Chapter 278 Feeling Sorry for Him [+1000 words]
There were curtains and wooden partitions between the backstage and the front stage, and the audience in the front had no idea what was going on.
Lin Shu discovered that the performance program had changed, and the female artist with good acting skills and good looks had not been on stage since then.
Strange, was this an internal struggle within the art troupe, trying to steal the show?
This art performance was very successful. After all, the military compound held art performances every now and then, and the art troupe was used to performing them.
Lin Shu and the children were still not satisfied with the show, it was really good.
The show ended at almost ten o'clock, and Lu Shaotang declined to stay overnight. He and the children didn't mind, but Lin Shu didn't bring anything she was used to.
His wife is a bit of a clean freak. She must bring her own bed sheets, toiletries, and change her underwear every day when she goes out.
After Uncle Lu saw off Lu Shaotang's family, he said a few words to others and went home.
Lu Yingjie made an appointment with Yuan Lei to meet after the show, but she didn't see Yuan Lei when the actors took their curtain calls, and she didn't find her backstage either.
She asked the people in the art troupe, but they hesitated and said they didn't know.
Hu Xinda went to ask but couldn't find out.
When Lin Shu and Lu Shaotang returned to the Nancheng Guesthouse at night, Panpan and Tiantian were already asleep in the car.
Lu Shaotang held his daughter, Xiao Gao held Panpan, and they sent the children to bed.
Lin Shu quickly rolled up a hot towel and wiped the faces, hands and feet of the two children. Children are active and prone to sweating, so wiping them will make them sleep more comfortably.
She also took a quick shower and crawled into the bed. She was very tired after sitting all night.
She turned over and saw Lu Shaotang sitting on a chair in the corner, looking silent.
Lin Shu whispered to him, "What are you thinking about? Take a shower and go to bed."
Lu Shaotang hummed, got up and went to the bathroom, and quickly came back after taking a shower.
He lay quietly beside Lin Shu, surprisingly silent.
Lin Shu was sleepy, and was originally afraid that he would pester her, but seeing his abnormal silence, she became a little worried.
She turned over and burrowed into his arms, whispering, "What's wrong?"
Did something happen during the cultural performance?
Lu Shaotang opened his arms and hugged her tightly, kissed her forehead, and whispered, "It's okay, go to sleep."
Lin Shu was sleepy and fell asleep quickly in his arms, but Lu Shaotang took a long time to fall into a deep sleep.
He was quite worried about his guess.
The next morning, Lu Shaotang got up. It was freezing cold outside, but the house was heated enough, and Lin Shu and the children were still sleeping soundly.
He walked quietly and didn't wake up anyone around him.
Because she lost the heat source to rely on, she grumbled in dissatisfaction, and stretched out her arm to grope a few times, causing her pajamas to tilt and reveal one side of her snow-white shoulder, and her dark hair to cover her face in a mess.
Lu Shaotang's eyes crooked when he saw this, and he leaned over to help her pull up the quilt to cover her shoulders, combed her hair, gently kissed her eyelashes and nose, and finally kissed her slightly dry lips before getting up and leaving.
He went downstairs to do morning exercises first, and as soon as he walked out of the guesthouse, he saw Zhai Lie standing in a corner of the yard smoking, with five or six cigarette butts on the ground, obviously he had been there for a while.
Lu Shaotang walked over, "So early."
Zhai Lie's eyes were dark, as if he hadn't slept all night. There was a scar and bruise on his face, and his voice was a little hoarse, "Lu Shaotang, Yuan Lei...you let her off this time."
Lu Shaotang didn't comment.
Zhai Lie: "She shouldn't have plotted against you, but that Zhao Qianqian really...has no background problem."
If Lu Shaotang didn't let go of the matter of Zhao Qianqian, then Yuan Lei would be implicated. Chief Yuan would not let her off easily, and she would probably have to stay at the grassroots level for two years.
Yuan Lei had never left the capital since she was a child, how could she bear that kind of suffering? Before, she couldn't stand staying at the grassroots level around the capital for three days.
Lu Shaotang: "It will make you feel more at ease if you check."
He didn't think much about the female artist who fell yesterday. He was sure that she was not an enemy spy, but who knew that she would chase him with ulterior motives.
At that time, he was standing in the shadow next to the street lamp thinking about the problem. The female artist came over with a teacup of hot water. She said that the leader asked her to deliver the tea, but she pretended to accidentally pour it on him.
How could he let her succeed?
He dodged the hot water, but the other party was still unwilling to give up and actually went straight into his arms. He immediately twisted her arm.
Once he suspected someone and took action to control the other party, the force would not be small. It would be enough to remove the other party's arm. After all, he had to block the other party's fighting ability.
She was in so much pain that she immediately begged for mercy and said that the commander asked her to do it.
What else did Lu Shaotang not understand?
This was Yuan Lei's deliberate mischief.
He never thought that they were all adults, but she would still act like a child.
When he was a child, he was chased and beaten by a group of teenagers, and now he grows up and finds a woman to destroy him?
No, this is not only to destroy him personally, once he handles it poorly and is blamed, it will also destroy the trust of the leaders, the feelings of his comrades, his reputation and career, and the face of his parents, wife, and children.
The most important thing is that Lin Shu will definitely hate him and divorce him.
He got really angry when he thought of this.
Did she think he would play boring tricks with her?
After he left the female artist last night, he went directly to the guard camp to call the leader to report the situation. He suspected that the female artist had bad intentions towards him and needed to be arrested and interrogated to determine if there was any mastermind behind it.
The conspiracy he said was not a simple issue between men and women, but a very serious political issue. Whether it was an attempt to assassinate, subvert, extract intelligence or anything else, it was a very serious accusation and could be executed.
He would not take action easily, but once he did, the chief would naturally not sit idly by.
Even though Chief Yuan understood his daughter's temperament and knew that this matter was mostly because she was arrogant and willful and wanted to play tricks on Lu Shaotang, since Lu Shaotang did not intend to endure it, he could not speak up to explain for his daughter, let alone make a big deal out of a small matter.
Because of Lu Shaotang's current identity and status, as long as he said it, no matter how small the matter was, it was a big deal and had to be treated seriously.
Therefore, Chief Yuan could not protect Yuan Lei.
No matter whether she did something big or small, she would be severely punished.
Zhai Lie had thought of this a long time ago, but he overlooked how hard-hearted Lu Shaotang was.
He thought that Lu Shaotang would at least take into account the old relationship, and even if there was no old relationship, he would let her off because Yuan Lei had liked him before, and at most he would reprimand her on the spot, but would not make a scene in public. Reprimanding in
private, no matter how bitter it was, was a private matter, but bringing it to the public was a public matter.
As a man, even if he did not love the other person, he would still be generous to the woman who liked him.
But he did not expect that Lu Shaotang had no sympathy for women at all, and actually went directly to the chief to expel Yuan Lei from the Capital Military Region.
In fact, he didn't really understand Lu Shaotang, at least he didn't understand the brutal fighting that Lu Shaotang had experienced in the past. If he had any sympathy for women, he would have died eight hundred times.
Not only did he not sympathize with women, he also didn't sympathize with the poor and the weak, and he didn't even pity children.
Because on the battlefield, there is only a life-and-death struggle between the enemy and the enemy, and there is no sympathy for the weak. The weak on the battlefield can also kill you and your comrades.
Once he identifies you as an enemy, there is no mercy.
Yuan Lei was lucky that he didn't regard her as an enemy, but just taught her a lesson.
Lu Shaotang was only responsible for raising questions, not solving problems, and it was even more impossible to solve problems by solving him.
Zhai Lie realized that it was useless to plead with him, so he kept silent.
He was too ashamed to pester Lu Shaotang to forgive Yuan Lei. They did not have a deep friendship, and Yuan Lei had never thought about how bad the consequences would be if Lu Shaotang was entangled by Zhao Qianqian. As a man, he knew it clearly.
He lit another cigarette and wanted to chat with Lu Shaotang and apologize, but he failed after several attempts.
Lu Shaotang did not accept it.
Lu Shaotang had no desire or habit to chat with others. He rarely chatted unless he wanted to gather intelligence. Chatting could easily expose his inner thoughts and his own intelligence.
Most of the intelligence was gathered through chatting.
Lu Shaotang went to train at the horizontal bar nearby, and Zhai Lie smoked next to him.
When Lu Shaotang took a break, Zhai Lie said, "She just can't accept it. She wants to see if you will be seduced by another woman and betray your wife."
Lu Shaotang ignored her.
Seduce him?
Even if he doesn't have a wife, he won't be seduced, let alone he has a wife?
Zhai Lie looked at Lu Shaotang, and felt a kind of envy in his heart, and more of admiration.
This man is self-disciplined, sober, and calm. He doesn't want to get promoted, but he has outstanding abilities and no one can cover up his brilliance, so he was promoted quickly.
That group of people couldn't catch up with him.
Zhai Lie looked at his watch, "Let's go. We won't go to the military district office today, but to the central office. Let's go and have breakfast."
The leaders were very interested in the Williams and the Helbing family and wanted to know more. Of course, Zhai Lie didn't know all this, he was only responsible for picking up and dropping off Lu Shaotang.
Lu Shaotang: "I'll go buy some breakfast first."
When he came back with fried dough sticks and soy milk buns, Lin Shu and the children had also gotten up.
Panpan and Tiantian had finished washing up, and were preparing to take out money and tickets to call Uncle Xiao Gao to have breakfast.
Seeing Lu Shaotang coming back with breakfast, the two children hurriedly took their lunch boxes and chopsticks, and called Lin Shu to have breakfast again.
Lin Shu had also finished washing up and was combing her hair. She paid attention to her health and would comb her hair for a while every morning and evening. She
was a little tired when she came back last night, so she just combed her hair twice in a hurry. In the morning, she had more time, so she would slowly comb her hair about a hundred times.
There was heating in the room, and she was wearing a slim sweater that outlined her beautiful curves.
Zhai Lie followed Lu Shaotang in. He looked up and saw Lin Shu with her hair loose and without a coat, looking lazy and charming. He paused and hurried out to wait outside the door.
Lin Shu saw him evading, turned back to the house, braided her hair and put it behind her head, put on her coat and came out to greet them.
"Zhai Lie is here? You bought so much breakfast, come and eat together."
She asked Panpan to call Uncle Xiao Gao.
Panpan ran to the door and shouted at the top of her voice: "Uncle Xiao Gao——"
Xiao Gao exclaimed, ran over quickly, and saluted Zhai Lie again when he saw him.
Zhai Lie signaled him not to be polite, and went into the house to greet Lin Shu and the children.
Panpan sweetly invited him to have dinner with her, expressed her concern for the scars on his face, and praised him, "Uncle Zhai, Aunt Yuan, the show they rehearsed is so good!"
They knew that Aunt Yuan was Uncle Zhai's wife, and praising his wife was the greatest courtesy.
Hehe.
Zhai Lie smiled, "I hope you will come and see us more often in the future."
But he felt even more guilty.
Lu Shaotang didn't keep Zhai Lie waiting for long. He put on his coat and shook Lin Shu's hand with his big hand, "Let's go."
Lin Shu raised her hand to see him off.
Zhai Lie's eyes were dark, and the envy in his eyes was gone.
The days of Lu Shaotang, a wife who is gentle and considerate, and children who are cute and sensible, are the dream marriage life of most men.
It is also his.
It's a pity that he has never experienced such a warm and beautiful married life.
Although it was cold outside, Panpan and Tiantian didn't want to waste their travel time, so they had to go out to see a place every day.
Today, Lin Shu was in good spirits, so she went with the children to go shopping. The location was close to the friends the children met on the train, so they could say hello on the way.
Xiao Gao was originally just a security guard acting as a guide, but he learned a lot by following Lin Shu and the children.
He felt that his sister-in-law knew a lot.
Originally, he didn't like studying very much. There were cultural classes in the military camp every night, and he avoided them whenever he could. Now, following Lin Shu and the children, he felt a sense of inferiority.
Woohoo, he didn't even know what the Imperial College was, he was not even as good as a child!
He wanted to study, he wanted to learn!
He would never avoid cultural classes again!
Two days later in the evening, Lu Yingjie got the news and hurried home to find Yan Ping.
Yan Ping was a head nurse in a military hospital. She had relatively flexible working hours. She would arrange the handover in the afternoon and could usually go home around 4 o'clock.
She was thinking about what gift to prepare for Lin Shu to take back to the second wife.
Hu Xinda brought back two new work clothes, which would be a good gift for someone.
These days, such thick work clothes are good things, and are hard to find in the countryside.
Lu Yingjie rode her bike home, and when she passed by the training ground, she saw Uncle Lu and Lu Changshou training there, so she rode over without saying hello.
She pulled Yan Ping into the house, closed the door, and whispered, "Mom, why did I hear that Sister Yuan Lei was bullied by my third brother?"
Yan Ping was startled, "Why did your third brother bully her? No, your third brother could not bully Yuan Lei?" Yan
Ping was a little bit unbelievable. Does Lu Shaotang have the ability to bully Yuan Lei?
Who is Yuan Lei?
The little bully in the compound.
What can her father and mother do?
Lu Yingjie whispered, "I didn't get the details, and they didn't explain it clearly. I don't know how they offended him, but I know he punished me because he offended my third brother."
Yan Ping's eyes widened, "Is your third brother so powerful now?"
He just went to the local area for a few years to gain experience. Is it so good to go there to gain experience?
If so... she thought it would be better for her daughter and son to gain experience there as well.
When they are transferred back, they can get promoted.
Now everyone knows that Yuan Lei was punished because she offended Lu Shaotang. They don't know how she offended him, but the consequences of the offense are clear - Yuan Lei and Zhao Qianqian were put in solitary confinement and sent to the grassroots.
Zhai Lie was so angry when he heard the news that he went straight to the solitary confinement room to find Yuan Lei.
Through the door of the confinement room, he whispered: "Yuan Lei, what on earth are you trying to do?" You are
still not quiet even after being locked up!
Yuan Lei was sitting in the confinement room writing a report on her thoughts. There were papers all over the floor but she hadn't finished writing a single one.
Since she was little, she had copied Zhai Lie's homework or had Zhang Rujinna write it for her. After she started working, she had an assistant, and Zhai Lie had always helped her write reports on her thoughts.
Now she is asked to write it herself, and she is very upset.
What should she write? Should she write about not scheming against Lu Shaotang and apologize to him?
Then just apologize, something that can be explained in three sentences, but she still has to write three pages!
Lu Shaotang is a grown man, but he is arguing about such a small matter with a girl. Is he still a man?
She just asked someone to help spread the news, so what? She didn't leak any secrets.
She offended Lu Shaotang, and Lu Shaotang bullied her, causing her to be put in solitary confinement and exiled to the grassroots.
Is this against the rules?
No!
She just wanted people to see that Lu Shaotang was a petty man who was fussy with women, so that everyone would avoid him in the future.
She was thinking about the grudges between herself and others, but Zhai Lie thought more.
Her spread of the news made people in the military region who didn't understand Lu Shaotang or even had prejudices against him and were jealous of him become more hostile to him, and would cause certain misunderstandings about Lu Shaotang's reputation and work.
When Lu Shaotang really moved in with his family, others, influenced by Yuan Lei, would likely be prejudiced against Lu Shaotang and his family, causing them unnecessary trouble.
What if someone is too stubborn to think straight and turns around to isolate Lu Shaotang's family? This will really make enemies.
Lu Shaotang is obviously a person who protects his family. He will not be polite to anyone who bullies his wife.
He analyzed the seriousness of the matter to Yuan Lei, but she immediately caught the point that bothered her.
Yuan Lei: "Show off your consideration? They use you to show their consideration? Since you are so considerate, go and sell your good points and clarify things for them."
She was locked up for two days in such a 10-square-meter room. She was almost suffocated.
He still blamed her for causing unnecessary trouble to Lu Shaotang's family?
She was so angry.
Zhai Lie was so angry that his brain was about to explode. He had never found Yuan Lei so unreasonable before. No, he was unreasonable before. He
used to go along with her. He had no choice but to call the chief.
Chief Yuan and his men have been in the city for the past few days and have not returned. The uncles and aunts who have watched Yuan Lei grow up are in charge here and they have no intention of being cruel to her.
She was said to be in confinement, but people came and went like visiting a patient. They even brought her snacks, roasted chicken and duck, and the bedding she slept on was sent by her family. How could this be the treatment of confinement?
That night, Chief Yuan rushed back from the city and met the lady in person.
After the accident, her father has not seen her and has not answered her calls. Yuan Lei felt aggrieved and stubborn, with tears welling up in her eyes. "Dad..."
Chief Yuan said with a cold face, "I should call you dad!"
The guards standing guard outside moved away silently.
Yuan Lei started crying, "I didn't do anything. I was just joking. Lu Shaotang is so petty, why don't you criticize him!"
Commander Yuan looked at the ignorant daughter and said in a deep voice, "When you see him in the future, you have to salute and call him Commander. How can you make such a joke with him?
Even your father is polite when he sees him. How can you make such a dirty joke with him? Are you going to make such a joke with your father later? Is
this how your mother and I educated you since you were a child? We didn't restrict you because you were naughty and playful, nor did we ask you to be virtuous and sensible like other girls, but we didn't teach you to use such dirty means to abuse others, did we?"
Yuan Lei cried inconsolably, feeling extremely aggrieved. Commander Yuan's face turned
pale, and he was very ashamed and angry. "You have disgraced me and your mother! You don't want to repent, don't want to apologize, and are still stirring up trouble here. Do you have to cry only when you see the coffin?" After saying that, he turned and walked out, not caring how pitifully Yuan Lei cried. When he arrived at the office, he directly said to Battalion Commander Tu: "Everything must be done according to the rules. From now on, no one is allowed to visit her, and no items are allowed to be passed. Even if family members visit, they must bring the signatures of the three military region leaders to allow them to visit." Since the leaders have given the order, they will follow the rules. Even if Yuan Lei's mother comes, they can refuse. Commander Yuan signed the document and went out to see Zhai Lie. Zhai Lie has not slept well these days, and his beard is untidy. Chief Yuan looked at him, "Zhai Lie, where is your discipline? Where is your military appearance and discipline?" Zhai Lie immediately admitted his mistake. Chief Yuan: "You knew she did this, right? Why didn't you stop her?"
Yuan Lei is a simple-minded person. No matter what she does, she can't hide it from Zhai Lie.
Zhai Lie: "Dad, how can she listen to me?"
If she was willing to listen to him, they would have gone to the military sub-district together, and now they have at least three children.
Chief Yuan was also worried. He originally wanted to find a son-in-law for his daughter who knew her well, so that they could have a good relationship since childhood and the young couple would get along more harmoniously.
Who would have thought that Zhai Lie was a good hand at work, but he couldn't even control his own wife, but was suppressed by Lei Lei everywhere.
He said: "You should also have principles. You should give in when you can, and you should not give in when you shouldn't."
Zhai Lie was silent. What would happen if he didn't give in on this matter? She didn't listen to him either, and threatened to divorce him instead.
He knew that his father-in-law was implicitly blaming him, and he did feel guilty because he was the one who condoned this matter, and he wanted to let Yuan Lei see that "if you don't listen to me, you will cause trouble."
The result was exactly as he expected, Yuan Lei got into trouble and was punished.
But will Yuan Lei learn her lesson and change? Will she listen to him in the future?
Most likely not, and she will only blame him.
This result is actually the same as when he stopped her from plotting against Lu Shaotang.
If he told Lu Shaotang about this or went to the art troupe to get angry, Yuan Lei would not be able to continue.
Then Yuan Lei would vent all her anger on him alone.
See, no matter what he does, the result is the same for him.
He said to Chief Yuan, "Dad, Leilei and I will go to the grassroots level in a month."
Only by leaving her parents' wings can she really change and grow.
Chief Yuan seemed a little reluctant. Their two sons went to local military regions for training at the age of eighteen, and it would be impossible for them to come back to the capital in the future. He and his wife actually wanted to keep their daughter by their side.
But this time she must be sent to the grassroots level to receive education, otherwise the criticism that is not painful or itchy will be meaningless. It would be
better for Zhai Lie to go with her, at least he can advise and take care of her.
He nodded and said nothing more, turned around and left.
Lu Shaotang's reporting work was coming to an end, and he asked someone to help buy a ticket to go home on the seventh day of the New Year.
The day before leaving, Lin Shu did not go out, and asked Xiao Gao to take the two children out for a walk, while she rested and packed her things in the guesthouse.
When they came, they only had one big suitcase, but when they left, they had five or six large and small suitcases.
Lin Shu was confused. How did the suitcase become so bloated?
Some of it was bought by her and the children when they went shopping, some was packed by Uncle Lu and Yan Ping for them, and some was given by Lu Shaotang's leaders and friends. Zhai Lie also gave them gifts.
In the afternoon, Lin Shu was drinking tea and taking a break when Zhang Ru and Jin Na came to her house with gifts.
Lin Shu was a little surprised.
Zhang Ru smiled and said, "I heard that you were going back, and Yuan Lei felt a little sorry that she couldn't see you off in person. We sent Cheng Yi on her behalf to show our appreciation."
The two were much more enthusiastic than the last time they met, as if they had been good friends for many years.
Lin Shu was not familiar with them, and she felt uncomfortable seeing them chatting for no reason, so she took the initiative to ask, "What's the matter?"
She didn't think Zhang Ru and Jin Na were really here to see her off.
They have no relationship.
The two of them looked at each other. Lu Shaotang's absence would reduce their pressure.
Zhang Ru was still considering how to start the conversation. Jin Na couldn't hold it in any longer. She said, "Lin Shu, it was just a small misunderstanding. Can you talk to Lu Shaotang and let Yuan Lei out? Don't let her go to the grassroots? Going to the grassroots is too hard. Yuan Lei has never suffered that kind of hardship."
Lin Shu wondered, "What are you talking about?"
Zhang Ru and Jin Na looked at each other. Lu Shaotang didn't tell Lin Shu?
Seeing that Lin Shu really didn't know, they bit the bullet and told her. They didn't want Lin Shu to hate Yuan Lei, so they didn't talk about the specific process. They just said that Yuan Lei offended Lu Shaotang for a small matter, the female literary worker bumped into him, and he had a grudge against Yuan Lei and took his anger out on Yuan Lei.
Lin Shu's smile disappeared and her voice was cold, "A small misunderstanding? Transfer of anger? Are you kidding me?"
Jin Na felt uncomfortable when she saw Lin Shu's attitude turned cold. She also thought that Lu Shaotang was making a fuss out of nothing, and said unhappily, "Yuan Lei just asked Zhao Qianqian to bring water to Lu Shaotang. It was Zhao Qianqian who had evil thoughts about him and angered Lu Shaotang, so he transferred his anger to Yuan Lei and complained to the leader. Now Yuan Lei is going to be put in solitary confinement for a month and will be demoted to the grassroots. How can a proud person like Yuan Lei endure such humiliation?"
In their view, being demoted to the grassroots is like being exiled. Leaving the capital is not a good place.
Lin Shu's face was filled with anger, and her voice became cold and hard. "If it was just that female artist who had a problem, why would the chief punish Yuan Lei? Do you think I'm a fool?"
Jin Na: "What do you mean? Do you suspect that Yuan Lei ordered it?"
Lin Shu was smart, and she figured out what was going on in an instant. She felt a sharp pain in her heart, a lingering feeling of pain and hatred. No wonder
Lu Shaotang told her the next day after the party that he had a conflict with Yuan Lei and told her not to bother with Yuan Lei in the future. He didn't say much when she asked for details.
Now it seems that he still gave those two women some face.
Although Lu Shaotang is a quiet and a bit cold, he respects others from the bottom of his heart, is strict with himself and lenient with others, and can show some mercy when encountering things.
He never talks about others behind their backs. It is shameful and embarrassing to say something like Yuan Lei instructing Zhao Qianqian to seduce him. Moreover, he attributed this matter to Yuan Lei's simple revenge, not a problem of male and female behavior, and he did not mention it to save face for both parties. If he
did not mention it, Lin Shu would only feel more distressed for him now that she knows about it.
How disrespectful is Yuan Lei to him, and how much does she want to bully him?
You bullied him when he was in his teens, and you still want to bully him like that when he is almost 30 years old?
To be honest, Lin Shu had always thought
that Yuan Lei was arrogant and willful, but she didn't think badly of her. Every clique has one or two leaders who are somewhat arbitrary, domineering, and arrogant, but leaders are not necessarily bad people.
But she didn't expect Yuan Lei to be so... mean!
She even had the nerve to ask Zhang Ru and Jin Na to intercede?
They were mean, but they still blamed Lu Shaotang for being stingy?
The more Lin Shu thought about it, the angrier she got, and the more distressed she felt. She didn't want to be friendly at all, and she didn't want to save face at all!
She was so angry that her body was shaking and her voice was trembling. "Yes, it's such a big misunderstanding. I just want to ask you, if my lover is not on guard and is successfully falsely accused by that Zhao Qianqian, what will you do?
Catch him on the spot as a hooligan? Or force him to be responsible to Zhao Qianqian?
Do you want to ruin Lu Shaotang's career and reputation and destroy our family?"
Lin Shu asked again and again, her voice became more and more frequent and colder, and she was shaking more and more violently.
Zhang Ru's face turned red when she asked, "No, no, Yuan Lei is just, just a warning..."
Lin Shu slammed the teacup on the table and asked angrily, "Just a warning? Who do you think you are to warn Lu Shaotang? Do you know that Lu Shaotang is the pride of the Lu family, the entire Lujiazhuang Brigade, the entire Struggle Commune and even our Qing County?
How can we live if you destroy him? Are you going to nail our entire family to the pillar of shame?
Have you ever thought about what the consequences of destroying a hero will be?"
After a series of accusations, Lin Shu's eyes were red and tears as big as beans filled her eye sockets.
She beat her chest in grief, "My husband went through life and death and finally came back alive. We wish we could hide him and let him live the rest of his life in peace and security, so that he would never have to endure the threat of death again. We love him so much and care about him so much. Who are you? You used such a despicable means to deceive him. You still have the nerve to beg me for mercy, you..."
Lin Shu was furious. She grabbed the gifts they brought and threw them at them fiercely. "Get out - get out!"
Zhang Ru and Jin Na were frightened by her outburst. They didn't expect the gentle Lin Shu to be so excited suddenly.
They didn't say anything. Why was she so excited?
They got up and hid away.
Jin Na: "Don't get excited. Look at you. You are talking nicely but suddenly you lose your temper. What's the matter?"
Lin Shu: "Then let your men be seduced by other women every day. Don't get excited then! Get out of here, you scumbags! Get out!"
Lu Shaotang and Zhai Lie just came back from outside. As soon as they walked up the stairs, they heard Lin Shu crying at the end of the corridor.
Lu Shaotang's heart was suddenly seized by something.
Zhai Lie's face changed, "What's going on?"
Lu Shaotang rushed into the room and saw snacks, maltose and other things scattered on the ground. Zhang Ru and Jin Na were dodging in panic.
Seeing Lu Shaotang coming back, Jin Na was so scared that she hurriedly said, "She, she... We didn't do anything, she was too excited."
Lu Shaotang strode forward and hugged the excited Lin Shu into his arms. She was shaking all over, her face was flushed, tears kept flowing down, and her body was hot.
He hugged her tightly, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here."
His big hands kept stroking her back and cheeks, and he lowered his head to kiss the tears on her face, feeling that his heart was about to break.
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Jin Na still wanted to say that they didn't bully Lin Shu, and didn't say anything, she was crazy herself.
Zhai Lie dragged them out one by one and threw them in the corridor, gritting his teeth, "Shut up."
The two looked at Zhai Lie with dissatisfaction, muttering: "Aren't we doing this for you and Lei Lei? We wanted to come here to apologize and ask Lin Shu to help plead with Lu Shaotang, but who knew that she not only didn't forgive us but also cursed us."
How afraid she was that someone else would snatch her man away.
In the room, Lin Shu lay in Lu Shaotang's arms, crying like a little beast.
During these years of traveling, she seemed to be very peaceful, very Buddhist, and accepted everything happily.
After falling in love with Lu Shaotang, even if he often didn't come home for ten days or half a month, she didn't complain. She adapted to this world very well.
She understood Lu Shaotang's work, never dragged his feet, and didn't complain.
But the worries in her heart were accumulating day by day. During the year when Lu Shaotang did not come back, she did not forget or dilute her feelings for him as time went by. Instead, her longing and worries grew day by day.
She knew that even if he could not come back, she would live well, but she would never fall in love with others again, and it would be impossible for her to forget him.
When he came back, the sense of satisfaction that "his return is perfect, and there is nothing else to ask for in this life" that surged in her heart was so strong.
She wanted to love him well.
She wanted to grow old with him slowly.
She thought it didn't matter if he changed his job and didn't make money, she could support him.
She just wanted him to be well.
Why did they bully and oppress the person she held in her heart?
All the grievances, worries, and longings that were suppressed in her heart and not spoken out found a breakthrough at this moment, bursting out, and she couldn't control herself.
"Lu Shaotang, it hurts so much." She cried, lying softly in his arms like a wounded little beast. She
felt sorry for him being bullied by Yuan Lei, for the injuries on his body, and for the suffering and danger he endured.
Lu Shaotang hugged her tightly, he knew her heart, he knew she felt sorry for him.
He picked up Lin Shu and put her on the bed, hugged her and whispered comfort.
Lin Shu cried for a while, but she was exhausted after venting her emotions. Emotional excitement, crying and shouting are strenuous work.
She felt very embarrassed after she finished crying. She was a little ashamed, afraid that her crying was too ugly and too ugly. She also felt that she had embarrassed herself in the capital. When she turned around, everyone in the guesthouse would know that she was crazy.
It was over, it was over. She was too ashamed to face anyone .
She slightly withdrew from Lu Shaotang's embrace, looking at the water stains on his collar, which seemed to be stained with snot...
She silently took out her handkerchief and wiped it quietly for him. It
was so embarrassing!!!
At first, she obviously wanted to pretend to make fun of them, but who knew that the more she spoke, the more excited she became, and the more distressed she felt. She couldn't control herself when the fake act became real. In the end, she felt more and more uncomfortable and really burst into tears.
The repression of the past year was vented out all at once.
Lu Shaotang held her hand and let her lie in his arms to prevent the coldness on his chest from affecting her.
Lin Shu said with a heavy nasal voice, "My eyes are all swollen, how can I see people?"
Lu Shaotang kissed her eyes, "They look beautiful."
Lin Shu: "I cried so ugly just now, yelling like a crazy woman, I felt like I was possessed by Mrs. Qiu."
Lu Shaotang felt distressed and amused, he held her chin and kissed her.
Lin Shu pushed him away, "Oh, it's so dirty, I'll go wash my face."
Lu Shaotang got down from the other side, wrung out a towel and came back to wipe her face, then he knelt on the bed and kissed her .
He was patient and pious, kissing her from different angles, and the kiss went deeper and deeper.
He didn't let go of Lin Shu until her tearful cheeks were warm and pink, and she was shy but no longer embarrassed about crying.