Slow-Witted

Chapter 46

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Three days later, Lu Qi'an and Fu Jia moved out of the apartment.

The new residence is rented, in the community of teachers' families in No. 6 Middle School. The house is 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.

Fu Jia vowed to take care of Lu Qi'an's daily life, but Lu Qi'an did not give him this opportunity and hired a new housekeeping aunt. The new aunt's surname is Sun. She is not as professional as Aunt Miao, she doesn't know how to get stuck, and she doesn't do everything so comprehensively, but she is friendly and generous, and she never disturbs the lives of Lu Qi'an and Fu Jia, so it is easy to get along.

On the first day of the move, Fu Jia handed over his passbook to Lu Qi'an, pretending to be calm and asking him if he had enough money for Lu Qi'an to pay the rent and hire Aunt Sun.

The answer is of course not enough. But Lu Qi'an didn't tell him the truth in order to reassure him.

He knew that Fu Jia was worried about money, and that Lu Zhiyuan cut off his source of income. He should not be able to live as a high school student, but in a place that Lu Zhiyuan didn't know, he actually held a considerable amount of money. property.

That was left to him by Qi Bing.

He didn't know about this at first. It was the year 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. They are asking someone to help him manage the money.

This made Lu Qi'an understand that his mother's suicide was not impulsive. Before leaving, she made prudent and meticulous calculations for her son and family, and there was no negligence.

Lu Qi'an attached great importance to Qi Bing's intention. After getting the money from the Qi family, every time he went to study abroad during the holidays, he would ask his teacher to lead the way and put the money to good use—all this was carefully concealed from Lu Zhiyuan.

He was sure that as long as Lu Zhiyuan noticed something, he would be furious. He would go back and investigate the origin of the money and what Qi Bing had done with Mrs. Lu's identity before he died.

By then, the Qi family will also suffer.

In order to hide all this, whether it was renting a house or hiring a housekeeping aunt, Lu Qi'an asked Mr. Liu to come forward, and only a small amount of money was kept in the commonly used account to make himself look poorer.

In this regard, Fu Jia felt aggrieved for Lu Qi'an, and always felt that Lu Qi'an lived such a hard life because of him. Not only did he give all the money from part-time work to Lu Qi'an, but he also scrambled 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. Fu Jia felt a little better, and he was no longer worried about gains and losses.

As the Spring Festival approached day by day, Lu Qian chose a suitable time to contact the Lin family villa and planned to visit. He didn't hide it from Fu Jia, he made it clear to him directly.

Fu Jia was silent for a long time before replying in a muffled voice, "I see."

Knowing that he was unhappy, Lu Qi'an comforted him: "I'll go while you're at work, and try my best to come back before you get off work."

Fu Jia snorted, her heart was sweet, but she still pretended to be vicious and said, "Then can you promise me a few requests? You can't hug others, kiss others, or touch others' heads and cheeks. ..." He paused and added, "You don't want to eat the food there, the clothes you wear when you go there, take them off immediately when you get back, I'll wash them for you, and you can't keep calling others with folded words, you call How many times have I met him, and when I come back, I will call me twice..."

As Fu Jia spoke, she thought secretly in her heart: After so many years, someone finally became the "other" between them.

Fu Jia kept making demands, and Lu Qi'an hummed and complied with all his unreasonable demands.

On the other hand, the Lin family villa learned early in the morning that Lu Qi'an was coming today, which was long-lost good news for the gloomy villa. Sister Chen began to prepare to welcome Lu Qi'an early in the morning, and Lu Wanqing, who had been away on business for many days, also told Sister Chen that she was coming back.

The only one who was not very happy was Lin Fengxun.

He was depressed since he learned that Lu Qi'an was coming, which directly reflected on his weak body. When he woke up early, he started to have a low fever. He couldn't even sit up, so he could only lie down.

Feeling unwell, he became increasingly unhappy in his heart, refused to take medicine, refused to eat, and directly hung up Lu Wanqing's phone.

When the doctor in charge of him learned of this, he hurried to the villa to guard him, racking his brains to make him happy: "Feng Feng, don't you like your brother the most? Why are you still angry when he wants to come?"

Sister-in-law Chen also helped: "Yes, Feng Feng, as soon as he heard that he was coming, the wife was very happy, and she came home in a while. If she sees you in such a bad mood, she will be sad again."

Lin Fengxun frowned and said, "He hasn't been here for a few months, so what is he doing here? Just don't come here again." Eyes twirling.

"Oh..." Sister Chen hurriedly coaxed him, "Isn't this coming, Master Lu is in the third year of high school, and he is busy with his studies, so there is nothing he can do."

"Nonsense!" Lin Fengxun said the more and more saddened, "Isn't it busy before, can't you find time to see me? Now not only people don't come, he doesn't even make a phone call, and he doesn't answer my calls. It's been like this for two months!"

The doctor saw his blushing face, worried Zhong Zhongdi and Chen Ao looked at each other, and went to prepare an injection of sedative medicine for Lin Fengxun.

Lin Feng had been ill for so many years, and of course he knew what he was going for. Tears flowed out instantly, he moved his hands, and wanted to beat the bed, but he couldn't make it.

"How could you treat me like this..." Lin Fengxun cried and said, "Brother Qi An is coming, so he won't call me, but call my mother, and my mother, too, hasn't come home for so long, how much do I beg her? I can't do it every time, as soon as I got a call from Brother Qi An, I immediately said that I wanted to come back..."

The doctor soon prepared the injection and injected it into Lin Fengxun's body. He quickly calmed down, but he continued to read: "How could you treat me like this..."

Sister Chen looked at his hands full of pinholes, sighed, helped him tuck up the quilt, and stood by his side with the doctor.

In the afternoon, when Lu Qi'an arrived at the Lin family villa, Lin Fengxun still hadn't woken up.

Sister Chen happily took Lu Qi'an to Lin Fengxun's room, and talked about his previous tantrums: "Master Lu, Feng Feng really misses you, don't watch him get angry for a while, it will be all these days. Come out, when he wakes up and sees you coming, talk to you well, and your body will definitely improve."

The doctor saw him coming, left the room, and went to the next door to guard.

Lu Qi'an took over the doctor's place and sat beside Lin Fengxun's bed. Seeing that there were tears in his eyes in his sleep, he asked Sister Chen for a handkerchief and wiped away his tears.

Sister Chen brought snacks and tea for Lu Qi'an, and she also went to help him cut the fruit plate. Lu Qi'an stopped her and only kept the tea, and Chen Chen brought the rest back.

It was not the first time that he was guarding Lin Fengxun by the bedside. Knowing that he would not wake up so quickly, he went to the study to choose a book. On the way, he passed a corridor with a view of the courtyard and stopped.

Here, he could vaguely see the servant's room where Fu Jia used to live. That corner is always backlit, dark and damp. For so many years, Fu Jia has been hiding there watching him and Lin Fengxun stand together in the bright sunshine in the courtyard. How would he feel

He knew nothing about it.

Lu Qi'an stood here for a long time, until Sister Chen asked him suspiciously when passing by, and he returned to Lin Fengxun's room with the book.

Half an hour later, Lin Feng woke up. He vaguely saw someone sitting beside his bed, thinking it was Sister Chen, so he called her: "Sister Chen, I want some water..."

Lu Qi'an put down the book and said, "Wait, you can't drink water right away when you wake up. I'll call 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 who had been missing for dozens of days finally appeared, which not only failed to make him happy, but also detonated the grievances accumulated for a long time. He turned his head hard and said loudly, "Don't worry about me."

Lu Qi'an stood up, instead of coaxing him, he went directly to the next door to ask the doctor to come over. This move made Lin Fengxun even more angry, and tears began to roll in his eyes.

After the doctor came, he carefully checked his physical condition, put a pillow behind him, and asked, "Feng Feng, try to sit up?"

Lin Fengxun held his breath and propped himself on both sides with his hands. Without borrowing his strength, he sat up smoothly.

Seeing that his condition improved, the doctor said happily: "It's still your brother that works. How many times have you been angry since you were a child, and when was it not that your brother became obedient as soon as he came? I've never seen you so obedient in front of Mrs. Lin..."

"Who said that!" Lin Fengxun blushed when he said it, and hurriedly retorted, "I won't listen to him. Has he cared about my life and death in the past few months? I don't have such a brother!"

He said harsh words, but secretly glanced 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 frequently went in and out of the Lin family 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 their brothers.

"Okay, okay, you and Master Lu have not seen each other for so long, so I won't disturb you. I'll go to rest next door. If you feel any discomfort, let someone call me." The doctor left the room with interest.

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 uncomfortable. Of course he missed Lu Qi'an very much, he had a lot to say to him, and he also wanted to act like a spoiled child. But he also complained in his heart that Lu Qi'an had been neglecting him for dozens of days, and he didn't want to forgive him like that.

Under the entanglement, it was the arrogance in his heart that prevailed. He ignored Lu Qi'an, but turned his head and stared out the window, as if he hadn't heard his voice.

Lu Qi'an pursed his lips and asked again: "Fengfeng, do you have anything to say to me?"

Lin Fengxun still thought he didn't exist.

Lu Qi'an was silent. Since Lin Fengxun didn't answer him, he wouldn't ask him a third time. He took the book that he had put aside before, sat on the bed and continued to read it on his own.

No one spoke in the room, and five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes passed silently.

Seeing that half an hour was about to pass, Lin Fengxun finally couldn't bear his temper.

This is not the first time Lu Qi'an has used this method to deal with his willfulness. When he was a child, he often cried non-stop, and Lu Qi'an would coax him once or twice first. If it didn't work, he wouldn't bother him, let him cry in place, and do other things by himself.

When he was tired of crying and didn't have the strength to continue making trouble, Lu Qi'an would come back and reason with him nicely.

When he grew up, he rarely cried and cried like a child, so Lu Qi'an didn't treat him like this for a long time.

Today's Lu Qi'an made Lin Fengxun feel an unprecedented harshness and indifference, far more terrifying than his childhood memories. He vaguely realized that if he didn't bow down to Lu Qi'an today, Lu Qi'an would be so indifferent forever.

Lin Fengxun lowered his head, his nose was sour, tears fell out of his eyes uncontrollably, and fell down.

No one paid any attention to him, only his suppressed sobbing in the room.

Lin Fengxun was angry and sad, raised his head, cried more and more fiercely, his voice became louder and louder, and finally burst into tears.

Sister Chen and the doctor next door both heard the movement and rushed over to check the situation. They found that Lin Fengxun was crying while sitting on the bed, but Lu Qi'an was unmoved and sat calmly beside him reading a book.

Sister Chen saw Lin Fengxun cry like this, her heart was about to break. She wanted to go in to comfort him, but she was afraid of Lu Qi'an who was sitting beside her. After hesitating for a long time, she left the room with the doctor.

Both of them were paid outsiders, and even if they were worried about Lin Fengxun's health, they would not dare to interfere in the affairs of the employer's family at will.

Moreover, Sister Chen is very afraid of Lu Qi'an, and has always been afraid of him.

All the people in the villa let Lin Feng cry. He cried so desperately that he was so hoarse in the end that his tears dried up. Only then did Lu Qi'an look up at him and ask, "Are you crying enough?"

He handed Lin Fengxun a handkerchief, "When you've cried enough, wipe away your tears, calm down, and speak out about your dissatisfaction with me, instead of being petty with me."

Lin Fengxun took the handkerchief, sobbing and wiping away his tears, no matter how much temper was washed away, he said aggrievedly, "Brother Qi An, you obviously haven't come to see me for several months, why are you now showing an attitude? Is it like I'm making trouble unreasonably?"

"Fengfeng, you have grown up, and so have I." Lu Qi'an said patiently, "You have your own life, and I have my own life. If I don't come, I must have something more important to do than come to see you. , can you understand?"

Lin Fengxun was stunned.

What Lu Qi'an said was a fact, 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 at 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 it, because no one has ever brought this up as plainly as Lu Qi'an today, and they will all feel guilty for not being able to accompany him all the time.

Lin Fengxun has always felt that even if the people around him can't accompany him all the time, this guilt is enough, which shows that he is loved by these people as a priority.

However, Lu Qi'an was not guilty, not a little bit.

"I... I can understand." Lin Fengxun responded forcefully, but he was in a panic, as if he was walking on a dangerous path, and someone could take away his treasure at any time.

There is only one truth behind it.

In Lu Qi'an's heart, Lin Fengxun was no longer a priority, and there were other people or things that far surpassed him, and even suppressed him to the bottom of the valley.

"I know you're busy, but can you always find time to see me? I'm angry today because I miss you so much..." Lin Fengxun said hard, "take me to the courtyard to play, you used to almost always I will take me there next time. It just so happens that the sun is shining today, and I will ask Sister-in-law Chen to help us prepare... "

"I won't go." Lu Qi'an refused. "Going to the courtyard is too much trouble. You are not in good health today. You should rest indoors."

Lin Fengxun widened his eyes and looked at Lu Qi'an in disbelief, as if he knew him on the first day today.

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 in the afternoon. As soon as she entered the door, she called Sister Chen, "Is Qi An here?"

Sister-in-law Chen quickly came out of the kitchen and replied, "Madam, he came early in the morning and has been talking with him in Fengfeng's room."

Lu Wanqing smiled and said as she went upstairs, "It's strange, why aren't the two of them in the courtyard today? Didn't Qi An always like to take Fengfeng to the courtyard to play?"

Sister-in-law Chen followed behind her with the tea prepared for her, and responded to her with a smile: "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 bigger the temper, the quieter it is. He really deserves to be 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 to be lacking in interest. Looking closely, his eyes were red and swollen, and he had obviously cried.

Lu Qi'an couldn't see anything unusual, and said hello to her calmly, "Auntie."

"Well." Lu Wanqing said, "Did you two quarrel?"

Lin Fengxun shook his head and answered before Lu Qi'an, "No, I'm being petty."

Lu Wanqing looked at the two children, and suddenly laughed lightly: "I don't know about you yet? It must be Feng Feng who feels wronged and is crying to Qi An. Feng Feng, it's not your mother who said you, and you are not a child. My child, why are you crying and making trouble at every turn?"

Lin Fengxun lowered his head with a flat mouth and stopped talking.

"Qian, I want to talk about you too." Lu Wanqing immediately turned the gun, "I haven't seen Feng Feng 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, so she naturally dismissed the topic, but Lin Fengxun was very concerned, to the point of being a little uneasy.

After Lu Qi'an refused to take him to the courtyard, they kept talking about boring things in the room, not talking about his body or Lu Qi'an's studies. Fortunately, Lu Wanqing came back in time, so he could finally stop racking his brains to find topics.

"Why don't you study abroad this year?" Lu Wanqing said, "I heard some rumors from your dad's assistant that you plan to study in China, and you had a big fight with your dad about this, Qi An, this is not true. right?"

Lu Qi'an nodded and said, "It's true, aunt. I decided to study in a university in China. Dad really doesn't agree. 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 took her smile back: "Qian, I always thought you were just being rebellious and making trouble with your dad. If you're serious, don't say your dad doesn't agree, I don't agree with me either. of."

Lin Fengxun watched his mother's face change instantly, feeling a little overwhelmed.

He actually knew very well that Lu Qi'an would go abroad to study in the future. A few years ago, he didn't know who he knew about this, and that person swore that Lu Qi'an would go abroad for many years and then come back to take over Lu Zhiyuan's position. At that time, Lin Fengxun, who felt that his brother would never leave him, was greatly affected. When he found Lu Wanqing, he cried and begged, and was severely scolded by her: "Qian's future is not a joke, if you really regard him as a brother , then support him well!"

He didn't understand, how could such a thing that everyone 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. Whatever step I can do when I study abroad, what step I can do when I study at home." Lu Qi'an said.

"You've always been so calm and sensible, how can you be naive about this?" Lu Wanqing's tone was full of impatience, "You can't be unaware that where to go to university is not a domestic or foreign issue, but where you graduate from Start contacting the Lu family's career. 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, why would you take over your father's position in the future?"

Lu Qi'an answered her affirmatively: "I didn't think about taking over my dad's position. Dad is still young and has a long way to go. There is no need to entrust my career to me."

Lu Wanqing frowned and asked him, "You are his son. If he doesn't entrust his career to you, who else can he entrust?"

"As long as Dad wants, he can give it to anyone but me."

Lu Wanqing closed her eyes, her face ugly. She got up from the chair and left the room: "I'll go out and calm down."

"Mom?" Lin Fengxun called her anxiously, but she was so angry that she couldn't hear anything.

After this silence, Lu Wanqing stayed quiet until nearly evening before returning. During the time she left, the atmosphere in the room became more and more rigid. Lin Fengxun tried to talk to Lu Qi'an several times, but he didn't know how to speak.

After returning, Lu Wanqing seemed to gently leave Lu Qi'an to eat at the villa, but Lu Qi'an refused directly.

Lu Wanqing's face sank again, and she endured it again and again, but 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 at a university in China. Instead of forcing him to keep him, she felt that Lu Qi'an refused. Otherwise, with Lu Qi'an's stubborn attitude, she would definitely be unable to control her anger and be as friendly as Lu Zhiyuan. Lu Qi'an quarreled.

What kind of child is he who answers "anyone except me" when asked "who do you want your father to inherit his career from"

She asked Mrs. Chen to take Lu Qi'an back, and asked him bluntly, "Is it because of your mother that you are so repulsive of taking your father's place?"

Lu Qi'an said: "Part of it is, and some of it is not."

His answer did not avoid anything, but he avoided everything. Lu Wanqing sighed, having a headache.

Lu Qi'an is not the Lu Qi'an she imagined, she should have understood. This world is not the world she imagined, and her marriage has already proved it to her, isn't it