Chapter 62 Chapter 62 Part 2
After getting Qiao Wu's promise, Lu Xuan stopped pestering him and immediately went to check Lu Ning's homework with satisfaction.
At this time, Lu Ning had already finished her homework and was reading a book. When she heard the deliberate noise behind her, she thought it was Lu Yingchi coming, but when she turned around, she found that it was Lu Xuan.
"Why is it you?"
"You'd better be grateful that I'm here to check your homework." Lu Xuan pulled out a chair and sat down next to her. "Didn't you transfer to another school? Didn't you hear about me back then? I'm like the God of Literature."
Lu Ning: “…”
Not really.
"Are you from our school too?"
"Everyone in the Lu family goes to that school." Lu Xuan was in a good mood. He picked up her homework and flipped through it while still chatting with her, "If I hadn't been unable to repeat the grade..."
"What?"
"nothing."
If he hadn't been unable to repeat a grade, he would have been in the same class as Qiao Wu and they could have gone to school together every day.
It's a pity that when he was promoted to elementary school, he once asked the teacher if he could stay in the senior class for one more year, but he was severely beaten by the old man. It was also because of this that he lost the opportunity to be on the same grade honor roll as Qiao Wu.
Later, the elementary and middle schools were far apart, so he...
Lu Xuan suddenly realized something and his eyes drifted away from the paper.
If he remembered correctly, Qiao Wu started to act strangely during that period. He didn't even think of asking why she became strange and how she suddenly became normal again.
Lu Ning had doubted Lu Xuan's true ability for a while, because he didn't seem very bright. Seeing him staring at the first question in the exercise book for a long time, she empathized and said, "If you really don't know how to do it, don't force yourself."
She used to be like this too.
Unexpectedly, the Lu family's thinking was actually the same, and she suddenly developed a rare sense of closeness to this third uncle.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Lu Xuan was forced to come back to his senses. "I was always top of my class in junior high school."
It was only in junior high school, because he always wanted to be on the same honor roll as Qiao Wu, he used to study very hard. Even though he slacked off a bit later, fortunately he had a good foundation and was admitted to a good university. However, he didn't care much about his studies later, so he had a big fight with the old man when he entered the entertainment industry.
The second grade question...hmm...
It looks a bit strange.
Lu Xuan stared at it for a long time before he found a little familiar feeling. Checking the homework actually consumed most of his energy.
After throwing all the wrong questions to Lu Ning, he propped up his head to calm down, his eyes falling on the open book in front of Lu Ning: "Why are you reading too?"
In this family, only Qiao Wu and Lu Jinzhi like to read extracurricular books.
Although he was reluctant to admit it, Lu Xuan had nothing to refute in some aspects. For example, Lu Jinzhi was really smart and didn't have to spend any energy on his studies. He could still spare a lot of time to read. Qiao Wu was the same as Lu Jinzhi.
In order to keep pace with Qiao Wu, he spent almost all his time studying hard, to the point that he felt like vomiting when he saw other books, and he came to the library very few times.
With Lu Ning's brain, how could she still have time to read extracurricular books?
Lu Xuan was a little dissatisfied.
"Qiao Wu recommended it to me," said Lu Ning, who was busy correcting homework. "The teacher assigned a reading assignment."
“Now it’s still very fancy.”
Lu Xuan picked it up and flipped through it. They were all literary books that required one to calm down and concentrate to understand. He didn't have the patience to read them at all. Just as he was about to close the book, he saw familiar handwriting.
He no longer felt tired after finding something interesting among the boring things.
He picked up the note, and unexpectedly there was another one behind it, but the two were obviously not written by the same person.
"Whose is this?"
"Second uncle."
Lu Xuan paused: "Lu Jinzhi?"
Hearing his uncertain tone, Lu Ning tilted her head and glanced at him: "It's him. He and Qiao Wu both like to leave notes in books and won't let me write on them."
He added, "And I've observed that in the books I've read, the notes they left before and after seem to be communicating with each other."
"When did it happen?"
"It was there before my second uncle returned home, so it must have been there before he left." Lu Ning later secretly flipped through many books and found that many of them had it. "It must have been there a long time ago."
Lu Xuan was a little dazed.
A long, long time?
The book was slammed on the table, making a clanging sound in the empty and quiet library, and Lu Ning was startled.
Just as she raised her head, the person next to her suddenly stood up and hurried towards the bookshelf, not even looking at the classification or the title, and just read whatever book he could get his hands on. Then she saw that Lu Xuan's usually casual expression became a little ugly.
He took out the notes that were originally hidden in the books one by one, and flipped through one book after another.
In addition to the ones on the first floor, he also ran to the second floor, and then the third and fourth floors...
Could it be that Uncle San has gone crazy looking at her homework?
"Lu Xuan!" Lu Ning warned loudly, "Don't lose the things inside!"
Lu Xuan actually hoped that it would be lost, so that the probability of him finding the note when he opened the book would be less, and there would be less evidence to prove that Qiao Wu and Lu Jinzhi had become very close without anyone knowing.
He stood on the top floor of the library and looked down. It was the place he used to dislike visiting the most. He found so many books, many of which had notes in them.
He once thought that in the whole family, only Lu Jinzhi and Qiao Wu had an ordinary relationship because there was almost no communication between the two.
There are very few people like Lu Jinzhi who isolate themselves from the world, so Qiao Wu spends most of his time playing with him and Lu Yingchi.
Sometimes when Lu Jinzhi was forced to join in guarding them, he would only do some childish things, such as taking Qiao Wu out when stuffing his schoolbag.
Yes, it was Qiao Wu that Lu Jinzhi picked out, not his younger brother.
With so many books, Lu Xuan suspected that Qiao Wu had been reading here with Lu Jinzhi since he learned to read.
All these years... no one knew.
When he was at Jingshui Villa, he was still thinking that Lu Jinzhi treated Qiao Wu so specially because of his flattery, but now he understood that it was Lu Jinzhi's bias that had been allowed unconsciously in the past and gradually became obvious.
He even felt that there was an unspeakable tacit understanding between Lu Jinzhi and Qiao Wu, and it had lasted for many years.
This was far more difficult for him to accept than Lu Yingchi and Lu Ning's dependence on Qiao Wu.
That’s Lu Jinzhi, that’s Lu Jinzhi.
No one can be an exception to Lu Jinzhi.
"Lu Xuan! Are you ready? I'm going back to sleep after I finish correcting my homework!"
In the end, Lu Xuan didn't know how he walked out of the library and returned to his room. His mind was full of the image of Qiao Wu walking towards Lu Jinzhi when they were taking pictures that day.
He knew this shouldn't happen, that this was normal, but he couldn't help but care.
I thought about it all night and didn't even know how I fell asleep. When I woke up the next day, I felt so haggard.
The family sat in the restaurant and had breakfast.
Lu Ning kept staring at Lu Xuan's face, feeling very guilty: "Lu Xuan, I will check my homework myself from now on, don't feel pressured."
Look what has happened to him.
Lu Yingchi couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Seeing this, Qiao Wu began to doubt whether she had made a wrong decision yesterday. She remembered that Lu Xuan had good grades in junior high school.
"I was wrong this time," she said sincerely.
“…”
Lu Xuan was in no mood to argue with these fools.
Oh, fish lips.
Only he discovered a shocking secret.
Lu Ning and Lu Yingchi were still singing Makkabaka.
This was the first time he observed the relationship between Lu Jinzhi and Qiao Wu so carefully, and he found that the two of them still did not communicate unless necessary, and there was nothing unusual.
Until Qiao Wu said, "I have to go to the port area in the next two days."
Lu Jinzhi's movements while eating breakfast slowed down noticeably. When he looked up, his brows slightly frowned, but his gaze fell precisely on Qiao Wu, which meant he was obviously waiting for her to speak.
"Are you going on a business trip again?" Lu Ning asked curiously.
"Almost. I have some work to do, and I'll take your uncle to the crew." Qiao Wu said with a smile, "Your uncle has joined a famous director's crew. Don't you guys want to encourage him?"
Lu Ning asked in shock, "That uncle really wants you? Isn't this just a script?"
Lu Xuan glanced at her and said, "If you don't know how to speak, just shut up and eat your meal."
Seeing that Third Uncle had been tormented by his homework all night, Lu Ning didn't take his temper seriously. Instead, she said sincerely, "I hope you won't be kicked out of the crew midway."
With a clang, Lu Xuan's fork pierced through the noodles and stabbed into the plate.
Lu Ning shrank her head and stopped talking.
"Why scare people?" Lu Yingchi took it upon himself to protect the child. "Just don't use your old acting skills as a domineering CEO. I won't really kick you."
"Is there a cicada on your plate?" Lu Xuan was displeased. "So much talk."
"You don't know how to appreciate kindness." Lu Yingchi sneered, "Don't bother with him. Let's go. I'll take you to school."
Although Lu Yingchi's car keys were still with Lu Jinzhi, his driver was still there, so he had a driver to pick him up and drop him off. But since Lu Ning's car was stopped by Lu Jinzhi, Lu Yingchi's car would first take her to school before she could leave.
"oh."
The two men walked out of the restaurant one after the other. After a while, a head suddenly popped up outside the restaurant.
Lu Ning poked her head out: "Lu Xuan, you won't be kicked out. I voted for you."
Behind her came Lu Yingchi's disappointed voice: "Didn't we agree not to vote together?"
"I only voted once," Lu Ning said. "Progress Award. Don't think I didn't see you voted too. You even reported the comment."
"You talk too much." Lu Yingchi grabbed her schoolbag and dragged her away.
After hearing no more noise, Qiao Wu looked at Lu Xuan, who had already put down his cutlery. "Where's your luggage? Take it down and go."
"Um."
Lu Xuan walked out of the restaurant, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he leaned against the wall.
It was rare for him to have such patience. After waiting for a minute, Lu Jinzhi's voice really rang out in the restaurant.
"You want to send him off?"
I can't hear any emotional ups and downs.
"I also want to learn about this industry." Qiao Wu said, "Let's go together."
"You don't have to go that far to understand."
Qiao Wu asked back, "Didn't you say that as long as you can walk to a place, it's not far?"
Lu Jinzhi, who was hit by the boomerang, was like: "..."
He was rarely able to speak.
Qiao Wu smiled and said, "In the past, when you wanted to go somewhere far away, didn't my father also take you there?"
"no the same."
"What's the difference?" Qiao Wu wanted to correct Lu Jinzhi. "Although I have many identities now, I am mainly a housekeeper. This is just my job. Do you expect me to take the salary you give me and do nothing?"
Although Lu Jinzhi's emotional perception was slow, he could still understand the meaning of the words.
Qiao Wu would never speak to him like this in the past. It was a bit aggressive and guiding.
He had only heard this tone of voice before when Qiao Wu was training a dog.
She thought of him as one of those puppies.
Consider him one of her privileges.
This time, Lu Jinzhi didn't even need to take out a mirror to know that there must be unhappiness in his eyes, because he had often felt this emotional feedback recently.
Lu Jinzhi put down his cutlery, looked into Qiao Wu's eyes, chuckled, and asked, "What do you want to correct me about?"
After so many days, Qiao Wu could already tell when this person's smile was genuine and when it was fake.
For example, there is an unclear depth in his eyes now.
Who said he was insensitive? At this moment, Qiao Wu felt that Lu Jinzhi's perception was at two extremes: extremely dull and extremely sensitive.
So I really can't say anything roundabout to him. I have no experience on how to get rid of this kind of person.
"Qiao Wu."
Sometimes Qiao Wu feels that a name is really a wonderful code. With just a few words, someone will always pronounce it in a different way.
For example, now, she felt that when Lu Jinzhi called her, he was very serious.
It seemed that if she didn't answer this question properly, there would be serious consequences.
Qiao Wu sighed: "I think your dependency reaction is also very serious."
Lu Jinzhi repeated softly: "Depend?"
He understood the meaning of the word, and then combined it with his own situation. He accepted it calmly and raised his eyebrows: "So what?"
Qiao Wu: “?”
Why are you so confident?
Is this how you please yourself?
But without her saying anything, Lu Jinzhi understood what she meant and smiled as he exposed her disguised intentions: "You want me to quit too."
"Shouldn't it be?"
Lu Jinzhi nodded and acknowledged her first: "It should be for you."
Fortunately, I am still rational.
"But I don't want to."
“…”
"But I still respect your choice. You can do what you want." Lu Jinzhi stood up, walked in front of her, and whispered with a smile, "I also hope you respect my choice."
What do you mean, you quit yours and I won’t listen to me?
What a logic genius you are.
Lu Jinzhi stood up straight: "I am not those ignorant little dogs who don't know the difference between the important and the unimportant. You don't have to treat me the same as them."
Qiao Wu was speechless for a moment. "Do you still remember the 30.5 million last weekend?"
A boat costs 500,000, which means Shen Yan is rich.
Anyone else would have sued him long ago.
"He can afford it." Lu Jinzhi said indifferently, "Actually, I'd rather let him swim back."
He said softly, "That's not what you said when you were protecting Lu Yingchi."
Qiao Wu also stood up and looked at him quietly: "But I didn't stop Lu Yingchi from making friends."
"Then why do you want to borrow my boat?"
"What kind of perverse logic is this?"
"I have the same reason." Lu Jinzhi really felt that Qiao Wu should not be friends with Chen Yan. Although Chen Yan was not a bad person by nature, he behaved very boldly with girls and did not take relationships seriously.
So he naturally thought that his starting point was the same as Qiao Wu's.
"You said the chefs cooked dishes that I like, and I'll pay them overtime." Lu Jinzhi lowered his eyelashes. "You're what I like, so I'll naturally treat you more specially than ordinary people. In my opinion, this isn't something I need to stop doing."
You can't reason with someone like Lu Jinzhi, because he measures things based on his own logic.
Qiao Wu quickly understood this.
So she took a step back: "Since you respect my choice, we will each rely on our own abilities."
He had the ability to refuse, and she had the ability to quit.
The joy of Lu Jin is over.
"Okay." He smiled and asked, "I'm going to work now. Butler Qiao, do you have anything else to tell me?"
Qiao Wu didn't answer him, but turned and walked out of the restaurant.
Lu Xuan, who had been hiding at the door, reacted quickly and dodged.
The restaurant fell silent.
Lu Jinzhi leaned on the chair where Qiao Wu had sat before. The smile on his face gradually faded, and his fingertips moved slightly.
This was the first time in all these years that he and Qiao Wu had a real disagreement, and it couldn't even be called an argument.
This made him realize that he and Qiao Wu were people on different wavelengths. In his world, Qiao Wu couldn't quit, but in Qiao Wu's world, he couldn't.
This made him very unhappy.
Almost, when Qiao Wu said she wanted to quit him, he almost wanted to force her to sit here and not let her go anywhere.
The first time this thought came to his mind was when he discovered that Qiao Wu had changed.
He didn't want to see any disliked expressions or eyes on that face, so he once thought about locking this person up until she became normal.
That was the first time he realized that he was abnormal.
So he cleared out all the unnecessary things in the room so that he wouldn't suddenly have the urge to leave anything behind.
In the following years, he gradually got used to pleasing himself and thought that this idea had been dispelled long ago, but it suddenly popped up at this time.
He didn't even need to calculate the probability to know how Qiao Wu would look at him at that time.
That is the worst possible outcome, something no scale can balance.
So he came to the final conclusion, respect her and respect himself.
Lu Jinzhi was used to everything being within his expectations, but now he found that many things could not go according to the established route, just like between him and Qiao Wu.
He couldn't predict Qiao Wu's next move.
It also doesn't count as your own.
Now I can only rely on instinct and intuition to move forward.
That way he won't regret it.
On the other side, Qiao Wu came to the front of the car and found that Lu Xuan had not gotten out yet.
Is it that it hasn’t been cleaned up yet?
After waiting for about ten minutes, just when she was about to call to urge him, the man slowly came out from the door.
Somehow, she felt that there was something wrong with the way Lu Xuan looked at her.
But Lu Xuan didn't get enough rest last night, so he closed his eyes and started to catch up on sleep as soon as he got in the car, and Qiao Wu didn't have a chance to ask.
It was not until the plane landed at the port that the young master reluctantly opened his eyes.
Because of the filming, Meng Xingxing specially found an assistant for him, and the two of them had arrived early.
"Brother, let's stay in the hotel tonight to rest up," Meng Xingxing said, "and then go to the crew tomorrow."
Considering Lu Xuan's special status, and worried that he wouldn't be accustomed to staying in the crew's hotel, he specifically asked, "Do we need to book a separate hotel for you?"
No longer having to endure the hardships of that forced training camp, Lu Xuan certainly didn't want to put himself in a difficult position. He lazily replied, "Yeah."
He glanced at the new assistant again: "I've booked two suites, including yours."
"Okay!" Meng Xingxing stared at him with shining eyes.
Follow a rich boss and you will have food to eat!
Lu Xuan got goose bumps when he was looked at. "Order it, why are you looking at me?"
"Ahem." Meng Xingxing rubbed her thumb and index finger together. "The company won't reimburse us for our private hotel booking, and I don't have the money."
Lu Xuan sighed softly.
He was just about to take out his card, but his confused mind suddenly cleared up the moment he touched the card, and he pulled his hand out instantly.
"I don't have any money either." He lied with his eyes wide open and looked at Qiao Wu beside him, "Sponsor, where is my living expenses this month?"
Qiao Wu couldn't help laughing: "One hundred thousand, I'll transfer it to you later, but it shouldn't be enough for you to stay in the suite during this period."
“…”
We’ll talk about the future later.
"Then I have to sleep better tonight." He said shamelessly, "I finally have an assistant, you should let him have a good rest for a day, otherwise he will suffer more later."
Is he still considerate at this time?
Knowing that he had been in the training camp for a month and his pampered temperament had been tempered a lot, Qiao Wu didn't intend to treat him harshly in this regard and said, "I'll book a room for you later."
"Just order two like last time."
Qiao Wu was helpless: "I don't live here?"
"One for you and me, one for each of them." Lu Xuan approached confidently, "If you don't manage a household, you won't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are. It's better to be frugal."
Qiao Wu sneered and pushed his head away: "I'll book a three-room suite for you."
Lu Xuan: “…”
Meng Xingxing took the initiative to say, "It's okay for the two of us to share a room."
Lu Xuan said coldly, "Did you buy your agent's license?"
I have never seen an agent with such low EQ!
A car arrived outside and several people got in one after another.
A group of people came out from behind them, led by a young man wearing sunglasses and with a gloomy face.
As soon as he walked out, he saw a familiar figure, that woman!
He is in cahoots with Lu Yingchi, who made him look bad and ended up in the police station that day!
If it weren't for them, he wouldn't have been called back by his father as soon as he arrived in the mainland. Such a great opportunity was given to others in vain!
She came to the harbor?!
This is his territory!
He walked quickly forward, but the car had already driven away.
Immediately afterwards, the next car stopped in front of him, the door opened, and a woman in a black suit sat in it. The woman withdrew her cold eyes from the front and swept over him again, with a sarcastic smile on the corner of her mouth.
"Why, your clothes are torn and your legs are broken? Do you need someone to carry you up?"
How could it be Lai Yunjiao!
He must have come here to laugh at his joke!
But Lai Shen didn't have time to argue with her now. He quickly got into the car and said, "Catch up with the car in front."
Lai Yunjiao: "Are you ordering my people around?"
Lai Shen took out a card and threw it at her: "Get off by yourself."
The next second, Lai Yunjiao suddenly stood up, grabbed his hair and pushed him down: "Are you looking for death?"
"Lai Yunjiao!" Lai Shen's scalp ached from being pulled. "I'm in a hurry to chase someone! I don't want to fight with you!"
"who?"
"The woman in the car in front is in cahoots with that Lu Yingchi!"
Lu Yingchi?
The person who drove Lai Shen back from the mainland?
Is Qiao Wu related to Lu Yingchi?
It seems that the fourth son of the Lu family is not a good guy either, he and Lai Shen are fighting each other.
Lai Yunjiao let go of her hand: "Go and take a look."
The driver responded and immediately sped up to catch up.
In the car ahead, Lu Xuan, who hadn't been able to successfully reach a room, finally couldn't help but start to settle accounts: "When I was checking Lu Ning's homework yesterday, I found a lot of books in the library. There were notes written by you and Lu Jinzhi in them. They've been there for many years, right?"
Qiao Wu didn't think this was a secret that couldn't be told, so he nodded: "Yeah."
"So you've always had a good relationship with him." Lu Xuan pulled the corner of his lip, "Why didn't you say it?"
Well, not really.
Before Lu Jinzhi returned to China this time, Qiao Wu really didn't think that her relationship with Lu Jinzhi was that good, at least not as good as her relationship with other people.
But it seems that during this period of time, she has indeed become closer to Lu Jinzhi.
Qiao Wu was a little confused: "Did I tell you that I have a good relationship with other people?"
"……No."
"I've never concealed my relationship with your brother," Qiao Wu said. "It's just what you see, so there's no question of whether to tell or not."
Lu Xuan frowned: "You make it seem like I'm stupid enough not to notice."
"If you had been to the library more often before, you would have known these things."
"How can anyone read so many books?" Lu Xuan said with a sour face, "Only you and Lu Jinzhi can read them."
"But Lu Jinzhi doesn't play the game I'm playing with you guys either." Qiao Wu said with a smile, "What's there to argue about?"
"That's because he has no taste."
No, that's not what he meant!
What did he mean?
Lu Xuan took a deep breath and finally found what he wanted to say: "I don't want to quit either."
He just said it!
I noticed Qiao Wu’s attitude was weird some time ago, it turns out he was going through withdrawal!
Lu Jinzhi didn't want to, and he didn't want to either!
Qiao Wu finally turned his head and looked at him in surprise.
She thought he would never find out about this.
Wait a minute, too?
"Did you hear that?"
Lu Xuan scoffed: "He has a trumpet in his mouth and he's afraid I'll listen?"
"Why don't you learn something good from him?"
"I'm not going to quit anyway."
If it was Lu Jinzhi, Qiao Wu would still be able to listen to his reasoning, but Lu Xuan didn't need to do that at all.
"You're not like your brother."
"What's the difference? Just because I don't read?"
"Without me, he can complete his own tasks and be his own boss. He knows what he wants to do and won't be affected by anything. What about you?"
Lu Xuan refused to admit defeat: "I can do it too."
"You can?" Qiao Wu raised an eyebrow. "So who was that person who was unhappy because we didn't sit together during the photo shoot, was so shy and silent yesterday, and even insisted on going to the library with me?"
“…”
"Lu Xuan." Qiao Wu's expression became more serious, and he spoke softly, "That wasn't my intention, but you have to understand that everyone is an independent individual. Me too, and you too. We all need independent thinking and a strong self. Only then can we ensure that we are not afraid to solve any difficulties we encounter in the future."
Lu Xuan was silent.
"I hope we can move forward together, instead of having me drag you along. I'm not a carrot, and you're not a donkey, right?"
Although he was very reluctant, Lu Xuan felt that Qiao Wu's words of moving forward together, especially the word "together", made him look forward to it more than the word "quit".
As if he had seen the future, his heart suddenly swelled up. He didn't know what to say, so he could only squeeze out one sentence: "Can't you think of a good metaphor?"
Qiao Wu laughed: "If you can think clearly about the normal meaning of our relationship and can do what I said, then I can assure you that you don't need to quit."
"real?"
"When have I ever lied to you?"
"You better be."
Lu Xuan's complexion finally looked better, and his mood, which had been heavy all night, improved. He could finally rest assured and catch up on his sleep.
Haha, I thought Lu Jinzhi was so great.
In the end, aren't you still the same as them? What's so cool about that?
Let’s see who quits first!
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