Chapter 454 True Acceptance
Lu Yannan didn't say anything, just walked slowly.
"Tsk, big brother, give me some of this medicine. The effect is immediate. I finally feel clear."
Lu Shiman had sharp ears, and he immediately turned his head to glare at him, squeezing out a retort from his hoarse voice with all his might: "You're the one who's been mute!"
The sound was unpleasant, but menacing.
Lu Chixu was stunned at first, then he burst into laughter without any image: "Hahahaha... I thought it was a duck quacking from somewhere."
After laughing, he deliberately looked her up and down, and said in a long tone: "Oh, are you really mute? The medicine is working well."
"Sister Duck, call me brother a few times, please? Let me tell you, does it sound like a hoarse rooster or a nasal Donald Duck?"
Then, Lu Chixu took out his phone and coaxed him in a snarky tone, "Come on, say a few words. I'll record it and use it as my wake-up call. It's guaranteed to wake you up."
Lu Shiman was so angry that he rushed forward with clenched fists to hit him.
Lu Chixu was quick-witted and quick-handed. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms. With his other hand, he rudely ruffled her hair which had just been straightened.
"Really..." He laughed in a sly and indulgent way, "Fool, if you can't win the argument, just run away. It's not worth it to ruin your voice."
Qin Jiaojiao interjected, "No, I'd rather lose the people than the momentum."
Lu Shiman nodded vigorously with a hoarse voice: "That's right!"
Seeing these two people being stubborn even though they were speechless, Lu Chixu laughed even more happily.
The warm light of the setting sun fell on his handsome and flamboyant face: "Okay, okay, you guys are the best!"
Lu Chixu released Lu Shiman's wrist and patted her head. "It turned out well. We're ahead in the competition, and I even picked up two... little ducks with unique voices for free."
Lu Shiman stomped her feet in anger, looked at Qin Jiaojiao, raised her fist and was about to hit Lu Chixu.
Lu Chixu naturally wouldn't stand there stupidly and take punches, not even from his sister.
He turned swiftly, took a step with his long legs, and ran away.
Lu Chixu ran with great discretion.
It was neither so fast that the two of them gave up in despair, nor so slow that they were actually caught.
He always maintained a perfect distance, just enough for the two 'ducks' to run after him, panting, but always just a little bit short of reaching him.
He would turn around from time to time and proudly wave his phone: "Come on, little ducks, if you say that the second brother is the best in the world, I will stop."
Lu Yannan and Ji Linshen were a few steps behind.
Ji Linshen's gaze followed Lu Shiman's figure, with a smile in his eyes, but he couldn't hide his heartache.
The silence beside me was broken.
Lu Yannan's gentle voice rang out, unusually clear against the backdrop of the evening breeze and the hustle and bustle of the city. He didn't turn his gaze towards Ji Linshen, but continued to stare at the three people playing in front of him: "Ji Linshen."
"Yeah." Ji Linshen turned his head when he heard the voice, and his eyes fell on Lu Yannan's profile.
Lu Yannan said in a straightforward tone, "You said, family members are inseparable?"
Ji Lin's heartstrings were quietly plucked by this quote. Thinking of the message he sent two days ago, he subconsciously wanted to nod in response.
Lu Yannan's next words came immediately without a pause: "Just right."
"After I get back, I'll hand over the project reports I have on hand, as well as the follow-up work on that difficult energy cooperation case, to you."
He paused, then added, casually defining the scope of this side trip: "It will probably take two to three weeks to follow up."
Ji Linshen paused, he suddenly turned his head completely and looked directly at Lu Yannan.
No, can the blame be thrown back?
Or add weight and throw it back. Is this reasonable?
Lu Yannan then slowly stopped and turned to face Ji Linshen's gaze.
The afterglow of the setting sun fell on his deep outline, and his jade-like face was filled with a playful smile.
The corners of his lips curled up slightly, forming a meaningful arc: "Why? In your place, 'family is inseparable' is a golden saying..."
Lu Yannan paused, his eyes flickering slightly: "Now that it's my turn to ask you to take on some work, you're already thinking about separating 'each other' more clearly?"
This rhetorical question, though seemingly sarcastic, actually carries with it an invisible pressure and something else.
Ji Linshen understood it instantly.
That initial shock quickly receded, swept away by a deeper, hotter torrent.
This is not making things difficult, nor is it shifting the blame.
This was Lu Yannan opening a door for him in the most obscure way.
In an instant, all the hidden worries of the past rushed into my heart like a tide.
He was not deliberately pretending, but there was indeed a thorn deep in his heart.
Ji Linshen clearly knows who he is at heart.
Whether it was deliberately exposing the imprisonment of their biological father in front of them, or accidentally letting them know that Lu Shiman had placed a locator on her necklace.
He gave the Lu brothers a very bad signal.
Just because Lu Shiman loves him doesn’t mean his brothers will love him as well.
He had always been secretly worried that the Lu brothers had a grudge against him.
Perhaps he is seen as a double-edged sword that is too sharp and may hurt his family.
This doubt reached a brief peak when Lu Shiman encountered kidnapping this time and dealt with the kidnappers.
Lu Shiman's admiring glow could not conceal the silent gazes of the Lu brothers behind her.
He eliminated his enemies with brutal means, but it seemed as if he once again revealed his not-so-bright background at the warm border of the Lu family.
He has been watching and waiting.
Should I accept him in his entirety, or just as Lu Shiman's husband?
And at this moment, on the sunset streets of this foreign country.
Lu Yannan gave him a heavy and unreserved trust.
The light-hearted phrase "one family, one body", was put into practice in the most extreme and naked way at this moment.
Lu Yannan was telling him with his actions: I know who you are, what you have done, and what you might do, but the Lu family still chose to accept him, accept his true nature.
The warm current that swept over him instantly was so hot that it almost burned Ji Linshen's cold chest.
What followed was a long, relaxing feeling of relief, as if an invisible shackle had quietly slipped off his shoulders and neck.
The fear of not being truly accepted by the Lu family, which had been following him for a long time, was completely crushed by Lu Yannan at this moment.
The golden glow of the setting sun outlined Ji Linshen's handsome yet stiff figure. He looked at the frank, understanding, and slightly mischievous smile in Lu Yannan's eyes.
Ji Linshen moved his lips, wanting to say something, but thousands of words were stuck in his throat, and finally turned into only two words: "Thank you."
No more words needed.
Lu Yannan clearly received this feeling and understood that Ji Linshen fully understood his intention.
The smile in his eyes deepened a little, no longer teasing, but pure acceptance and affirmation.
He raised his hand, and his broad and powerful palm fell on Ji Linshen's shoulder, patting him twice, neither lightly nor heavily.
"We are one family." He reiterated again with great force.
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