After dinner and a simple shower, Lu Chenxu came to the study room on the first floor.

He knew that his father had a habit of reading in the study for an hour before going to bed. Because he had something on his mind, he walked in without opening the door.

Father Lu saw him hurriedly stuffing the photos in his hands into the book.

Then he pretended to be calm and asked: "It's so late, Chen Xu, what's the matter?"

Lu Chenxu looked at the book in his father's hand suspiciously and reached out to grab it.

But he was stopped by Father Lu.

He stared into Father Lu's eyes and said in a calm voice, "I met Li Qiuhe in Daoxiang Village this time."

Sure enough, Father Lu's face showed a trace of panic: "She, she -"

"Who is she?" Lu Chenxu asked.

He did not believe everything Li Qiuhe said. She must indeed be terminally ill, but just because of this father, he gave her such an expensive diamond ring as a souvenir. Moreover, the diamond ring was exactly the same as the one given to his mother. This did not make sense at all!

"She, she is a classmate of mine in high school." Father Lu felt guilty and did not dare to look at his son's face.

Lu Chenxu silently took out the diamond ring and placed it in front of Father Lu: "Xiao Su asked me to return this to you. Dad, you should know who Xiao Su is!"

Father Lu looked shocked: "You, you know everything?"

"I don't know anything, Dad, I want to hear what you have to say." After saying that, he moved a chair and sat down in front of his father.

Seeing that there was nothing he could hide from his son, Father Lu sighed helplessly and took out the photo he had just hidden in the book.

"She, she is my first love."

"At that time, we were both studying in Huaze County No. 1 Middle School. She was recognized as the campus beauty by the school. She was good at studying and a good person. Many boys secretly liked her behind her back."

"During the summer vacation of my sophomore year in high school, I went to my grandmother's house in Daoxiang Village. She was accidentally bitten on the leg by a water snake while she was washing clothes by the river. I happened to pass by and helped her suck out the poisonous blood from the wound in time, and then sent her to the hospital in the town.

.”

"Then, we gradually became familiar with each other, and later we became lovers." Father Lu raised his head and stared at Van Gogh's "Harvest Season" on the wall opposite the desk, as if he was caught in some kind of beauty.

memories.

Lu Chenxu had never seen such an expression on his father's face before. It looked like happiness, but also a little bitter.

"We made an appointment to enter the best university in the country, work hard to live, go abroad, and go to Van Gogh's hometown. We are full of fantasies about our future life."

"However, in her senior year of high school, her only brother got into a fight with others and was accidentally injured. He was unconscious after being sent to the hospital. Her mother fainted immediately after hearing the news. When she woke up, her brain became a little abnormal.

Already."

"The family's life suddenly became chaotic. At that time, rural people had little financial resources. His brother faced huge medical expenses every day. The other party also accused her brother of doing it first."

"Under such circumstances, she performed poorly in the college entrance examination. Then she broke up with me and went home to get married. Because the other party gave her family a lot of gifts and promised to help find a doctor to treat her brother."

"Then I went to college in Yucheng. I met your mother in my junior year and never asked about her again. When your mother and I were preparing to get married, we went to Daoxiang Village. It was then that I heard

Said, her brother has passed away and she has given birth to a son."

"Later, until you were ten years old, when our factory started to make money, one time, I went to that place to discuss business with someone, and I met her being bullied by five or six men. I was so angry that I fought with those people.

She got up and threatened to call the police, so she was saved."

A trace of sadness and anger appeared on Father Lu's face, as if he didn't want to recall that past event.

"At that time, I learned that her child had passed away due to illness, and her husband had become bad after getting rich, and even got into gambling. In the end, he went crazy and mortgaged her to those creditors. I found someone to help her

I taught the man a lesson and forced him to divorce her. I gave her some money and sent her back to Daoxiang Village."

"After that, we didn't meet again." After saying this, Father Lu seemed to have exhausted all his strength and leaned tiredly on the back of the chair behind him.

After Lu Chenxu was silent for a moment, he asked softly: "What about this diamond ring? Have you ever thought about how sad my mother would be if she knew about it!"

"Chen Xu, that's what I owe her. On the day we broke up, she cried and begged me to ask her father to give me a gift of 1,000 yuan to help her brother treat his illness. This way she wouldn't have to marry that man.

She only wants to marry me in this life."

"One thousand yuan was considered a huge sum of money in rural areas at that time. At that time, your grandma actually had money, but I didn't dare to ask for it from my family. I was too cowardly."

"If I had been braver, she would not have married that bastard, and her life would not have been so miserable. All of this was caused by me. I cowardly and cruelly refused when she needed help the most.

She. Over the years, I have always blamed myself."

"A few days ago, I met her by chance in Daoxiang Village and found out that she had cancer and only had less than two months left. In order to compensate her and to stop regretting myself, I specially found someone to customize that

A diamond ring.”

After finishing speaking, Father Lu opened his eyes and looked at his son: "Chenxu, do you look down on daddy?"

Lu Chenxu looked at his father. It seemed that what Li Qiuhe said was true. Xiao Su was not his biological sister.

"Dad, I hope you will cherish my mother in the future! I will help you deal with Xiao Su's matter."

"You?" Father Lu was a little surprised.

"Yes, I have promised her mother that I will find her a job in Yucheng so that she can get a foothold and live in Yucheng."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the clock on the wall: "It's getting late, you should go to bed early!"

When he opened the door and was about to go out, Father Lu said softly behind him: "Son, thank you!"

Lu Chenxu paused for a moment and walked out of the study without looking back.

When he was about to go up to the second floor, he suddenly saw Mother Lu walking from the kitchen holding a water glass.

"Mom, you're not asleep yet?" He was a little surprised.

Mother Lu's expression was a little unnatural: "I'm a little thirsty. Go get a glass of water. How about you, why aren't you sleeping?"

"I have something to discuss with dad! Your blood pressure is a little high, go to bed early!" After carefully instructing his mother, Lu Chenxu prepared to go upstairs to sleep.

But Mother Lu stopped him from behind: "Chen Xu, I suddenly remembered something."

"what's up?"

"That's right, I looked at Zhao Fen's ID card a few days ago, and she seems to be from Mengshan County, Qingcheng."

"Really?" Lu Chenxu was a little surprised. Li Muta's family is also from Mengshan County, Qingcheng. What a coincidence?

"I should remember correctly. Don't worry. I will take the time to ask her tomorrow to see if she has heard of Zhao Yun." When Lu Chenxu asked, Mother Lu felt a little unsure and scratched her head.

"Mom, when you speak, be careful not to reveal that we are looking for a child. I'm afraid that if word gets out, some people will take the opportunity to cause trouble, which will be detrimental to the child."
Chapter completed!