"Anything else? Is there anything else?"
Huo Qizhen honestly replied, "No."
"Um."
Jian Yu pulled Huo Qizhen back to sit down, "You must be tired from traveling, right? Get some sleep!"
Huo Qizhen lay down, and Jian Yu helped him cover himself with the blanket. "I'll stay with you, so go to sleep."
Huo Qizhen moved aside, saying, "You stay with me."
Jian Yu had just crawled inside when Huo Qizhen fell asleep a few seconds later.
Jian Yu looked at his dark circles and turned off the night light with the remote.
Huo Qizhen slept until noon before waking up.
Jian Yu wasn't in the room, so Huo Qizhen glanced at the time on the bedside table before sitting up and going downstairs to look for her.
As soon as I reached the stairs, I heard a magnetic voice, "I want a combination lock installed in my room, and it needs all the necessary furniture, including a washing machine, a coffee machine, and so on..."
As Huo Qizhen went downstairs, he observed that Lu Jiao was sitting arrogantly. He didn't need to guess to know that it was Lu Jiao.
When Jian Yu saw Huo Qizhen coming over, he patted his seat, gesturing for Huo Qizhen to sit down.
"If you need accommodation, I can reserve a guest room for you in my home."
"No! No! No! Staying at your house and staying at your hotel are two different things."
"What's the difference? Aren't they both related to me?"
“It’s different! Staying at your house means we have a close relationship, while staying at your hotel only means we are the boss and the guest. It’s better for us to keep some distance.”
"Keep your distance?" Jian Yu laughed. "Wouldn't it be better if we kept our distance without any problems?"
Lu Jiao glanced at Jian Yu and said, "You heartless bastard, you want to sever ties with me so soon?"
Jian Yu, “…” Didn’t you yourself say you wanted to keep your distance?
Huo Qizhen sat down next to Jian Yu. "Mr. Lu, welcome!"
Lu Jiao: "Good afternoon, Mr. Huo!"
"Mr. Lu, what would you like to eat for lunch? I, Huo, will arrange it for you."
"Don't be so polite. I arrived yesterday and had dinner here. Just relax today, no need for any special hospitality."
"......"
Huo Qizhen turned to look at Uncle Li, but surprisingly did not report to him.
Li Bozhen wanted to protest his innocence. Yesterday, Huo Qizhen started washing up as soon as he got home, and then came directly to Jian Yu's place. Because it was so late, the servants had all gone to bed, and he only found out that there was a guest staying there when he arrived in the morning.
Huo Qizhen gave a forced laugh. "What have you been busy with lately, Mr. Lu? I wanted to thank you last time, but I haven't had the chance yet."
"You don't need to thank me, Jian Yu already gave me the payment."
"Mr. Lu, how long do you plan to stay here? If you're not in a hurry, we can have a few drinks tonight."
Before Lu Jiao could answer, Jian Yu reached out to stop him.
Looking at Huo Qizhen, he asked, "Is your body suitable for drinking alcohol?"
Huo Qizhen blinked; he had forgotten about that. "I can watch Mr. Lu drink."
Lu Jiao said, "That's not interesting. Let's talk about it next time!"
“Okay. Next time Mr. Lu comes, I will definitely prepare with Jian Yu in advance.”
Lu Jiao glanced at the servants who were constantly looking around in the distance. "The kitchen is reminding us that it's time to eat."
Jian Yu helped Huo Qizhen to his feet. "Let's go over there!"
Lu Jiao ate his meal very quickly.
Jian Yu hadn't even finished half of his meal when Lu Jiao stood up, picked up his bag, and said, "Bye-bye! See you at the airport later."
Without giving Jian Yu time to stop him, he rushed out like the wind.
Huo Qizhen put down his chopsticks. "What? See you at the airport later?"
Jian Yu: "When we were little, a couple came to the orphanage to do charity work. They were middle-aged and didn't have any children of their own. Before leaving, they offered to adopt Lu Jiao and me, but the director, Cao Xiaomei, refused without even asking us. They weren't disappointed and asked again after a while. Cao Xiaomei told them that we both liked to steal, and they finally gave up. Although they no longer intended to adopt us, they still took good care of us every time they came. Later, the man fell ill and passed away, leaving the woman alone. She became ill from missing him and gradually stopped coming to the orphanage. A while ago, Lu Jiao ran into that woman in another city. She lives alone now and was very excited to see him, saying she wanted to see me."
"She gave up adopting you because of what you call bad habits. Isn't she afraid that you'll grow up to be even worse and become a threat to her?"
"Auntie is seriously ill and can no longer get out of bed. She doesn't have much time left."
There's really nothing to worry about when someone is about to die.
"It was because she didn't have much time left that Lu Jiao agreed to take me to see her."
"Then I'll go with you!"
Jian Yu shook his head, "You stay home and take good care of yourself. I'll be right back."
"Are you really going to come right back? The favor that Lu Jiao, that cold-hearted guy, remembers must be considerable. If you go there and see her all alone, will you really just abandon her and come back?"
“They both cared about us and disliked us. Such people are not uncommon in the welfare home. We could have just ignored them. But they did something back then that Lu Jiao and I are grateful for.”
"What?"
“That year, there was a food poisoning incident at the orphanage, and many children were rushed to the hospital. At that time, Lu Jiao and I were locked in a small dark room. If the couple hadn’t discovered that we were missing and rushed back from the hospital to find us, we probably wouldn’t have made it out of the orphanage alive. It was this incident that made Lu Jiao determined to leave there.”
Huo Qizhen pulled Jian Yu into his arms, turned his head, and instructed Uncle Li, "Go and contact the best medical team."
Jian Yu peeked out from Huo Qizhen's arms and said, "No need. Lu Jiao has already had the medical team review her medical records, so there's no need to waste our time."
Jian Yu refused Huo Qizhen's request to accompany him and went alone to meet up with Lu Jiao.
Holding the flowers, Jian Yu walked side by side with Lu Jiao. "Actually, I can hardly remember what Aunt Feng looks like anymore."
Lu Jiao turned his head, "It hasn't been that long, and you don't even remember?"
"It's been about twenty years."
"How could it be twenty years?"
Jian Yu smiled but offered no explanation.
"I changed Aunt Feng's room to a single room in the innermost ward. It's her last few days, so I wanted to make her more comfortable."
"Um."
Upon reaching the door, Lu Jiao raised his hand and pushed, but the door wouldn't open.
Aunt Feng was no longer able to get out of bed, and the nurses couldn't lock the door from the inside.
Jian Yu and Lu Jiao exchanged a glance, then pressed their ears against the door in unison. From inside came hoarse groans and an angry question, "Where's the money?"
Robbery?
Both of them took a step back at the same time.
Lu Jiao went up and kicked the door open.
The door slammed shut, and Aunt Feng, whose eyes had rolled back in her head from being choked, breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
The perpetrators were startled and exclaimed, "What are you doing? How dare you break into my aunt's hospital room!"
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