CH 40

Chapter 40… The busted love scene

After going back last night, the more Lu Chengze thought about it, the more unwilling he became.

Since the last time Lu Mian came back from Puzhaoxing, Lu Chengze has not been back to Lu’s house as he has been following up the experimental project at school during this time.

The maid of the Lu family had just finished cleaning Lu Chengze’s room. When she saw Lu Chengze, she was a little surprised: “Young Master, you’re back.”

Lu Chengze nodded and caught a glimpse of the dried flowers in the maid’s hand.

Noticing Lu Chengze’s gaze, the maid said, “These are the flowers that Young Master Song brought you on your birthday at the beginning of the year. Some time ago, for some unknown reason, they suddenly died. I’m going to throw them away.”

Lu Chengze walked out and after a few steps, he suddenly stopped. For some reason, he said, “Let them stay for now.”

“But it’s already dead.”

Lu Chengze stood still. The maid reinserted the dried flowers in the vase and put them back in Lu Chengze’s room.

Back in the familiar room, Lu Chengze lay on the bed for a few seconds.

Suddenly, the communicator’s screen lit up.

Lu Chengze sneered in his heart: He sobered up so soon, now bowing his head to admit his mistake?

Lu Chengze was thinking about whether to hang Song Huai for a few minutes, and then give him some punishment. After a few seconds, he quickly picked up the communicator.

It wasn’t the message Song Huai sent him.

It is a message in the class group.

Lu Chengze was the monitor, and habitually opened the class group when he saw such a message.

[Xu Yang: Look at this, damn. If I knew there was a good show to watch, I wouldn’t go to the Internet cafe at night!]

[Xu Yang: “School grass Lu’s party was rejected by Song Huai in person, and he was told to go away hahahaha”]

The second message was a link to a post. Before Lu Chengze could click on it, the message was withdrawn.

It should be that the classmates in the class wanted to gossip, and the message was shared in the wrong group.

Looking at the situation, there should be another group.

Lu Chengze was furious and smashed the communicator on the ground.

Now the whole world is watching his jokes!

Lu Chengze paced around the room irritably, and suddenly, his eyes focused on the shelf.

The shelves are filled with colourful figures, green plants, accessories and a thick stack of handmade cards.

These were given to him by Song Huai. Every holiday, no matter how big or small, Song Huai would make a handmade card for Lu Chengze. Even if Lu Chengze never opened it.

Because of the relationship between the Lu and Song family, it was not easy for Lu Chengze to directly refuse Song Huai. Song Huai was a frequent visitor to the Lu family. Sometimes, he would come to Lu Chengze’s room for a walk, tugging at the corners of his clothes, insisting that the useless things he gave him should be placed in a conspicuous place.

The more Lu Chengze looked at these things, the more irritable he felt in his heart.

He pulled out a large cardboard box from the utility room, and threw the things Song Huai had given him over the years, one by one.

Lu Chengze’s chest heaved violently. He didn’t even feel the pleasure of the revenge received from throwing away those things, and his chest was still occupied by irritability.

He glanced at the dried flowers on the bedside.

Lu Chengze still remembered his birthday at the beginning of the year. Song Huai knocked on the door of his house at 6:06 in the morning. It was snowing heavily that day and the weather was gloomy. Song Huai was wearing a white cotton-padded coat with a fluffy cap on his head. Holding a handful of tulips in his red hands, he stood in front of him.

According to Song Huai’s words, the blessing at 6:06 will bring a year of good luck to the birthday person.

Lu Chengze deliberately delayed for 20 minutes, letting Song Huai keep blowing cold wind outside, and then went downstairs and opened the door for Song Huai after 20 minutes.

The servants of the Lu family kept asking Song Huai to come in and wait. It was too cold outside. Song Huai insisted on standing outside the door, saying that he wanted Lu Chengze to open the door for him, so that the first person Lu Chengze saw at the door would be him.

What was he thinking at the time?

He had never seen such a stupid person.

The moment Lu Chengze opened the door, Song Huai’s face and nose were as red as his hands.

Like an ostrich, he tucked his neck into the red scarf, and raised his head when he heard the movement.

The moment he saw Lu Chengze, light flashed in his eyes, and he complained with a nasal voice, “It’s already 6:28.”

And now, the tulips that were held in the palm of his hand in the cold winter have already dried and lost their original colour.

Lu Chengze took out the flowers and threw them into the box together.

At ten o’clock in the evening, Lu Chengze dragged the box to Song’s house next door.

Okay, Song Huai wants to talk to him, so he will let Song Huai do that. Let the other party never have a chance to regret it again.

With this feeling in mind, Lu Chengze rang the doorbell of the Song family.

It was a servant of the Song family who came to open the door. The other party obviously did not expect Lu Chengze to come, so he said in surprise, “Master Lu.”

It was not Song Huai who opened the door.

Unlike Song Huai, who always went to Lu’s house, Lu Chengze came to Song’s house only a few times.

But every time Lu Chengze came over, Song Huai opened the door for him. Lu Chengze doubted whether Song Huai was staring at their door from the window of the room all the time.

Even if Song Huai wasn’t the one who opened the door, Song Huai would run down the stairs and call him “Brother Chengze” with joy.

But now, Lu Chengze waited for a while, but there was still no familiar figure on the stairs.

He frowned: “Where’s Song Huai?”

Liu Xiaomeng, who just came back from outside, happened to see this scene: “Yo, isn’t this Young Master Lu? It’s really the sun coming out from the west, you’re so humble.”

Liu Xiaomeng glanced at the box on the ground, and a trace of ridicule flashed in her eyes: “If you suddenly figured it out, and now you want to show your hospitality, then I’m sorry, but it’s too late.”

Lu Chengze: “What do you mean?”

Liu Xiaomeng continued to say sarcastically: “I mean it literally. You looked down on our Dudu when he liked you. He is not at home right now. No, it should be said that he is not at home now and won’t be in the future. After all, he is now busy dating, and their relationship is stable. They have already started living together, so he doesn’t have time to talk to you.”

After listening to Liu Xiaomeng’s words, Lu Chengze’s original expression cracked a little. He said as if he didn’t believe it: “Dating? In love? Living together? What nonsense are you talking about?”

“Am I talking nonsense? You can go home and ask your family if you don’t know. Oh, Mr. Lu should have been asleep by now. If there is no one in your family, you can just grab any of the neighbours and ask them if my brother hasn’t been back for a long time.” As soon as she finished speaking, the door of the Song family clapped shut.

Lu Chengze was stunned. He stood there for a while, and then punched the iron door.

Lu Chengze threw the cardboard box on the spot. When he walked outside, he looked up at Song Huai’s room.

Song Huai used to lie at the window, either blatantly looking or peeking at him.

Right now, the room was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

After Lu Chengze took a few steps, he suddenly stopped, he walked back, and took the box back.

In one room, Lu Chengze violently kicked the box to the ground.

He slammed his body onto the bed and covered his head with the quilt.

·

The next day.

Lu Chengze was late.

Lu Chengze, who has never been late or had always left early since childhood, got up three hours late.

This morning, when he heard that Lu Chengze came back last night, Lu Qiwen was still a little surprised: “A’ Ze, you have come back.”

Lu Chengze was a little tired: “Hello, Grandpa.”

The servant prepared breakfast again, Lu Chengze lost his appetite after two bites .

“Grandpa.” Lu Chengze looked at Mr. Lu who was sitting by the side reading the newspaper.

“Song Huai— has he been here during this time?” Lu Chengze organised his words.

When Lu Qiwen heard Lu Chengze mention Song Huai, his heart skipped a beat.

Because of the relationship between Song Huai and Lu Chengze, and because of Lu Mian’s request, the news of Lu Mian and Song Huai’s engagement has not been officially announced.

“Yeah.”

Hearing Lu Qiwen’s answer, Lu Chengze’s heart was half cold.

His hands on his knees clenched into fists involuntarily: “I heard that Song Huai is with someone, did you know?”

If this is true, with the friendship between the Song and Lu families, Mr. Song should let Lu Qiwen know about this.

Hearing this, Lu Qiwen also knew that he couldn’t hide it.

But according to the secretary’s report, Lu Mian and Song Huai’s relationship was developing very well, and Lu Mian also sent him a message last night, saying that he would bring Song Huai back tonight.

Lu Qiwen sighed: “A’ Ze, you must come home for dinner tonight, because there is something important to announce at home.”

When Lu Chengze returned to Henriks, he only attended the last class.

He is a good student, and he can easily find excuses for skipping classes in the morning.

But today everyone obviously didn’t believe the reason for his absence from school. After what happened last night, the post about Song Huai refusing Lu Chengze face in public almost grabbed the first page of the forum, and two or three posts in a row were liked as hot.

Now, the public opinion in the school has turned all the way, and some people even started conspiracy theories that Song Huai’s role as Lu Chengze’s licking dog was just an illusion.

From the moment Lu Chengze walked into the school, countless people around him looked at him.

Wherever he goes, Lu Chengze has been the focus of attention. But unlike the usual admiration and curiosity, today these eyes are more sympathetic and playful.

These glances made Lu Chengze feel like he was walking on pins and needles. But what made him feel more irritable than the outside world were Liu Xiaomeng’s words last night, as well as his grandfather’s elusive words in the morning.

Lu Chengze didn’t believe that Song Huai really fell in love with others in a short period of time, not only that, but even developed to the point of cohabitation with others. When did Song Huai fall in love with other people behind his back?

However, once this matter is known, all the strange things of the past few months have become justifiable.

Lu Chengze was not reconciled.

Song Huai has been sticking behind him since he was a child, like a small tail he can’t get rid of. How can he suddenly fall in love with someone else?

Lu Chengze is not the kind of person who gives up easily, he must figure it out.

After school.

Lu Chengze couldn’t sit still, he had to go to Song Huai and ask him to understand everything.

But as soon as Lu Chengze walked to the door of class B, he was stopped by the study committee, saying that the class teacher was looking for him.

It should be because of his absence from school in the morning. The study committee urged him for a long time. Seeing that Gu Yang was pulling Song Huai to speak, Lu Chengze thought that Song Huai should not leave so soon, so he went to the office first.

When Lu Chengze came out of the office, Song Huai had already left.

Lu Chengze asked a few classmates and learned that Song Huai was heading towards the swimming pool.

He walked to the swimming pool, only to find the secretary guarding the door.

A trace of doubt flashed in Lu Chengze’s heart: “Secretary Allen, what are you doing here?”

The secretary returned a mysterious smile, but had no intention of answering.

He was Lu Mian’s private secretary and did not follow the orders of other Lu family members.

Besides, he didn’t have a good impression of Lu Chengze.

Lu Chengze asked again: “Is my uncle here?”

But his original intention was not to ask Lu Mian’s whereabouts, and then he quickly revealed his true thoughts: “Secretary Allen, I heard that someone saw Song Huai go this way. Have you seen him?”

The secretary’s expression was very professional, without any flaws: “I’m sorry, Young Master Lu, I just got an order to carry out a task here.”

Hearing the other party’s answer, Lu Chengze didn’t dare to trespass, he just glanced at the door unwillingly, and walked away immediately.

But in fact, Lu Chengze didn’t leave.

He wanted to see what Secretary Allen was doing here, and whether Song Huai was inside.

After about two hours, Lu Chengze’s patience was about to run out.

The swimming pool door opened from inside.

Song Huai walked out of it.

His hair was wet, and there were tiny drops of water dripping down his neck.

Lu Chengze and Song Huai grew up together and he knew that Song Huai was afraid of water.

“Song—” a voice called out faster than Lu Chengze.

Lu Mian came out of the door immediately, holding a towel in his hand and covering the other’s head with the towel.

The tone was reproachful and pampering: “You didn’t even dry your hair.”

In the corner of the empty school, the imperial general was leaning over to wipe his hair patiently.

After wiping, the secretary put away the towel.

As soon as Song Huai was taken care of, he became squeamish: “I am very happy today, but I have no strength in my legs.”

His original intention was to let Lu Mian carry him.

Lu Mian looked back at the secretary, and the secretary immediately understood: “The admiral and his wife may wait here for a while, and I’ll drive the car over.”

Song Huai: …

The swimming pool is not very far from the parking area.

As soon as the secretary was taken away, Lu Mian stretched out his hand and took Song Huai into his arms.

Song Huai was suddenly hugged, which caught him off guard.

He was in Lu Mian’s arms, and his face turned a little red.

Lu Mian looked down at the child’s cute earlobes that were turning red little by little, and wanted to crush them with his fingers.

Song Huai buried his head in Lu Mian’s shoulders, stretched out his hand, and encircled Lu Mian’s waist little by little.

After a while, he got enough of the smell on Lu Mian’s body.

Song Huai raised his head from his arms. He looked up at Lu Mian with a small face, and deliberately asked, “Why are you holding me suddenly? What should I do if someone sees me?”

It was a holiday in the afternoon, the people from the school should have almost left. Now, the location of the swimming pool is relatively remote, and few people usually come here. However, there is no guarantee of anything.

Lu Mian looked down at him, and suddenly, he lowered his head and pecked and kissed Song Huai’s forehead.

Lu Mian then straightened up and raised his eyebrows. He looked at Song Huai with a casual provocation in his eyes. He followed Song Huai’s words and said, “What’s wrong with me hugging my boyfriend?”

Song Huai felt sweet.

Why does he feel that Lu Mian is a little naive sometimes.

Lu Chengze hid behind the corner of the wall. There were only Lu Mian and Song Huai at the scene, but his legs seemed to be pinned by something, and he couldn’t step forward.

Until the two got into the car and walked away, Lu Chengze walked out from the corner.