There were a few who said that Lu Anran had a point.
However, most people were scolding her for being shameless, saying that she had slept with her own brother and yet still speaking with conviction.
Lu Anran was so angry that her eyes turned red. Just as she was about to scold them back, there was a knock on the door. Then, Tong Qiao pushed the door open and entered.
Lu Anran instinctively hid her phone behind her back. "Mom, why are you back?"
Tong Qiao said as she walked into the room, "Why are you hiding? I know everything."
Lu Anran stood up from the sofa. "Mom, it's not what they say."
Tong Qiao walked up to Lu Anran and pressed her shoulder. "Sit down and talk."
The two of them sat down.
Tong Qiao spoke first. "I have a rough understanding of the situation. Tell Mom, what do you think of Brother?"
Lu Anran was already upset by the scolding online. Now that Tong Qiao asked her, she felt wronged. Her eyes reddened as she said, "Mom, he's my brother. What can I think of him? Do you think I'm the kind of person who messes around? "
In Lu Anran's heart, Lu Ziqian was her half-brother. Tong Qiao was so anxious that she almost forgot about this. She held her daughter's hand and comforted her. "Mom didn't mean that. Mom was too anxious and said the wrong thing. But I remember that you've always disliked Brother. When did you two get along so well that you could go out and play together?"
Lu Anran stuttered. She didn't know if she should tell Tong Qiao what she knew.
Tong Qiao patted the back of her daughter's hand gently. "You have to tell Mom whatever you think. Don't hide it from me. That way, Mom can think of a way to solve the problem, okay?"
Lu Anran bit her lip gently and nodded. "I used to hate Xu Fengyu because I always missed him. I was worried that he would come back and steal Dad's love …"
"This silly child," Tong Qiao realized that she had interrupted Lu Anran and hurriedly said, "continue."
Lu Anran didn't continue. Instead, she asked, "Mom, I once asked about Xu Fengyu's mother. Do you still remember?"
Tong Qiao frowned and thought for a few seconds. "Is it that night when you asked me to tell you the story of me, dad, brother, and mom?"
Lu Anran hurriedly nodded. "It was that day when I saw Xu Fengyu having a nightmare. Mommy didn't see it. At that time, he was … trembling and talking in his sleep. He kept saying that there was a lot of blood. He even said, 'Mommy, don't leave me behind.' Even though I was just standing next to him, I could feel his fear."
"So you're asking me how his mother died?"
"Well, I think his mother's death left a deep impression on him. Didn't he have nightmares every night when his mother died? I think that perhaps this incident left an indelible mark on him. The nightmares didn't just happen at that time. They followed him all the time … "
Lu Anran suddenly thought of something. "Oh, right. He was also afraid of blood. Actually, I don't think he was afraid of blood. Blood fainting should be fainting at the sight of blood, but he wasn't. He trembled in fear when he saw blood. I think this should be the aftereffects of that incident."
Tong Qiao's little mouth was slightly agape. She found it hard to accept. She didn't expect that after 17 years, Lu Ziqian still hadn't gotten over that incident. It was her negligence. After going through such a bloody scene and watching his own mother die in front of him, even an adult would find it hard to accept. Moreover, he was only a five- or six-year-old child at that time.
Lu Anran's voice continued to ring in the room. "I think he's actually quite pitiful. After that incident, I didn't hate him as much. Also, the food he cooked … tasted pretty good. Also, that time when he attended our school's opening ceremony, I heard him sing for the first time. It was really nice. I used to be prejudiced against him, but after that incident, I think it's actually quite good to have a brother like him."
Tong Qiao temporarily suppressed the worry in her heart. Lu Ziqian's nightmares couldn't be resolved in a short period of time. She still had to meet Xu Dechang to understand the details of the situation before making a decision. The most important thing now was to resolve the matter on Weibo.
Tong Qiao wasn't sure if it was because she knew that Lu Ziqian wasn't Lu Anran's biological brother, but when she saw the photos of the two of them on Weibo, she felt that the two of them didn't look like siblings at all. Instead, they looked more like a passionate young couple.
Therefore, she first had to understand Lu Anran's thoughts, but she didn't want to ask too directly. She thought for a moment and said, "You've been siblings with Lu Ziqian for so many years, but I've never seen you two hold hands. Why do you always hold hands when you go out to play with Brother?"
Lu Anran's little face blushed slightly. She lowered her head and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Mom, I've never told you. Actually, I have a slight hand fetish. When I see beautiful hands … I can't help but want to look and touch them … Xu Fengyu's hands are very beautiful …"
The more she spoke, the softer her voice became. She didn't dare to continue because Lu Anran saw Tong Qiao's expression turn uglier and uglier.
Tong Qiao calmed down for a while before saying, "So you're holding hands with him purely because his hands are beautiful?"
Lu Anran didn't know why, but she actually hesitated for a moment. However, Tong Qiao kept staring at her, so she could only nod. "He's my brother anyway. I won't lose anything if I touch him."
"Nonsense." Tong Qiao stood up from the sofa and paced back and forth a few steps. She stood still and looked at Lu Anran, whose head was lowered, and said, "Although you two are siblings, you're both adults. Generally speaking, you can't hold hands. Otherwise, why would Mom sleep separately from Lu Ziqian?"
Lu Anran pouted slightly. "I can't control myself. His hands are really beautiful. Mom, you haven't seen them in detail, have you? His hands are fair and slender, and the bones are elegant. Also, the texture … "
"Lu Anran!" Tong Qiao shouted coldly.
Lu Anran quickly shut her mouth and lowered her head as if she was admitting her mistake.
Tong Qiao began to pace back and forth by the sofa again. She couldn't tell her that they weren't siblings, but if she didn't tell her, they wouldn't have the slightest awareness that men and women shouldn't casually get close to each other. It really made her anxious. "Nonsense. Why does Brother allow you to fool around?"
Lu Anran muttered softly, "My brother doesn't allow me to touch other boys' hands …"
"You've touched other boys' hands?!" Tong Qiao raised her voice.
Lu Anran looked up and hurriedly explained, "Mom, don't overthink it. I didn't touch much."
"How much do you mean you didn't touch much?" Tong Qiao's blood rose to her throat. She realized that she didn't recognize her daughter anymore. Was it because she didn't know that her daughter had such a strange habit? Was it because she raised her children in a free-range manner?
"Other than my brother, I've only touched one other boy's hand, and it was only once. My brother happened to see it, and he promised that as long as I don't touch other boys' hands, I can touch his hand however I want."
Tong Qiao was speechless. What was going on?
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