Meng Ruyi's eyes reddened, and she knelt down beside Lu Kai with a thud: "Dad, I know, it's all my fault! I've dragged Kai into this, dragged the family into this, and dragged you all into this! I deserve your beatings and scoldings! But Kai and I are truly in love! This whole thing started because of me. I... I'm willing to go to the Revolutionary Committee tomorrow for the sake of the family and for Kai. I'll tell everyone that I was unfaithful and seduced Kai, and that I had something on him that I used to threaten him into being with me! Let everyone scold me—"
Before Lu's father could say anything, Lu Kai couldn't take it anymore.
He pulled Meng Ruyi into a tight embrace. "How can I blame you? We are mutually in love! If I hadn't been away studying at the time, I might have been introduced to you back then! We could have been a legitimate couple!"
Turning to her father, she said, "Dad, this is wrong, and it's all my fault! I couldn't control myself! I disregarded brotherly affection! Now that things have come to this, Xu Zhenzhu and I definitely can't continue living together! I'll go and divorce Xu Zhenzhu in a couple of days! Since everyone knows, why not let my elder brother divorce Ruyi too, so that Ruyi and I can become a real couple and live together as a family—"
"You bastard!" Father Lu was so angry that the veins on his neck bulged.
He never knew that the second son he favored was actually a hopeless romantic! Listen to what he's saying!
Lu Kai, with his neck stiff and a somewhat reckless attitude, said, "Who in the county doesn't know about us now? Can you keep it from my brother forever? You might as well let Ruyi and me be together!"
These words didn't sway Mr. Lu, but they did sway Mrs. Lu, who covered her face and said, "I think the second son is right. This matter can't be covered up anymore. It's not good to let the eldest son keep wearing a green hat, is it? It would be better if they all got divorced!"
Mr. Lu's eyes swept over the three people in front of him, and all three looked at him expectantly.
For some reason, Mr. Lu suddenly chuckled and said, "Since that's what you all think, do as you please!" With that, he turned and went into his study, closing the door behind him.
Lu Kai and the other two looked at each other, unsure whether their father's words meant agreement or disagreement.
Lu Kai gritted his teeth and said, "Since Dad didn't object, let's take that as his agreement! Let's get ready first!"
This reminded Meng Ruyi and Lu's mother.
The three of them helped each other to the kitchen to get some food, then boiled water for a bath and changed into clean clothes.
Although Meng Ruyi and Lu Zheng rarely stay here, their room is still available, and they have a few changes of clothes, so they are not worried.
When he came out, Lu Kai only said that he was tired. Meng Ruyi quickly helped him into the house to rest, and he never came out again.
Left alone, Lu's mother could only grit her teeth and persevere in cleaning up the mess.
After finally getting the house almost tidy, I collected a huge pile of unwashed clothes.
After washing and drying the clothes, I rubbed my aching back, which was about to break, and didn't even have time to rest for a while.
The courtyard gate was pushed open, and two mud-covered children rushed in. Seeing Lu's mother, they eagerly pounced on her, exclaiming, "Grandma, you're finally back! We're hungry, we want to eat!"
Lu's mother already had a sore back, aching legs, and weak legs. When the two children pounced on her, she was knocked to the ground. There was a cracking sound, a sharp pain, and she cried out in agony.
The next day, Xu Ningyan learned that on the day Lu's mother and Lu Kai were released, Lu's mother was tackled by her two grandsons, fell to the ground, and broke her coccyx.
For a moment, Xu Ningyan didn't know what expression to use to face this news.
Is it sympathy? Or mockery?
Because Lu's mother had broken her coccyx, she went to the hospital on the first day after leaving the Revolutionary Committee, without even having a chance to sit down in a chair at home.
As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone or tendon, especially since the location of the injury is so delicate. Although surgery is not required, it will still take three months of bed rest.
Of the members of the Lu family now, only Lu's father still goes to work every day; Lu Kai and Meng Ruyi are both unemployed.
The two brothers, Lu Bo and Lu Tao, also didn't go to school. In the days before their mother supervised them, they would run around all over the factory.
With Lu's mother bedridden, the burden of managing the household fell entirely on Lu Kai and Meng Ruyi.
Lu Kai can forget about these two people; before he got married, it was his mother who took care of him.
After getting married, Xu Zhenzhu took care of him, but he couldn't even wash his own clothes or cook. He wished he could be taken care of by others, so how could he take care of Lu's mother?
Fortunately, there was Meng Ruyi.
At this point, Meng Ruyi didn't dare to refuse, so she gritted her teeth and took over the work from Lu's mother.
Every morning, she has to get up early to cook, clean the house, take care of Lu's mother's eating, drinking, and toileting needs, and also wash the clothes for the whole family.
From the moment I open my eyes to the moment I close them, I'm like a spinning top, never stopping.
After only two days, Meng Ruyi could no longer hold on.
She used to live at the Lu family's house, where Lu's mother and a hired nanny took care of the children.
After moving out, she was all alone and only needed to take care of herself, which made things easier for her.
Now, all six members of her family are relying on her, especially with an injured person among them. How can they possibly cope?
She had hoped Lu Kai would lend a hand, so that things would be a little easier for her. But Lu Kai seemed to know everything except two things: he couldn't do this and he couldn't do that!
We can't count on them at all.
Moreover, before, when I was in the Revolutionary Committee, I was only concerned with fear and worry, and I didn't have time to think about anything else.
After being released, I was no longer afraid or worried. After all, things had come to this, so there was nothing to worry about.
But gossip is everywhere.
Even if they stay at home and don't go out, they can't stop those neighbors.
Every day, she would deliberately pass by the Lu family's courtyard and gossip there, her words always accusing Lu Kai and Meng Ruyi of being shameless and having an affair.
There were also people who felt sorry for Xu Zhenzhu. It seemed that everyone had forgotten all the stupid and bad things Xu Zhenzhu had done before, and only felt sorry for her.
They either sympathize with the eldest brother of the Lu family, while simultaneously vehemently criticizing Lu Kai and Meng Ruyi.
Even when I go out to buy groceries or daily necessities, people point and whisper about me.
If you encounter someone with a bad temper, just say you won't sell them anything, that they're dirty and shameless, and that selling them anything would be defiling the resources produced and grown by the workers and farmers.
I dared not go out during the day, but I would sneak out at night to get some fresh air. I was even splashed with foot bath water a few times. Before I could even get angry, the person who splashed the foot bath water would jump up and yell at me, saying that I was ashamed to be out in public and that I was only fit to sneak around at night.
After several days, Lu Kai and Meng Ruyi were exhausted, both physically and mentally.
Lu Kai was originally a proud and arrogant person, although he had suffered some setbacks because of Gu Zhiyuan.
But deep down he has a very high opinion of himself.
They had never been treated like this before; almost everyone wanted to beat them up!
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