It was too awkward to look at each other, so Lu Anru simply followed April's example. Click your fingers and lower your head to see how often you click your fingers.
The dead silence tortured each other, and finally my aunt couldn't bear it anymore, and she kept dropping hints, and took the lead in expressing her position: "Our family, Anru, is not marrying into the royal family. Why are we marrying into the royal family? Are we going to watch the next emperor take three thousand from the harem all day long?"
The straightforward words made Lu's mother cough slightly. She took the water from her husband, took a sip to moisten her throat, and made a fair comment.
"Xiao Guang is a pretty good person. We have watched him grow up, so he should not change his mind. He likes An Ru very much and has promised us many times that he will treat An Ru well."
Xiaoqiao felt unhappy and blurted out her retort: "Auntie, your thinking is wrong. You should ask my sister what she thinks instead of just speaking for His Highness Xuanguang."
"I'm not speaking for His Highness Xuan Guang. I'm just discussing the matter. As for the specific decision, we will definitely support An Ru's own choice."
Mother Lu looked at Lu Anru sadly, and then at the locked door on the second floor. Her son fell asleep after the treatment, and he didn't know about the princess.
"Oh, my aunt is afraid of the imperial power and plans to make my sister sacrifice her life for justice. Anyway, in my opinion, marriage must be consensual, and forcefulness is not sweet."
Xiaoqiao turned to look at Lu Anru, patted her drooped shoulder, and asked for her opinion: "Sister, do you think so?"
Lu Anru smiled gratefully at Xiaoqiao and didn't answer. She didn't want to get married. But if refusing would implicate her parents and Sheng Ming, she would agree to the engagement. As Ning Guang said, no matter how you marry, the key is to choose a partner who is willing to love her, spoil her, and be devoted to her family.
Based on this comparison, Ning Guang can be considered the best choice.
Xiaoqiao didn't think as much as she did. Seeing that she didn't answer, she reiterated her position reluctantly.
"Sister, don't worry. If you really don't want to get married and someone forces you to do so, my parents and I will support you."
While Xiaoqiao was speaking, Aunt Lu Anru twisted her arm twice, and three red fingerprints appeared on her wrist. But Xiaoqiao has always gone her own way, showing the tenacity that one should have without fear of power.
Even though he was brutally blocked, he still said everything he wanted to say: "If my parents also turn their elbows outward, don't worry, Brother Sheng Ming and I will always support your decision."
"Oh, you damn kid is really such a bear!"
The aunt cursed melancholy, and faced Lu Anru and explained: "Anru, your uncle and I have no intention of forcing you to marry. If you like it, you can marry us. If you don't like it, we will find a way to cancel the engagement. You come and tell your aunt that you like it. Your Highness Xuanguang?"
In front of his family, Lu Anru had no need to be pretentious and softly said what he was thinking: "I think marriage has nothing to do with whether you like it or not. The key is that Ning Guang is the crown prince of Xia. If I marry him, I can ensure the peace of the family. Besides, my mother is right, he If you like me, you will treat me well. It is easier to find someone who likes you than to find someone you like. Just enjoy it."
Due to the presence of her aunt and the others, Lu Anru still had some concerns that she didn't express clearly. When she was married, she would at least stay with Ning Guang and Emperor Xuantian all day long. She could keep track of Emperor Xuantian's movements, inform her family, and do her best to prevent a tragic war from happening.
Xiaoqiao almost persuaded Lu Anru when she listened, but when Lu Anru came out with the lie that she planned to enjoy it.
She slapped her small hand on the table and expressed her disapproval loudly: "Sister, you have to live a selfish life. Your own happiness comes first, and your relatives come second. I believe I can find people who like each other, and I believe you can too. If you can find it, why bother yourself by choosing one relationship?”
Lu Anru smiled brighter than flowers and sighed sincerely: "Everyone has different views on emotions. I am so lazy, so of course I have to find someone who can serve me. Marrying Ning Guang will at least make me a superior person, and I will have a lot of people to serve me. ”
Anyway, she only had a few days to live, and the sacrifice of the hat inspired her a lot, so she might as well make the best use of her last days.
boom!
The sound of slamming door came from the second floor, everyone's expressions changed, and they knew who was awake without looking.
"I'm going to the bathroom."
Xiaoqiao took a deep breath and ran to the bathroom on the first floor with numb movements.
Lu Anru sighed in a low voice that Xiaoqiao was unjust and knew he was running away.
"I went to the yard to talk to Ella about the remaining issues from the mission, and she kept sending messages."
She prepared a sentence and walked to the entrance. Someone chased her behind her, grabbed her wrist tightly and led her to the second floor.
The faint lemon fragrance surrounded the two of them. Lu Anru trembled all over and did not dare to raise his head to look at Sheng Ming, but Sheng Ming's heartbroken expression appeared in his mind.
"Xiao Ming, if you have anything to say, please tell me."
Lu's mother came after her and gave her some advice.
"I know, Mom."
Sheng Ming responded coldly. He didn't even stop to wait for Lu's mother to say another word. He opened the door and forced Lu Anru into the house, slamming the door behind him.
Lu Anru followed Sheng Ming through the cloakroom and stopped in front of the sofa.
Sheng Ming pinned her down on the sofa. She mustered some courage and lowered her head to state the matter: "Xiao Ming, Emperor Xuantian announced today in front of the entire team,"
"I know, you don't need to marry Ning Guang, the Sheng family has been so defeated that they rely on marriage to keep them safe."
Sheng Ming quickly stopped what she said, as if he didn't want to hear a title that would make everyone envious.
"Xiao Ming, I know you and your father don't need me to protect you. I just want to do what I can."
After Lu Anru explained excitedly, he looked up and saw a large blood stain on Sheng Ming's right shoulder. It must have been during the process of pulling her that the wound was reopened.
Putting all the entanglements behind him, he firmly held Sheng Ming's intact left hand, pulled him to sit next to him, and demanded forcefully: "Sit here and wait for me. I'll get the medical kit."
He quickly ran to the utility room, took out the medical bag, and put the remaining tiger ointment back into it.
Returning to Sheng Ming, he brought a stool and sat on it, then cut off Sheng Ming's sleeves with scissors. When I saw the festering wound, I couldn't bear it anymore. I turned my head, closed my eyes, and took a few deep breaths. Pick up the tweezers again, dip the sterile cotton in the anti-inflammatory violet solution, and gently apply it on the wound.
"Didn't you do a quick repair? Why are there still wounds left?"
Lu Anru is like a Parkinson's patient. He uses a lot of strength every time he dips his hands to avoid shaking his hands. But when placing it, the hands are light and careful.
"Emperor Xuan Tian arranged for a very powerful spell master to cast a counterattack rot spell on Hat and the others. My wound will be rotten for a week, and it will heal over time. It happens that this is a rare opportunity, and I can use the wound to practice the repair spell. . You don’t have many healing friends. Once I’m done, I can prevent that person from attacking you in the future.”
Sheng Ming spoke calmly, but his gaze on Lu Anru's face was as hot as fire.
"Why are you confronting the opponent head-on? Didn't you bring Rosa and Blount with you? Can't three of them defeat one?"
Lu Anru's tone was full of displeasure, and she became even more angry when she thought of Sheng Ming's reckless pulling of her, and complained: "And just now, why are you using so much force? I won't run away!"
"I can't expose your friend. I didn't let Rosa participate when I pulled out the souls of Xingtian and Suzaku."
Sheng Ming raised her hand to smooth Lu Anru's frown, and slid her fingers down to gently scratch the tip of her nose.
Lu Anru opened his mouth and moaned, bit Sheng Ming's index finger that didn't dodge, and bit out his teeth in a punishing manner.
Seeing that Sheng Ming was completely letting her vent her anger, the pity in her heart covered up her anger. She pushed the other person's fingertips away with the tip of her tongue and hummed: "I know, you taking them there is just a formality, just like you led me to call my father. ”
"Guiding you to call your father is indeed to stop you from running around. Let them enter the painless processing pool, and the technicians under Emperor Xuantian will collect all the data. With the complete version, Emperor Xuantian will not leave any future troubles , it’s dangerous for you to follow.”
Sheng Ming's fingertips did not leave too far, and she tapped lightly on the pouty lips, smoothing them gently, "I took Blunt and Rosa there, not just to show off. With their help, I narrowly escaped. "
"Did they help?" Lu Anru was worried and curious.
Sheng Ming responded "Yes" and recounted the two people's contributions: "With the support of Rosa and Xiaohong, when the escort arrived, Blunt and I were able to sneak outside the dean's room and uniform the guards guarding the door. The two of them put on their clothes and explosion-proof masks and drove to the execution ground. On the way, Blunt and I had no chance to take action. I just stuffed milk and potassium permanganate into the mouths of Suzaku and Xingtian."
"Use these two things!"
There was a trap with a free number in front of her, but Lu Anru said two things casually when Sheng Ming said something to divert her attention and send her away.
"Use it."
Sheng Ming took out the computer from the storage bag with one hand and locked the bag before the white smoke came out.
Enter the college search interface, enter a chemical formula, put the detailed analysis in front of Lu Anru, and explain patiently.
"Potassium permanganate will stimulate the corrosiveness of milk, and when the two meet, corrosive bubbles visible to the naked eye will quickly appear. Blount and I used light to cover up the black residue, and I then used water to complete the final purification."
Lu Anru suddenly realized. No wonder she always felt that Xing Tian and Suzaku corroded faster than the hat when watching the recorded video. Sheng Ming used the illusion to extract their souls in advance.
"Leaving the hat is the key to the Corruption Pool, right? He was shattered into pieces while inspecting the Corruption Pool for Emperor Xuantian."
Lu Anru said quietly, simple words are as light as a feather, but the meaning of the hat is far more important than Mount Tai. Not only did it protect the highly evolved life forms, but it also gave Sheng Ming a way to survive.
Imagine that if there were no soul fragments in the pool, Sheng Ming and Blount would have been caught on the spot.
Suppressing the discomfort that occurred several times, I whispered to my heart: "This weekend, let's find a place with birds singing and flowers fragrant, and let's erect a tomb for the hat."
The hat lived a handsome life, and when he died, he had no body or soul, leaving only a few tattered books and a small bracelet made for him by Lu Anru.
"Okay, let's find a beach near the sea. Hat likes the sea breeze and waves." Sheng Ming agreed solemnly.
"Um!"
After discussing the funeral arrangements of the hat, Lu Anru pointed to Sheng Ming's storage bag and suggested: "Put Xing Tian in my bag."
Some facts that are too cruel should be told by the person involved himself to his companions.
After receiving Sheng Ming's nod, Lu Anru used his fingerprint to unlock his storage bag and connected it to the pink bag. After all the white smoke was poured into the powder bag, she quickly held the lock of the powder bag with both hands.
Pressing down the shaking bag with his arm, he chatted with Sheng Ming about other issues like a normal person: "By the way, Xing Tian is so greedy for life and afraid of death, how could he agree to cooperate with the action?"
Sheng Ming was able to bind Xingtian's body with wooden methods, but he could not bind Xingtian's desire to be loyal to him.
"Hat said Xingtian can leave and Qingluan come over instead."
Sheng Ming took out a new T-shirt from the drawer, changed it, and threw the bloody clothes into the trash can.
After the doubts were answered, Lu Anru understood why Xiao Luan liked Xing Tian. Xingtian obviously belongs to the kind of person who is mean-mouthed and soft-hearted. He probably silently paid a lot for Xiao Luan in places unknown to others.
This kind of character has to be met by Xiao Luan. If you meet someone else, you may not be able to see that you have worked hard all your life.
"Let's talk about your business now, An Ru. I don't allow you to marry Ning Guang."
Sheng Ming emphasized every word, and after speaking sternly, she turned to get the cushion in the drawer. Her arms were so sleepy.
Lu Anru raised her hand to rub her swollen head, her thoughts filled with troubles. She really wanted to avoid problems.
As soon as he thought of it, he did it, and said with a sweet voice: "Xiao Ming, I'm so sleepy, I went back to the house to sleep. You should go to bed early, and we will talk during the day."
Sheng Ming hugged her and pulled her into his arms.
Due to the heavy force, Lu Anru fell forward, and when he turned his head, their lips accidentally touched each other. The two of them looked at each other, as if everything around them had disappeared, leaving only each other, and the sound of their accelerated heartbeats could be heard.
The blush on Lu Anru's face quickly spread to his neck. Before his rationality completely dissipated, he raised his hand and pushed Sheng Ming away. He sat on the ground in panic, his smart eyes full of shyness, and he looked helplessly away.
"that,"
"Anru,"
The two of them made hoarse sounds at the same time, and stopped talking at the same time.
"You speak first."
Lu Anru twisted the corners of her clothes into twists with her hands, and said incomprehensively: "Xiao Ming, the kiss just now was an accident, not the first kiss. Besides, we grew up together, and my sister is too familiar with you. It feels very good for my sister to kiss my brother. It’s normal, don’t attach too much meaning.”
"An Ru, I like you. I have liked you for a long, long time. Don't marry Ning Guang. I'll marry you, okay?"
When Lu An was stunned, Sheng Ming sat on the ground and pulled her body towards him with both hands.
The affectionate confession echoed in my mind, constantly colliding with the contradictions between the two people's identities. She couldn't be happy because if she couldn't change the future, she could only live for more than a year. She may not care about the eyes of the world, but she doesn't want to leave endless trouble for Sheng Ming.
"No, Xiao Ming, we are siblings, we can't be together." She spat out the rejection painfully, and every word made her feel like a knife.
Sheng Ming stared at her for a long time and revealed the secret that had been sealed for a long time.
"Anru, we are not related by blood, we are not siblings."
Lu Anru opened his eyes wide in shock and asked in a trembling voice, "What did you say?"
Sheng Ming squeezed Lu Anru's shoulders tightly, and the few traces of struggle in his eyes condensed into ice. Suddenly a dark light flashed across his body, as if he had made a very important decision, and then he decided to turn into a sharp blade and break through the ice.
"I said, we are not biological siblings! I am the adopted child, and you are the biological daughter of this family. An Ru, will you dislike me?"
(End of chapter)