Lu Shaoyan looked at Old Master Lu, who had died with his eyes wide open, and chuckled softly.
"You two really are husband and wife. You both looked the same before you died, but she did it for you. Old Master, you've profited. Someone is still thinking about you, remembering you, and thinking about you even in death. She even dreams of seeing you. When you reach the Yellow Springs, she will definitely be waiting for you. If you see her, you just need to coax her and she will come back. "Lu Shaoyan looked up at the gray sky. A storm was coming, and the inexplicable pressure made it hard for him to breathe. He muttered," My mother is so cheap. For someone like you, she was sad and in pain for a lifetime, but she was still willing to endure it. "
Lu Shaoyan choked for a moment. His Adam's apple twitched, and his voice gradually became softer.
"You raised me for more than ten years, but you abandoned me for more than ten years. You let me be called a bastard. What's the use of your love and compensation?" Lu Shaoyan sighed. "So you think that the love you gave me after I returned to the country was enough to make up for the harm you caused me back then?"
Lu Shaoyan looked at him, gritted his teeth, and said word by word, "Dream on! If you die, then you die. In this lifetime, I will never be sad for you. I will not shed a single tear for you, and I will not remember you. "
Old Master Lu continued to look at him silently. Lu Shaoyan's face was reflected in his lifeless eyes. "But you have lived for so long.
"But come to think of it, you've had enough glory in your life. There are many people who are sad and shed tears for you after your death. When the news comes out tomorrow, many people will come to mourn you and burn incense for you. Every year, there will be people who pay their respects to you. In the future, there will be more people who will remember you. Even if you die, you will be glorious. But my mother died alone in the hospital. Until today, only you and I know that she died. She was so pitiful."
Lu Shaoyan rambled on for a while, then sat in front of Old Master Lu and looked at his reflection in the old man's eyes.
"Stop looking. I won't agree to it." Lu Shaoyan said, "I'm not going against Lu Beichuan. I'm going against your Lu Clan. Don't worry, as long as the Lu Clan doesn't fall, I won't give up. Perhaps on the day your Lu Clan falls, I'll go to your grave and burn an incense stick to tell you the good news. I know that you care about the Lu Clan the most."
Lu Shaoyan raised his hand and gently closed Old Master Lu's eyes.
Lu Shaoyan's palm still had a trace of warmth to it. Feeling the rough sensation, Lu Shaoyan slowly lowered his head.
His entire body trembled slightly. Then, he rested his head on the side of the bed. He grabbed the old man's hand tightly with one hand and covered his eyes with the other.
"Yanyan, don't listen to your mother. No matter what you want to do when you grow up, Daddy will support you! Even if you become a wastrel, Daddy will make you the richest and most carefree rich second-generation heir! "
"Shaoyan, as a man, you have to take responsibility for your mistakes! A mistake is a mistake. There's no reason for it. "
"B * stard! You're just a b * stard. How dare you enter the Lu Family's door! Get out of here! Listen up, whoever dares to let him in again will be kicked out of the Lu Family! "
"Shaoyan, Daddy was wrong back then. Daddy apologizes to you. Come back. Daddy will apologize to you back then, okay?"
"Yanyan, promise … promise Daddy. Never … never …"
The past was still vivid in his mind. The scenes that Lu Shaoyan thought he had forgotten were now vividly appearing in his mind.
All the happiness, hatred, humiliation, and all the past had made him who he was today.
It wasn't his fault!
From beginning to end, he hadn't done anything wrong!
The window sill wasn't closed, and a sudden gust of wind blew the curtains upwards.
Lu Shaoyan forced a sob out of his throat. His forehead rested on the back of Old Master Lu's hand. His whole body trembled violently as he cried out in pain.
***
The corridor outside the ward was full of people, each with a mournful expression, craning their necks to look into the ward. A few elders discussed in a corner for a moment, then pushed out a representative and walked in front of Lu Beichuan.
"Beichuan, I've watched you grow up, so there are some things I won't hide from you." The old man leaned on his walking stick, acting like an elder. "The old man's health hasn't been good for a day or two. It's a good thing that he can pull through, but you've heard from the doctor that the situation isn't optimistic. We've prepared everything. You're the old man's grandson, so no one can surpass you."
Lu Beichuan's face didn't reveal any clues. He only said respectfully, "The Fourth Master, Grandpa still has a son. How can I surpass Uncle?"
"Uncle?" Fourth Grandpa sneered and lowered his voice. "Back then, Lu Shaoyan and his mother were both chased out by Old Master. Although he didn't state the reason clearly, everyone knows what exactly happened. Later on, he said that it was all a misunderstanding after everything was investigated. In my opinion, whether it was a misunderstanding or not is another matter. After so many years, Old Master is old, and it's normal for him to be nostalgic. That's why he called them back. But tell me, he has been abroad for more than ten years, and he hasn't come back to fulfill his filial duties for Old Master for more than ten years. Now that he's back, in just two or three years, he's already coaxed Old Master to give him all the real estate under his name, as well as the overseas investments. That's a huge sum of money. That woman is no longer the madam of the Lu family.
The Fourth Master was the younger brother of the Old Master Lu. Under the protection of the Lu Clan, he had lived like a prince for the past few years and had led a good life.
"Beichuan, it's not that I want to say this, but the old man is sometimes biased. Who doesn't know that the Lu Clan was single-handedly supported by Lu Beichuan? Without you, the Lu Clan wouldn't be where it is today! Lu Shaoyan and his mother have been living abroad all these years. What have they been doing? They haven't done anything. They've only been back for two years, making the old man happy and coaxing over half of the family's assets. How could he deserve all of this? "
Between the lines, there were words of praise for Lu Beichuan.
Lu Beichuan listened with an indecipherable expression. "If you have something to say, just say it."
The Fourth Master lowered his voice and continued, "The old man may be muddle-headed, but we can't be muddle-headed. How could Lu Shaoyan take away all of the family's assets? At least half of it should be given to you, right? "
Lu Beichuan understood. "You think that the distribution of Grandfather's assets isn't fair?"
The Fourth Master sighed. "It's inevitable that he's muddle-headed when he's old. But seeing the old man like this, let's not provoke him. Let's take good care of him. If there's anything, we can talk about it after this period of time."
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