Chapter 371 Kneeling on Both Knees
Qingqiu Cemetery.
The weather is quite nice today, clear and crisp autumn air.
Xiao Zhang parked his car at the foot of the mountain.
He thought that Lu Junyan wouldn't faint in front of the tombstone in the rain like last time.
However, just in case, he wanted to follow Lu Junyan up the mountain, but Lu Junyan stopped him.
Of course, this was within Xiao Zhang's expectations.
Lu Junyan walked up the stairs alone, the long steps stretching as far as the eye could see.
He walked very slowly, as if his feet were weighed down by a thousand-pound weight.
Finally, he arrived at his destination.
This is Jiang Ning's tombstone.
But the tombstone was different from before; a few words had been added to the inscription—
Lu Junyan's wife.
Lu Junyan bent down, reached out, and gently touched the words with his fingertips.
"Honey, I've come to see you."
His voice was soft and gentle, with a slight hoarseness.
The tombstone in Jiangning has been renovated, with more text added and a pull-out memorial box added to the base.
Lu Junyan opened the drawer, took out the incense sticks, and lit three of them.
Immediately afterwards, he pulled a red velvet gift box from the pocket of his suit jacket.
"This is for you..."
He opened the gift box, inside which was the non-saleable red diamond ring personally designed by Jiang Ning.
He had once thought that he would give the ring back to Jiang Ning when she was willing to accept him again.
"It's a pity it was delivered too late..."
With a bittersweet tone, Lu Junyan gazed at the dazzling red diamond set in the ring.
Its rare, vibrant red color is dazzling under the light.
But Lu Junyan felt that this red diamond was like blood—
The blood that dripped from his heart.
He slowly closed the gift box and placed it in the drawer of the tombstone base.
Immediately afterwards, he knelt down in front of Jiang Ning's tombstone.
The ground was cool and damp, but Lu Junyan couldn't feel it.
Lu Junyan originally thought that he would hate this place.
Because this is where the only person he ever truly loved in his life is buried.
However, he was now shocked to realize...
He actually really likes this place.
Because this is the closest place he has to Jiangning.
Only here could he truly feel Jiangning's presence.
The scent of incense lingered in the air. Lu Junyan gently closed his eyes, his long eyelashes trembling like wings fluttering in the wind.
From the moment Lu Junyan was trained to be a qualified successor of the Lu family, he believed that he could control everything.
Even though he was still a high school student, the Lu family's business was no challenge for him.
The same applies to matters of the heart.
After mistaking Chu Qingxue for A Chu, he felt it was a blessing from heaven, allowing him to reunite with his first love.
He had always thought that his life would be smooth sailing.
result……
Something went wrong in Jiangning.
Lu Junyan slowly opened his eyes.
In the blurry vision, there was only a cold, lifeless tombstone.
"You really are...always surprising me..."
Lu Junyan's voice choked with emotion.
Back in the juvenile detention center, Lu Junyan thought he would be the first person to be locked in solitary confinement by the instructors.
Unexpectedly, a girl who had been there for less than a week became the first person to be detained.
His grandmother's long gray hair and braces left a deep impression on him.
He couldn't help but wonder how rebellious this girl must be to be locked up in such a place.
I heard from people in the juvenile detention center that some juvenile offenders went insane after being detained, and some even committed suicide by banging their heads against the wall inside.
Lu Junyan didn't want that girl to go crazy.
So every day he would sneak out of the confinement room and throw a piece of candy through the only narrow vent.
Juvenile detention centers are places used to detain and educate juvenile offenders.
But just like a small society, having a wealthy and powerful background is very useful.
For example, Lu Junyan.
That's why Lu Junyan was able to get the candy.
However, he didn't know at the time how useful the candy he threw in would be to the girl locked inside.
Until one day, the girl was released.
The girl was tortured beyond recognition, but her eyes remained bright, like an inextinguishable wildfire.
Lu Junyan took the initiative to ask the girl's name.
This was the first time he had ever been interested in someone.
"Your name is Achu? What's your surname?"
"I don't want to say... I don't want that surname."
"Then I won't ask anymore. No matter what your surname is, you are you... Ah Chu, this name is really nice."
"My name is Lu Junyan... From now on, I will protect you!"
This was the first time in Lu Junyan's life that he had made a promise to someone.
He thought he would never break his promise.
"Why...did it turn out like this..."
Crystal-clear tears rolled down silently, wetting Lu Junyan's pale face.
In the end, what did he actually protect in Jiangning?
He married Jiang Ning to get revenge on Chu Qingxue and also to follow his grandfather's instructions.
Jiang Ning gave up her studies for him.
She also caused Jiang Ning to miscarry, losing their first and only child.
Later, he did countless things to harm Jiang Ning for Chu Qingxue.
Lu Junyan knelt before Jiang Ning's tombstone, his hands clenched into fists.
Blood flowed from between his clenched fingers.
Lu Junyan couldn't help but think that this plane crash... might be God's greatest punishment for him.
He will never be able to keep his promise.
He will never be able to protect Jiang Ning.
"I'm sorry, honey..."
Lu Junyan silently shed tears while apologizing to Jiang Ning's tombstone.
"I know your wish has always been to get away from me, to completely escape me, but... I still can't let you have your way..."
Even if Jiang Ning dies, he will still have Jiang Ning's identity engraved on Jiang Ning's tombstone—
Lu Junyan's wife.
Lu Junyan knew that what he was doing was selfish.
Only in this way could he feel that he still maintained some kind of unbreakable connection with Jiang Ning.
"By the way, honey, your mother... your adoptive mother, I went to the rehabilitation center to ask, and the people there said she was taken away a long time ago... I can't find out her exact whereabouts, but I guess she was taken away by the Lin family, so you don't need to worry."
Lu Junyan said this mainly so that Jiang Ning could rest in peace after death.
He originally thought that after Jiang Ning passed away, Jiang Xiaoya would have no one to take care of her. He wanted to bring Jiang Xiaoya to the Lu family, but the staff at the rehabilitation center said that Jiang Xiaoya had stopped living with them a long time ago.
He sent Xiao Zhang to investigate, but they couldn't find any clues.
He guessed that the Lin family was the only ones capable of doing something this way.
"Also, the Lu Group has been restructured and is back in my hands... but you might not be too happy about this news..."
Lu Junyan forced out a bitter smile that looked worse than crying.
The current Lu Group is the culmination of Jiang Ning's hard work, and Lu Junyan believes it's better to give it to him than to let it fall into the hands of others.
"And don't worry about your studio, Gu Qian is managing it very well..."
Lu Junyan talked on and on, as if he were having a heart-to-heart talk with a tombstone that could not give him any response.
This conversation lasted for five hours.
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