"Okay." Lu Xinghe said, approached Chu Yue, sat down opposite her, held her hand, and asked softly after a while, "Are you angry?"
Chu Yue raised her eyes.
"Why are you angry?"
Lu Xinghe rubbed her soft hair and curled his lips apologetically.
"You have been wronged."
After hearing this, Chu Yue lay down on the coffee table next to her, her cheek pressed against the back of Lu Xinghe's hand, with a somewhat dependent expression on her face.
"Ms. sir, if the matter you are investigating is of great importance, and you are afraid of implicate me, can we get married smoothly next year?"
After a moment of silence, Lu Xinghe spoke.
"able."
"Why are you so sure?"
"Because..." After a pause, Lu Xinghe said something meaningless, "The war in Northern Xinjiang is almost over."
Although Chu Yue was puzzled, she didn't ask too much.
She knew that even if she asked, he wouldn't say anything more to her.
…
After the New Year, Yun Cuihe, Lu Xingping, Lu Xingan and Chu Wenzhu went back to Tongzhi County.
Lu Xingping and Lu Xingan wanted to go back to school, but Chu Wenzhu couldn't let go of her small business.
The three children are still young, so Yun Cuihe naturally has to go back and take care of them.
Nowadays, no matter whether it is Nanping Town or Tongzhi County, because of Chu Yue, outsiders can only please others and will not dare to mess with him casually.
At the end of the first year, Xu Heng came to the capital to participate in the March examination.
I was supposed to come last year, but when I heard that Lu Yufang was pregnant, I hurried back home as soon as the results of the provincial examination came out.
After seeing the child being born safely and personally taking care of Lu Yufang after confinement, both mother and daughter were healthy now. He was less worried when he came to the capital, but he was more concerned than before.
On this day, Lu Xinghe was writing something in a small courtyard specially set aside for him by Yuan Mansion. Aji suddenly ran in excitedly and bowed in front of Lu Xinghe.
"Master, Mr. Xu has come to the capital."
After Lu Xinghe heard this, he put down the brush in his hand.
"Where is he?"
"Master Xu said that he is waiting for you at Ruyiju."
Lu Xinghe adjusted his sleeves slowly and walked out from behind the desk.
"Let's go to Ruyiju."
…
Ruyi was staying at home, while Xu Heng was drinking tea and looking out the window at the street scene in the capital. He seemed to be thinking of his little wife and soft daughter at home, with a slight smile on his lips.
At this moment, the door of the private room was pushed open.
"Master, Master Lu is here."
The next moment, Lu Xinghe walked in and glanced at him with dark eyes.
"You look so excited. I don't know, I thought you saw some girl's heart fluttering."
Xu Heng stood up with a smile.
"Brother Lu, you're here, sit down quickly."
Lu Xinghe raised the corners of his lips slightly and sat down opposite him.
"If you marry my sister, do you have to change your title?"
Xu Heng was stunned, reached out and scratched his head, and shouted with some uncertainty, "Brother...brother?"
When Lu Xinghe heard this title, he pretended to cough twice and pushed the tip of his nose.
"You should call me Brother Lu."
Xu Heng chuckled and stretched out his hand towards Lu Xinghe without any burden.
"My niece is born. As an uncle, you can't just show nothing, right?"
Originally, he wanted to make a joke with Lu Xinghe.
But he didn't expect that after Lu Xinghe looked up at him faintly, he pushed the box in his hand towards him.
"This was specially made by Yueyue last year from craftsmen in the capital."
Xu Heng opened the box with a puzzled look on his face. Inside was a gold longevity lock collar, with the word "嫣" engraved on the back of the lock.
Because his daughter was named Xu Yanran.
"Brother Lu and my cousin are very attentive."
Closing the box with a smile, Xu Heng looked at Lu Xinghe.
"As a father, I would like to thank my uncle and aunt on Yan'er's behalf."
As he said that, he raised his hand and bowed towards Lu Xinghe.
Seeing how he cared about his wife and daughter now, Lu Xinghe couldn't help but wonder how a person could make such a big change in such a short period of time.
"After marrying a wife and having a daughter, you are completely different from before."
"That's right, becoming a father will definitely be different." Xu Heng smiled and poured a cup of tea for Lu Xinghe and looked at him, "We will know when Brother Lu becomes a father in the future."
There was a hint of pride in his tone.
Lu Xinghe took a sip of tea, but did not argue with him. He put down the teacup in his hand and spoke calmly.
"Even if I become a father, I won't be as happy as you."
Xu Heng was full of disbelief.
"Brother Lu said it so categorically, aren't you afraid of being slapped in the face later?"
Lu Xinghe's face didn't change, "I'm not you, what do I have to be afraid of?"
Xu Heng smiled.
"You can wait until you become a father before you say this. Today I will write down your words first."
Lu Xinghe raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xu Heng.
"Are you sure you can take the test?"
Xu Heng shook his head without any hesitation and said, "No."
"Hiss~" Lu Xinghe frowned and looked at him with some confusion, "Why are you so unsure?"
Xu Heng touched the back of his neck and said with a smile, "It's not that I'm not sure at all. It's just that I don't dare to speak so fully in front of you."
After all, Lu Xinghe had a good teacher in the capital, and he himself had a good understanding. Now he still had the status of brother-in-law. When facing him, he would still feel a little scared.
Lu Xinghe glanced at him.
"When did our friendship require you to be so cautious?"
Not to mention anything else, Xu Heng had given him a lot of help before.
He recognized him as a friend from the bottom of his heart, especially now that the two of them were still related.
Xu Heng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly felt relieved.
"I thought you would have changed somewhat after being in the capital for more than two years, but I was overthinking it."
Lu Xinghe took a sip from the tea cup and looked at the street scene outside the window, not knowing what he was thinking.
"No matter how much we change, we can never forget our roots."
At this moment, the door of the private room was pushed open, and Shopkeeper Tao looked at the two of them and bowed with respect.
"You two, our boss said that you can order whatever you want to eat today. She is treating you."
"Who is your boss?"
When Xu Heng saw Ruyiju in the capital, he did not think of any connection between it and Ruyiju in Nanping Town, and he did not know who the big owner behind this restaurant was.
Hearing that the big boss of Ruyiju wanted to treat him, he looked surprised.
Lu Xinghe had a slight smile on his lips but said nothing.
He knew that she would definitely be in Ruyiju at this time.
Soon, a slender figure walked out from behind Shopkeeper Tao. The girl was wearing a goose-yellow embroidered skirt. Her delicate facial features were dotted with barely visible light makeup. Her temperament was as graceful as a lotus emerging from the mud but not stained, and she also looked like a woman in a clear valley. The beautiful orchids make people unable to take their eyes away.
She walked towards the two of them with a smile on her face.
"Brother-in-law, long time no see."
