Chapter Twenty-Three: The Long Wait
Lu Manman sat on the edge of the bed and fell into deep thought, the home where she had lived for so many years, she actually began to wonder about it, this home was like a labyrinth, full of traps, and these traps were the minds of that group of people.
Now she doesn't know how to face her father, and her mother's death seems to have become a barrier between them.
What should she do? How can this be?
Because of this incident, I don't know if my father will snub me, if my father snubs me, then I don't know how to stay in this house in the future.
What the hell is she going to do? Except for her father, she was alone.
Since those subordinates will deceive themselves, it is not difficult to think that the people up and down the house will not deceive themselves.
Oh, it turns out that she has nothing but her mother.
Thinking about it carefully, she doesn't even have anyone to talk to in the house, and her father has a lot of opportunities, and it is difficult to see him every day; Although the housekeeper is very capable, whose orders does he obey? There is also that group of aunts, except for Mo Chuqing, the rest of her are rare; Not to mention the new master now, this strange man who is uninhibited and neurotic is incomprehensible.
Jumping away from the interpersonal relationships in the house, Lu Manman has no ability to protect herself except for being gentle and virtuous, how can she take revenge? How can she bring the killer to justice?
She dreamed of avenging her mother, but what should she do now? Do you have to endure until you have the ability to go against Mo Chuqing? She may not be able to wait for that time to be wiped out, because she is now a stumbling block for Mo Chuqing to sit on the position of his wife.
However, if he blindly goes against Mo Chuqing, he may not live to take revenge.
She can't sit still!
Lu Manman secretly clenched his fists, and his little face was full of resentment.
As the saying goes, a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, then she should let Mo Chuqing live happily for a few more years, and she will definitely have the means to make her regret it in the future.
The lights were intoxicating, and the road was long and long, and I was tossing and turning in bed, and my mind was full of images of my mother's death.
The longer the night, the more uncomfortable it becomes.
And when Situ Xiuyuan went to make up for Lu Xiyan in the evening, he knew that Mo Chuqing was her mother, and immediately, he returned the money, so that Mo Chuqing didn't want to accept this errand no matter how much he pleaded.
Situ Xiuyuan also tossed and turned after returning to the house, he felt a little sorry for the gold, and when he returned it to Mo Chuqing, he almost fainted, it was really painful.
This night, he was also very depressed, and when he closed his eyes, his mind was full of Lu Man's red-eyed little face, which was distressing.
There was also Lu Chenyuan who didn't sleep all night, after he had a long conversation with Lu Lu, he rested in Mo Chuqing's room at night, he asked her about Lin Qingcheng, but Mo Chuqing was silent.
Lu Chenyuan had a problem at first glance, and the person next to the pillow was already asleep.
The questions that the long road has brought to him have surfaced in his mind one after another, what should he do with these two people?
He had never thought about this problem, and he was in a dilemma when such a difficult decision fell on him.
One is his own precious daughter, and the other is a woman who shares the bed with him, and if he gives up one, he can kill him.
He would never have thought that Mo Chuqing had changed from a pure and kind girl to a ruthless poisonous woman.
He would never have thought that Lin Qingcheng was actually killed by her!
When the hell did she start to become like this?
Lu Chenyuan didn't dare to think about it, he chose to escape.
His daughter's words pierced his heart one after another like sharp arrows, when did his kind, simple daughter see through all this?
If the evidence is conclusive, will he choose to stand on the side of justice to punish Mo Chuqing's crimes? Or give up his daughter's love to stand on Mo Chuqing's side?
The more Lu Chenyuan thought about it, the more headache he felt, did his happy family fall apart?
For feelings, it may be Lu Chenyuan's weakness, he would rather Lin Chengcheng die because of himself.
But what he didn't know was that Lin Qingcheng died because of him.
For a long night, the three of them didn't sleep, but Mo Chuqing slept sweetly, how ridiculous.
The days passed day by day, and Situ Xiuyuan came to the house for half a year, and he saw that the road was long and growing up day by day, and he became more and more slim, and he inexplicably felt that my family had a woman growing up.
The relationship between Lu Manman and Situ Xiuyuan still stays at meeting and saying hello, and this time the relationship is not destroyed because Situ Xiuyuan did not talk about the events of the day to the end.
However, since that day, the words "Lin Chengcheng" no longer appear like a taboo.
Lu Chenyuan also went out of the palace frequently from that day onwards, and his excuse was that General Li was old and he had to take the lead in the battle.
In the thirtieth year of Yuanfeng, the government and the opposition were in turmoil, just because the emperor was old, the strength of all parties was ready to move, and the situation in the world was tense.
The emperor appointed Lu Chenyuan and the old general Li Chengyu to guard the frontier to prevent the invasion of the Hu people.
In the evening, the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The twilight gradually became confused, and the sky full of sunset looked so peaceful, and the two small orange and red lanterns dotted in front of the house swayed in the wind.
In the wax moon, the plum blossoms are in full bloom, and a little red climbs all over the courtyard wall, and the plum blossoms that stand proudly in the snow are tenacious and unyielding.
Dressed in a light-colored dress and a fiery red leather jacket, Lu Long stood in the courtyard reading silently with a blue book, and the snow fell on her head, she had no intention of paying attention to it, her expression was indifferent, as if she was waiting for something.
Situ Xiuyuan, who came from afar, was dressed in black, and the black Luo clothes were embroidered with a half of the dark green green bamboo, which was a long way to go four years ago.
Situ Xiuyuan called her softly, "Why are you still staying here?" ”
Lu Manman put down the book in her hand, and the pale green ice jade jade bracelet she wore on her wrist made a crisp collision sound, she raised her head, and a pair of crystal eyes fell on him.
Situ Xiuyuan looked at the charming Danfeng eyes very good-looking, and he couldn't help but feel that there was nothing more than this.
Lu Manman lightly opened his lips and said kindly: "Master, what else is the matter?" ”
Situ Xiuyuan asked gently, "What are you doing?" Isn't it cold? ”
Lu Man looked at Situ Xiuyuan, he obviously knew what he was doing, why did he ask?
Didn't the Master ask knowingly? Also, the master is thinly dressed, so you still care about yourself. ”
Lu Manman turned his face directly and continued to read her book.
Situ Xiuyuan glanced at his thin clothes, didn't take it seriously, and continued to tease: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, if the eldest lady says that she is waiting for the master, then I won't laugh at you." ”
Lu Long didn't understand Situ Xiuyuan's words, could it be that he was laughing at himself for reading?
Lu Manman misinterpreted his meaning, and said with disgust on his face: "Does the master think that reading a book will be laughed at?" What would happen if the Master's words were heard by the people of the world? ”
Situ Xiuyuan smiled faintly, shook his head, and said regretfully: "The road is long, after so many years, it still hasn't changed at all, I hate you to say sour things politely!" ”
She was still like that, with thorns all over her body, and her words were so sour.
Situ Xiuyuan's original intention was to say don't wait, he hasn't seen Lu Chenyuan come back for so long, and maybe he won't come back today.
Lu Manman opened his mouth to argue with him: "But Master, you are also very annoying, knowingly asking, what does Master think?" How long will you stay in the house? ”
Situ Xiuyuan didn't expect this girl to want to get rid of herself, and her throat suddenly became sore, and her heart was very uncomfortable.
He looked calm and indifferent, waved his hand, and said, "I didn't think about it, and your father didn't mean to drive me away." ”
Lu Manman clenched the booklet tightly and began to be aggressive, "How could Daddy not want to drive you away, it is obvious that you are too cunning, Master, and you have to rely on everything you say!" ”
Situ Xiuyuan looked at Lu Manman's extremely disgusted eyes, shrunk his neck unnaturally, and spoke a little weakly, "Am I as bad as you say?" I didn't eat your family in vain, didn't I teach you for three years? ”
"That's right, those who eat our family, those who live in our family, and those who have received bribes from so many students in the past three years!"
"The master didn't say he couldn't, right?"
Situ Xiuyuan used Lu Chenyuan as a shield, and his momentum came up directly, and he also hugged his chest with both hands, indicating that he was fearless.
Lu Man saw that he was as arrogant as a peacock with only the screen open, was he playing with his feathers? This cheeky scoundrel!
"You're really good at taking advantage of loopholes, why didn't you teach me your ability to eat and drink? Anyway, we've known each other for so many years. ”
Speaking of this, Situ Xiuyuan thought that she was angry that she didn't treat her as an acquaintance, but ended up angry for teaching less things.
He said seriously: "I have to hide my secrets, otherwise I won't have anything to eat in the future?" ”
"According to what Childe said, Childe still hides a lot of things that he hasn't taught us!"
"You get what you pay for, no more, no less."
Situ Xiuyuan's answer was long, and there was nothing to say.
Lu Manman saw that the more he spoke, the more proud he looked, and he couldn't stop the anger in his heart.
She looked at him with a bad face and said, "Master, isn't it planted in the eyes of money?" ”
Situ Xiuyuan pretended to be pitiful, he shook his thin cuffs, and he couldn't shake anything out of them.
He said, "I'm poor, I can't live without money!" ”
Lu Manman wanted to laugh when she saw his poor and sour appearance, she thought that this person was different from others, but she couldn't escape the attraction of money, and said sharply: "The master is also a person who has seen the prosperity of the world, how can he be so vulgar?" ”
"If you don't have money, you can't do it, Miss!"
Situ Xiuyuan said that he was about to kneel down to show his misery, the road was long, and he couldn't stand it, and he didn't know that he thought she was bullying him.
"Oh, all right, if the master is hungry, let's go eat first."
She waved her hand at Situ Xiuyuan, motioning for him to hurry up and leave her line of sight.
But Situ Xiu didn't listen to her from afar, and was still struggling with the question just now, he asked, "Do you still have to wait?" ”
She nodded and said helplessly, "I'm sure my dad will come back!" ”
"The master often fights on the battlefield, and it will be difficult to come back without a month!"
Situ Xiu saw the light in her eyes, he didn't want to wipe out her hope, everyone knows that once you go to the battlefield, life and death are boundless, let it be.
Lu Manman was now holding the booklet in his hand and pointing at Situ Xiuyuan, and she persuaded, "Master, can you go to dinner?" ”
Situ Xiuyuan guessed what she was going to do next, and he hurriedly agreed, "Okay, okay." ”
After speaking, Situ Xiuyuan ran away as soon as he slipped away.
It's not that she doesn't know that her father's hope of returning is slim, but she still prays to heaven, hoping that her father will return home as soon as possible.