Lu Rang threw off the blanket, sat up, and remained unusually silent.
The answer to Shang Wu's evasiveness and hesitation over the past two days has finally been revealed.
So she knew.
I know he had a twin brother who has passed away.
Qianjue looked at his face and sighed, "Young Master, I don't mean to offend you, but who would want to be with someone who is sick and suspected of murder?"
Lu Rang's eyes darkened slightly as he stared at the cup of honey water he had switched. After a long while, he got up and left without looking back.
He walked quickly, more out of fear than unease.
Yes, just like when Shang Wu found out he had a mental illness.
He was as afraid that Shang Wu would despise him and abandon him as he was now, and he was just as afraid that Shang Wu would look at him like he was a murderer after she came out of the study.
Lu Rang walked faster and faster, his expression gradually darkening and becoming gloomy.
Qianjue frowned and picked up the walkie-talkie.
"Young Master may be having an attack, so keep an eye on him."
...
Upstairs study.
Shang Wu took the photo album from Lu Zheng, opened it, and flipped through the photos of the twin brothers from their first 100 days to their later appearances as teenagers.
The last photo was taken in 2012, the same year Lu Rang wrote his diary.
Holding the photo, Shang Wu looked up and asked, "His brother died in this year?"
"right."
Lu Zheng sat at his desk: "Spring of 2012."
Shang Wu understood.
No wonder the doctor said that Lu Rang's illness was more common in the spring.
It turned out that was the season when his brother passed away.
She asked, "Was Lu Rang's illness triggered by his brother's death?"
Lu Zheng gave a cold snort with an ambiguous meaning.
"It's not just his illness; you could say that every decision he's made since that year has been influenced by his brother."
He picked up the black tea on the table, took a sip, and began to speak in a leisurely manner.
"You must be wondering the same thing, why am I a member of the Yu family when Lu Rang and I share the same surname?"
Shang Wu paused for a moment, then nodded slightly.
Lu Zheng then continued, "I married into the Yu family. His mother, Yu Ruyun, is my wife. I think you should have heard of this name."
A hint of surprise flashed across Shang Wu's eyes.
It turns out that the Yu family's eldest daughter, who almost became a movie star and was said to have excellent bone structure and appearance, ended up marrying Lu Rang's father.
She looked at the middle-aged man in front of her.
Lu Zheng is over fifty years old, but his features are still very regular. It is very reasonable that he could continue the bloodline of Lu Rang, such a top-notch person, with the eldest daughter of the Yu family.
As she was thinking, Lu Zheng continued, "When I married Lu Rang's mother, she was depressed because she couldn't get into the entertainment industry to become a movie lead. She argued with Lu Rang's grandfather all day long, lost her appetite, and suffered from malnutrition."
"I was busy managing her business and neglected to take care of her emotions and health. So much so that during my busiest months, I didn't even know that my wife was pregnant."
"Her malnutrition caused the fetus in her womb to be underdeveloped, which led to a series of tragedies."
Shang Wu's breathing hitched slightly as she looked up at him.
"What does 'incomplete development' mean? Does Lu Rang's brother have a problem?"
Lu Zheng rubbed his temples: "He was born with a limp and intellectual disability. Doctors noticed something was wrong when he was born and brought in a team of experts to assess him."
"Lu Rang's intellectual development stopped when he was about four years old. After learning about this, Lu Rang's mother was heartbroken and named him Lu Cong, hoping that he would become smarter in the future."
"But after the Yu family heard about this, they felt that our child was too shameful and didn't seem to be of the Yu family bloodline. So they forced us to hide the existence of this child."
"The news that my wife was pregnant with twins had already spread far and wide. There was no other way but to bring back a baby girl who was about the same age from outside. She is Lu Rang's current older sister. She works at the docks and manages cargo for me all year round and doesn't come back often."
Shang Wu was shocked and angry.
She couldn't imagine how the Yu family could be so heartless.
Yu Ruyun is, after all, a daughter of the Yu family, and she is a legitimate member of the Yu family. No matter what her bloodline is, she is a child of the Yu family.
The outcome of a child's development in the womb is beyond human control.
Instead of covering it up because it's embarrassing, they insisted on bringing back a baby girl to act as Lu Rang's older sister just to save face. Is that really necessary?
Shang Wu didn't understand.
Lu Zheng glanced at her, understood what she was thinking, and snorted softly.
“There’s nothing I can do. My wife is depressed and has been devastated by the child. I’m an outsider with an unstable foundation, so I’m more likely to be suppressed. I can only listen to them.”
“No one has ever dared to call Congcong ‘young master’ since he was a child. They only said that he was the son of a servant. Although he was not very intelligent, he was loyal.”
"Over the years, although Lu Cong has only the mind of a child, he seems to know from birth that he is Lu Rang's older brother. He always stays by Lu Rang's side. No matter who it is, even if it is a tutor hired to say a word to Lu Rang, he will be unhappy and always rush to the front to protect Lu Rang."
“Lu Rang made a scene many times, asking me not to tell anyone that his brother was born to the family maid as his playmate, and I didn’t agree because of the pressure.”
"Later, when they were teenagers, Lu Rang suddenly had the idea to take his brother on an adventure to fly kites in the most remote place in Wanhu."
“There are few trees over there; it’s a wasteland. It was originally used to grow medicinal herbs to treat Lu Rang’s grandfather’s illness.”
“After his grandfather passed away, the land was abandoned. There was a dry well used for irrigation, which was covered with weeds. The two of them were not paying attention and fell in.”
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