Chapter 81 Chapter 81 Have mercy on me
"Lu Jinzhi..."
This time, the only response Lu Jiang got was a busy tone as the other party hung up the phone.
He had a gloomy face because he knew the second brother's character very well, which was why he felt that this matter was difficult to handle.
Should we start with Qiao Wu?
She is always thoughtful in everything she does, so it's impossible for her not to have considered these issues. So far, I haven't heard any news that they are still together, so it shouldn't be that irreversible.
Lu Jiang decided to take some time to talk to her.
It would be a bit presumptuous to bring it up now. The second brother will be back the day after tomorrow. I can take this opportunity to test Qiao Wu's attitude after dinner tomorrow night.
The next day, Qiao Wu woke up early and went to find Lu Ning first.
Lu Ning also brought Wuwu here, but because Wuwu is still young, he hasn't received all the vaccinations and needs to get them completed here.
She found a pet hospital last night and took Wuwu there with Lu Ning today.
As soon as I walked into Lu Ning's room, I was mysteriously pulled to the window and the curtains were pulled to cover it.
Qiao Wu was curious: "What?"
Lu Ning lowered her voice: "Lu Yingchi secretly ordered takeout."
takeout?
What would he want to eat so early in the morning? The hotel has arranged for a chef to come every day, so even if he wants to eat something, he can just tell the chef.
Infected by the atmosphere, Qiao Wu also half-hid his body and looked down.
It turned out that a rope was being lowered from the window next door, with a small fruit basket tied to it. It must have been the fruit basket from the hotel that he had taken down.
Downstairs in the courtyard, after the basket was placed on the ground, a delivery man diligently placed his bag inside and called out, "Mr. Lu! It's ready. I wish you good health!"
Qiao Wu saw the rope holding the basket tremble, followed by Lu Yingchi's deliberately lowered voice: "I told you to be quiet!"
"Yes, sir!"
“…”
The sound of a window slamming next door expressed his invisible anger.
Lu Ning said angrily, "He secretly cooked for me."
"That's medicine."
"Medicine? He ate four bowls of rice last night, how could he be sick?"
Qiao Wu didn't know either.
But she saw that the bag should be a medicine delivery from a certain group.
She pulled the curtains shut and said, "Go and take a look."
If guests need it, the hotel will always prepare emergency medicines for them or send doctors to their homes. Especially since the boss's family is here, it is impossible for Lu Yingchi to be reduced to ordering takeout and medicine.
What are you doing behind someone's back?
Qiao Wu walked to Lu Yingchi's door and knocked.
A muffled voice came from inside: "I don't want to eat."
Qiao Wu: "It's me."
Lu Yingchi in the room suddenly paused. Seeing the mess in front of him, he hurriedly began to pack up his things. "I don't have to get up early on my day off! Please, let me sleep in and don't disturb me!"
Damn, he told the delivery guy to keep quiet.
Could it be heard?
That shouldn’t be the case. Qiao Wu’s room is not in this direction.
Lu Yingchi was busy cleaning up, but Qiao Wu at the door didn't give him much time: "Lu Yingchi, I'll count to three."
It was too late. Lu Yingchi had just stuffed everything into the quilt when the door was opened.
Damn this habit, he never leaves a spare key at the door of his room again!
After entering the door, Qiao Wu put the key aside and smelled a faint fragrance in the air, but it also covered up the smell of ointment. Even if Lu Yingchi opened the window, it would not help.
She looked at the person sitting on the edge of the bed.
The temperature was over 20 degrees Celsius, and he wrapped himself tightly in the quilt, as if he was determined to defend his innocence to the death, his face flushed red.
"I already said I want to sleep." Lu Yingchi said as if he was very humiliated, "You are trespassing."
Qiao Wu asked calmly, "Do you know that it's difficult to clean things that get stained on hotel bedding?"
“…”
Lu Ning poked her head out from behind Qiao Wu: "I saw you using a basket to get takeout, Mr. Lu~"
“…”
Qiao Wu walked to the table, put away the fruits that Lu Yingchi had taken out and placed in a mess, and asked, "What's going on?"
Seeing that there was no point in arguing, Lu Yingchi reluctantly lifted the quilt.
Besides the long line of ointments and bottles behind him, there was also the color of his entire body peeling off.
Qiao Wu was stunned.
It turns out that her face wasn't red, it was dark.
"Wow." Lu Ning sang out loudly, "The black-faced Zhang Fei~ calls out~"
Lu Yingchi's face darkened after being mocked. He grabbed the pillow beside him and threw it over: "Get out of here!"
Lu Ning hugged the pillow and laughed, repeatedly whipping the corpse: "A real man is not afraid of the sun."
Lu Yingchi became even more depressed.
One day, I was actually laughed at by the little girl Lu Ning!
Haha, so he still has foresight.
Seeing that he was completely wilted, Qiao Wu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Sunburned?"
"...Yeah." Lu Yingchi put all the medicines on the table, even a mirror.
To be honest, although he is tall, he has never suffered any hardship before. No matter whether he goes out to play or does anything, there will always be someone to give him full protection.
But he had stubbornly refused Lu Xuan yesterday, and the few of them had gone to the sea and been exposed to the sun on the beach, and the little crispy chicken could not bear it.
It was still red yesterday, but it has turned slightly black today.
Especially my shoulders and back of the neck, it still hurts a little when I take a shower.
If he told this to others, he would definitely be ridiculed by Lu Xuan and Lu Ning, so he didn't even call the hotel staff, ordered takeout himself, and spent all his savings.
That's fucked up.
He wants to complain about the delivery man who doesn't understand what people say!
Qiao Wu just found it funny and didn't feel sad at all.
She picked up the medicines and read the instructions, then picked out a few that were suitable and soothing and put them down. Then she looked at the listless Lu Yingchi and asked, "Did you learn your lesson?"
Lu Yingchi held the medicine in his arms without saying a word, but just kept rubbing it on himself, as if venting his anger.
She felt distressed the last time she was slapped and hit her head, but now she has started to watch coldly.
Oh, human heart.
"Why bother competing with Chen Yan?" Qiao Wu sat down beside him. "Did he offend you?"
Lu Yingchi didn't hide it: "He is not worthy of you."
Qiao Wu took a second to react, wondering, "How does this connect?"
"Let's not talk about him for now." She asked, "Even if it's not Chen Yan, I will have other friends coming over in the future. Do you have to compete with them every time? How can you withstand the sun like this? What if they play with other people?"
She paused and said softly, "Lu Yingchi, can't I have my own life anymore?"
Lu Yingchi froze, and his eyes drooped in confusion for a moment.
"Is keeping me by your side what you've always wanted?" Qiao Wu's tone dropped two degrees. "Have you ever thought about how I feel?"
Originally, she always thought and considered things from other people's perspectives.
But after listening to Lu Jinzhi's words that day, I realized that this didn't seem right, because it would make others consider me first.
But she actually had some feelings.
Hearing Qiao Wu's cold voice, Lu Yingchi became anxious: "That's not what I meant!"
"What do you mean?"
"I……"
Lu Yingchi was so anxious that he was running around in circles, but he couldn't express his thoughts.
He just thought Qiao Wu was the best and wanted to prove that he was better than others. How could someone who couldn't even compare to him be worthy of her?
And he... is still catching up.
Lu Yingchi rubbed his hair irritably, and became even more depressed for a moment.
Seeing that he was about to turn himself into a mop, Qiao Wu softened his tone and said, "Next time, can you think about the consequences before doing anything?"
She sighed: "And Lu Yingchi, you have to know one thing."
Lu Yingchi looked up at her.
Qiao Wu stood up and looked back quietly: "I am Qiao Wu first, and then your friend."
At this moment, Lu Yingchi was trapped in her eyes, as if he was struck by lightning from head to toe, and he trembled uncontrollably.
It was also the first time that he clearly realized that if there was no employment relationship, what he did would be a burden to anyone.
She is my Qiao Wu.
She is Qiao Wu.
They have two completely different meanings.
"Do you hate me?" he asked.
Qiao Wu straightened his hair and said, "I won't hate you."
Lu Yingchi's eyes lit up for a moment, and then he heard her say, "You are my younger brother, so you have the right to make mistakes in front of me."
His eyes lit up and blinked as if he didn't understand.
younger brother?
The last time Qiao Wu called him his younger brother was when he told the villagers in Heqian Village that he was sick.
This is the second time.
Lu Yingchi never took this title seriously before, because he had never called Qiao Wu "sister". In his eyes, Qiao Wu was just Qiao Wu, not one of those people in the family who was hard to describe.
What did you do to get her involved with the Lu family?
But Qiao Wu always treated him as his younger brother.
Before he could savor it carefully, Lu Ning was dissatisfied: "What about me!"
"Wasn't I also the younger sister at the hot pot restaurant that day?" Lu Ning pointed at herself and the dazed Lu Yingchi, "The generations are messed up!"
There is no blood relationship between us, and Qiao Wu didn't even want to ask you if you had thought about this issue when you asked me to be Wuwu's mother and your second uncle to be his father.
"You call yours, he calls his, each one his own." She turned the clumsy little head away, "Show your uncle where he needs medicine. I'll go get Wuwu and leave."
"oh."
Watching Qiao Wu's figure disappear at the door, Lu Yingchi felt a little depressed.
Last time, she applied the medicine herself, but now it’s Lu Ning.
"What are you doing, brother?" Lu Ning pointed at his shoulder. "You put it on your ear."
“…”
Lu Yingchi didn't care about being sad, and twisted her ear: "Just shut up, okay? I don't want you, my sister! You'd better copy the "Family Song" for me a hundred times today!"
"If I don't care, then I don't care. Why are you doing this?" Lu Ning struggled, covering her ears. "Go home and use the lie detector robot, and you'll behave yourself!"
Lu Yingchi slapped her on the head: "Why are you, a little brat, calling me sister?"
"My sister is so wonderful! She's so capable, knows so much, and is such a nice person." Lu Ning hummed, holding her head, still quite proud. "She takes me out to play, buys me clothes, talks to me, and teaches me to read. No one else has that. I have little secrets with her."
Hehe, she and Qiao Wu even took a bath together.
The little girl said this to herself excitedly, shaking her head.
It was Lu Yingchi who was stunned for a moment.
How do you say it? It seems quite touching.
In his concept, brothers and sisters should be like Lu Jinzhi and Lu Xuan.
At worst, he would be like Qin Lian. Lu Jinzhi was a little better, at least he would not bear to beat anyone with his belt.
Thinking of this, Lu Yingchi's expression suddenly turned cold.
That's not because Lu Jinzhi is a good person, but because he cares about his belt.
His mouth is much more damaging than a belt.
Just as I was thinking about it, a shadow passed by the door.
Lu Xuan was packing up to join the crew today, so he planned to tell Qiao Wu and announce his presence to the others, so that they wouldn't treat him as a non-existent invisible person.
When he wandered to the door of Lu Yingchi's room, he found that the door was not closed, so he glanced at it casually, and then his eyes suddenly paused.
"Hey." He leaned against the doorway and looked at the Black and White Impermanence inside, and said lazily, "Isn't this a real man?"
Lu Yingchi: "..."
Grass!
Who would envy someone who has older brothers and sisters?
Such a mean mouth!
When Qiao Wu came back with the cat, the room was very noisy. She looked into the room and raised her eyebrows slightly.
Lu Yingchi lay on the bed, while Lu Xuan pressed his knees against his back, and Lu Ning sat on Lu Yingchi's feet to prevent him from struggling.
Lu Xuan applied the medicine while smuggling his own stuff in, slapping the person on the back.
Although Lu Xuan is not as tall as Lu Yingchi, he is still very strong because he exercises every day to maintain his figure.
Lu Yingchi was so angry that his face turned red, but he couldn't break free: "Lu Xuan, let me go, I want to fight you one-on-one!"
"Who are you with, old man?"
Lu Xuan was very resentful after being rejected when he tried to show his goodwill yesterday. He finally got the chance to take it back. He slapped her again, and her shoulder, which was already red from the sun, became even redder. He said slowly, "Do you know how expensive this thing is? I'm lucky enough to give it to you. Talk to your brother nicely."
He is an artist and cares extremely about his appearance, so the skin care products and repair products he uses are always carefully selected, and they are indeed more effective than the medicines that Lu Yingchi bought randomly.
But he still kept harping on what he said yesterday: "A real man is afraid of pain?"
Lu Ning chimed in: "That's right."
Qiao Wu was amused: "Are you starting to kill the New Year pig now?"
The three people inside paused for a moment and looked at her.
"Hmm." Lu Xuan held the big head. "Which part do you want?"
"Leave a leg." Qiao Wu greeted Lu Ning with a smile, "Let's go."
Lu Ning quickly climbed up from her uncle's lap and jumped off the bed: "You guys can play by yourselves."
At the moment when Lu Yingchi was about to turn over and take the lead, Lu Xuan also let go of him and stood up with great tact: "Qiao Wu."
Qiao Wu put the cat bag containing Wuwu on Lu Ning's back and looked up: "Hmm?"
Lu Xuan said casually, "I'll be leaving soon too."
You won’t see me when you come back!
"Have a safe trip. We'll be waiting for you to come back for the New Year." Qiao Wu smiled, "Teacher Lu."
Lu Xuan pursed his lips slightly, then raised them slightly.
Teacher Lu, it sounds really nice.
The hotel has cars, but they are all used for business trips. Qiao Wu didn't spend too much effort to take the cat for a shot. He directly asked the hotel for a small electric scooter and set off with Lu Ning.
The weather here is very good. As long as you don't stay in the sun like those two idiots, it's comfortable to just enjoy the breeze. I can also take Lu Ning for a stroll in the surrounding streets.
The hotel is very big, and it takes a while for the two of them to ride around it to get out.
When they arrived at the hotel gate, Qiao Wu suddenly stepped on the brakes.
Lu Ning hugged her waist tightly: "What's wrong?"
There was a car with the Lu logo printed on it parked at the door. It was prepared by the hotel for the Lu family. No one should be outside at this time.
"Who is this..." Before he could finish his words, Qiao Wu raised his voice slightly when he saw the man getting out of the back seat, "Lu Jinzhi?"
Recently, no matter what he did, Lu Jinzhi would tell her about it in advance. In his words, he would report it in advance. If she wanted to have dinner together on a whim, he would be waiting for her at any time.
So according to Lu Jinzhi's original schedule, he should be busy until this afternoon and take a flight here tomorrow morning.
Now it was a whole day earlier, and she hadn't heard him mention it.
Lu Ning struggled to move his head, which was confined in the helmet, and saw his second uncle coming over.
She immediately retracted her head.
Qiao Wu asked, "Why are you here at this time?"
Because he was here on vacation, Lu Jinzhi dressed casually, in a light-colored shirt and light-colored trousers, with an irregular necklace on his exposed collarbone. Sometimes he was even more particular than the artist Lu Xuan.
"I finished my work early." Lu Jinzhi glanced at Lu Ning, who was peeking out from behind with her cat bag on her back, and asked, "Going to get a shot?"
"Um."
"Let's go together."
"This car can only carry two people."
Hearing this, Lu Ning hugged Qiao Wu's waist even tighter, fearing that her second uncle would twist her off.
But this obviously didn't bother Lu Jinzhi: "Well, I'll ride another one."
The driver of the Bentley who had been waiting behind him for a long time quietly rolled up the rear window and said politely, "Mr. Lu, I'll have someone send you a car right away, and the hotel housekeeper will take your luggage and put it away."
"Hard."
Knowing she couldn't outsmart him, Qiao Wu didn't refuse. She looked herself up and down and asked, "You can recognize all this?"
She was wearing a helmet and was dressed very casually.
Lu Jinzhi smiled and tapped her helmet lightly with his fingers: "Guess why I only like you."
Qiao Wu's eyelids jumped: "Lu Jinzhi!"
There are children here!
But Lu Jinzhi just glanced back casually and asked with a smile: "Did you hear it?"
Lu Ning shook her head like a rattle, and sensibly covered her helmet with her hands.
Don't go against the people who provide you with food and clothing.
If her second uncle said he couldn't hear, then she couldn't hear.
Besides, she knew that her second uncle liked Qiao Wu, so why did Qiao Wu react so strongly?
Three minutes later, the hotel staff rode over on a small electric scooter and watched with a dreamy look on their faces as Mr. Lu and Ms. Qiao rode away with the little girl.
It turns out that rich people don't follow the beaten path.
There are many people riding electric scooters in coastal cities, and there are also special non-motorized vehicle lanes along the coastal roads during vacations. There are not many people, so Lu Jinzhi kept a distance from the two of them and followed them all the time.
Qiao Wu wanted to turn his head to take a look from time to time.
She had seen Lu Jinzhi drive a car and a boat, but had never seen him ride an electric scooter.
But when I turned my head occasionally, I saw a pitch-black helmet.
What a weird feeling.
But she couldn't help but want to laugh.
After finally arriving at the pet hospital, Lu Ning jumped out of the car first.
After Qiao Wu parked the car and turned around, he happened to see Lu Jinzhi taking off his helmet.
She rarely saw Lu Jinzhi in a messy state. The last time was in Heqian Village, but he just looked a little tired after driving for too long. But now, he looked different from when he was boating and was blown by the wind. His usually neat hair was messed up, and there were faint red marks on his face from the helmet.
He lowered his eyes and put down his helmet, his expression was a little dull, but there was a sense of life that made people approachable.
Very novel Lu Jinzhi.
After putting his things away, Lu Jinzhi turned around and saw her looking at him with raised eyebrows: "What's wrong?"
Qiao Wu said frankly: "I'm curious about what your burden is."
If you say he is exquisite, he can also sit on the gray hood.
If you say it is expensive, the electric scooter is also very easy to use.
He can lift the burden high and throw it down easily.
Lu Jinzhi walked around the electric scooter and stared at her as intently as he had when he got off the scooter. "I always thought the answer to this question was obvious."
"you……"
"Hello." Lu Ning, who had been fighting with her helmet for a long time, was sandwiched between the two of them. She tilted her head back and stood on tiptoe to show her presence. "Can someone look at me? Can you help me take off my helmet?"
What happened? She seemed to suddenly empathize with Lu Xuan.
Lu Jinzhi lowered his eyes, and separated her head from the helmet like pulling a carrot, saying lightly, "You've improved."
My second uncle actually said I've improved?!
Lu Ning straightened her back even more: "Have I become smarter?"
"No." Lu Jinzhi glanced at her frizzy hair and flicked her forehead. "It was just a ball before."
"?"
Lu Jinzhi: "Now it's a glowing ball."
“???”
She will never forgive him! She can't even buy Wuwu a 20 can!
Lu Ning ran into the hospital angrily carrying a cat bag.
Qiao Wu felt that even Lu Jinzhi had become childish. She glanced at him lightly and followed him.
Lu Jinzhi originally wanted to follow, but just before entering the door, he received a call from Lu Jiang. He paused and stopped outside the door.
As soon as the call was connected, Lu Jiang on the other end asked in a bad tone: "You came early?"
"Um."
Lu Jiang, who hadn't found a chance to talk to Qiao Wu yet, said: "..."
"Where's Xiaowu?" Lu Jiang suppressed his anger, "Did you go out with her?"
"Yeah." Lu Jinzhi said calmly, "I won't be back anytime soon."
This means that he will not let Qiao Wu attend the dinner party in the evening.
He came here so early because he had planned it.
Lu Jiang was furious at his indifferent attitude: "I came here for her."
"Isn't it to visit you?" Lu Jinzhi scoffed, "What does it have to do with her?"
Lu Jiang took a deep breath and said, "Lu Jinzhi, you're not a child anymore, why are you so willful? This family has only been at peace for a few days! You only care about yourself, but have you ever thought about your brother and niece? Have you ever thought about how they will accept this?"
Lu Jinzhi didn't want to talk to someone who was emotionally upset. Just as he was about to hang up, he heard Lu Jiang say, "And Xiao Wu, she worked so hard to build all this up. Have you ever thought about her?"
Lu Jinzhi's expression faded slightly: "So?"
Lu Jiang's rising anger was interrupted at this moment: "Why?"
"She's the one who built it, so?" Lu Jinzhi said calmly, "How to accept it is their responsibility, not Qiao Wu's. She's done her best, so why should she bear all this for them? You could spend this time convincing your two sons."
"There's another thing you've got wrong. What you should worry about is not the consequences of me being with her, but the consequences of not being with her."
Lu Jinzhi looked at the black and white helmets standing next to each other not far away and smiled. "I liked her first, I was the one pursuing her, I was unscrupulous and unrepentant. If she didn't want to be with me, then the situation would be even worse."
Lu Jiang: “……?”
You still want to be tough with people?!
For a moment, he didn't know which possibility to worry about. Had he been watching the legal channel at home for so many days in vain?!
"Lu Jinzhi, if you dare to do anything reckless, I will be the first to call the police and arrest you!"
Lu Jinzhi: "Whatever."
He knew Lu Jiang's working style, and the reason he came so early was that he didn't want Qiao Wu and Chen Yan to finish their meal.
Secondly, he knew that Lu Jiang had no way to deal with him. Since he had confirmed the time of his return, he would definitely find Qiao Wu to solve the problem before that.
His tone was lazi and confident: "Don't bother her. It's hard to pursue someone."
Having said everything that needed to be said, Lu Jinzhi didn't want to hear any more nonsense and simply hung up the phone.
This time, he also blocked his father.
After doing all this, he turned back and went into the pet shop.
Qiao Wu and Lu Ning were sitting on the same chairs. When they saw him come back, they looked up and said, "The fight is over. We need to observe for twenty minutes."
"Yeah." Lu Jinzhi sat down beside her. "What are your plans for later?"
"It's not decided yet." Qiao Wu rubbed the kitten's head and asked with a smile, "What do you think?"
As if he had grasped some information, Lu Jinzhi's eyebrows suddenly raised, and he turned his head to look at her: "I'm determined?"
Qiao Wu lowered his eyes and looked at the kitten, but was thinking about what he had just heard at the door.
She didn't intend to eavesdrop on Lu Jinzhi's phone call, but just thought of asking him whether he wanted to add his name to the guardian list. After all, Lu Ning was a minor, and the hospital would only look for a guardian, and Lu Jinzhi had also fed Wuwu for a period of time.
But when I got to the door, I heard my name called, so I couldn't help but listen to the whole thing.
How bad would the situation be if she didn't agree to be with Lu Jinzhi?
What if... you agree?
She raised her eyes and asked instead of answering, "Am I hard to pursue?"
Having heard the conversation, Lu Jinzhi was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled: "It's difficult."
"I always wonder how I can make you love me as much as I love you."
But he couldn't sense himself.
If you put yourself in his shoes, it is very difficult for someone like him to fall in love with someone. By the time he realizes it, he is trapped in a cage along with many difficult-to-control thoughts.
He wanted to let her know his emotions, but at the same time he hid them, worried that she would be scared.
But no matter what, he couldn't let go.
But he couldn't bear to see Qiao Wu love him so hard, yet he also expected Qiao Wu to love him in the same way.
So it's difficult.
Being overheard in this call was a bad thing for him, but it might not be a bad thing either.
But he soon found the optimal solution.
He tilted his head slightly and whispered in her ear, "Would you like to have mercy on me?"
Lu Ning, who had already huddled under the row chair with the cat in her arms, was trembling with fear.
What’s going on? Do you really think she doesn’t exist?
She seemed to not understand the conversation between her second uncle and Qiao Wu.
So scary.
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