12dz Chapter 399 Lu Mingzhong's Side Story (End)
Chapter 399 Lu Mingzhong's Side Story (End)
Chapter 399 Lu Mingzhong's Side Story (End)
The family situation that Sheng Youxia told Lu Mingzhong was all true.
Especially when discussing Sheng's mother, there was no bias whatsoever.
Madam Sheng came from a famous family in Kyoto with very strict discipline.
She was taught manners from a young age, which is why her mother now disciplines her own daughter, Sheng Xiaoxiao, wanting her to become a dignified and well-mannered young lady of the Sheng family.
Sheng's mother was well aware that she was a stepmother. As for her stepdaughter who had only lived with her for a few years before going abroad, Sheng's mother's attitude was to neither interfere nor try to please her. She simply treated her with a normal attitude.
Therefore, Sheng Youxia was more polite to her than close.
However, neither of them had any intention of getting closer; this simple, polite relationship was enough.
In fact, Sheng Youxia felt better about her than about her father.
In the entire Sheng family, Sheng Xiaoxiao and Sheng Huabing are actually quite close, like sisters and siblings.
Perhaps due to their age difference, the two of them still really like Sheng Youxia, their older sister.
Perhaps it was also due to what Sheng's mother taught him from a young age!
Without instilling any negative attitudes, it naturally retains a touch of kinship.
All the information she told Lu Mingzhong about Sheng Youxia's family situation, except for what she didn't mention about Sheng's father, was true.
When Lu Mingzhong heard this, he comforted her and was still somewhat impressed. He felt that Sheng's mother was indeed a very strict person in terms of family education, and her children had good values.
If she were to encounter someone with ill intentions, Sheng Youxia wouldn't know how to live.
After learning about her family situation, Lu Mingzhong still felt sorry for her.
He didn't know Sheng's father's character, but he was very clear that in this world, only his third uncle could be completely impartial.
Sheng Youxia lost her mother and gained a stepmother, younger sister, and younger brother. It's understandable that her mother was polite to her, but it's also easy to guess that her father favored her younger siblings.
When Lu Mingzhong really wanted to marry her, he made a decision: he would treat Sheng Youxia well and give her unprecedented favoritism.
Unfortunately, in the end, these thoughts turned out to be nothing more than wishful thinking!
Lu Mingzhong had never been so embarrassed.
He can't remember the days before he was three years old, and naturally he can't remember the hard times he went through back then.
All his memories are of happiness and fulfillment.
Even when he was a child, when his classmates' parents came to pick them up, he secretly thought about his own parents and went home to cry and throw himself into Lu Yuanqing's arms, he had never been this sad.
The girl he liked approached him on purpose, just to take advantage of him.
Lu Mingzhong could no longer feel when the rain started falling; he only felt that he could no longer open his eyes.
So when Sheng Youxia triumphantly opened the door and came out, he thought he must have seen wrong.
He blinked, wiping away the raindrops, and stared expressionlessly at Sheng Youxia, whose face had suddenly turned deathly pale upon seeing him.
Boom—
The thunder broke Lu Mingzhong's silence.
It was only then that he realized he was already soaked.
Sheng Youxia's face was deathly pale, unable to believe that Lu Mingzhong, who had supposedly left, had returned.
Judging from Lu Mingzhong's expression, Sheng Youxia understood something.
I heard everything.
Lu Mingzhong heard everything.
Sheng Youxia opened her mouth, wanting to call out to him, but she couldn't make a sound no matter how many times she called.
Why can't she make a sound?
Sheng Youxia tried again, but still couldn't make a sound. She was so nervous that she was trembling all over. She wanted to explain, she wanted to tell Lu Mingzhong that she really liked him and really wanted to be Lu Mingzhong's wife.
But she couldn't speak.
Sheng Youxia clutched her neck, her whole being filled with unprecedented panic.
Lu Mingzhong twitched the corners of his mouth, and the rain once again wet his eyes. He couldn't understand Sheng Youxia.
Just like he never understood Sheng Youxia.
Lu Mingzhong felt exhausted and wanted to leave. He didn't know what to say to Sheng Youxia anymore.
There's not much to say.
Lu Mingzhong wiped away the rain again, took a deep look at Sheng Youxia, and turned to leave.
What else is there to say?
With such a clear and obvious process, and the truth he heard with his own ears, what courage did he still have to ask any more questions?
She approached him intentionally, solely to reclaim what her mother had left her.
It's so clear and obvious, what else is there to say?
Without hesitation, Lu Mingzhong stepped on the gas and left the place that had humiliated him with a cold expression.
Yes, it's shameful.
Because of Lu Yuanqing, he was used to everything going smoothly, yet he still encountered such an embarrassing situation.
It's ridiculous that the person he truly loved, the person he genuinely wanted to marry and protect, actually appeared in his life on purpose from the very beginning.
What he thought was a perfect match was all a complete lie; it was a tacit understanding deliberately created by someone else after conducting a thorough investigation.
What an irony.
Lu Mingzhong had never felt so ashamed.
Thinking back to how happy Lu Yuanqing was when he found out that Lu Yuanbo had someone he liked, and how enthusiastically he often got together with Lu Yuanbo to discuss the gifts for his visit, the betrothal gifts, and the wedding arrangements.
Lu Mingzhong gave another sarcastic smile.
……
Clang.
The sound of the door slamming shut woke up Lu Yuanqing, who was guarding Lu Mingzhong's house.
Lu Mingzhong has returned.
Lu Yuanqing smiled and got up to leave.
"Xiao Zhong, you're back? How was it...?"
Lu Yuanqing's smile froze on his face the moment he saw Lu Mingzhong.
A pale face, a disheveled body soaked by the rain, and a heartbroken expression.
Lu Yuanqing stepped forward and grabbed his arm. "What's wrong? What happened?"
Lu Mingzhong didn't want Lu Yuanqing to worry, but he didn't expect that Lu Yuanqing would stay at home and watch over him because he cared about his affairs.
Lu Mingzhong forced a smile and said, "It's just raining, and I got soaked. Uncle, I'm fine. I'll go take a shower first."
Lu Yuanqing's expression was unclear, but the most important thing now was to get Lu Mingzhong to take a bath and change his clothes.
Lu Yuanqing quickly urged him, "Go wash up, don't catch a cold."
Waiting at the bathroom door, Lu Yuanqing heard the sound of water coming from inside. He took out his phone, tapped it several times, and only after receiving a message did he put the phone back in his pocket and turn to go to the kitchen.
Lu Mingzhong desperately wanted to ignore everything and put it all behind him.
But Lu Yuanqing was still at home, and he couldn't let him worry.
After taking a shower and putting on clean clothes, Lu Mingzhong went to the living room.
Lu Yuanqing was boiling ginger and brown sugar water. Hearing the noise, he brought out a large bowl of ginger and brown sugar water.
"Come and drink, you've been caught in the rain, don't catch a cold."
Lu Mingzhong is not a pretentious person.
Even if Lu Yuanqing put a lot of ginger in the ginger tea, he could still drink it.
However, sitting on the sofa, holding the ginger and brown sugar water that Lu Yuanqing had cooked for him, he felt his eyes were covered by steam again. The steam turned into water, making him look a little disheveled.
Lu Mingzhong rested his head on his hand, his throat dry and hoarse. "Third Uncle, you put in too much ginger. It doesn't taste good."
Lu Yuanqing: "It's to ward off the cold, drink it all."
Lu Mingzhong pouted, wanting to be willful for a moment.
But Lu Yuanqing didn't give him a chance at all, "Not going to drink? Or do you want to tell your third uncle what happened when you went out and why you came back in such a sorry state?"
Lu Mingzhong paused for a moment while holding the ginger and brown sugar water, then decisively brought it to his lips.
Given his temperament, how could his third uncle allow him to be sentimental when he was in such a sorry state?
If it were just normal coquetry, Lu Yuanqing would accept it and would even cooperate with them in a good mood.
But whenever they encounter something, at that moment, no amount of coquetry or pouting will work.
It's not that he doesn't care about them, but rather that Lu Yuanqing dotes on them too much.
After learning that the children had been wronged outside, his only thought was to avenge them.
Lu Yuanqing raised them himself and knows them very well.
Lu Mingzhong also knows Lu Yuanqing very well.
Ding Dong!
Lu Yuanqing's phone rang; a message had arrived.
Lu Mingzhong paused for a moment as he obediently drank the ginger and brown sugar water.
His attention was entirely focused on Lu Yuanqing, who was looking at his phone.
I could clearly sense him turn on his phone, and then, as if he saw something, he started to get angry...
Lu Mingzhong hurriedly said, "Third Uncle, let it go!"
"Forget it?" Lu Yuanqing raised his voice.
Lu Mingzhong pursed his lips, looked up and stared directly at Lu Yuanqing's somewhat annoyed face, "I misjudged people, and I've learned my lesson. I don't want to hear anything about her... or anything related to the Sheng family anymore."
On his way back, he had come to the realization that he had been emotionally deceived.
He is not an indecisive person.
"Since it was wrong from the start, let's just let it go, never mention it again, and let it all pass!"
He no longer wants to have anything to do with Sheng Youxia.
Lu Yuanqing gave him a deep look. "The Sheng family daughter schemed against you like this. If you don't teach them a lesson, I'm afraid anyone will deliberately bully you."
Lu Mingzhong chuckled and said with amusement, "Third Uncle, do you think everyone is like her, calculating feelings like this?"
"I misjudged people, and I'll just have to accept my bad luck."
"When I said I'd let the Sheng family go, I just meant I wanted to be left alone! I don't want any more entanglement with her, and I'll forget her as quickly as possible."
If this continues, it will never end.
Lu Mingzhong has always been decisive; if he wants to forget Sheng Youxia, he can forget her very quickly.
Unable to receive Lu Yuanqing's decision after a long wait, Lu Yuanbo directly called Lu Yuanqing.
"Third brother, what do you think we should do? The Sheng family is too arrogant. Since they dared to bully Xiao Zhong, I will definitely not let them off this time. I think the first step should be to bankrupt the Sheng family! That way, we can avenge Xiao Zhong."
Lu Yuanbo was furious. In Kyoto, no one had dared to offend the Lu family for a long time.
Lu Yuanqing listened to his fury, but his eyes remained fixed on Lu Mingzhong.
It's all fake. How could I forget Sheng Youxia? I'm just trying to fool him.
The sadness and love in their eyes, yet they didn't know how to hide them well.
The Lu family is protective of its own, and the Sheng family is someone the Lu family can easily retaliate against, someone they don't need to care about at all.
However, Lu Mingzhong did not want to take revenge on the Sheng family.
Lu Yuanqing knew that matters of the heart were not for outsiders to interfere with.
He just felt sorry for Lu Mingzhong.
I'm in my thirties, and this is the first time I've liked someone, but I haven't received any genuine affection in return.
Even if you say you've given up, you're still feeling bad inside.
"Hey, hey, bro, why aren't you saying anything?"
Unable to get a nod of approval from Lu Yuanqing in return, Lu Yuanbo kept calling for help on the other end of the phone.
Lu Yuanqing came to his senses and said, "Alright, let's just let this matter go."
As expected, Lu Yuanqing saw Lu Mingzhong relax his body because of his words, and he closed his eyes, unable to bear to look.
"You think just because it's getting colder, the Sheng family is going to go bankrupt?"
"Let it go? No, brother, how can we just let it go? Sheng Youxia schemed against Xiao Zhong like that, we must avenge him."
Lu Yuanqing rubbed his throbbing forehead. "Stop talking about it. Let's put this aside for now and talk about it later!"
To avoid hearing Lu Yuanbo's fury, he hung up the phone as soon as he finished speaking.
Lu Mingzhong finally finished his ginger and brown sugar water, put down the bowl, and gave Lu Yuanqing a grateful smile, "Thank you, Third Uncle."
Lu Yuanqing: "Go to bed and take a nap. There's nothing in this world that can't be overcome. A good night's sleep will make everything better."
Lu Mingzhong also felt exhausted. Hearing this, he nodded and went to sleep.
Seeing Lu Mingzhong sleeping peacefully in his bedroom, Lu Yuanqing was just about to do something when the phone rang again.
Lu Yuanqing took out his phone and saw that it was a message from the family group chat.
Everyone was asking about Lu Mingzhong's visit to the Sheng family today.
They had no idea that Lu Mingzhong had returned in such a disheveled state.
Lu Yuanqing moved his fingers and sent a message.
[The matter concerning Xiao Zhong and Miss Sheng is no longer to be discussed.]
Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong...
As soon as the message was sent, Lu Yuanqing received a lot of messages.
All of them were asking "why".
Of course, if you ask, they're no longer in the group.
Lu Yuanqing glanced at the person who had sent him a private message.
Counting the people, he found that almost everyone had arrived except for Lu Mingdong. He then deleted the message he had just posted in the group chat before the two minutes were up.
Lu Yuanqing spent an hour replying to the children's messages.
When he remembered something, he put his phone away and turned to go into Lu Mingzhong's bedroom.
He was frowning, fast asleep, but his face was flushed and he looked very uncomfortable.
Lu Yuanqing sighed slightly; the ginger and brown sugar water was of no use, and he still had a fever.
Lu Yuanqing hurriedly called a private doctor to give Lu Mingzhong an IV drip. He stayed with him until evening, and only after the doctor left did Lu Mingzhong's fever subside.
Lu Yuanqing reached out and touched Lu Mingzhong's forehead. Only after confirming that he no longer had a fever did he leave the bedroom with peace of mind.
I need to take medicine after waking up, and I need to eat something before taking the medicine.
Lu Yuanbo also came over and started cooking porridge in the kitchen.
Seeing Lu Yuanqing enter the kitchen, Lu Yuanbo still said unwillingly, "Third Uncle, are we just going to let this go like this?"
Lu Yuanqing sighed, "What else can we do? Take revenge on the Sheng family? Take revenge on Sheng Youxia? Xiaoxin will feel bad about it."
After all, Sheng Youxia was someone Lu Mingzhong genuinely loved. If she's really not doing well, he'll still feel uncomfortable.
Moreover, matters of the heart cannot be forced.
Sheng Youxia disliked Lu Mingzhong, and her approach to him was merely a calculated move. At least she didn't do anything else to harm Lu Mingzhong or the Lu family; she simply used the Lu family's influence.
If you don't like this fact, forcing it won't help.
"I'm just not reconciled. It's the first time I've seen Xiao Zhong suffer such a loss. It hurts me to watch." Lu Yuanbo angrily stirred the porridge.
Lu Yuanqing: "Actually, there's a saying in Xiaozhong that's true. If he doesn't get involved, he might be able to forget Sheng Youxia. But if he keeps seeking revenge and getting involved, he probably won't be able to forget Sheng Youxia."
"I've thought about it and it makes sense. Anyway, we're not losing anything. It's a matter of feelings! In the long run, it won't have any impact. Since that's the case, let's just let it go and make sure Xiao Zhong has no more connection with the Sheng family."
Doesn't Lu Yuanqing understand Lu Mingzhong's personality?
Knowing Sheng Youxia's scheme, even if he still likes her, it's impossible for them to be together anymore.
Sure enough, after Lu Mingzhong recovered from his cold and rested at home for a few days, he never mentioned Sheng Youxia again.
His life returned to normal: attending classes, staying home to write novels, and occasionally visiting Lu Yuanqing to have meals and chat with him.
It's unclear whether Sheng Youxia truly only had scheming against Lu Mingzhong and didn't actually like him, but she never came to see Lu Mingzhong again after that day.
Lu Yuanbo had been keeping an eye on the Sheng family and noticed that Sheng Youxia had visited Kyoto University several times, but had not met with Lu Mingzhong.
It remained quiet for three months.
Lu Yuanqing learned that Sheng Youxia had gone abroad and that she had left.
We've finally achieved our goal, it's time to leave.
However, Lu Mingzhong was unaware of this matter.
Kyoto is so big, it's not easy to meet people.