She first owed the Lu Family a life, and then the culprit behind her father’s death was also soone from the Lu Family.
If there must be ’a life for a life’, it should be hers to repay.
Lin Chu’s body was weak, even the act of raising her arm was difficult for her to accomplish. She wanted to touch the man’s deep-set features but had no strength.
Finally, her hand encircled the man’s lean waist.
She softly asked, "Where’s Qi Ming?"
Lu Huai’an pulled Lin Chu out of the pool and was carrying her out when Qi Ming happened to co downstairs and witnessed the entire scene.
It was the first ti he cried.
The child who rarely spoke was crying that evening, his cries echoing through the empty living room.
Even those with hearts of stone feel pain.
But Lu Huai’an didn’t let him follow; school had to be attended, and als had to be eaten.
Yesterday afternoon, Lin Chu was out of danger. Only then was Qi Ming brought to the hospital by Lu Huai’an’s subordinates; he stayed in the ward for two hours, continuously talking to Lin Chu.
Repeatedly saying just one thing:
"Mom, I’ll be very obedient from now on. Please wake up soon, okay?"
He was scared.
Lu Huai’an’s gaze fell on the hand around his waist, maintaining stillness for a long ti, even his breathing slowed down.
The smallest size of patient gown was still too large on her, exposing slender arms, it was a very intimate embrace.
She was holding him...
Used to being extrely perceptive and quick-reacting, Lu Huai’an found himself stunned for quite a while.
The arm around the woman’s shoulder unconsciously tightened, his voice hoarse, like a sound forced through a throat, "Lun Jun sent him to school. If you miss him, I’ll have Lun Jun bring him back later."
His words indicated that his son already knew.
He was probably scared.
She slightly lifted her head; the man’s stubble pricked her skin with so pain, just when thoughts of pulling away started, they were stopped by his domineering motion.
"I have so questions for Wanwan, could you help call her over?"
Lu Huai’an frowned, "Now?"
Lin Chu nodded, "Yes, now."
Besides Ji Wanxia, no one would tell her, indeed...it wasn’t absolutely necessary to ask now, she just, she just wanted to see a familiar friend.
To make her feel that living isn’t so difficult.
...
Lin Chu didn’t wait for long.
When Ji Wanxia arrived, she was wearing pajamas beneath her coat, obviously dragged out of bed by Lu Huai’an.
She was even barefoot.
Lin Chu leaned against the headboard, glancing around, searching for slippers, "There are slippers in the room, put them on first, don’t catch a cold."
Ji Wanxia didn’t refuse, unable to handle any commotion in her current physical state.
She found a clean pair of slippers to wear and then sat on the chair by the hospital bed, asking Lin Chu, "What nerve got crossed with you, jumping into the pool in this season?"
Lin Chu slightly bowed her head, shoulder-length hair framing her face more delicately.
Her gaze was dazed, casually landing sowhere, just aiming to find a foothold.
After a long while, her voice rough and low, she spoke, "Wanwan, I truly... truly owe Lu Huai’an a life."
Ji Wanxia didn’t understand, she was recently severely sleep-deprived, her mind muddled, "Wha—what do you an?"
Lin Chu’s legs slowly curled up, her arms enveloped her calves through the blanket, her face buried, her whole being curled into a small ball.
"His sister, Lu Yicheng’s death...is because of ."
These mories were too hard to accept, so in her constant fever, she selectively forgot.
"I’ve hated him for so many years, only to realize he should have hated even more. If I hadn’t recklessly pulled Lu Yicheng to skate back then, she wouldn’t have fallen into the lake."
Every ti she closed her eyes, she could see the quiet, shy little girl smiling at her, her features blurry, but she knew it was Lu Yicheng.
"Lu Huai’an could have saved his sister, but he saved instead."
Her dreams were not from a god’s perspective; she couldn’t see Lu Huai’an asking a passing pedestrian to take her to the hospital afterward.
Yet, she could imagine it.
In the icy lake water, the boy sinking into the water multiple tis before resurfacing, eventually breaking down.
Watching helplessly as his only sister left the world, just like she watched the blood solidify from her father’s body, her heart aching to the point she couldn’t breathe, yet unable to do anything.
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