Chapter 120 Don't ask when to return, bury the bones in the green mountains (Part 2)

"Dad..."

Lou Yuhuan covered his face and cried bitterly. His usually straight back bent down at this moment, trembling with the crying. Seeing this, Lou Baili was very sad. He wanted to say something to persuade him, but he opened his mouth and called "Dad", but didn't know what to say. What

could he say?

Should he be patient and accept the change?

He was over 50 years old. He was both a son and a father. How could he not understand a father's heart?

Even he himself wanted to cry for the young man who called him brother and died young.

Hearing Lou Yuhuan's cry, Liu Ming'an felt heavy in his heart, as if a stone was pressing down on him. He knew that some questions were inappropriate to ask now, but he still asked: "What happened? Why did my father choose to leave home?"

He obviously had a bright future and a lot of family members who cared about him, why did he give up everything and run to Lotus Village to live his life in anonymity?

"Before, the old lady mistook me for my father. She kept apologizing to me and asked me to forgive her, saying that she shouldn't have said those things to me." Liu Ming'an remembered the old woman's words and asked tentatively: "Did my father leave because of her?"

Hearing Liu Ming'an's question, Lou Baili turned around and looked at this nephew whom he had never met before, not knowing how to tell him those unbearable past events.

"Ah~" Lou Yuhuan sighed, wiped the tears from his face, stood up and walked to a cabinet behind the desk, took out a wooden box with both hands, and put it next to Liu Mingan.

"You are his child, there are some things you really should know." There was an lingering heaviness in Lou Yuhuan's words.

Liu Mingan looked at the box handed to him and guessed that the answer was related to the things inside.

Liu Mingan took a deep breath, reached out and opened the lid, and a piece of white silk with words written on it lay quietly inside.

After more than 20 years, the white silk had turned a little yellow. Liu Mingan picked it up carefully, unfolded it, and saw eight words written neatly on it:

Don't ask when you will return, bury your bones in the green mountains.

Liu Ming'an's pupils suddenly shrank. This was his father's handwriting. There was no mistake. The handwriting of the man who held his hand and taught him to write stroke by stroke, Liu Ming'an could recognize it at a glance even after many years.

"This is what Qingzhi left before he left home. I didn't expect it to be..."

It came true!

Lou Baili closed his eyes and just wanted to sigh at the fickleness of fate.

He just thought that Lou Qingzhi had left decisively, and the two brothers would never meet again in this life. Who could have thought that he would really live up to the saying "bury your bones in the green mountains" in the end?

Liu Ming'an then understood what Lou Yuhuan meant by "it was calculated correctly".

Lou Yuhuan put away the white silk, put it in the box with great care, and stood up to put it back to its original place. After sitting down again, Liu Ming'an heard the old man's deep voice: "I have three sons and daughters in my life, Lou Baili, Lou Qingzhi, and a daughter named Lou Lurou. Baili is eight years older than Qingzhi, and Qingzhi is two years older than Lurou..."

"Your grandmother has always liked daughters, so after Lurou was born, she doted on her in every way, and you could even say she was a little partial..."

"Lürou is arrogant and likes to play, but she is not a bad person by nature. Because Qingzhi has a good temper and is close to her age, he will not preach to her like Baili, so among the family, Lurou likes to stick with Qingzhi the most. Wherever Qingzhi goes, she follows, and the two are inseparable..."

"We all thought that they were just siblings, but we didn't expect...we didn't expect..."

When Lou Yuhuan said this, his eyes were filled with tears again, and his voice was trembling.

Seeing this, Lou Baili patted his father's hand and comforted him, "Dad, let me tell you."

Lou Yuhuan nodded. It was as if a hole was torn in his heart when he said these things in person.

"Lu Rou had a romantic relationship with Qing Zhi, but she knew that this was an incestuous relationship, so she didn't tell anyone and only told her personal maid..." When

Liu Ming'an heard this, his heart trembled violently, as if someone had pinched him hard. He didn't know the whole story yet, but he had already foreseen the tragedy that was to come.

Sure enough, Lou Baili paused and continued, "That year, Lu Rou was eighteen years old, and Qing Zhi's best friend proposed to her. He was a talented young man with outstanding family background and knowledge. We were all very satisfied with that man..."

"Lu Rou cried bitterly, and Qing Zhi thought that she didn't like his friend. He went to comfort her and told her to find another one if she didn't like him. There are many good men in the world..."

"The next day, Lu Rou unexpectedly agreed to the marriage."

"During that time, everyone in the Lou mansion was preparing for the wedding. On the day before the wedding, Lu Rou..."

Lou Baili's hands on the table clenched into fists unconsciously, and the veins on the back of his hands bulged, revealing the turmoil in his owner's heart.

"Lu Rou put on her tiara and bridal gown, and hanged herself!"

"A happy event turned into a funeral, and none of us understood why she did this..."

"It wasn't until the seventh day after her death that mother ran into Lu Rou's maid secretly burning something. When she looked over, she saw all of them were Qing Zhi's portraits and a bunch of love words. Only then did we understand why..."

"Mother was heartbroken over the loss of her beloved daughter, and was furious at Qing Zhi. She said that he had killed Lu Rou, that he didn't acknowledge her as her son, and that there was no such person as him in the Lou family... In short, she said a lot of nasty things."

"The man that Lu Rou was originally going to marry was also devastated by this incident. He was heartbroken and broke off all ties with Qing Zhi..."

"On one side was his mother, on the other was his best friend, and on the other was his sister. Qingzhi was deeply shocked. Finally, one night, he left his last words on the white paper: 'Don't ask when I will return, I will bury my bones in the green mountains', and left the Lou Mansion and us."

"It's been twenty-five years..."

Lou Baili's voice was filled with unspeakable regret. Unconsciously, twenty-five years had passed, and he had changed from a strong young man to an old man in his fifties with gray hair.

After listening to the whole story, Liu Mingan lowered his eyes in silence, his gaze fell on the bag of crispy candies on the table, and he felt a strong sadness in his heart.

Did his gentle and kind father have such an experience?

His sister died because of him, his best friends cut off all ties with him, his biological mother blamed him for no reason, and his father was only 20 years old at the time, the same age as him. How could he not be discouraged about this place?

At this time, Lou Yuhuan took Liu Ming'an's hand, stared into his eyes and said, "After Qingzhi left, his mother blamed herself and was overly sad. She fell seriously ill and had a fever for three days and two nights. When the people woke up, she had a soul-leaving syndrome and often talked to herself. Later, she went all over the streets to look for Qingzhi... God will not let down those who work hard. She found you back. Good child, recognize your ancestors and return to your roots. You should be called Lou Ming'an."

Liu Ming'an looked at the old man, sighed heavily, then smiled and shook his head, and refused very firmly: "No, since my father decided to take the surname Liu, I am his son, and I will always be Liu Ming'an."

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