good marriage

Chapter 34

Lu Zhuonian just felt the strength of Qi Yu's heart yesterday. Seeing Qi Yu return the phone to Tang Xinwei, the tip of his hand was trembling, and immediately felt that something was wrong, and reached out to hold his fingertips, which were icy cold.

"Qi Yu?"

"I'm fine." Qi Yu reluctantly said.

But Lu Zhuonian didn't feel that he seemed to be okay after hearing his tone, so he immediately half-hugged Qi Yu, took him outside, and signaled Tang Xinwei to open the door first with his eyes.

Sometimes it's like this, when no one cares, I have to force myself to become stronger, as if I can really be invincible.But once someone asks about their health, all the emotions will magnify and expand irresistibly, as if they have been indulged, and they will be defeated almost immediately.

For Qi Yu, the former is the norm, while the latter is too unfamiliar. Even when he got into the car, he felt a little dazed and at a loss when his emotions were so uncontrollable—he was really Such gaffes are rare.

All he could do was whisper sorry and repeat over and over that he was fine.

But in Lu Zhuonian's view, Qi Yu was still too restrained, he never let go of his guard for a moment, and he refused to show his weakness.

"Really," Qi Yu tried his best to look into Lu Zhuonian's eyes and smiled, "I've heard these words a lot...it's just troubled you. If I knew earlier, I..." He wanted to say that he shouldn't implicate Lu Zhuonian, But he couldn't say it, just kept silent, ashamed of himself.

He was the one who suggested getting married at the beginning. In the past few months, he could not fail to see Lu Zhuonian's kindness towards him, but he had never been honest with him for a moment. Even when Lu Zhuonian asked him, he always avoided the important things and ignored them. He replied without revealing any of the dirty water that had been poured on his mother.After all, it's a family scandal, and the Qi family kept it a secret. He thought it would be fine as long as he stayed away from the Qi family.He had always been careful, but he didn't expect it to be revealed in this way.

During his darkest and helpless years, those strange gazes, whispers, contempt and sympathy, indifference and neglect from every corner of the Qi family formed a dense and impenetrable net, engulfing the young. Qi Yu caged in it.He couldn't understand it, he couldn't understand it, he just felt scared and wronged.He didn't need to confess his sins, and no one even declared his sins to him. When he was ignorant and silent, he was already nailed to the pillar of shame by everyone, unable to explain it, and had nowhere to escape.

But if you asked him to say that if he knew this, he would never drag Lu Zhuonian into it, but he couldn't say it no matter what.

In the end, all he could say was, "...I'm really sorry."

Lu Zhuonian kept holding Qi Yu's hand, which seemed to give him some strength, cheered him up, and slowly told Lu Zhuonian about the scandals of the Qi family back then.

Qi Yu's mother was an orphan who was fostered by her uncle's family. Her family background was very ordinary, but she was very good-looking and had a lot of tenacity. She was favored by the eldest son of the Qi family.How could Mr. Qi agree with his eldest son to associate with such a woman, not to mention whether she could help the Qi family a little, just because of her background, she owed her relatives and friends a lot of favors. If she really became the eldest daughter-in-law of the Qi family, there would be endless troubles.The family, parents, future, and ideals were under heavy pressure, and Qi's parents finally married the right person according to their parents' wishes.Unexpectedly, my younger brother, who was at the side for a long time, was captured by the same woman just like his elder brother.First, he spent a lot of effort to chase him down, and then he kept his brother's lessons learned in his heart, got the certificate first, and then brought him home, and made a big fuss.

Even without the car accident later on, in the eyes of the Qi family, Qi Yu's mother would be a complete disaster.

But Lu Zhuonian found it ridiculous when he heard it, so he wanted to ridicule a few words such as "a hundred-year-old Qi family, a century-old marriage", "a wealthy family of iron, and in-laws of flowing water", thinking about the same relationship between himself and Qi Yu. I endured it and went back.He just said very seriously: "Your parents must have put in a lot of effort to get together and gave birth to such a baby as you. Don't always say sorry, Mr. Qi, how sad it must have been for them to hear."

Qi Yu looked at him, his nose suddenly felt sore, he looked away, and said softly, "Thank you."

"Do you know why I want to take you to Iceland?" Lu Zhuonian asked suddenly.

Qi Yu said, "I don't know."

"Because Iceland is very cold, especially in winter, there is ice and snow everywhere, and the wind is so strong that it can freeze people's ears off. And there are very few people there, very, very quiet, and it feels... just like you—" Seeing that Qi Yu was finally willing to turn his eyes to look at him, Lu Zhuonian smiled a little when he spoke, "The most amazing thing is that there are countless volcanoes buried in such a cold place, and there are many hot springs. At night, without In the illuminated town, you can see the aurora, which is very beautiful."

Lu Zhuonian's tone was very gentle, as if he was telling an attractive fairy tale, Qi Yu listened quietly.

"Imagine this place, a quiet, closed island, surrounded by glaciers, it looks very cold, but it can be very warm, and it's extremely beautiful." Lu Zhuonian said the last four words just now. I took it out again from time to time, and still said every word clearly, and then suddenly turned to the question, "Is it the same as you?"

Qi Yu was stunned for a moment, looking at Lu Zhuonian even seemed a little sluggish, motionless.

Lu Zhuonian just looked at Qi Yu with a rare dull look, and said softly, "I like this island very much, so I want to take you to see it."

When he said this sentence, he didn't expect Qi Yu to hear any metaphorical meaning, but Qi Yu looked at him with such a sentence, and then turned his eyes away again.

Lu Zhuonian faintly seemed to have caught something.

Instinctively, he forcibly turned Qi Yu's face back, and asked directly: "Do you understand?" When he spoke, he stared at Qi Yu carefully.

He watched as Qi Yu's gaze slipped from his eyes to his nose and chin, and within three seconds, it completely flickered from his face to another place, even though Qi Yu's face remained calm.

——Does this person not like me, so he doesn't want to look at me?

——Did I stick too close and be too aggressive, so he felt embarrassed.

In fact, this kind of thinking didn't even occupy Lu Zhuonian's thinking time for a tenth of a second.As a man with rich combat experience, the conclusion that immediately jumped out of his mind was that this person could be teased.

Qi Yu turned his eyes away, so he didn't see Lu Zhuonian's eyes that suddenly lit up. He just gave a low "hmm" to barely cope with Lu Zhuonian's question.

For a moment, Lu Zhuonian really had the urge to kiss, but he resisted it, and let go of his hands, plausibly reasoning with Qi Yu: "So, don't always carry everything on yourself, relax a little bit. , especially in front of me. Me, you," he stretched out his index finger and gestured between himself and Qi Yu, "it's not a relationship of being implicated."

Qi Yu couldn't help asking: "What's the relationship?"

"Haven't you heard other people's marriage vows? Anyway, we are in the same boat through thick and thin, and we share weal and woe."

Qi Yu also smiled slightly, but he didn't appear relieved.

In fact, the grievances and grievances of the previous generation were all gradually inquired by Qi Yu from various places later on. It was true and false, and he made up such a past.Some said that his mother married his father for revenge, and some said that his uncle couldn't bear the daily suffering, so he simply dragged his younger brother and daughter-in-law to die together, and some even mysteriously involved cause and effect and disaster.A century-old wealthy family, even the secrets in the dark are exhausted, no matter how strict the rules are, they can't stop people's curiosity.

Qi Yu was too young back then, how could he understand these things, the adults didn't avoid him as a child, on the contrary, they wanted to talk more when they saw him, and at most kept their voices down in front of him. But in the end it could still get into his ears.Qi Yu almost grew up listening to all kinds of rumors and gossips all the way, but he could only pretend not to hear them, and he still respected them as elders on the surface, and only cried for a while when he was wronged at night.

Compared with being locked up and being bullied, this is the shadow he is least willing to show to the public.Whenever he thinks about it, it seems that there are whispers in his ears, one sentence after another, one after another, disturbing him from sleeping peacefully.

Especially when all the Qi family get together, the whole family is happy and happy, and he is often the most silent one among them.

There are not many things that Qi Yu likes, and even fewer things that he hates, and the Chinese New Year really disgusts and resists Qi Yu.

He had thought this year would be different.

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Qi Yu rarely felt a little regretful, he didn't really care about the destination of this trip, but after Lu Zhuonian said it, he really wanted to visit it.It's just...he listened to what Lu Zhuonian said and kept it in his heart, but he didn't take it seriously.He will never forget that he personally came to ask Lu Zhuonian for their marriage.Even now, he has begun to wonder if what he did was too selfish.

Qi Yu suddenly said: "Go to Qi's house." Lu Zhuonian looked at Qi Yu suspiciously when he heard this, and Qi Yu also looked at him, "Thank you very much, but some things cannot be avoided. I want to go to Qi's house .”

"Why? Do you suspect that the Qi family did it?" Lu Zhuonian asked.

Logically speaking, this makes no sense, because the scandal that the Qi family has covered up for so many years has also been exposed.According to the Qi family's usual style, in fact, Lu Zhuonian would not think that it was done by the Qi family.

"I don't know, but these things... only the Qi family knows." Qi Yu hesitated, and still apologized to Lu Zhuonian, "I'm sorry."

Lu Zhuonian knew what he was doing, so he just said: "It's okay, there is still a chance." He called Tang Xinwei over and gave some instructions, while he sat in the driver's seat and called someone first to make sure that he was always available. Receive the latest information.

"I……"

What Qi Yu wanted to say, Lu Zhuonian didn't listen, and interrupted him directly: "I'll accompany you."

Qi Yu said helplessly: "I just want to ask, would it be bad for us to leave Xiao Tang alone at the airport?"

Lu Zhuonian raised his eyebrows and said, "Can't he call a car himself?"

Tang Xinwei had long been accustomed to Lu Zhuonian's behavior, and it was the first time he heard someone say such a thing, and he was a little moved. Before he could say thank you, madam, the car had already slid away.

Just under the new year's eve, the Qi family gathered a lot of people, three relatives and six relatives, who would always take advantage of the New Year's Eve to come to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. Qi.No matter how far the relatives are, sitting together and having a reunion dinner on the day of reunion is a serious family.

Mr. Qi is getting older and older, seeing that the day of changing positions is approaching, many people secretly focus their real attention on Qi Zhen.

However, no one from Qi Zhen has been seen since the morning.

All the people here are relatives, so it is inevitable to inquire about each other, and the news on the Internet is quickly spread to ten, ten to hundreds.In the beginning, some people relied on their closeness to ask the eldest grandson to Mr. Qi, but now no one dares to ask, and they all pretended to be ignorant, unwilling to make mistakes.

Only Zuo Qiao showed obvious anxiety, impatient to deal with these relatives, and wholeheartedly wanted to ask his sister-in-law for help.

As Mr. Qi's daughter and the only surviving child, Qi Yun has absolutely no need to be more courteous than others.She led her husband to come late, but it made Zuo Qiao miserable, and dragged him away before he could enter the gate.

Qi Yun has always disliked this sister-in-law for no other reason, but she dislikes this person sitting in the position of the mistress of the Qi family, but she acts like a resentful woman all day long, as if the Qi family has given her a huge grievance.With her, you can only be instilled with negative energy, and normal people can be brought abnormal by her.Qi Yun claims to be a woman of the new era brought up in a traditional family, so she is naturally unwilling to stay with Zuo Qiao.But she is Qi Zhen's mother anyway, so it's not easy for Qi Yun to show her dislike.

"What's wrong?" Qi Yun asked.She was still holding a pet dog in her arms, and it was moving restlessly at the moment, Qi Yun was protecting it, so she couldn't care about Zuo Qiao's torn clothes, feeling a little impatient.

Zuo Qiao kept pulling the sister-in-law to a place where there was no one else, and then hurriedly said: "The old man lost his temper early in the morning and kicked Qi Zhen out."

Qi Yun was startled now, and while smoothing the dog's fur in her arms, she asked seriously, "Why?"

"It's not something that happened on the Internet." Zuo Qiao saw that the sister-in-law didn't know about it, so she said it briefly, and then complained: "That kid Qi Yu is really out of his mind, he and his mother..."

Qi Yun was impatient to hear this, and interrupted directly: "That's enough, that's enough."

Zuo Qiao has been used to being praised by others these years, and he was a little unhappy to be interrupted by Qi Yun, but now pointing at someone to plead with Mr. Qi, he said: "Okay, go and find out with the old man. I beg for mercy. During the Chinese New Year, the big guys are waiting outside, but the owner is not there. Isn’t this a joke for everyone! Qi Yu is from someone else’s family. According to the rules, he has to change his surname to Lu, as long as Don't call it our house..."

Qi Yun glanced at her, seeing that she hadn't even realized that the person standing in front of her was also from "someone else's family". Give it to Zuo Qiao, and tell her to watch it carefully, don't let it run around, if not, send it to her husband.After finishing speaking, he bent down and brushed the dog's fur to appease him. Then he tidied up his clothes and said, "I'll go and sit with Dad."

Zuo Qiao hugged the dog, and hurriedly responded: "Hey, go quickly." When Qi Yun left, she looked down at the dog in her arms, unavoidably a little disdainful, and murmured to herself: "If you can't have a son, What's the use of raising a dog as a little ancestor. She dies first or you die first, who will die for whom?" She pinched the dog's paw with one hand and tapped it in the air a few times, while Walk out with the dog in your arms.Unexpectedly, seeing Qi Yu enter the door from a distance, he hurriedly handed the dog to the servant beside him, and rushed over.

Qi Yun just sat next to the old man, when he heard some strange movements outside, everyone automatically moved out of the way, and led the two young people to the old man.Qi Yun raised her eyes to see Qi Yu, stood up immediately, and said with a smile, "Why are you here?" Then she turned to look at Lu Zhuonian, "Your parents are fine, why did you ask you to come here? There are so many people, there is no need for the two of you to catch up with this kind of filial piety. It's really... come, and give grandpa a new year's greeting, it's considered filial piety."

She stepped aside, but Qi Yu didn't respond, Lu Zhuonian still smiled and said: "Qi Yu doesn't have face, he is embarrassed in front of so many people."

Qi Yun still wanted to talk, but Old Master Qi said, "Girl Yun, greet the guests well."

"dad……"

Old Master Qi stood up and saw Zuo Qiao following, he glanced at her and said calmly, "Help your sister-in-law, she can't do it alone."

Zuo Qiao was pinned down by the old man's gaze, and stood still.

Qi Yu and Lu Zhuonian followed Mr. Qi into the small reception room. Mr. Qi sat on the sofa and said calmly: "It's been a long time since I drank the tea made by your grandmother. You grew up next to your grandmother. You should learn something. .” It means that Qi Yu should be asked to serve tea first.

Lu Zhuonian realized that this was a prestige, and his heart tightened. He immediately went to shake Qi Yu's hand, and said with a smile, "I don't know, he never did such things in our family."

Qi Yu didn't expect that Lu Zhuonian would do such a thing in front of his grandfather. He felt his grandfather take a look at the two of them holding each other's hands, and subconsciously held Lu Zhuonian's hand back. It turned to Qi Yu's face.Qi Yu smiled and said: "Grandfather, you remember wrongly, grandma never made tea. The tea you drink at grandma's side is made by Aunt Fan who is next to grandma."

Old Master Qi's face remained unchanged, he just said leisurely: "Oh, I'm getting old. Your grandmother has been gone for two years, and I can't drink the tea in her room anymore."

Qi Yu's hand moved, Lu Zhuonian held him tightly, and Qi Yu remained silent.

"It seems that you have a good life in Lu's house. I'm afraid that you will be wronged when you come back to Qi's house. Your—" Mr. Qi looked at Lu Zhuonian, "This husband, I'm also afraid that you will be wronged in front of me. Like."

Lu Zhuonian was impatient to fight with him, and said directly: "I have already suffered the grievance, and it seems that you are not ignorant. We came back to ask you for a solution. The Lu family is already investigating, but What to do in the end is not up to the Lu family to decide." His words almost hinted that the Qi family would be investigated in the end.

"Ask me for a solution?" Mr. Qi smiled softly, "When I was talking to your father, he didn't mention this. Or, what he says doesn't count now, and you have the final say on the Lu family's change." gone?"

Qi Yu didn't expect that the elders of the two families had passed their anger, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. This matter is related to the reputation of the two families...he should have thought of it earlier.But Lu Zhuonian was fearless, and continued: "This is a matter between me and Qi Yu. Before we got married, I didn't count. After we got married, except me and Qi Yu, no one else counted."

Mr. Qi finally looked at him seriously, and said, "You are very different from your elder brother." Between the words, he wanted to ask Lu Zhuonian to reflect on himself, but Lu Zhuonian said, "To be honest, you and our elders are very different." , is also very different." He smiled when he spoke, neither humble nor overbearing, very calm.

In fact, Qi Yu really didn't want Lu Zhuonian to come forward to conflict with the Qi family. After all, the two were in a cooperative relationship, but Lu Zhuonian was protecting him, so it was not easy for him to demolish him in front of Mr. Qi.

After hesitating for a while, Qi Yu took half a step forward and half-hid Lu Zhuonian behind him. He was about to speak, but was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Grandpa, I'm Qi Zhen."

Old Master Qi said: "Come in." Qi Zhen pushed the door open and came in, glanced at Qi Yu and Lu Zhuonian, not surprised at all, obviously knew that they were here.

"How is it?" Mr. Qi asked.

Qi Zhen replied: "All the relevant reports on the surface have been withdrawn, and other things have been arranged to gradually draw the public's attention."

"Is there a manipulator behind it?"

Qi Zhen paused.

"I'm old, now and in the future, it's all your young people's business. You ask me for a solution, but I can't give it to you. You can talk about it yourself." Qi Zhen didn't say anything, and old man Qi didn't ask at all. He took off his glasses, glanced at Lu Zhuonian halfway, then lowered his head halfway, and wiped the lenses carefully.After he finished wiping, he stood up, slowly opened the door and went out.

Zuo Qiao and Qi Yun were waiting at the door, when Mr. Qi came out suddenly and subconsciously shouted: "Dad." The two were a little embarrassed, and Zuo Qiao couldn't hide his anxiety amidst the embarrassment.

Old Master Qi said "Yes", then suddenly looked at Zuo Qiao, and asked her, "Is that little girl from the Xu family here today?"

The Xu family and the Zuo family are related by marriage, Xu Kexuan, the fiancée, was specially found by Zuo Qiao for Qi Zhen, her role is self-evident.Originally, Zuo Qiao was worried that Mr. Qi would look down on the Xu family, but Mr. Qi never said anything, so she thought the marriage was settled.At this moment, old man Qi suddenly asked, Zuo Qiao's heart was pounding, and he forced himself to be calm: "No...the two of them didn't even hold the engagement banquet. What day is it today? Why did the girl come to our house?"

Unexpectedly, Mr. Qi asked such a question, and turned his head and said, "You two are here, what about the large group of people outside?"

Qi Yun said: "Aunt Bi is here. They are all from my own family, and I know Aunt Bi well, so it doesn't matter. Aren't we... Aren't we worried?"

"What's the big deal? There's nothing to worry about. The Qi family has been ups and downs for many years, and they won't be caught in this small splash." Old Master Qi walked forward slowly, but didn't see a few young people coming out, Zuo Qiao Desperately giving Qi Yun winks, when Qi Yun was about to speak, he heard someone shouting towards him.

"Miss, miss—your dog, dog, it fell into the water!"

Qi Yun's face changed drastically, she turned her head to stare at Zuo Qiao, Zuo Qiao panicked all of a sudden: "I'll leave it to the servants. It's okay, it's okay, dogs are born to swim." As she spoke, she felt that she was just a dog. That's all, it was too much for Qi Yun to frighten herself with this look, and her confidence gradually hardened again.

Qi Yun didn't even want to listen to her anymore, so she hurried out.