Chapter 305: No Love, No Love
Qin Huayun couldn't stop her tears from falling, and she saw her husband's gentle smile again in a trance. The man who had held her in his hands and loved her for half his life would feel distressed for a long time even when she frowned.
"Why should I come back..." She murmured to herself while clutching Ling Sheng's clothes, "If I had stayed abroad... would he not have died..."
Ling Sheng gently patted his stepmother's trembling back, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.
After her father passed away, this once elegant and calm woman seemed to have lost her backbone, and her spirits fluctuated.
Over the past six months, he has been extremely tolerant of his stepmother, refusing to let her cook and never letting her suffer any grievances.
It was not for any other reason, but because Qin Huayun was able to treat him as her own son.
Now it seems that he is closer to him than his own son, and is actually very cold to his own son.
Because of this, he cherishes this family relationship and is reluctant to let her suffer any grievance or harm.
But Lu Chen didn't care about all that. He didn't need to think too much about this mother who had no feelings for him at all.
When Qin Huayun's sobbing gradually subsided, Ling Sheng spoke softly: "Mom, don't blame Lu Chen. These years..."
He paused and chose a more euphemistic way of saying it. "It has not been easy for him to be alone these years. The last will incident really hurt him. As for Xu Nuo's matter, we were indeed in the wrong. Regardless of whether there is a conflict between her and Lin Ya, that is their business to deal with. You really shouldn't have done this. This really hurt Xu Nuo..."
"Even you are speaking for them!" Qin Huayun suddenly became excited, but then she leaned back on the sofa like a deflated ball, "Forget it... I'm old, and no one listens to what I say..."
Ling Sheng suddenly felt a surge of bitterness in his heart, for Lu Chen and for this unsolvable knot.
He was silent for a long time, and finally spoke softly: "Mom, I'm not partial to anyone. If...if I were your biological son, I would also be sad to see you being nice to others."
Halfway through his words, he remembered what Lu Chen once said, "If you don't love me, you don't love me."
It turns out that there are really mothers in this world who don't love their own flesh and blood, even though it sounds so ridiculous.
He looked at the woman in front of him with red eyes and suddenly understood something.
The love that his stepmother had for him came from her deep love for her own father. Because of her love for his stepfather, she also gained a share of maternal love - the maternal love that should have belonged to Lu Chen, but by accident fell on him, her stepson.
"Mom." Ling Sheng suddenly held Qin Huayun's cold hand, "From now on... you will only love me, okay? I will take care of you in your old age, and we can live a good life as mother and son. Don't... don't look for Lu Chen again."
Perhaps only in this way can the shackles of mutual torture between mother and son be broken.
Qin Huayun's eyelashes trembled, and it was unclear whether she had heard it or not.
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Dusk comes late in summer. It was eight o'clock in the evening when the sky gradually darkened.
Lu Chen walked in at night, and the first thing he saw was a dining table full of food and his wife Xu Nuo, who was sitting on the sofa reading a book and waiting for him.
Hearing the sound of the door, Xu Nuo threw the book aside, flew towards the door like a happy bird, and crashed into Lu Chen's arms.
The man took a step back due to the sudden enthusiasm, and didn't care about the pain on her cheek caused by the buttons of his military uniform.
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, then he caught her steadily: "Looks like there is good news today?"
"Yeah." Xu Nuo's eyes sparkled as he said happily, "At the hospital meeting today, Yao Jian and his colleagues apologized to me in public! Moreover, Dean Qi also awarded me a medal, saying that it was a reward from the Ministry of Health."
Lu Chen raised the corners of his lips softly: "Congratulations."
"President Qi told me everything..." Xu Nuo looked up at him, "He said it was you who called him and asked me to come back and thank you properly."
"I'm just stating the truth. As a husband, I can't help you with academic matters, but I can't bear to see you suffer in life." As soon as he finished speaking, a warmth suddenly fell on his lips like a dragonfly touching the water - Xu Nuo stood on tiptoe, smiling like a child who had stolen candy.
"Let's go and have dinner! I put a lot of effort into making something delicious to reward you today. Come and try it..."
"Okay." Lu Chen smiled.
After dinner, the kitchen was filled with the crisp sound of dishes tapping against each other, and the young couple washed the dishes together.
After finishing the housework, Lu Chen returned to the living room and took out two manila envelopes from his briefcase and handed them to Xu Nuo: "Open them and take a look."
"So much money?" Xu Nuo asked deliberately with a blink, and measured the thickness with his hand.
"Little money-grubber." Lu Chen raised his hand and ruffled her hair. "These are photos of our outing last week."
"It's developed?!" Xu Nuo couldn't wait to open the envelope, and the two of them snuggled into the sofa to look at the photos.
The weather is hot, and the wind from the electric fan is hot.
Lu Chen unscrewed the refrigerator open, and with a pop, he opened the bottle of orange soda and handed it to her.
The photos spread out like a rainbow on the coffee table. Xu Nuo bit his straw and admired his beautiful photos.
"The composition of this picture is great! Your skills are amazing." Xu Nuo gave a thumbs up.
When she turned to the photos of Wu Yue and Lin Ya, she couldn't help laughing.
Wu Yue was seen grinning at the camera, like a monkey whose tail was stepped on, while Lin Ya next to him was smiling gently and gracefully.
"I gave it a name." Lu Chen suppressed his laughter and pointed at the funny photo with his fingertips, "It's called Beauty and the Beast."
Xu Nuo laughed so hard that she rolled into his arms, almost knocking over the soda bottle: "I wonder what kind of expression Wu Yue will have if he sees this tomorrow."
"Who cares what his expression is? I've already taken the photo." Lu Chen grinned.
The next day, when Wu Yue received the photo in his office, his face instantly turned red: "Old Lu, you did this on purpose! This photo definitely cannot be given to Lin Ya! You are such a hateful person! I wanted to give Lin Ya a photo as a souvenir!"
Lu Chen said slowly: "Don't worry, Xu Nuo has already picked out a picture of the cruise ship for her."
"Then why don't you give it to me?" Wu Yue complained.
"Because I only washed one!"
Wu Yue: "I'll tell you! Old Lu, you are inhuman!"
At the same time, in the hospital, Lin Ya stared at the photo for a long time and did not speak.
Xu Nuo didn't know what she was thinking, so he simply ignored her.
Anyway, this Xu Nuo is really weird. Every time he acts as one person in front of Lu Chen, he acts as another person behind Lu Chen.
"You don't have many photos, and this is the only good-looking one. I brought it to you specially. Keep it as a souvenir." Xu Nuo said.
"Thank you." Lin Ya carefully pressed the photo into her notebook.
"You're welcome. You're busy. I'm leaving now."
"Wait a minute." Lin Ya hurriedly called her, "Sister-in-law, you and Brother Lu Chen are so kind to me, I should treat you to a good meal to thank you."
"No, there's no need." Xu Nuo waved his hands repeatedly, trying to stay away from her as much as possible.
"Sister-in-law, can I come to your house as a guest?" she asked hurriedly, "You and Brother Lu Chen asked me to have dinner at your house, and I kept declining because I didn't have time. Now I have time, can I go?"
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