"Yeah, that's right," Lu Jiaming said softly, "I want to know what's going on with Xiao Chu's fear of the dark and thunder?"
"This..." The butler said in a low voice with a troubled look on his face, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lu, the young master won't let me tell anyone about this matter easily."
"Am I considered someone else?" Lu Jiaming blurted out, "Just tell me, he won't blame you, I just want to help him."
The housekeeper hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded and said: "Okay, if it's Mr. Lu, it should be possible."
"In fact, when the young master was young, he was not afraid of these things. The source of all the problems was the children of the other two rich families."
"Those two boys were the same age as the young master. Since the old master was close to their father and had a lot of business dealings with him, the young master would often hang out with them. But at that time, the old master's company was in a weak position, and the two boys' families were relatively better off. Gradually, I noticed that they were always arrogant and looked down on others."
A trace of pity flashed in the housekeeper's eyes, and he continued, "When the young master was about six or seven years old, the old master's ability gradually developed, even surpassing the fathers of those two boys."
"So they became jealous and even though the young master was still as nice to them as before, they would still insult him from time to time."
Lu Jiaming's face darkened when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "What happened next?"
"The master and I only found out about this later," the housekeeper sighed. "They tricked the young master into a pitch-black room during a thunderstorm, locked the door, and took turns pretending to be a ghost to scare him. He was locked up for two days and two nights. When we found him, he was so scared that he was almost unconscious."
"The master was furious. Within a few days, he found all the evidence of illegal activities in their father's company and overturned it in one fell swoop. Although they broke off the friendship after that, the young master's fear of the dark and thunder was inherited."
"A bunch of beasts!" Lu Jiaming growled, his chest heaving violently. "Chu Wanyi is really stupid. They're already in such a mess, why are you still playing with them?"
"The young master doesn't have many friends, so if someone wants to play with him, he'll be happy for a long time," the butler said with a lowered gaze. "But because of his status, there are always many people who approach him with bad intentions. There are very few people like you, Mr. Lu, who treat him sincerely."
"So we really thank you, Mr. Lu"
Lu Jiaming waved his hands and tugged at his hair in annoyance.
Somehow, when Lu Jiaming thought of Chu Wanyi, who was about the same age as Xiaobao when he first returned home, and was so small and huddled in the dark and being bullied by them, he was filled with anger and had nowhere to vent it.
I wish I could go back in time and give those two bastards a few punches.
After talking with the housekeeper, he calmed down alone in the living room for a long time before returning to the house.
The person who had said before that he would wait for him had already fallen asleep.
Lu Jiaming sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the pure and harmless fair little face for a long time, and finally couldn't help but raised his hand to touch it.
"Poor little thing..."
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