Chapter 177: Lower Your Posture and Seek Peace
After making this decision, Cheng Wanying felt equally heartbroken.
Lu Yiyi is such an innocent and cute child, how could she bear to ignore him?
But she also knew that if they all stayed, Lu Feng and Zhang Man would have more reasons to go home.
To be honest, Zhang Man was indeed wrong in this matter.
If she breaks the law, there is law to punish her.
But she didn't break the law, she just did something morally intolerable.
Since she knew that she was wrong, as a mother-in-law, Cheng Wanying naturally could not take her side and had to give a reasonable explanation to the "injured" Xu Nuo.
She couldn't beat Zhang Man up for this, let alone kill her.
After much thought, I realized that the only way for this family to have peace was to kick them out.
Lu Feng was silent for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Mom, I understand."
His voice was hoarse, with a hint of helplessness and compromise.
Naturally, he knew his own mother's temper best.
Although she appears gentle and virtuous on weekdays, once she makes a decision, no one can change her mind.
In addition, given the current situation, changes cannot be made at will.
Therefore, he had no choice but to agree.
Zhang Man knelt on the ground, with her head lowered, her shoulders trembling slightly, and she sobbed, but she didn't dare make too much noise, as if she was afraid of angering someone again.
"Let's move tomorrow." Cheng Wanying said, "Don't come here unless it's a festival."
Lu Feng asked sadly, "What about Yi Yi? You always keep her by your side. What should you do if she misses you?"
"I'll go see her, you don't have to worry about that."
"Got it." Lu Feng wiped the tears from his face, "I will take them away tomorrow."
"Let's decide it this way." Cheng Wanying waved her hand, as if she didn't have the energy to say anything else.
During dinner, the atmosphere was stiflingly depressing.
Neither Lu Feng nor Zhang Man picked up their chopsticks. They just sat at the table quietly with blank expressions.
Xu Nuo was frightened and exhausted after tossing and turning for a long time that afternoon. He didn't eat anything and fell into a deep sleep as soon as he lay down.
Lu Chen went downstairs, ate a few mouthfuls of food in a hurry, and then brought dinner upstairs.
He gently pushed open the door and saw Xu Nuo sleeping soundly. He put the food on the bedside table and sat beside the bed waiting for her to wake up.
After a while, Xu Nuo woke up slowly, rubbed his eyes, and saw Lu Chen sitting beside him with a smile on his face.
"Are you awake? I brought you some food, but it might be cold. I'll go down and heat it up."
She sat up and tasted the food: "It's not cold and still warm, just right."
"Okay, then eat quickly." Lu Chen sat down next to her, picked up the book on the bedside and started reading.
"Huh?" Suddenly, she found that when Lu Chen sat down, the bed seemed to stop creaking, and she couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Did you fix the bed?"
Lu Chen raised his eyebrows, smiled, and nodded: "Yes, it's fixed. Do you want to try the new bed tonight?"
His tone was somewhat teasing, but his eyes were full of tenderness.
Xu Nuo shook his head, his tone tired: "No, I'm too tired today."
She paused, a blush on her face, and whispered, "Besides, the condoms are all used up. They are quite private, and I am embarrassed to wash and hang them after use, so I can only use one and throw one away. And you have a great demand, so I wasted a lot."
Her voice became lower and lower, almost inaudible.
Hearing this, Lu Chen chuckled and reached out to ruffle her hair.
"By the way." Xu Nuo continued, "I plan to live on campus next week to save myself the trouble of commuting every day. Look at the weather, it's windy and snowy... I have to get up early every day to go to school, and I have to squeeze into the bus, which is very tight. If I'm not careful, I'll be late."
Lu Chen was facing the same situation. The course was tight and running back and forth was indeed a waste of time.
"Well, let's live on campus for the time being, so we don't have to run back and forth every day and waste time." Lu Chen agreed.
He also decided to live in the dormitory, attend classes from Monday to Friday, and go home on weekends.
Although this decision is somewhat helpless, it is also the most appropriate choice at the moment.
At least we can meet two days a week.
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This was the eve of leaving the Lu family, and Lu Yiyi was taken to Cheng Wanying's room.
Cheng Wanying sat by the bed, gently stroking her granddaughter's hair, her eyes full of love and reluctance.
She leaned over slightly, held Lu Yiyi in her arms, spoke to her in a low voice, and gently combed her hair with her fingers, as if she wanted to pour all her warmth into this brief moment.
Lu Yiyi snuggled obediently in her grandmother's arms, occasionally looking up, her eyes sparkling with innocence and dependence.
At the same time, the atmosphere in Lu Feng and Zhang Man's room was dull and depressing.
The two of them lay on the bed with their backs to each other, and no one spoke.
The room was so quiet that the only sound was each other's breathing, as if even the air had frozen.
Zhang Man stared at the wall with empty eyes, not knowing what was going on in her mind.
Lu Feng closed his eyes, frowned, and breathed heavily, and it was obvious that his mind was filled with complicated thoughts.
After lying down for a while, Zhang Man finally moved and slowly sat up.
She gently lifted the quilt, got out of bed, looked back at Lu Feng's back, a complex emotion flashed in her eyes.
She bit her lower lip and turned to walk out the door.
After a while, Zhang Man came in with a basin of hot water.
She squatted in front of Lu Feng's bed, holding the basin in both hands. Her voice was a little hoarse: "Get up and wash your feet. The hot water is ready."
Lu Feng originally didn't want to pay attention to her, but when he heard her hoarse voice and opened his eyes to see her face that looked like a rotten walnut after crying, he sat up.
He didn't say anything, but silently put his feet into the basin.
The water temperature was neither too hot nor too cold, just right, exactly what he liked.
Zhang Man squatted on the ground and gently washed his feet.
Her fingers pressed gently on the soles of his feet, using just the right amount of pressure.
While washing her feet, she talked to Lu Feng, her voice choking with sobs: "I know you've had a hard time these days... This is all my fault, blame me and my family for causing you trouble."
Hearing this, Lu Feng was moved.
So much time has passed and Zhang Man has been complaining for a long time.
Today, he heard her say, "It's not easy for him, he's been implicated," and for a moment, his emotions fluctuated.
Zhang Man raised her head, looked at Lu Feng with tearful eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "I understand now. In this world, you are the only one who treats me the best... Only you."
She couldn't hold back her tears anymore and they fell onto the instep of Lu Feng's feet, warm and moist.
She lowered her head and continued to wash his feet, her voice getting lower and lower: "What happened tonight... I didn't want to do that. But, I thought at the time, if I died, what would you do? Yi Yi, how would you live without your mother?"
Her words made Lu Feng's heart tremble, and his feet moved.
Zhang Man rubbed his feet, took a deep breath, and continued: "I admit that I am a little mean... Maybe doing this is not good enough for Xu Nuo. But if I am given another chance, I will still do it. I just want to live and give you and Yi Yi a complete home."
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