Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Part 2
Lu Yingchi had long forgotten what the room looked like. All he could think about was that he and Qiao Wu used to sleep in the same room and the same bed.
Really, it’s not like I haven’t slept before.
He was swaying back and forth, leading the horse. Although he realized that he had said the wrong thing, he still said stubbornly: "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Lu Xuan, who had been slouching, quickly realized how this idiot had managed to get Qiao Wu to sleep in the same room with him, crying and fussing. He slapped him on the back of the head, "What a choice! You're sleeping in the stable with the princess!"
"Damn it, Lu Xuan, you don't want to live anymore. Do you know that men's heads can't be touched?" Lu Yingchi covered his head and glared at him. "Why are you so anxious? Isn't it time for you to cry and clamor to squeeze in?"
Qiao Wu was caught in the middle and felt that the two men were spitting on his face, so he took a step back.
Lu Ning tilted her head back, not understanding why these two big guys were acting so childishly. "Stop talking, I'm sleeping with Qiao Wu!"
Qiao Wu: "...Can't we each have our own room?"
"That won't work. We have to treat everyone equally." Lu Ning frowned. "You've slept with all of them, but I haven't!"
"What are you talking about? Don't tell anyone that I taught you Chinese. Are you still nursing and still wanting to sleep with someone else?"
Lu Yingchi equally excludes anyone who wants to sleep in the same room with Qiao Wu.
Lu Jinzhi, who was standing behind him, felt his forehead throbbing when he heard this.
He suddenly disagreed with what Qiao Wu said. If the Lu family was really a ship, it would be better for it to capsize as soon as possible.
What about first mate, second mate, and third mate? Three mates can steer the ship in three directions.
They say that dogs are praising them too much, because dogs are smarter than them.
He blew the paper in Lu Ning's face and said coldly, "Did you go to the library to eat books?"
All that knowledge didn't enter her mind at all.
Qiao Wu obviously didn't expect anyone to choose, so he asked Lu Jinzhi, "You choose first?"
Lu Jinzhi liked quietness, so he directly requested the top floor, and then the room next door: "Come here."
The others who were still arguing suddenly fell silent and looked at him in unison: "Why?"
Why should Qiao Wu sleep next to him!
Lu Jinzhi said casually: "I can make you walk to school from here."
You can ride a bicycle to take the bus or subway from Lu's house, but there is really nothing outside Jingshui Villa.
Lu Yingchi paused and said, "I can ride the princess."
"Okay." Lu Jinzhi was understanding and didn't even look at him again. "You can ride the princess there tomorrow."
“…”
Lu Yingchi looked at Qiao Wu for help.
The latter originally wanted to speak up for them, but when he thought that they were the ones who had lost their temper this time, he reluctantly refrained from joining in.
These people tend to let themselves go at home. She is not sure whether her room door will be pried open like the safe. Moreover, if she wants everyone to stop relying on her, the first thing she has to do is to refuse.
Obviously, Lu Jinzhi's presence was a good reason to refuse.
At Lu's house, they all tacitly agreed not to enter Lu Jinzhi's room, and when they came here, they would not easily step into Lu Jinzhi's territory.
"Yes." She followed Lu Jinzhi's words and stuffed Lu Ning's doll into Lu Xuan's arms. "Lu Jinzhi and I will stay on the first floor. The three of you can choose the other rooms here. Once you've chosen, put your luggage in."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Lu Jinzhi smiled silently and followed.
The design of Jingshui Villa is quite unique. Each floor is surrounded by a small terrace with some flowers and plants and a small sofa. The terrace is shared by two adjacent rooms.
Lu Jiang and Qiao Zhiyi, who had already gone upstairs, were sitting on the sofa, looking at the three children who were still arguing downstairs, and felt that this scene was really fantasy.
"I used to think their mouths were just for irritating people," Lu Jiang said. "I never thought they could actually talk."
To be honest, Qiao Zhiyi also thought so, but they have been much more restrained recently, so he said: "They are all young children, there is no big gap."
"Xiao Wu is the only one." Lu Jiang found it funny when he said this. "You've seen her rule. I've called the family doctor less often."
Qiao Zhiyi nodded: "If I had known earlier, I should have set up one at home."
"You may not be able to do that."
The honest Qiao Zhiyi was puzzled.
"For business people like us, are we really just talking business?" Lu Jiang said with a smile. "Even though resources can be good or bad, under the same competitive conditions, we're collaborating on people, not resources."
Qiao Zhiyi doesn't know anything about doing business. He feels good enough as long as he can take care of the trivial matters at home.
"So the same rules apply to your daughter, but not necessarily to you." Lu Jiang reminded him, "They don't follow the rules, they follow the people who make the rules."
Or was he foresighted enough to start training Qiao Wu early on?
If Qiao Zhiyi had come to the study to talk to him some time ago, he might really have been angry, but when it came to Qiao Wu, he was helpless.
"Maybe Xiao Wu is special because he grew up with them." Qiao Zhiyi understood, "The Second Young Master will also be more patient with Xiao Wu."
Lu Jiang: "You mean the second one?"
That rebellious son who plotted his death?
Patience is a ridiculous thing. If he had patience, he would not have gone abroad without hesitation.
"The Second Young Master came back with Xiao Wu yesterday." Qiao Zhiyi nodded. "Xiao Wu said he was easy to communicate with."
Lu Jiang: “…”
There was something strange in his eyes.
Is this still talking about the second child?
During the time since the second brother returned to China, he has been very decisive in the company. Several old directors have been forced to complain to him secretly every day, saying that this guy never considers seniority or age when doing things, and he will scold anyone.
The main thing is that he doesn't use any dirty words when he curses people, it's purely a form of mental suppression.
But when he thought of the second brother who had just walked into the villa with Qiao Wu, Lu Jiang suddenly became uncertain.
He thought for a moment and said, "Maybe she has a special way to deal with the second child."
But Lu Jiang is still a veteran after all, and his record of having four sons with his deceased wife can be verified.
He hadn't heard a word about the second brother's personal emotional life during the two years he had been abroad. Even after returning to China, he didn't have any close friends of the opposite sex. When Zhong Hejing always came to his house, he never looked at others straight in the eye.
The second child was quite celibate before he was 27, which was a bit abnormal.
He really didn't know after he turned 27.
Lu Jiang asked, "Did Lao Er take the initiative to ask Xiao Wu to go to the room next to him?"
"right."
Lu Jiang gently pressed his brows.
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Because she was going to Jingshui Villa, Qiao Wu finished all her work for this weekend, which was also a short vacation for herself. After returning to the room and finishing all the emails, she received a call from Lu Ning.
"Qiao Wu, are you done with your work? Lu Yingchi and I are going to play in the forest. Are you coming?"
They say they hate each other, but in fact they just hang out together the most.
Qiao Wu glanced out the window and saw that the leaves in the forest had turned golden. It was the time when the sycamore and ginkgo trees were shedding their leaves. She agreed, changed her clothes and went out.
When passing by Lu Jinzhi's room, she hesitated for a moment and reached out to knock.
Inside the room, Lu Jinzhi was sitting at the table reading a book.
Now that he is here, he will not find himself busy working. Although he has no interest in sightseeing, he can still relax by reading a book for a while.
He glanced over when he heard a knock on the door.
The only one who could knock on the door at this time is Qiao Wu.
He moved slightly, took the bookmark beside him and placed it in the book, saying, "It's not locked."
Two seconds later, the door was gently pushed open a crack, and Qiao Wu only showed his head: "Want to go out for a walk together?"
The slender hand closed the book: "Okay."
Watching the stars and smelling the autumn wind, this is also...
When I saw people wearing little yellow hats and holding a few dolls downstairs, and a tall yellow-haired man leading a horse.
Lu Jinzhi raised his eyes slightly.
This is too noisy.
He had an urge to turn back.
Lu Ning spoke faster than she could think: "Second Uncle is going too?"
Lu Yingchi also echoed: "What are you going to do?"
His impulse was dispelled, and Lu Jinzhi smiled and stood beside Qiao Wu: "She invited me."
The other two immediately turned accusing eyes towards Qiao Wu.
The latter didn't want to indulge their bad habits, so he raised his eyebrows and said, "Then you two can play by yourselves, and I'll go play with your second uncle?"
"Together!"
Just think of it as coming to the forest to see monkeys.
Not long after the four of them walked out of the door, a faint voice suddenly came from upstairs: "Where are you going?"
Qiao Wu's heart skipped a beat.
broken.
Sure enough, when I turned around, I saw Lu Xuan lying on the edge of the terrace with a very dangerous expression on his face.
Lu Xuan stared straight at those who wanted to isolate him. He didn't understand how such a grown-up could be forgotten standing here?
Just because he lives on one floor by himself?
Yes, after Qiao Wu was gone, the process of the three of them getting their rooms was exceptionally smooth. Lu Yingchi and Lu Ning were on one floor, and he was on another.
But he didn't expect that dividing the room would be his biggest failure.
Two minutes later, Lu Xuan joined the team with a sour face.
"I don't really want to go," he said.
Lu Jinzhi didn't even turn his head: "Are your legs on autopilot?"
Lu Xuan looked down at his honest legs and sneered, "Is your mouth a pesticide sprayer?"
"Yeah." Lu Jinzhi said lightly, "Get rid of the harm."
Lu Xuan: “…”
He stared at the back of Lu Jinzhi's head and took the opportunity to walk over to Qiao Wu and complain: "Look at his attitude. This can be reported, right?"
"Alright." Qiao Wu laughed. "It's rare for the family to go out for a walk."
As he said that, he took two steps forward and walked side by side with Lu Jinzhi.
Lu Xuan looked at the empty space beside him, a little stunned.
For some reason, he always had a feeling that Qiao Wu seemed to be getting further and further away from him.
Every time he was with Lu Jinzhi, she would always go to Lu Jinzhi's side.
It was clearly her who had been walking towards him, and it was she who said to him, "I want to go with you."
I was calling him brother yesterday.
Is it an illusion?
He stared at Qiao Wu's back for several seconds before slowly following him.
The weather is very good today. Even in autumn, I don’t feel cold walking in the woods.
From the time he returned to his body until now, Qiao Wu felt so relaxed for the first time. It seemed that everything was developing on the right track and he could see the future.
She looked down at the fallen leaves that were making shallow arcs as she walked past, and bent down to pick up one.
With a click.
She looked up and saw Lu Ning holding a camera towards her.
"I brought this to take pictures of the dolls," Lu Ning said. "I took pictures of you too. Do you want to see it?"
Qiao Wu stepped forward and said, "I want to see it."
Lu Ning usually likes to dress up her dolls and take photos, so her photography skills are very good.
I just happened to capture the moment when the sunlight was shining on Qiao Wu through the gaps in the sparse leaves and she was picking up the fallen leaves.
Qiao Wu liked it very much: "Great photos, send them to me when you get back."
Lu Ning, who was affirmed, immediately held her head high and chest puffed out.
So what if she’s not good at Chinese? She’s great at taking photos.
Qiao Wu patted her back gently: "Take a few pictures of the uncles too?"
Hearing this, Lu Yingchi suddenly looked at a bench on the side of the road and asked, "Did we take pictures here before?"
Qiao Wu looked back and couldn't help laughing: "I have taken a picture."
When she was a child, her father brought them here to play. When it was their turn to take pictures here, everyone wanted to take a picture with her alone. Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan almost got into a fight, but in the end, everyone was photographed together in one picture.
She sat in the middle, with Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan holding her hands on either side, tears still lingering on her face.
Although Lu Jinzhi didn't like it, he was not as difficult to manipulate as he is now. He would listen to his elders. He just stood perfunctorily behind Qiao Wu, leaning on the back of the chair. In the last photo, he didn't even look at the camera.
The photo was later developed and placed in her father's photo album, but I don't know if it is still there.
When Lu Ning heard this, she immediately wanted to make up for her absence: "I want to shoot too!"
"I can." Qiao Wu looked at the others, "What about you?"
Except for Lu Xuan who usually has to work, the three grown men have basically no interest in taking photos.
"If they don't take pictures, we'll take them ourselves." Lu Ning took out the camera. "Can you take pictures for us?"
How can that be possible?!
Whoever falls behind takes a photo!
"Just shoot it."
Lu Yingchi led the horse and sat on one end of the chair as he did in the past. He patted the seat beside him and said, "Come on."
Lu Xuan was no less enthusiastic and immediately sat down at the other end. He looked at the tall horse and said speechlessly, "You want to take a picture of your horse too?"
"What happened to my horse? My horse is a princess. I'm going to..."
Lu Ning interrupted them: "The horse is pulling back, blocking the light."
Lu Yingchi had no choice but to take his words back for the time being.
He brought the horse not to ride himself, but to give it to Qiao Wu.
In order to prove to Qiao Wu that he was not an irresponsible person, he had raised the gift for her for many years, so he could persist and be patient.
After changing the horses' positions, the two men looked at Qiao Wu in unison.
"What about you?" Qiao Wu turned around and asked Lu Jinzhi.
Lu Jinzhi didn't really want to participate, but he felt that if he didn't, those two idiots who couldn't even tell the difference between the rooms might start to make moves like they did when they were kids, so he nodded and walked behind the chair.
"Then I'll set up a time-lapse photography." Lu Ning quickly placed the camera on the chair opposite, found a good position, and quickly instructed, "Qiao Wu, stand still!"
Qiao Wu turned around and saw the seat they had intentionally left vacant, his eyes darkened.
He then walked forward, and under the expectant gaze of the other two, he walked around the bench and stood next to Lu Jinzhi.
Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan's expressions instantly went blank.
Lu Ning, who still didn't understand what was going on, sat down between the two of them. She took it for granted that this seat was reserved for her, otherwise why would she have such a big space when she was full?
Unable to read the atmosphere, she patted her two uncles’ arms and said, “Look at the camera!”
The other two looked over subconsciously, and there was a slight sound, and the picture froze.
Lu Ning couldn't wait to run over and pick up the camera. After checking it, she asked dissatisfiedly, "Why aren't you smiling?"
It’s thanks to her that she adjusted the picture and lighting so well.
There is also one who doesn't look at the camera.
Forget it, she didn’t dare to tell her second uncle, but at least her second uncle smiled.
Qiao Wu walked over and took a look. Except for her and Lu Ning in the middle, who was smiling with her eyes curved and her face red, no one else was cooperating. Although Lu Yingchi and Lu Xuan were looking at the camera, their expressions looked like they were confused and had not yet reacted.
And Lu Jinzhi still didn't look at the camera, he was looking at...
"Why are you looking at me?" she straightened up and asked the person next to her.
Lu Jinzhi said truthfully: "It was an accident."
Unexpectedly she would walk around the two expectant puppies and come to his side.
"I don't mean anything else." Qiao Wu glanced at the two people still sitting on the chairs and explained softly, "No matter what, I shouldn't be the center of this photo."
We also need to make those two stop their subconscious behavior of revolving around her.
Lu Jinzhi chuckled: "I always respect your choice."
At this time, Lu Yingchi, who had come to his senses, stood up unhappily and asked, "Why are you standing at the back?"
Qiao Wu asked back, "Do you want Lu Ning to stand behind?"
Lu Yingchi turned his head to look at the short man holding the camera. If he stood behind him, half of his face would be blocked by him and Lu Xuan.
So I swallowed my dissatisfaction.
After finishing the group photo, Lu Ning looked up and said, "It's not a good photo. Can we take another one?"
"Almost done." Lu Yingchi led the horse in front of him and climbed on it. "You will still be at the entrance when the sun sets."
He mounted his horse and rode straight down the path.
He just felt a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't lose his temper, so he could only vent it himself.
Humph, even if it means letting Lu Ning do it, he will still punish Qiao Wu.
We must not give the princess to her today!
Lu Ning was confused.
If you don’t want to take pictures, then don’t. My home has always been like this anyway.
It’s enough as long as Qiao Wu looks good with me!
She adjusted the camera: "Then I'll continue taking pictures of the dolls."
"Lu Xuan, the lighting here is good. Can you make room for me? Thank you."
Lu Ning was in a good mood and spoke very politely.
Lu Xuan didn't argue with her for territory. He stood up with his hands in his pockets and walked straight to Qiao Wu.
"I want to go for a walk with you." Then he pointed at Lu Jinzhi in an exclusive manner, "Without him."
Before Lu Jinzhi could speak, Qiao Wu nodded first: "Okay."
Then he said to Lu Jinzhi, "You stay here and play with Lu Ning for a while."
Lu Ning: “?”
No, this is some horror story.
Seeing that her second uncle was really standing beside her, she raised her head while squatting in front of the chair and said, "Second uncle, you don't have to look at me."
"I didn't see you." Lu Jinzhi said lightly, "I was walking the dog."
Lu Ning followed his gaze and saw the backs of Lu Xuan and Qiao Wu, and immediately chose to shut up.
Otherwise, her second uncle will be the next one to start walking his chicken.
But why are you staring at them when they go for a walk?
He forbids others to write on his and Qiao Wu’s notes, and forbids Qiao Wu to take a walk with anyone other than him?
She was eager to learn: "Isn't it also possible to take a walk with others even if I have privileges?"
Hearing this, Lu Jinzhi lowered his eyes and glanced at her lightly, remembering that Lu Ning had once asked him whether Qiao Wu was his privilege.
"Yes," he said, "but my privileges are her privileges as well."
Lu Ning, whose Chinese language skills were extremely low, was even more confused: "Isn't it possible?"
“It could have been.”
Lu Jinzhi raised his dark eyes slightly and looked into the distance again, "It seems that it is not possible now."
Lu Ning really wanted to get close to his second uncle's ear and yell: I only failed Chinese, and my composition got 10 points, so don't tell me tongue twisters!
But she didn't dare.
Because Lu Jinzhi would really mock her for being stupid.
Lu Xuan, who had walked a short distance away, clearly didn't want to play tricks with Qiao Wu. He frowned and asked, "Are you distancing yourself from me?"
"No."
"Then why don't you come with me and stand behind me?"
"Hasn't I explained it to you?" Qiao Wu knew he would think of this. "Why don't you think about it carefully? This is the right thing to do. You shouldn't exclude Lu Ning and the others."
Lu Xuan denied: "I haven't ruled it out."
"Then if you put me in the same position as them, you'll find this is quite normal." Qiao Wu guided him step by step, "Didn't you say you were my brother?"
Lu Xuan paused, his heart began to beat again, and he felt dizzy.
"Um."
"So you consider me family?"
Lu Xuan looked at her in surprise.
family?
He never deliberately thought about what kind of position Qiao Wu played. He would choose any option that was intimate.
So when Qiao Wu said that they were childhood friends, he agreed, and when he said they were close friends, he also agreed.
But if it's family.
Grew up under the same roof, eating and living together.
Closer than family, but there is really no such thing as closer.
He agreed: "Yeah."
"Then why do you care about these things? They are your family too. After all, we are in the same picture." Qiao Wu said gently, "I treat you as my family too."
Although Lu Jinzhi said that Lu Xuan was not worthy, Qiao Wu felt that it was indeed a great thing to have someone who treated him as a family member.
So she didn't mind calling him once in a while, she smiled and said, "Right, brother?"
Lu Xuan corrected with a straight face: "It's my brother."
Why do "brother" and "older brother" sound different?
"It's up to you whether you want to listen or not." Qiao Wu felt that he had figured it out, so he stopped indulging him. "I'll go see Lu Ning."
"Isn't Lu Jinzhi here?"
Qiao Wu raised his eyebrows: "Do you expect Lu Jinzhi to look after Lu Ning?"
Were you never seen by Lu Jinzhi when you were a child?
It was okay when he was a child because he was quiet, at least he wouldn’t say anything mean to others. But it’s different now.
Sure enough, Lu Xuan remained silent.
After the sun set, Lu Yingchi came back from riding his horse, and everyone went back together to have dinner.
Lu Ning was thinking about transferring all the pictures from the camera, so she quickly finished her meal and rushed back to her room.
She looked through the photos one by one, and after seeing Qiao Wu's photo, she sent it to him.
At this time, Qiao Wu had finished his meal and returned to his room. He sat on the sofa on the terrace, wrapped in a blanket and looked at the night view. There were many lights installed by the lake and in the woods, which created a unique atmosphere at night.
Suddenly, there was a slight sound behind me. It was Lu Jinzhi from next door who opened the door to the terrace and came out.
"Still asleep?"
"Yeah." Lu Jinzhi sat down in front of her, "Are you cold?"
"Not bad." Qiao Wu asked him to look at the blanket on his body, then pointed to the lights in the distant forest. "They look like stars scattered on the ground. Very beautiful."
Lu Jinzhi looked in the direction of her fingertips.
He was not nearsighted, so the lights were not blurry to him, but when he was close to them, it seemed as if the stars were falling on her fingertips.
After looking for a few seconds, he suddenly stood up and went back to the room.
Qiao Wu was puzzled, but the next second she received a picture sent by Lu Ning, so she didn't pay much attention to it.
The exported pictures were edited by Lu Ning, the colors are more vivid, so they look better.
She thanked the child and saved it.
At this moment, he caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye. It was Lu Jinzhi who came back.
She looked up and found that Lu Jinzhi had a bottle of wine and two cups in his hands.
Lu Jinzhi leaned over, and the cup he put down made a slight sound on the table, colliding with his voice.
"I promised you it would happen," he said.
It was what she said last time at the village entrance: it would be nice if there was some wine.
Qiao Wu was stunned for a moment, then smiled with his eyes curved, even forgetting that he was looking at photos on his phone. He put down his phone and opened the wine: "I'll do it."
Lu Jinzhi didn't stop him. He let go of her hand, sat back opposite her, and picked up his phone.
Lu Ning's phone vibrated again as she was busy selecting and editing pictures.
She looked down and her eyes suddenly widened.
Why, her second uncle actually took the initiative to send her a message? !
Still a large transfer!
The source of this money is a bit unclear.
She clicked on the dialog box, indignant: "Do you know who my second uncle is? How dare you steal his account!"
Lu Jinzhi: "Send me a photo of Qiao Wu."
Lu Ning: “???”
So much money, just to buy photos?! It turns out privilege has this kind of value.
After she forwarded it, she suddenly remembered the words Lu Jinzhi said today that she didn't understand.
After thinking about it, she realized that only one person in her circle had given her the correct answer, so she opened the chat box with Zhong Shixia.
"Ask a question."
"ask."
Lu Ning: "What does it mean that my privileges also have her privileges?"
Lu Ning: "What does 'Originally, I had the privilege to have her privilege, but now I can't' mean?"
Zhong Shixia: "Desire for exclusivity."
Lu Ning: "I also have possessive feelings towards Qiao Wu. Why am I not like him? He said he doesn't like Qiao Wu, but he just acknowledges him."
Zhong Shixia: "But when many exceptions happen to the same person, it explains everything."
Lu Ning: "What's the problem?"
Zhong Shixia: "Uncle Monkey likes Qiao Wu."
Lu Ning: "You don't even need to say 'bar' this time?"
Zhong Shixia: "Because this is just my opinion, smile.jpg."
Well, I can’t explain it clearly.
Lu Jinzhi admitted it himself. A genius like him has his own ideas.
Lu Ning was just about to put down her phone when she received two new WeChat messages.
Lu Xuan: "Send me that photo of Qiao Wu. [Transfer]."
Lu Yingchi: "Send me Qiao Wu's photo and I'll buy you a doll. [Transfer money]."
Lu Ning: “…”
Wow!
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