Free Web NovelChapter 919: Chapter 344: [Heartbroken Fairy Tale] The Sea Is the Upside-Down Sky (Part 4)
Lu Huai’an had not returned to the Riverfront Apartment for many days.
Other than Lin Chu and Qi Ming, only the servants taking care of them remained; the driver and the so-called bodyguards did not live in the apartment.
Although Lin Chu did not have complete freedom, she simply couldn’t leave An City; as long as she stayed within the city’s boundaries, she could go anywhere she wanted.
In the past, Lin Chu had been bustling for many years, but in the end, the friends who stayed around her weren’t many.
And now... not a single one lives a peaceful life.
Therefore, even though An City is unbelievably beautiful this season, she has no place to go.
In her current status, she doesn’t even have the qualification to take Qi Ming to see his father.
"Mom, I want to go home."
Qi Ming was referring to his and Lin Chu’s home in Su City.
In just a month’s time, Qi Ming spoke much less.
He didn’t like this unfamiliar place.
Lin Chu pinched her son’s nose, a gentle smile in her eyes, "Do you want to see where mom used to live?"
If she had the means to return to Su City, she wouldn’t be trapped by Lu Huai’an in this city.
Qi Ming’s eyes flickered with a faint light, "Grandpa’s home?"
His bedtime stories, aside from fairy tales, were mostly about grandpa.
Whenever mom talked about her childhood, they were evidently very happy and amusing, yet... he could always see nostalgia and sadness in her eyes.
Lin Chu first stood up from the wicker chair, then picked up her son, slowly walking down the stairs, "Yes, grandpa lived there back in the day, it’s not too far, it’s not too hot outside right now, if we leave now, the sun should not have set by the time we arrive."
"Will we be able to see the stars tonight?"
Lin Chu nodded, "There’s a big phoenix tree in the yard, you can climb up to see."
Through the layers of overlapping leaves, the stars in the night sky looked like fireflies close by, very beautiful.
Qi Ming rarely let Lin Chu hold him; despite being only four years old, he was half a head taller than Jiang Jiang, who was a year older. freewebnøvel.coɱ
Lately, he has been clinging to Lin Chu because of fear.
Qi Ming wrapped his arms tightly around his mother’s neck, asking a very childlike question, "Will I fall from the tree?"
He always felt that as long as he kept asking, mom would talk more.
Would that make her a bit happier...?
Lin Chu chuckled, affectionately kissed her son’s forehead, "Don’t worry, mom will protect you."
...
The bodyguard stationed outside the door unobtrusively blocked Lin Chu’s path, respectfully asking, "Ma’am, are you going out?"
In the past month, other than picking up and dropping off the young master from school, ma’am basically hadn’t set foot outside the apartment.
She never made things difficult for them, but the distance and coldness were extremely apparent.
The Lin Family’s daughter from long ago, when she smiled, everything dimmed in comparison.
The current Mrs. Lu also smiles, but that smile is full of mockery and sarcasm.
Lin Chu didn’t look at them, holding Qi Ming’s hand, she lightly retorted, "Are you blind or deaf? Can’t you see or hear?"
The questioning bodyguard was slightly embarrassed, with a troubled expression, "Mr. Lu said he would come back tonight."
"He can come back if he wants; I’m not taking the house away," Lin Chu, not smiling, displayed a bright and delicate demeanor, more of apathy, with a casual indifference in her words, "Am I supposed to kneel and bow to welcome him?"
In the past, there were rumors that the Lin Family’s daughter was not one to mess with.
When displeased, her words were like knives, not necessarily infuriating people but stabbing them alive.
Yes, perhaps it’s like this now.
He finally had the ’fortune’ to experience it.
"Then, um, please wait a moment; I’ll go fetch the car from the garage."
Lin Chu’s face showed no excess emotion, "Hurry up, don’t dawdle like a turtle."
"Okay."
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The fiery red sunset hung in the sky, bathing the entire city in a warm yellow glow.
After five years, Lin Chu once again returned to the Lin Family’s old house.
She felt somewhat dazed.
After the Lin Family incident, this villa had been seized by the court, and the money Lin Chu received from selling the Lu Group shares given by Song Jingyuan was only enough to pay off the enormous debts.
Now, this house is under Lu Huai’an’s name.
The lawn is tidy, the road is clean, even the wooden chairs in the yard had no trace of dust, obviously maintained by someone special.
It seems everything is still as it was originally.
Lin Chu always felt that as soon as the door opened, her father would walk out smiling, his graying hair under the gentle warm light wouldn’t seem so old.
