Chapter 632: 563 Her story will live on forever in Anlin
"You don’t want Xiaoer and Ah Zhi’s fate to end just like this, do you?"
Zhongli Yuting quickly said.
Lu Yonghuai cleared his throat, "I, I don’t really care, given Xiaoer’s qualifications, she can definitely find a man who is many times better than Zhongli Wuzhi in the future."
"Yes, yes, Brother Lu, I absolutely believe your Xiaoer will find a man many times better than my Zhongli Wuzhi in the future, so please... feel pity for my Wuzhi..."
This Zhongli Yuting really changed...
As Lu Yonghuai listened to Zhongli Yuting’s words, his spine practically shivered.
"Yes, Brother Lu, we are here precisely because we know how outstanding Xiaoer is, and we know Brother Lu, you are upright and easy to get along with. That’s why we took this trip; it was not easy to establish this marriage, and now to let it just dissolve, we can’t even sleep at night."
Mrs. Zhongli and Zhongli Yuting , one after the other, flattered Lu Yonghuai to the point where he couldn’t tell north from south.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Lu Yonghuai raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhongli Yuting, then at Mrs. Zhongli, and after a while, he said,
"Isn’t Princess Chinian from the United States also quite nice?"
"Brother Lu, well, I might just be a shortsighted woman. But right now, the United States is so chaotic, and the Royal Family there is even more of a mess. I really don’t want Ah Zhi to have any entanglements with their Royal Family."
"Well, the Princess from the United States is quite beautiful, but she can’t speak! Ah Zhi is going to be the chairman of the Zhongli Consortium, he is the head of the Zhongli family. If he marries a mute, it’s just not..."
"Whether she’s mute or not is secondary. Brother Lu, I’m really sincerely begging you, can you say a few good words for my Wuzhi..."
Zhongli Yuting looked seriously at Lu Yonghuai,
"Actually, you don’t want Xiaoer to go to the United States either, right?"
An old fox is indeed an old fox; after such a big roundabout, he had finally hit him where it hurt.
"If Xiaoer and Wuzhi get back together, we’ll rush their marriage and then you won’t have to worry about Xiaoer leaving..."
Lu Yonghuai took another deep breath, his hands clasping over his knees,
"Yuting..."
"Yes!"
"I really don’t have the courage..."
Lu Yonghuai was upset with the Zhongli family, but he had a fairly good understanding of the situation between Xiaoer and Zhongli Wuzhi.
He certainly had his judgments and considerations.
Zhongli Yuting and his wife had come over early in the morning, bowing and scraping, repeatedly entreating...
Such a scene, Lu Yonghuai had never anticipated.
So, he no longer spoke in platitudes with them.
"Yonghuai, whatever concerns you have, just say!"
"Honestly, from Xiaoer’s accident until now, I haven’t seen Zhongli Wuzhi step foot in my house, and yesterday, the speech he gave in the courtroom, I heard it, to tell the truth, I was moved... very moved, and also very regretful."
"..."
"A lot of things in this world come and go in a flash, and sometimes what’s missed is missed."
"Brother Lu..."
"It’s been over a month since the incident happened, but today, I still remember that late night when Xiaoer called me, asking me to bring a lawyer to pick her up at the hotel where she was sobbing, helpless and wronged."
As Lu Yonghuai spoke, he unconsciously teared up,
"And that following week and a half, when she was in and out of high fever, skin and bones, acting as if nothing happened in my presence. But I know, when she turned her back to me... she was biting the corner of the blanket and crying..."
"I dare not say that it was your son who hurt her to this extent; of course, she herself did things incorrectly. But in the end, the name ’Zhongli Wuzhi’ has become a pain in her heart."
"It’s also because of Zhongli Wuzhi that she suffered all this. Now you want me to give Zhongli Wuzhi another chance, to speak well of him, to not let a good marriage break off, but as a father, if I see my daughter suffer such pain again, I would have the heart to kill!"
Lu Yonghuai sniffled, his heartache was something that Mr. and Mrs. Zhongli really couldn’t fully empathize with.
His speech left Zhongli Yuting and his wife silent.
"I also don’t want Xiaoer to leave Anlin for the United States with a broken heart. This girl is very stubborn; if she develops well in the United States, she might never come back, how could I bear it?"
"But children eventually grow up, and as parents, we can’t be a burden that keeps them from spreading their wings, right?"
"It’s still bearable for me to feel heartache, but... watching Xiaoer suffer internally, I truly can’t bear it."
"..."
Zhongli Yuting and Mrs. Zhongli looked at each other, their expressions not optimistic, both feeling that the matter with Xiaoer and Wuzhi was... perhaps truly over.
"Zhongli Yuting, Mrs. Zhongli, I hope you can understand a father’s perspective."
"Brother Lu... I understand what you mean now, I’m sorry... it is, it’s that our family doesn’t have the fortune, Wuzhi doesn’t have that fortune."
"Lady, no matter what, I’m very thankful for your affirmation and fondness for my daughter. My daughter aspires to become an excellent surgeon, although it’s different from the traditional Lu family ways, but as her father, I’m willing to support her. We all are getting older now; if someday we contract some complex illness, my daughter would certainly offer her help unreservedly."
"You’re cursing yourself there."
Zhongli Yuting muttered.
Lu Yonghuai raised an eyebrow and pointed a finger at Zhongli Yuting, "I just rejected you, and you’re already starting to pick on me again."
After speaking, the three of them laughed.
"I should go to work now. How about you?"
Lu Yonghuai asked Zhongli Yuting.
Zhongli Yuting’s face was somber, his gaze unconsciously drifting up towards the upstairs more than twice... His expression carried reluctance and a touch of unresolved feelings, but most of all, helplessness.
"Yonghuai..."
"Yes?"
"If Wuzhi really marries Princess Chinian, I hope you will come to the wedding."
"Hahaha, are you serious?"
Lu Yonghuai laughed heartily as he looked at Zhongli Yuting.
"Of course, I am serious. At my birthday feast, you were upset and did not come, causing many people to guess whether I had offended you in some way."
"But if I had gone, I might not have had a very good expression."
"It doesn’t matter about having a good expression, it’s enough that you came."
Zhongli Yuting patted Lu Yonghuai’s shoulder, then took his wife’s hand and walked out.
Lu Yonghuai followed them out the door.
At this time, upstairs, Xiaoer leaned against the wall, her lips pursed as tears silently fell.
Her emotions were extremely complex, pressing heavily on her heart, difficult to relieve, urging her to leave Anlin sooner, quicker.
In the United States, the sky must be so blue, the clouds full of imagination, the bright sunshine spattering across the small town...
People coming and going, each day a new one.
Her story would be forever left in the city of Anlin, not taken with her.
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When Zhongli Yuting and Lady Zhongli returned to the Zhongli Mansion, they saw Zhongli Wuzhi using a computer in the living room.
One couldn’t tell if he was handling official business or just casually browsing the web...
Seeing his parents return, he just looked up to greet them, then lowered his eyes back to his own work.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhongli didn’t say much either; holding hands, they headed upstairs.
Zhongli Wuzhi, who had been typing, paused when his parents’ footsteps disappeared on the stairs...
He adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose... his lips forming a line, and after a long time, he managed to force a wry smile.
He knew that his father and mother had gone to the Lu Family early in the morning.
He also knew what their silence upon returning meant.
...
At lunch, the three people at the table ate, but the food tasted like wax.
Zhongli Yuting looked at Zhongli Wuzhi and was the first to speak,
"King Qing Lin has been pushing hard, he called again just now to ask how I am considering the matter."
"And Father, how are you considering it?"
Zhongli Wuzhi lifted his head and looked back at his father.
When asked by Zhongli Wuzhi, Zhongli Yuting’s brow furrowed even tighter,
"If you really want to marry Princess Chinian, then do it. Your mom and I have no objections."
"Thank you, Dad and Mom."
Zhongli Wuzhi replied with a smile.
Then he continued to lower his head to eat.
Zhongli Yuting looked completely exasperated.
Lady Zhongli shook her head,
"I really don’t see what’s so good about that Princess Chinian..."
"You marry if you want to marry, but there are some things I need to make clear, she’s a princess of the United States after all, and not a single cent of the Zhongli Consortium has anything to do with her. In terms of assets, Ah Zhi, you have to be more cautious."
Zhongli Yuting admonished.
Zhongli Wuzhi nodded,
"I understand."
In the evening, Princess Chinian came to the Zhongli Mansion with King Qing Lin and discussed the wedding arrangements.
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Days passed, and the next two days Song Lili was busy entertaining other foreign guests, and Wen Nian was occupied with state affairs.
Another night, Princess Chinian specially came to the President Mansion to present Wen Nian and Song Lili with an invitation.
— Sister Lili, the time is in three days, and the location is at the hot springs hotel next door.
When Song Lili heard that the banquet was at the hot springs hotel, she was speechless looking at Princess Chinian,
"Don’t you find it... disgusting?"
Chinian laughed,
— How could I? I think it’s a place where beautiful accidents can happen!
A place where beautiful accidents can happen?
Song Lili took a deep breath, genuinely amazed at the audacity of Her Highness the Seventh Princess.
— Sister Lili, I really want to thank you.
"For what?"
— If it weren’t for you, how could Wuzhi and I have had such a fate? So, when we have the wedding, please make sure you and Brother Wen Nian come, oh, and Wen Xun too.
"This is so rushed, you’re having a wedding, Chinian, don’t say I didn’t warn you, marriage is not a fleeting fancy. If you regret it in the future—"
— Sister Lili, I won’t regret it. This is my own decision, and I can bear all the consequences.
"..."
Song Lili looked intently at Princess Chinian, she still had that shy and endearing appearance, even though she had her own stubborn persistence, she still seemed harmless to humans and animals.