Do you like to eat it?

While speaking, a ticking sound was suddenly heard.

The door was opened.

Chu Yang and Xia Bei heard the voice, got up and walked over at the same time, and saw Lu Xiuyuan changing shoes in the hallway.

"You're back." Chu Yang was very happy.

"There was a bit of traffic jam on the road, so I came back late." Lu Xiuyuan had a smile on his face, and his voice was gentle, but when he looked up and saw Xia Bei who was standing nervously behind Chu Yang, the smile on his face suddenly stopped, and even his voice Also became indifferent, "Why are you here?"

Xia Bei looked at her son's strange yet familiar face, as if she couldn't bear it anymore, tears welled up in her eyes, and instantly covered her entire face.

"Xiuyuan..." Xia Bei cried out of breath, her thin shoulders twitched, "Xiuyuan..."

Lu Xiuyuan stood where he was, looking at Xia Bei with a slight frown.

Xia Bei ignored her son's indifference, walked over staggeringly, and threw herself into Lu Xiuyuan's arms: "Did you know? Your father is gone, he has already gone..."

Lu Guozhen left?

This question popped up in Chu Yang's mind, perhaps because the news came so suddenly, he couldn't tell for a while whether he was dead or went to someplace to raise his body.

Facing Xia Bei who was about to faint from crying, Lu Xiuyuan was so calm as if he knew about it a long time ago. He stretched out his hand to hold Xia Bei's shoulder, and asked in a very calm tone, "When?"

"Nine o'clock this morning." Xia Bei cried hoarsely, and couldn't even speak clearly.

Ever since Lu Guozhen fell ill, she didn't know how many nights she had spent alone in tears. She had known that such a day would come, and thought that she could face Lu Guozhen's death calmly.

But she couldn't.

As long as she thought that Lu Guozhen had completely left this world, not even a corpse would be left in the near future, her heart ached so much that it was extremely difficult to even breathe.

It seems like the sky is falling...

Without saying a word, Lu Xiuyuan helped Xia Bei to sit on the sofa. He lowered his eyes expressionlessly and let Xia Bei cry on his shoulder.

Chu Yang next to him was in a daze the whole time.

The most serious thing he has experienced since he was a child is being revenged by those gangsters. Apart from this, it seems that there is nothing else. The relationship between him and his relatives is normal. Since his head was smashed, his parents Cut him off from his relatives.

So much so that his grandfather passed away the year before last, and his mother didn't even inform him to go back to attend the funeral. He only learned from his cousin that his grandfather was dead a week after the funeral—of course, his relationship with his grandfather was not good .

It's not much better than the relationship between Lu Xiuyuan and Lu Guozhen.

Chu Yang thought that Lu Xiuyuan's indifferent reaction was normal, but when he accidentally touched Lu Xiuyuan's arm, he realized that Lu Xiuyuan's body was trembling slightly.

Looking up, I saw Lu Xiuyuan was staring at a certain point in a daze, his eyes were filled with bewilderment, at this moment he looked like a child lost in the forest.

Chu Yang was heartbroken, but he didn't know how to comfort Lu Xiuyuan.

He could only sit by the side and watch helplessly. When Xia Bei was tired from crying and fell asleep in Lu Xiuyuan's arms, he quietly stood up and said cautiously, "Well... I'll cook first..."

Lu Xiuyuan was stunned for a while before he realized that Chu Yang was talking. He looked up at Chu Yang, his eyes were a little red, and he twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Chu Yang sighed: "It's not hard."

He really wanted to touch Lu Xiuyuan's shoulder, but he stretched out his hand, hesitated for a while, and then took it back calmly.

Chu Yang was a little absent-minded this evening. He accidentally cut his index finger with a knife while arranging the ingredients, and the bright red blood immediately overflowed from the wound. He quickly put down the ingredients and the knife, and went to the drawer under the TV cabinet in the living room to find a bandage. .

Seal the wound with a band-aid and continue cooking.

When Chu Yang brought the two dishes and one soup to the table, Lu Xiuyuan had already carried the sleeping Xia Bei to the guest room. After taking a shower, he changed into home clothes. On the surface, he looked the same as usual, but his expression Terribly gloomy.

During the meal, Chu Yang was as quiet as a chicken.

It wasn't until almost the end of the meal that Lu Xiuyuan noticed that Chu Yang hadn't said a word from the beginning to the end.

He looked up and saw Chu Yang poking the rice in the bowl with his chopsticks, maybe he didn't have much appetite, Chu Yang didn't eat after a few mouthfuls, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Lu Xiuyuan stared at Chu Yang's sharpened chin for a while, but it was a pity that Chu Yang was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't even notice his obvious gaze, and he was very focused on poking rice.

"Puchi." Lu Xiuyuan couldn't hold back his laughter. Seeing Chu Yang raised his head in a daze, he raised his eyebrows lightly, "Are you scared?"

Chu Yang shook his head, looked at Lu Xiuyuan's face seriously, and said in a low voice, "If you don't want to talk, then don't talk."

"..." The smiles on Lu Xiuyuan's face froze suddenly, and in the next second, those smiles disappeared like a tide, replaced by a deep sense of exhaustion.

He really didn't want to talk, he didn't want to laugh, he didn't even want to make any facial expressions.

too tired.

The news of Lu Guozhen's death was like a mountain peak, falling from the sky, weighing heavily on his back, making him breathless.

Compared with the shock and sadness after learning of Lu Guozhen's death, what made him feel more exhausted was the bunch of trivial things brought about by Lu Guozhen's death. Although he had withdrawn from that chaotic family, Xia Bei was still trapped inside.

As long as Xia Bei stays at Lu's house for one day, he will have another day of restlessness in his heart.

Lu Xiuyuan put down the bowl and chopsticks, walked up to Chu Yang, bowed his head and kissed Chu Yang's forehead: "Thank you."

Chu Yang said: "Go and do your work, I'll take care of the rest."

Lu Xiuyuan didn't refuse, and went straight to the study.

Chu Yang packed up the dishes and dishes and put them in the dishwasher, and put the meals reserved for Xia Bei into the insulated box. After finishing all this, he went back to the bedroom to take a shower, and then sat at the desk read a book.

As the end of the semester approached, he planned to review the content of this semester and prepare for the CET-[-] next year.

When Chu Yang finished today's plan, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. He warmed up a cup of milk and brought it into the study, only to see Lu Xiuyuan standing in front of the French window and making a phone call.

I don't know what the person on the other side of the phone said, even though Chu Yang could only see Lu Xiuyuan's side face, he found that Lu Xiuyuan's face was very ugly, as if a storm was brewing, and the low air pressure emanating from his body made the atmosphere in the study extremely depressing.

Chu Yang didn't dare to disturb him, he put the milk cup lightly on the desk, and then left quietly.

He returned to the bedroom, lying on the bed bored, playing with his mobile phone while waiting for Lu Xiuyuan.

As a result, he waited until Chu Yang fell asleep, and did not wait until Lu Xiuyuan came to sleep.

Although the Lu family deliberately concealed the news of Lu Guozhen's death, there is no impenetrable wall in this world. Within two days, the news had spread like wildfire, spreading throughout the upper class circle, and some even blocked the door of the Lu family. , trying to sneak photos of Lu Guozhen's funeral.

For half a month, Chu Yang did not see Lu Xiuyuan.

Since Xia Bei came that day, Lu Xiuyuan has been busier than before. He often doesn't go home until midnight after Chu Yang falls asleep. After taking a casual shower, he falls asleep with a heater in his arms, and waits until Chu Yang wakes up the next day. However, the people around him have long since disappeared.

Chu Yang was very worried about Lu Xiuyuan's state, but he didn't see Lu Xiuyuan at all recently, and he didn't dare to call Lu Xiuyuan casually.

Although Lu Xiuyuan has never told Chu Yang his inner thoughts, Chu Yang can feel that at this moment, Lu Xiuyuan is like an inflated balloon. Take a toothpick and poke lightly, and the balloon will pop with a bang.

He dare not be that toothpick.

A month later, Lu Xiuyuan didn't come back directly.

When he called Chu Yang to explain this matter, his voice was hoarse, and he could hear that he was trying to force himself: "The Lu family has left a lot of things to deal with, and I can't leave here, so I can only live in the Lu family temporarily. Call me if you are in a hurry, my phone is always on all day long."

Chu Yang stood in the corridor outside the classroom, leaning on the railing and looking at the snow-covered lawn below.

He was so cold that he sniffed his nose. For some reason, his nose was a little itchy and sour, and tears fell down unconsciously.

"Are you OK?"

"What's the matter with you, baby? Of course I'm fine." Lu Xiuyuan immediately heard the crying in Chu Yang's voice, and immediately became a little anxious, so he quickly coaxed, "I've worked hard on you for a while, wait until I finish dealing with the things here. I'll go home with you, okay?"

Chu Yang still had the same three words: "It's not hard work."

Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help laughing: "Yeah, it's not hard, but I just want to cry."

Chu Yang was indeed crying, but he would never admit it: "I didn't, you are talking nonsense."

"Okay, okay, I'm just talking nonsense." Lu Xiuyuan listened to Chu Yang's muttering, and felt that the original heavy and depressed mood was swept away, and it was rare to relax. He said, "My father and my mother are married. I have already gone to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a marriage certificate, but I haven't had time to hold the wedding yet."

Chu Yang didn't expect Lu Xiuyuan to bring up this topic suddenly, so he hummed lightly.

"And..." Lu Xiuyuan dragged his tone, "In his will, he gave 90.00% of the inheritance to my mother."

Chu Yang was silent for a moment: "Why?"

Normally, Lu Xiuyuan didn't mention his parents many times, but every time he hit the nail on the head, for example, Lu Guozhen didn't love Xia Bei at all, maybe he was getting older and the women around him were almost gone, so he kept the still beautiful Xia Bei by his side.

According to Lu Guozhen's selfish nature, Lu Xiuyuan also guessed that Lu Guozhen would rather donate all his property than leave a cent to his wife and children.

It's a pity that Lu Xiuyuan guessed wrong.

I didn't expect that Lu Guozhen would make such an unexpected decision before he died, and it would cause a bloodbath in Lu's family - how could Lu Xiuyuan's half-brothers and sisters bear Xia Bei's possession of almost all the property by himself? ?

Now that Xia Bei is standing on the cusp of the storm, everyone is targeting her, and everyone is staring at her.

"It may be a reward for my mother, or it may be a punishment for me." Lu Xiuyuan chuckled twice indifferently.

Ninety percent of the inheritance was money that Xia Bei could not spend in eight lifetimes, and it also brought many fatal dangers to Xia Bei invisibly, but with him around, he naturally had to bear these dangers.

This old man...

He still holds grudges like this until he dies.