Chapter 282 Drinking with Big Brother
Ji Linshen was a little nervous. He hesitated at the door for a moment, but finally stepped into Lu Yannan's room.
The room is very large. There is a small wine cellar on the east side of the living room. Neatly arranged wine racks can be vaguely seen behind the frosted glass door.
Ji Linshen was familiar with many of the wines. They were the ones he had bought after Lu Shiman and other members of the Lu family secretly drank with his eldest brother.
"As you please." Lu Yannan walked to the sofa and sat down, crossing his long legs casually.
He randomly picked a bottle of Yamazaki 18 from the wine cabinet, and the ice-cracked glass felt cool in his palm.
He walked to the sofa opposite Lu Yannan and sat down, deliberately keeping the distance between them more than three steps.
Lu Yannan raised his eyelids and took a look at the wine he had chosen, and a barely audible hum escaped from his throat.
The room fell into silence.
Ji Lin stared at the tear marks on the wall of the red wine glass in a daze.
With a pop, the cork opened and dark amber wine poured into the glass with fine bubbles.
"Is she asleep?" Lu Yannan picked up the wine glass and spoke lightly.
"No, I'm gossiping with them."
"So what are you doing..."
"Kicked him out." Ji Linshen didn't learn anything else, but he learned Lu Shiman's ability to summarize completely.
Lu Yannan raised his eyebrows slightly, raised his head and took a sip of wine, then glanced at Ji Linshen: "She has her reasons."
Ji Lin paused as he took a sip of the wine, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the water droplets condensed on the wall of the glass.
The two fell silent again. The shadows of the sycamore branches outside the window swayed on the gauze curtains, like the gesture of someone wanting to say something but stopping himself.
The night was as dark as ink, and the only person in the Lu family who was asleep was Lu Qiyun.
"I've already contacted Pei Mo Ning..." Lu Yannan suddenly pressed his fingertips on his temples. "She'll come to our house as a guest in a few days to chat with Man Man."
During the time when the fourth brother had the accident, Lu Yannan still remembers Lu Shiman squatting in the corner of the ICU.
Thinking of her repeated words of "damn it", Lu Yannan felt a pang of pain in his heart.
"Ji Linshen, it's my fault that I didn't act like a good elder brother to her." Lu Yannan sighed softly, looking out the window, his tone full of loneliness.
"She should have been happy and carefree..." Lu Yannan's voice suddenly trembled, and his fingertips pinched a crescent-shaped dent in his knee: "How did it become like this... How did it become like this?"
"When she was born, she was only this small." Lu Yannan suddenly stretched out his hand to gesture: "Xiao Heng cried when he saw her, saying that his sister was so ugly and he didn't want an ugly sister."
He let out a short laugh that seemed to be squeezed out from the crack of his chest.
Ji Linshen shook the remaining wine at the bottom of the cup to create a small vortex, and his eyes fell on Lu Yannan's hand.
"She's really well-behaved," Lu Yannan suddenly rubbed the rim of the cup with his thumb. "When other children cry, she just grins."
“Whenever someone passes by, they reach out for a hug.”
Lu Yannan suddenly slammed his wine glass down on the coffee table: "She is so well behaved, but they have never hugged her, not even once."
"Not long after she was born, her grandfather passed away."
"At least we have received a little bit of hypocritical love from our parents."
"When they ask for money, they pretend to be nice to us in front of the old man. She doesn't..." The last word suddenly got stuck in her throat, as if it was stuck by something sharp.
"When I was little, I was stupid and thought all parents loved their children." Lu Yannan suddenly put his hands up and covered his eyes: "It should have been before she was beaten..."
"I still remember the look in her eyes when she saw... them carrying Lin Yanxin back." Lu Yannan's voice choked: "It was longing, confusion, it was..."
"She held my hand and asked me, 'Brother, is it because I'm not a good boy that mom and dad won't hug me?'"
"She's not naughty, she's too nice..."
Ji Linshen's hand was shaking as he poured him wine. The bottle made a small trembling sound when it hit the rim of the glass, and his heart trembled with it.
"Hey, why am I saying this?" Lu Yannan suddenly arched his back, raised his hand to wipe his face, revealing the red corners of his eyes.
Lifting the wine glass, Lu Yannan's eyes suddenly fixed on the teeth marks on Ji Linshen's collarbone: "I don't know your past, but Ji Linshen, she likes you."
"So, no matter what your past is, it doesn't matter to me. I only ask that you keep your promise not to let her down and not to hurt her."
"Can you do that?"
Ji Lin's throat tightened: "Don't worry, brother, I won't let her get wet in the wind and rain."
Lu Yannan suddenly remembered something and frowned, "She suddenly became a different person one day, saying that she fell in love with Fu Bowang and was determined to pursue him."
"At that time, Xiaoxu said to take her to see a doctor. She must have some mental problems." Lu Yannan said with doubt: "We found a well-known psychologist at the time, and the evaluation we received was that everything was normal."
"How come suddenly..."
Ji Linshen had never studied psychology, so he couldn't explain Lu Yannan's problem. He raised his head and drank the wine in the glass: "Brother, has she been stimulated in any way?"
"Exciting?" Lu Yannan sneered: "Since Lin Yanxin came to the Lu family, she has been stimulated almost every day."
"Every day she sees her parents being caring and kind to other children."
"And I couldn't even get a hug."
Speaking of this, Lu Yannan felt extremely regretful.
The main reason why he didn't stop Lin Yanxin from going to the Lu family was that he didn't have the ability to do so at that time.
The first thing he did after taking control of the Lu family was to drive Lin Yanxin and her parents out of the villa.
But it seems like it's too late, the damage has already been done.
It’s still his fault as the eldest brother for being incompetent. He knew there was a harmful item in the house, but he didn’t have the ability to get rid of it.
Hearing Lin Yanxin's name again, Ji Linshen's eyes narrowed, and a sinister look emerged in his eyes. He had shown mercy to Lin Yanxin before.
Lu Yannan glanced at the empty bottle of wine and said, "You should go back to sleep."
The movement of glancing at the wine cabinet out of the corner of his eye was filled with subtle vigilance.
"Brother, let's talk for a while." Ji Linshen tapped the empty wine bottle with his fingers, and the vibration of the glass was mixed with his deliberately softened ending tone.
"Are you free?" Lu Yannan stood up and walked to the wine cabinet, locking it silently.
This lock was specially added by Lu Jianheng after he led the last wine theft incident.
The purpose is to prevent thieves from entering the house.
Ji Linshen watched him lock the wine cabinet with a puzzled look in his eyes.
What does this mean?
After Lu Yannan locked the wine cabinet, he felt relieved and sat down on the sofa again: "What do you want to talk about?"
Ji Linshen looked at Lu Yannan, moved his lips, and asked, "Brother, are you afraid that I will steal the wine?"
Lu Yannan was stunned for a moment, and coughed awkwardly: "I'm afraid of mice."
These three words made Ji Lin laugh: "That mouse is quite tasteful. It doesn't steal the kitchen, but steals the wine cabinet of big brother."
Lu Yannan glared at him: "Yeah, he specializes in stealing treasures."
It is also the most precious treasure of their Lu family.
Ji Linshen pretended not to understand: "It's very late, I won't disturb my brother's rest, good night."
"Not talking anymore?"
"If we keep talking, cockroaches will start to appear in Big Brother's room."
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