Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Happy Things
The day after Lu Jinzhi came back was the weekend. Except for Lu Xuan who had to go to the company, everyone else was very conscious of not getting up early and didn't want to meet Lu Jinzhi.
We didn’t know what to talk about when we met before, let alone now that two years have passed and we have even less common topics.
Qiao Wu didn't ask Lu Jinzhi to get up. He only wanted to rest before Monday and had no plans to go to the company.
So there were only Lu Xuan and her at the table in the morning.
Qiao Wu took out a card and placed it in front of Lu Xuan.
The latter raised an eyebrow: "What?"
"Aren't you going to participate in a variety show next week?"
Every day, her agent would send Lu Xuan's work schedule and itinerary to her email. Last night, Qiao Wu saw that he was going to another city to attend an actor training camp and a variety show would be closed for recording for a month, so she left some money on this card for Lu Xuan's emergency use.
"There's a hundred thousand in there," Qiao Wu said, "enough for your living expenses for a month."
He has been living and eating at home these days and has not been out hanging out, so he has not received any money from the sponsor.
Unexpectedly, the first time, it was only 100,000.
"One hundred thousand?" Lu Xuan was incredulous. "What can you do with one hundred thousand dollars?"
"One hundred thousand yuan is the annual expenses for an average family of several people. What can you do with it? You eat and live with the production crew, and your round-trip airfare is reimbursed, so you won't spend any money." Qiao Wu didn't even raise his eyes. "Or do you think it's too much?"
“…”
Lu Xuan quickly picked up the card.
One hundred thousand, thirty days, an average of more than three thousand a day...
The hand that was pinching the card was trembling slightly.
“Not even as good as the ducks out there.”
What a mess.
Qiao Wu put down the spoon in his hand and asked slowly, "How do you know how much the duck costs out there?"
"Many people have..." Lu Xuan stopped talking halfway.
He turned his head and saw Qiao Wu's half-smile. Suddenly, his feet felt cold. He said, "Of course I didn't. I just heard about it."
The entertainment industry is a big melting pot, with an invisible food chain. Although his status is not high enough to reach the top, his money is already there, so since he entered the entertainment industry, many people have wanted to send people to him.
He paused in his breath and said lazily, "No one is as pretty as me, why should I spend money to hire someone to prostitute me?"
Although it is true that some people offer it for free.
But he is not a rotten cucumber, he has very high standards.
Qiao Wu raised his eyebrows: "Just good-looking ones are enough?"
"How can anyone be as good-looking as me? Do you know the value of being the most handsome man in the entertainment industry?" Lu Xuan flaunted the card in his hand and said with a soft click, "A man like me, even with 100,000 yuan, is not even worthy of meeting me. Only you are."
Realizing the ambiguity of his words, he frowned: "I didn't say I was a duck."
"Well, you said you wanted to find someone nice."
Too lazy to talk to him about such boring topics, Qiao Wu wiped his hands and stood up: "I'm done eating."
Seeing that the person had really left, Lu Xuan sat there in a daze.
Is she angry?
Why? He didn't really do that!
He frowned for several seconds, then walked out holding the card.
Seeing someone sitting at the table talking to the servants, Lu Xuan walked over and leaned on the edge of the table: "One hundred thousand is one hundred thousand, I didn't say I don't want it."
Qiao Wu glanced at him, waved his hand to let the servant go, and continued to do his own thing.
"Besides, it's not enough to just be good-looking." Lu Xuan wanted to attract the other person's attention, so he leaned forward, unsure, "Are you angry?"
Qiao Wu sighed silently and raised his head: "Why are you angry?"
"Because..." Lu Xuan couldn't explain why, he just subconsciously felt that Qiao Wu would hate such things.
He thought about it, but his eyes unconsciously looked into the other person's shallow pupils.
Lu Xuan suddenly felt that these eyes were very beautiful, more beautiful than any other pair he had seen in the entertainment industry, especially when they were just looking at him, which made him happy.
His eyes shifted and fell on Qiao Wu's face.
I have never looked at her so closely and carefully. When did she suddenly grow into an adult, and such a beautiful adult at that?
At this moment, Lu Xuan suddenly didn't dare to say with certainty how he would react if such a person appeared in front of him.
Startled by his own thoughts, Lu Xuan looked away and sat up straight: "How should I know?"
"You think I'm angry because you also realize that you did something wrong." Qiao Wu didn't know what he was thinking, but said lightly, "What's the point of asking me?"
"I didn't do it." Lu Xuan frowned, "I'm very self-disciplined."
"Then I hope you will always keep yourself clean." Qiao Wu held his chin and looked towards the door, "You're going to be late."
Lu Xuan stood up reluctantly. Just as he was about to turn around, he turned back worriedly. He walked around to the opposite side of Qiao Wu, leaned over with his hands on the table and said, "I thought about it. The closed training won't cost much. Just give me 50,000."
Qiao Wu was a little surprised and couldn't help but teasing: "Isn't it that I can't see you even if I pay 100,000?"
"That's someone else. Just spend 50,000." Lu Xuan threw the card in front of her, his peach blossom eyes slightly raised. "Not only can you watch it, but you can also win first place. Will the sponsor be satisfied with this?"
No wonder he always says that he is the handsome man in the entertainment industry, he is indeed very attractive.
But Qiao Wu was unyielding: "If you don't get it back, your living expenses next month will be 25,000 yuan."
Lu Xuan: “…”
Prince Yan's life suffered another tragic setback.
However, it was certain that Qiao Wu was no longer angry. Lu Xuan put the card with only 50,000 yuan left in it into his pocket. When he turned around, he caught a glimpse of a person standing at the elevator door and paused for a moment.
After not seeing each other for two years, Lu Jinzhi looks even more annoying than before, and he even dresses so coquettishly at home.
He put on his sunglasses and asked, "Do you like eavesdropping on other people's conversations so much?"
People who have nothing are so fearless.
Lu Jinzhi couldn't stop Qiao Wu's card.
Lu Jinzhi said calmly, "You have a trumpet in your mouth, and you're afraid of people listening?"
Not only does he look disgusting, but his mouth is even more disgusting.
"What right does someone who uses arsenic as lipstick have to criticize me?"
Lu Jinzhi laughed, hinting, "It seems you want to walk out of the Lu family's gate today."
Thinking of the cars in the garage, many of which were bought when he was a minor, Lu Xuan's face changed and he walked out quickly.
Qiao Wu hadn't participated in the brothers' conversation until now, when he finally spoke: "Shall we ask the kitchen to prepare breakfast?"
"Yeah." Although he said that, Lu Jinzhi still sat there without moving.
The two people were so focused on their conversation that they didn't even hear the sound of the elevator door opening.
Or maybe it was because we were staring at each other too intently.
"Did you give him money?" he asked.
Qiao Wu did not deny: "He never thought about keeping money on him in the past."
The card stopped too quickly, otherwise I would have been in trouble.
"So you spent fifty thousand and became his..." Lu Jinzhi didn't quite understand the term, but he had heard of it before, "financial sponsor?"
It is used on those who keep mistresses.
If he heard correctly, Lu Xuan was indeed trying to please Qiao Wu just now, and he even emphasized that he was a clean person.
Fifty thousand yuan...
"You misunderstood." Qiao Wu inexplicably felt that the other party's gaze had become somewhat difficult to understand. "It was just a joke. I just gave him a little living expenses and took the opportunity to restrain his behavior. You know, he has always been easy to please."
"No misunderstanding." Lu Jinzhi said calmly, "Although he is indeed very cheap, you are not so picky about food."
I just didn't react for a moment, and an ambiguous word suddenly appeared between the two people whose original topic was only snacks and toys.
After hearing this, Qiao Wu really didn't know whether to thank Lu Jinzhi for his trust in him, or feel sorry for the importance Lu Xuan had in his brother's heart.
"Does it cost money to restrain his behavior?" Lu Jinzhi asked.
Qiao Wu thought of something and chuckled, "After all, in his eyes, I'm just an insignificant worker. My words carry no weight. I need to use something in exchange."
Wasn't it because she coaxed and tricked Lu Xuan into coming back that he was willing to go home?
"Insignificant?"
Lu Jinzhi repeated the word and laughed.
"Good."
Being a stupid dog also has its advantages.
After Lu Jinzhi went to the restaurant for breakfast, Qiao Wu went to the dinner venue for a walk.
The main house of the Lu family is a private living area and outsiders are not allowed to enter, so there is a dedicated banquet hall.
When she came back, Lu Jinzhi was no longer downstairs. Lu Yingchi didn't want to see Lu Jinzhi, so he asked the servant to send breakfast to his room.
Only Lu Ning remained silent.
Lu Ning should be the one with the most regular schedule at home recently. Even if she doesn't have classes on weekends, she will get up and have breakfast before going back. Qiao Wu called her, but the other party hung up immediately.
What's going on?
She brought breakfast to Lu Ning's floor and knocked on the door: "Lu Ning?"
There was no sound inside.
The phone hung up immediately, indicating that he had woken up. Qiao Wu frowned: "If you don't say anything, I'll be worried. Do you need to call security?"
This time, there was finally a sound from inside the door. Lu Ning must have run to the door: "No!"
"What's wrong?" Qiao Wu asked.
"Nothing, I'll be down in a minute." Lu Ning's voice sounded a little off, "Don't come in."
"Do you need help?"
"No need! Just go!"
The child hadn't been this stressed out in a long time, so Qiao Wu didn't push too hard: "I'll leave breakfast at the door, remember to take it, and there's also a reward for reporting your second uncle."
Lu Ning, who was lying behind the door, heard no sound outside and waited for several minutes before gently opening the door.
Seeing a dinner plate at the door, she opened the door a little wider, lay on the carpet, hooked her fingers on the edge of the dinner plate, and pushed it inside little by little.
It’s just that the plate was a little big, and she could only see breakfast but not the so-called reward, so she had to stretch her head out again, trying to find what she wanted.
In the end, I didn't see the reward, I only saw a pair of long legs.
Her body stiffened, and she looked up along the long legs, and saw Qiao Wu leaning against the opposite wall with his eyes lowered.
She folded her arms lightly and was watching her sneaky movements with a smile.
Qiao Wu breathed a sigh of relief. The fact that he was still thinking about the reward meant that nothing serious had happened.
Lu Ning was startled and quickly crawled back to try to close the door.
Qiao Wu didn't stop him. He leaned against the wall and said slowly, "If you close it now, you won't get any reward."
"You lied to me." Lu Ning hid at the door. "There's no reward at all."
She saw the plate and there was nothing on it except breakfast.
"Didn't you lie to me first?" Qiao Wu stepped forward and squatted at the door, picking up the plate. "There's no reward for lying children."
Seeing that Lu Ning was still hiding behind the door but had no intention of closing it again, Qiao Wu asked gently, "Can I come in?"
"If I tell you no, will you not go in?" Lu Ning asked in a muffled voice.
"I'm afraid not." Qiao Wu answered honestly, "Because I'm worried about you."
Now there was no more sound from behind the door.
Qiao Wu tried to push the door forward, but Lu Ning did not resist and just moved to the side.
The door opened smoothly, but the curtains in the room were tightly closed and the lights were off. Only some small night lights for children to prevent them from falling were dimly lit, allowing the outline of people to be clearly seen.
This room used to belong to Lu Ning's parents. When they gave birth to her, they took her into consideration because she was still young and didn't want to sleep in a separate room, so this room was gradually converted into a dual-purpose children's room.
She has lived here since her parents passed away, but she is a loner and doesn't allow anyone to enter her room, so the furnishings inside have never been changed. Several night lights have broken and no one has come to fix them.
Qiao Wu didn't turn on the light, but put the dinner plate on the table and looked back at the group huddled behind the door.
Lu Ning did develop late, and she is still not very tall. She is thin and small, and looks very pitiful, especially against the backdrop of such a large room.
The bed was a mess. Qiao Wu glanced over it and lowered his voice: "Can you tell me what happened?"
Lu Ning muttered, "It's okay."
"Why are you crying if you're fine?" Qiao Wu walked over to her, squatted down, and rubbed her head. "Does it hurt?"
This sentence instantly brought Lu Ning back to the time when Qiao Wucai returned to China and went to her school. He looked at her wound in the same way and said to her with a smile, "How can there be a wound that doesn't hurt?"
The tears she had been holding back for so long finally fell at this moment. She couldn't stop them no matter what she did. She opened her mouth and breathed deeply, not wanting to cry too loudly.
Qiao Wu didn't urge her. He leaned over, held the child in his arms, and slowly stroked the back of her head.
The darkness magnified Lu Ning's nervousness and fear. She clutched Qiao Wu's clothes tightly and cried for a long time before she sobbed, "I'm bleeding, a lot of blood."
"What?"
"I thought I was going to die," Lu Ning said, her head bowed. "I looked it up online, but there were all sorts of rumors. I spent 4,000 yuan on an online doctor's consultation, and they said it was my period."
Because the place was strange, she didn't want anyone to see it, nor did she want to call her family doctor, so she had to check it online.
Later she searched what menstruation was, but before she could finish reading it, Qiao Wu came.
Qiao Wu: “…”
She was stunned for a long time, which was rare for her. She felt that it was a bit absurd and also felt very distressed.
"And then?" she asked softly, "Why are you crying?"
"I don't know." Lu Ning wiped her eyes and pointed at the messy bed. "I want to wash the clothes and sheets first."
But she had never washed her own clothes, let alone her own sheets.
There were no laundry tools in the bathroom, so she didn't know what to do and didn't want to tell anyone else.
"It's okay, this is normal. It means you've grown up." Qiao Wu said gently, "I'm the same as you."
Lu Ning whispered, "The doctor said so."
The doctor she hired for 4,000 yuan was quite reliable. He used a lot of professional terms, which helped her understand that she did not have cancer even though she was confused.
But she was just very confused and didn't know what to do.
All I could think of was to clean myself up and wash away the dirt so that no one could see it.
"I'll shower with you later." Qiao Wu said, "Shall I turn on the light?"
Perhaps because there was someone with whom she could share her fears, Lu Ning was now much more stable and not as panicked. She nodded.
Qiao Wu turned on the lights, but not all of them, to give Lu Ning a sense of security.
When I turned around again, I saw Lu Ning wrapped a thick bath towel around her lower body, her hair was wet, and it was obvious that she had just taken a shower.
There are only men in the family, and the relationship was strained before. Now that she has grown up, she is not aware of these things, so naturally no one will prepare these things for her.
Qiao Wu did not leave, but called the servants to get everything he needed.
Lu's house is far away from the city, so in order to prepare for emergencies, many new things are stored in the warehouse.
Hearing the servant coming up, Lu Ning hid in the bathroom again.
Qiao Wu didn't let anyone in, but carried the things in himself. Only then did he realize that Lu Ning had been struggling for a long time. Unable to find a basin, she threw all the sheets into the bathtub. The bathroom was a mess.
Noticing her gaze, Lu Ning, who was hiding behind the door, whispered, "I haven't had time to wash yet."
"It's okay." Qiao Wu opened the box in his hand. "Come, I'll teach you how to use it first."
Lu Ning found it online, but she was too embarrassed to look at it, and even more embarrassed to undress and show it to Qiao Wu.
But she didn't expect that the next second Qiao Wu actually took off his clothes in front of her.
Lu Ning widened her eyes.
How, how could this be!
"Don't be afraid." Qiao Wu looked at her in a daze and laughed, "Didn't I tell you that we are the same?"
Lu Ning was shocked by Qiao Wu's bold action and even forgot what she was worried about. She subconsciously took a few steps forward, and her wrist was gently covered by the slightly cool hand.
"Sorry." She heard Qiao Wu say.
Lu Ning's mind was a little confused: "What?"
"I overlooked it."
Qiao Wu had just returned and had to divide his energy into several parts every day, so he didn't notice that there was a special child going through a special period.
"Leaving you so scared all alone."
Lu Ning lowered her head and blinked: "It's not your fault. It's my own fault for not studying well."
She took a health and physiology class in the first grade of junior high school, but the school environment was not good at that time and there was no separation between boys and girls, so the teacher did not explain in too much detail. She was not the kind of person who listened carefully in class, and she was annoyed just by hearing the chattering of those people, so she did not hear anything the teacher said.
Lu Ning spent the next ten minutes of the most difficult time in her life.
Even after I cleaned my whole body and put on clean clothes, the redness on my face had not subsided.
Qiao Wu had already dressed and stood in front of her again without changing his expression.
"I didn't lie to you, did I?" Qiao Wu pinched her face. "It's actually not a very strange or difficult thing. There's no need to be afraid or shy."
"……Um."
Considering that the child had not yet reacted, Qiao Wu did what he said and did not give all her clothes to the servants for washing.
In fact, the servants working in Lu's house have all received professional training. Each person's clothes are taken care of by different people, and they are washed separately according to the degree of privacy.
What's more, the clothes of these people in the family are basically not cheap. Except for special materials, the rest of the clothes that can be washed are basically hand-washed.
But even so, Qiao Wu had the servants bring a new basin and squatted in the bathroom to teach Lu Ning how to wash her own personal clothes.
Lu Ning found this experience very novel.
It wasn't washing clothes that made her feel fresh, but having someone to talk to her and enter her private space.
She looked at Qiao Wu's skillful movements and couldn't imagine that Qiao Wu was the same as her in the past.
"Didn't you also grow up in the Lu family?"
Lu Ning asked curiously, "I've never met your mother, so who taught you?"
Although she has never taken a physiology and hygiene class, she has known the differences between men and women since she was a child. Could it be that the old housekeeper taught her this?
Of course not. When the body in this world entered puberty, the relationship with Qiao Zhiyi had already become strained.
"Same as you." Qiao Wu smiled, "I checked it myself."
Lu Ning said, "But you won't cry."
She admitted that Qiao Wu was indeed very powerful.
Such a capable person will do everything well and calmly, without fear or shame, and will not lie on the carpet and cry like her.
"Why not?" Qiao Wu said softly, "I was also a child at that time."
She wasn't always this amazing. Before she came into this world, she was also learning how to grow up on her own, imitating other people's every move, and moving forward step by step, whether deep or shallow.
I want to cry when I am wronged, and I feel pain when I am hurt.
It's just that no one says it.
Maybe she just had a little more direction for the future than Lu Ning, and knew what she wanted to do in the future, so she would study hard, and therefore she was not too scared when she encountered this incident.
I will feel panic, uneasy, and at a loss, and I will clumsily look for how to deal with it bit by bit.
She smiled: "The first time I came, I felt like I couldn't walk."
Lu Ning agreed: "Yeah, I think so too."
"Yeah, but I'll be happy."
"Why?"
Qiao Wu paused for a second, then lowered his gaze and said, "Maybe it means I'm grown up, and when I grow up I can do more of what I want to do."
It can help her comfort herself that she is no longer a child, and can muster up greater courage to take on more responsibilities, hardships and the future.
Lu Ning muttered, "That's why I said you're better than me."
She wouldn't think so much anyway.
"no the same."
"What's the difference?"
"Because there are many people around you who will help you." Qiao Wu raised his eyes, "I told you, besides me, you still have family, uncle and grandfather. If you have any worries or fears, you can tell them. They will definitely stand on your side. This is your right."
He also said, "If you have something happy, you can try to tell them. They will also be happy to listen to your sharing."
"You don't have to work so hard." Qiao Wu's eyes were filled with a soft smile: "So next time, don't cry alone in the room."
If it were in the past, Lu Ning would have objected, but her family would not stand on her side.
But recently she has lost her composure again.
Because during this period of time, Lu Yingchi and the others didn't do anything to her?
I didn't get beaten for making so many mistakes in my homework, but I was forced to eat a lot of walnuts.
So what Qiao Wu said can be believed.
Lu Ning nodded: "Oh."
Qiao Wu helped Lu Ning wash the clothes, and then sat in front of the computer with Lu Ning to go through all the little bits of common knowledge she had searched out. Finally, he planned to take down the sheets and quilt covers to have the maid wash them because they were too big.
Before leaving, he said, "I'll have someone replace the broken night light for you."
Lu Ning was lying on the bed adapting to her new stage. She was stunned when she heard this, and then she remembered that the night light in her room had been broken for a long time.
After Qiao Wu left, she jumped up again and opened all the curtains in the room. The whole room instantly became bright and comfortable.
Lu Ning put the doll in the doll clothes that Qiao Wu had given her, ran around the huge room with the doll in her arms, and then ran back to the window.
I couldn't help but jump twice.
hey-hey!
Suddenly, she saw Lu Yingchi coming back from the horse farm downstairs from the window, and she immediately turned around to look for her schoolbag.
She was in a very good mood now, so good that she could write two more test papers.
And when Qiao Wu said she could go find her family, she immediately set off with her schoolbag. Today, she could reluctantly eat an extra bowl of walnuts cracked by Lu Yingchi.
Lu Yingchi came downstairs after hearing that Lu Jinzhi was not at home. He went to the horse farm to take the princess for a walk when he had nothing to do.
As he walked into the main gate of the house with his hands in his pockets, he saw Lu Ning rushing out of the elevator with a schoolbag in her arms.
As soon as she saw him, Lu Ning raised her hands high, her eyebrows dancing with joy: "Lu Yingchi, I want to share something happy with you."
Who likes to hear your happy things.
If you're unhappy, I might be willing to listen.
But when the words came to his lips, Lu Yingchi still half sat on the sofa: "Speak."
Lu Ning walked up to him and said proudly, "I got my period today!"
Lu Yingchi: "..."
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