“Go back to your room and eat, girl,” said Old Master Lu. His voice was stiff but gentle.
Sure. Yan Huan stood up, cradling her belly that had swelled up considerably. Who knows how big the babies would have gotten had she not watched her weight?
Qin Xiaoyue’s teeth clenched so hard they began to hurt when she saw Yan Huan’s belly.
The dead Lu Yi had come back to life, and the infertile Yan Huan was about to give birth to the Lu Family’s great-grandsons. Would they even have a place in the family in the future? Not to mention her son was half-dead.
Remembering her son, Qin Xiaoyue began wailing again.
“You have to save Lu Qin, Dad… You have to save your grandson…”
Yan Huan rubbed her arm and lingered at the staircase. She was curious as to what kind of trouble Lu Qin had gotten himself into after enjoying such success in his career.
Sometimes she can’t help but laugh at how stupid she was to fall for Lu Qin’s deceit in her previous life.
Without Yan Huan’s wholehearted support, Lu Qin’s acting skills were still a lost cause. Even now, he was a second-rate actor at best. He was as smart as he used to be, however, as seen from his decision of abandoning the dying Su Muran for Sun Yuhan. In comparison, Sun Yuhan could do a lot more to help him since Ye Jianguo doted on her to no ends. Little did he know that his granddaughter was having an affair with a married man.
Sun Yuhan had provided him with lots of resources, securing good roles for him even when Su Muran wasn’t around. That had boosted his popularity by quite a bit. The only complaint he had was that his partner, Sun Yuhan, was so bad at acting that every film she starred in ends up getting flamed on the internet.
She wondered about what had happened to Lu Qin, and why Qin Xiaoyue kept pleading Old Master Lu to save him. Lu Qin was advancing to the position of best actor, slowly but surely. It was a little late, but not impossible. With a few years of hard work, he could very much win the award at forty, the prime of a man’s life.
Qin Xiaoyue wailed and babbled, pleading Old Master Lu to save Lu Qin, but made no mention as to what had happened.
“Speak with purpose!” boomed Old Master Lu, slamming his hand against the table. “Am I here to listen to your babbling?”
It took Qin Xiaoyue a moment to recover from the shock at Old Master Lu’s outrage. In her upset state, even she herself didn’t remember what she had been saying.
She covered her face with her hand and began weeping again.
“Lu Qin’s in the hospital, Dad. He almost got killed by Su Muran! You have to stand up for Lu Qin, Dad…”
Yan Huan couldn’t help but blink.
Lu Qin almost got killed but Su Muran?
Her first thought was: Oh, she found out about his affair. The two-timing jerk got exposed. She wondered who would protect him this time: the Lu Family or the Ye Family?
That’s when she heard footsteps. She looked and saw Lu Yi standing before her.
“Are you okay?” he said as he placed his hand gently on Yan Huan’s belly. Her belly was terrifying. She was in the seventh month of her pregnancy; there’s no room for any accidents. Every day they prolong the pregnancy is a small victory.
Yan Huan clasped Lu Yi’s arm. She was a little uncomfortable from standing extendedly.
She shook her head and pointed outside.
“What happened? Did he get caught cheating?”
“Yes,” Lu Yi helped her to the large bed and rested her legs on his lap. He began massaging her slightly swollen feet.
Yan Huan waited for him to go on. She was in the mood for gossip.
“Lu Qin had suffered a brain concussion from Su Muran’s assault,” said Lu Yi in a cool tone that did not reveal his thoughts. However, Yan Huan could read the sulkiness in his tense face. It concerned a member of the Lu Family, so Old Master Lu would not stand idle in this matter. To make matters worse, his maternal family, the Ye Family, was involved too. The Ye Family and Su Family had been long-standing rivals, and this incident was enough to mortify the Ye Family.
Yan Huan was stunned when she heard the word “brain concussion”.
Her first thought was: Su Muran is a warrior. She did what she didn’t manage to do in her previous life. What a legend.
Of course, Su Muran had the Su Family behind her, while Yan Huan was just a helpless orphan.
“Is something the matter?” asked Lu Yi, sitting down beside her and ensconcing her in her custom-made chair.
“Nothing,” Yan Huan shook her head. “I was just thinking about how good it is to have a pillar of support behind you. Even hitting someone on the head isn’t off-limits.”
Lu Yi rubbed her head. “What’s so fun about hitting someone in the head? It might get you into jail. The law is merciless.”
Yan Huan leaned against Lu Yi shoulder. In her heart, she wanted to tell him that she would have killed Lu Qin in her previous life even if the price was the death sentence. The only reason why she didn’t was that she didn’t get an opportunity to do so.
But what’s the point of saying that now? That life was behind her. In this life, Lu Qin was ruined by the hands of Su Muran, someone he clutched onto dearly in his previous life.
She didn’t ask about Lu Qin’s condition; that had nothing to do with her.
She hugged a soft pillow and fell asleep.
Lu Yi instructed the nanny to take care of Yan Huan while he headed for the hospital to settle some affairs. It was good that Lu Qin was okay; who knows what would happen if something happened to him and all three family steps in at once?
Lu Qin’s injury was covered up as an accident. Who knows who would be the most embarrassed if the affair comes to light?
In the hospital, Qin Xiaoyue was pointing and cursing at the Su Family.
The Su Family was just as angry as she was.
“Old Ye, this isn’t the right way to do things. We are honest folks. If you have any complaints about us, we could’ve settled things openly. Aren’t you embarrassed to be doing something like this in the shadows?”
