Chapter 80 What kind of beast
Lu Chengjing's expression was slightly restrained, and the light and shadow of old events passed before his eyes, and his voice was very soft, "Actually, it is not a glorious thing."
Shang Wan rested his chin on one hand and poked the fire with a long wooden stick in the other, listening quietly.
"I can remember when I was about one year old. Because I was less than a month old, I used a medicine jar in my urine since I was a child. I started drinking medicine when I was still drinking milk. After I remember, I cried when I saw the medicine, and I also cried when I saw something similar in color to the medicine. My mother couldn't do anything to me, but she would always coax me gently..."
Lu Chengjing looked at the sparks jumping in the orange flames and spoke slowly but said a lot.
He said that he was ill when he was young, and his mother stayed up all night by his bedside, quietly wiping away tears.
He said that his family had consulted doctors for him, but every doctor concluded that he would not live to be twenty years old. My mother's eyes were swollen from crying, my father's eyebrows were often wrinkled, and my two brothers were young, but they were also worried.
He said that in order to prevent him from getting sick, the family restricted him from leaving the room. Occasionally, he could see the birds on the branches from the window and chatter together.
He said that in order to take care of him, his mother became increasingly haggard and prayed to God and Buddha all day long, hoping that Buddha could save him.
He said that his father stepped into his house less and less, perhaps because he got along less often, so the white-haired man was not so sad when he sent the black-haired man away.
He said that the two brothers took turns to visit him. The eldest brother would tell him stories, and the second brother would bring him some exquisite gadgets bought outside. The two elder brothers would complain in front of the two-year-old that his father was strict, his husband was strict, he had too much homework and too little time to play.
He said that he had not been sick for several days, and his mother was overjoyed and sent people to the temple to donate money for sesame oil.
He said that he longed for the outside world, but his eldest brother could not take him out, so he taught him how to read without telling his father, and secretly showed him an atlas so that he could get a glimpse of the world from the book.
He said that he heard his second brother complaining that he did not want to study and wanted to travel around the world as a knight-errant.
He talked about a lively birthday party when he was three years old. His family gathered together, and his mother and brother made him a small bowl of longevity noodles. His father was a bit more mellow than he remembered.
He said that when he was four years old, a powerful master came to Qingchi Temple, and his mother hurriedly went to see him...
"Then what?" Shang Wan was listening intently when he suddenly stopped.
She turned her head to look at the person beside her, only to find that Lu Chengjing pursed his lips tightly and made a fist with his left hand. Blue veins popped up on the back of his fair hand, as if he was trying to suppress something.
Shang Wan was slightly startled, what's going on?
“Lu Chengjing?”
Lu Chengjing seemed to be lost in memories, staring blankly at the fire, without any reaction to Shang Wan's gentle call.
Shang Wan frowned, grabbed his clenched left hand, and opened the slender fingers one by one with irresistible force.
Looking at the four crescent marks on her palm that were almost bleeding, she hesitated for a moment, reached out and kneaded them gently. She didn't stop until she felt the arm she was holding relax, and turned her head to look.
Lu Chengjing's eyes were dark, and there seemed to be a man-eating beast living in his dark eyes, staring at her momentarily.
At this moment, Shang Wan had the illusion that he was being targeted by a high-level mutant beast at the end of the world.
She blinked, stretched out her hand to press the end of Lu Chengjing's rouge eyes, and raised her eyebrows, "It's so beautiful."
The claws look better when they are exposed than when they are docile. He is indeed the fox she raised.
Lu Chengjing's expression moved slightly, and he slowly approached Shang Wan, and did not stop until the tips of their noses touched.
His eyes were like deep pools, reflecting the firelight, as if they had fallen into the tiny stars.
Every time the slender eyelashes flickered, it was like feathers fluttering on Shang Wan's heartstrings.
Shang Wan was rarely able to resist, so he seduced her after he was healed? If she can't control it, why won't this guy get into the cracks in the ground after he wakes up?
She reached out and lowered Lu Chengjing's forehead to push him away, and cleared her throat, "The incident that makes you worried happened when you were four years old. Can you say it now? If it's true It’s uncomfortable, you…”
"That day, my mother took people out early in the morning and went to Qingchi Temple to find Master Kong." Lu Chengjing grabbed Shang Wan's hand with his backhand, put his fingers through the gaps, palms touching, and the fingers interlocked. Shang Wan leaned on his shoulder, half-closed eyes, and listened carefully.
"I drank the medicine and fell asleep. When I woke up, Lu Chengyuan was the only one in my room. He... looked at me a little weird. I just thought he was feeling unwell and didn't notice anything was wrong with him at all."
Shang Wan frowned, feeling that the following words were not what she wanted to hear.
"He talked about teaching me how to read, and on the pretext that he didn't have a good rest last night, he came to teach me on the couch with a book, and he taught me..." Lu Chengjing paused for a moment, as if it was difficult to speak, and he seemed to be gritting his teeth in hatred, and spoke very quickly He said, "He unbuttoned my pajamas."
Shang Wan's eyes gradually widened, wait, isn't that what she meant?
She sat up straight and looked at Lu Chengjing's face, and said as tactfully as possible: "Do you mean... Lu Chengyuan wants to do something evil to you?"
Lu Chengjing pursed his lips. Thinking of that incident, countless emotions rolled through his heart, and he finally nodded lightly.
Shang Wan:! ! !
"Then you..."
"No!" Lu Chengjing grabbed Shang Wan's hand and said coldly, "I took advantage of him and almost bit off his ear. The servants who were waiting for him rushed in after hearing his screams, followed closely by his mother. came back."
His long eyelashes trembled slightly, "My mother asked me why I bit my brother. I...I couldn't tell her."
He knew very well how much his father and mother expected from Lu Chengyuan and how much effort they put into it. If he told his mother the truth, she would definitely not be able to bear the blow.
If he told his father, he might not believe him.
On one side was the eldest son who had high hopes and was repeatedly praised by his husband, and on the other was a very sick child who was judged by the doctor to not live to be twenty. The little Lu Chengjing already had an answer in his mind as to what choice his father would make.
"So you didn't tell anyone?"
Lu Chengjing nodded.
Even if he said it, given Lu Chengyuan's excellent performance in both singing and reading, I'm afraid no one would believe him.
After his father heard about this, he rarely stepped into his house, but just to use family methods on him. The cane struck him, almost killing him.
His mother became distant from him day by day, and was too afraid to approach him.
The servants in the mansion said that he was a cold-blooded monster and that not being able to live past the age of twenty was God's punishment for him. They hoped that he would die of illness as soon as possible.
After the second brother heard about it, he was also afraid of him and did not dare to see him again.
Only Lu Chengyuan...
"What happens next? Is that beast still stretching its claws at you?" Shang Wan's body was filled with murderous intent. He wanted to fly to the Lu family and crush Lu Chengyuan's bones into ashes.
Seeing that Shang Wan was so angry, the complicated and indistinguishable emotions in Lu Chengjing's heart became a little lighter.
"From that day on, I became alert and refused to stay alone even when sleeping at night. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't find a chance."
Shang Wan is not stupid, and you can tell the significance of these words as soon as you hear them. But looking at Lu Chengjing's pale face, she was reluctant to continue to uncover the scars.
"I suddenly remembered that I had something to do." She let go of Lu Chengjing's hand and stood up, a cold light flashing in her eyes, "The stone will come out in a while, let the stone carry you to sleep, don't wait for me."
(End of chapter)