Chapter 145 Her Hobbies
The afterglow of the setting sun slid in through the window, adding a unique touch of light and shadow to the quiet room.
Such a beautiful view, yet some people have no heart to appreciate it.
Lu Yuan sat on the chair by the bed, staring at the woman lying on the bed, and said with a slightly melancholy tone, "Sister Ruoruo, I have something on my mind again. This time it's different from before. I'm not worried about which dress to buy, nor am I worried about what makeup to wear. It's because I've met someone I like."
When Lu Yuan was little, even if she had something on her mind, she would just hug her doll and shrink into a corner to keep it to herself. Later, she met her piano teacher, Lin Ruo, and gradually Lu Yuan had someone to talk to.
Lu Yuan still remembers that when she was a child, the last piece of cake she hid in the refrigerator was eaten by that bastard Lu Qi. She was wronged but didn't like to talk about it. She just hugged her doll and walked back to her usual corner. Then Lin Ruo grabbed her hand.
"Yuanyuan, what's wrong?" At that moment, Lin Ruo also squatted down in the afterglow of the setting sun. She touched the child's head and said gently, "Were you bullied? You can tell me if anything makes you unhappy, and I will help you."
Little Lu Yuan stared at her for a long time before slowly raising her hand and placing it on her head, which the woman had touched. She asked blankly, "What does this mean?"
Lin Ruo burst out laughing: "This means you're very cute, which is why I couldn't help but pat your head."
cute.
Lu Yuan had heard people whisper that she was sick, and some even said that she was mentally unstable. The word "cute" was the first time she had ever heard it.
Lu Yuan asked, "Will you help me no matter who bullies me?"
"Of course, I am your teacher."
In that instant, Lu Yuan thought of the picture book she had read before. She grabbed Lin Ruo's hand and called out, "Mom."
Lin Ruo stared blankly for a moment, then asked, "Why are you calling me that?"
"In the story, if a child is bullied, the mother will always stand by the child's side."
Lin Ruo's expression was somewhat complicated. Then she chuckled, took the little girl's hand in return, and said, "If you don't want to call me teacher, you can call me sister. But you can't just call me mom."
Lu Yuan tilted her head. "Why?"
"Maybe it's because I'm not married yet," Lin Ruo said with a smile. "If I were to try on my own, I couldn't possibly have a child as adorable as you."
Lu Yuan stammered awkwardly, "You don't...think I'm sick, do you?"
"What's wrong with you?"
"I like dolls, I like pretty dresses, and I like watching other people put on makeup..."
Will these things you like hurt you?
Lu Yuan shook her head.
"Would you hurt other people?"
Lu Yuan shook her head even faster.
Lin Ruo smiled and said, "What's wrong with your hobbies? Just like some people like flowers on the ground and some people like clouds in the sky, what you like is just different from theirs, Yuan Yuan. If anyone attacks you for this, it's just that those people are too superficial."
At that time, Lu Yuan only vaguely understood what this passage meant.
Later, no one knows how Lin Ruo and Lu Qi talked about it, but the cake that Lu Yuan hid was never stolen again.
It was from that time on that Lu Yuan developed the habit of seeking out Lin Ruo whenever she had something on her mind.
Even though so much time has passed, it all feels like it just happened yesterday.
Looking at the woman on the bed who seemed to be fast asleep, Lu Yuan said softly, "Sister Ruoruo, you said that one day I would definitely meet someone who would accept me and not look at me with strange eyes. I think I have already met her."
“But…” Lu Yuan’s pretty face was full of worry, “She looks so young, won’t she think I’m too old? Does the Lu family all like older men dating younger women?”
A man's cough could be heard.
Lu Yuan glanced back.
Lu Qi stood not far away, a half-smile on his face, "If you don't have anything important to say, then get out."
For Lu Qi, age is a major taboo.
If it weren't for the fact that Lu Yuan had worked hard to entertain the guests today, Lu Qi wouldn't have let Lu Yuan into this room so easily.
Having lacked maternal love, Lu Yuan always treated Lin Ruo as her mother, but she never treated Lu Qi as her father.
Actually, it's not so bad not to be a father. Once someone in the Lu family becomes a father, nothing good ever comes of it.
Lu Yuan glanced at Lu Qi with displeasure, but when she looked back at Lin Ruo, she reverted to her obedient demeanor. "Sister Ruo Ruo, that very cute girl refused to have dinner with me. What should I do?"
"How about I give her a cute doll?"
"Should I give her a pretty dress instead?"
"Neither of them are good, are they?"
"Why don't I have any redeeming qualities?" Lu Yuan's eyes reddened with self-pity again. "Indeed, my life has no meaning. Someone like me doesn't deserve to breathe on this earth!"
Lu Qi walked over and shooed him away, "Alright, ten minutes are up, you should leave now."
Lu Yuan looked up angrily and said, "Can't you see I'm heartbroken!"
Lu Qi seemed to belatedly realize that he had an older brother, and he reminded him with brotherly affection, "Don't you know how to pursue girls? Don't you know how to ask others for advice?"
Lu Yuan looked at her with disdain, "Ask you for advice? Forget it, I don't want such a cute girl to hate me."
Lu Qi gave a forced smile, "I was talking about Lu Jin."
Lu Yuan's eyes lit up, and she said to the person on the bed, "Sister Ruoruo, I'll come see you again next time."
After saying that, she ran out.
Lu Qi chuckled twice. "You want a next time?"
She's really dreaming.
Outside the Lu family residence, Lu Jin was seeing Xia Zhen off.
Xia Zhen had already gotten into Xia Yu's car, but she opened the window and waved frantically at the boy, "Lu Jin, goodbye!"
Just as Lu Jingang was about to reply, a hand pressed Xia Zhen's head, which was about to stick out of the window, back down.
Xia Yu said with a serious face, "You have no manners. How can you be a lady like this?"
Xia Zhen obediently said "Oh," but the next second she looked out the window and mouthed to the boy on the other side, "I will miss you."
A smile appeared on Lu Jin's face, and he mouthed the same word: "Okay."
The car sped away until it was completely out of sight.
Lu Jin felt a little lost, a feeling he always had whenever he parted ways with Xia Zhen.
"Lu Jin!" Lu Yuan rushed out in a flurry.
Lu Jin asked, "Is something the matter?"
"It's that..." Lu Yuan suddenly felt embarrassed, asking her nephew for advice on dating made her feel a little ashamed.
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