Chapter 278 The Unsolvable Knot
"Hey, annoying guy, you're crying again. All you do is cry, cry, cry. You're so annoying!"
"You cry so much, you'll never get married. Who would want to marry a crybaby like you?"
Lu Shixu took the crying little Huajiao out of the cradle and rocked her like an adult.
Unexpectedly, the baby who had just eaten and was crying anxiously screamed!
Spit up milk all over him.
Now that's great, Lu Shixu is really pissed off.
He no longer wanted this dirty, smelly, and crying little wife.
He threw her back into the nest with a look of disgust on his face and left her crying till she was dizzy.
"Someone, come and take this little crybaby away! She's vomiting so much!"
Aunt Hua ran over with a smile on her face, changed Lu Shixu into clean clothes, and then took little Hua Jiao to the baby bathroom for a bath.
It was at that time that Lu Shixu saw the mark on the sedan chair.
The fair and tender little baby was splashing in the bathtub. There was a red birthmark in the shape of a chili pepper on her waist.
Aunt Hua said, "Do our little peppers look good?"
"Originally, your Uncle Hua said he wanted to name her Huajiao, but I disagreed. It sounds spicy."
"I hope my baby daughter will be cute and lovely, more beautiful than flowers."
"So, she's Jiaojiao, not the "Jing" in chili, Xu. Do you understand?"
Lu Shixu didn't quite understand. "She's clearly a hottie, why is she called Hua Jiao?"
Aunt Hua smiled, picked up her daughter, and joked with her, "When you grow up, you'll understand how much my Jiaojiao is loved."
The joke from that year turned out to be a prophecy.
Twenty-one years later, when he saw the adult Qi Xu for the first time, he was mesmerized by her cute and lovely appearance.
Later, when he saw her being intimate with Yoga Lin on the surveillance camera in the military detention center, and she accidentally revealed the chili birthmark on her waist.
At that moment, his whole world fell into darkness, and his mind was filled with endless regret, guilt, and self-blame.
Devastated, he could only press the surveillance bell to interrupt the crazy couple and his own extravagant dream.
If Qi Xu is Hua Jiao, then he is not worthy of loving her or possessing her.
That's why God punished him like this.
If there were a medicine for regret in the world, he would rather be with the medicine since childhood and regret for the rest of his life, just for that little girl to be his wife.
But it was too late, everything was too late.
When he was young, he witnessed with his own eyes a strange woman taking little Huajiao away from the cradle without calling for help.
Because, at that time, he hated that dirty little crybaby.
That day, when Uncle Hua went crazy searching for his daughter all over the world, he also panicked and cried and made a fuss, wanting to go out and help.
Mother said, "Ah Xu, don't worry, Jiaojiao won't be lost. Your Uncle Zhan has already gone to look for her."
"Back then, when I asked you to look after Jiaojiao, you refused, thinking she was dirty and annoying. Now you know you're getting impatient, don't you?"
As much as Lu Shixu hated Hua Jiao when he was a child, he loved her as much as he grew up.
If, twenty-one years ago, I were not so ignorant, not so arrogant, and not so cold-hearted, I would have told Uncle Hua the first time I saw Hua Jiao being stolen.
Then, all the tragedies would not have happened.
Qi Xu will grow up happily, become the beautiful fourth daughter of the Hua family, and finally marry him.
Later, he grew up and became sensible, and often thought of the poor little girl in his dreams at midnight.
She just cried a little and vomited milk all over herself, but she watched helplessly as she fell into the hands of criminals without doing anything.
Hua Jiao's life and death became his lifelong nightmare.
In the dream, there was a little girl crying and crying. "Brother Xu, why do you hate me? I'm your wife!"
Now, he finally had the chance to atone for his childhood stupidity and ignorance, and he had to do it.
Even if it costs his life, he will fight this battle.
Not for Lin Youqian, only for Qi Xu.
Lu Shiyu looked at his regretful and grieving second brother, not knowing how to persuade him.
Everyone in the Lu family knew that Lu Shixu had a knot in his heart because of the missing fourth daughter of the Hua family.
From the day after Hua Jiao disappeared, the second brother fell ill. He had nightmares and fever every day. He said he was wrong and sorry for Xiao Jiaojiao. He was sick for three whole months.
Later, he cried and wanted to go to Hua's house to admit his mistake, but his father would not let him.
"Ah Xu, Jiaojiao has been missing for so long, I'm afraid we can't find her again. Just keep this to yourself. Otherwise, your Uncle Zhan will hate you, and our Lu and Hua families will go from allies to enemies. Do you understand?"
So, over the years, he has never been in love, never talked about love, and never loved anyone.
Out of guilt, the Lu family has unconditionally supported the Hua family in business for more than ten years.
Later, when his family saw that he liked Qi Xu, they thought he had finally come to his senses.
Who would have thought that Qi Xu was already married? So, his brothers advised him to give up this bitter fruit of love and find another girl to fall in love with.
Who would have thought that after going around in circles, Qi Xu turned out to be the second brother's fiancée.
And she, just as he had wished when he was a child, married someone else early on.
God is playing a really big joke on me.
I’m afraid my second brother will never be able to untie this knot in his heart.
He couldn't imagine how miserable his second brother was feeling and how regretful he was at this moment.
"Brother, if you want to go to the war on behalf of Lin Youqian, go ahead. I won't stop you."
"But you must pay attention to safety and retreat if you encounter danger. Do you hear me?"
Lu Shixu patted his brother's shoulder. "Don't worry, I'm not a fool."
The words sounded lighthearted, but the heart was filled with bitterness.
I am the most stupid fool in the world. I abandoned my good fiancée and watched her get lost and become someone else's wife.
Lu Shiyu felt very uncomfortable looking at the self-deprecating smile on his face.
"Second brother, you'd better stop laughing. Your laughter is uglier than crying."
Isn’t it.
When he was little, the fiancée he despised became the woman he loved so much but could never have. She even married another man at a young age. Who else could smile so beautifully?
"Stop talking nonsense. Remember, Qiqi is Jiaojiao's business, don't tell anyone. Not even Mom and Dad."
"I don't want Qiqi to have anything to do with the Hua family. It's a murky place, and I'm afraid it will taint her innocent heart."
"I just want her to be happy and healthy for the rest of her life. And Lin Youqian loves her enough. She can live a happier life if she doesn't become the fourth daughter of the Hua family."
The Hua family's actions became increasingly unprincipled, which was why the relationship between the Lu and Hua families gradually drifted apart.
Even though there is a nominal marriage relationship between the eldest brother and his wife, they are each doing their own business and no longer support each other like they did more than a decade ago.
"Brother, you don't have to tell me, I know everything. I will keep it a secret for you and Xiao Jiaojiao."
While Lu Shixu and Lu Shiyu were talking for a few words, Lin Youqian seemed to have been waiting for a century.
"What are you two discussing? Qiqi is suffering down there, and you still have time to dawdle here."
"Proceed as planned. I'll attack from the front, and you two will secretly rescue people from behind the cliff."
Lu Shixu objected again.
"No. I said, I'll fight this battle. You just need to rescue Qiqi."
Lin Youqian was about to say something but was interrupted.
"If you don't agree, don't blame me for poaching you after something happens to you."
"I want to be a gentleman for once, but you insist on forcing me to be a villain. They say a friend's wife should not be married. But if you insist on giving her up, I am happy to refuse."
This wasn't a negotiation, but a naked threat. Unless absolutely necessary, who wouldn't want to be with their wife for the long haul?
"Okay, Lu Shixu, if you have the guts, I owe you my life."
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