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After completing the divorce procedures with Xu Zhan, I have to give an explanation to my family.
Xia Yu and Xu Zhan agreed to take advantage of the New Year to confront their families about everything at once.
Therefore, as the year-end approached, Xia Yu became more and more absent-minded. Lu Zhao noticed it and asked Xia Yu if he had any worries.
Xia Yu looked at Lu Zhao's face and raised his hand to pinch him.
"It's really annoying," Xia Yu said with a fake smile. He suffered this pain because of Lu Zhao, which made him feel unhappy. "But you can't help."
Regardless of whether Lu Zhao is there or not, he and Xu Zhan are going to divorce, and he will handle his family affairs himself. If Lu Zhao is really allowed to get involved, it will only add fuel to the fire. Therefore, Xia Yu did not reveal a word of his plan to Lu Zhao.
He closed the oil painting album in his hand and asked Lu Zhao, "The Chinese New Year is just a few days away. Are you going back to your father's house to celebrate the New Year this year?"
Lu Zhao's family connections are actually a bit thin. His grandparents and grandparents-in-law all passed away early, and now even his mother is gone, leaving only a father.
It is reasonable for Lu Zhao to go back and spend the New Year with his father.
Unexpectedly, Lu Zhao shook his head and said, "I will only go back to have a meal on the first day of the new year. I should stay here for the rest of the time."
"Why?" Xia Yu looked strange, "Aren't you going to accompany your dad?"
Lu Zhao showed no expression. "He doesn't need my company. He will stay in Aunt Shen's small mansion to celebrate the New Year this year."
At first, Xia Yu didn't understand who "Aunt Shen" was, but when he saw Lu Zhao's expression, he suddenly realized that Lu Zhao's father, Lu Yuqing's mistress was surnamed Shen. This was an open secret. The woman surnamed Shen had been with Lu Zhao's father for decades, but never showed up in public. This was considered a little respect from Lu Zhao's father for this superficial marriage.
Lu Zhao explained to Xia Yu, "Aunt Shen hasn't raised her own children for many years. This year, she gave birth to a daughter despite her advanced age. Her health has been very bad because of giving birth to this child. She finally gets to spend New Year's Eve with my dad once a year, and the three of us are reunited. I won't go and make things worse."
For the past thirty years, Ms. Shen, who lives in the small mansion, has spent New Year's Eve alone, sitting at a table with no one ever coming to eat. She is a pitiful person.
Lu Zhao didn't have such compassion in the past.
But before his mother died, she specifically told him that Shen Rao had never done anything bad, and that she felt very sad about being transformed from a childhood sweetheart to a mistress, so she asked Lu Zhao to be nicer to her and not make things difficult for her.
Lu Zhao obeyed.
So he was not going to encroach on her little happiness this year.
Xia Yu was dumbfounded when he heard this. Wow, Lu Yuqing actually gave Lu Zhao a younger sister at this age, and only one year after Lu Zhao's mother passed away.
Just thinking about it made him feel like he was going crazy.
But Lu Zhao said it lightly, as if it was not worth mentioning.
But how can I not be sad
Xia Yu thought, Lu Zhao's father, his mistress, and a newborn daughter are a happy family of three. Then what is Lu Zhao? An outsider who comes to disturb them without any consideration
Xia Yu couldn't bear it, so he gently placed his hand on the back of Lu Zhao's hand, "So are you going to spend the New Year alone this year?"