Chapter 77 The sound of carriages and horses echoed along the mountain path, He Fu...
The sounds of carriages and horses echoed along the mountain path, and Madam He vanished completely.
As the wind blew past, Lu Hun felt a chill creeping over him.
He pulled his thick cloak over himself, thinking of the person who had given him it, and seemed to feel warm again. Lu Hun finally turned away from the mountain path, turned around, and suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Wei Yin leaned against the door, silently watching him. He didn't know when she had arrived or how long she had been watching, but she hadn't made a sound. Lu Hun didn't move for a moment, but finally Wei Yin walked towards him and tugged at his cloak. "Has Madam He left?"
Lu Hun opened his mouth, "Sister, you heard everything?"
“Yes, I heard everything.” Wei Yin took his hand, looked up at the boy’s face, and said, “Let’s go, it’s cold outside, let’s go back and talk.”
As winter approaches, the weather changes rapidly. The wind is always howling against the windowpanes, and it has gotten much colder these past two days. Winter in the desolate region is dry and cold, so cold that it makes one's skin feel very tight.
A brazier has already been put into use in the room.
Lu Hun picked up the freshly boiled tea directly from the small stove. This time, he had the experience and let the tea cool down until it was no longer hot before serving it to Wei Yin. The young man's face was calm, but Wei Yin knew from the fact that he had been keeping his head down since he entered the room that he was not as calm as he appeared.
After Wei Yin finished her tea, Lu Hun tried to take it back, but Wei Yin grabbed his sleeve, preventing him from leaving. She asked, "Lu Hun, so Madam He was your birth mother?"
That night, Lu Hun took her to see the lanterns at the official school and told her a story. Sure enough, it was about himself. However, Wei Yin did not expect that the wife of that official family, whose husband often had affairs outside and was not on good terms with him, and who later had an affair with the teacher in the mansion, was actually Madam He.
But upon closer reflection, the He family were officials, the father was a womanizer, and the couple had a strained relationship. Isn't this exactly what is being said about Madam He?
Lu Hun gave a soft "hmm". "Back then, she hated her husband for his philandering and even bringing his concubines back to the mansion to slap her in the face. She was very angry. When she saw my father and mother being loving, she became jealous and plotted to have me with my father. She had a husband and son and could not keep me. After I was born, she sent me to the Lu family."
Therefore, no matter how well-behaved and sensible he was from a young age, he was disliked and hated by Lu Mingli, and Madam He also had another family and did not care about him at all. Lu Hun grew up caught in this grudge between the adults.
Thinking of this, Wei Yin touched his face, trying to comfort him.
"It's alright, sister." Lu Hun rubbed her palm. "I'm fine now."
Wei Yin couldn't help but feel sad and said, "Little Lu Hun, how pitiful you are."
Lu Hun half-squatted on the ground, while Wei Yin sat on the couch. The boy looked up at her intently. "Sister, so you know now that I am Madam He and Lu Mingli's illegitimate son. I am a child who cannot be seen in the light of day, a child who has never been acknowledged by them. Even if I am still alive and a person, I am not worthy of you in any way, sister."
The boy's tone was calm, but it was clearly filled with endless sorrow.
"Nonsense," Wei Yin retorted unhappily. "So what if he's an illegitimate child and can't be brought into the light? Don't say things like that anymore."
Lu Hun just gave a self-deprecating laugh.
Seeing his pitiful state, Wei Yin bent down, cupped his head, and kissed him solemnly on the forehead. "Little Lu, don't be sad. They don't want you, but your sister does."
The deep melancholy in Lu Hun's eyes gradually faded, and his dark pupils regained some rare sparkle.
Wei Yin pulled him up and made him sit next to her. "Lu Hun, tell your sister about your childhood. If you tell your sister, it means that you didn't grow up alone, but that your sister watched you grow up."
Lu Hun's eyes were slightly red, and he shyly curled the corners of his mouth.
Lu Hun had memories from a very young age, probably around one year old. The earliest memory he had was of sitting at the door of his grandmother's room, watching Lu Mingli recite poems to Madam Lu from afar with curiosity. At that time, Madam Lu had been traumatized by Lu Hun's background and had lost her child. She was recuperating. When Lu Mingli had some free time, he would recite a few poems to Madam Lu while she sat in the courtyard sunbathing. Although Madam Lu still had some distance between them, she never gave him a cold look.
Neither of them noticed that Lu Hun was sitting on the threshold, watching them.
When Madam Lu saw it later, her expression changed immediately.
Lu Mingli's face immediately darkened, and he angrily told Lu Hun to get inside. Madam Lu was not happy to see Lu Hun, but when she heard Lu Mingli scolding a child so angrily, she couldn't bear it in the end. So she grabbed her husband and asked him to help her back to her room.
That evening, Grandmother brought Lu Hun a few pieces of candy wrapped in oil paper. Lu Hun was over a year old and had never eaten candy or had any toys. Lu Mingli disliked him, so he wouldn't allow Grandmother to give him these things. Grandmother was afraid that Lu Mingli would get angry and kick him out, so she dared not give him any.
Lu Hun knew what Lu Mingli meant, so he didn't dare to accept the invitation.
Grandmother said, “Don’t be afraid, my soul. This is what your mother asked me to give you. She said she was worried that your father would frighten you today, so she gave it to you specially. Eat it without worry. Even if your father finds out, he won’t dare to say anything.”
Lu Hun tasted candy for the first time. It was very sweet and crunchy. He never imagined that candy could be so sweet. He liked it.
Since then, Lu Hun has developed a fondness for Madam Lu. He likes this gentle mother, so in his memory, apart from his grandmother, he can hardly remember Lu Mingli's face anymore, but he still clearly remembers Madam Lu's face.
He wanted to call Madam Lu "Mother".
He also wanted Mrs. Lu to hug him.
“I remember,” Wei Yin suddenly said, “It was that time when Azhu was secretly taken away from Pudu Temple by Liu, and Hu Datian and Alang came to the He family to find me. I heard you call out ‘Mother’ in your dream. Was it Madam Lu, or He…”
“I only have Madam Lu as my mother,” Lu Hun replied.
Aside from his grandmother and Madam Lu, Lu Hun only ever liked Wei Yin. When Wei Yin was playing shuttlecock with others at school, Lu Hun was actually watching her play silently from outside the crowd, but he never dared to go forward. He just held a scroll and looked at it, but in reality, he was watching Wei Yin. Only when he saw the shuttlecock fall onto the eaves could Lu Hun appear immediately and retrieve it for her.
Then, Lu Hun shyly brought up another matter.
That was about Wei Yin losing her favorite handkerchief.
It was indeed Lu Hun who found it. He originally intended to return it to her, but Lu Hun was already thirteen or fourteen years old at that time, a time when young people are easily moved. He hesitated for two nights and finally decided to secretly keep the handkerchief and hide it close to his body. However, he was afraid that it would fall out in the school and be seen by Wei Yin, so he specially followed his grandmother's habit and sewed a small pocket on the lining of his inner garment to hide the handkerchief inside. There was no way it would fall out.
When this matter was mentioned, Lu Hun looked uneasy and almost dared not look Wei Yin in the eye. He also felt that his actions seemed somewhat despicable.
Wei Yin was stunned for a moment, then remembered, "I've heard people say that you picked it up, and I also heard that you mistook my handkerchief for me and did that kind of thing... Is it true?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Hun froze for a moment, then his handsome face flushed bright red. He quickly frowned, "Sister, I didn't. I just hid the handkerchief on my person, but I wouldn't dare do this to you..."
Wei Yin also felt that he was extremely shy and timid, and it was impossible for him to dare to do such a thing, let alone be seen by someone. It was probably just a rumor, and such things happened all the time.
Seeing the boy's anxious and embarrassed look, she sat on his lap, wrapped her arms around his neck, and breathed hot air into his burning earlobe, "Little Lu Hun, do you want to know what it really felt like to hear about this story from back then?"
Lu Hun's eyes widened in surprise.
Wei Yin immediately noticed that the boy's body beneath her was stiff and rigid. She deliberately chuckled, "Little Lu Hun, do you want to do what they used to tell you about now? Hmm?"
Lu Hun began to frown in discomfort.
Wei Yin pulled his hand and placed it on her abdomen, then continued to ask, "Little Lu Hun, do you want your sister to turn you into a man?"
"Yes." Unexpectedly, Lu Hun closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again tremblingly, his voice soft and tense, "I want to be my sister's man, I've wanted to for a long time."
Wei Yin was stunned, seemingly not expecting him to admit it so honestly. She couldn't help but laugh out loud, then pinched his thin face and got up from his lap. "Sister was just teasing you."
For the first time, Lu Hun got angry with her. "Sister!"
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After the carriage returned from the Wen family's old residence, it went straight to the He residence. Late at night, when all was quiet, Madam He quietly returned through the back door, just as she had come, so as not to disturb too many people.
However, her son He Wenqing found out about her going out. As soon as she returned to her room, He Wenqing came to ask her, "Mother, aren't you feeling unwell? Why did you go out? If there's anything you need, just let your son take care of it."
Madam He looked at her eldest son and sighed, thinking of her youngest son who refused to even see her.
Why did Mother sigh?
Madam He shook her head and asked, "Wenqing, since you and Wei Yin have divorced, then let it go. Since she is willing to be with that ghost, then let her be together. You can help Xuanhua get back together."
He Wenqing's expression changed slightly, not expecting his mother to say such a thing. "Mother, Wei Yin is my wife! How can I let her be with someone else?! And your son..."
Mrs. He frowned. "What's wrong?"
"My son actually..." He Wenqing closed his eyes, "is quite fond of Wei Yin. I really can't bear to let her go like this..."
Madam He's eyes widened. It turned out that what he was afraid of wasn't entirely the embarrassment of divorce, but rather that he actually liked Wei Yin and didn't want a divorce at all.
"So what do you want..."
"I will never let that bastard be with her. Sooner or later, I will make him suffer a terrible death," He Wenqing said through gritted teeth.
"No! Wenqing!" Madam He immediately cried out in alarm.
He Wenqing turned her head in confusion and was surprised to see her mother's tense expression.
Madam He pondered for a long time, hesitant, but seeing that He Wenqing's murderous intent had not diminished, she decided to tell him everything. "Wenqing, you can't treat Lu Hun like that, because, because, he is your mother's other son, your half-brother."
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