Chapter 23 Secret

Lu Qian stood outside Lu Hong's dormitory and knocked on the door: "Brother, the dinner is about to start. My father asked me to call you. It will be too late if you don't go now."

There was no movement in the room.

Lu Qian did not leave, and continued to knock on the door persistently: "I know you are in the room, open the door quickly."

After a while, Lu Hong's voice was heard in the room: "I have no appetite, so I won't go to the dinner." There was a strange hoarseness in his voice.

Lu Qian's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he softened his voice: "Brother, open the door first and let me in."

How could he meet people in his current embarrassed state?

Lu Hong responded without hesitation: "I'm in a bad mood and want to be alone for a while. You go first!"

"I can't rest assured if I don't see you in person." Lu Qian is not easy to deal with when he is stubborn. His slightly childish voice penetrated into Lu Hong's ears through the thick door: "If you don't open the door, I will tell my father that you are fine but deliberately refused to go to the dinner."

Lu Hong: "..."

After a while, Lu Hong finally came to open the door.

It was getting dark at this time, and there was no candlestick lit in the room, so the light was dim.

But Lu Qian still noticed Lu Hong's pale handsome face and red eyes at a glance. He vaguely guessed what was going on, and suppressed the excitement in his heart, pretending to be concerned and asked: "Brother, what happened? Why are you hiding in the room crying alone?"

It is shameful enough to cry alone in hiding, and it is even more shameful to be noticed and questioned!

Even if the other party is a younger brother who has been close since childhood, Lu Hong feels hot on his face. Moreover, it was hard to say that Ling Jingshu was rejected and vomited on the spot...

"Nothing." Lu Hong tried to downplay it: "I was just in a bad mood, and I'm much better now."

Lu Qian glared at Lu Hong with dissatisfaction: "Do you think I'm a fool? If nothing happened, why would you hide in the room and cry alone?"

Lu Hong refused to answer this question.

Lu Qian's eyes flashed, and suddenly he said: "Brother, did you go to see cousin Shu in the afternoon?"

...Lu Hong's handsome face flushed instantly, but he did not deny it and nodded silently.

"You like cousin Shu," Lu Qian said in a very affirmative tone: "So you want to express your feelings to her. But... cousin Shu rejected you. So you are sad and cry alone in the room."

All of them were said!

However, Lu Qian could never guess the most embarrassing scene.

Lu Hong nodded awkwardly, thought for a while and then told Lu Qian: "Second brother, just know this, don't tell father and mother."

If this kind of thing gets out, it would be too embarrassing.

Lu Qian's eyes flashed with joy, but he said obediently: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." After a pause, he asked tentatively: "Brother, you confessed to cousin Shu, is she really not moved at all? You are so outstanding, how could she not like you?"

Lu Hong's fragile heart was ruthlessly trampled on again, and his expression became more bitter: "Cousin Shu told me very clearly that she doesn't like me at all. I... I won't go to her again in the future."

When he said the last sentence, his eyes were red again.

For the first time in his life, he was moved, and for the first time he liked someone, he was full of joy and expected to express his feelings, but was ruthlessly rejected. Lu Hong's young heart has been broken into pieces.

She hated him so much, how could he have the face to appear in front of her again?

"Brother, don't be too sad." Lu Qian hurriedly comforted his heartbroken brother: "You and cousin Shu are not destined to be together, and there is nothing we can do about it. You will definitely meet a better woman in the future."

For example, the noble Princess Changping of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

......

A few years later, Lu Hong will go to Beijing to take the imperial examination, shine in the joint examination and the palace examination, and be selected as the top scholar by the emperor. Therefore, he caught the eye of Princess Changping.

Princess Changping's biological mother is Empress Xu, and the Prince of Yan who later became the crown prince is her younger brother from the same mother. She is the most noble woman in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Lu Hong will become her husband, the son-in-law of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and live a life of wealth and glory!

Although all this is not what Lu Hong wants, although he does not want to be a heartless man who abandons his wife. But the Lu family saw that the overwhelming wealth was just around the corner, how could they allow Lu Hong to refuse?

Lu Hong was under house arrest in his second uncle's house. The letters he wrote back home could not reach Ling Jingshu's hands at all, but fabricated and exaggerated bad news came frequently. Ling Jingshu almost collapsed and cried all day long.

Later, Lu An took Ling Jingshu by force, and secretly ordered someone to imitate Ling Jingshu's handwriting and wrote a suicide letter to Lu Hong. This letter also completely crushed Lu Hong.

A loving couple, under the ambition and conspiracy of the Lu family, hated each other and resented each other, and broke up completely.

Until the moment of death, Ling Jingshu didn't know the truth of the matter. She was reborn with hatred, hating Lu Hong to the bone, how could she fall in love with Lu Hong again?

And he was the only one who knew all the secrets!

Let this secret be hidden in his heart forever! Let Ling Jingshu be kept in the dark forever and hate Lu Hong forever.

In this life, Lu Hong and Ling Jingshu will never be husband and wife again. He will be Ling Jingshu's good man in this life.

Thinking of this, Lu Qian's heart flashed with secret joy and excitement, and his handsome face still showed concern: "Brother, you look like this. It's really not appropriate to go out to meet people, so as not to arouse suspicion. I'll go back right away. Tell your father that you have a headache and need to rest in the house."

Lu Hong cheered up and thanked him: "Thank you for your trouble and covering up for me."

"We are biological brothers. Isn't it too strange for you to be so polite to me?" Lu Qian grinned, his delicate and fair face looking even more adorable.

After Lu Qian left, Lu Hong's expression, which he had managed to hold on to, suddenly weakened.

...

When Lu Qian returned to the dining room, the dinner was just about to begin.

Seeing that Lu Qian was the only one, Lu An frowned unhappily.

Every time he saw his father's face, Lu Qian would think of Ling Jingshu's haggard, thin, pale and numb face, and a bloody and violent impulse would surge in his heart.

He quickly lowered his eyes and whispered: "Father, eldest brother feels a headache and has gone to bed to rest. We can't come to the dinner."

In front of everyone, Lu An couldn't say much and nodded.

Lu An is the uncle of the Ling family and has a distinguished status. At the dinner, both his peers and juniors came to toast him. Even though Luan had a good drinking capacity, he couldn't help but toast one after another, and he got very drunk that night. I originally wanted to go see Lu Hong, but I decided not to go.

When Lu Hong appeared the next day, most of his depressed look had been concealed, and the redness and swelling in his eyes had also faded. He doesn't look energetic, but it doesn't make anyone suspicious.

"Son, please say hello to your father!" Lu Hong stepped forward to say hello to Lu An.

Lu An didn't look good because of a hangover and a headache. He frowned and asked, "What happened to you yesterday? You were fine at noon. Why did you start having a headache in the afternoon? You didn't even come to the dinner."

Lu Hong was well prepared and immediately replied apologetically: "To answer my father's question, after yesterday's luncheon, I had nothing to do, so I wandered around the garden for a while. It was probably because of the strong wind that my head hurt. Yesterday was It was my grandmother's birthday, so it was unlucky to call the doctor into the house, so I kept quiet and rested alone in the house. I didn't have the energy to attend the dinner. I felt much better after sleeping all night.

This explanation makes sense.

Lu An's expression softened a little: "You have thought quite carefully. It was really not appropriate to invite the doctor into the house yesterday."

The Ling family on the side would not let go of the opportunity to be a good person, and immediately said: "The birthday banquet will be held for three days in a row, and we can't let Ah Hong endure it for three days. I will send someone now and quietly invite a doctor. ”

"Thank you for your concern, mother." Lu Hong declined politely: "However, I am really much better now. There is no need to call a doctor."

After Lu Hong said this, Ling no longer insisted on asking for a doctor, but instead smiled and said: "A Hong, you will be sixteen this year, right?"

Why did he suddenly ask about his age?

Lu Hong was a little surprised and replied: "Yes. My birthday is in July. Counting three months away, I will be sixteen."

Lu Qian didn't know what he thought of, and the smile disappeared from his eyes.

Sure enough, I heard Mrs. Ling say with a smile: "Speaking of which, you are no longer young. It is time to consider life-long events. Do you have a girl you like in your heart? If so, you might as well tell her and make a marriage arrangement as soon as possible. Chi Yi It’s okay to get married in two years.”

The words were full of hints.

The only difference was that he didn't explicitly propose marriage to the Ling family.

It was like this in the previous life. Lu Hong expressed his feelings, and then the Ling family proposed the marriage to Mrs. Ling. The Ling family agreed to the marriage without much hesitation. Everything falls into place...

Will Lu Hong still be as honest with Ling Jingshu about his feelings as he was in his previous life?

Lu Qian's heart was in his throat and he stared at Lu Hong unconsciously.

Lu Hong was so smart that he understood the implication of Ling's words. If it had been two days ago, he would have been ecstatic and immediately confessed that he liked Ling Jingshu. But yesterday, Ling Jingshu had clearly rejected him...

No matter how much he liked Ling Jingshu, he couldn't do such a shameless thing.

Lu Hong gritted his teeth and replied: "I am really touched that my mother cares so much about my life-long affairs. However, I just want to concentrate on my studies now, and I don't want to get married yet."

Such an answer surprised Ling.

Ling glanced at Lu An subconsciously.

Lu An was also full of surprise and asked directly: "You don't like Sister Shu?"

Lu Hong: "..."

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Some readers left a message saying that the heroine is stupid. I would like to explain. The heroine of this book was indeed weak and could be bullied in her previous life, and she died with hatred. After rebirth, she will slowly grow. I hope everyone will be more patient and read on~ The author has a glass heart. Every time I see messages like this, I actually feel very bad and it affects the coding~o(╯□╰)o