Free Web NovelChapter 935: Chapter 348: [Heartbreaking Fairy Tale] Pain Lasts Beyond a Hundred Days (Part 3)
Qi Ming shook his head. ƒreewebɳovel.com
"Not eating on time can make you sick," Lin Chu sighed helplessly, leading her son inside.
Lu Huai’an walked behind them.
The servant had already prepared dinner, and Lin Chu just went upstairs to change into clean clothes.
Even though she had already eaten at the Ji Family, she still sat at the table to keep Qi Ming company.
Lu Huai’an seemed isolated; nobody interacted with him.
He didn’t think there was anything wrong with this atmosphere.
The dishes prepared by the servant were all Lin Chu’s favorites, and he would always place them into Lin Chu’s bowl. Lin Chu never showed Lu Huai’an a sour face in front of Qi Ming.
Whatever he served her, she ate.
Throughout the meal, Lin Chu hardly had a chance to reach into the plates herself.
"Do you still remember Aunt Ji I told you about? You should call her godmother. She has a very beautiful younger sister at home."
Qi Ming wasn’t unfamiliar with this godmother.
Even if he hadn’t met her, Lin Chu had talked about her too many times.
Much of the carefree childhood and exuberant teenage memories of Lin Chu were tied to Ji Wanxia.
"Younger sister?"
"Yes, super cute, just like Jiang Jiang. How about I take you to play with her someday?" freewёbnoνel.com
Qi Ming’s bright eyes stared at Lin Chu without blinking. After a moment, he shook his head.
Lin Chu was a little surprised.
With her elbow resting on the table, palm supporting her cheek, she reached out to touch her son’s head, speaking softly, "Why?"
Qi Ming looked down and replied in a low voice, "I want to be with mom."
He knew that it wouldn’t be long before his mom would be away for two months, and he didn’t know where she was going.
Qi Ming’s words made Lin Chu pause, and the smile in her eyes faded at that moment.
She couldn’t provide her son with an ordinary, simple childhood.
At such a young age, he was already sensitive, resistant to everything and everyone except her. Her life was a mess, and consequently, her precious child who kept her going also became distant and cold.
Just like Lu Huai’an.
Sitting across from them, Lu Huai’an’s deep eyes held a faint ripple, his fingers tapping gently on the table froze in the air.
Silence lingered in the dining room for a long time, eventually broken by Lin Chu.
She lifted Qi Ming from his chair and led him upstairs, her refined features naturally breaking into a smile, as if the silent moment had never happened.
"Let’s go upstairs, take a bath, and go to bed. I’ll read you two stories tonight."
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Lu Huai’an had three scars on his chest, varying in depth.
He emerged from the bathroom after a shower, loosely draped in a robe, the belt casually tied around his waist, the freshest scar exposed in the air.
Lin Chu lay side-facing with her back to him, casually tossing her still vibrating phone behind her.
Her delicate brow furrowed in frustration, her tone was overly impatient,
"Your phone has rung three times already. If you don’t answer it soon, I might be driven to a nervous breakdown by the vibrating noise, and then your phone’s pieces will end up in the yard downstairs."
The glaring phone screen displayed a string of numbers.
Lu Huai’an never had the habit of saving names, partly due to his extraordinary memorization skills, partly because he simply didn’t bother.
Lin Chu only glanced at the eleven digits indifferently.
She never cared about unrelated people or matters. Even though the number wasn’t familiar, she could vaguely guess who it was.
The precise time now was one seventeen in the morning; Lu Huai’an’s habits had changed a year ago, no longer bringing work home, so a call at this hour was unlikely to be work-related.
Among Lu Huai’an’s circle, besides business partners, his only pure friends were Gu Shaozhi.
Gu Shaozhi had just persuaded Ji Wanxia to come back home not long ago, where would he find the time to call Lu Huai’an so late?
Late night, early morning, incessant calls...
It’s easy to figure out who it is.
Feeling the man behind her pick up the phone to check, Lin Chu pulled the covers up, hiding her head, "Take it outside, don’t disturb me sleeping."
She truly didn’t care, so even if she guessed who was calling, her emotions didn’t change.
Lu Huai’an merely glanced at the screen briefly before pressing the power button without hesitation, tossing it onto the bed beside him. His deep eyes remained unwavering, as if those missed calls were of no consequence to him.
