Chapter 266 Waiting for the moment when you are ready
Lu Qiu carefully went through all the conversations between the two people over the past few days, one by one. He slid his fingertips across the screen, looking at the records on it.
"House fighting", "Very interesting", "Du Yun is quite reliable", "Feels pretty good"
Looking at these, Lu Qiu sent out the message [Do you still need me?] in a trance.
After seeing this, Lu Qiu quickly tried to withdraw his phone, but his fingertips lingered on the word "withdraw" for a moment, then moved away and lay down next to the phone.
Forget it, let's leave it at that.
The sooner you die, the sooner you will be reborn.
After waiting for a while, Lu Qiu didn't see a reply. He looked at the time again and pursed his lips slightly. Afraid that he would send something nonsense to Xia Wange again, Lu Qiu put the phone in the farthest place in the room.
Then he slowly moved to the side of the table and continued polishing the leaves of the jade fan.
Lu Qiu chose to polish some small places by hand, which made the work more delicate. For a moment, the room was surprisingly quiet, leaving only the rustling sound of sandpaper rubbing against the jade surface.
Today's efficiency was surprisingly high. It usually took half an hour to polish a fan, but now it was done in just fifteen minutes. Lu Qiu sighed and was about to polish another fan when he heard the "ding dong" sound of a WeChat reply.
In an instant, he was in motion, and almost immediately grabbed the phone from the farthest part of the room.
Lu Qiu opened WeChat nervously.
Xia Xia: [? What’s wrong with you?]
Lu Qiu awkwardly scratched the inside of his index finger with his thumb nail and sent three periods.
Lu Qiu: [...]
The next moment, Xia Wange called. Lu Qiu, who was staring at the screen, felt his hand tremble, and the phone jumped a few times in his hand before he grabbed it. The call was connected, and Xia Wange's voice came from the other end.
"What's going on?"
Lu Qiu opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. He could only sigh slightly and laugh at himself.
It turns out he would be like that, too.
So uneasy, so scared, so...
This way the fear of Xia Wange would stay away from him.
"I......"
"Too much work to do and want to commit suicide? You should die slowly and take care of my jade first. Otherwise, I will have to open your urn and bury the jade. It's too complicated."
Lu Qiu: “…”
I kind of want to hang up the phone.
He took a deep breath and said casually, "Yeah, I've been a little annoyed by too much work lately. I wanted to ask if you need me to help you."
"It may not be necessary for the time being, I can handle it." Xia Wange said, "If I need you, I won't be polite to you. We are friends."
"Can they handle it?" Lu Qiu continued to ask, "Can Du Yun handle it too?"
"Du Yun? What could be going on over there? They are all small matters. It's actually quite interesting to change things up."
Hearing her relaxed tone, Lu Qiu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He asked directly: "What interesting scripts have you received recently?"
After saying this, Lu Qiu's fingertips unconsciously clenched the phone. His bony fingertips turned pale and were trembling slightly, but he didn't care at all.
"Yes." Xia Wange said with a smile, "Didn't I promise Du Yun to help him fight at home? Now I'm temporarily holding his girlfriend, um... fiancée? Well, anyway, it's just this kind of script. Du Yun's fight at home is quite interesting. He only fights but doesn't stay at home. He plays it straight."
When Lu Qiu heard this, he instantly breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had lost all his strength. He leaned against the head of the bed, and then couldn't help muttering, "Last time, she was just my ambiguous object at most, but now she is directly someone else's fiancée..."
"What did you say? You spoke too fast, I couldn't hear you clearly."
"Actually, I want to say..." Lu Qiu said as he lifted his legs onto the bed, but he paused for a moment when he saw the movement of lifting his legs. His fingertips curled up slightly, and after a moment he just spoke, "Last time you told me that you were trying to embrace this world. Actually, I want to ask you, when you are ready, can you tell me the news first?"
After saying that, Lu Qiu's heartbeat began to speed up. He quickly made up for it, "What I mean is... after all, our relationship is relatively..."
"OK."
"Uh... huh?" Lu Qiu's heart, which was originally beating fast, suddenly skipped a beat. He felt as if his brain had crashed. He asked in disbelief, "What?"
"I said yes." Xia Wange's voice was very soft. "Who else can I tell if not you? It always feels a bit hypocritical to tell others, but you are different. We are in the same boat, and you can understand how I feel."
Lu Qiu was stunned for a moment, and the corners of his lips slowly curled up, but before he could say anything else, Xia Wange's words came over again.
"Lu Qiu, you too, should learn to accept yourself in all your forms. Even if you are not perfect, you are still yourself. Don't always put too much pressure on yourself and don't live in your past body. Even if you throw away your identity as the son of destiny, you are still one of the best people I have ever met."
The trembling fingertips embedded in the flesh, and Lu Qiu's nose began to feel sour. His gaze stayed on his calves, looking at the muscles there that were gradually atrophying due to years of lack of sensation, and also looking at the tendons and bones that were slowly gaining strength due to his rehabilitation training.
Lu Qiu adjusted his breathing and asked slowly, "Do you really think so?"
"Yes, Lu Qiu." Xia Wange said with a smile, "I don't care about others, but for me, you are definitely in the first echelon. It doesn't matter your appearance, it's just about your inner self."
Lu Qiu chuckled. The gloom he had felt since dinner was gone, and he even felt excited. He imitated Xia Wange's usual tone and said, "Say the last part again."
Xia Wan Ge: “…”
"So I usually deserve a beating?"
Lu Qiu smiled and said, "What do you think? By the way, who are your first echelon?"
"There aren't many of them." Xia Wange said, "Zhao Wan is one, she's very strong, my senior brother is one, my second senior sister is one, my third senior brother is one, and there's four... oh, and Master Yu who I met recently is one, too. That's about it."
Lu Qiu: “…”
"Other people's echelons are in the shape of a right pyramid, but yours is an inverted pyramid, right?"
Aren’t there too many people?
"Okay, I won't say any more to you. I want to attend a meeting with Du Yun to discuss cooperation."
"At this time?" Lu Qiu frowned, and then couldn't help but muttered, "Why is it Du Yun again?"
"Um?"
"Nothing, I just feel it's quite late." Lu Qiu said quickly.
"Yes, Du Yun's brother arranged for them to meet at this club, and then Du Yun, as Party A's Party A, stepped in temporarily."
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