Three days later, Lu Qi'an and Fu Jia moved out of the apartment.
The new residence is rented, and it is in the community of teachers' families in No. 6 Middle School. The age of the house is relatively old, but the interior furnishings are not bad, and the environment in the community is warm and harmonious. It is very comfortable to live in the campus of No. 6 Middle School just around the corner.
Fu Jia vowed to take care of Lu Qi'an's daily life, but Lu Qi'an didn't give him this chance and hired a new housekeeper. The new aunt's surname is Sun. She is not as professional as Aunt Miao, and she doesn't have time constraints, and she doesn't do everything so well, but she is friendly and generous, and never disturbs the lives of Lu Qi'an and Fu Jia, so it is easy to get along with.
On the first day of moving, Fu Jia handed over his passbook to Lu Qi'an, and asked him calmly if he had enough money to make up for Lu Qi'an's rent and Aunt Sun's employment.
The answer, of course, is not enough. But in order to reassure him, Lu Qi'an didn't tell him the truth.
He knew that Fu Jia was worried about money, and that Lu Zhiyuan had cut off his source of income. He should not be able to survive with a high school physiology, but in places that Lu Zhiyuan didn't know, he actually still held a considerable amount of money. property.
That was left to him by Qi Bing.
He didn't know about this matter at first. It was the year when he moved out of the Lu family that someone from the Qi family came to tell him that Qi Bing had left him a sum of money back then, but he kept it from the Lu family and did not let anyone know about it. They are asking someone to help him manage the money.
This made Lu Qi'an understand that her mother's suicide was not impulsive. Before leaving, she made careful and careful calculations for her son and family, without any negligence.
Lu Qi'an attaches great importance to Qi Bing's intention. After getting the money from Qi's family, every time he went abroad to study during the holidays, he would ask his teacher to guide him and make good use of the money—all of this was carefully kept from Lu Zhiyuan.
He was sure that as long as Lu Zhiyuan found out, he would be furious and go back and thoroughly investigate the origin of the money, and thoroughly investigate what Qi Bing did with the identity of Mrs. Lu before he died.
At that time, the Qi family will also suffer.
In order to hide all this, whether it was renting a house or hiring a housekeeper, Lu Qi'an asked Mr. Liu to come forward, and only kept a small amount of money in his usual account to make himself look poorer.
For this, Fu Jia felt wronged for Lu Qi'an, and always felt that it was because of him that Lu Qi'an lived such a hard life. Not only did all the money from part-time jobs go to Lu Qi'an, but he also competed with Aunt Sun to do housework.
It was useless for Lu Qi'an to comfort him verbally, so he often used his money in the open, which made Fu Jia feel better and no longer worried about gains and losses.
As the Spring Festival approached day by day, Lu Qi'an chose a suitable time to contact the Lin family villa, planning to go there. He didn't hide this matter from Fu Jia, but directly pointed it out to him.
Fu Jia was silent for a long time, and answered him in a muffled voice: "I see."
Lu Qi'an knew that he was unhappy, so he comforted him: "I will go while you are at work, and try to come back before you get off work."
Fu Jia snorted, He was sweet in his heart, but still put on a vicious look, and said, "Then can you promise me a few requests? You can't hug others, kiss others, touch other people's heads and cheeks…" He paused. After a pause, he added, "Don't eat the food there, and take off the clothes you wore there when you come back. I'll wash it for you. Also, you can't keep calling others with double characters. How many times have you called him? , I will call me twice when I come back…"
Fu Jia said, secretly thinking in her heart: After so many years, someone has finally become the "other" between them.
Fu Jia kept making requests, Lu Qi'an hummed, and complied with all his unreasonable requests.
On the other hand, Lin's villa learned early in the morning that Lu Qi'an was coming today, which was long-lost good news for the gloomy villa. Aunt Chen started preparing to welcome Lu Qi'an early in the morning, and Lu Wanqing, who had been on a business trip for many days, also told Aunt Chen that she would come back after receiving the news.
The only one who was not very happy was Lin Fengxun.
He had been unhappy since he learned that Lu Qi'an was coming, which was directly reflected in his weak body. He started to have a low-grade fever when he got up early, and he couldn't even sit up, so he could only lie down all the time.
Feeling unwell, he became more and more unhappy, refused to take medicine, refused to eat, and directly hung up on Lu Wanqing's phone.
The doctor in charge of him learned of this, and hurried to the villa to guard him, racking his brains to make him happy: "Fengfeng, don't you like your brother the most? Why are you still losing your temper when he comes?
" Helping from the side: "Yes, Fengfeng, my wife was very happy when I heard that he was coming, and came home in a while. If she sees you so uncomfortable, she will be sad again."
Lin Fengxun said with a frown : "He hasn't been here for several months, why do you still come? Just don't come again in the future." It's okay not to speak, but when Lin Fengxun opened his mouth, he felt wronged, his nose was sour, and tears began to roll in his eyes.
"Alas…" Mrs. Chen hurriedly coaxed him, "Isn't this here? Young Master Lu is in his third year of high school and he is busy with his studies. There is nothing he can do about it.
" Why, can't you find time to see me? Now not only do people not come, they don't even make a phone call, and he doesn't answer my calls. This has been the case for the past two months!" The
doctor blushed when he saw him , Worryingly, Zhong Zhong and Mrs. Chen looked at each other, and went to inject Lin Feng with a sedative drug.
Lin Feng had been looking for illness for so many years, of course he knew what he was doing, tears flowed out instantly, he moved his hands, wanted to beat the bed, but couldn't exert any strength.
"How could you treat me like this…" Lin Fengxun cried and said, "Brother Qi An wants to come, but he doesn't call me, but calls mom, and mom, too, hasn't come home for so long, I beg her No matter how many times I received the call from Brother Qi An, I immediately said that I would come back…" The
doctor quickly prepared the injection and injected it into Lin Fengxun's body. He quickly calmed down, but he continued to say: "How could you treat me like this…"
Sister-in-law Chen looked at his hands full of pinholes, sighed, helped him tuck up the corners of the quilt, and stood guard beside him with the doctor.
In the afternoon, when Lu Qi'an arrived at the Lin family's villa, Lin Fengxun hadn't woken up yet.
Mrs. Chen happily brought Lu Qi'an to Lin Fengxun's room, and talked about his previous temper tantrum: "Master Lu, Fengfeng really misses you very much, don't watch him lose his temper for a while, it's been a while since he lost his temper." Come out, when he wakes up and sees you coming, talk to you well, and he will definitely recover." The
doctor saw him coming, left the room, and went to the next door to guard.
Lu Qi'an took over the doctor's position and sat beside Lin Fengxun's bed. Seeing that tears were still dripping from the corners of his eyes in his sleep, he asked Mrs. Chen for a handkerchief to wipe away his tears.
Aunt Chen brought snacks and tea for Lu Qi'an, and wanted to help him cut the fruit plate, but Lu Qi'an stopped her, leaving only the tea, and Aunt Chen took the rest back.
It was not the first time he was watching Lin Fengxun by the bed, knowing that he would not wake up so soon, he went to the study to choose a book. On the way, he passed the corridor where he could see the courtyard, and stopped.
Here, he could vaguely see the servant's room where Fu Jia lived before. That corner is always backlit, dark and damp. For so many years, Fu Jia has been hiding there to see him and Lin Fengxun standing together under the bright sunshine in the courtyard, how would he feel in his heart?
He doesn't know anything about it.
Lu Qi'an stood here for a long time, until Mrs. Chen asked him suspiciously when passing by, and then he returned to Lin Fengxun's room with the book.
Half an hour later, Lin Feng woke up. He vaguely saw someone sitting by his bed, thought it was Mrs. Chen, and called her: "Sister-in-law Chen, I want to drink water…"
Lu Qi'an put down his book and said, "Wait, you can't drink it right away when you wake up." Water, I'll ask the doctor to come and see you."
Lin Fengxun blinked, and then he saw that the person in front of him was Lu Qi'an. The person whom he had missed for dozens of days finally appeared. Not only did this not make him happy, but it also detonated the grievances accumulated for a long time. He turned his head away hard and said loudly, "Don't worry about me."
Lu Qi'an stood up, instead of coaxing him, he went to the next door to ask the doctor to come over. This move made Lin Feng even more angry, and tears began to roll in his eyes.
After the doctor came, he checked his physical condition carefully, put a pillow on his back, and asked while supporting him, "Fengfeng, try to see if he can sit up?"
Lin Fengxun held his breath and put his hands on his sides, Without using his strength, he sat up smoothly by himself.
Seeing that his condition was improving, the doctor said happily: "Your brother is still the most effective. How many times have you lost your temper since you were young? Which time did your brother behave immediately when he came here? I have never seen you so obedient in front of Mrs. Lin… " Who said that!" Lin Fengxun blushed at what he said, and retorted anxiously, "I won't listen to him. Has he cared
about my life these past few months? I don't have such a brother!"
While talking cruelly, he sneaked a glance at Lu Qi'an, and saw a face that was always calm.
The doctor still smiled and didn't take his words seriously. In the past two months, Lin Fengxun's body went back and forth, and he also frequently went in and out of the Lin family's villa, but he never saw Lu Qi'an once. Although he felt strange in his heart, he didn't think there would be any problems between the two of them.
"Okay, okay, I haven't seen you and Young Master Lu for so long, so I won't bother you. I'll go to the next door to rest. If you feel uncomfortable, ask someone to call me." The doctor wisely left the room.
As soon as he left, there were only two brothers left in the room. Lu Qi'an looked at Lin Fengxun's obviously thinner face, and asked, "How are you doing recently?"
Lin Fengxun looked away, feeling extremely awkward. Of course he misses Lu Qi'an very much, there are many things he wants to say to him, and he also wants to act like a baby to him. But he also complained in his heart that Lu Qi'an had been indifferent for dozens of days, and he didn't want to forgive him just like that.
Under the entanglement, the arrogance in his heart still prevailed. He ignored Lu Qi'an, but turned his head and stared out the window, as if he didn't hear his voice.
Lu Qi'an pursed his lips, and asked again: "Fengfeng, do you have anything to say to me?"
Lin Fengxun still pretended that he didn't exist.
Lu Qi'an was silent. Since Lin Feng couldn't find an answer to him, he wouldn't ask a third time. He took the book that he had put aside before, sat by the bed and continued to read by himself.
No one spoke in the room, and it passed in silence for five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes.
Seeing that half an hour was about to pass, Lin Fengxun finally lost his temper.
This is not the first time that Lu Qi'an used this method to deal with his willfulness. When he was a child, he used to cry non-stop, and Lu Qi'an would coax him once or twice first, and if it didn't work, he would leave him alone and let him cry where he was, and go do other things by himself.
Lu Qi'an would come back when he was tired from crying and didn't have the strength to continue making a fuss, and reasoned with him nicely.
After growing up, he seldom cries like a child anymore, so Lu Qi'an hasn't treated him like this for a long time.
Today's Lu Qi'an made Lin Fengxun feel unprecedented sternness and indifference, which was far more terrifying than the childhood memories. He vaguely realized that if he didn't give in to Lu Qi'an first today, Lu Qi'an would remain so indifferent forever.
Lin Fengxun lowered his head, his nose was sore, tears fell out of his eyes uncontrollably, falling down patter pata.
No one paid attention to him, the only sound in the room was his suppressed sobbing.
Lin Fengxun was angry and sad, raised his head, and cried more and more fiercely, his voice became louder and louder, until finally he burst into tears.
Mrs. Chen and the doctor next door both heard the movement and hurried over to check on the situation. They found that Lin Fengxun was sitting on the bed and was so absorbed in crying.
When Aunt Chen saw Lin Fengxun crying like this, her heart almost broke. She wanted to go in to comfort him, but she was afraid of Lu Qi'an who was sitting by the side, so she hesitated for a long time before leaving the room with the doctor.
Both of them are paid outsiders, no matter how worried about Lin Fengxun's health, they dare not intervene in the affairs of the employer's family.
Moreover, Mrs. Chen is very afraid of Lu Qi'an, and has always been afraid of him.
Everyone in the villa allowed Lin Feng to cry. He cried desperately, until finally he was so hoarse that his tears dried up. Only then did Lu Qi'an look up at him, and asked, "Have you cried enough?"
He handed Lin Fengxun a handkerchief, "If you've cried enough, wipe off your tears, calm down, and express your dissatisfaction with me, and It's not playing petty temper with me."
Lin Fengxun took the handkerchief, sobbed and wiped his tears, no matter how much temper was wiped out, he said aggrievedly: "Brother Qi'an, obviously you haven't come to see me for several months Why do I act like I am making trouble for no reason now?"
"Fengfeng, you have grown up, and so have I." Lu Qi'an said patiently, "You have your own life, and I have my own too. , if I don't come, I must have something more important to do than to see you, can you understand?"
Lin Fengxun was stunned.
What Lu Qi'an said was the truth, and it was an unshakable fact – in the hearts of his mother, uncle and brother, and in the hearts of all his close relatives and friends, staying in the villa to accompany him was not the first priority.
They all have their own lives, work, and study, which are far more important than playing with him. He admits this fact and accepts this fact, because no one has ever brought this up so bluntly like Lu Qi'an today, and they all feel guilty for not being with him all the time.
Lin Fengxun always felt that even if the people around him couldn't accompany him all the time, it was enough to have this guilt, which showed that he was loved by these people in a priority position.
However, Lu Qi'an was not guilty, not at all.
"I… I can understand." Lin Fengxun replied pretending to have nothing to do, but his heart was panicked, as if he was walking on a dangerous path, and someone would snatch the treasure in his hand at any time.
There is only one truth behind this.
In Lu Qi'an's heart, Lin Fengxun was no longer in the priority position. There were other people or things that far surpassed him, and even pushed him to the bottom of the valley.
"I know you are very busy, but you can always find time to see me? I lost my temper today because I miss you so much…" Lin Fengxun said hard, "Take me to the courtyard to play. You used to almost Every time I come, I will be taken there. It just so happens that the sun is very good today, so I asked Mrs. Chen to help us prepare…"
"No." Lu Qi'an refused, "Going to the courtyard is too troublesome, and you are not in good health today. You should rest indoors."
Lin Fengxun's eyes widened, and he looked at Lu Qi'an in disbelief, as if he was the first day he knew him.
trouble?
What they have been doing for ten years, in Lu Qi'an's eyes… is actually a trouble?
Lu Wanqing returned to the Lin family villa at about four o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as she entered the door, she called Mrs. Chen: "Is Qi An here?"
Mrs. Chen quickly came out of the kitchen and answered her: "Madam, he came early in the morning and has been talking with him in Fengfeng's room."
Lu Wanqing smiled, As he went upstairs, he said: "It's strange, why are the two of them not in the courtyard today? Didn't Qi An always like to take Fengfeng to the courtyard to play?"
Aunt Chen brought her the tea prepared for her and followed behind her, also smiling Responding to her: "Yes, Young Master Lu hardly came out of the room today. He just went to the study to get a book to read."
"This child…" Lu Wanqing shook her head, "The older you are, the quieter you are. He's my brother's son."
Thinking of this, Lu Wanqing couldn't help thinking: If Qi Bing hadn't left so early, maybe Lu Qi'an would have grown into a completely different person.
After entering her son's room, Lu Wanqing raised her eyebrows, feeling that the atmosphere was not right. Lu Qi'an finally came here, but Lin Fengxun seemed not interested. Looking carefully, his eyes were red and swollen, obviously from crying.
There was nothing unusual about Lu Qi'an, and he greeted her calmly: "Auntie."
"Yes." Lu Wanqing said, "Did you two quarrel?"
Lin Fengxun shook his head, and answered before Lu Qi'an: "No, I was playing petty temper."
Lu Wanqing looked at the two children, and suddenly laughed easily: "I don't know you yet? Fengfeng must think that I was wronged, and I was crying to Qi An. Fengfeng, it's not your mother who said you, and you are not a child anymore, why are you crying and fussing at every turn?"
Lin Fengxun lowered his head with his mouth flattened, and stopped talking.
"Qi An, I also want to tell you about you." Lu Wanqing immediately turned her gun, "I haven't seen Fengfeng and me for so long, and I didn't even make a phone call. Should I apologize to us?"
"I'm sorry, Aunt." Lu Qi'an said, "I will call often in the future."
He said "call often", not "come often". Lu Wanqing didn't seem to notice this, and she naturally dismissed the topic, but Lin Fengxun cared very much, to the point of being a little uneasy.
After Lu Qi'an refused to take him to the courtyard, they kept chatting in the room about boring things. It's not about talking about his body or about Lu Qi'an's studies. Fortunately, Lu Wanqing came back in time, so he could finally stop racking his brains to find a topic.
"Why don't you go abroad to study this year?" Lu Wanqing said, "I heard a little rumor from your father's assistant that you plan to study in China, and you had a big fight with your father because of this, Qi An, this is not true Right ?"
Lu Qi'an nodded and said, "It's true, aunt. I decided to go to college in China, but Dad really disagrees, and I'm trying to convince him."
Lu Wanqing was a little surprised: "Are you sure you're not joking?"
"I'm not joking."
Lu Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then put her smile back: "Qi'an, I always thought you were just rebellious for a while and had trouble with your father. If you are serious, don't say your father disagrees. Here, I also disagree."
Lin Fengxun was at a loss when he saw his mother's face suddenly changed.
He actually has a very deep understanding of Lu Qi'an's going abroad to study in the future. A few years ago, he didn't know who heard about it. That person swore that Lu Qi'an would go abroad for many years and come back to take Lu Zhiyuan's position. At that time, Lin Fengxun, who felt that his brother would never leave him, was greatly shocked. When he found Lu Wanqing, he cried and begged, and was severely scolded by her: "Qi An's future is not a joke, if you really treat him as your brother , support him when the time comes!"
He didn't understand, how can such a thing that everyone firmly believes in change?
"I know you won't agree, but please believe me, I will be responsible for this decision when I make this decision, and whatever step I can achieve by studying abroad, I will achieve whatever step I can achieve by studying in China." Lu Qi'an said.
"You have always been so calm and sensible, why are you so naive at this point?" Lu Wanqing's tone was full of impatience, "It is impossible for you not to know that where to go to university is not a question at home or abroad, but where you graduated from. Start to get in touch with the Lu family's business. If you don't go abroad, you won't be able to accumulate contacts and experience there. This part is a very important part of your resume. Without it, how can you take over your father's position in the future?"
Lu Qi'an Answer her affirmatively: "I never thought about taking over my dad's position. Dad is still young and has a long way to go in the future, so there is no need to entrust the career to me."
Lu Wanqing frowned and asked him: "Are you His son, if he doesn't entrust his career to you, who else can he entrust it to?"
"As long as Dad is willing, he can entrust it to anyone but me."
Lu Wanqing closed her eyes, her face grim. She stood up from the chair and left the room: "I'll go out and calm down."
"Mom?" Lin Feng called her anxiously, but she was so angry that she couldn't listen to anything.
After this silence, Lu Wanqing stayed quiet until late in the evening before returning. During the time she left, the atmosphere in the room became more and more stiff. Lin Feng tried to talk to Lu Qi'an several times, but he didn't know how to do so.
After returning, Lu Wanqing seemed to be gentle and let Lu Qi'an have dinner at the villa, but Lu Qi'an directly refused.
Lu Wanqing's complexion darkened again, she endured it again and again, and did not get angry with Lu Qi'an.
She thought that Lu Qi'an was making trouble because she didn't agree with him to study in a university in China, and she didn't force him to stay. Instead, she felt that it was fine if Lu Qi'an refused, otherwise, with Lu Qi'an's current stubborn attitude, she would definitely be unable to control her anger, and would be as friendly as Lu Zhiyuan. Lu Qi'an quarreled.
What kind of child would answer "Anyone but me" when asked "Who do you want your dad to hand over the business to?"?
She asked Mrs. Chen to send Lu Qi'an back, and asked him bluntly: "Is it because of your mother that you are so repulsed by taking over from your father?"
Lu Qi'an said, "Part of it is, and part of it is not."
His answer was not evasive What, but avoided everything. Lu Wanqing sighed, feeling a little headache.
Lu Qi'an is not the Lu Qi'an she imagined, she should have known earlier. This world is not the one she imagined, her marriage has already proved it to her, hasn't it?