Chapter 127 Misunderstanding
Lu Yan was forcibly taken by Duan Jiyang to an unfamiliar residence. The bodyguards were neither very polite nor very rude. After entering the house, they pushed him onto the sofa. Lu Yan noticed that there was half a cup of coffee on the tea table next to him. There were obvious signs of life there, so it was most likely Duan Jiyang's private residence.
This is interesting. Shouldn't the other party have taken him to the hospital for a matching procedure? Why did they bring him home instead?
Lu Yan knew exactly why Duan Jiyang came, but he pretended not to know. He sat on the sofa with his legs crossed and said nonchalantly, "Mr. Duan, you took so much trouble to bring me here, it's not just to reminisce, right?"
Duan Jiyang motioned the bodyguards to retreat to the door with an expressionless face, and slowly walked to Lu Yan. Perhaps because he was in such a bad mood, his voice was filled with a lingering gloom. "Don't pretend. You know about Lu Bing's condition, right?"
Lu Yan didn't respond: "So what?"
Duan Jiyang frowned and said, "Lu Bing can't find a suitable kidney donor right now. You are his younger brother, so you are most likely to be a successful match."
Lu Yan sneered in his heart, knowing that it was because of this matter: "Lu Wanshan is still Lu Bing's biological father, why don't you let him go for a matching?"
Duan Jiyang shook his head: "He is too old, it is not suitable."
Lu Yan's eyelids jumped violently: "?"
What does that mean? He's young so he deserves to die?
Lu Yan stood up from the sofa and distanced himself from Duan Jiyang. He said sarcastically, "Duan Jiyang, I only know that the Duan family is in the real estate business. This is the first time I heard that your family has business connections with Myanmar."
If you like cutting kidneys so much, why don’t you go to Myanmar to do business?
"Lu Bing is still in the hospital undergoing hemodialysis. It is difficult to find a suitable kidney source."
Duan Jiyang quietly walked in front of Lu Yan without knowing when. The man pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision. He asked in a low voice: "Can you donate a kidney to him?"
Lu Yan: “…”
Lu Yan touched the surgical wound on his abdomen and felt that it was unlikely: "I can donate my tail to him."
It was just cut off not long ago.
Duan Jiyang was stunned when he heard this. He stared into Lu Yan's eyes and saw that he didn't look like he was pretending. He asked with an unpleasant expression, "Are you kidding?"
Lu Yan was amused and smiled slightly: "I'm not kidding."
All he could donate to Lu Bing was his tail, as for his kidney, forget it.
Duan Jiyang narrowed his eyes slightly, as if trying to find out something from Lu Yan's expression: "Do you hate me so much? Do you hate Lu Bing so much? Can you watch him die?"
Lu Yan found that he really couldn't communicate with the idiot, and said in a playful tone: "Duan Jiyang, since you love Lu Bing so much, if he dies, you should accompany him to die. I don't know you two at all. Lu Bing treated me coldly when he was a child and didn't treat me as a brother at all. I don't want to donate my kidney to a stranger. I'm already here, if you have the guts, just kill me and remove my kidney. As long as I am still alive, you should prepare to go to jail."
The phone had been taken away when he came in, and there was no way to call the police, but Lu Yan didn't believe that Duan Ji Yang would dare to force him to do anything. It was just a love affair, there was no need to provoke the law and put the rest of his life at risk.
Duan Jiyang did not intend to use force. He walked to the tea table and sat down. He picked up a brown paper envelope and turned it over and over in his hands. Suddenly he asked, "Lu Yan, what if I say that I will marry you immediately if you are willing to donate a kidney?"
Lu Yan: “Ah?”
Lu Yan had never heard such a ridiculous joke in his life. He once suspected that there was something wrong with his ears. He almost laughed out loud, thinking that Duan Jiyang was being narcissistic: "I don't like you, why should I marry you?"
Even though he had guessed the answer long ago, Duan Jiyang still felt a surge of anger for no reason. His fingertips tightened suddenly and he almost tore the envelope. The photos inside instantly slipped out and scattered all over the floor. They were pictures of Lu Yan and Tang Rufeng going in and out during this period of time.
Duan Jiyang gritted his teeth and asked, "Is it because of this poor student?!"
Lu Yan glanced at the photo: "Are you investigating me?"
Duan Jiyang didn't know why he was so angry. He clenched his fists tightly to control his emotions and said coldly: "Lu Yan, your vision is getting worse and worse. You mocked me for treating you as Lu Bing's substitute. What about now? What do you do count?"
After hearing what Duan Jiyang said, Lu Yan bent down and picked up the photos at his feet. One of the photos happened to capture Tang Rufeng's face. Under the light, he looked somewhat similar to Duan Jiyang.
This was a detail that Lu Yan had never noticed before. In his mind, Tang Rufeng was Tang Rufeng and Duan Ji Yang was Duan Ji Yang. None of them was a substitute for the other, and they had no similarities at all. But in the eyes of outsiders, they looked extremely similar.
Even Pan Yuan misunderstood at first, thinking that Lu Yan was looking for a substitute.
Lu Yan stroked Tang Rufeng's cold brows in the photo, and glanced at Duan Jiyang's slightly gloomy face. He chuckled and sat back on the sofa: "What did I do?"
Since Duan Jiyang hated him, he would strike at his most vulnerable spot.
"Duan Jiyang, to tell you the truth, I don't like you at all. I just can't stand Lu Bing's arrogant attitude and want to make him suffer. Later I found that you are no different."
Lu Yan held the photo between his slender fingertips and shook it under the light. The sunlight from the French window shone in, making Tang Rufeng's face look vivid and bright. He glanced at the photo and spoke calmly:
"He's not your replacement. I don't do that."
Since it's not a stand-in, then it means you really like her?
Duan Jiyang felt that he had never suffered more humiliation in his life than today. He walked to Lu Yan, squatted down, and said in a low voice, "Lu Yan, even if you don't care about yourself, you have to care about that poor student and your mother. I have no less than a hundred ways to make it difficult for them to survive in City A, and they don't have to break the law. Do you want to try?"
“…”
Lu Yan paused when he heard this. He stared at Duan Jiyang's fierce face and knew that he was serious. "Do you like Lu Bing so much that you would do anything for him?"
Duan Jiyang asked coldly, "So what?"
What can I do? You are noble and great.
Lu Yan had a million curse words in his heart but couldn't say them out loud. He could only swallow them down and finally sneered: "Okay, it's just a kidney donation, when can we go for matching?"
This time, Duan Jiyang was the one who was stunned. His expression faded and he gradually became puzzled: "Are you doing this for that poor student or for your mother?"
Lu Yan raised his middle finger at him and said, "It's none of your business!"
“…”
Duan Jiyang and Lu Yan seemed to have incompatible magnetic fields and could not live under the same roof at all. When he saw that Lu Yan finally compromised, he got up and left the room, leaving two bodyguards to watch over him.
Duan Ji Yang had no place to live temporarily, so he had to return to his old house. He had been staying in the hospital to take care of Lu Bing during this period, and basically ignored the company's affairs, which had caused dissatisfaction among most shareholders, not to mention the chairman Duan Jianfeng.
When Duan Jiyang pushed the door and entered the room, a low and old voice suddenly rang in his ears. It was always so slow and unhurried, but it made him feel resistance and uneasiness from the bottom of his heart.
"I heard that you have been staying in the hospital with the eldest son of the Lu family for a while, and you haven't even returned to the company?"
Duan Jianfeng had obviously been sitting on the sofa waiting for a while, and the teacup beside him had gone cold. He was old, his legs were not good, and he had a cane in his hand. Duan Jiyang couldn't help but think of the time when he was beaten by him as a child, and his body froze in place.
He uttered a word with an ugly expression: "Dad..."
Duan Jianfeng stood up from the sofa with a cane and walked to Duan Jiyang. Although he was not as tall and strong as his son due to the passing of time, his father's majesty was still firm and unshakable: "Do you still know who you are?"
Duan Jiyang took a step back without leaving a trace, and his voice suddenly dropped: "I know."
Duan Jianfeng couldn't bear to see him look so insecure. He banged his cane on the ground and shouted angrily, "You know?! I see you've been so obsessed with that kid from the Lu family that you don't even know his name! You must come back to the company tomorrow, or you'll never come again for the rest of your life!"
This was his final ultimatum, but Duan Jiyang did not take it seriously. After all, he was the only heir of the Duan family, and there was no one else who could inherit the company except him: "Dad, Lu Bing is still lying in bed, I can't just leave him alone, I just need to let my subordinates handle the company first."
Duan Jianfeng asked in a deep voice: "What if I don't let you go?!"
Duan Jiyang didn't know where he got the courage from when he heard that. He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at him: "When my mother was on the hospital bed, you also ignored her. Now that the person I love is in trouble, I will never be as cold-blooded as you..."
“Bang!”
Before Duan Jiyang could finish his words, he suddenly felt a numbness on his face and his head tilted away after being hit by Duan Jianfeng. The slap was so loud and crisp that his ears were buzzing and he felt dizzy.
Duan Jianfeng shook his head slowly, unable to hide his disappointment, and said ruthlessly: "You are a useless piece of crap. Since you think that the kid from the Lu family is more important than your company, then just stay with him and don't have to go back to the company anymore!"
He didn't even stay at home after he finished speaking, and left directly on crutches. Duan Jiyang heard the sound of a car starting in the yard, then he slowly raised his hand and touched the numb and tingling right face.
Before Duan Jiyang was six years old, the father in his memory was actually not like this. Duan Jianfeng would take him out to play every day no matter how busy he was. He was also gentle and patient towards his wife, balancing work and family. Countless people outside envied him.
But since Duan Jiyang's mother died in an accident and Duan Jianfeng gradually absorbed the Wang Group, everything has changed dramatically. He has become moody and unpredictable, and there is no trace of his former self anymore.
Duan Jiyang sat alone on the steps from dawn to sunset. The shadows slowly descended, enveloping him completely. Only at this moment did his eyes finally reveal a trace of hatred that was not visible during the day.
Duan Jiyang knew that his mother's death was not simple.
Duan Jiyang also knew how cold-hearted and cruel his nominal father was, but so many years of oppression had made him accustomed to forbearance and he couldn't even find an outlet to vent his anger.
This house is so big and luxurious, yet it is empty and has no people at all.
Duan Ji Yang suddenly remembered something and took out his cell phone to turn on the screen. A faint fluorescent light came on and he saw a photo of him and Lu Bing. He slowly stroked the other's face with a faint smile with his fingertips and his eyes softened a little, as if he remembered something from the past.
Friends around him only knew that Duan Jiyang fell in love with Lu Bing at first sight, but no one knew that they had met once when they were ten years old.
The weather in midsummer is always hot and humid, and most people go on vacation. That year, Duan Jiyang's mother passed away, and Duan Jianfeng was busy with company affairs and had no time to take care of him, so he asked the nanny to take him to a suburban manor to relax.
Duan Jiyang was rebellious at that time. He deliberately left his nanny and went up the mountain. As a result, he accidentally fell into the river and nearly drowned. Fortunately, there were many tourists staying in a nearby resort hotel. A teenager of similar age happened to pass by there and jumped into the water to pick him up.
That drowning was really dangerous. The bottom of the river was full of abandoned reinforced steel buildings. Duan Jiyang was scratched and covered in blood. Fortunately, the river was not deep, and they both climbed to the shore in the end.
Until now, Duan Jiyang still can't forget the look on the boy's face when he came ashore with his hands on his hips: "Hey, why didn't you come out to play by yourself without an adult by your side? If I hadn't found you today, you would have drowned!"
Duan Jiyang lay on the bank, his eyes hurt by the water. He struggled to stand up, and said in his heart: "You don't have an adult with you."
The boy burst into laughter and said, "I'm not a landlubber like you. Just crawl back home by yourself. Don't fall down again. My parents are waiting for me."
He patted his butt and turned away after he finished speaking. His right shoulder was covered with scratches from the river just now, and it was covered in blood, looking very scary.
Looking back now, Duan Jiyang couldn't really see what the other person looked like. He only remembered that his eyes were dark, cunning, and indescribably smart. He subconsciously asked, "Hey, what's your name?!"
The boy paused and turned back suspiciously: "What do you want to do?"
Duan Jiyang choked for a moment before saying, "You must have sneaked out as well. I'm going to tell your parents."
The boy made a face at him and said, "Then remember, my name is Lu Bing, Lu for land, Bing for ice and snow."
Land ice...
“Pah.”
With the sound of a switch, the lights in the house suddenly came on, and the memories of several years ago were abruptly cut off. Duan Jiyang instantly returned to reality, looking stunned.
The nanny stood at the door, not understanding why Duan Jiyang was sitting at the stairs instead of going back to his room. Her eyes fell on the red and swollen slap marks on his face, and she understood something immediately. She said carefully, "Master, it's time for dinner. Do you want to eat anything?"
Duan Jiyang covered his face with his hands and frowned as he stood up. He quickly said something and went upstairs: "You don't have to cook for me!"
Originally, Lu Yan was supposed to be taken to the hospital for a matching test tomorrow, but the slap mark on Duan Ji Yang's face was too obvious, so he did not appear in front of Lu Yan again until about five days later.
"Where's your phone? Give it back to me."
This was the first sentence Lu Yan said to Duan Ji Yang after they met. He stretched out his hand with a cold face, and his impatience had reached its peak. Duan Ji Yang had almost cut off all his communications in the past few days, and he had no way to contact the outside world. Those bodyguards were like dead people and didn't say a word no matter what he asked.
The slap marks on Duan Jiyang's face had disappeared, and he no longer looked like the wolf he was that day. Hearing this, he asked without any emotion, "Why, do you want to call your little lover?"
Lu Yan rolled his eyes and said, "Nonsense, I don't call my lover, so why should I call your lover?"
He became more and more impolite in his words.
Duan Jiyang felt vaguely familiar with this demeanor, but he didn't dare to think too much about it.
"Let's do the matching first, and I'll return the phone to you when we're done."
Lu Yan pressed the issue further: "I want to go home after the matching, so that my mother won't worry."
Duan Jiyang said nothing.
Lu Yan sneered: "Why, are you still afraid that I will run away?"
Duan Jiyang was not worried about this. If Lu Yan really didn't want to donate, he couldn't lock him up for life. On the contrary, if Lu Yan really wanted to protect the poor student and Yang Qin, he would definitely donate his kidney. He thought for a moment, and finally said slowly: "Okay."
This is a private hospital. Duan Jiyang had already arranged for a doctor to do a matching test in advance. When Lu Yan went in to draw blood, he went directly to Lu Bing's ward to visit. At that time, the other party had just finished hemodialysis and was lying on the bed with a pale face. The pain and exhaustion were visible to the naked eye.
"Land ice."
Duan Jiyang walked to the bedside and sat down. He reached out and touched his forehead, and his tone was full of worry: "Are you feeling better today?"
Lu Bing just felt sick and weak. He shook his head and forced a smile: "I'm fine. Why did you come to the hospital today? Don't you have to deal with the company's work?"
Duan Jiyang said succinctly: "I will bring Lu Yan here for kidney and spleen matching. If it is successful, I will arrange a kidney donation surgery for you immediately."
As soon as he finished speaking, the air was silent for a moment. Lu Bing's eyelashes trembled for a moment, and she looked a little surprised: "Will he donate his kidney to me?"
Duan Jiyang held down his restless hands and said in a serious tone, "Even if he doesn't want to, I have a way to make him agree."
Lu Bing hesitated: "But..."
Duan Jiyang misunderstood his meaning and said soothingly, "It's okay. I know that donating a kidney is harmful to the body. I will hire the best doctors and nutritionists for him and will definitely not let anything happen to Lu Yan."
Lu Bing frowned slightly. He had never thought that one day he would accept help from his most annoying brother. But after some hesitation, the hope of survival prevailed. He nodded slightly and said, "I'll do as you say."
Duan Jiyang gently held his fingertips, brought them to his lips and kissed them, and whispered: "You saved my life in the first place, no matter what, I will not let anything happen to you."
He said this with a serious look on his face, but ignored the stiffness and panic that flashed across Lu Bing's face: "It happened many years ago, there's no need to mention it again."
Duan Jiyang said, "You can forget, but I can't."
Time passed by, and Duan Jiyang felt that it was about time, so he stood up and left the ward. At that time, Lu Yan had just finished the examination. He was originally wearing a coat, but he took it off just now to facilitate the blood draw. At this moment, he was wearing a light white sleeveless sports shirt, and his smooth muscle lines were exposed to the air. The youthful aura was blowing in his face, making people dizzy.
When Lu Yan saw Duan Jiyang, he stretched out his right hand to him and said in a hostile tone: "Give me the phone."
Duan Jiyang did not break his promise. He took out a black cell phone with a dead battery from his pocket and handed it over, warning in a calm voice: "I advise you not to say anything you shouldn't, otherwise..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a dark scar on Lu Yan's right arm near his shoulder, as if it was scratched by a stone. His expression suddenly changed, and he subconsciously grabbed Lu Yan's shoulder and asked, "Where did you get the wound on your shoulder?!"
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