Chapter 142: A Door Away
The door opened and Lu Yan appeared at the door with a tired look on his face.
"You're back!"
Li Qingqing suppressed the urge to cry and hugged him tightly, but her voice was still choked.
Lu Yan didn't expect that she was still awake so late. Had she been sitting in the living room waiting for him?
Holding Li Qingqing's thin and frail body, Lu Yan felt heartbroken. He looked down and found that she was still barefoot.
He picked her up and held her tightly against his chest.
"Good boy, have you been waiting for me?"
For some reason, his voice was choked. When he thought of this small body waiting for him alone in this big house, his heart ached.
Feeling the warmth in Lu Yan's chest, Li Qingqing felt much better.
"I didn't wait all the time. I just couldn't sleep, so I came out and sat for a while."
Lu Yan carried her back to the bed, touched her little face, and said affectionately: "Don't freeze. I'm going to take a shower first. Wait for me."
In fact, the heater was on in the room and it wasn't cold at all, but he just felt that she would be cold.
He bent down and kissed her forehead, then turned around and went to the bathroom to take a shower under Li Qingqing's reluctant gaze.
When he came out of the shower, he found that Li Qingqing had been standing at the bathroom door, as if she had been waiting for him.
Lu Yan pinched her little face lovingly, "Do you miss me that much?"
Li Qingqing blinked her slightly moist almond-shaped eyes and nodded, then went to hug him again.
Lu Yan quickly dried his hair and carried her back to the bedroom.
"Why is it so cold in the quilt?"
Li Qingqing lay on his chest and whispered, "I don't know why I can't keep warm today."
Lu Yan reached out and touched, only to find that Li Qingqing's little feet were icy cold.
He grabbed her legs and placed her little feet on his chest to warm them.
Li Qingqing restlessly retracted her legs and acted coquettishly with him, "I don't want you to cover me, I want you to hold me."
She readjusted her posture and snuggled into Lu Yan's arms.
Lu Yan couldn't help but say: "Okay, okay, be good, I'll hold you, hold you, and your whole body will be warmed up later."
"Hmm~"
The two of them hugged each other greedily for a long time, and neither of them fell asleep, as if they were all preoccupied with their own affairs.
"Are you sad about Uncle Lu?" Li Qingqing suddenly asked him.
Lu Yan was surprised and couldn't figure out why she suddenly asked this question?
He stroked her back gently.
"I've already gotten over my sadness. What's the matter? Why are you asking me this all of a sudden?"
Li Qingqing snuggled into his arms again, "...it's just...I feel like it's over, and you don't seem very happy."
Lu Yan's heart froze, and the big hand that was trying to comfort her also stopped. She really could feel his emotions.
He exhaled lightly, and instead of answering her directly, he asked her, "Qingqing, have you ever thought about going over to meet your mother's family?"
Li Qingqing looked up at him, and in the dim light of the night light, she saw a hint of sadness in his eyes.
She didn't understand where the sadness came from, she just felt sad for his sadness.
"I've thought about it..."
"But I think I'm just a stranger to them. They probably don't want to see me, right?"
Li Qingqing's eyelashes trembled slightly under the soft halo of light.
Lu Yan felt that he had aroused her bad thoughts again. He kissed her under the eyelashes with some annoyance and ended the topic.
"I have some things to do tomorrow, so I might not be able to accompany you. How is your store?"
"My brother has already found it for me. I'll just go sign the contract in a few days."
Lu Yan pulled the quilt up and said, "Okay, go to sleep. It will be dawn if you don't sleep now."
"Hmm~"
The dream seemed to be divided into two parts, and Li Qingqing returned to the previous scene in her dream.
This time she just called out softly a few times, and the black, long-haired dog appeared in front of her again.
The next day, when Li Qingqing got up, Lu Yan had already prepared breakfast for her.
“Chen Xing is already waiting downstairs. I won’t eat breakfast with you. I will try to come back early in the evening. If I can’t wait for you, I will go to bed first, okay?”
He cupped her face and kissed her gently.
Li Qingqing knew that he was very busy these days, so she nodded obediently.
"Don't worry, I waited for you in the living room yesterday because I really couldn't sleep. Your work is more important, don't worry about me."
Lu Yan rubbed her head again and hurried out.
The car turned out of the community and drove straight to the airport.
Today Lu Yan is going back to his grandmother's house to find out whether Li Qingqing is a member of his family with the same blood.
What he said to Song Jihe a few days ago, such as "Li Qingqing's life experience is very complicated" and "there may be some misunderstandings", was just to leave himself a glimmer of decency.
No one knows Li Qingqing's life experience better than him. The only answer now is the family situation of Li Qingqing's mother Li Hualan.
If they are of the same generation, it would be fine, but if not, then it's all over.
What is certain now is that Li Qingqing must be one of my great-grandmother's bloodlines. Whether they are close or distant relatives, and which generation they are from is very crucial.
Great-grandmother has many children, and they don’t interact closely with each other, so Lu Yan doesn’t know which line Li Qingqing belongs to.
But he had checked, and as long as they were outside the third generation, then there would be no problem for him to marry Li Qingqing. The most worrying thing was that they were within the third generation...
With a heavy heart, Lu Yan boarded the plane back to Xiangcheng.
The last time she went back to her grandmother's house was three years ago. Lu Yan's grandmother's family was also a well-known family in Xiangcheng. Her grandmother only gave birth to a daughter, so Song Jihe was actually a young lady who was loved by everyone.
When she married Lu Mingqi, she only valued one thing, that is, Lu Mingqi's handsome appearance.
Of course, Lu Mingqi's other conditions were also excellent at that time, but Song Jihe, who came from a wealthy family, didn't care about those at all. This also led to her being hurt by Lu Mingqi not long after they got married.
But that was a story for later. At that time, Song Jihe didn't know that Lu Mingqi had been arrested. He was at home asking his old mother about the situation of Lu Yan's great-grandmother's children.
After a tiring journey, Lu Yan finally stood in front of his grandmother's old house.
This is an ancient courtyard built against the mountain.
Xiangcheng has a warm climate, and even in winter it is surrounded by green plants, adding a bit of vitality to this quiet old house.
Lu Yan stood in front of the door and paused for a long time. He knew that the answer he wanted was inside, but now he was afraid.
What if the answer is not the one he expected?
He doesn't care about ethics or morals, he just wants Li Qingqing.
At worst, he could take her to a secluded place, or find a place with fewer moral principles, and redefine their relationship.
But what if Qingqing knew? What would she think?
She should be much more sober than him, right?
She would succumb to the world and completely separate from him...
No, he didn't want to be separated from her again. They had finally come this far.
Lu Yan simply couldn't think any more. When he thought about how he had gone through so much hardship and ended up like this, he felt depressed.
He took out the clownfish pendant from his pocket, held it in his hand and stared at it for a long time, then put it on his lips and kissed it gently, and then solemnly knocked on the door of judgment.
After a while, footsteps were heard from inside. As the footsteps got closer, Lu Yan's heart began to beat wildly.
He knew that the truth was only a door away from him.
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