“Yes, but don’t worry, it’s not a legal marriage.” Jiang Peizhi’s words shocked his son even more.
“Not legal? Whom did she marry?” Jiang Yang asked, the worry evident in his eyes.
“Lu Lijun!”
As his father answered, Jiang Yang didn’t know what to say and looked at both the men in front of him in disbelief.
“Calm down, Jiang Yang,” said grandpa as he continued. “It’s all my family’s fault that she had to do it.”
“How can I calm down? I left her with the family as I trusted everyone, but this happened. How could you all let this happen? She is still not out of her pain and Lu Lijun is a kid…I mean.. How?”
Jiang Yang was so frustrated and angry that he forgot who was sitting in front of him. He just wanted his answers. Nobody mattered in front of his sister then, whoever it is.
“It was her own choice,” Jiang Peizhi said while grandpa was speechless as he was feeling guilty about all this.
Jiang Peizhi explained everything to him and Jiang Yang spurted out, “Now I know why Lu Feng hates that woman. If I was there, I would have showed that woman her place. How dare she force Yuyan like this?”
The thing that his parents couldn’t say even though they knew it was all Su Hui’s doing, Jiang Yang said it without thinking twice even though grandpa was sitting there.
“Be careful with your words, Jiang Yang. don’t forget who is in front of you,” Jiang Peizhi warned as he didn’t like what Jiang Yang said.
Elder Lu, the person sitting there, was like a father for Jiang Peizhi and he would never tolerate if someone disrespected his father. Su Hui was elder Lu’s daughter-in-law, his family, and saying something about her was like saying it to elder Lu.
Though it was Su Hui’s doing, No one forced Yuyan to marry Lu Lijun and she had an option to go back to her parent’s home or being stubborn about not marrying anyone but she chose it herself so Jiang Peizhi could blame no one but his daughter.
“I am sorry, grandpa,” said Jiang Yang as he understood his father’s words.
“You need not apologize to me as I know I am at fault and as an elder I should have stopped it from happening. I am the one to blame,” said elder Lu.
As the deed had already done, there was no use of saying anything.
“How is Lu Feng?” Jiang Yang asked as he realised this was the reason he couldn’t reach Lu Feng for a few days.
“No one saw him since the day before the wedding. He left home in anger and didn’t come back. Yuyan said he came back to the city, but he didn’t go to Lu Mansion.” Elder Lu replied, feeling worried about Lu Feng.
So many things were there to worry about that it was difficult to think about just one thing. Moreover, elder Lu knew Lu Feng would be fine as he was not a weak person.
“I know where he can be. I will go to him in the evening once I finish my work here,” Jiang Yang informed and elder Lu nodded.
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Jiang Yuyan took Lu Lijun to the beautiful place outside the city. The car and the driver were the same arranged by San Zemin. It was a hillside and only a few tourists visited that place. Jiang Yuyan wanted to take him to crowded places so he could be among people but at such time they would be the point of attraction for others and not to forget the journalists trying to click her pictures to create news.
When they reached the hillside, Jiang Yuyan asked, “Isn’t is beautiful, Lu Lijun?” and continued looking at the vast view in front of them which had valleys and the rows of multiple hills.
Lu Lijun nodded as his sight was observing the same view too. There was a brightness in his dull eyes seeing this and Jiang Yuyan noticed it. She felt as if her effort was successful at some point.
“So, you can watch this and if you want, you can draw this too,” Jiang Yuyan instructed.
Nodding, Lu Lijun opened his bag and sat down on the grass while Jiang Yuyan continued looking at the hills. Her expressions turned to as if her eyes were searching for someone far away across those hills.
Closing her eyes to feel the breeze, she thought, ‘I wish if you were here with me, Lu Qiang’.
With that pleasantly passing breeze, Jiang Yuyan was trying to feel Lu Qiang as if he was passing across her and she tried to get hold of him.
When Jiang Yuyan passed her time like this, Lu Lijun was doing his work. In a while, Jiang Yuyan opened her eyes and thought to go to Lu Lijun.
Sitting beside him, Jiang Yuyan saw the sheet in Lu Lijun’s hand was blank and he drew nothing. It surprised her as he could draw anything in just a few minutes and there were over fifteen minutes passed by but he didn’t draw. Not asking him anything, she said, “Let’s draw something together.”
Lu Lijun nodded and both started to draw. In a while, both finished their works and Jiang Yuyan said, “Let’s see who did it better.”
“Lu Lijun showed her his drawing and she showed hers. “Lu Lijun, mine is better than yours. Finally, there is one thing I am better than you at.”
“Glad to see the birdie brain can be good at something,” Lu Lijun mumbled.
“What? What did you say?” Jiang Yuyan exclaimed, but it was not because she was angry, but because Lu Lijun finally said something.
Realizing what he did, Lu Lijun stayed silent and didn’t answer her. Controlling her excitement, Jiang Yuyan spoke, acting angry, “You called me birdie brain. Well, still you can’t deny I am better.”
Lu Lijun didn’t react, but Jiang Yuyan was happy that he reacted and he would be like before again. Getting up from her place, Jiang Yuyan went ahead and held her drawing up just to say, “See, mine exactly the same and the prettiest one.”
When she was looking at the hills and her drawing, Lu Lijun pulled out one sheet from the file which he hid from Jiang Yuyan, in which he already drew something and mumbled to himself, “The Prettiest.”
