Chapter 158 A little joke
The carriage drove quickly into the city, and after making several circles in Xicheng District, it stopped in front of a small courtyard with dark tiles and white walls.
The man wearing a black hat was carried down and pushed in a wheelchair. Not long after, a small blue sedan carried by two people was carried out from the back door. It passed through the bustling market and was carried from the west door of Lu Mansion. Got in.
The curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, revealing a rather bookish face, whose features were similar to Lu Chengjing's.
Compared with Lu Chengjing's coldness, this person has a gentle temperament, and the corners of his lips are naturally raised. Even if he is not smiling, he seems to be smiling, and he looks friendly and approachable.
But in Shang Wan's eyes, being friendly and approachable is simply hypocrisy and deserves to be beaten.
This person is none other than Lu Chengyuan, whom Shang Wan wanted to depose but could not do so for the time being.
The boy had already prepared a wheelchair and pushed Lu Chengyuan to the study room in the front yard. After meeting Mr. Lu, he went to the main courtyard to pay his respects to Mrs. Lu, and then returned to Lu Chengyuan's own courtyard.
Shang Wan followed quietly, and when he saw Lu Chengyuan smiling at everyone, he cursed hypocrisy and pretentiousness in his heart again.
Lu Chengyuan's courtyard is the best and largest courtyard in the entire Lu Mansion besides the main courtyard. The courtyard is full of flowers and trees, which are well maintained. You can smell the fragrance of flowers as soon as you enter the courtyard.
Mrs. Li got the news and waited at the entrance of the hospital early. She took over the task of pushing the wheelchair with a smile and pushed Lu Chengyuan towards the bedroom.
Lu Chengyuan asked, "Have your luggage been packed?"
The smile on Li's lips froze, then rose again when Lu Chengyuan turned his head to look.
"Everything is packed. The clothes and supplies for the four seasons, especially your books and manuscripts, are all put in separate boxes."
Lu Chengyuan raised his hand to cover the back of her white hand that was pushing the wheelchair, and sighed softly, "Are you blaming me for not taking you with me?"
Li's forced smile faded and she didn't answer.
"I am going to Beijing this time to study. If you bring your family to Beijing, you will have to stay at your uncle's house. There will be a lot of inconveniences, and you and your children may be wronged."
Li said: "I'm not afraid of grievances."
Lu Chengyuan held her hand a little harder and said in a soft voice, "It's just one year. I will come back to attend the Autumn Festival in one year. If I am lucky enough, I will take you and your child to Beijing together. Our family will never be able to go back to Beijing again." Not separated."
Hearing what he said, Mrs. Li couldn't help but choke, and her eyes were filled with mist.
"That's all I want, but the children have never been separated from you for so long. Just now Yun Yao threw herself into my arms and cried, saying she couldn't bear to see daddy go."
Lu Yunyao is their youngest daughter. She is only five years old this year, and she is at the age where she is clingy and playful.
Thinking of his little daughter's cute little face, Lu Chengyuan's expression softened a bit, "I'll go see the two children later."
"Tell them well, don't wait until you leave and they will make trouble for me." Mrs. Li gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and reluctantly joked, "When the time comes, my daughter will cry here every day. I'll see if you feel sorry for her. ”
The youngest daughter is indeed a crybaby. Lu Chengyuan sighed: "Don't pamper her too much. My mother likes Yun Yao, so she asks Yun Yao to go to her mother more and talk to her."
Ms. Li was not very happy in her heart, but she agreed, "I'm here at home, so don't worry about it."
Lu Chengyuan chuckled and said, "If you have a good wife like this, what else can a husband ask for?"
Mrs. Li's pretty face blushed, and she lightly tapped him on the shoulder, pushing him to continue walking to the bedroom.
Lu Chengyuan changed into a set of homely clothes and wheeled his wheelchair to the study. Manager Liu had already stepped in and was waiting here. When he saw Lu Chengyuan coming in in a wheelchair, he immediately bowed and saluted, calling: "Young Master."
Lu Chengyuan nodded, "Sit down and talk. Have you found out the matter?"
Manager Liu didn't dare to sit still, his buttocks just touched the edge of the stool.
Facing this kind-hearted young master, his tone was respectful, even with a hint of subtle fear.
"Go back to the young master, and I have found out that the contract is indeed stamped with your private seal. Only a small piece of pattern is missing in the corner. According to the owner of the carriage shop, the person who signed the contract should be the third young master—— Uh, Lu Chengjing.”
Hearing this name, an outstanding face suddenly appeared in front of Lu Chengyuan.
The expression on that face was always cold and distant, as if no matter what happened, it could not attract his attention at all, which was very different from the cute and cute person he used to be when he was a child.
His fingers slowly rubbed the edge of the armrest for a moment, and his voice sounded like a sigh, "After all, the blood of the Lu family will be called the same in front of me from now on."
Manager Liu responded quickly and asked cautiously: "Why does the third young master have your private seal in his hand?"
"He likes to carve some objects. They are just gadgets he made for games. He wanted to play a harmless little joke on my brother. It's okay, he won't use them again in the future."
Lu Chengyuan didn't take this matter to heart, his tone was as usual, and he behaved like a good brother who tolerates his younger brother.
Manager Liu sighed secretly that the third young master was in a state of good fortune and did not know how to be blessed. The third young master did such a thing, so the eldest young master still indulged him, but he never gave the eldest young master a good face, as if he was heartless, like a cold-blooded monster.
There was a moment of silence in the study.
The maid came in with tea, and Lu Chengyuan picked up the tea cup, lowered his head to smell the tea but did not drink the tea. The dense heat blurred his soft brows.
The drip in the room made a steady ticking sound, and in the quiet study room, even the smallest sound was amplified.
Manager Liu felt nervous inexplicably, and cold sweat gradually broke out on his slightly bowed back. He was about to say something, when he suddenly heard Lu Chengyuan ask: "How is the third brother doing?"
The tone was as gentle as ever.
Manager Liu swallowed hard, and while recalling Lu Chengjing's appearance that day, he replied: "The third young master is sitting in a wheelchair. He looks good, but he is still as thin as before, and the clothes on his body are all old."
As he spoke, Manager Liu couldn't help but bring in some personal information, "That evil slave refused to obey the rules, and the third young master didn't even say a word. Instead, she yelled at me to beat me and kill me. She didn't know the rules and etiquette. She must have done it all the time." Things that deceive the Lord.”
His long eyelashes cast a light shadow under his eyes. Lu Chengyuan pinched the tea lid and scraped the edge of the tea bowl, making a slight scratching sound.
The voice was not pleasant to listen to. Manager Liu's voice weakened instantly and he reluctantly finished. He tilted his head and glanced at Lu Chengyuan's face carefully.
Lu Chengyuan didn't look at him, stared at the tea and asked, "Is Third Brother's injury getting better?"
How did Manager Liu know?
He considered it carefully and said: "The third young master is still sitting in a wheelchair. I guess the injury on his leg has not healed completely. The injury on his hand is covered by his sleeves and cannot be seen."
"How about the third brother and sister?" Lu Chengyuan stopped playing with the tea bowl, put the tea cup on the desk, and raised his eyes to look at Manager Liu.
Manager Liu tightened his back and said, "The changes made by the Third Young Madam are not small. When that evil slave beat me, the Third Young Madam was still cheering beside me. The Third Young Madam was never like this before. Now she has changed a lot after leaving the house." ”
"People always change when they change places." Lu Chengyuan murmured, and continued to ask, "I heard that the third brother and sister suddenly learned martial arts?"