng Manman trusted only Lu Zhenyu.
Lu Zhenyu felt warm inside when Lu Zhenyu answered without hesitation for a second. "Then if I told you for sure that nothing happened in that hour, and they just took some photos for the employer, would you believe me?"
Feng Manman looked at him with teary eyes, "Really...?"
“Really.” Lu Zhenyu nodded sincerely.
As she walked out of the building, she had already asked the scarred man about this matter. The scarred man said that Duan Xi'er had asked them to take nude photos of Feng Manman, charging 300,000 yuan per photo and 600,000 yuan for the video.
The photos were sent back as soon as they were taken.
Now, no one can stop her from using them however she wants, but I suppose there's no need to worry.
Because Duan Xi'er won't live to see that time.
With Lu Zhenyu's reassurance, Feng Manman's spirits noticeably improved.
It was almost time, and the doctor came up to urge Lu Zhenyu.
She didn't let Feng Manman send her anything. "Eat well these next two days and get back to your pre-pregnancy weight. You're not allowed to come see me until you're at least 20 pounds."
"Twenty pounds?" Feng Manman snuggled into her arms and acted coquettishly. "Zhenzhen, I seriously suspect that you just want me to be fatter than you."
Lu Zhenyu chuckled, "You guessed it all. Do you remember what Feng's mother told us when we were little?"
Feng Manman pouted, "Being a little chubby is better for keeping good fortune down."
The two girls stopped crying and started laughing after they finished speaking.
After saying goodbye at the bedroom door, Wang Kai and several guards came up and carried Lu Zhenyu and her wheelchair downstairs.
"I'll do it."
Feng Jinzhou, who had been standing at the corner of the stairs, walked over with his arms crossed, pushed through the crowd, and came to Lu Zhenyu.
Today he was wearing a loose-fitting black stand-up collar tracksuit, looking younger and more casual than the other day.
The tall man, standing at 1.89 meters, bent down in front of the girl. "Consider this a gesture of hospitality. I hope Shen Jingsi won't mind."
Before they could finish speaking, the man had already scooped Lu Zhenyu up in his arms, but the girl didn't wrap her arms around his neck.
Even the proprietress didn't say anything, so what did her group of subordinates dare to say?
Wang Kai felt a little guilty, so he carried the wheelchair and ran off first.
Feng Jinzhou descended the stairs slowly, and Lu Zhenyu watched him quietly.
This is a face with particularly strong features, high and straight eyebrows, and a very heroic and imposing appearance. It is difficult to approach when he is not smiling, but when he has a mischievous smile on his face, he has a kind of roguish charm that is both righteous and evil.
His mouth and nose were still covered with not-fully-healed abrasions. He stared straight ahead, his voice low and slightly husky, "I was planning to visit you when you were feeling better, but I didn't expect you to come first. How are you?"
Unlike the official tone of our first meeting, this one was gentler, and also a little... guilty.
Lu Zhenyu smiled and said, "It's alright, mainly because I'm lucky."
Glancing at the hand silently clenched in his abdomen, Feng Jinzhou swallowed hard. "I'm sorry, it was me..."
Lu Zhenyu: "You don't need to feel guilty at all."
Two voices rang out simultaneously.
As Feng Jinzhou stopped descending the stairs, Lu Zhenyu met his gaze.
She pursed her lips and smiled again, but not a trace of color could be squeezed from them.
"No one needs to apologize for her leaving; the one who should apologize is the real culprit who planned this kidnapping."
Lu Zhenyu spoke these words calmly.
It wasn't that she knew this man she'd only met twice; it was that she knew this moral blackmail had bound too many innocent people.
Everyone here is a good person, and they genuinely didn't want to see this outcome.
So everyone looked for responsibility within themselves, carrying a deep sense of guilt towards her deceased child.
Lu Zhenyu only wanted to tell them:
Not at all.
She saw the turmoil in Feng Jinzhou's deep eyes and remembered how he had rushed towards her with all his might before the explosion, wanting to shield her from the blast with his own body.
“I should thank you,” Lu Zhenyu said. “From childhood to adulthood, besides my husband and Manman, you are the third person who, without any reason, resolutely rushed out to protect me.”
Her gaze flickered, and she noticed that the man's tightly furrowed brows were gradually loosening.
It sounds a bit exaggerated, but ever since he had memories, Feng Jinzhou has never shed a single tear.
Men who have survived the hardships of military academies have the saying "a man sheds blood but not tears" etched into their very bones.
But looking at the girl's face, which was thinner and more gaunt than when they first met, and her sunken, unfocused fox eyes, and after hearing her calm and relieved words, he felt a strange tightness in his throat.
His Adam's apple slid against the thin skin twice, then he looked away, picked the person up, and continued walking down.
It wasn't that he had nothing to say; it was that Feng Jinzhou had never coaxed anyone before, nor did he know how to use sweet words.
After thinking for a long time, he finally put her in the car and said before parting, "Don't be too sad. Take good care of yourself. She will come back."
Will the dead child be reincarnated as her baby?
Lu Zhenyu smiled bitterly, "Let's not. I'm no longer qualified to be her mother."
I won't do it again in the future.
Hearing this made Feng Jinzhou uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but frown.
Lu Zhenyu waved to him, "Goodbye, Major General."
"Maybe we'll meet again someday. Let's say goodbye."
The words "goodbye" coming from this girl's mouth sounded unpleasant to the listener, more like a final farewell.
No matter what you say, Lu Zhenyu only knows that she should go back.
Go back and see her husband again.
The train carriage was very quiet on the way back to the hospital.
Lu Zhenyu leaned back in her seat, gazing at the night view of the capital city.
Wang Kai, in the passenger seat, answered a few words and hung up the phone. Lu Zhenyu then asked, "Your boss?"
Wang Kai nodded. "The boss asked about your health, Madam."
He added, "He's quite nervous about you."
How could Lu Zhenyu not know how nervous Shen Jingsi was?
Of all those who suffered the most after her and her child's accident, the husband and father were undoubtedly the most heartbroken.
She knew that his expectations for this child were no less than her own.
Ever since he learned from Zoe that they had a baby, he has brought her and the child gifts every day when he comes home.
The nursery next door was almost overflowing with princess beds, cradles, rocking horses, Barbie dolls, clothes, shoes, and formula. She never interfered; he prepared and decorated everything himself.
When the two talked about what would happen after the baby was born, they were so excited that they couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and they would hold her belly and talk to themselves.
The reason Lu Zhenyu said so many harsh words that day was because she was too emotional and extreme, and lost her mind for a moment.
She hasn't been unconscious the whole time these past few days; she's been conscious at times, but she hasn't opened her eyes.
Lying there, my emotions calmed down, and I came to terms with many things. Those grievances naturally vanished.
So now all she wants is to go home quickly and hug her husband who is waiting for her return.
Let me give you another hug.
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