Chapter 316 Let You Steal the Spotlight
The sunlight filtered through the half-drawn curtains, casting a warm golden hue across the dark wood floor.
Lu Yi leaned against the head of the bed with a copy of "The Kite Runner" on his knees, his slender fingers unconsciously stroking the edge of the pages.
There were faint footsteps outside the door, followed by Meng Anran's deliberately soft voice: "Lu Yi, I'm coming in."
"Yeah." He closed the book and looked at the girl who pushed the door open, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. "Your house is so well soundproofed that you can't even hear the birds singing. It's suitable for recuperation and also for confinement."
Meng Anran put on a carefree smile and placed the teacup on the bedside table. "You're so eloquent, it seems you've recovered well."
Lu Yi didn't respond, but simply reached out and picked up the teacup. As the steam rose, he lowered his eyes to look at the petals floating on the tea surface and suddenly asked, "Where's Lu Heng?"
"In Country A." Meng Anran pulled her loose knitted cardigan closer and sat on the single sofa by the window. The sunlight gave her a furry golden edge.
"I thought you would go find him." Perhaps because he had just woken up after being in a coma for too long, his voice was hoarse and a little weak, and his flat tone was completely different from his usual self.
Guessing that he might have misunderstood something, Meng Anran chuckled, "He's keeping an eye on the progress of the antidote development."
Lu Yi's pale hand trembled inexplicably, and the surface of the tea rippled slightly, as if his heart, which had not felt emotions for a long time, was trembling slightly.
The room suddenly became quiet, with only the second hand of the wall clock moving silently.
Lu Yi's gaze passed Meng Anran and fell to the window. In the back garden of Lihuayuan, several snow plum trees had already sprouted buds.
This house, which he once hated so much, has now become the best safe haven.
"When you moved out of the Lu family and lived in the shabby house of the Meng family, and I learned that all your valuables were stored here, I wanted to burn this place down more than once." He suddenly spoke in a very soft voice.
"It doesn't matter." Meng Anran shrugged, looking very rich. "I have more than one property anyway. If I burn this one, I still have more than a dozen."
Lu Yi rolled his eyes, "So pretentious."
"How can you be so pretentious? These past few years, you've been the center of attention at both private banquets and business receptions." Meng Anran retorted bluntly, bringing up issues that were irrelevant to the topic.
Lu Yi raised the corners of his lips wickedly, looking as if he was going to strangle her neck in the next second: "Then you are still not outstanding enough, sister."
Meng Anran replied with a forced smile, "When it comes to showing off, I've always been willing to admit defeat."
The two of them were arguing with each other, neither of them giving in. Who wouldn't think that they disliked each other?
Who could have guessed that Meng Anran was the person Lu Yi cared about most in his heart, and when Lu Yi was at his lowest point, it was Meng Anran who extended a helping hand to him.
"Oh, right." Meng Anran suddenly pulled out her phone, as if remembering something important. "Master said we could try a medicinal bath to temporarily stabilize the toxins in your body. There's no bathtub in Lihua Garden, so we'll move you to the newly opened hot spring hotel in Rongcheng the day after tomorrow."
"Rongcheng..." Lu Yi murmured thoughtfully, and some emotions seemed to spread in his light pink pupils.
Meng Anran understood his thoughts - Chengdu was the place where he participated in the most racing competitions, and it was also a rare city that he had feelings for.
Every time I went there before, it was to participate in a competition, to pursue excitement, and to receive the worship of the stars.
But this time, he dragged his broken body there to recuperate.
Understanding, but not comforting.
She stood up and said, "You have no right to refuse. It's settled. We'll leave the day after tomorrow. And don't even think about slipping away. You have a history of escaping. I've added ten bodyguards to the villa and set up five surveillance points within a three-kilometer radius."
Silver hair was brushed to the top of the head by a slender and thin hand. Lu Yi leaned against the headboard and chuckled, "Are you clearly imprisoning me?"
Meng Anran said with a half-smile, "How could that be? I'm completely concerned about your safety, Second Young Master Lu."
The last three syllables are dragged out very long, with a strong sense of provocation.
However, Lu Yi couldn't find any words to refute, or perhaps he didn't want to resist Meng Anran's arrangement at all.
Nothing could be more exciting than having his wonderful sister take care of him.
"Finish your tea and rest for a while. Don't overuse your brain after waking up..." Meng Anran said this, and before leaving, he glanced back and smiled: "Oh, sorry, I forgot you don't have a brain."
Lu Yi rolled his eyes, but until the door closed, a rare gentle smile appeared on his lips.
Bloodless fingertips gently opened the book on his knees. In the corner of the title page was a line of elegant but slightly faded small words: May you never have to chase shadows.
Lu Yi stroked the line of words. The snow plum blossoms outside the window swayed gently, casting mottled light and shadows.
On this quiet afternoon, he finally felt that the long snowy night was really over.
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The Spring Festival comes before the judgment day of white turmeric.
When Meng Anran returned to the Meng family villa, she saw packages of decorations piled up in the living room, including red paper, lanterns, and window decorations.
There was even an orange tree in the corner of the living room, with red envelopes hanging on it.
"Is the New Year so lively this year?" She asked with a smile as she changed her shoes at the entrance.
The whole family looked over.
Meng Yushu was the first to walk over and take the things from her hand. He smiled with a hint of helplessness: "There's nothing I can do. My parents said that we've been through a lot recently. We need to take advantage of the New Year to wash away the bad luck. Everything will get better and better in the new year."
Meng Anran thought about it carefully and it seemed that various things had happened during this period of time, but fortunately, they all ended smoothly.
"Oh, right." Meng Yushu suddenly hooked his arm around his sister's shoulder and whispered in her ear, "Have you been with the two young masters of the Lu family recently?"
Meng Anran looked at him puzzledly, as if curious about how he knew.
Meng Yushu smiled and gently rubbed the top of her sister's head. "No matter what decision you make, I respect you. If you want to invite them home for the New Year, I can help you convince your parents."
Meng Anran glanced over and said, "Aren't you afraid they'll beat you up?"
"My parents wouldn't do that." Meng Yushu said with a smile, "From childhood to adulthood, I've never been beaten by them."
Meng Anran raised her eyebrows and nodded helplessly.
Not to mention beating, Su Wanman and Meng Rong have always loved their children the most and couldn't bear to scold them or say a few harsh words.
In educating the next generation, we have always adhered to the method of "teaching by words and deeds".
In comparison, Meng Anran suddenly thought of Bai Yujin - even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, so how could she be so cruel as to use her own flesh and blood, whom she had carried in her womb for ten months, as the sacrifice of her crazy experiment?
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