Chapter 43
Although Lu Jinghan does not have much contact with his father Lu Shenglin, in formal occasions like this, both of them will maintain the Lu family's presence, tacitly understand each other, and play a harmonious relationship between father and son.
When we were greeting guests today, the two stood together many times, chatting and having fun.
But, what's going on now?
Lu Shenglin came with his son Lu Jingxuan, between him and Li Hui.
Lu Jinghan's eyes were dim: "What do you mean?"
Lu Shenglin pulled the boy beside him and sighed: "Jing Xuan is also my son, a serious descendant of the Lu family. It is reasonable to come to pay a birthday to the old man today.
The reason why he was asked to come out after the banquet was already taking into account your face in front of outsiders, so Jing Han should not make things difficult for us today.”
Lu Jinghan laughed out loud, pointed to a passage and said, "You want to take you to take your son to celebrate your grandfather's birthday, and you can go directly into the main house to meet your grandfather. What power and qualifications do I have to prevent you from going there?
What about taking care of his face in front of the guests? Although the birthday party was over, there were still guests who had not dispersed. Lu Shenglin said this to let people around him know how narrow-minded Lu Jinghan was and vicious, and he could not tolerate Li Hui and his son, so that they could only raise their mother and son outside for so many years.
Although today is a birthday party, it is also an important occasion for the Lu family to show their strength and character in front of various business figures. If you want to get real power in the Lu family, you must finally gain the trust of business figures who have close business dealings with the Lu family.
Lu Jinghan tried hard to show his intelligence and talents to the guests today, but at this last moment, Lu Shenglin was going to come up and step on himself.
The tiger is poisonous and doesn't eat any more.
Since he was nine years old, Lu Jinghan never thought of relying on his father, and just asked him not to bring back the vicious woman Li Hui and treat him and Jing Yi harshly.
Now I won’t expect him to give himself some connections in Lu’s family, but at least don’t step on himself like this.
The guests who had not dispersed had already turned back here frequently. Lu Jinghan suppressed the anger in his heart and tried his best to keep himself calm.
He stretched out his hand, patted Jing Xuan's shoulder, and smiled lightly, "Jing Xuan, come with me, I'll take you to see grandpa."
Jing Xuan was a little panicked and looked at Lu Shenglin at a loss.
Lu Shenglin was a little surprised by Lu Jinghan's reaction, and nodded to Jingxuan hesitantly, and followed him tightly.
Along the way, Lu Jinghan walked beside Lu Jingxuan, and asked in a low voice: "Is Jingxuan now in the third year of junior high school? Is it very busy preparing for the junior high school entrance examination now? Are you thinking about which high school to go to?"
He was one head higher than Lu Jingxuan, and his mature and steady aura, and his natural strong aura suppressed Lu Jingxuan a little cramped.
Every time he answered a sentence, he would look up at Lu Shenglin's expression, and then answer Lu Jinghan's words: "I, I'm going to go to Xingyuan International."
Jing Han looked down at him with a faint smile in his eyes: "Is that right? Jing Yi is also in this high school now, and the teaching resources are good, and there are several well-known teachers there, which is a very good choice."
Jing Xuan: "Just... the score line is quite high. I am also in cram school now, so try my best."
Lu Jinghan reached out and patted his shoulder: "Come on, you can do it too."
The broad palm fell on the boy's thin shoulders, and Lu Jingxuan's whole body fell apart.
The guests passing by along the way looked sideways. Lu Jinghan chatted with Jingxuan and nodded to them. Jingxuan seemed to have never experienced such a big scene.
Before coming, my mother told him that the people who came here were all top rich people and social elites, and they asked him to pay attention to his image, but he felt even more nervous and shrunk and dared not look directly at anyone.
Two half-brothers walked along the way, one tall and the other short, one calm and wise, and the other panicked. Anyone could tell at a glance who was the one who could shoulder heavy responsibilities.
Lu Shenglin's face froze slightly, and he whispered softly: "Jingxuan, you're walking steadily!"
"Ah?" Jing Xuan was startled: "Yes, yes."
Lu Jinghan laughed in his heart. Such a scheming woman, such a partial father, was raised like this to raise such a waste Jingxuan.
Leaving the banquet hall and entering the main house, there are no guests here.
Lu Shenglin snorted coldly: "I pretend to be so generous, I don't know what you are thinking."
Lu Jinghan: "I know you want to see me, so you are so angry and rushed Jingxuan out on the spot. But you are wrong. It's all the blood of the Lu family, so I have no reason why Jingxuan will see his grandfather."
"I'm so proud. If you hadn't stopped you in front of your grandfather, now that Jing Xuan has long been included in the Lu family genealogy, how could Jing Xuan be ridiculed and bullied his illegitimate child outside."
Lu Jinghan glanced at Jing Xuan, who was lowering his head, and smiled: "Are you sure he was bullied outside because of his illegitimate child?"
Lu Shenglin: "You..."
Jing Xuan is a little cowardly, but it is precisely because of this that he wants to give him a formal identity soon and make him tough.
"And..." Lu Jinghan's eyes darkened: "At least when he is bullied, his parents can rely on."
Since I was nine years old, I started living in the old house with the three-year-old Jing Yi. I have experienced many bullying, rolling my eyes, and plotting over the years. Only I and Jing Yi know the best.
Lu Jinghan stopped walking. He looked at Lu Shenglin faintly: "Whether I was a child or now, what I asked for was just to survive peacefully at the Lu family with Jingyi."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
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Xia Xiaomu heard about it at the banquet hall that Lu Shenglin and his son went to find Lu Jinghan, but he was restless.
In the novel, the title of father is like nothing to Lu Jinghan.
After Lu Shenglin cheated on his marriage, his relationship with Lu Jinghan's mother became increasingly deteriorating, and there were endless cold wars and quarrels between the couple every day.
Lu Jinghan's mother knew that she was in a state of health. In order to ensure that her brother and sister could have a safe life after she was away, she did not divorce Lu Shenglin, but divided the couple's property and used some means to let Lu Shenglin leave the house.
He also secretly made a will, if he died, all the property he owned freely was inherited by both brother and sister.
Therefore, Lu Shenglin was even more disgusted with his original wife, and even his brother and sister were disliked. He lived with his mistress Li Hui every day, and the two had a child - Lu Jingxuan.
Lu Jinghan has seen how ruthless his father is to his mother, and even attacked his mother during the quarrel. He has also seen how arrogant Li Hui is. He has come to his house many times to provoke him with his illegitimate son Lu Jingxuan. His mother's condition is worsening from time to time.
My mother is the only person in this world who has loved and loved him.
At a young age, the only way he could help his mother vent his anger was to find a way to stop Lu Shenglin from marrying Li Hui into the Lu family and replace his mother's position.
Of course, it is more about protecting yourself and Jing Yi from being treated harshly by your stepmother.
And this is also the place where Lu Shenglin hates Lu Jinghan the most.
You cannot marry your lover Li Hui back to Lu's family, and you cannot give your child between you and Li Hui an open identity. Let them be rolled and ridiculed in this circle.
In "Love But Don't Get It", the grudge between father and son cannot be judged in the end, who is right or wrong. The two of them are guarding against each other and resenting each other, which is also one of the heart-wrenching parts of the novel.
Especially after Lu Jinghan took over Lu's family, Lu Shenglin felt that he had no hope of bringing his lover and children back to Lu's house. He even wanted to get rid of Lu Jinghan's thoughts and did not hesitate to find a man from the human race to assassinate him.
However, Lu Jinghan's value was high at that time and he held real power, so he could not get such a high amount of money for Lu Shenglin, and no one dared to take Lu Shenglin's orders, which led to his plan failing again and again.
Xia Xiaomu felt sad again. In this world, there were too few people who truly gave Lu Jinghan love.
He shook his head, threw out the depressed mood that Xie Weiwan brought to him, picked up his phone, and replied to Lu Jinghan:
--Jing Han Ge is ten thousand times better than Jian Xing.
Lu Jinghan saw this message on the way back to the banquet hall.
The mood of falling into the abyss was pulled up little by little, and like a ray of sunlight shining in, the dark world began to become warm and bright again.
He chuckled: Little liar.
He lowered his head and replied to Xia Xiaomu:--Go to the corridor and wait for me, and I have something to ask you.
The corridor is a corridor connecting the main house and the banquet hall, with vines covered with vines and vines on the eaves.
Xia Xiaomu leaned on the vine branches and waited for Lu Jinghan, feeling a little nervous:
Have something to ask me?
Is it that I want to ask why I sent such a message to deceive him into sending red envelopes to myself?
Or should I ask Jian Xing again?
Alas, no matter what, he is not easy to answer.
Lu Jinghan saw Xia Xiaomu leaning against the vine branches from afar. Her thin figure looked more delicate and cute because she was wearing a suit.
The antique and low-key and luxurious scenery of the old house adds a hint of nobility to him. His handsome little face looked up at the sky, like a young master who was worried.
He walked over and said softly, "Little liar, I don't know how to find a little smart when I lie."
Xia Xiaomu immediately stood up straight, looked back at his expression, but did not see it and was unhappy. He felt relieved and smiled and said, "What did Brother Jing Han say? Why am I panic?"
Lu Jinghan raised his eyebrows and asked him: "Jianxing belongs to your circle? Why do you want to deceive Jingyi so much?"
Xia Xiaomu's eyes widened: "Do you know?!"
Then his brain quickly rotated, finding a reason for himself: "I just saw Jing Yi spending money to chase stars at such a young age. I felt it was not good, afraid of delaying her study, and worried that she would go astray, haha..."
Lu Jinghan: "You are still lying! You knew that Jian Xing intended to approach her, so you made up such a low-level lie?"
Xia Xiaomu was shocked: How do I explain this?! If I had known, Brother Jing Han would definitely ask, why would I, a poor student, know about such confidential news.
He pretended to be surprised and hesitated: "I... it turns out that Jianxing has a purpose? I really don't know, oh, that's really great..."
He could not hide his helpless panic and was not smart at all lying to himself like this.
It was clearly for Jing Yi's sake that he made up such a lie, but when he questioned him, he did not explain anything. He looked like he had done something wrong, lowered his head and was scolded, and was bitten hard by himself.
How could he be so stupid?
Lu Jinghan felt helpless, and reached out to pinch his little face slightly red, and whispered: "It's so stupid not to make up such a lie in the future."
This little liar didn't know how uncomfortable he was to be disturbed by a lie, and he had the intention to kill someone.
Thinking of it, the force on Xia Xiaomu's face slightly increased.
"Um!" Xia Xiaomu was in pain and frowned slightly.
Lu Jinghan quickly let go and gently rubbed the place he had pinched: "I don't know how to hide, why are you so stupid?"
Xia Xiaomu stared at him and accused him: "I have never seen you so unreasonable. You bully others and don't avoid them!"
However, Lu Jinghan stopped asking about Jian Xing for this incident, which made Xia Xiaomu feel a little relieved, and asked embarrassedly: "Brother Jinghan, that red envelope, I, I just said that I'm going to play, why don't I go back."
Lu Jinghan frowned again: "Really? Do you want to try?"
The tone was like a hint of threat, which made Xia Xiaomu feel that if she really returned the money, she would not only be punished by pinching her face.
Xia Xiaomu lowered her head and muttered: "You can't do this. Who would think you would give it so generously if you wanted money? If..."
His voice paused, and his head drooped even lower: "...If Xie Weiwan asked you for money like this, would you... give it to her?"
Chapter completed!