Chapter 1491
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Tong Qiao choked on something. After a few seconds, she said, "Your mother didn't abandon you. She went to a place far, far away …"
"She's dead, isn't she?" Lu Ziqian looked at Tong Qiao. His eyes were dim, but there was a glimmer of hope.
Tong Qiao's heart ached when she saw Lu Ziqian like this. She gently stroked the black hair in front of his forehead. "You still have me, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Grandpa Xu, and Grandma Liu."
Lu Ziqian lowered his head. His small body began to tremble again.
Tong Qiao knew that he was crying, but she didn't know how to comfort him. After a long time, she said, "Don't cry. It's embarrassing."
Lu Ziqian raised his hand to wipe his tears. He was very obedient. He looked up again and said carefully, "I'm scared. Can you stay here with me?"
"Okay." Tong Qiao took off her shoes and lay down on Lu Ziqian's 1.5-meter bed. She couldn't even straighten her legs, so she could only curl up and lean against him. "Sleep. I won't leave. I'll stay with you."
Lu Ziqian closed his eyes obediently.
It was already past midnight when Lu Jinshen returned. Tong Qiao heard some noise and quietly got up from the small bed.
In the corridor, Lu Jinshen was walking toward the bedroom in his combat uniform.
"Lu Jinshen." Tong Qiao called out to him.
Lu Jinshen turned around. He glanced at Tong Qiao and then at Lu Ziqian's room. "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Ziqian has been having nightmares. He woke up with a start several times."
Lu Jinshen frowned slightly. "He's too young. What happened during the day scared him."
Tong Qiao nodded and walked in front of Lu Jinshen. She hugged his narrow waist and sniffed. She looked up at him nervously. "Why do you smell like disinfectant? Didn't you say you weren't injured? "
Lu Jinshen's eyes flickered. "My comrade was injured, so I went to the hospital." He gently stroked Tong Qiao's swollen chin. "Does it still hurt?"
Tong Qiao said, "It won't hurt if you don't touch it."
"What about here?" Lu Jinshen's hand moved to Tong Qiao's bandaged forehead.
"It doesn't hurt anymore. I just feel a little dizzy."
Lu Jinshen held Tong Qiao's hand again, his deep gaze falling on her bandaged wrist. His voice was low and gentle as he asked, "Does it hurt here?"
Tong Qiao shook her head.
Lu Jinshen looked deeply into Tong Qiao's eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't protect you well."
"It's not your fault."
Lu Jinshen pulled Tong Qiao into his arms and rested his chin on the top of her head. His voice was exceptionally deep. "I'll be busy these few days. I have to arrange for Yufei's funeral and deal with the case. You have to take good care of yourself."
"Okay." Tong Qiao got up from Lu Jinshen's arms. "You must be tired. Go wash up and sleep. Ziqian is frightened. I have to accompany him."
"Okay." Lu Jinshen watched Tong Qiao enter Lu Ziqian's room before turning to enter the bedroom.
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Xu Dechang and Liu Lingfeng both attended Sheng Yufei's funeral. They accompanied Lu Ziqian almost the entire time.
She didn't know if it was because Lu Ziqian was frightened that day, but the whole funeral was very quiet. He didn't cry or make a fuss. He was very obedient until the day of Sheng Yufei's burial. He hugged Sheng Yufei's portrait and cried until he fainted.
At the hospital
In the ward, Xu Dechang and Liu Lingfeng stayed by Lu Ziqian's side.
Xu Dechang said to Liu Lingfeng, who had been sitting by the side wiping her tears, "Don't cry. Ziqian will be sad when he wakes up."
Liu Lingfeng took a handkerchief to wipe her tears. "I just feel that this child is too pitiful. Now he really has no parents to love him …"
"What nonsense are you talking about in front of the child?" Xu Dechang frowned and scolded her in a low voice.
Liu Lingfeng hurriedly covered her mouth with a handkerchief. "I … I didn't mean it …"
Xu Dechang didn't say anything else because he heard a soft sound coming from the bed. He turned his head and saw Lu Ziqian's little hands clutching the quilt tightly. His little face was scrunched up and he was sobbing softly. He was still shouting, "Mom … Don't leave me … I'm scared …"
Liu Lingfeng's tears, which she had tried so hard to stop, flowed out again. Looking at Lu Ziqian's little body curled up and trembling as he cried, her heart was broken.
Xu Dechang's eyes slowly became cloudy. He held Lu Ziqian's little hand. "Ziqian, wake up. You had a nightmare."
Liu Lingfeng touched Lu Ziqian's chest and then his calf through the quilt. She sobbed and said, "Ziqian, don't be afraid. Grandma Liu and Grandpa Xu are here. We'll always be with you. Don't be afraid."
Lu Ziqian slowly opened his eyes. His long eyelashes were glistening with tears.
"You're awake. It's good that you're awake." Xu Dechang's voice was a little hoarse.
Lu Ziqian looked around the ward and only saw Liu Lingfeng and Xu Dechang. He asked, "Where's Tong Qiao?"
"She went to change the dressing for the wound on her forehead." It was Liu Lingfeng who replied. She thought that Lu Ziqian wasn't used to not having Tong Qiao by his side, so she quickly said, "Don't worry. She'll be here soon."
Lu Ziqian's red and swollen eyes rolled twice. "Grandma Liu, help me guard the door. Let me know when Tong Qiao comes. I have something to tell Grandpa Xu."
Liu Lingfeng frowned. She didn't want to leave her grandson, especially when she heard Lu Ziqian say that he had something to tell Xu Dechang. She began to feel jealous and said sourly, "Is there something that you can't tell Grandma Liu?"
"No, I just don't want Tong Qiao to hear it. She'll be sad," Lu Ziqian lowered his eyes and said in a low voice.
Xu Dechang frowned and looked at Liu Lingfeng. "I told you to guard the door. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Liu Lingfeng glanced at the old man and got up to go to the door.
Xu Dechang looked at Lu Ziqian kindly. "If you have something to say to Grandpa Xu, just say it. I'm listening."
Lu Ziqian blinked his grape-like eyes and looked at Xu Dechang. "Grandpa Xu, can you take me away from here?"
Xu Dechang thought that Lu Ziqian was afraid of injections and didn't want to stay in the hospital. "The nurse won't give you an injection. You just fainted and need to stay in the hospital for observation."
"No." Lu Ziqian shook his head. His soft, short black hair naturally swept from side to side on the white pillow. "I'm talking about leaving the Lu family and the capital."
Xu Dechang was a little surprised. "Why do you want to leave? Don't you like it here? "
Lu Ziqian lowered his eyes. His little face was lonely and sad. After a long silence, he said softly, "I miss my mother here."
Xu Dechang's eyes were filled with pity.
Lu Ziqian looked up at Xu Dechang. His eyes were misty as he pleaded, "Grandpa Xu, can you take me away? I'm begging you. "
"Okay." Xu Dechang nodded in agreement. He would agree to his grandson's request no matter what it was.
The next day, Lu Ziqian was discharged from the hospital and returned to the Lu family. Xu Dechang told Lu Jinshen and Tong Qiao about Lu Ziqian's request.
Lu Ziqian was Xu Dechang's grandson and the blood of the Xu family flowed in his veins. Now that Xu Dechang had asked to take him away and he had also asked to leave, Lu Jinshen didn't have any reason to keep him even though he was reluctant.
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